Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is going to get us through the commute in a bit. First meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the fire dangers in our area as well as some of those controlled Power Outages. The controlled Power Outages, the high heat, low humidity, were all the things that were watching this morning and well have to start out with some mild temperatures as you get ready to head out the door. We have some upper 60s in the trivalley, all clear skies. We also have some unhealthy air quality in the inland east bay as well as the south bay, and we want to make sure were trying to do our part in reducing the ozone emissions and Carbon Emissions as well. Our temperatures today in dublin will reach the low 90s by early afternoon. Well continue to go up from there, reaching the triple digits again today in many of our inland spots. Well talk more about this and the fire danger in a few minutes. Mike there are a couple issues in the north bay. There are. On the big map at this latitude we see more slowing here, Castro Valley, hayward, san leandro, and also 580 coming out of theality month pass westbound, there seems to be more focused slowing in toward livermore. Ill keep my eyes on that. We have been watching this car fire just north of the carquinez bridge, and bay bridge is showing slowing in both directions north of the bay bridge benicia bridge, and the fire on mare island the peninsula, not affecting the freeways. Well have more in a second. The rest of the drive toward the bay bridge we focusen othe backup at the metering lights. Back to you. Developing on capitol hill, House Speaker nancy pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry in to President Trump, the speaker accusing mr. Trump of betraying National Security and the integrity of american elections with his conduct. Tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill to break down what it all means. Tracie . Good morning, laura, good morning, everyone. It means not that the president s been charged with anything or found guilty of any wrongdoing, but what it does mean is whatever democrats do from here o out, the six committees investigating hearings, testimony, evidence, it is now formally part of a process to determine if President Trump broke the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official, lawmakers are opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law. Reporter pelosi, who has been reluctant, moves forward at the urging of more than 180 democrats. I think its ridiculous. Its a witch hunt. Im leading in the polls, they have no ea how they stop me, the only way they can try is through impeachment. Reporter what turned the tide, a phone call with the president of ukraine, a whistleblower claims President Trump threatened to cancel aid unless the country investigated joe biden and his sons connection to a ukrainian company. Under pressure, President Trump has agreed to release the transcript of that call. I feel like when you see this transcript, the president s going to be vindicated. Its going to be proven hes done nothing wrong. Reporter impeachment isnt a crime, its a charge, and were not even there yet. This inquiry allows lawmakers to officially gather evidence and interview witnesses to build a case. Were going to get this, have the opportunity to hear from the whistleblower, make sure that whistleblower is protected. There are clear battle lines. Democrats who insist the president s done something wrong. We must not wait. Now is the time to act. Reporter and republicans who argue this is about democrats loss in the last election. They should have given it up then but they cant let it go. Reporter the white house says theyll turn over the whistleblowers complaint when the director of National Intelligence testifies tomorrow. Meantime this morning, we are hearing from the president of the ukraine. He tweeted a picture of himself and President Trump, and the first lady. He said in a statement earlier that he did not feel pressured. The two of them are set to meet later this afternoon. Back to you. That is very interesting. So the things are developing. What happens next then in the impeachment process . Next they get this transcript, start to analyze what was said, what it meant. The whistleblowers complaint trying to put some of that into context at least from that persons perspective and then trying to figure out if they can get the whistleblower to come in and testify and whether or no that persons identity will be protected. It will be a busy time in d. C. As it always is. Tracie potts, thank you. 6 05 for you right now. Breaking news in vallejo. Firefighters are battling a fire on mare island. This is live video right now from nbc bay area sky ranger. As you can see those flames there engulfed that sffire. The fire has burned at least three acres and said to be about 50 contained. It started near the south point of the island, and is burning to the north. No evacuations have been ordered at this point. Investigators say that it started when someone tried to use a saw to cut down two power poles. And they say there have been no previous or there have been previous attempts to steal copper power lines for recycling purposes. That fire comes as red flag warning is in effect amid high fire danger. Some north bay residents are already feeling the impact. Controlled Power Outages just started this morning in napa and sonoma counties. Today in the bays bob redell is live in Sonoma County with the latest. Bob . Reporter marcus, pg e shut off just over 1400 dust mers in sonoma and napa, and if you look above us, the tree here, fortunately the wind has been relatively still. Were northeast of santa rosa, just outside safari west the game park. They have the orange generator they turned on about 45 minutes ago. Look at the video, workers out here powered up the generator and they were able to power up the lights, keep the power on in the office. They will be open for business later today, by the way. Again, the concern from pg e is if we had the high winds, they could see the same kind of devastation we saw two years ago during north bay wildfires. Of the 1400 customers right now without power in the north bay, about 700 in the area of porter creek road and sonoma which as you can see in this outage map provided by pg e covers safari west, the geyser and a part of calistoga. The other 700 customers without power are located in napa in the northern part of lake berryessa. 48,000 customers are involved in the second round of safety shutoffs that reach out to the sierra foothills. Pg e is monitoring high fire danger conditions for several days. The Utility Company waited until late yesterday to make the decision. We understand turning off the power for the 1400 customers in the north bay means, we understand the impacts that this can create and so thats why weve been really monitoring closely and its a decision that we didnt take lightly. Ive had friends and Family Friends that have lost homes and so i think all in all, with the power being shut off if it can save someones home its good. Reporter in calistoga, restaurants like pacifico lost money during last years safety shutoff. This year the owner installed a generator joust to be on the safe side, like the people at safari west brought in this portable generator which mind me is up and running. Pg e is expecting the expected wind event to end at noon and as i mentioned its very still out here but noon around that time theyll have some of the crews go out and check the equipment make sure everything is okay before powering back on. Reporting live here in sonoma, bob redell, today in the bay. Really playing it safe there, thanks, bob. 6 09 right now. Happening today, a 21yearold man who police say fired a gun last week on the san jose state campus is expected to appear in court. Joseph vicensio faces several charges including attempted murder. No one was hit but bullets did hit the mlk library and a nearby parking structure. Officers arrested the suspect a few days later after releasing surveillance images. Mountain view has become the latest bay area city to restrict rv parking on city streets. Late last night, councilmembers narrowly voted to approve the ban. Starting next june, rvs will not be allowed to park longterm on residential streets or any road with bike lanes. Instead, vehicles will be restricted to industrial and commercial roads. Opponents say it will hurt those without homes who are living in their rvs the most. The heat on the horizon today, San Francisco will be helping people try to deal with what could be some High Temperatures today. The rec and Parks Department ll offer free admission at seven city pools and all pools plan to keep at least one lap lane open for anyone who is hoping to get in some exercise today. Definitely going to need to try to escape the heat, that red flag warning is still in effect. That and the heat advisory, so theres a lot to keep up with today. Make sure you have that nbc bay area app, so that you are aware of whats going on, as we get more of these fires possibly popping up and so theed flag warning continues until this evening, and then we are also still seeing those winds picking up. This is for elevations above 1,000 feet, so if youre lower than that, youre probably not feeling much, and some of those hilltops are getting some of those gusts so were going to see throughout the morning still some high winds, but it will start to calm down throughout the day, and then it starts to really heat up so well have a light wind and also really hot weather again. Here is a look at what we are going to see in terms of highs today, reaching 101 in antioch, concord, as well as napa. 98 in clearlake. In palo alto expect a high of 95, while san jose reaches 96 degrees and some big cooling ahead. Ill talk about that. Mike, its slow through benicia. A full view of much of Contra Costa County, which shows a pretty predictable drive, very pleasant for the walnut creek interchange. Indeed the north bay where were looking north of the benicia bridge northbound 680 around lake herman there was an earlier car fire. Theres still activity in the fast lane which is visible to the southbound side, its right up there on that commute direction. Thats why both directions slow north of the benicia bridge. 780 and i80 moves smoothly, i80 across the carquinez bridge no problem. There is where the fire is marcus was showing you sky ranger and the activity. Highway 37, in fact 29 as well are moving smoothly through the area, they are not affected immediately by that fire. The smoke may be visible in that area. We dont see a lot of other colors besides green south of there, slowing through pleasanton and hayward. Back to you. Still ahead this hour, a snapshot of the coming Holiday Hiring spree, the types of jobs that will be most in demand, and why the time to apply it now. Then later, usually zombies, not ghosts, make a comeback to life. This morning theres new life for a socalled haunted toy store in the bay area. Well explain. Good morning. Well be at 81 degrees at 10 00 and reaching the mid90s by early afternoon. We could hit the triple digits again here today. Well talk more about that and whats ahead with a cooler weekend forecast in less than five minutes. This view of the san mateo bridge shows your westbound commute away from us, building, sun is at our backs. Palo alto the sun is starting to build. The commute is starting to build, neither are a problem but you heard what kari said and ill show you the slowing. Good morning. Im rahel solomon at cnbc headquarters. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street could open lower this morning after stocks fell yesterday. The markets coming under pressure from a weak report on Consumer Confidence and also worries about trade after President Trump criticized china during his u. N. Speech. Political uncertainty also weighing on the market, following news that House Speaker nancy pelosi would make an announcement on launching an impeachment inquiry. The nasdaq and s p 500 suffering their worst day in a month and on the watch list a report on new home sales. Hiring for seasonal jobs at retailers and Delivery Services is in full swing, and apparently the time to apply is now. Staffing firm challenger is out with its annual holiday job forecast and it suggests hiring will meet or fall short of last year, challengers says its a tight labor market so companies are paying more for Seasonal Workers but not a lot of jobs inside of stores. Over the past five years, seasonal job market changed as Online Shopping has surged so most holiday positions are now in logistics, such as warehouses and fulfillment centers. Lith making it easier to find every transit option inside the app. Its rolling out updates to merge searches for rideshares, bikes, scooters or mass transit, so the standard search now shows every choice within view rather than just defaulting to ride sharing. Lets you compare options once you set your destination. This reflects its view future cities will be centered around people and not cars. Marcus and laura, back to you. I like that. Thank you so much. 6 17 right now. Youre going to like this . Some call a haunted piece of bay area history coming back to life, sort of. The location that once housed sunnyvale toys r us is having a seasonal comeback after closing last year. Dont look for geoffrey the giraffe. Spirit halloween is moving in along el camino reale. The location made headlines in the 1970s when it was featured as part of a ghost hunting television show. I think theres a few haunted places in the bay area they say. I cant imagine that Winchester Mystery House would have an incident and the seance room. Invited there. Maybe geoffrey shows up at winchester. What a combo. Lets look at what we can expect for the weather today, a hot one. Its still going to be hot today and so make sure as youre about to head out the door, youre prepared for the heat that will be on the way. Not only that, but youre aware of the fire conditions, and the possibility that we could see some more fires popping up again today. Here is a live look outside in dublin, as you get ready to head out the door, already a lot of people already on the way to work, and so if youre about to head out, maybe call someone up, see if you can carpool or get on b. A. R. T. , and we can help spare the air today, because air quality will be an issue, especially for the inland east bay, as well as the south bay. We look at these numbers for the amount of particulate matter thats harmful to breathe in. We are seeing some unhealthy levels there. As we get a live look outside in San Francisco, after setting a record high yesterday, we could do it all over again today, but we walk out the door to temperatures in the upper 60s, and we have temperatures all over the map here. Were at 57 in napa, 72 in brentwood, and 67 in san jose, with Half Moon Bay at 54. So where we have the highest winds already this morning, that keep those temperatures from really dropping, and so we are starting out in Pleasant Hill with some upper 60s, headed into the mid90s by early afternoon, with our High Temperatures today reaching the triple digits once again for the trivalley, inland east bay as well as the valleys in the north bay, but going into the next several days, this High Pressure has less of an influence on our weather as the storm system starts to drop in from the Pacific Northwest that will bring in gusty winds, shifting our winds onshore and bring a chance of spotty showers mostly for the sierra, parts of northern and central sierra may see some rain this weekend while we catch the cool breezes coming off of that storm system. Were up to 102 degrees today. Well feel that in ukiah, and then for tomorrow, reaching the mid 80s in some of the warmer spots throughout the weekend, early next week well drop it back to the mid70s, actually cooler than normal but finally feeling like fall, a San Francisco one more hot day before that fog returns. Heading over to mike, youre seeing more reports filling the blotters. Over the last ten minutes seen a lot more pop up from chp, a few more details, so well call out just a couple right now. No major problems as far as those incidents are concerned, south bay peninsula, all light. The build traditionally westbound. The Speed Sensors look great. The big slow ing altamont west 580 the Altamont Pass and Patterson Pass road. Theres a crash on Patterson Pass road but not the area where it comes over in affecting 580 itself, thats a slower drive. Were looking over here toward vasco, the traditional slowing pattern here, so from marsh creek to 580 its just over a half hour and building now, expect about 40 minutes if you dont leave over the next ten. We hope you stick around, though. Toward pleasanton and hayward more slowing and second incident here im concerned with, north 238 off the Castro Valley y, reported a few minutes ago, havent seen any extensive slowing and havent seen it clear from reports. Walnut creek a little more build and slowing and the earlier car fire still blocks one lane northbound 680 just north of the benicia bridge. Westbound 80 shows a smoother build to richmond out of hercules and pinol. A nice sunrise behind the richmondsan rafael bridge. Back to you. Dramatic new video, at 6 30 the updates on the massive hay fire burning in