The area. Marin county fire crews say current temperature 65 degrees three fires ignited in the area in the area, winds are calm but fog is building around the above Indian Valley college. Coastline including in areas like santa cruz and monterey. They may have been intentionally set. This is the view from a wildfire camera. You can see helicopters circling santa cruz down to less than a half mile of visibility. Here is what were tracking, heading into this afternoon, yoefrn hea which is why that red flag overhead, you can see the warning is now in effect. Flights. The flames are under control but investigators are continuing to it might not look like much right now on satellite radar, look for someone suspected of but if you notice just starting the fires who is also approaching to our south is a considered to be armed and dangerous. Low pressure system. Now back to the massive fires burning across the bay thats whats going to kick you area. Weve broken down the numbers, want possibility of seeing high, here is a look, all these fastmoving storms heading into numbers are new this morning. The lnu complex fire has grown. This afternoon, which is why that red flag warning will remain in effect through it is now burning across more tomorrow. Again, the biggest impact will than 325,000 acres. I got it all from you be mainly heading into this containment still stands at 15 afternoon and into monday im always pushing through p15 . Morning. It is burning in the north bay we may see a lack of rain, i know well make it to the finish line across five counties including possibility of dry lightning napa and stanislaus. I know youre waiting on the other side with the storms arrival. Four people have now died. A possibility of even some im like you precipitation heading into the it is now the Third Largest fire overnight hours. In california state history. Ondemand glucose monitoring. Hell go into more detail on because theyre always on. Just yesterday it was the second that in a few minutes. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. All right, vianey, see you largest. The scu complex added more than so you dont wait for life. You live it. Then, thank you so much. We want to begin with the 60,000 acres since yesterday. Csu lightning fires burning in it is now the second history. Its burning in multiple spots santa clara, contra costa, and through santa clara, alameda, alameda counties. The fire has grown since contra costa counties. Yesterday morning, now burning containment remains at 10 . 340,000 acres which now makes it the czu complex on the coast and case. This is not a partisan the second largest fire in moment. Santa cruz mountains is up to this must be an american moment. California state history, surpassing the lnu fire in the joe biden frames his 71,000 acres bhufrurned. Campaign against president northhe were it is 8 contained. Trump. Character is on the ballot. 24,000 structures remain brandnew Evacuation Orders issued for people in alameda compassion is on the ballot. Threatened. Thankfully, in the north bay decency, science, democracy,om now there is some heavy duty county. We turn to today in the bays help in battling the woodward fire. Friends and his running mate. Its burning in west marin the constant chaos leaves us roz plater for the latest. County, part of the lnu fires. Reporter good morning, were the Marin County Fire Department in Alameda County. Adrift. Tweeted these photos. The incompetence makes us feel super scoopers, as theyre an Evacuation Order from early known, amphibious firefighting afraid. In the evening turned this now its President Trumps aircraft, helping to put out the turn. Morning into an Evacuation Order flames. A total of 62 drops yesterday, joe biden is a puppet of the because of the perimeter of fire moving. That was 93,000 gallons of water lets show you the area where this order takes place. It is south of welch creek road from tomales bay dumped on the to the fire perimeter. Woodward fire. A welcome sight for sore Alameda Santa clara county line, at welch creek, to the fire eyes, out of state crews helping perimeter. Now, here is some of what were to fight the firings. Seeing so far this morning. Utah crews are helping to were seeing fire crews and support our tireless fire crews for the next few weeks. Engines staged here along the firefighters from eight different Fire Departments in calaveras road. A lot of this is farmland area utah departed just yesterday. Everyone thats out here and there is a lot of livestock here. They advise folks with livestock really likes to be able to help out and do their part. They would need to get an early one firefighter tells us he start on getting their animals moved. Cal fire says it issued the has experienced battling fires warning because of the in california. He came here two years ago to possibility of dangerous weather ahead and because there are help, an experience which he says he will never forget as he limited ways of getting out of this area. We also saw multiple road found himself in a life or death closures which would complicate situation. And bless him for coming back. We know it can be hard to keep track of all these fires, anybody trying to evacuate or Evacuation Orders are changing by the hour. Weve made it easy for you. Evacuate animals along this way. We saw several large livestock our website is a great resource for everything you need to know. Trailers heading into the area closed down, presumably to move nbcbayarea. Com. Click on the lightning sparked resources on the trending bar. Out of some of the livestock. There is help for folks who need it is 7 09. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. To remove animals. We take you live to talk with well put it on our website at chuck todd who has a preview of nbcbayarea. Com. For now, were live, roz plater, this weeks meet the press. Plus this man tells us why today in the bay. Hes staying in world creek even though there are Evacuation Orders in place, next. New, rthank you, roz, for th information. The czu lightning complex fires, the fire has grown but so too has containment. The czu fire is 8 contained, up from 5 yesterday. The sheriffs offices from both counties are adamant that people not try to come back into evacuated areas, they are not safe. Fires are moving quickly, trees are falling. And it has the potential to put firefighters in danger to save you if something happens to you. People are being to head to the beaches in santa cruz and san mateo counties, that includes Half Moon Bay and pacifica, they remain closed. Cal fire alerted us one of their commanders cars was broken into, his wallet stolen, his bank account drained. There is also the ongoing issue of people looting homes that have been evacuated. So far five people have been arrested. And dangerous scammers trying to Contact People and get money for fake fire relief funds. Now to flames coming re crews did not want to well bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press. Hi, chuck, happy sunday, thanks for joining us this morning. Now that we have the dnc in our Rearview Mirror and its official, Kamala Harriss selection as the vp nominee, what do you think, is she a good fit . Is she helping the ticket . How did she come across this past week . Were going to find out. I think theres a chance she could be a demographic swiss army knife. Theres no doubt she really seems to be polling well right now, not just younger africanamericans who are enthusiastic to see a black woman on this ticket, but theyre seeing an upsurge of interest from southeast asianamer heritage. Youre seeing in florida, her jamaican heritage. Theres a whole caribbean vote in the state of florida that rarely gets politically activated very often, barack obama did that and it helped him carry the state of florida. Every Demographic Group in florida matters. College educated women of all races seem to be have very positive feelings about kamala harris. I think youre seeing what they believe, that shes somebody they can send pretty much anywhere, but certainly when it comes to suburban women in particular but also Younger Voters of color. I think they say a lot of opportunities with her. The challenge, though, is in many of those communities, being there is how you get folks fired up. And, you know, in this environment, can a Virtual Campaign excite those underserved constituencies without the physical presence of the campaign. That remains to be seen. And that brings me to my next question, speaking of being there. Beginning tomorrow, the republicans will have their National Convention. I have read that actually President Trump will travel to charlotte for a portion of it but then do other speeches back from d. C. Do you think that nonaudience environment will helpt him, if so, why . Look, the democrats have made a decision for months now that the virus comes first before everything else. They believe that the virus is the single reason why the president is more vulnerable today than he has been throughout his entire first term. And if youre going to put the virus at the center of your campaign then you better be abiding by it no matter what. It will present a contrast. The Republican Convention and President Trump, we know that as he reluctantly advocates, you know, Wearing Masks and things like that, it always is, he doesnt want it to get in the way of his political campaign. The democrats made the decision to let it get in the way of are looking at this virus going, 180,000 americans are dead, wheres the plan, that party seems to at least rhetorically worry about the virus, that party seems to ignore protocol. To me thats the risk here the republicans are taking with having a convention thats a little looser with the virus restrictions. Yeah, two different conventi conventions, to be sure. We look forward to talk to you next week to see what happens. Thanks as always for joining us, chuck. We hope youll join chuck for this morningsor mark warner plus trumps Senior Adviser jason miller, at 8 00 a. M. Right after this newscast. Coming up in 30 minutes, well talk with nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston and look ahead to the rnc in charlotte. Crews across the bay area work tirelessly to put out flames. Some people are taking matters into their own hands to protect their homes and neighborhoods. We want to introduce you to will cook. He lives in Boulder Creek where flames from the czu fire have destroyed homes, forced evacuations, but hes not one of them. He tells us hes doing what he can to put out hotspots. One big challenge, there are no fire hydrants near him so hes using water from the creek, bucket by bucket. Hes worried about looters coming near his abandoned neighbors home. There is also a potential for looting. Our presence here, for myself and for my other neighbors, is kind of an important thing. We look out for each other. He tells us he hasnt seen any looters in his neighborhood, but his efforts are admirable, but cal fire does not want people putting themselves in danger by staying behind. Now to a scary sight, surveillance cameras caught a Mountain Lion wandering in a san bruno neighborhood around 2 00 a. M. Friday. You can see it on someones driveway. San bruno Officials Say the fires are forcing Mountain Lions and other animals to leave their usual habitats. Yikes. Now time to check in with vianey arana f microclima microclimate weather allert. A lot can happen tonight, vianey. Exactly, thats what were keeping an eye on. As we head towards the afternoon is when were going to start to see thunderstorms making their arrival. Right now in san jose, 65 degrees. So were in the 50s and 60s. Youre going to feel that humidity, thats one thing. Theres a reason for it. Were tapping into some tropical moisture. 90s through the interior valleys, san tra rota rosa in t. It will be a warm day. The surge in moisture will kick up that humidity even more. Youll get once again sort of that miamifeel weather throughout the bay area where its humid. Satellite radar shows where things will change heading into this afternoon. Notice now, were not getting much in the way of rain. A couple of clouds, some fog around the coast. But this is what were monitoring right now. To the south, you can see it there off the coast, near the l. A. Area. Remnants of what was hurricane genevieve. This will bring the biggest threat, because im going to push this down so you can sort of get an idea, follow me with the radar there on the monitor. You can see that surge of moisture pushing up along the coast there, pushing northward. Thats that low pressure system that will be interacting with the High Pressure system to our east. The interaction of these two systems is whats going to cause the instability in the atmosphere. All of that unstable air will bring a chance for fastpaced thunderstorms, Higher Elevation thunderstorms, and also the chance for dry lightning. As far as rain, some of the model runs are showing us the chance of maybe seeing some precipitation heading into this afternoon, around 5 00, 6 00. Of course with a lot of wildfires burning around us, ideally we would rather see the rain and the dry lightning. But we wont know until that surge of moisture really makes its way into the bay area, which is why that red flag warning is currently in effect through tomorrow afternoon. Again, the biggest impacts will be the erratic winds as the storms push through, the chance for thunderstorms, and the chance for dry lightning. Again, may lack rain initially, but right now its looking like we might get some rain to pick up later into the evening hours. The highest surge of moisture will be tonight into early monday morning, as that rain continues to evaporate through the layer of dry air near the surface. We get the chance of seeing that dry lightning, which means those gusty, erratic winds, much like we saw last sunday. This is definitely rare, weve been talking about how rare it is. On average the bay area only sees two to three thunderstorms a year. So the fact were seeing this on a back to back weekend is incredibly rare. By tomorrow morning, were going to still keep that chance of seeing some thunderstorms, because on tuesday we get another surge and a change in the incoming system. So were going to be monitoring this throughout the entire day, kira. Wow, we usually of these per were already facing back to back weekends of lightning, that is a scary thought. And we know youll keep us updated, vianey, thanks very much. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, a rare move for lawmakers. They worked during summer break and on a weekend. The emergency meeting that was called about the post office. Want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Welcome back. In a rare move yesterday, lawmakers returned from their summer breaks trying to broker a deal to block the costcutting measures that many blame for slower mail delivery and which some say could put the president ial election in jeopardy. Here is nbcs Kelly Odonnell. Reporter protesters across the country bland action to protect the Postal Service from delays and to secure mailin ballots. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered her own message about President Trump. Dont pay any attention to what the president is saying, because it is all designed to suppress the vote. Reporter the speaker called congress back from august recess to pass a measure that halts changes to Postal Service operations and adds another 25 billion. But its headed nowhere. The white house already threatened a veto. This bill on the floor today, uh, is more of a partisan bill than it is a real attempt as solving the problem. Reporter before heading to his private virginia golf club, the president took a swing at one of his own agencies, the food and drug administration. First, recall, hemoay. I will say the fda has been great. Reporter but today tweeted at the agency with the conspiratorial term the deep state, claiming the fda is delaying progress on vaccines and therapy eutics with this unsupported allegation. Nancy pelosi called the president s tweet very scary. Not a declaration from the white house about speed and politicizing the fda. Reporter in the 73day sprint toward the election, the virus and response are key issues. Joe biden was asked if he would shut down the country if confronted by coronavirus and flu in the new year. You have to fix the virus. You have to deal with the virus. So if the Scientists Say shut it down . Then shut it down. I will listen to the scientists. That was Kelly Odonnell reporting. After democratic president ial nominee joe biden delivered what many call the best speech ofred with new attacks as his party prepares for the spotlight at the rnc. The democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in american history. Where joe biden sees american darkness, i see american greatness. Thursday night, biden spoke out against fear and anger, offering a largely optimistic and unifying vision. President trump in response warned that, quote, violent mobs would overtake u. S. Cities if the democrats prevail. As we discussed with chuck todd, the rnc begins tomorrow in charlotte, north carolina. Popular video app tiktok is preparing for a court fight with the trump administration. The Chinese Company that owns tiktok confirms it plans to sue the united states. This after