>> could changing attitudes towards marijuana use be fueling more illegal drug use? i will you about a new survey coming out today. >> living on top of high risk gas pipelines. see the east bay neighborhood at risk and what's being done to keep you this thursday, september 15th today in the east bay. >> are good morning. it's 4:30 and let's get started with rob who has a quick look at the forecast. >> starting off in the east bay, we have 60 degrees in oakland

and the wind is east at 3 with patchy low clouds and we will see the weather headlines playing out similar to yesterday. clouds and inland sunshine, but the headline is what's happening towards the weekend. still a chance of showers moving into the bay area. the forecast towards the trivalley, mid 50s through breakfast time and towards lunchtime, upper 70s as you head out to pleasanton and livermore with highs in the 80s. more clouds in the weekend especially saturday evening into sunday. plan on scattered showers north of san jose. now for a check of the commute let's go over to mike. >> we may or may not see a live shot, but first the roadways. we have an incident of a disabled truck on highway 13. the tunnel at the top of the screen on the right as well. slowing and the truck may or may not be in lanes, but it looks like there is something going on. a distraction for folks.

coming off of the lower deck of the bay bridge, reports of an earlier accident. you can see from the speed sensors, the commute directions towards the toll plaza. we get a live look and the volume getting on to the bridge. that's why the accident on the other side is not a major problem. the upper deck, you can't see it from san francisco. that might be an issue as well. we will track it back to you. >> week since the deadly explosion in san bruno, we have a perspective on the structural damage. it cost more than $37 billion. 37 homes were destroyed and 19 others have substantial damage. pg&e watch dogs said they can prove a pattern of unsafe practices by the energy company. an attorney points out the ntsb

recommend they make changes after a deadly gas line explosion in santa rosa in 1992. specifically suggesting automatic shut off valves on pipelines. the valves in an bruno are manually operated. new documents are raising more questions. ironically pg&e asked the public for money to repair a mile long section of the line north of the thursday's rupture in south san francisco. it collected the cash, but delayed the work. >> the likely hoofd failure. why would you delay that work? >> we reassessed the work in' 09 and decided there were priori priorities elsewhere. >> the san bruno gas line not the only focus this morning. there is danger too in the east bay. george kiriyama has that part of the story. >> the main transmission line in

pleasanton goes east to west south of the alameda fair grunds. nearby are neighborhoods and businesses in pleasanton. >> i had no idea. all news to me. >> long time resident said he is glad to hear the local fire department will be looking at gas lines in the area that gives him peace of mind. >> it's comforting to know that the city is looking out for our best interest. if we have transmission lines that are save and the public at risk. >> pg&e said the two riskiest pipelines are in the east bay. the highest south and east to livermore and the second highest risk in south fremont. >> that's frightening. not a little. very frightening. >> erica francis working at the bistro from fremont. the pipeline runs near there, a place where thousands of shopper guess every day. >> no one will know who is where and who belongs to where and

where the home is. it's kind of scary. >> the high risk gas line snakes its way through the grimmer neighborhood through fremont. >> knowing that there is something this close to us, it would affect us right here. >> michelle phillips and the two children lived in the area for five years and they weren't happy when we showed them the map. >> all we can hope for is it's not in our front yard like it was for those people. >> nbc bay area news. >> we talked to pg&e to see if they would give us specific streets and they said they are not able to do that because of security reasons. mourners will remember blast vehicles vanessa greg, 13 years old and her mother at st. cecilia catholic church today. that's where the girl went to school. classes have been canceled so

the school can conduct a special mass. another is planned for jessica in daley city. another worry with scam artists exploiting the tragedy to make a quick buck. alerting everywhere to watch out for people promising to help from repair to legal and insurance aid. the governor asked president obama to declare a major disaster for the state to help pay for emergency response debris removal infrastructure repair. we have a special website dedicated to the disaster, nbcbayarea.com. >> freed hiker sarah shourd will be there for at least two days for medical tests. shourd found a lump her breast over the bast 13 months. mystery still surrounds exactly who paid shourd's half million dollar bail.

the uk's telegraph newspaper said a sultan footed the bill and arranged for a private jet. the state department will only confirm that oman played a key in freeing shourd. in an exclusive interview, iran's president said he wants people to know though shara shourd is released on compassionate grounds, the fate of her fiance and their friend is up to iranian courts. >> i think they should let josh and the court decide about the case. this is the greatest help to all of them. >> the president sat down with nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in tehran. he insists fattal and bauer "violated the country's border." he comments on threats to burn

the koran and the opposition to the mosque near ground zero with anti-muslim tension and a zionist conspiracy in america. more and more americans are using illegal drugs. one oust 10 admit they smoke marijuana. they may have something to do with the poll on prop 19, the vote to legalize marijuana for casual use. the survey "usa today" poll shows prop 19 winning 47-43. today in the bay's kristi smith is live with more on that wha that means. >> good morning. this is the largest survey of its kind. it was done in 2009 and it does show a huge spike in illegal drug use. it also makes the correlation between that and an increase in marijuana use, but also an increase in ecstasy and meth use. a 9% increase that the director of the office of national drug

policy believes may be tied to the growing number of states approving medicinal marijuana and attitudes about drug-related arm. marijuana is still illegal and the federal government indicated it would not prosecute seller who is follow state rules. california voters decided whether to legalize the drug and the survey doesn't distinguish between medicinal or casual use. other results show a 40% increase in ecstasy use and a 60% jump in the number of meth users. a pro marijuana legalization advocate weighed in and believes it proves that the government's war on marijuana fail and it's really time for sensible marijuana laws. on a positive note, cocaine use is way down, about 37%. reporting live in oakland, kristi smith today in the east bay. >> thank you much.

>> good morning, folks. we will look at the update for the disabled truck we talked about heading northbound just before you get to highway 24. the slowing shows up and should clear up over 10 minutes. the report cleared from the incident report as well. the rest is looking nice. we will take you to areas where we see early slowing. antioch westbound coming through that area at l street where we have the sensor on the right. no problems through pittsburgh and bay point. that starts around 5:15 and we will check back in the morning. that is one of the spots and westbound 580 where you see a 14-minute drive. no major issues past highway 84. the build upstarts in the east bay in about five or 10 minutes. back to you. >> we will take a look at the smooth drive through the construction zone. that's what i wanted to talk

about. the express lane opens on monday, but right now it's still going on. you will still find slowing. now back to you. >> and rob with weather. good morning. >> off to a nice start around the east bay. we do have patchy low clouds and you may run into the fog around your commute setting into oakland and fremont. san jose is 56 and one of the cooler spots. san francisco with 59 where the fog is moving. nothing showing up on radar except to the north across the pacific northwest. the line of showers by the way will dip towards the north bay towards friday. highs around the bay area focusing on the east bay. mid 80s possible and upper 70s around petaluma and santa rosa and lake port. the seven-day forecast looks mild to wrap things up for the workweek, but the weekend, keep the umbrella on stand by especially for areas north of

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breaking news out of concord with an officer-involved shooting. we have a lieutenant on the line with the latest. lieutenant, can you hear me? >> caller: i sure can. >> can you tell us what happened? >> caller: just before 2:30 this morning, concord police officers attempted to make a stop on a subject walking near ash bury drive. they suspected that the suspect was possibly wanted. the suspect took off on foot running down ash bury drive and he got about halfway when officers stopped him. the suspect produced a weapon and officers fired at the suspect, striking him. the suspect was wounded and transported to the muir medical center in walnut creek. his condition is unknown. the officers were not injured as a result. >> this just happened how long ago? >> just before 2:30 this morning. we are early into the investigation and we don't have a lot of details to release at this point. >> does this affect the

neighborhood now as you investigate any traffic rerouting and that kind of thing? >> it's a residential street off of clayton road. that is cordoned off to do analysis of the crime scene to have the crime lab come out. that will be cordoned off for several hours today. >> thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> also police hunting for a killer offering a $17,000 reward for information. a doll foe saladon was heading home from a party with his soon to be wife when he was shot several times while they were trying to rob him. he is a uc grad student and celebrating his 35th birthday. if you have any information, call the berkeley pd.

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$2 is the most i ever won. we will check that strategy for me as well. you did talk to the police about the concord officer-involved shooting and i wanted to point out the location. word is that yes, as the officer said we will have to have folks reroute the around the intersection. ash bury drive is closed for the time being and possibly for a long-term. it will not necessarily affect the commute because that's a get distance away and that moves smoothly right now. no issues for concord or even coming out of antioch right now. highway 4 moving smoothly. we will get a look at the upper deck. we can see at least the deck. folks traveling with light volume in san francisco. you see the top of the screen and you can't make out the lights as they approach. that will be an issue and we have the low clouds hovering around. so far no problems for the

morning commute. >> the clouds right there and patchy low clouds around the inner east bay and 60 degrees and 58 in concord. a cool 55 around livermore. san jose 56 degrees. we have a sea breeze blowing into the east bay and trivalley locations that. should be good enough for air quality today. we want to show you the view and not a lot happening now, but this looks like november offshore. strong area of low pressure and relatively speaking it will be edging closer to the coast. temperatures coming down tomorrow with the changes arriving for the weekend. patchy fog through breakfast and lunchtime temperatures inland. livermore and pleasanton looking good. we will be on the way to 80s inland. 72 and around oakland, the seven-day forecast cools things off with scattered showers for areas north of fremont and livermore through the weekend. >> turning now to news for your bottom line and stocks pointing down before the opening bell. courtney reagan has more from

the world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are pointing us to a lower open after wall street posted modest gains. we followed the report in u.s. manufacturing that was enough to tip the scales into the positive. asian markets were lower over doubts that japan stemmed the slide against the dollar that hurt exporters there. europe is in the red this morning. we will get plenty of data ahead with reports on unemployment filings and producer prices. economic fedex falling short of estimates, but it raised the forecast for the year t. posted a 46-point gain to start trading at 10,572. the nasdaq was up to 2301. more legal trouble for goldman sachs. the investment bank is hit by a lawsuit filed by three women who

claim goldman continues to operate outdated corporate culture that deprives women for pay and promotions given to men and are seeking class action steps. back to you. >> people living along the yucatan are feeling the effects of tropical storm karl this morning. vacationers in cancun suffering heavy rain and there is not much damage. forecasters believe once the storm gets into the gulf, it could strengthen into a category 1 hurricane and could threaten mexico's oil operations. >> pat the rescue of the 33 miners is going slower in chile. the primary drill needs to be replaced amount of drill making some progress and a third being put together. the miners have been trapped in a cave since august 5th. they may not be rescued until christmas. president obama hitting the

campaign trail to help democrats keep their majority in congress. tracie potts has that story. >> how to win a tax fight and election. first solidify the base. >> don't forget who is standing with you and against you. >> then put pressure on your opponent. >> we simply don't have time anymore to play games. >> extending tax cuts to americans earning over $250,000 has become the lightning rod for a nasty partisan fight headed into november. more than two dozen democrats disagree with president obama. republicans aren't wavering. >> republicans are united. no tax increases on nobody. >> even house leader john baner who suggested he might support the president is backing off. >> if it's your only option, would you vote? >> i want to extend the current

tax breaks. >> they're exclude both side and tea partiers could backfire on republicans. >> it seemed like voter nullification and we are not listening to you. we, the republican party, we not listening. that's the problem. >> it could be a problem for democrats too. a poll puts their disapproval rating at 58%. most americans said they want most of washington out. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> now for a look at what's coming up later. we say good morning to laura garcia cannon. good morning. >> we have a busy day ahead and a little bit of something for everyone. today is a one-week anniversary of the deadly san bruno explosion. we mark the day with a warning that scam artists are outlooking to take advantage of victims. history in the making. not the good kind.

. they tie a record when it comes to passing a budget. who will feel the effects. football coach of san jose state joins with us a pregame pep talk. spartans open saturday. those stories and more later in the bay. >> think all the hours on computers are bad for children? i don't, but research said you might want to think again. preteens were looked at for 6 years and found more hours at the computer led to an increase in test scores. african-american boys found the biggest jump with more access to computers. girls's scores also increased. >> they are learning how to use it and get information and answer questions and develop strategies. >> the only group who didn't see improvement was caucasian boys. that group had a slight decrease in scores and an increase in violent tendencies. as californians get ready to

vote to make pot legal, a study finds more americans using illegal drugs. kristi smith is live with a finding of a drug survey. good morning, kristi. >> this survey is startling and shows that illegal drug use is the highest it has been in a decade fuelled by a spike in marijuana use and a use of methamphetamine and ecstasy at least according to a government report coming out today, a 9% increase. the director of drug control policy believes this only be tied to the growing number of states approving medicinal marijuana. at the federal level it is illegal. he thinks calling marijuana medicinal sends the wrong message to young people and voters will decide in november whether to legalize the drug and the survey doesn't distinguish between medicinal or casual use. they found ecstasy use is up about 37%.

methamphetamine use up 60%. pro medicinal marijuana ak vo kads spoke uh to this and believe it shows that drug laws as they stand now have fail and it's time for more sensible laws. on the flip side of this, cocaine use is way down. reporting live, today in the east bay. >> it will be an interesting vote. rob joins us again with weather. good morning. >> pretty nice start to the morning. we are at 60 degrees in oakland and seeing patchy fog as you drive down to the water around oakland towards hayward. san jose actually a bit chilly at 56 degrees. not as much in the way of low clouds around the santa clara valley and fog around san francisco. the satellite view with an impressive system and the warm front moving up with a soggy day to the north. as what's left of the cold front drapes into parts of the far north bay late tomorrow. we will see a first chance of showers that will take us into and through the weekend.

around the east bay, places like dublin should be in the low 80s and st. marys should be in the upper 70s and around concord, highs in the low to mid 80s. today probably the warmest day with a chance of showers and highest i suspect for saturday night into sunday towards the north bay. >> you heard laura talking about this, this idea of man's loss for another person's gain. the warning in san bruno to watch out for scam artists. one of the survivors of the massive fire as he sorts through remains and new hope for cancer patients. what makes the new technology here revolutionarynd who w t .geitirst f choices: some are minor; others life-changing.

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