this is just the beginning. the umbrellas are out in the east bay as the first wave of wet weather arrives and a second more powerful system is coming. i'm ama daetz. let's take a live look at mt. tamalpais in marin county, through all the raindrops on the lens there are spotty showers there tonight. and the fog is approaching. take a look at our golden gate camera. the sprinkles are just a sampling of the rain that's about to come.

leigh glaser is tracking the storm. >> leigh: let's take a look at live doppler 7hd. you can see a lot of the activity has moved on out of the area, headed towards sierra. but early 'er in drl earlier ine day much of the rain that fell was north of the golden gate bridge. we're starting to see some move into the sacramento valley area and even some sunshine now being reported in the north bay, but right there, as you see, 580 there never livermore, the higher elevations is where we're seeing a little spotty rain, and going down towards morgan hill, 101 south, toward gilroy, that's where we're seeing some pockets of rain right here as well. mainly the higher elevations. i want to show you our satellite radar composite. this is at 10:00 this morning. young see the moisture feeding in right into the north bay. the golden gate bridge right here. and then as it went to 2:00, everything just started to slide on towards the east, and it

looks like we might get a little break tonight, but you can see the jetstream, more rain expected in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the rainy weather is causing flight delays at sfo. a total of 57 flights have been cancelled. >> developing news now. a stunning turn of events in the saga of fired nsa contractor edward snowden wanted by the u.s. on espionage charges help managed to sneak out of hong kong, is now in moscow, seeking asylum in he can -- ecuador. >> edward snowden left hong kong on sunday, boarding anary not plane to moscow. u.s. officials are outraged he was allowed to leave. >> the minute the state-run

airline in russia knew that snowden was coming onboard, i'm sure putin knew. so that mean that putin approved it. >> the late nest a shocking tail that started with snowden fled to hong kong when he leaked top secret intense to the wawps wawps, "guardian", and the south china morning post. >> what snowden has revealed has caused irreversible and significant damage to our country and to our allies. this is an individual who is not acting, in my opinion, with noble intent. >> the u.s. asked hong kong police to arrest him to begin the extradition process that would bring him back to the u.s. to face espionage charges, but in a blow to the u.s. on sunday, the hong kong government released a statement citing a failure by the u.s. to provide proper information under their extradition agreement. leaving snowden a free man, giving hong kong no power to detain him. but the statement came out hours after snowden had already left

on his plane, leaving the u.s. no time to react. >> here in hong kong, many are wondering just how much of the information he was able to bring here. has he been able to take out with him. >> ama: the u.s. people court could decide ton two landmark same-sex cases. the california ban, proposition 8. was ruled unconstitutional. if justices strike down prop 8 it would end the legal debate nationwide and could be a matter of weeks before same-sex marriages would be recognized in california. the other decision could be about the defense of marriage act, a federal law that define marriage as between a man and woman which revents married gay couples from receiving a number of benefits. we'll hear from both sides at 6:00. an oakland neighborhood that is seeing an increase in crime is shaken after a particularly brazen home burglary. the latest in a rash of home

burglaries in the upper diamond and oak moore neighborhoods in oakland. john alston is there live tonight with the story. john? reporter: federal of all, this is on the very image of mayor jean quan's neighborhood there are neighborhood watch signs all over the place. on friday, woman and her grandson survived a terrifying home invasion in this neighbor in oakland. sunday morning, oakland police are answering a more frequent call. a neighbor reported a home break-in. the front door had been forced wide open when officers arrived 0 begin their investigation, as up settling as this is, it is minor compared to what happened nearby on friday night at 11:00. the victim, sound asleep, her grandson in another room. >> i heard a loud, cracking sound, and sat straight up in bed, and saw lights flashing,

flashlights. >> the woman, who doesn't want to be identified, said two men barged through her front door using a crowbar. >> they shouted at me to get into the bedroom and get in bed and pull the covers over my head, and not to say or do anything. >> police are checking surveillance video at a nearby convenience store and gas station. they told her that 20 minutes later the attackers used her credit cards there. neighbors say they've been getting more reports of doors nicked and car break-ins over the past few months, but the neighborhood watch says problems started two years ago with police layoffs. >> the police are nonexist extent and it's not their fault. they're understaffed and underfund skid undersupported. >> some neighbors will pay for private security. others are taking different precautions. >> put a security screen door and i have a safe and a shot gun in my bed.

so they see me, -- >> in the home invasion the woman says the two men filled up a laundry basket with her monthings, along with cash, juvenilery, and a computer. he said she didn't see a gun but would not be surprised if they were armed. >> a house fire in san jose has forced a family of three to find a new flies live. a man suffered minor burns. firefighters say he, his fiancee and their son escaped the burning home moments before the entire house went up in flames. the man woke up to the smell of smoke and saw flames in the garage. you can see the roof of the garage collapsed. a man who lives behind the home says it was a chaotic scene. >> they were trying to wake us up here, but couldn't get in the back yard very well or something, and that's all i know. i called 9-1-1 and they said, there's a fire on your street. get out of your house. >> the house did have working smoke detectors but since the

fire likely started in the garage they did not go off. >> the woman who died in a minivan in van that plunge into the bay has been identified. debra crenshaw's bid was recovered from the van. a special salvage team was called in to help. the police say the san francisco resident was inside the vehicle when it went off in an embankment at the marina green and into the water. they're still trying to figure out why the van drove into the bay. nelson mandela's health takes a turn for the worse. an update is ahead. >> the police cal -- political ties of james began -- gandolfini dealing with his death. >> and we'll visit the most popular racing event of the ye

developing news as former south african president nelson mandela's condition deterioratesment it has worsened in the last 24 hours and his condition is listed at critical. the 94-year-old has been hospitalized for two weeks because of a recurring lung infection. it dates back to his 27 year inprimment in south africa. >> ed tallan media reports the body of james gandolf phinney is on the way back to the u.s. a spokesman thanked bill and hillary clinton for and expect died -- expediting the return of his remains to the u.s.

>> the iconic san francisco book store that first published poetry celebrated its 60th 60th year in business today. >> birthday cake, poet the readings and music greeted customers athlete city lights book store. the legendary independent book store and pushing house was founded in 1953. since then it's withstood the digital revolution to remain one of the few independent book stores still open in the bay area. in 2001 the store was named a local landmark by the city. >> looks like our work week will get off to a wet start. taking you live now outside to san jose. a gray and dreary day. find out if our approaching storm will put a damper on your commute. >> very slow going getting to the race in sonoma.

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>> ama: nascar fans turned out in force for today's sprint cup race at sonoma raceway. 90,000 fans waited up to four hours to get into the raceway's parking lot. nearly every highway and road leading into the venue was jammed. >> wanted to get here earlier but thing starts at 12, and just because the traffic was out there at 10:00 and we didn't get here 10:50. >> once inside it was worth it. shu will have a recap in sports. >> america's cup officials say they have not reached an agreement with racing teams on implementing new safety recommendations. after four days of mediation america cup officials say both sides agree on a majority of the measures but not on a final

resolution. the changes follow the deadly capsizing of a yacht in the bay. including additional safety intimate race officials will include all the measures on the permit application submitted to the coast guard. >> we're getting amazing viewer images of the super moon this morning. the closest and brightest full moon of the year. look at this shot that ryan pete e-mailed us to us. a sun moon is 14% larger and 30's bright than an average full moon. >> we're not seeing a whole lot out there today. fog coming in and lots of clouds and wet weather. >> leigh: you're exactly right. travel over southern marin, sausolito, over the golden gate bridge, just socked in with a lot of dense fog, that heavy mist and drizzle, and live

doppler 7hd cannot pick them up. so don't let them fool you're. -- fool you. you're going tone countermy and drizzle as you head into san francisco. live doppler 7hd doing a great job this afternoon picking up some rain showers that continue to migrate in. much of the rain has moved on out of the area, and it was very, very light. we're still seeing some activity in the higher elevations. byron, tracey, livermore valley area, as well, and this is the latest return now picking up a little bit of light rain, headed down towards monterey bay, and also near morgan hill. so, keep that in mind if travel takes you in that direction. here's a look at our 24-hour temperature change. down 22 degrees in santa rosa today. down 15 in napa. down five, san carlos, mountain view, down eight degrees. concord down 20 degrees from this time yesterday. here's a live look from the golden gate bridge cam. this is what i'm talking about,

all the fog, wet pavement, heavy mist and drizzle. san francisco, 53. we have 70 in san jose. they're seeing a little sunshine. half moon bay, 57 degrees, and another shot from the roof cam. we have 73 in fairfield, and livermore right now, seeing a bit of sunshine, at 70 degrees. mt. tam cam, the higher elevations, winds gusting at 25 miles-per-hour, and we also are seeing that mist and drizzle so we'll go with showers, a few showers, mainly north tonight. look for morning showers, mainly in the north bay tomorrow morning. then we gate break, -- we get a break and then more rain moves in monday night and tuesday. we'll look at the timing in a moment. here's the first wave that moved through earlier today. a little break you'll get into tonight. a few showers tomorrow, but it's going to be advice system right there that is definitely going to bring us more rain as we head

into monday night, and tuesday. so, we'll go with just a few scattered showers, mainly north tonight and tomorrow. we get into the break and then the secondary wave with poll -- will move in, a little stronger and will bring much of the bay area rain showers off and on. at 5:00 this afternoon, right on into the 7:00 time period, we're pretty much dry. maybe some higher elevations in the south bay could possibly see some light showers. but really tomorrow morning, 5:00 a.m. commute, you're going to definitely see rain breaking out into the north bay, at 7:00. then we're pretty much dry. this is your 5:00 monday evening commute. 10:00. that is when all the showers start to move and, and look 59:00 a.m. tuesday -- 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning, rain into the day and evening hours and then it's out of here. here's a look at the potential for rainfall. you can see for yourself. one to two inches in the north

bay. lesser amounts elsewhere. lows in the 50s. across the bay area, and for your monday, we'll look for highs generally in the 60s to low 70s. the accuweather seven-day forecast, look for the rain likely monday night and tuesday, and then we dry up, warm up friday and saturday, back up into the 90s. don't forget to follow live doppler 7hd on twitter for the very latest on the storms that's head towards the bay area, plus get video forecasts, "spare the air" alerts, power outage info and weather tweets. >> shu is here with sports, and once you got to sonoma -- >> light rain did not stop nascar from hitting the as -- as asphalt, and we had

>> mike: the toyota save mart 350 at sonoma raceway in a light drizzle. mart trip truex, jr. handel the rain and the track. it was a great day for racing. but look at this rear-end before the race started. danicka patrick, first woman to race in a cup series at sonoma. had tire issues, 28 laps left. carl edwards, takes out kyle busch. busch finished 35th. and on the restart, martin

truex, jr. takes the lead with 25 laps remaining and never looked back. mart continue -- martin truex, jr., snapping a 218 winless streak for a second career victory. >> the giants in a freefall. between injuries, a suspect bull pen, lack of power at the plate, losing three of four at home to the worst team in baseball, the marlins. first batter of the game, second pitch for matt cain, not the start he wanted. 1 or marlins. got no help from brandon belt. can't field this grounder. error, run scores, 3 or miami. one positive, hunter pence, seventh inning. see ya. solo shot. 3- miami but it was the one been again -- the bullpen again, a

home run by justin ruggiano. marlin take 3-4 from the g-men. >> a's in seattle. this kid loves to dance when then kids hit home run. raul ibanez, three-run homer tonight, still swinging tonight. -0ms in the fourth, solo shot. ibanez, three home runs in the last 14 hours. he is 41. a's score two in the sixth. we good to extras. tenth inning, kendrys morales, all mariners runs were on home runs. seattle take twoz out of three. a's 25 on the road trip. we had yet another first-time winner on the pga tour, and one of they the oldes. ken duke wins the travelers championship in sudden death. a lot can happen. golf is a game of skill and sometimes luck.

44-year-old ken duke. his approach on 10. looks like trouble. hits the tree, falls two feet from the hole. he has the lead in the clubhouse at 12-under. meanwhile, chris dowd, on 18. 51 feet. we go to sudden death. second playoff hole. duke's approach. doesn't get much better. two feet of the hole. he will tap in for bird. ken duke, the oldest first time winner since 1995 at 44 years young. we'll be back at 6:00 with a little bit from wimbledon. >> being news for

>> ama: at 6:00, two women were rescued after they were thrown from their horses. police are searching for two bikers. >> a dramatic accident. what happened that caused this van to plow into a restaurant. join us for abc7 news at 6:00. >> most of us have been waiting our entire lives for this. a man says he created a type of chocolate that can help you lose weight. it uses flavor infused water and cocoa but no butter or cream. it has just 20 calories. the man in london came up with the recipe. they will cost you $13 and shipping. >> thank you for joining us, and

abc7 continues now online on twit ex, -- twitter, this is "world news." tonight, on the run. the breaking news. the man who leaked america's surveillance program slips out of hong kong and arrives in moscow. where is he planning to go next, just 48 hours after the u.s. reveals the charges of espionage. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross, right here, plus, our reporters in hong kong and moscow. also tonight, the breaking news from south africa. what we've just learned about former president nelson mandela, now in critical condition. authorities say doctors are doing everything they can. in this country, the extreme weather tonight. the storms barrelling across much of the heartland. triggering floods, the cones suddenly washing away. and the threatening tornado caught on tape. and a shot in the arm. is there something we all already have that will help our bodies bounce back? tonight, remed