Into the middle to end of this week and well see for the weekend things starting to calm down but for San Francisco, we have some low 70stoday, and well drop it back to the 60s by tomorrow. Mike, youve been tracking a Traffic Alert and now a crash. Thats right. We got converted, kari to two Traffic Alerts, the second crash on the. He ininess lasoun is more significant. Highway 101, southbound 101 as you exit belmont down toward redwood city at britton avenue, a crash blocking two lanes. There may be a pedestrian involved, someone walking on the freeway. Were checking out the extent of injuries and duration theyll have. Its been called a Traffic Alert by chp because two lanes in the commute direction are blocked. El camino is a good option for you through the area and on the other side of the bay, the other Traffic Alert is westbound 580 at 35th, there are two lanes blocked there by a fourcar crash, watching for progress, speeds are starting to build off of the warren freeway. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. 6 01. And developing this morning, preparation and planning across the bay area for possible Power Outages. Pg e warns it could mean days without electricity. The outages could take effect within the next 24 hours and this is all in an effort to avoid devastating wildfires. Thom jensen is live in lafayette, one of the places where there are concerns about hot, dry winds, potentially damaging Power Equipment and sparking a fire. Reporter thats right, also in areas like maraga, orinda, walnut creek, Pleasant Hill, any of those hilly areas that normally experience these wind events are in danger but pg e also warns that evening a Shopping Center or other neighbors nearby the areas could have their power shut off. It really depends on where they determine they have to shut the power down. This is the height of the most dangerous part of the fire season, according to a long time Contra Costa County firefighter who i talked to yesterday. His crews were on the tubbs fire after it started two years ago today, just like so many in the bay area, and they train and prepare for this time of year specifically. They also work with pg e, which monitors the conditions of its equipment from an Emergency Control Center in San Francisco. Pg e will ultimately make the final call on when power will be shut off, and its asking the public to do its part to be ready to prepare at home. One lafayette woman i talked to in the Shopping Center said that shes ready with extra ice in the freezer to keep her food fresh and portable power for her familys qudevices and a Power Generator is probably next because this is just the way of life for years to come. We think that its something we should do in the future for sure, and thats on our list of things to do. Reporter Deborah Mitchell is not complaining. Shed glatly endure the Power Outages and the expenses if it means avoiding another destructive wildfire. Pg e is also out on social media and on radio reminding customers to sign up for their warnings and their updates to update their contact information. We have an easy way for you to do that, go to our website nbcbayarea. Com. Were live in lafayette, thom jensen, today in the bay. Ive linked those to twitter and facebook this morning, too. Its really great. Thank you very much, thom. People can put in their address which you know kind of gives you the alerts as well. Absolutely. Kari, youve been talking about a cooldown but the threat for fire danger exists. Yes, its not just hot temperatures that could cause a fire danger. We have low humidity and gusty winds, and so this is the pg e power outlook thats posted on their website, and it shows the area that they put under what they call a Public Safety power shutoff potential, and that starts tomorrow, continues through thursday. And so we have a little bit more time to prepare before those winds start to pick up. This takes us through tomorrow morning. We seehe humidity still at a decent level but look at what happens as we go throughout the day. The humidity will continue to drop. The bright colors that youre seeing here show where the winds will be gusting, and so there will be not only very low humidity down to the single digits, but the winds will be increasing coming in from the north and also the northeast, going into tomorrow afternoon. And it does stay low, even going into tomorrow evening, and not much recovery, meaning it doesnt rebound as high, going into thursday morning. Thats the reason why we have the red flag warning in effect. It means that any fires that spark up could spread rapidly in any of these areas shaded in red. Well continue to monitor that, make sure you have the nbc bay area app for those push alerts. Thank you, kari. If you happen to face an extended outage due to the fire threat, pg e has some tips customers need to follow. So take a look at your screen right here. Make sure you have enough food and water. This is to last a week, and make sure you have ice to keep it cold as long as you can, and backup chargers for your phones and if you leave home, make sure you know how to manually open your garage. You might want to consider staying with friends or relatives during that outage. Our coverage conditions all morning. At 6 30, were live in the north bay as people prepare for outages on the twoyear anniversary of that string of deadly wildfires. Also at 6 30, what people in the south bay need to know, you can go to our website right now as well to check your address to see if you are in that fire zone. It is 6 06. In the midst of an epidemic, san carlos is cracking down on vaping. Today the city will start enforcing its ban of flavored Tobacco Products. San carlos adopted the ordinance six months ago but allowed time for retailers to get the products off their shelves. As of this morning, flavored Tobacco Products will no longer be sold in pharmacies, and using any flavored Tobacco Products including ecigarettes will not be allowed within city limits. Happening today, Santa Clara County supervisor cindy chavez makes her pitch to make over the county fair sxwrn grounds. Chavez is talking about opening the fairgrounds for possible business partnerships. It may include a new sports facility. You dont have to worry about losing the county fair or other events tied to the fairgrounds, shell present during todays board meeting. 6 07. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments surrounding federal protections for lgbtq workers. A set of cases being brought by three americans who all say they were fired based on their sexual or gender identities. Historically the court has expanded lgbtq rights such as samesex marriage. However, cases dealing with lgbtq issues have never been heard while justices neil gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh were on the court. Both were recently appointed by the Trump Administration. The courts final decisions are expected by june. Developing now, so far no military strikes are being reported between turkey and syria, and nbc has learned u. S. Military forces are still in place on the ground with syrian kurds. New video showing turkeys military gearing up for action this after President Trump on sunday announcing withdrawal from that area. This is something a lot of people have been talking about, and i can tell you that without any warning, the u. S. Military or lawmakers, President Trump made that decision. Many fear a u. S. Troop withdrawal will leave kurdishled forces that have long been allied with the u. S. Vulnerable to a planned offensive by the turkish military. Yesterday President Trump threatened to destroy turkeys economy if the country takes a planned military strike in syria too far. The u. S. Military source tells nbc u. S. Forces are now in a wait and see mode. Meantime in washington, a key figure in the ukraine scandal set to announce their questions today as congress is seeking more evidence in the President Trump impeachment probe. Tracie potts has the latest from washington. Reporter Gordon Sondland is in the hot seat today, a trump appointee ambassador to the European Union. Democrats want him to explain Text Messages offering ukraine a white house visit in exchange for investigating joe biden. Its a scam by the democrats to try and win an election. Reporter in those texts, sondland tried to shut down a diplomat who questioned withholding aid from ukraine. Lawmakers have subpoenaed the secretary of defense, and white house budget director for documents on that. Lets hear all the fact. Reporter theyre still trying to determine if the original whistleblower will testify about President Trumps phone call with ukraines leader. It will be interesting to know if either one of the whistleblowers were legally allowed to or did they get illegal dissemination of information. Reporter the Washington Post reports lawmakers are coidextreme measures including a disguise and meeting at a secret location to protect the whistleblowers identity. As for the other state Department Employees who were supposed to speak with lawmakers, thats still in limbo. One was a no show yesterday. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Right now at 6 10, as we get up and prepare for the day, we are going to see our skies stay clear, temperature also be slightly cooler. Here is a live look outside in san jose, and heading out the door, well be in the upper 50s, and it will warm up again today, just not as hot as yesterday. Here is a look at our high temperatures and what we are expecting for today. Up to 85 in livermore. 84 in san jose, and it will be warm, morgan hill reaching 87 with some mid 80s in clearlake as well as napa. In fran yesterday we were in the mid 80s but today a high of about 70 degrees so much cooler there. Well talk about whats ahead coming up in a couple of minutes. Mike, youre busy with two Traffic Alerts. The other crash thats going on for 680 as well. We call this out not an alert, we have one crash causing some slowing for the build, Pleasant Hill toward walnut creek. The Traffic Alert and well look over here toward oakland, westbound 580 is jammed up from the split with the warren freeway, thats highway 13. A crash blocks the two left lanes and there may be traffic breaks going on right now as we speak as the slowing traffic to hopefully remove the vehicles from the left lanes and get them over to the right shoulder. There are four or five vehicles reported involved in that, so well track that. 880 or highway 13 a better route through oakland there. On the peninsula south 101 jamming up approaching britton avenue out of belmont, el camino or 280 are clear. This crash may involve someone walking on the freeway. Two lanes are blocked but were looking for detail on that. The rest of the peninsula is clear. Thank you, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay, the way california is working to make it easier for drivers to charge electric cars. Plus china seems to be a bit fr fragile when it comes to criticism. Good tuesday morning. Coming up on 6 15 and the cooldown begins today. As we take a live look outside in palo alto, we will have clear skies, just a few clouds passing by later on this morning. Well go from 56 degrees to 80 degrees by early afternoon. We will continue this cooldown, even as the winds pick up. Ill talk more about this and whats ahead for the rest of the week in less than five minutes. We have two Traffic Alerts, oakland west 580 at 35th, the other on the peninsula southbound. I have a better alternate, instead of el camino try industrial road. An update they just opened lanes for highway 101. Well talk you through whats going on, on both sides of the bay. And good morning. Very happy tuesday to you. A happy tuesday to you as well. Fed chairman powell speaks at a conference today. San franciscos levi strauss reports profits after the closing bell. Activision suspended a professional video game player, taken away his prize money after he supported prodemocracy protests in hong kong, this comes after china started to punish the nba and the Houston Rockets in particular after an official with the rockets said he supported protesters in hong kong. The rockets and the nba back pedaled fast. Chinas reportedly banned an episode of south park that was critical of china and its influence on american art and culture erasing any evidence of this episode from chinese social media and their version of youtube. South parks creator responded with a tongueandcheek apology. Like the nba, we welcome the chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts. We, too, love money more than freedom and democracy. The white house put together a new black list naming 28 companies that will not be permitted to do business in america or buy American Products including a Company Called sensetime, this is the Worlds Largest ai startup. A picture of sensetime offices in china. The u. S. Says the company is involved in tracking muslims in china, particularly the uighurs, using facetime technology. Nvidia makes powerful chips used in ai. Nvidia not responsible for any of this but watch shares of nvidia today. We know house prices in the bay area are expensive but the Silicon ValleyBusiness Journal says palo alto is the center of expensive homes. Six of the ten most expensive in the u. S. Sold in palo alto, this standard home, thats not a standard home. Standard homes are 3 million. Ill take it. 11 million. I dont think i could afford the 3 million either. This one has seven bedrooms, 6,000 square feet 11 million. Hmm. A little fixerupper. Ill take it. Thanks, scott. 6 17. California are trying to make it easier for you to charge your electric cars, so if you have an electric car listen up. You know most electric car stations dont take credit cards so drivers have to download an app, set up an account, add the credit card information, but now the California AirResources Board is requiring charging companies to install credit card readers at gas stations by 2022. Were preparing for the potential Power Outages, dont forget your cars, my goodness. You have to. Thats true. All of your batteries. That would be very interesting. You have an electric car, too. But i can also get some gas to run the generator. Thats true. Youre okay. Thats good, kari hall there be here. And thats the big concern going into the next couple of days is will we have power . We will have some very critical weather conditions that could mean that pg e has to turn it off inome areas. Lets get out the door this morning, as we are seeing the return of the fog. This is going to provide some cooling for San Francisco, but its really the immediate coastline thats going to feel the biggest cooling today, and so we were in the mid 80s yesterday in San Francisco, but today low 70s. Lets head across the bay toward martin martinez, as you get the kids out for school this morning, it will be a chilly start with low 50s but that warmup happens fast, even as they go out for lunch. It will be in the mid70s and then by the time you go back to pick them up from school or walking home its going to be very warm, with some 80s in the forecast today. Our south bay high temperatures reach 84 in santa rosa. 88 in gilroy. We do also see a lot of upper 80s from pittsburg toward danville, and then for hayward were up to 79. Were up to 80 today in palo al alto. You see the big cooling that happens in San Francisco today with the westerly wind but in the north bay, the winds are more northerly, so its still going to be very warm in those valleys. We will see a lot of changes in our wind direction as well as the speed going into tomorrow, and as the winds pick up, it lin crease our fire danger. We could see some gusts up to 55 miles per hour, especially in the Higher Elevations, and thats the reason why we have the high fire danger for not only the north bay but also the east bay hills and over toward the santa cruz mountains, very dry air coming in that will increase our fire danger. So well have more updates on that. We are also going to see our temperatures cool off. Were in the upper 70s and low 80s over the next couple of days that extends into the weekend. San francisco will be up to70 today but well bring it back to 66 degrees by tomorrow. Mike, are you down to one Traffic Alert now . We had two, were down so we have half as many Traffic Alerts. Were concerned about this slowing south 680 coming down toward 24 before the walnut creek interchange, still a crash on the shoulder, enough of a distraction with the build out of Pleasant Hill, concord, pittsburg and bay point that will be slow there. The good news, were seeing better speeds but no lane openings just yet. Westbound 580 at 35th still very slow from highway 13 and the split. The traffic breaks may be winding up and well get an update from chp shortly. Multicar crash there still reportedly blocking two lanes. Well track that, but 880 mainta