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KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 September 5, 2017

Republicans will put a measure on the floor. Reporter agencies are already gearing up to assist the countys dreamers. We will continue to use legal means legal actions if necessary to protect the rights of those that live here. Reporter he says he wont hide in the shadows. If we change the discourse and humanize the Daca Recipients then it would be a best way to influence his decision as an administrator who runs the country. Reporter if the president follows through on plans to scrap daca, he will focus on the economic arguments that dreamers have been good for the country and work on finding a clear path to citizenship. It is not just local politicians, some of the top leaders of technology are speaking out. Apple ceo tim cook and Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to the president. Our coverage of the daca decision is not over. Larry gerston will join us in less than 20 minutes for a closer look of what ending daca could mean for the state of california. The odd weather and the fire danger. At this hour, there is a fire in gilroy. Laura malpert joins us with some key updates. Reporter i am south of eagle ridge and you can see this white smoke on the foothills. We have learned that the fire is 100 acres not 130 acres as previously believed. And it is now 10 contained. No homes or structures are threatened but firefighters say that could change and it depends on the weather. As ryan rahman washes his car. He keeps one eye on the flames. You can see how close the flames are. Reporter they are one of hundreds of families prepared to evacuate at a moments notice. There is a lot of wildlife is tha that is suffering. Reporter scorched 100 acres and could spread up to 132 acres. The biggest challenge is the terrain. We are working in oakwoodland area. Steep and difficult to get through. Reporter firefighters caught a break with the marine layer and a few rain drops this morning but not for long. Expecting to get winds later today and that will allow the temperatures to go up. Reporter eagle ridge golfers continue on the green. It is not stopping you . No. Not at all. Reporter neighbors remain on edge. Back out here live, you can see those choppers are hard at work. Firefighters are likely to be out here throughout the night working to done tacontain the f no word yet on what caused the fire. Reporting live from gi roy, laura malpert. We will tweet out updates and video. Less like palm springs and more like no are florida. Trading our heat wave for humidity. Even showers. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here to break down what is e hind this change. Really trace amounts of rainfall. And gilroy was one of those cities, san jose, milpitas, fremont, orinda and San Francisco. Moisture out here to import the humidity with the counterclockwise circulation. Current check of the Doppler Radar and satellite combined. If the change in customers instead of 100, 110, down to 85 in fremont. We are tracking what is ahead this week and new details on a new hurricane that could hit the east coast. You can follow jeffs forecast and see what the weather is like in your neighborhood by downloading our free nbc app and go to the weather tab. Bart should be running back to normal in terms of their train speed now that the weather has cooled down. A few days ago, trains had to run at a reduced speed because of the the intense heat which could cause the track to expand and move. Bart returns speeds to normal. A concord father helped police track down a suspected flasher. Father called police after he says the man exposed himself in front of his kids. The dad senlt the kids in this and followed this man throughout the neighborhood. The man was quickly arrested thanks together father. Happening around two this afternoon. Pictures just in into our news room. A fellow boater saw this boat sinking and called it in. The Good Samaritan helped in the crew and toed the boat to shore. More than 1,000 paeople wer in oakland marching for a variety of reasons. One thing unified was the need for work tore fight back against the Trump Administration. Mark matthews is in oakland. What do you have mark . Reporter we can tell you without a doubt the labor unions on this labor day feel threatened. Historically, we can also say their signs for reasons they should be optimistic precisely because they are in crisis. As they march through downtown oakland, they chant. Lets be honest with ourselves on labor day. We are totally under the gun. We got unions to build and every Fast Food Restaurant and every Strawberry Fields and Dairy Factory and senior care facility. Reporter the message, they need to fight back. A uc berkeley expert says they may see a comeback. Labor is under siege but that is when labor has done its best. Reporter look at the battle of the depression. That led to a Labor Movement that lasted generations and now he says unions are using the Trump Administration to reach out to a wider audience on a variety of issues. Health care, immigration, minimum wage. Who speaks for the most vulnerable, who speaks for the dispossessed, who speaks for those that are in the middle class and falling out of it. Reporter a lot of Union Members voted for mr. Trump believing he will change things for the better. If to become more powerful. Mark matthews nbc news. Study come. Hurricane gaining force. We will show you how Bay Area Companies are giving houston families tech support. I will have track on the new hurricane heading towards the east coast. And isolated showers for us. Coming up my name is Valerie Decker and im a troubleman for pg e. I am a First Responder to emergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. My children and my family are on my mind when im working all the time. My neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so its important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get the power back on. Its an amazing feeling turning those lights back on. Be informed about outages in your area. Sign up for outage alerts at pge. Com outagealerts. Together, were building a better california. Barreling toward florida. Well first Hurricane Harvey and now this. This is Hurricane Irma. You are looking at a category 4 storm. Irma is barrelling towards florida but still has time change its course. Floridas governor isnt taking any chances and has already declared state of emergency. Increasing likelihood that florida will see impact from irma later this week. As florida braces for irma, texas continues to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Harvey. As the floodwaters recede around houston many are getting a first look at the mess. Houstons mayor has declared houston quote open for business. Thousands of homes where everything is lost. I am angry. I am going through the stages of grief. I wake up in the middle of the night and go, how did this happen. The official death toll is now at 60 and expected to rise. Some elite bay area teams are heading back home. Task force three has sent 15 members back to the bay area. Made up of firefighters from other departments. Task force four is expected to land in oakland tonight at 7 00. If you think about it, all of those homes flooded and family memories damaged. But bay area is sending text support to help salvage some photos. Scott budman joins us with solutions. For families flooded out of their home, a little tech help can go a long way. As they clean and examine what Hurricane Harvey left behind, many people are finding priceless photos nearly ruined. The history of their lives and their families. There is a lot of people here who lost everything. And we just want to try to get our belongings. We open up the photo scan app. Reporter and many pictures can be saved. We were shown how you can scan a photo with your phone. You can save photos on your phone. It is quick and inexpensive but only for pictures that already look decent. So there is that scanned photo. Reporter if i picture is badly damaged, it gets more complicated and more expensive. Anywhere from 1 to 20 a photo depending on how damaged. Reporter worth it to call professional help. Help from a professional photo scanner. One company is helping hurricane car Harvey Victims and will dig deep and help save photos. We made it easy to donate to the red cross. Head to nbcbayarea. Com for a direct link for a donation. Could be as simple as sending a text on your smartphone. Coming up at 6 30, dozens of Hurricane Harvey refugees that will soon be up for adoption here in the bay area. A special flag being used to pay tribute to a sacramento sheriffs deputy killed last we week. The flag flew over ground zero after the september 11th attack. Today is honored deputy french who was killed last week. Deputy french was a 21 year veteran of the force. He was looked up to and respected in this department. And is a huge void that we have now. The flag will be on display and then follow deputy french to roseville. Started in the unit of a two story condo in pleasant hill. All of the residents got out but some pets did not make it. We had cooler temperatures but felt uncomfortable because of all of the humidity. And a few spotty showers today. We get good but awkward weather mixed in that we are not used to. It is mainly the cloud coverage at the current moment. Everything off here you are seeing on the radar continuing to move out towards sea. So looking at a slight chance that we may see anything else developed. We are going to keep the possibility in the forecast in the next fee day few days. Temperatures a high here of 88 in walnut creek. The biggest thing again has been the smoke throughout the bay. The worst locations today was the north bay peninsula and also throughout the coast. As we head tomorrow with another day with this sub tropical moisture. Trying to clean the air out. Moderate levels of air quality. I think we will smell and see haze and some smoke. But, at least, trying to get better. Another nice day here. 90 in livermore. 67 in San Francisco and 85 in san jose. Extended forecast, in San Francisco we will have 70s the next few days. A slight chance of showers nearby. For the inland valleys, a quick look at this shows numbers in the 80s all the way through saturdays. Much longer look at this at 6 48 tonight. Up next political analyst Larry Gerston could lead it a powerful protection for undocument undocumented immigrants. Our twitter feed. Happening now, we are constantly following President Trumps decision about the daca program on our twitter feed. The announcement will come at 8 00 tomorrow morning. And the vta experiencing mechanical problems. There is a train down between the oh lone and st. James. Immigrants rights. Thousands of people well not just workers rights on this labor day but immigrants rights. Marching in support of daca, l. A. , atlanta and the bay area. Tomorrow is expecting to announce that he is ending daca. Daca was created by president obama to protect the dreamers. It will include a sixmonth delay to allow a decision. Lets bring in Larry Gerston. He wants to end it. He is in a mess. When he campaigned he said i will get rid of daca. And then ten states promising to sue him. Public opinion supports daca. Why are americans so passionate for this program it is really divisive. Many people who believe that the dreamers did not come here on their own. But a lot of people think we are bringing in too many nonwhites and we dont like the way the country is turning. And then is this constitutional for the president whether it is obama or trump to be doing this to begin with. So all of these children who came here as undocumented immigrants, you have Big Companies like apple and google saying they support them. A lot of people say they drain the economy 97 of the dreamers are either working, in school or both. And almost 70 of the dreamers have been hired and found they are Getting Better incomes because they have that dreamer status. Still the president thinks about ending it and now dumping on congress, what are they going to do . Well they have to act. We dont know what they are going to do. The clock is ticking towards the election of 2018. Six months, you take care of it to the congress. Larry, thank yos for your insig this has been a whirlwind 24 hours for these dogs. What you can do in the next 24 to 48 hours to immediately help give them a new home. I am sam brock. That story coming up. I think the city is determined to get rid of us. Plus is this the end for San Francisco institution. We investigate why San Franciscos secondary police force may be on its last leg. The uncertainty future for the patrol specials. Atlantic tonight. Just as right now at 6 30 another hurricane barrelling through the atlantic. Hurricane irma is gaining strength as of tonight irma is a category 4 storm with winds capable of reaching 150 miles per hour. Hard to digest this. Jay gray joins us from houston. What is the mood in that city now . Reporter raj, janelle, obviously frustration. I cant say enough how resilient the people have been. And look, for many, the work is a lot like the storm, overwhelming. Some neighborhoods where people still cant get in because of the water. Labor day is anything but a holiday in houston. Just another day because we have lost track of time. Reporter the labor on this day intense and personal. Thousands of families pouring through the soak and battered rubble harvey left behind. Searching for anything they can save from their lives before the storm. There are people who lost everything. They left out of here with the clothes on their backs. Reporter in parts of the strike zone, tendays after harvey made last fall, tendays before it. It could be another full week before the water recedes. We cant get in there and get them. Reporter the scope of the damage overwhelming. I pray i never see anything like this again. Reporter a prayer shared by so many right now with irma gathering momentum. And so many here doing all of this work with one eye on the forecast just wondering if i rememberma may get the devastation has affected countless families and their canine companions. Reporter it has been quite a journey for our four legged friends. Now finding refuge and love here in the bay area. This is a dog that has been in the shelter and on the plane and he wants to sit on your lap and get pet. Reporter foster families coming out to provide immediate assistance. The tale is nothing short than remarkable. We evacuated 69 animals. Reporter with mad dog rescues was the point person with logistics. He only sprang into action when a donor couple offered their plane. I called her and said what do you have a cessna for me . And she said no, we have a large jet. Reporter the group flew to texas and rescued animals that may have otherwise been euthanized. It is nice that we can all raise to that level and help those that need it the most. And those are the voiceless animals that cant speak for themselves. Reporter there is an animal for everyone. You can imagine it has been quite the journey for these dogs. These are the senior dogs. All between seven and 14years old. Defleaed, dewormed, fed, and available for adoption in the next 24, 48 hours. Very nice. Lets talk about our weather. No more oppressive heat, but here is the tradeoff. The humidity. Live cameras in dublin and emeryville. Overcast and hazy. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. We will get to jeff in just a moment. He will join us with our forecast heading this week. North korea is begging for war, those words from the un ambassador. That meeting was called after reports that north korea conducted an under ground test of a Hydrogen Bomb yesterday. That test, just the latest in a string of aggressive actions from the leader kim jongun. To the members of the security council, i must say enough is enough. We of taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intention, it has not worked. Ambassador haley warned that diplomacy can work only with the strongest sanctions. Her boss President Trump has threatened to cut off trade with any country that continues to trade with north korea. A woman is blaming faulty brakes. Some kids managed to jump out of the way. Eight people injured but are expected to be okay. The drivers children were in the suv with her. She is cooperating with investigators and no word if alcohol or drugs was a factor. New at 6 00 a tradition that might be coming to an end. A group of crime fighters. Private police force could soon be a think of the past. Reporter for 160 years, the patrol specials have been walking their beats in San Francisco. They look like regular Police Officers they are armed and they have the powers to apprehend but not to arrest. Perhaps the most important distinction is that they are not paid by the city but by the businesses and neighborhood groups who are willing to spend for what they are consider an extra layer of protection. Their clients believe the patrol specials make the streets special. They know who the characters here. Reporter why is their survival in dealt and why is there no help coming from city hall . Only one dozen of them left to patrol their beats. So what has changed . The patrol specials attorney is daniel baconde it is in nobodys interest to help them anymore. Reporter available for the kind of work that used to be the domain of the patrol specials. These are regular Police Officers stationed outside apple stores. They are off duty which means they are working overtime. But the city isnt footing the bill, apple is. Tenb provides a substantial insensitive for the city. So it came as a surprise during the july meeting it was proved. Cody clements has passed every aspect of it including his training as a peace officer. Reporter the commission which did not respond to the interview denies it is deliberately dragging it out. The city is under no obligation to preserve the force. Officer allen buyard has spent his life to protect the community. The city

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