And just howling and it woke me up. Yeah, were going to have some cooler temperatures today now that were seeing that front blowing in. Gives us a little bit of a break. As we take a live look outside, that wind also mixing out the fog in San Francisco and were seeing a mostly clear start to the day. As we head inland were checking out our temperature trend and step out the door in the mid 50s and see it in the upper 70s by 1 00 today. Well talk about that warmer weekend weather. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Laura is right, as far as the workweek goes the last work day and tomorrow is the holiday for many. As we look at the roadways, we see fremont where the crash has been a delay north 880 past mowry and final stages of clearing up. Activity on the shoulder and not in the lane. Smooth drive and san jose is already lightening up and well send it back to you. Thank you very much, mike. From the governor on down, the push to wear masks is certainly getting serious now. But the new normal has not always been easy for californians to face, even with the big spike in covid19 cases. I want to check in with today in the bay kris sanchez this morning. Shes talking about the ban and how to explain these mask mandates may even make economic sense. Kris . Yeah, thats what were learning now, laura. Im not wearing a mask because im more than six feet away from any human being except for alan behind the camera. Youll see reminders about Wearing Masks pretty much everywhere you go. Youll see billboards and the cal trans signs flashing on the highway when you hit the highway and youll see those reminders any time you go into any public space. You mentioned you went to target yesterday, so did i. There are reminders when you walk into that store, as well. Still, we see these videos like this one of people fighting and tempers flairing ovflaring over mandates. According to a new poll, abc poll, those folks are in the minority. 89 of people polled say in the last week, they masked up every time that they went out last week. Thats nine out of ten people. In case you need a refresher, there is cases of how droplets are transmitted. They fly out of our mouths when were talking and how a mask can contain them and prevent others from inhaling them. Before and after slows the transmission. There is an economic incentive. According to a Goldman Sachs survey and National Mask mandate could save almost 5 of the Gross Domestic Product because Better Outcomes in countries that do have them. Exemptions for children under the age of 2 or those who have a medical or mental condition. Dont fall for this, though. Scammers are selling fake exemption cards. Neither the federal government nor the state Health Department issues cards like this and they wont protect you should you choose not to wear a mask. Some local Law Enforcement agencies say they will not enforce a mask ordinance, there are state agencies that are now Going Forward and they are cracking down on repeat offenders. Businesses that refuse to comply. Restaurants, bars and salons if theyre not following the orders and repeat offenders, they will get fined. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Good to know, thank you. 6 04 for you this morning and President Trump is suddenly shifting his tone when it comes to wearing those masks as u. S. Coronavirus cases surge at a recordsetting pace. Meanwhile, he is denouncing the bounty scandal as a hoax. Alice barr is live for us in washington where the white house will brief Congress Later today. Alice . Good morning, marcus. Yes that briefing coming up later today. Another sign of mixed messaging here while President Trump is calling those reports the bounty alleged a hoax. There are briefings going on and clearly the administration taking it seriously enough to do that and the National Security adviser for the Trump White House also saying that there were people top level administrators who were looking at options for how to respond to russia, if necessary. President trump dismissing allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u. S. Troops in afghanistan. In his first interview since the explosive story broke insisting he was not initially briefed because the intelligence peopley of them didnt believe it happened at all. I think its a hoax. Reporter decided not to inform him. And could be corroborated and then we could have options to go to the president with. Reporter despite downplaying the threat, the Trump Administration now set to brief congressional leadership later today. I want to see this president , this white house say that they will get to the bottom of this. He calls it a hoax. Same thing he calls covid19, a hoax. He said it will disappear. Reporter President Trump repeating that claim. I think at some point, that is going to sort of just disappear. Reporter that despite recordhigh cases in 14 states this week, forcing beaches and bars to close heading into the holiday weekend. The president did signal a rare message in support of masks. Well, i dont know if you need mandatory because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance. You talk about social distancing. But im all for masks. I think masks are good. If i were in a group of people and i was close. You would wear one . I would. Oh, i have. People have seen me wearing one. Reporter President Trump still resisting and making masks mandatory, despite his own Health Officials pleas to wear them to slow the spread. Hospitals in some coronavirus hot spots are now beginning to run out of space and supplies. In hardhit houston one doctor telling nbc news that if cases peak there this month, he thinks hospitals will be okay, but any surges beyond that point could be a much bigger problem. Back to you, marcus. What no city wants to hear. So important to wear those masks. All right, alice, thank you. 6 07. And new for you this morning, were learning more about a chp shooting near interstate 880 in hayward. Started around 2 30 and chp said that officer was called to a man passed out in a car on tarman and jackson. When they arrived, officers found the car was reported stolen. Officers set up the spike strips and they woke up that driver. That driver then tried to escape hitting the gas almost striking one of those officers. That officer fired one shot and he landed on the spike strip and then was hurt. That car got away. And its not clear if the driver was hit. Of course, we will bring you more updates as soon as we get them. And a follow up for you in berkeley. Council members there have agreed to cut Police Funding by more than 9 million. Thats about 12 over the Overall Police budget. Now, the council made that decision yesterday. The money saved will not actually be diverted else where this year, but instead, the back field the citys 39 billion budget deficit. New this morning in southern california, some major cuts in store for the l. A. Police department. City Council Members have slashed 150 million from the lapd budget following activist calls to defund. Little less than 10 . After the vote, the l. A. School police chief resigned. Add peninsula beaches to the list of fourth of july places that are off limits. Pacifica and Half Moon Bay leaders yesterday decided to close all beaches and beach parking lots to limit the spread of covid19. Pacificas mayor said she doesnt want a repeat of record crowds on memorial day when closed parking lots sent visitors into nearby neighborhoods. Still not clear if surfers and swimmers are allowed but one says regular distancing rules are followed in the water. We have to stay six feet apart. Everyones board is six foot plus. Some of these guys are riding ninefoot boards. The closures will run from friday morning to monday morning. Leaders say deputies will be patrolling. So, consider yourself warned. You got to find another place to cool off, at least this weekend, kari. Yeah, you were saying that tahoe is look booked solfrud the weekend. So, i think its just better if we stay at home. Were going to also have some nice weather. As we take a live look outside over the south bay. Taking a break from the heat with clouds rolling in this morning also some breezy winds as we get a stronger ocean breeze picking up today. That is going to keep it right around normal as we see our High Temperature that will reach 82 degrees. Were in the mid 80s for the inland east bay while the coastal areas will be in the mid 60s for highs this afternoon. Well talk about that warmer weekend weather coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the morning drive . It was looking much better, but, kari, i suddenly see more slowing through fremont and ill double check the chp report to make sure nothing new has popped up. We see mostly green everywhere you would expect. A thursday acting like a friday. Mild slowing and little bit of slowing and 84 livermore towards no problem getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. Back to you guys. Thanks, mike. Coming up next for you, you probably noticed the recent surge in gas prices, but the latest hike has nothing to do with fuel providers. All new for you thisern moi mor well talk about the spike all californians will have the endure no matter where you fill up. Mike mentioned tomorrow is a holiday, so we got the jobs numbers early. Very good. Look what its doing to wall street. Stocks were already ahead of the economy and pulling farther ahead with the future better than 400 points to the positive. Well, we hope the future is looking bright for these great grads of 2020. Made it through school. But we are honoring them. A big congratulations to these high school graduates. Send us candids of your graduate. Leave them for us on facebook. More news ahead. Its 6 11. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 14. Lets head outside in walnut creek and nice sunrise and here we have some sunshine. We have seen clouds in parts of the bay area and once that clears out well keep a comfortable day with highs here reaching into the low 80s. But well talk about some warmer weekend weather coming up in a few minutes. And a live look at the bay bridge and shows what we have some folks now waiting to pay their toll electronically. We will see the metering lights in probably the next 10 to 15 minutes. Some folks still heading into work in San Francisco, scott. Good morning, mike. Very happy thursday to you, as well. No work for a lot of people tomorrow. Tomorrow is a federal holiday. So, we got the jobs numbers early and they are very, very good. 4. 8 million jobs added. Unemployment rate falls to 11. 1 . Now, it is a double witching day because today is thursday and firsttime jobless claims. In june, we added net 4. 8 million but lost 1. 5 million jobs last week. Really its best to look at the trends and the trends are positive. Futures calling for a big jump on the open. Look at shares of tesla. Tesla the most valuable car company in the world. More valuable than toyota, though the fundamentals do not support that. Tesla is expected to release production numbers and tell us how many cars were built. You recall elon musk called factory workers into the factory before Alameda County said it was safe to do so. Our bob redell is out at tesla and reporting on workers who said they felt unsafe. And tesla said they could stay home and then they claimed they were laid off. Several reports say the nations top executives are willing to testify together before congress. New york time says that include jeff bezos and tim cook and mark zuckerberg. Block the information watched a virtual town meeting and said zuckerberg assured his fellow employees the boycott wont last. Theyll be back soon enough. And President Trump says he supports more money, more payouts to americans. Not totally clear if hes talking about another stimulus or extending the number of weeks that extra 600 goes into unemployment checks. A fox reporter tried to get him to clarify. You want the payments larger. The money getting to people larger and i want the money to get there quickly and in a noncomplicated fashion. Now, were not clearly sure, again, what the president means by money to americans. But i know well be following that, marcus and laura, and see if there is a second stimulus. President trump said he would like to see one. And show would a lot of other people, im sure. Thank you very much, scott. 6 17 this morning. If youre feeling more pain at the pumps, this may be the reason why. California gas tax up 3 cents per gallon and now that amount is about half a dollar between federal and state taxes. Californians pay an extra 79 cents per gallon. The highest in the nation. Well, it is thursday. So, lets get to something good for uayou and really unbearably cute. It is. Take a look at this. Look at whats popping out of the well there. A Little Family of bears that were peeking out. It happened in monrovia near pasadena. It turns out the bears somehow got stuck in that well. Firefighters threw in a ladder and, well, the mama bear and her two cubs used the ladder to climb out to freedom. You know, just now as you were talking about that, laura, i thought about the bernstein bears. You remember those books . Oh, yeah, of course. Mama bear and papa bear. Yeah. None of them were wearing overalls. Yeah. Probably one of my favorite series growing up. Just had a flashback. Thanks, laura. I think they had a cartoon, too. Little memory lane. It really is. You know, its so funny, they write about little bears all cute, but bears are very big and dangerous. You need to stay away. You see them a lot in tahoe. We remember those stories. You know, we get a little bit nervous when we see them. But i know, laura, you were talking about tahoe and a lot of bears up there and the weather up there, too, probably be bear friendly. I dont know what do you say, kari. Yeah, of course. Theyre going to love the sunshine and were also going to have some comfortable weather. Its also going to be great for people heading there if youre lucky enough to be able to go. Heres a look live right now at our sunrise this morning as were starting out on this long holiday weekend. Hopefully for you, were looking at some sunshine here and some cooler temperatures. Take a look at this sunrise if youre going hiking this weekend. This may be one of the places youre headed. This is a look at mt. Deobliabl the sun comes up this morning and all clear as you head across parts of the inland areas. Look at the highs for today. Were a little bit cooler than it has been earlier in the week and this is actually a bit of a break compared to what we will have heading into the weekend. So, antioch today will reach 86 degrees while oakland will be in the low 70s. San francisco in the mid 60s and in santa rosa were reaching 82 degrees. But before you make your weekend plans just a heads up to keep this in mind before you light anything on fire. This means your grill, fire, withes or anything. We are in a severe drought right now. The vegetation is very dry. Way ahead of schedule. As we look at our Drought Conditions for the bay area from parts of the east bay to the peninsula, extending to the north bay, we are well below where we should be. So, as we look at the weekend forecast, its going to be breezy, low humidity and hot temperatures not good ingredients you comby with the severe drought and fourth of july weekend. Be very careful out there. Temperatures low 80s for today and tomorrow and for the fourth of july reaching 90 degrees. Nice, cool weathpool weather fo back in the 80s for early next week. Mike, any problems for drivers getting ready to head out the door . No, were watching the bay bridge, kari. The live look shows you and no metering lights registered just yet. I think theyll turn on because of the volume pattern were seeing. No slow downs or problems through Contra Costa County and the toll plaza itself. The rest of the bay shows a nice drive. San jose not showing the slowing that we see for the second burst. Lighter volume overall. As we look towards fremont, the only trouble sticking around. Now over on the shoulder but a distraction approaching mowry will cause you to tap the brakes. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. Covid19 has canceled theme park visits for lots of us. Well, getting the money back for those tickets isnt much fun either. Im investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds, next. Businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver, in new ways, to new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. At comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. And now, with one of our best offers ever, were committed to helping you do just that. Get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. 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Almost everything is in flux with theme parks right now except ticket prices. Some parks are limiting capacity or requiring reservations. So, be careful prepaying for attractions. Dont just assume your desired date is available and tickets refundable if you dont g