As well as those councilmembers because that meeting started at 6 00 and didnt wrap up until about 3 00 a. M. The final decision was changes in policing here in the city of berkeley were necessary, so those councilmembers voted to proceed with making those changes. Lets break this down. Last night a total of five proposals related to policing which will combine into one omnibus measure. Many which created the creation of the new department to handle trafficrelated stops and duties, an audit of police calls and response and the creation of specialized care units to handle the nonpolice trauma calls were all lumped into one. One of the more drastic proposals, was not included in that allencompassing proposal. After hours of public comment, every councilmember but one who proposed a budget cut voted yes. She said the items did not reflect what the people wanted and did not offer enough change. Take a listen to what residents had to say outside of the meeting. They wont be able to beat people no more. I think the police do somewhat need to be armed. They need more accountance and need to work on cameras, having that camera on. Reporter in terms of time line, councilmembers agreed the changes would not happen overnight and want to align the conversation with the 2021 is budget discussion. The conversation started after the death george floyd. A lot of conversation abouts racial inequality and Racial Justice began so a lot of eyes nationwide are going to be on berkeley because this is considered groundbreaking. I will, of course, bring you the latest. Were live in the city of berkeley. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. 5 02. Happening tonight concord leaders take the first steps in possibly readjusting their Police Departments budget. Councilmembers recently approved a 100 million plan, but they also left room for changes on calls for defund and reform. Tonight theyll hold a study session. The chief of police will also be on hand. New signs americas road to recovery could be a long one. The head of the cdc warns this fall and winter could be rough when coronavirus collides with the flu season. But we learned overnight that soon the Agency Experts wont be in charge of tracking those numbers. Today in the bays tracie potts live for us in washington to explain that and much more. Tracie, that concerns me a little bit. Do we know who will keep track of those numbers . Reporter well, its still going to be health and Human Services which oversees the cdc, so that function will be pulled to washington as opposed to scientists and experts down in atlanta. Some people kind of concerned are they going to tinker with the numbers here. We could hear more about that today. President trump headed down south to the cdc home base. Hes supposed to talk about infrastructure, but hes also talking about why he wants students to go back to class in the middle of a pandemic. President trump lands in georgia. Atlanta is starting School Online despite his insistence kids go back to class. It is a balancing act, but we have to only our schools. I also say a decision like that is politics. Were doing very well in the polls. Reporter a stockpile of personal protective equipment is critically low. New overnight the cdc will no longer control coronavirus numbers. The Trump Administration is asking hospitals to bypass the agency and send daily reports directly to a new system set up by the administration. Unemployment is expiring. The last checks will be going out the last week in july. So its absolutely urgent that we pass legislation. Reporter democrats and republicans have different priorities. Liability protection, kids back in school, jobs unemployment, and health care. Reporter democrats promise relief by the end of the month. Tracie potts, nbc news. Nearly 1,100 new cases are being reported across the bay area of coronavirus. Now the hot spot remains Alameda County which added 345 new cases. 11 new deaths brings the bay area total of deaths to 657. And you know, marcus, with the recent spike in cases california testing labs are actually getting pretty overloaded as well. Long lines for testing. A very common site in the bay area, some waiting longer for test results to come back. Experts say a backlog and a shortage of testing supplies making it more difficult to contain the virus. One expert believes the federal government needs to provide more oversight. Providing funding for the testing in terms of managing the situation around the country to have a good handle on what are the needs and the capacity and to be able to manage the Global Supply chain and then to direct those supplies. California leaders are now calling on medical providers to increase testing access. Theyre looking to expand lab options. Another large east Bay School District likely to make a decision to start the school year home learning. Distance learning only at tonights school board meeting. This decision comes after teachers yesterday took part in a caravan demanding all fall classes be held online with at least one saying its a matter of life and death. The superintendent does say a lot of progress has been made in expanding Safety Measures, and he still sees a possible return to the classroom later in the school year. You may want to make sure you carry spare change. Parking enforcement will resume meaning paying to park at meters and in downtown garages. Street sweepers will also be back in action starting today. All right. We want to get a look at the forecast out there. Street sweepers are out there working hard. A lot of people will be out there so we have to do our part and keep it clean as well. Yes. Its going to be one of those days where well see the fog around the coastline. It will be comfortable because were more seasonable now for this time of year. Not as hot as we experienced last week but still pretty warm in some areas. Lets take a look at todays forecast. In the south bay comfortable 80s. Of course if you live further inland in areas like concord, livermore and antioch, were still going to be in the upper 80s, a couple 90s, and up through clear lake, santa rosa and napa expect to also see some of those upper 90s at times. Around the coastline, though, and into San Francisco, we have 60s and 70s, so a good spread of micro climates. Ill have a closer look at what you can expect heading into tomorrow and the weekend in a few minutes. Mike . All right, vianey. We do have this crash in the south bay. I want to point this out to folks who travel north out of Silicon Valley around milpitas. Jackland road is the off ramp closed and, in fact, it may be affected for those who drive past the mini golf course. Up into the trivalley, a mild build. In dublin youre at speeds. We only had the slowing out of the altamont after you come off the merge with 205. Back to you. Back on track without a caution flag. Ahead at 5 25, big concerns as nascar fans flock to the thousands to see the racing in person tonight. And airbnb under fire for suggesting cashstrapped hosts receive donations. Plus i want you more than youll ever know nobody puts baby in the corner. Trending for you this morning, could dirty dancing be coming back to the big screen . Learning about a possible sequel in the works coming up next on today in the bay. 5 10. Hi. Were e glad you c came i. Whatss on your m mind . Can yoyou help keeeep these guys prorotected onlnline . Easy. Connect toto the xfi i gateway. Whatat about wirireless data options s for the fafamily . You u can customomize and sas. Whwhat about i internet spspe that canan keep up with my gagaming . Letts hook youou up with t the faststest internrnet from xfxf. 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Others called it tone deaf saying hosts often owned their properties which are commonly investments. Today nbc is throwing its hat into the ring in a socalled streaming war, and you dont have to put up a dime at all. Peacock is launching today. Besides a Large Library of content it will stream shows three hours before they hit the airwaves. Subscribers can access nbc news programs, the olympics and premier League Soccer and once again its all free. People can jump in, jump out, decide if they like it and dont have to offer up a credit card. For those watching on the free tier theyll have to sit through some commercials but you can upgrade for 10 a month to skip those ads. Peacock, of course, owned by our own Parent Company comcast. All right. Just imagine having the time of your life for the second time in your life. Thats because a dirty dancing sequel may be in the works. Because ive had the time of my life who could forget the late, great Patrick Swayze and his costar jennifer gray, one of the most iconic dance moves in film history. Nobody puts baby in the corner. According to variety magazine gray is working with lionsgate on an untitled dance movie to apparently star and executive produce the film. So far they are refusing to comment on this. All right. You know who is in the corner, frank holland. Nobody puts him in the corner. Hey, frank. Good morning. That was actually a really good movie. I used to like it a lot as a kid. I havent seen it in a while. Wall street is set to open up higher, rising more than 550 points after a top official at the Federal Reserve warned the recovery will likely face head winds for some time and will require more stimulus measures from the fed and congress to stay on track. Investors are reacting to news from moderna which announced positive results from a small Clinical Trial for potential covid19 vaccine raising hopes for a fast economic recovery. Stocks directly tied to a reopening such as airlines and cruise lines are jumping today. Also in focus more earnings from big names such as Goldman Sachs and united health. Best buy requiring customers to wear a Face Covering at all stores even in states or cities where they are not required. Last Week Starbucks announced a similar measure. The new policy goes into effect today. Best buy will provide a Face Covering to customers who dont have one while young kids and those unable to wear a covering for Health Reasons can enter stores without one. Customers who have concerns about wearing a Face Covering can still buy online and get Home Delivery or curbside pickup. Nissan builds a crossover vehicle, the aria. It will hit showrooms by the end of next year. A range of up to 379 miles on a single charge depending on the type of battery and several autonomous features including selfparking. It will cost 46,000 and compete directly against teslas model y. Crossovers have been selling well accounting for 40 of recent u. S. Auto sales. Back over to you. Thanks so much, frank. Good to see you. Hey, trending this morning, no one could have seen this coming during the summer of love. Nike and the grateful dead teaming up for new shoes featuring the bands dancing bear. Its on sale this weekend for 110. You have a little zipper behind the tongue to stash, well, whatever you might need to stash. Your money because you dont want to lose your money. Your house key. Yeah. If you have any left. Them shoes were made for walking or anything else. Oh, my goodness. Vianey is in this morning for kari with a look at the forecast. Maybe something nice and cool, we can take a stroll in those new shoes maybe. Or if youre like me wearing your flats, your slippers. Thats cool, too. Lets talk about your weather. Marcus, you will definitely be enjoying a nice stroll at least the first half of the day. The coast, the peninsula, you can enjoy a stroll all day long. San jose, a beautiful view there. Look at the sky. You can start to see those clouds forming there. And over walnut creek as well. If you live around the coast youre probably waking up to that fog as well. And we can expect to see mostly sunshine today so dont worry. That fog will not stick around all day long but will help keep our temperatures cooler. Very similar to yesterday. More normal for this time of year. Microclimate highs for this afternoon, san jose, 85. Milpitas, 84. Los gatos, 84. Concord, 87. Walnut creek, 86. Again, if you live further inland, definitely take your stroll before 1 00 because between 1 00 and 3 00 typically some of our hottest peak hours of the day. You want to take a stroll or maybe later in the evening. Your microclimate highs 73. San francisco will be comfortably in the 60s, up through the north bay, santa rosa, 82. If you will be going outside keep in mind that grass pollen is high. Weeds are moderate. Tree and mold is low. Dont forget to take that allergy medication. My allergies have been acting up for sure. Over the next seven days look at what were tracking, thursday, friday, saturday, you notice what happens to the temperatures, we see an increase yet again into the mid90s throughout the inland areas. It will get hotter heading into the weekend. At least it will be sunny. Now well keep that morning fog for today, and then by tomorrow also notice what happens to the temperatures in San Francisco. We get upper 60s, possibly even some low 70s. So we have a warmup on the way heading into the weekend. Mike . All right. So were just looking forward to the weekend, not necessarily the temperature in the inland areas. Over to all the areas, the maps show you your entire commute or most of your bay commute is good. Im still concerned about this crash in the south bay, north 680 approaching jacklin. The mini golf course on the shoulder. We do have major damage to one of the cars involved though no slowing there. Were going to follow the activity that if youre heading north out of san jose and into sunol 680 your commute the opposite direction just fine. A little slowing shows up there. Isabel just off 580. No crashes there but there may be a crew. Be careful. No problems for the bay bridge and at the bay bridge. Very mild traffic. An easy drive. Were seeing a few more cars right on schedule. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, mike. 5 20 right now. Coming up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Reporter the airline says he wont get his money back but we think theres a way in. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. A lesson for everyone when nbc bay area responds next. A lot of times you are online scrolling through social media and want to stay on the go. Daily news updates so you can catch up on the go. You can follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram to get those updates. Its a really cool and quick way to get caught up on whats happening here in the bay area. Much more ahead this morning. 5 23. Take a look at this. This is incredible video as a Michigan Police officer saves the life of a newborn. That officer called a hero no doubt. This was caught on dash cam video. The 3weekold baby was choking at the time the officer arrive. The officer flipped the baby on its stomach to deliver a few strategic taps on the back. The baby then started crying, thankfully breathing again. Im sure that mother is so happy this morning. Developing this morning bail denied for Jeffrey Epsteins former confidant Ghislaine Maxwell who prosecutors are calling a flight risk. Maxwell pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of helping epstein sexually abuse underaged girls. Her attorneys argued she should be released due to the coronavirus. When maxwell was arrested she ran from officers and a cell phone wrapped in tinfoil was found in her home in an effort to avoid detection. The trial likely wont start before the end of the year. All new for you, val demings joined jimmy fallon on the tonight show and, of course, that question came up of being joe bidens only in america can that little black girl who grew up be on a short list for Vice President of the united states. Im honored and humbled by the possibility. She is in the mix. She served as orlandos police chief and is the first woman to lead that department. She was also one of the house lawyers arguing in the impeachment trial for president trump. A high profile political defeat. Jeff sessions has lost the primary election to fill his old senate seat. Sessions held the seat for 20 years before vacating it to serve as attorney general for president trump. He lost to former auburn football coach tommy tuberville. President trump tweeted he will be a great senator. Nbc bay area responds to an antiyok man who actual ly needd help getting his money back from an airline. A lesson for anyone who flies. Reporter good morning. Bob was set to fly from oakland to honolulu in june on Hawaiian Airlines. Bob wanted to cancel and get a full refund, but Hawaiian Airlines was only offering a flight credit. So he turned to us. We noticed something that Hawaiian Airlines had changed his trip. Instead of flying from oakland to honolulu they had him flying from sfo to honolulu and that was our in. We knew there was a contract of carriage, a contract that nobody reads. And it states the refund is the passengers sole discretion. Thats when an airline makes a significant booking change like swapping your departure airport. We sent Hawaiian Airlines a note. It quickly responded and sai