so and silicon valley people are pushing software before truly finished, to see how it goes, the and there really different approaches to product developer. i mean i am horrified that is referred to making a book is product development but as it is, is sort of values that motivates books are really different. >> is it addicting? >> technology? >> some i think. yeah. >> the mindset, bigger, better, faster. >> yes, i found it really intoxicating. >> intoxicating, better word. >> feels really good to see the product of your labor that is realized quickly and you kind of get the feedback of you know, working on something and you see it go. you can do that quickly within a month of having something, a viable product. >> what about publishing and technology? is there a synergy there? >> that's a good question. a synergy like in terms of how can technology provide new infrastructure for publishing or -- it's hard to say think along technology is pulled from products are available that i tried to innovate. it has really taken off their expected to. i think obviously he reading is a big devel

he represents much of silicon valley. congressman khanna, as you well know there are a lot of conversations going on legislatively and in the regulatory communities about some of the tech companies in silicon valley and whether or not they should be more highly regulated. if you could in a general sense before we get into some specific issues, share with us your philosophical thoughts at this time about that. rep. khanna: two things. first, we definitely need well crafted regulation. regulation that protects people's privacy online and then makes sure that we have robust competition. but that does not impede our innovation or competitive advantage over europe or other nations. i do believe there's a possibility to get that kind of well-crafted regulation. but candidly, congress has an extraordinary knowledge gap. people here frankly don't understand technology well enough. so we need to educate ourselves and then see if we can have well crafted regulation. second, and equally important, weeb need to extend the promise of

. >> silicon valley is leaving money on the table by failing to recognize all the talent in the bay area. joining by michael of the associated press and john schwartz. you were reading was the beneficiary of this as well. >> definitely, thank you for allowing me to be here. i continue to be in the program and the two principal founders of our organization came from that program and that's what brought us all together and probably almost 15 more years ago, closer to 20 now. the program is designed to connect students of african descents. >> you turn around and do the same thing. you know a lot of people go on and successful later in life they turn around, all right, i am ready to give back. you gave back immediately. >> again, with that mantra of the lifelong network of social change, two principal founders came out to oakland. with that drive towards service and towards give lg baing back paying forward, that want to go to programs that can support young people. i have a background in education policies. so yeah there was nothing to wait on and in fact there was really a sense of urgency

he represents much of silicon valley. congressman khanna, as you well know there are a lot of conversations going on legislatively and in the regulatory communities about some of the tech companies in silicon valley and whether or not they should be more highly regulated. if you could in a general sense before we get into some specific issues, share with us your philosophical thoughts at this time about that. rep. khanna: two things. first, we definitely need well-crafted regulation. regulation that protects people's privacy online and then makes sure that we have robust competition. but that does not impede our innovation or competitive advantage over europe or other nations. i do believe there's a possibility to get that kind of well-crafted regulation. but candidly, congress has an extraordinary knowledge gap. people here frankly don't understand technology well enough. so we need to educate ourselves and then see if we can have well-crafted regulation. second, and equally important, we need to extend the promise of si

that's not the opinion everybody has about silicon valley and tech generally. >> i think silicon valley isn't just a stouffer big government and free entrepreneurship, it's both, both working together there the of. there's been this partnership between entrepreneurial business people and investigators in the valley and washington, d.c. for all of its modern history. i start the book in world war ii during the manhattan project. i follow it through the '50s and '60s, the silicon conduit that gives silicon valley its name. on and on. >> had is from an opinion piece you wrote in the "new york times" because the question people have is can government have a role in regulating? you write the rules made sense in the dot-com era. when the government opened up the internet to commercial activity and wrote rules governing its infrastructure. wash's handoff approach prevantd marvelous explosion of content on social media and other platforms but people designing the rules of the internet didn't reckon with the ways that bad actors could exploit the system. the people building those tools had littl

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second, and equally important, we need to extend the promise of silicon valley with job creation and a new economy to communities left out into communities and rural america in communities of color. right now almost every american is a consumer of technology but if you get to participate in the creation of these news jobs and wealth. we have to do a better job of making sure people from around the country to participate and have access to the jobs of the future. >> host: can you give an example of what you mean by well-crafted? >> guest: for example, an privacy regulation we want to make sure that before people transfer data they get an individual consent but we may not need an individual's consent if a company is just transferring data about a third party verification for a credit card. you probably don't want to have to consent every time an ordinary business practice is done to verify that your credit card is yours. we need a regulation that says yes, let's consent for collection of data but make an exception for ordinary business use cases. that is how, for example, california's

host: is silicon valley successful because of venture capital? scott: no, silicon valley is successful because of entrepreneurs who are willing to take the kind of risk the business entails in building something that might have a 10% or 20% chance of success. venture capital is really an enabler of that ventur activity. we can add value to the companies, but we shouldn't kid ourselves, at the end of the day, the innovation comes from hard work and efforts put in by entrepreneurs. host: one of the things you talk about in "secrets of sandhill road" is that products of ideas are often "10 years ahead of their time." what do you mean by that? scott: it is funny, you see this recurring theme in venture capital, investors that didn't work out some point in time will work better later time. there was a company for example, they were trying to do grocery delivery, the company was called web van. they were tilting massive warehouses and then they would use vans literally to deliver that to people. it was a wonderful service for people, but it was just a

>>> could the landscape of silicon valley change? the federal investigation into big tech companies. >>> who has to suffer the pain? i do, we all do. >> stbay father killed by a stray bullet while getting his mail. tonight, the state law that forced authorities to release their suspect >>> we are hours away from high- stakes testimony. good evening i am ken bastida. >> i am veronica de la cruz in for elizabeth. at the justice department has launched a sweeping antitrust investigation into big tech. >> apple, amazon, facebook, google, those are the major tech companies the doj is investigating over whether or not they are abusing their market power and hurting consumers like you and me. the doj wants a clear picture of these giant tech companies. or, are they suppressing innovation by purchasing small startups and killing off potential rivals? >> the big question is, are they too big. >> reporter: norah o'donnell asked apple's tim cook recently. >> is apple too big? is begin with size scrutiny is fair. would you agree with the stateme

no one in silicon valley liked microsoft five plus years ago. now microsoft is a mainstream platform company, perhaps more friendly, arguably, than amazon in the valley, but, yes, satya nadella benefited not only from being brilliant in server and tools and cloud, which he helped build within microsoft, but also, it's not a popular opinion, but steve ballmer gets too much of a bad wrap that windows server business, that enterprisebusiness really grew in microsoft under his tenure he did not get the valuation benefit, but don't cry for him, because he's the number one individual shareholder in microsoft. he's getting paid now. >> we're okay for steve. interesting story, we'll watch msft meantime, turning to crypto, k facebook's libra continues to face scrutiny. and now you have india announcing plans to ban all crypto our next guest calls the idea, quote, pathetic and corrupt. joining me today, billionaire tech investor tim draper it's a pleasure to have you on thanks for the time. >> great, thanks for having me >> do you consider this week a bru

and silicon valley commute is off to a good start. 6:02. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. cal fire crews are on the fire line. near swag art. and east of milipitas. that's where allie rasmus is as well. to talk about what effects today's weather could have on the fire. allie? >> well, hot, dry conditions when this fire broke out yesterday in the south bay hills. we're expecting similar conditions. they're calling this the swag art fire because it was reported off the road. that's a good distance from where we are. behind us is calaveras road in milipitas. we're told you have to drive to the open space preserve to get to where this happened. first reported 5:30 yesterday evening. the good news, this fire is 45% contained. and threatened by the fire a li bit. but firefighters kept the flames from spreading. and now, no homes or buildings were threatened by this. no one was injured. there are hot and dry weather conditions expected again today. again, cal fire firefighters were able to keep that grass fire off swagart road contain

had an silicon valley successful because of venture capital? >> it is successful because of entrepreneurs who build these businesses and are willing to take the risks it entails. a 10-20 percent chance of success. they are a financing source. we can add value. we should gives ourselves -- get ourselves -- the innovation comes from hard work and efforts put in by entrepreneurs. >> you talk about this secret to sandhill road is products or ideas are often 10 years ahead of their time. what do you mean? >> you see this recurring theme. businesses that did not work at some point in time will work. in the recall a company 1998-19 a new time. van was trying to do grocery delivery. they were tilting massive warehouses and then they would use vans literally to deliver that to people. it was a wonderful service for people, but it was a small market opportunity because the number of people who thought about the idea of home delivery for groceries or willing to use their computers, cell phones did not exist. for --pany was not exist insta cart is doing it

that is what sends fear down the spine of silicon valley. to jump on one thing that was made, not only is it across agencies, this is also bipartisan. it is not going to go away. the democratic party, which traditionally has been seen as somewhat more sympathetic to silicon valley, some of these democratic candidates are coming out with the most aggressive stances and potential policy moves, breaking up big tech. it is bipartisan, multiagency, and it is not going to go away. this is going to be a central issue through the 2020 campaign. emily: we will continue to cover those headlines. executive editor, tom giles, you are staying with me. as well as you, mark. ben brody, thanks. thanks so much. coming up. president trump's top negotiator robert lighthizer heads to china. open to finalize trade terms. this as apple is asking for a favor to waive tariffs on parts of the mac pro. that is next. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: bloomberg has learned that president trump's top trade negotiator wi

that's the challenge for programmers all over silicon valley. this is where they are teaching computers to transcribe the language. you say it in a phone call and other computers can give you a record. sam lam, he's the guy behind the blue dot on google map as well. thank you for being with us right now. >> what is the hardest thing your computers have to figure out when hearing people talk? >> it is very difficult because there is a huge variation when people speak words. the different accent and the noise in the background. people have different pace and also the language itself is very indicative. a lot of words have similar pronu pronunciati pronunciation. when you talk to doctor, they talk in different jargons and there are a lot of acronyms which they understand but you don't necessarily understand. new words are being invented everyday in silicon valley in the world. a lot of names that are not a common english names. there is a lot of immigrants here so all of this makes it difficult to understand the speaking language. >> yet, this has

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valley opens and shuts up on some homework to bridge the digital gaap. and dots about georgia banks overall analysts say it's going to happen to. clean while says are threefold. also don't mess with india tariffs on u.s. products are already having an effect on farms in california i'll feeling the pinch . welcome to the view of business as this german economy minister is on a trade trip to the u.s. sees criticize the main tech firms for the market dominance and wants germany to catch up with the u.s. and china in artificial intelligence yeah. but i'm wary about the board not yet it's germany's minister for economic affairs is getting a free ride in san francisco peter out my is visiting zoogz startup that develops software for thomas driving a few clicks on the soup sap and moments later the minister is off for a test drive in one of the startups self driving prototypes but for now he's taken the backseat to employees keep a watchful eye safety 1st of course just 20 short minutes later this reemergence and is impressed. that was the 1st time in my life t

that is what sends fear down the spine of silicon valley. not only is it across agencies, this is also bipartisan. it is not going to go away. the democratic party, which traditionally has been seen as someone more sympathetic to silicon valley, some of these democratic candidates are coming out with the most aggressive stances and potential policy moves, breaking up big tech. it is bipartisan, multiagency, and it is not going to go away. this is going to be a central issue through the 2020 campaign. emily: we will continue to cover those headlines. executive editor, tom giles, you are staying with me. as well as you, mark. ben brody, thanks. negotiatorrump's top robert lighthizer heads to china. asking for a favor to waive tariffs on parts of the max pro. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: bloomberg has learned that president trump's top trade negotiator will lead a delegation of officials to china. robert lighthizer and his team on monday had face-to-face talks with chinese officials. this

what happened in silicon valley any now, if you step on the turf of these big companies they eat you. therefore you don't start a company which might overlap or search engine or social media company because they might kill you in the process. you don't have the power to do this. we want the american way, competition, capitalism. this is why we need it rein in monopolies. there are checks and balances in capitalism. it's a great system until it doesn't work. this is why we have antitrust. we need to bring in the checks and balances to start regulating companies. figure out what the problem is. charles: we have less than a minute. one thing i have to last, is it too late? are these tech companies too big to fail? you could easily argue that these companies are significantly larger than the banks our government actually had to rescue. subsequently they have gotten bigger. are they too big to be broken up? maybe the best our government will do is hit them for fines from time to time? >> facebook could be broken up. you could get rid of whatsapp and instagram, keep it as a social network.

is getting to be almost as good as silicon valley a.i. and i think silicon valley is not quite aware of it yet. >> pelley: china's advantage is in the amount of data it collects. the more data, the better the a.i.-- just like, the more you know, the smarter you are. china has four times more people than the united states, and they are doing nearly everything online. i just don't see any chinese without a phone in their hand. college student monica sun showed us how more than a billion chinese are using their phones to buy everything, find anything, and connect with everyone. in america, when personal information leaks, we have congressional hearings. not in china. do you ever worry about the information that's being collected about you? where you go, what you buy, who you're with? >> monica sun: i never think about it. >> pelley: do you think most chinese worry about their privacy? >> sun: not that much. >> pelley: not that much. with a pliant public, the leader of the communist party has made a national priority of achieving a.i. dominan

silicon valley commute is light. it is 6:17. let's bring steve in with today's weather. >> val kilmer's hair was money. i want to spike that out. no danger forecast for sure here. we have a nice forecast and when the giants win tonight, they will be 500. how about that? >> wow. >> i would take the warm weather gear. plenty of low clouds around. upper 50s, 60s, but it does look like 7:15 tonight probably be plenty of low clouds making a move and you're westerly breeze. cool to warm today, morning fog, sunny and breezy. temperatures sliding below average and around the bay and everywhere we go from healdsburg is 82, redwood city 78, bodega bay 72. fremont 76 and gilroy 81. so not bad here, santa clara also at 80. look at that dip in the jet stream. if this was maybe september, october, maybe we get rain out of that but this has been the pattern for the longest time and everybody and their brother saying next week california is going to get hot. well, maybe. we will see. we will see. the forecast models keep wanting to build that b

this goes back to the philosophy with which the platforms have been designed by silicon valley at the beginning that you create this platform for free and open communication and are not going to have gatekeepers deciding who is saying what and who has privileged voices. the ad designed for maximum engagement and draw us in because they appeal to our emotions whether positive or angry. that‘s what social media platforms have become very good conveyances for all sorts of speech that their creators did not imagine. from which donald trump has profited more than most. something happening this site, the french government has approved a law that would make france the first major economy to impose a tax on these internet giants. i think it is a3% these internet giants. i think it is a 3% tax, how will the us react to that? it is interesting because it isa that? it is interesting because it is a question of the specialness of the internet as something reckoned with both in the us and globally. the question of whether internet commerce should be taxed was a live one in the us for a long time

. >>> a teenager makes it his wish to visit a silicon valley company. why this place is special to him and how they rolled out the red carpet 20 make his day memorable. >> too popular to stay open. why the owners of this field said they can't keep up with all the crowds. >>> good afternoon. i'm jeff ranieri. check out where we are at today live on the uss hornet which had an instrumental role in the apollo 11 mission and the splash down. how you can be part of the celebration this weekend and your full bay area weekend forecast in about seven minutes. >>> a very special day for this teenager who wanted to learn about video games from his high tech hero. it's thanks to make a wish. scott budman talks about the company who gave a young man a great day. a story you will see only on nbc bay area. >> this is a make a wish silicon valley star. john, a gaming fan, wanted to come here and spend the afternoon with the company's ceo. john got the kind of welcome you wish for from nvidia. his gaming name is wheely ninja with a personal audience with an employee ba

valley make a company. at 11 am this morning and alarm went off at a facebook mail sorting facility. the substance allegedly may have been the deadly substance sarin . >> we need to go in and actually test the product to see, to verify. >> reporter: facebook says they evacuated four buildings, but workers have returned to three of them. for the moment, even the people that may have come into contact with a potentially dangerous subject are okay. >> we had five in the building, two may have had exposure, but they're not showing any symptoms. >> reporter: there is a full on investigation with the fbi, the hazmat materials team, as well as several fire departments on the scene. just two weeks ago, the same thing happened at google offices in sunnyvale. employees were evacuated, but in the end come the suspicious package was not a threat. >> reporter: one set of investigators has already gone inside of the building. you can see others here dressed in white. they are staged outside. we're still waiting to hear f

a taste of hollywood, a brief cameo on hbo's silicon valley. in a post op facebook, here is the mayors he meets with the cast members. it's not clear where he is playing himself on the show but he did reveal his appearance to be on episode one of the show's 6th and final season. the last season of silicon valley is due to premier in late 2019. >>> there are 7 more days at the california state fair at cal expo, you have a chance to go see it and enjoy it for free. some of yesterday's highlights included a youth maria which mariachi competition. food, looked like the big draw. fair organizers are encouraging everybody, try something new. >> people do get in to a routine, they come to fair they go to their favorite food stand and to their favorite ride or exhibit. that's it. there is so much more all over the fairgrounds. >> even person has to bring free cans of food to donate to get through for free. >>> a pedestrian in san francisco killed, another one seriously hurt. coming up, we will be live in san francisco. the growing concerns about a dang

a silicone valley might have the answer you might be waiting for. how this works. >> reporter: these purple tankers filled with gas are on a mission. they drive the parking lots of fortune 100 companies and one by one the drivers behind the tanker fill up the gas tanks of the cars in the lot. they work for boost er. they offered on demand gas refuelling at a time when demand for gas is at a record high. >> i had been a pilot, so i had seen mobile fuelling done for small planes and thought, hey, why can't we do this for cars. >> reporter: the founder is a former pilot and nasa rocket scientist who started the company in 2015. >> one of the reasons i started booster is i don't like going to the gas station. my wife did not like going to get gas either. i was assigned to be the chief fuelling officer for our meaning that i was the one that had to go do thatter ro erand t a week. >> reporter: they offer the service as an employee perk. among the company's investors, enterprise rent a car that uses booster to refuel its fleet. its prices are typically a

hayward to union city, some slowing and silicon valley drive is still okay. 6:33. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> we are following two developing stories in antioch right now. one is an early morning house fire near the intersection of d street and drake street. we take you there live right now. you can see what is left of that part of the home. this fire was called in just before 6:00 this morning. again, we are out there live working to get more information for you, possibly on how this fire started that you can see firefighters on the scene. we will bring you updates on that fire as soon as we get that. >>> not too far from that fire, another developing story. a deadly overnight crash in antioch. an suv slammed right into a tree on buchanan road just after 1:00 a.m. ktvu's elissa harrington is out there on buchanan road with the latest information. elissa. >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you what we are seeing this morning. the suv is still there and it appears it hit this tree at a high rate of speed. debris all over the ground, brok

silicon valley commute has been mostly good. a truck accident northbound 880, montegut, not affecting traffic so much. things are getting busier. let's bring steve in. >>> oracle park, 12:45. giants go for the sweep. sunny, any patchy fog will be chewed up. a few high clouds will be around. 70 degrees. napa from 84 to 88. palo alto from 84 to 88. stanford will be 90. few high clouds coming and the rotation of the high. highs built in towards arizona. it is firing up. some made it up in to the sierra as well. a few high clouds. patchy fog but it's shallow. in the mountains more thunderstorms around tahoe, reno. along the crest of the sierra. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. a few 40s to the north. there are some. 56 in the city. berkley, lab and above, 64 degrees. warm air aloft. this will be one of the warmer days as the high builds in towards arizona. 60s, 70s, 80s to 90s on the temperatures. the forecast models are under forecasting the inland temperatures. i went on the warm side for many. 76 in santa cruz. cooler pattern thu

no major problems for silicon valley. we have to go all the way down here to morgan hill to show any slower sensors. actually very short and mild sensor slowing up toward coch n cochran, clear by the time you pass that. santa cruz mountains also very nice and we talked about the slowing we saw, the san mateo bridge is a volume thing and mild volume considering this span. look at that moving nicely. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> 6:51 and happening now, a child is recovering in an illinois hospital after two carnival rides collided last night. according to witnesses, the child was struck by debris from the ride. a nurse practitioner stepped in to help. the child was taken to an area hospital where his condition is unknown at this time. >>> next on "today in the bay" a quick look at the top stories including a very late night for baseball fans. the giants game ended overnight, the eye-popping number of innings, and how it turned out. >>> but first -- a dramatic ending overnight in milpitas in the south bay stando

another successful market debut for a silicon valley company. livongo works with apple watch to monitor your health, high blood pressure, diabetes. that kind of things. they wore their lucky socks when they went to the nasdaq to ring the opening bell. it worked. shares rose 36%. really surprising news out of detroit, and sacramento this morning, california made a secret deal that we're just now learn being with car companies that goes around donald trump. the white house likely furious. trump wanted to lower fuel efficiency standards set by president obama, but california said no, we would keep our state standards high. a number of other states joined us in refusing. that would have forced car companies to make two different kinds of cars, basically one for red states and one for blue states. but the "new york times" reports california had secret meetings with the big four car companies and said california will lower its fuel efficiency standards a little bit and car companies agreed to keep them higher than what donald trump wanted. bottom line

in the us future way employed 850 people for offices including this one here in silicon valley telecoms 600 people have been let go earlier this year was added to a u.s. blacklist of companies considered to national security meanwhile britain has postponed a decision on whether to allow huawei to help build its fire. gene at work. the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning has led some humans to fear they're being made redundant and rightly so no job seems to be safe at a bar in prague they've taken human machine mixing to a whole new level they're robot will actually mix your drink but will he also give you good relationship advice. they're known for their efficiency if no they are natural charm these robotic bartenders are the latest stop members to be recruited by a night club in the czech capital prague. their skills session kids cussing lines pouring sugar crushing ice and mixing it all up into a cocktail. patrons can order the drink of their choice from a touchscreen menu so far there are 16 on offer but the plan is to add dozens more to the menu. but kind of mechani

he represents much of silicon valley. congressman khanna, as you well know there are a lot of conversations going on legislatively and in the regulatory communities about some of the tech companies in silicon valley and whether or not they should be more highly regulated. if you could in a general sense before we get into some specific issues, share with us your philosophical thoughts at this time about that. rep. khanna: two things. first, we definitely need well

. >> i don't think anyone wakes up in silicon valley and says hey how will direct democracy today and i think that is people that are actively doing but it is a byproduct of this hyper connected reality that we have stepped into.>> they are all collected in real time. >> reporter: the movie uses the saga to tell a bigger story. >> each one of us really are feeling -- are being commoditized and feeling this chilling thing in the marketplace which is taking everything from your likes and google searches and google maps gps to whatever you by using a credit card. >> reporter: the viral face app which makes users faces look older raised those privacy and security concerns last week. democratic party leaders warn campaigns to avoid the russian- made app. the great hack is not trying to discourage social media use. they say users must demand a safe way to have a connected world filled by silicon valley. >> we built this. so we can reimagine the stream of a connected world. >> reporter: though the film explores the dark side of data, what happens when we lose control, the filmmakers want vie

silicon valley, traffic on the 101 freeway, down to the silicon valley is okay. no major problems this to cupertino sunny veil and mountain view area. you have an opportunity to jump ahead of that crowd. >>> plenty of low clouds in place. there is an inversion up above. it went fast yesterday. temperatures went up for some. the same for others. we will see similar today. the forecast highs are close to average, above santa rosa. 90 today. the city above, slightly, oak land 78. livermore is 89. san jose is 83. i use my own normals. warm to hot inland. cool coast but they are getting sun. there is a pretty good fog bank, it looks like it is going to start picking up big time tonight and tomorrow's system deepens and more of a west, southwest breeze instead of a northwest. 50s on the temperatures for most, low 60s for some. 58 cas tra valley. redwood city is 56. around the bay, 56 officially in the city and most temperatures are close up in the oakland berkley hills, berkley lab is 57. berkley proper is 58. the water temperatures, i added a couple of buoys. point ra

he had a brief cameo on the hbo show silicon valley. in a post on facebook, he is seen meeting with the cast members of sail con valley. we are not sure where he is playing himself but he did reveal his appearance will be on episode one of the show's 6th and final season. the last season of silicon valley is expected to premier later this year. >>> 5:56, tainted alcohol concerns in a central american country. the warning after 19 people have died in recent months and the protests in the bay area over conditions at immigration camps along the border. >>> we have a problem in hayward, the northbound 880, tenson road, most of the freeway is shutdown in the northbound direction. people on the southbound direction are slowing to take a look. this is a big traffic issue for the hayward commute. we will give you a report coming up at the top of the hour. >>> our pattern has a lot of low clouds, i mean low. it's on the grounds, going to burn off sooner. inland temperatures, high clouds. i will show you what is in store for the monday high tempe

valley classic in san jose. action tonight when introducing coq au vin underway and once ranked number nine in the world and had been interleaved plague. watch out. little slippery. got up and served up and wanted 6-2, 6-4 in the first singles when in over a year and venus tomorrow night at 7:00.>> can we get to the nfl of the training camp friday. the last 13 years, a staple of camp has been the behind-the- scenes hbo sport show hard knocks. the raiders took its crew on in napa, like it or not. >> hard knocks is an intrusion, but it was handed to us, so it is up to us to deal with it.>> the general manager is not a huge fan of the cameras buzzing everywhere on and off the practice field. there are 32 crew members, and they will produce five hour- long episodes. he is codirector of the project. >> i think we finally sat down and looked at it and it was about 400 hours of footage that we shoot a week to make that one hour that makes the air. >> i am really not into this anymore. i am into nightmares. >> what is i

he also wrote critical of the overcrowding in the south bay, especially by silicon valley whites and mixed race. he identified himself as italian and iranian. >> events like this are occurring across the country. discovered last night, that gunman broke through the fence, clipped right through, accessed the gilroy garlic festival from the creek. also today, the fbi agent and the police chief telling me they have located the gunman's car right near the garlic festival, about a block or two away and they are actively at this hour getting a search warrant to search the car to find more clues. also they've searched a second residence, so they searched the parents' house and a second place associated with the gunman. people fleeing and hundreds -- thousands of people fleeing. there are so many stories of terror that there are also stories of people helping each other. for let's bring in gloria sandal here in gilroy with the latest. what do you have? >> reporter: well, one family saw the shooter just seconds after he got through the fence. they say they had been at that spot a few seconds

this is according to a report from the silicon valley voy. break-ins are up over 121%. professional burgly crews are striking between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. monday through friday. officers say they target large parking lots near freeways. thieves are after laptop commute computers and use apps that search for your computer bluetooth signal and indicate whether it is in the cab of the car or the trunk. >>> well new details, the acting secretary of homeland security is now ordering the immediate investigation into offensive posts allegedly written by border patrol agents. kevin mcaleenan took to twitter, any employee found to have compromised the public's trust in our law enforcement mission will be investigated. gabe gutierrez reports from texas. >> reporter: the newly-released images are offering the clearest picture yet of what a government watchdog describes as dangerous overcrowding in migrant detention facilities. the report from the department of homeland security office of inspector general reveals one senior manager called the situation a ticking time bomb. governme