for 70 days are getting a hero's welcome. the latest on the ongoing rescue coming up just ahead. >> reporter: i'm bob redell live where the cleanup is finished at san bruno. will the people living here want to move back in? whitman and brown come out swinging and this morning both are scoring points. expert analysis plus the power of women at the polls. from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the bay." good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. straight up 5:00 and it's going to be another hot one, in fact dangerously so all across the bay area. we want to check in with rob and take a peek at the forecast. >> good morning, brent and laura. another case of summer in october. we've got 90s and a spare the air day. mig

mild start to the morning. close to 90 by noon. low 90s up and down most of the bay area. upper 80s around san francisco with fog on the coast but, yes, spare the air day due to that ground level ozone increasing around the east bay. >> we'll take you to some folks working in the overnight conditions. construction work going on southbound 101. the off-ramp closed until 7:00. also oyster point boulevard, that off-ramp closed until 6:00 a.m. as you're approaching the airport, there should be no major slowing because of the light volume of traffic. the golden gate bridge shows you that. a little glow to those lights, more steamy than foggy right now. we'll follow this. back to the desk. new this morning, hugs, tears and emotions unfolding right now as the world joins the families of 33 trapped miners in chile celebrating what many thought was impossible. in fact this is a live look just at the surface here. you see the wheel turning. they're bringing another miner up. so far ten of them have been

lifted to the surface. the 11th one is on the way we are told as we speak. they have been trapped down there for 70 days inside that collapsed mine. rescuers are using a missile-like capsule to pull them out one by one. it takes about a half an hour for each miner to travel almost half a mile from the mine up to the surface, and when they get there, family, co-workers and even the country's president are there to greet them. [ cheers and applause ] all of the miners are expected to be free by the end of the day today, and again this is unfolding as we speak, so we'll watch it for you and keep you posted all morning. 20 days to go and decision 2010, this morning both candidates for governor are claiming victory in their final debate. right now both sides of the fight are still trying to gain control over hot button issues like meg whitman's plan to eliminate the capital gains tax. >> i'd like to ask you, how much

money will you save if these tax breaks were in effect this year or last year? >> so -- you know what? i'm an investor, and investors will benefit from this, but so will job creators. my business is creating jobs. your business is politics. you've been doing this for 40 years. >> and the national media is seizing on brown's response to tom brokaw's question about the audio tape sexist slur made by one of brown's campaign aides. >> i think every californian and especially women know exactly what's going on here and that is a deeply offensive term to women. >> could i just interject, have you chastised your chairman, pete wilson, who called the congress whores to the public sector unions? >> you know better than that, jerry, that's a completely different thing. >> you can find out more on the debate including unedited video from inside the spin room and our website at nbcbayarea.com. now, the green party

candidate for governor now faces trespassing charges this morning. san rafael police arrested her about an hour before the debate started. the oakland resident allegedly tried to use a bogus ticket to get into the event. protesters from all sides of the debate did square off. they were shouting and carrying signs. medical marijuana users in oakland could soon have twice as many options to get their supply. an oakland city committee voted unanimously to increase the number of medical marijuana dispensaries from four to eight. they also voted to increase the annual fees paid by the clubs from $30,000 to $60,000. city staff say that's more realistic estimate of the cost to oversee the clubs. the full city council will vote on the plan on tuesday. a peeping tom on the uc berkeley campus. police say a man dressed like a woman used a cell phone to take pictures of women at a uc berkeley locker room twice this month. he was in the recreational sports faculty women's locker room. in both cases when confronted, the man took off.

berkeley police want you to call them if you have any information on the case. the cleanup is over officially now in san bruno after the gas pipeline explosion, but rebuilding and the search for answers is far from over. bob redell is live in san bruno this morning where victims and survivors hope to get some important information later on today, bob. i know they still have a lot to sort through in their lives. >> reporter: good morning, brent. tonight pg&e will make a public presentation at the city council meeting in south san francisco since the same segment, since the same gas transmission line that runs through san bruno that blew up here in san bruni runs through that city as well. why did the utility reverse its decision to replace the segment that runs through their city? here in san bruno, as you are alluding to, the scenery has changed dramatically. this is what the neighborhood looked like shortly after the pipeline explosion on september 9th. it was a charred landscape.

today it's levelled lots, smoothed out with dirt. yesterday the city announced they had finished removing the ruins of the 37 homes destroyed in that inferno. we're talking about 7,000 tons of ash and debris gone. soon homeowners will be given permission to come back in and rebuild, but many right now are saying no way, not until pg&e agrees to permanently shut down the segment of 30-inch gas transmission line that runs through this neighborhood. >> i don't want it running through my neighborhood. why would i want to build a home right next and it runs right up that street right there? why would i want to build a home here? >> reporter: pg&e, a spokesperson with the utility, says it's working closely with the people here to come up with, quote, the best alternative with regards to the 30-inch gas transmission line that blew up on september 9th, killing eight people. last night the city of san bruno was supposed to discuss waiving permitting fees and expediting

the permit process for people who want to rebuild their homes. in another development, pg&e says it will be replacing its hundreds of manual shutoff valves with remote control system. you might recall that it took workers about one hour and 46 minutes to turn off these gas valves as that fire burned in this neighborhood just over a month ago. reporting live here in san bruno, bob redell, "today in the bay." now, despite the economic downturn you are likely making some pretty good money if you have a job in the bay area. a new study shows household incomes in san jose and san francisco remained among the highest in the nation over the last year. that's partly due to a steady demand for government and high-tech workers. by comparison, people in many of the fast-growing areas during the housing boom, in places like colorado and nevada, are taking big hits. hispanics are suffering paycheck losses in many new immigrant areas, in places like tennessee, which had previously had a lot of construction jobs. now, "today in bay" traffic

with mike inouye. >> all right. 5:07. folks, we'll take you do the south bay where traffic is still very light. the south bay doesn't show slowdowns until 6:00 or 6:30 where 101 and 680 meet. the exclamation point on northbound 85 still at saratoga, reports of a deer that was hit and killed earlier. chp still has to get out there to address it so stay away from the left two lanes. now, coming through sunol, things are moving a little slowly but a live look and i saw no traffic. really no traffic literally. so we'll move on to livermore where traffic flows smoothly. 14 minutes through livermore. the construction is at kitty hawk and we know about that. the freeway moving smoothly. we talked about the altamont pass and the wind farms that will be pretty still today. car pool through livermore if you can. we'll send it back to you guys. we've been talking about the

heat. man, it seems to get warmer every day. >> it could be a problem. >> it's the combination of heat and bad air quality around the east bay that will cause issues later on. not much wind, 63 degrees so a mild start to the morning. 59 in oakland. still a little offshore breeze in san francisco and you can see the warm air mass in place from the day before. still 67 degrees around san francisco this morning. now for the tri-valley and east bay we have unhealthy for sensitive groups air quality. even though it's getting into october, another spare the air day around the bay area. temperatures inland still in the 90s. in fact for about 70% of the bay area, you'll be at 90 or warmer. a bit cooler out on the coast. we're seeing signs of fog moving up the coastline and that hints at cooler changes starting tomorrow. you'll see inland temperatures dropping off a bit. 60s and 70s for highs as we move through the weekend. back to you. >> as you mentioned, red flag warning, spare the air day and high temperatures coming to the

east bay today. kris sanchez is live in the oakland hills with more on really what's been called dangerous weather. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. yeah, it's hard to enjoy the last little warm blast of summer when you know that it can be dangerous, particularly if you live in a high fire danger area like the east bay hills and north bay hills where there is a red flag warning in effect as rob mentioned. we're seeing that the breeze is picking up just a little bit around here but no gusts to speak of. the fear is that something like this could happen here in the east bay. this fire happened in san jose last week. a car fire ran up the dry hillside and ended up destroying a radio station tower. fortunately no one was injured and no massive major damage like we saw in the 1991 oakland hills firestorm. that is a reminder of how deadly a brush fire can turn. nearly ten years ago it killed 25 people and cost 3400 people their homes, apartments and condos. perhaps it is that fire that is

a reminder to folks who choose to live in this beautiful area where there is fire danger, it's a reminder to them to make sure they keep fire safe. firefighters say that folks are largely compliant, they keep the defensible space around their home and a lot of them plant foliage like the one you see behind me that stays green even under the hottest of temperatures. not a lot of foliage that is likely to create more fire danger. this stuff is fire -- not fire retardant but fire resistant, i should say. so, again, the folks are watching for that red flag warning to expire come sunrise or so, but we know that the fire danger does not end there, so largely looking forward to that temperature drop that's coming on friday. in oakland hills, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." meantime it's 5:11. this is the year of the tiger, but will it also be the year of the woman in sacramento and cities all around the bay area? we will take a special look at

how women are shaping the state's political landscape. and it's time for students on the peninsula to find their inner zen. the wholly substitute teacher of sorts gearing up for a visit to local schools and life lessons are on the books. reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcganfic with inouye. as governor, he balanced budgets without raising taxes. and california created 1.9 million jobs. as attorney general, jerry brown took on wall street banks, mortgage scammers and public officials stealing from taxpayers. at this stage in his life, jerry brown has the independence to make the tough decisions california needs. as governor i'll cap government salaries and pensions. on the budget, we have to face reality. make do with what we have.

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good wednesday morning to you. taking a live look outside this morning overlooking san francisco, it's going to be a warm one across the bay area today. san bruno expected high of 90, milpitas 91 and livermore 93. we want to take you back live to chile really quick to that mine. again, some of the live pictures we're able to get back. down in that mine in one of the capsules there, it looks like it's actually in the cavity of the mine and they're putting the next miner in and then getting ready for that trip. it takes about a half an hour to go some 2400 feet back up to the surface, but again we're getting some of the live looks there. i think they have gotten ten, maybe getting onto 11 people out so far. they have been trapped down

there 70 days. this is really an exciting day because they were talking about them getting out around christmas time and here it is early october and they're already getting out. we'll keep you posted all morning long. meanwhile the face of california state government may look very different in 2011 with more and more women seeking key offices. candidates like meg whitman, carly fiorina and carmela harris could win high-profile offices after the november election. kimberly tere has more on the record number of female candidates running for state office. >> reporter: after winning nominations in california, a new generation of women is running for office. >> i think it's wonderful that women have an opportunity to compete equally with men and to use toir qualifications and be able to be seen as equal. >> reporter: some strategists say female candidates should do well this year since many voters are dissatisfied with incumbents of both parties and women are considered outsiders in a sense, not members of the good ole boys

club. >> i think it's about time we saw part of the world from the women's perspective. women are the ones that usually handle the household budgets at home, they're the ones who take care of the children and the children's educations. they're more in tune to those things. >> reporter: most notably on the gop side there is gubernatorial candidate and former ebay ceo meg whitman making a bid to be california's first female governor and former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina hoping to unseat barbara boxer who is running for a fourth term. both whitman and fiorina, considered by many to be ground breakers in corporate america, also broke ground in their party as the first women nominated for either office. now taking a trip to the other side of the aisle, democrat and san francisco district attorney camela harris, who is vying to be the next attorney general. while some voters say they're happy to see more women in politics, they also say it's the stances on the issues that matter most. >> i don't really think about it

as a male or female issue. i look at the candidate and the qualifications of the candidate, that women are getting more involved. i think that's a huge plus. >> and that was kimberly tere reporting. california is not only state seeing female power at the polls. in nevada sharron angle is trying to unseat harry reid and in south carolina, senator nikki haley hopes to become the state's first female governor. the dalai lama is in the bay area this morning to talk to some local kids. his holiness will be in east palo alto to meet with about 500 schoolchildren. most of the kids are from the ravenswood school district, but some are from the boys and girls club of the peninsula. these students will be able to ask the dalai lama questions during the meeting. it will be interesting to hear their questions. the time is 5:18. we want to check in with mike. it's always interesting to see what he's got. >> i also follow the dalai lama on twitter. yes, he tweets. let's look out at the roadway. we're looking at the east shore

freeway. a truck tire somewhere before you get down towards berkeley, we'll keep our eyes on things, it sounded like it was in the eastbound direction, which is opposite your main commute and shouldn't be a major issue. we don't want you to come across anything unexpected. nothing unexpected at the caldecott tunnel. we'll get you a live look and you see just a few cars coming through the area. now this truck normally would be a red flag for folks but notice that it's right here as you're trying to get into the parking lot. the parking lot is close because they're doing work over there at the administration building so this is likely construction equipment and not causing a problem other than a distraction for folks heading over towards san francisco. this will pick up right about an hour from now. an alternate to the bay bridge is the san mateo bridge. easy drive over the water here. highway 92, flat section, the high rise has no delays. an alternate would be bart. it's a spare the air day, also related to spare the air while the weather causes that and rob has the reasons for that in his forecast coming up in just a

moment. giants fans are flying high this morning but bay area baseball fans will have to wait a little longer for the giants banner to fly over atlanta's city hall. atlanta's mayor is getting ready to hoist the orange and black flag as soon as it arrives from san francisco mayor gavin newsom. the mayors made a friendly bet that the loser would fly the winners' flag. nbc bay area and comcast will bring comprehensive giants coverage to you. the only place to see it is comcast sportsnet. they will join the full sportsnet central team live from philadelphia so you can switch from fox after the game over to coast to get the complete wrap-up and coverage of game one saturday night. harry potter's lightning scar may be the talk of the wizarding world, but this man in the real world, it's given him a run for his money. thet lightningef l saetrikt aef lasting impression just ahead. [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore.

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welcome back at 5: 23. you're taking a live look at oakland airport. nothing weatherwise slowing anything down. it's kind of a warm start over on the other side of the bay, 67 degrees in san francisco. still an offshore wind program but we'll see a sea breeze turning stronger a little later on at that. napa, yesterday at this hour we were at 70 in napa due to gusty

offshore winds. the winds have backed off under clear skies and as the nights get longer, our temperatures can really drop off. down to 49 degrees this morning so you certainly need a jacket around napa. 58 currently in livermore and some of the other temperatures you've seeing, north bay seeing some of the cooler numbers of upper 40s and low 50s. 58 andersround sunnyvale. not much wind to mix up that ground level ozone so spare the air day, worst air quality around the east bay and tri-valley locations, unhealthy for sensitive groups. now, it's locked in the bad air quality and high temperatures, this huge dome of high pressure. we'll still see some of the effects today but signs of change happening on the coast. we're watching the fog moving up right around the san francisco peninsula this morning. it is going to fill in over the next couple of afternoons so once we get past today, inland temperatures really starting to drop off as we head into the weekend. at least one more hot day. you notice santa cruz, only in

the 70s. 92 for san jose out towards livermore. we'll still see pretty toasty temperatures. upper 80s around san francisco. on the west side of the peninsula and on the coast, cooling begins today. out to the tri-valley, highs in the low 90s and north bay we're looking at mainly 90s for one more day. today the hottest day of the next seven. you'll see in the seven-day forecast, we cool off big-time. 60s and 70s for the weekend. >> it will feel nice. when it comes to lightning-shaped scars, harry potter has got nothing on this guy. check it out. a long island man struck by lightning has that permanent souvenir. it's a scar that kind of shows the outline that hit him on the back. he was unloading the family minivan in his driveway when the lightning bolt knocked him face first to the concrete. he reports feeling a current rushing through his body but never lost consciousness. other than that unique scar, he has no serious injuries. by the way the odds of getting

struck by lightning in any given year, one in three-quarters of a million. imagine opening your utility bill only to see that you owe a billion dollars to the energy company. that would be a shock. that's what happened to scarlet hall, who lives with her husband and three children in georgia. the exact amount on the bill, $1,016,050,139.09. she said she had high bills in the past but nothing with quite so many commas. >> last month -- i think i might need to start selling organs. >> and probably not the ones with keys. hall says the energy company has corrected the error. she says she now owes a much more reasonable $287. >> you've got to unplug your alliances. it's 5:26. from the depths of despair into the light. trapped chilean miners making their way to fresh air and freedom. the latest on the reunion two

months in the making. plus a controversial new law igdemt sepesne to keep streets safe from violent gangs.

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what matters to you, this is "today in the bay." and good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm brent cannon. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. this is "today in the bay." time to get started with what's new this morning. >> and i'm rob mayeda. we're watching temperatures very closely. as kris sanchez mentioned, we have fire danger and poor air quality today, good enough for a spare the air day. look at our temperatures again today, 92 in san jose. near 90 in oakland. upper 80s san francisco. some relief on the coast. santa cruz today 72. >> we're going to take a live look at the mine in chile this morning. the president of chile has once again arrived as he did at the beginning when they first started pulling up these miners. rescue crews are really working around the clock to free the 33 miners from the collapsed mine. they are half a mile beneath the

earth. it's simply become an amazing story of survival and the limitless nature of the human spirit. now, as of right now we know at least ten of the 33 chilean miners are back above the ground. this is a live look at the rescue operation this morning. in case you went to bed before this got started, around 8:00 last night, we've got video of the first miner being rescued and pulled out of the capsule. it's kind of acting like an elevator car coming up from the ground. it's amazing to see. his family was waiting nearby. florencio avalos was the first man out wearing a helmet, sunglasses and a smile. back to live pictures, i'm being told that we're going to be taking here. they're wearing the sunglasses because the miners haven't seen the light of day since august 5th. so they need to certainly protect the men as they come up. this is the 11th man i'm being told that just got pulled out of the mine right now.

it's interesting hearing about, you know, their spirits of coming up. they brought some of the healthier men up first to embrace their family as the government is going to continue to monitor these men and watch over them for at least the next six months for any psychological, physical problems that they may have. they have the chance to reunite with their family and eventually they will go to seek medical attention that they may need. we'll continue to check back with the live shot that's happening in chile this morning, bringing you more of this remarkable story. you'll recall after the first mine collapse, rescuers didn't think they could get to these men until christmas but they're obviously bringing this men out right here. you see how they open the gate. they have oxygen as they come up. it's such a closed, confined space as they bring them up, there are fear that say -- if they have any fears of being

claustrophobic they could have some problems so they bring them up and then are able to reunite with their families. simply an amazing, amazing story. one of the first miners that was brought up actually brought up some of the rocks from the mine to hand to the rescuers and also the president of chile. quite a momento. a remarkable, remarkable story. we'll continue to visit it all morning long. also new this morning, oakland city leaders will announce a new step to try to squeeze out one of the most violent gangs in oakland today. the city attorney, police chief and others will hold a news conference to announce the specific details, but they include a tougher crackdown on gang crimes and creating a safety zone. gang members also cannot carry guns, threaten witnesses, recruit members or gather on the street at night within that safety zone. the news conference is going to be the at 10:30 at oakland city

hall this morning. in just hours, a man charged with killing a teenager girl as he tried to outrun police will enter his plea in court. he is charged with causing a deadly crash after leading chp officers on a chase through downtown san jose in july. we actually have cell phone video of the incident. officers say they tried to pull him over for a traffic stop when he sped off. he led police on a short chase before crashing into a minivan, killing a 15-year-old passenger. controversy over campaigning in the oakland race for mayor. a bay area attorney will hold a news conference calling on oakland city attorney and others to investigate the use of public money. the nonprofit oakland rising appears to have misused city money and broke federal rules to campaign. oakland rising promotes voter education. cardoza will call for the investigation outside of the alameda superior court in

oakland at noon today. it is 5:34 right now. we have a red flag warning, a spare the air day and high temperatures coming to the east bay today. kris sanchez is live in oakland hills with more on the very dangerous weather we're facing. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we are watching the red flag fire warning for the oakland hills and north bay hills as well because things are getting a bit dry. even if you don't live around this area but drive through this area, you can see that a lot of the hillsides are really dry and brown and that's because of the offshore winds that have been coming from the inland areas and sweeping across, drying things out that have already been dried through the summer. what you can tell from the foliage behind me is a lot of folks heed the warning to plant vegetation that is fire resistant. you can also see there is a bit of a breeze. that's not going to go away until friday, but the red flag warning does expire at daylight

today, so we are watching that red flag warning but we know the fire danger will continue. the fear is that something like the fire that happened in san jose last week could happen here where a car stalled, started a fire and the fire ran up the hillside and ended up nearly destroying a radio tower for a local radio station. in 1991 the oakland hills firestorm, there was a $1.5 billion fire that cost 25 people their lives and left nearly 3400 families without a home, a condo or an apartment. the folks here really take the fire danger warning seriously. if you drive through the neighborhoods, you'll see foliage like this which is fire resistant and you'll see a lot of folks respect that defensible space rule to keep the area around their homes clear of fire danger. i was checking on twitter to see if folks were talking about the fire danger here in the oakland hills and one person said every october i spend half of my morning sniffing around smelling for smoke. in oakland hills, kris sanchez,

"today in the bay." >> thanks, kris. in the meantime, the chevy volt goes on sale and is being billed as america's arcnswer to the toyota prius and nissan leaf. scott mcgrew is in our parking lot. >> we understand you have a vote right there. is it an electric car or something else? >> reporter: you know, that is a very good question, laura. the drive into work, which was less than 40 miles this morning, it was certainly an electric car. in fact this is what charged it up at my house overnight. i can actually just come right over here and this is how you fuel up a volt. you just stick the electricity right in there. it can run on household current. under 40 miles, it's pure electric. after that, a gasoline motor, a gasoline engine helps you out. exactly how that happens, i have a fellow from gm here, chad, to explain what happens after 40 miles. i'm not out of battery power,

i'm not out of electricity, i'm not on the side of the road, what actually happens inside the car. >> the volt's generator turns on seamlessly and creates more electricity to allow you to drive as far as you'd like. >> reporter: there have been blogs and news articles that say this is more of a hybrid. the gasoline engine somehow disappointed some people. can you explain the controversy there and what all that means? >> right. it's not a hybrid. it is an electric vehicle all the time, and there are two sources of energy. you can either plug in and recharge at home, or if you need to go further than the battery, you can use the onboard generator that creates electricity. it does not drive the wheels, just creates more electricity to keep you going so it's an electric car all the time. >> reporter: and if i stay less than 40 miles, i could go weeks without ever using a drop of gasoline. >> most people will. 80% of us drive less than 40 miles a day under all

circumstances. any highway speed, you'll still get about that, so for most of us, we will never use a drop of gasoline. >> reporter: all right, chad. we'll have mike inouye come out just a little bit later next hour and take a look around, maybe take a spin around the parking lot as well. brent and laura. now "today in the bay" traffic with mike inouye. >> 5:39 folks. we'll take a look at the east bay. northbound 680 at bollinger canyon road, reports of an accident right there. after the initial report was filed there was some debris in the lanes. for those playing traffic bingo at home, it was a couch. it's still reported in lanes so there's some activity heading north off the dublin interchange. meanwhile over further to the east and there's some slowing showing up westbound highway 4 at antioch. early slowing coming off the antioch bridge as well. keep that in mind all the way over to horizon.

pittsburg and bay point moving very smoothly. westbound 580 is also a commute direction. we haven't seen any major issues but i have seen from time to time speeds around 50 miles per hour so if you're heading out through livermore, get on the road right now because you still have 20 to 30 minutes to beat some of that rush. no major problems 84 down to sunol. we'll follow it. a live look at sunol shows you traffic flowing over to fremont with these taillights, a clear view here and very warm overnight. it's a spare the air day. >> still no sign of any low clouds inland. 63 degrees around san jose. in oakland right now 59 and in san francisco a warm start to the morning. no signs of fog. 67 degrees. we'll see a pretty warm day if not hot for most of the bay area inland and a spare the air day. worst air quality out towards the tri-valley and east bay valleys. ground level ozone in the unhealthy range. maybe somewhat unhealthy as well is how hot it will get and how quickly we will jump into the

90s. santa cruz 72 degrees. fog filling in on the coastline and that's the ocean air conditioning which will come back for most places starting tomorrow and kicks in on overdrive over the weekend. partly cloudy cool and breezy as we wrap up the upcoming weekend. back to you. it's 5:41 right now. from the debate hall to your cubicle. our expert shows us the political tricks that will keep you cool and collected in your next meeting. hello, everybody. look at yourself. now back to me. now back at yourself, now back to me. sadly, you are not a manster. >> smelling like a monster has never been so adorable. the sesame street twist on the old spice ad. we'll look at that coming up. reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcgrew and traffic with mike inouye.

meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay, whitman paid herself $120 million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter?

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good morning to you. a live look outside at the beautiful bay bridge this morning glistening in all of its greatness. it's going to be another warm one across the bay area. we'll check those high temperatures coming up with a full forecast with rob. on to decision 2010 this morning. it's in the home stretch, in the road to the november elections, candidates for governor are making their final bids to win over the minds and votes of undecided voters. >> last night meg whitman and jerry brown squared off in their final televised debate and now everybody wants to know who swayed the most votes because it is virtually a dead heat in the polls. larry gersten is joining us. larry, surprising reaction to the debate, particularly from senator dianne feinstein. we have a clip of what she said. we'll listen to it and get your reaction on the other side.

>> i was impressed by some of it. i candidly thought that the time should have been enforced more equally. i felt jerry didn't really get his fair share of the time. she managed to push past that red light and wasn't stopped. and, you know, that's good for her, but it's not necessarily good to keep things on an equal balance. >> so what did you think, larry, after watching. you were there last night and watched that debate. was it fair, was it lop-sided, what did you think? >> a couple of things. first of all, senator feinstein is right. meg whitman took advantage of the conditions, so to speak, and with that she went ahead and did go past the light more times than you can imagine. give her credit for that. give her credit for being aggressive. clearly whitman was much better than she's been to date. she really was at her best last night. that said, jerry brown was still a very fiesty guy.

he took his swings as well. i would characterize it this way. lots of base hits last night, no home runs. >> i did kind of like that we were able to get a little bit deeper. instead of the one-liners, the campaign rhetoric, we were able because of the follow-up kind of stuff get a little bit further into it. i like that a little bit. >> here's where tom brokaw gets a little credit. he let them go back and forth rather than come up with the follow-ups himself. he did that once in a while, but most of the time i want to respond, i want to respond. okay, okay. >> he gave them that latitude. >> he let them go at it. in a sense it was more of a debate than we've seen at any time. >> exactly. >> that's what it's supposed to be. >> there's also been a big uproar about the recently leaked voice mail from the brown camp in which a staffer is heard giving a derogatory statement about whitman. here is how whitman addressed

it. here's what she said. >> i think every californian and especially women know exactly what's going on here, and that is a deeply offensive term to women. >> could i just interjekt. have you chastised your chairman, pete wilson, who called the congress whores to the public sector you know 81s? >> you know better than that, jerry. that is a completely different thing. the fact that you are defending your campaign -- >> now, that was interesting. you know, to hear the crowd's reaction. >> who would ever think that family night television would be about whores. they each have a constituency, there's no question about it. brown has to worry about offending women. she has to worry about offending latinos. here's the difference, brown has a 40-year record so his supporters know what he's all about. because of that, he probably has a little bit of slack. whitman is more the unknown. so when she made the comment -- she got into a situation about her housekeeper, the question is who is the real meg whitman. for that reason she probably has more at risk on this issue if it

has any legs than brown does. >> let's try to get into another one, brown talking a little bit about tax loopholes and breaks and meg whitman -- claims against meg whitman. let's take a look at that exchange real quickly. >> i'd like to ask you, how much money will you save if the tax breaks were in effect this year or last year? >> so -- you know what, i'm an investor, and investors will benefit from this, but so will job creators. my business is creating jobs, your business is politics. you've been doing this for 40 years. >> so kind of an interesting thing there. she almost seemed like she knew that question was coming and was ready to go. i like the audience was really involved. they're like, oh, that's a good question. >> brokaw almost had to quiet them down. >> i think here you learn about the philosophies of these two. clearly meg whitman looks to run this state from a business perspective. what she's saying is if we put

people to work, if we ease up taxes for business, if we make it easy for business, it's good for the people. jerry brown is saying government has to be about there's for the powerless, for those who need to be educated, for those who are infirm and these kinds of things and you saw a difference in their ways in which they're going to attack the state. >> and i think in the end that's the fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals right there, exactly what you said. >> absolutely. anybody who says that this race is a tweedle dee tweedle dum is tweedle nuts, because i'll tell you something, there are great differences between these candidates. i think what happened last night is this debate allowed them to come out. >> i hope we're rolling some tape on that. that's the quote of the morning right there. thanks, larry. so did the candidates really mean what they said in the debate? you know, they're coached so much. and how can you tell? we continue our post-debate analysis with a body language expert who's here to tell us if the words really matched the actions at the podium. good morning, thanks for joining

us. >> you bet. good morning, nice to be here. >> it's always so fascinating to watch these debates. here you have a very experienced politician but then a very experienced ceo of some major companies out there. what was your first reaction? >> my first reaction was that meg whitman was polished. she is a media trainer's dream. when we work with executives to put them in front of the media or a crisis situation, she was very polished and, like they say, she does stick to message. she sticks to message very, very well. sometimes to her detriment, but she's very clear and you know exactly where she stands on things. as human beings, we need clarity. but jerry brown was passionate, abundantly passionate. when he was talking about illegal immigration, for example, and he was talking about immigrants as fathers and husbands and mothers and daughters, he was using his hands more than at any other point during that debate. and when you're really passionate about something, you can't keep your hands still. you're just overabundance of

hand gestures. he is passionate. if you are a liberal californian, you know where he stands and he is in your camp and you love him. he's very passionate. but meg whitman, very polished yesterday, very polished indeed. >> it's interesting that you brought up the illegal immigrant talk because you know meg whitman has really been under fire for employing an immigrant as her housekeeper. the subject of course came up at last night's debate. let's take a look at what she said and look at her actions. >> yes. >> we went through an employment agency, we looked at three forms of identification, our housekeeper falsified those documents and came to admit it nine years later. it broke my heart, but i had to fire her. i had to let her go. >> so what is the body language telling you there? she is smiling, she makes reference to her heart. what did you say? >> certainly she either -- that was very, very well practiced. she knew it was going to come up. >> so you think it was practiced rather than genuine? >> i think it could have been very, very heartfelt but she

looked directly into the camera and she knew that she was going to have to bridge to something else. so, again, as a media trainer what i would recommend to people is when those sensitive, difficult questions come up, answer it in one sentence but move on, which frankly she did very well because she talked about that. she said, look, it broke my heart but it's something we had to do. that's why we need an e-verify system. in other words, setting that aside and moving on. so whether it was heartfelt or not, i think that's sort of difficult to say but she certainly knew it was coming. whereas there was a different point in the debate which larry brought up on the whole sexist slur issue and i felt like jerry should have been a little bit more prepared for that criticism when it came up. instead he sort of apologized. he was looking down a lot when he was apologizing, instead of facing the camera, looking directly at meg, and then he said but that's a private conversation. it probably isn't legal to be

recorded anyway. i was screaming at my tv set, i said, no, no, that's not a sincere apology per se. so certainly the way they're coming across when it comes to apology is very, very important. >> that's interesting. we talked to larry gersten and he gave us perspective on brown's take on whitman's plan for tax breaks. are we going to take a look at that clip? no. i'm sorry, i guess we're running out of time. we thank you so much for joining us. it really is fascinating, you know, to see the politicians and really how people can apply it to their own life. thank you so much for joining us. >> you better. >> okay. it's 5:53 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." >> and we are going to check in with your forecast in just a little bit because it's going to be a hot one. before we get to that, the cleanup is officially done in san bruno, however the rebuilding and search for answers is far from over. bob redell is live in san bruno this morning with more on what's coming up later today for people

who still are living on top of dangerous pipelines. bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. for people at home who haven't seen the video or the pictures from this neighborhood in san bruno, it's interesting what has and has not changed over the past month since the september 9th explosion. you can see that the neighborhood, the actual blast site is still shut off from the general public. if you walk over here, you can get an idea of how the landscape has changed. there used to be a home here that was destroyed, but you can see that this lot has been cleared. as a matter of fact, the city and county as you look around has cleared all 37 lots of the homes that were destroyed in this explosion that killed eight people. the city health department has gone through and tested the soil on about a third of those lots and is doing the rest right now and cleared those lots saying that the soil is saved. what the next step is, is to let the residents come back here and

start rebuilding. the question is how many of those residents will choose to do that. we'll tell you why there is some hesitancy about coming back and what pg&e is doing in south san francisco tonight talking to the city there about one of the line that say runs through that town that was connected to this line right here and why residents there are concerned as well. in the meantime reporting live here in san bruno, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the update, bob. it's going to be a scorcher again today. we want to check in with rob. >> at least until sunrise today we still have a red flag warning for the hills of the north bay and east bay and it's a spare the air day due to poor air quality. the tri-valley will see hot temperatures but also the worst of the air quality around the bay area today. mid-90s inland out towards livermore, san jose 92. san francisco perhaps not quite as hot as yesterday but for real relief, we need the ocean air conditioning to kick on and i think we'll see that really starting tomorrow. as we move into the weekend, 90s are out of the picture.

60s and 70s for highs as you head toward saturday and sunday. you know, we've all seen this old spice ad and plenty of spoofs to go along with it. now sesame street is getting into it. we're going to let grover speak for himself. >> look down, back up. where am i? i am on a book. what is in your hand? back to me. i have it. it is a clam with two tickets to the thing you love. anything is possible when you smell like a monster and know the work. i am on a horse -- no, a cow. >> i love it. isn't that adorable? >> that is a cute one. >> where am i? i don't know where i am. i feel like him a lot of times. >> you smell like -- no, i was just kidding. time now 5:57. the weather is a big headline

this morning. as we mentioned, dangerously hot temperatures leading to some health and fire warnings that you need to know about. we'll have a live report on that coming up. larry gersten will be back to talk with us about maidgate and the candidates take on the budget. plus a miracle unfolding right now. we have another update on the miners as they are being rescued one by one from that mine in chile.

new this morning, pg&e will be meeting with residents who live on top of one of its riskiest gas pipelines here on the peninsula, buts not the people here in san bruno. i'm bob redell. we'll have that story coming up. and decision 2010. we take a look at what is next in the most expensive campaign for governor in the history of