Altamont. Some slowing through Construction Zone for sunnyvale. No Major Concerns there. This is the crash were talking about eastbound at 780 off i80. Not presenting a problem. Back to you. Thanks, mike. On capitol hill today its expected to be another explosive day as President Trump denies accusations of impeachable acts. A key hearing will happen in one hour from now. The acting director of National Intelligence is set to testify about the phone call with the president of ukraine. Live with what we should expect on this very momentous day. Good morning, chris. Reporter yes, good morning, kris and marcus. According to the latest nbc news count there is a majority in the house of representatives for the first time of people who believe some sort of impeachment action should take place with President Trump. He is coming back to washington today after spending the early part for the u. N. General assembly. He will arrive while his acting director of National Intelligence is answering questions on capitol hill about that whistleblower report that launched this latest impeachment talk. Intelligence collection reporter acting director of National IntelligenceJoseph Maguire testifies before the intelligence committees today. He arrives just hours after Committee Members finally read the whistleblower report which spurred House Speaker nancy pelosi to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. I found the allegations to be deeply disturbing. I also found them very credible. Reporter the whistleblower complaint reportedly stems from the president s dealings with the dealer of ukraine, in a july phone call which notes show trump asked zelensky to investigate his political rival, former Vice President joe biden, and bidens son. Right after zelensky said ukraine intended to buy more missiles. The integrity of our Foreign Policy and democratic elections. Reporter the president and his allies scoffed. No push, no pressure, no nothing. Its all a hoax, folks. Its all a big hoax. From my point of view to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane. Reporter republicans are not totally unified in support of the president. I did read the transcript. It remains troubling in the extreme. Its deeply troubling. Reporter troubling but is it impeachable. Six committees in the house are conducting an inquiry to figure that out. In that whistleblower report senator romney was referring to that he said was troubling was declassified last night and lightly redacted. It appeared it was going to be released to the public. We received clarification this morning from the office of the detectivor of National Intelligence they have no intention to release it publicly. They just did that so that senators and representatives would be able to carry a copy with them without violating any regulations about classification. So, kris, well keep an eye on the hearings today and let you know the latest. Its one thing to see the words on paper but are the members of Congress Going to actually hear from the whistleblower, him or herself . Reporter the whistleblower has indicated through his or her lawyer lawyers that he would like to speak with members of congress, but at this point, according to nbc news, our reporting, there has been nothing worked out, nothing is scheduled. The attorneys for the bh whistleblower are waiting to hear how to proceed. That would require his or her lawyers have a certain level of security clearance as well. Thank you very much, chris, for breaking it down. Now wenow what to expect as that intelligence heang happens right around 6 00 this morning. Nbc news does have a special report planned, and you will be able to watch it right here on nbc bay area. Again, expected to start right around the top of the 6 00 hour. 5 05 right now. As it unfolds today, chris all of this is happening in washington, d. C. President Trumps Administration will sign a new Asylum Agreement with honduras that could force them to seek protection in that country instead of in the united states. Critics have said migrants are already fleeing tremendous violence in the Central American countries and that keeping them there could further endanger them. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Up to 10,000 more scooters could be rolling into the town. Some people cant stand them. Reporter thats exactly right, marcus. They look nice and tidy but about a year ago this wasnt really the case. They are popular. Our photographer just rode one to the metallica concert to chase center. They are popular. T 4,000 more escooters on the streets. The c has learned from working with past operators they need to be locked up after the ride. There was a problem in the past and riders just dropping off the escooters blocking sidewalks but they must locked to Something Like a bike rack. Joshs ride only cost about 4. Use kearse lock up their escooters. They will be charged about 75 per escooter to help make up for building. They are great to get around in but you have to be careful with the people who are walking. A chance to overhaul the Mental Health system appears to be in limbo, according to the chronicle mayor london breed is pulling out of talks with two supervisors to transform the system. Those talks centered around a proposed ballot measure next spring. Its not clear if supporters will try to get the measure or will draft other legislation instead. Unusual midair emergency led to a very long night for Airline Passengers on their way to sfo. One of the passengers onboard the flight posted this video here on your screen. Youll see a lot of activity because somebody got stuck inside the lavatory. They had to divert the flight to denver which delayed the flight by more than two hours. Thats not where you want to get stuck on a plane for sure. Now that the high heat and winds are calming down, the lights are back on in the north bay. Pg e tweeted out planned outages are essentially complete. The company made the decision to cut service yesterday because of high fire danger. Pg e is calling the safety power shutoff a success. Others an inconvenience. I dont really blame them. Just looking out for everybodys best interests. It was kind of inconvenient. We want everyone to be prepared. We know the impacts of a power outage, what that can create. The company says about 11 of customers in butte county are still without power this morning. It says it plans to complete restoration efforts there by daylight. Did we set any records . It felt like we did, kari. We had so many records fall yesterday. It was unbelievable. I had to make two pages of graphics. Here is a look at all of the records yesterday. Santa rosa made it up to 105 degrees as the daily record. Conco concord, 99. Breaking the old record. San Francisco Airport got up to 96 degrees yesterday. Monterey 96 degrees there. And then we take a look at Half Moon Bay reaching 92 yesterday. 98 downtown observing. Redwood city as well as san jose made it up to 99 degrees. Okay, now were about to cool off. In oakland were starting out with clear skies as you get ready to head out this morning. A look at our highs today. No upper 90s, no highs over 100 degrees. Were still going to be slightly above normal. Heading over to mike, the overnight crews are still working. Even theyre grateful its cooler. Looking at slower drives. The section through sunnyvale, reports overnight they had one lane closed but there may be more than one lane or it may just be the slower moving gther lane over to keep data. Clear of the crew. Feeding up through palo alto out of mountain view, another traffic break that cleared north of willow. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Still ahead for you here on today in the bay, after the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting the Sheriffs Office is coming under more pressure to add security to a south bay festival after requests were denied. Coming up at 5 25 the change of heart. And a travel trifecta, it is a travelers nightmare being stranded in a foreign country for three days. Why the plane despite several attempts could not take off, and what the airline is finally doing about it this morning. Thats next. You are watching today in the bay. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Good thursday morning. Were coming up on 5 14. A live look outside in walnut creek. Of course its still dark now but well see all clear skies throughout the day. Temperatures starting out in the upper 60s. We could have lunch outside today. Well talk about that and whats ahead for the weekend forecast coming up in less than five minutes. And over here looking at Richmond San Rafael bridge. A few cars, its a smooth drive. Well show you how things are shaping up. Good morning, im rahel solomon. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street is set to open higher. Stocks rising as optimism over trade and political implications of the house impeachment inquiry. The market is higher after President Trump told reporters a trade deal with china could happen sooner than you think. Stocks had their best day in about two weeks. Sams club is teaming up to offer discounts to members on everydaycare they might put off because of the cost. Members in michigan, pennsylvania, and North Carolina will be able to buy a package of Services Including dental, vision, and generic prescriptions. They range frommed 50 to 240 for families. The program could be rolled out nationwide. Sams club says the program is designed to supplement insurance and reduce out of pocket costs. The brand is now heading east. 100 wegmann stores and two market locations in new york city. The impossible burger has been in restaurants for three years now but it was just two months ago the fda approved the color additive to make its burgers look and bleed like red meat. Well send it back to you. What if you dont like it rare . Then maybe you wont see it. I think its odd. Thank you, rahel. Ro a major cruise line is making a new push to reduce its plastic footprint and preserve the oceans it travels. In other words dont expect to buy or even drink from single use plastic water bottles. Norwegian cruise line is saying bon voyage to those bottles by the end of the year. The Company Plans to use alternatives. And its teaming up with the Company Founded by junk jaden smith and his father called just water. Single use bottles used across the fleet each year. Thats a lot. When it comes to Airline Horror Stories this might win the prize. Imagine waiting three long days to take off which is what a group of American Airlines travelers did posting lolts of images while they were waiting. The airline says its trying to make things right. The plane was supposed to fly september 9 from lima, peru to dallas. It had mechanical issues so passengers were put up in a hotel. Different issues popped up each day for three whole days with no other planes available. Many people arrived home four days late. American calls it a perfect storm and that there were some poor decisions made. Three days. So airport, hotel room, thats a pain but didnt we just talk about that person stuck in the bathroom . You dont want to be in the bathroom from lima all the way home. Even worse. Thats not something to smile about. The temperatures today will be. Im so excited. We will be cooling off and look at whats back. Most of San Francisco is all clear this morning as you get ready to head out. Lets check out our temperature trend today, well be at 66 degrees in the morning and then it will be at 70 degrees at 9 00. At noon were at 79 degrees. Thank you, chris, for this picture. Lets check out our High Temperatures. 88 in concord. Yesterday, we just talked about it, we were up to 105 this is a huge drop in temperatures even though its still above normal, were reaching up to 86 in san jose. Oakland a high of 83 and 85 today in santa rosa. San francisco were staying in the 70s today after hitting the mid to upper 90s yesterday. So the High Pressure that brought us the high heat is backing off. Now a storm system approaches the pacific northwest. As it does so our winds will shift from the south today and eventually turn more onshore as we go into the weekend. Cooler winds and also a chance of showers through the sierra. Some of those high elevations could get a light dusting of snow this weekend. So, yes, were talking about snow as we go into our first weekend of fall reaching the upper 80s in the warmest spots and mid70s for tomorrow. Upper 70s for saturday. Sunday is also looking great. It will continue to cool off on monday. San francisco seeing drizzle to start out tomorrow morning. Kari, looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. We are looking at a backup at the bay bridge. Metering lights likely turned on a minute or two earlier than we see on a thursday. Looking at slowing 880. We have that construction. Its slower right now. They may be clearing earlier than we see. Westbound highway 4 and eastbound 780. That crash still on the grid just off i80. Folks trying to get to the bridge westbound 780. Smooth drive for the rest of the bay. Also that zone through sunnyvale may be moving better approaching the matilda area, fair oaks. Construction crews there. The crew shows periodic traffic breaks. Back to you. Thank you, mike. The thoughts of the mass shooting in gilroy are still in the minds of people. A nearby festival asked for extra help from the Sheriffs Department and was turned down. Youll have to hear the rest of the story. New video from indonesia where a 6. 5 quake struck one of the islands. What were learning about the damage and the possible tsunami warning next. 5 20 for you right now watching today in the bay. The juul rec. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. 5 23. A followup and an aboutface from Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office which is now agreeing to help provide security to a weekend south bay pumpkin festival where there were concerns about gun violence. Outside of morgan hill holds the festival each year. Some 50,000 people will attend. The Pumpkin Patch is a short drive from where the gilroy garlic festival shooting rampage played out. Organizers told nbc bay area their request for deputies was turned down. Organizers now say that request has been granted. A panic overnight after a large earthquake struck one of the countrys islands. The u. S. Geological survey says the 6. 5 magnitude quake was centered off a remote island. Right now we are getting reports that at least three people died and people are also hurt. A damaged hospital had to force patients to outdoor tents. Witnesses say people along the coastal areas also ran to Higher Ground because they were worried about tsunamis. A tsunami warning was not issued. This morning there is hope your cheerleading skirt and those pompoms stuffed in your closet mightake a serious comeback on the big screen. Today Kelly Clarkson is sitting down with bring it on star who says when it comes to a sequel it was up to her and it would have been touched by an angel girl. If they wanted to make another movie, i would. Why not . It would be so fun. It would be so good. We made that movie for no money. Now if you know the story, then you know it was a huge hit bringing in more than 90 million at the box office. If you want some early 2000 nostalgia tune in to Kelly Clarkson at 3 00 and then ellen with a special guest. She has comedian whitney cummings. If youre not home you can also set your dvr. Talk about a bear of a good time in wine country. Look at that big fellow. This is a new video in this morning. This guy creeping around the Mendocino County winery. The footage w captured nearly a month ago but just posted to facebook this week. The bear was munching on the grapes. It plans to harvest them in the next few weeks so hopefully there are still some left. He looks so harmless and cuddly. The top stories were following on this thursday morning. Including this morning a Peninsula School district taking drastic measures to fight vaping at schools. In a live report up next the technology the district is now using. B. A. R. T. Could pick a new gate design. Coming up, the option b. A. R. T. Officials are considering. Testifying on the whistleblower case. You can see this live picture inside the chambers. Folks are already gathered. Theyre ready to hear what he or she has to say if, indeed, the whistleblower speaks. What to expect in todays testimony coming up next. And taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, looks lik