barry bonds' trial is expected today. we'll find out what the judge could decide. i'm bob redell live in milbray with president obama will take off on air force one. we'll tell you what he established on his short visit to the bay area coming up. and a new b.a.r.t. station gets ready to open in the east bay, but not everyone is on board with this idea. good morning, i'm marla tellez. i'm explain why coming up. and will the rain dampen your weekend plans? we'll tell you. it is friday, february 18th, this is "today in the bay." good friday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. it is straight up 6:00. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll get you moving with the hour-by-hour forecast with christina. yes, we have rain coming down in the south bay right now.

mostly locations south of san jose, but take a look, we have a little bit of lingering activity creeping up from the south. this whole line of showers is actually moving to the north. so as we head throughout this afternoon we will see scattered showers all across the bay area. the one exception will probably be the immediate coast near the north bay. you'll remain dry today. as when he had through noon showers continue to push off to the north. we are looking to widespread activity until 11:00 p.m. this is light rain. we are not expecting the heavy to moderate rain we saw yesterday. light rain continues as we head through probably 11:00 p.m. friday. saturday just a few showers coming down to the south. then by sunday that's your day for outdoor plans. we'll tell you what's coming up for president's day, after all, it is a holiday weekend. right now, though, we have to get you to work on friday. you have to get to work before you can have the weekend. how is it looking out there? because it is a pre-holiday weekend, in fact, some schools get today off. we are seeing a lighter commute overall throughout the bay area. wet roads on highway 9 with

debris on the roadway. that's closed coming through pierce. watch for that near pierce and sanborn. mount hamilton to the peak near san jose is closed. that won't be open until 7:00 a.m. when the snow starts to melt. that is closed locally. here's a look at interstate 880 through the area. a truck is here near applegate. you can so the trucks on the side of the road. maybe we can't. there you go. the trucks on the right-hand side are being screened. make sure to bring chains heading to the sierra. no slowing right now approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you guys. thank you, mike. new this morning silicon valley is buzzing about the president's meeting with dozens of tech industry leaders including mark zuckerberg and steve jobs. bob redell is joining us live with more on the president's west coast trip and what it means for the tech industry. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent.

milbray is where the president is staying overnight at the airport weston. he'll take a short drive over to sfo and hop onboard air force one. this has been a very short visit for the president. less than 24 hours. what is unusual about this trip is he didn't attend any fund-raisers as many presidents have done in the past. yet some of the people he met with are big donors to the democratic party, but he was not here to collect checks. rather the thought of silicon valley's finest. mark zuckerberg was seen in this photo meeting with the last night. a dozen titans dined with president obama at the woodside home of john dorr. also apple's ceo steve jobs, oracle ceo larry ellison and leaders of cisco, yahoo! and net flik. the president was trying to convince the businessmen and women to support his proposals for education, innovation and

new jobs. in return he's promised to make it easier for companies to do business by making it easier to obtain patents and offering credits. you see air force one on the tarmac with systems gearing up at sfo. and 8:30 it will leave sfo and take the president north to hillsboro, oregon. that is where intel's ceo will give president obama a tour of a new chip factory that the company is building up there. reporting live here in milbray, bob redell, "today in the bay." we have more to come on the president's visit coming up at 6:30. christie smith will be live at sfo where president obama is set to take off a little bit later on this morning. 6:04 right now. egyptians are packing cairo's main square again today. we have a live look at tahrir square. look at this crowd of people. they are marking the fall of president mubarak a week ago. they started to stream into the square a couple hours ago.

organizers estimate about a million people are there. mubarak resigned last friday. egypt is currently under military rule with the promise that democratic elections will be held later this year. libya's state news agency says that long-time ruler muammar go day fee is making his way through crowded streets. anti-government protests started in that country earlier this week. human rights groups say 24 people are dead so far from clashes between protesters and pro-government forces. pg&e smart meters are four times more powerful than initially predicted. consulting group sage and associates accuses the utility of misleading the public and breaking safety limits in homes with its smart meter program. the study indicates wireless smart meter networks work like cell an ten that's antennas that could expose people to

radiation. the consulting group appears to be backed by west marin, a nonprofit group that is a vocal opponent of smart meters. pg&e says smart meters do not pose a health risk. the woman led off after admitting to stealing dugs from the san francisco police lab is not in the clear. zeb ra madden is appeared to be in court at 9:00 this morning. the former lab technician still faces a drug possession charge. in march police say they found .09 grams of cocaine during a search of madden's san mateo home. she has pleaded not guilty. another twist in the case against barry bonds could come today in san francisco. in a few hours we will know how much of a secret recording can be used during next month's perjury trial. that recording is the conversation between bonds and his former trainer greg anderson. during the conversation you can reportedly hear the two men discussing ways to inject steroids. now bond lawyers have tried to

get that recording banned saying that the conversation is irrelevant to this case. but this week the judge said she might let prosecutors use the tapes. bonds is being tried for perjury accused of lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he claimed he never knowingly used steroids. 6:07 right now. san jose's current financial situation is in fiscal cancer according to the mayor. chuck reed says city workers need to make sacrifices, especially the police officers and firefighters. the mayor says the city is simply not making enough money to cover the skyrocketing costs of pensions. >> no one wants to layoff police officers or firefighters, but it will take significant concessions to avoid layoffs. let me emphasize there is no more money. the well is dry. >> mayor reed is calling for major pension reform including increasing the age for full retirement as well as eliminating guaranteed annual increases in pension benefits

and bonus payments to retirees. he's also making them make 10% cuts in salaries permanently. more than $100 million of construction work could be headed to the east bay. marla tellez is live in dublin with how this will impact people there. not everyone is onboard, marla. >> reporter: not everyone is happy with the idea, believe it or not. we'll explain why in a moment. to give you an idea, this is 580 with the traffic flowing eastbound just fine this morning. there's the brand new west dublin/pleasanton station complete with a pedestrian walkway to connect people to the parking structure where we are standing on the other side of 580 this morning. not open for service yet. it opens tomorrow for riders. today it is all about the ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 10:00 this morning. now, this is b.a.r.t.'s 44th station. the first one, in fact, the first new station to open in

eight years. b.a.r.t. officials expected it to easy traffic along the busy 580/680 corridor in the tri-valley. here's the catch, though. this new station is less than two miles away from the current dublin station. so some commuters see it as wasteful. they would have rather that they extend the b.a.r.t. line out to livermore instead of building one so close. others, though, are just excited about the additional parking this new station offers. some 1,200 new parking spaces. the dublin lot is typically filled by 9:00 a.m. >> well, i think more parking than anything. they really limited the parking in this one. so that will help a lot. >> it is a little close, but it will be nice. >> reporter: why will it be nice? >> it is close to the mall. >> reporter: yes, you heard it, ladies, the new station is a short walk to the stone ridge mall. eventually the new station will be the center of a future so-called transit village that

will feature apartments, stores and even a hotel. the total price tag on this new station is $106 million. again, open for business here in dublin tomorrow morning. today the ribbon cutting at 10:00. reporting live in dublin this morning, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> see, everyone says it is close to the mall, even in this economy. we'll turn it around. thank you, marla. >> it doesn't hurt the look, right? all right. we are ek checking in with christina. here's a look at the forecast. >> we are looking really good this morning. we've got a steady stream of showers pushing onshore right now. two cores of low pressure impacting what we have here. let me show you the first one. the cold front extend all the way from the northern-most portion of the yet. it looks like we have a cold front extending all the way from canada dragging all this

moisture through our area, but it is also lifting up to the north. so what's going to happen is as we head throughout the day today all this moisture is going to lift to the north along with it. so right now most of the shower activity is coming down over the south bay. places like gilroy are getting hammered pretty hard right now. san jose is facing shower activity. a lot of this is evaporating before hitting the ground. we have the moisture creeping up now from the south to the north impacting the peninsula. redwood city is seeing the first showers of the morning to continue to progress and lift to the north heading throughout the next few hours. so showers are expected throughout the day today, but nothing heavy like we had yesterday. you'll see here from your futurecast we are expecting the green today, which is an indication of light rain. no yellows or reds embedded within the green. heading through about tonight at 11:00 p.m. clearing will take place. we'll sea see a mostly dry bay area. more on the way for tomorrow afternoon, but if you did want to make plans for tomorrow morning out, you will be able to do so because we are not expecting showers to push ashore

until 10:00 and really move inland at about noon. so i do want to point out that tomorrow will be a very cold day. temperatures only in the 40s. so you will need the jacket. then the threat of a freeze comes into play as we head further into the weekend. that looks like sunday night into monday. we'll talk more about that coming up. here's your drive to get you to work on a friday morning. it is friday, aren't you happy about that? i'm very happy about that. look at the folks over here in antioch. they are ecstatic because speeds are close to the limit near horizon lane. that's not a big deal, it is really good with the green chiclets for highway 4. very clear for 680 and 24 off the walnut creek interchange. debris is reported as your webb 580 approaches the dublin interchange. no major issues. still 13 minutes out of the altamonte pass. slick roads could be an issue, but the big deal is getting out of the area. the sierra getaway starts at 3:00 getting through tracy. if you don't get out of there before 3:00 you will be held up in sacramento as well.

approaching the bay bridge it is windy, but the high wind advisory has been lifted for the bay bridge itself. and a life look shows you a very light flow of traffic at 6:12 this morning. that's a look at the toll plaza with a couple puddles as well. still to come on "today in the bay," stanford east. find out which big city wants to branch campus. and gas prices just took another big jump. see where you can find it for a little less coming up next. and which bay area city wants to charge people to be in its city parks? we'll explain how that plan would work coming up next. lots of folks are looking forward to the extended weekend heading to the sierra. here's a peak at the snow up there. we'll have more in a live report. ♪

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this is the pursuit of perfection. see what it takes at lexus.com/thehardway. good morning, everybody. here's a live look outside. there's air force one citying on the or tarmac at sfo. president obama will be boarding air force one fairly soon and leaving the bay area. i believe he's on to oregon for the next step. air force one is getting ready for the president this morning. in the meantime it is the long president's day weekend. and the sierra is getting plenty of snow. >> lots of folks head out. ski resorts say winter storms bring several feet of snow. highway 50 at comino heights looks nice out there. >> reporter: yes, these beautiful row?

flurries are just like a postcard here. if you are headed to the ski resorts, you are going to face treacherous driving conditions on highway 50. probably for most of the day today as we probably see snowfall later today, too. some good news to tell you about that really only came through in the last half hour, avalanche controls were in effect very early this morning. those just got lifted out here. a relief for big rig drivers who were all morning pulled over on the side of highway 50 just waiting to get their loads into lake tahoe. can you tell why? look at the ground. i'm walking in about six inches of snow here at comino heights. that's obviously the reason for the slick road conditions. just know that's what you will face when you come up here today. right at this particular time changes are required between co me a know and myers. that's xwit quite a distance. know that heading up in the morning hours. live in elderado county not far

from lake tahoe, i'm reporting for "today in the bay." >> get her some snowshoes. profession nol professional dog walkers will have to pay a fee to stroll through the park. the parks department wants to avoid layoffs and city hikes by making people pay to do business in city parks. that means professional dog walkers and exercise boot camp organizers all need to buy permits just to use the city parks. the permits could bring in as much as $50,000 a year for the struggling parks department facing a $3.9 million budget gap. the bay area's largest medical marijuana dispensary may have to pay thousands of dollars to the irs. harbor health center is being audited by the u.s. the marijuana facility has locations in oakland and san jose. and the east bay location alone serves 70,000 medical marijuana users. the medical marijuana is legal in california but it is illegal

under federal law. the dispute over tax deductions could end up being decided in the supreme court. the price of gas continues to shoot up. statewide the average is $3.50. the highest level ever in february. in some parts of the state the price has surry passed $4 a gallon. political unrest in the middle east along with state refineries operating below capacity have all led to the hike in gas prices. to help you out we went to gasbuddy.com to look for the lowest prices throughout the bay area. in the east bay we found the costco in concord charging $3.29. the cheapest gas in the south bay is at moe's stop on mckey road, $3.36 a gallon. on the peninsula check out the try tan gas on redwood city, $3.37. in san francisco the arco on geneva avenue, $3.43. stanford university could soon go to the east coast. the big apple is asking the university to consider creating an engineering school in the city. new york does not have a

top-ranked applied science and research graduate school and hopes that stanford will fill that void. 19 universities are in the running for the new york city engineering school. stanford is up against the likes of mit, cornell and purdue. >> their mascot could be the big apple tree. >> maybe it could be. we'll check the forecast right now with rain coming down. we want to see if we can get out and about in our window of opportunity. >> i want to see your dance like a big apple tree. how do you do that as a mascot? well, we'll delve deeper into that in the next few minutes. right now we are talking about rain affecting your commute in the east bay. slick conditions basically all across the board this morning, but the rain is coming down quite consistently over the south bay. this is in the bay area here from over the past few hours. you have showers down to sap jorse this morning.

that will be the case throughout the next couple of hours with showers lifting to the north impacting the east bay. i think the immediate coast of the north bay will stay nice and dry today. and showers will last all the way through this afternoon, this evening, tonight finally clearing by 11:00 p.m. that's your hour-by-hour rainfall forecast. then for the first part of saturday we look good with showers back in the mix saturday afternoon. it will be so cold that we could see our snow levels falling to 1,500 feet tomorrow. tomorrow if we do get any moisture because it is so cold, possibly some flurries on the valley floor. something really exciting there to me. 55 in san jose today. as you head through your saturday, low snow levels down to 1,500 feet. 1,000 feet if it gets cold enough. 49 degrees with a.m. frost on sunday. that's when you want to protect the sensetive plants up in the north bay. same thing sunday night into monday. same thing for president's day.

trying to get to the sierra nevada, your day is looking like sunday with mostly clear conditions. we want to send you to the movies. new york, dallas, l.a., we are giving away packages courtesy of american airlines. you can win a trip to any of those film festivals or our own local film festival in our own backyard, cinequest, two vip packages will be given out. vip lunches and dippers, two nights at the hilton. tickets to the premiers and screenings of movies as well. we'll talk about the secret word next week. over to you now. what's the word of the day in your department? i'm going to take the word of the day as clear. only because the roadways are clear. the water is still there, so wet could be a good roadway word as well. we'll look at the east shore freeway. 18 minutes down off the cartinas bridge. the wind advisory was lifted from the bay bridge and the

richmond/san rafael bridge. highway 4 has not shown slowdowns. we have a wide shot of the east bay bridge and the richmond san rafael bridge. further north we have an accident reported off highway 38 near 121 off of the roadway. here arnold drive at craig avenue, christina is talking about a dryer commute. we did get the report of black ice. it has been very cold over there near mount saint helena. slippery conditions as well in the north bay. back to you. 6:23 now. a pair of tickets for prince goes on sale today. find out how to get them coming up next. plus, a video of a naked man accused of stealing napkins and saw s&l. we'll have that for you. a live look outside this morning in the south bay. rain in in works that continues to be a cold start to the day, grab your coat as you head out

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find out why. the president is getting ready to leave the bay area. we'll have more in a live report. and the east bay gets ready to welcome a new b.a.r.t. station. good morning, i'm marla tellez. til i'll tell you why not all commuters are onboard with this idea coming up. and a live look outside at the bay bridge this morning. a lot more clear and calm today. but we are not completely out of the woods when it comes to rough weather. we'll have details for you in just a few more minutes. good friday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. the time is 6:30. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll check the forecast with christina. good morning. if you are just joining us, i'll tell you where the showers are right now. we have a pretty steady stream coming into the south bay.

and this front is actually lifting to the north. we are going to see a lot of this activity move to the north as we head through the next few hours. right now that is the case. we are already seeing showers press to the east bay and along the peninsula. get ready for a wet drive in places like redwood city, san bruno, san francisco get ready for showers in the next 15 minutes. i think the north bay will stay mostly dry today towards the coast. as we head through tomorrow very cold conditions set in. we'll talk about what's to come for the holiday weekend. you probably want to get outside. i'll let you know when is the best time to do so. let's talk to mike about your drive. you have to get outside right now to get to work. that's right. the peninsula and the south bay are seeing friday light. i am in somersville. pittsburgh and bay point through walnut creek, we have a smooth drive for the bay bridge toll plaza. a light volume with an 18-minute

drive off the bridge to the toll. we are looking at how things are shaping up. a very light flow of traffic with puddles on the roadway. keep that in mind. if you are taking interstate 880 out of the area towards the sierra, keep in mind the chain advisory is required for 880 as well as highway 50. back to you guys. 6:32 right now. we have an update on president obama's visit to the bay area. after a long night of dinner and meetings with silicon valley's elite ceos, the president is leaving the bay area this morning. bob redell is live outside the president's hotel in millbrae. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the airport weston where president obama stayed overnight, in a couple hours his motorcade will leave the hotel for a short tip trip to sfo. they hop on the ride over there in the distance in front of the hanger. that's air force one. it is scheduled to takeoff at 8:30 this morning taking president obama north to oregon.

i'll have more on that segment of his trip. but the segment here in the bay area, there's a quick turn-around. he arrived last night and basically for a meeting of the leader of the free world with some of the titans of the tech industry here in silicon valley, like mark zuckerberg. he's the ceo and founder of facebook. he met with the president last night. apple's ceo, steve jobs. larry ellison, the founder of, r, oracle. they met at the house of john doerr. the president wanted to meet with the people to try to convince them to support his proposals for education, innovation and new jobs. and in return they were hoping to get a promise that he would make it easier for companies to do business in this country by offering things like tax credits for rnd, smoothing out the process for getting patent

approval, that sort of thing. what was unusual about this visit is that the president wasn't here for a fund-raiser as presidents do in the fast when they come to the bay area. this was strictly a chance for him to meet with the titans of the tech business. it should be noted that many of the people that he did meet with, some of them are big donors to democratic parties. perhaps down the road this will bear some fruit as far as fund-raising goes. there's a live look at air force one which at 8:30 this morning will takeoff from sfo taking the president to hillsboro, oregon, where he'll meet with intel's ceo to receive a tour of the new chip factory that's under construction up there. reporting live in millbrae, bob redell, "today in the bay." thank you, bob. a baby is off life support this morning and his father is now in jail. antioch police say this man punched his 2-month-old son in the face to make him stop crying. doctors declared the boy brain dead wednesday night.

police say the doctors at the medical center called them tuesday night and questioned the father and they say that he admitted to punching his son. the man is now being held on $1 million bail. the walnut creek man accused of running a red light and killing another driver in san francisco could be in court today. police say 31-year-old frank mayberry was speeding and driving without a license on february 10th. that is when they say he slammed into a car driven by a 57-year-old pacifica man at the intersection of gary and arguelo killing the driver. mayberry will be arraigned today. the arrest of the contra costa narcotics commander could have a ripple effect throughout the east bay justice system and could set convicted offenders back on the street. public defenders are combing through the case involving norman welsh or christopher butler now a private investigator. both are expected to make their first court appearance today. welsh and butler are accused of

distributing methamphetamine, marijuana and steroids. there's no word on how many cases their arrest could affect. pg&e is raising the cost of dealing with the san bruno explosion and you could end up footing part of the bill. pg&e will most likely spend somewhere between $200 million and $300 million this year on investigations linked to the deadly blast. the company is also setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars just to deal with lawsuits from victims. the money will be covered by insurance policy but the company's ceo said the company could ask the state to let it pass the other costs on to customers. a first for b.a.r.t. in eight years. a new station is set to open in the east bay. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in dublin with a look at the new stop. marla? >> reporter: brent, good morning to you. the look is right here, the brant new dublin/pleasanton

station. this is eastbound 580 with people heading to livermore, perhaps. the new station complete with a pedestrian walkway which connects the parking structure on the other side of 580 where we are standing this morning. not open for business yet. service starts tomorrow. today it is all about the ribbon-cutting ceremonies planned for 10:00 this morning. now, this is b.a.r.t.'s 44th station. and as brent mentioned, the first new station to open in eight years. and it is just a short walk from stone ridge mall. and b.a.r.t. officials, of course, expect it to ease traffic congestion along the very busy 580/680 corridor in the tri-valley. the biggest attraction for some commuters, the fact that it offers more parking. some 1,200 new spaces here. for others the $106 million project doesn't make sense considering the dublin station is two miles away. >> well, really, i thought it

was sort of a waste of money to be building one so close. >> this garage is pretty much full. at any other time, if you are commuting up here at 9:00, good luck trying to get a parking space here. >> reporter: that gentleman is referring to the parking situation at the current dublin station which has about 2,800 spaces. eventually this new station, the west dublin station, will be the center of a future so-called transit village complete with apartments, stores and even a hotel. now, b.a.r.t. planners expect close to 9,000 people to use the new line by 2013. again, service at this new station starts tomorrow. the ribbon-cutting ceremony gets underway at 10:00 this morning. live in dublin, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> i know they could use the station, thank you, marla. 6:38 right now. still to come, we'll take you live to washington to get the word on today's vote on the federal budget. will the government shut services down soon? plus, get a closer look at

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oh, mammoth, we have snow coming down. heavy snow all the way from mammoth up to tahoe. and that means as we head throughout this weekend a lot of fresh powder. now, you do need changes to get to tahoe right now. but heading throughout the next couple of days we are expectin a lot of the rain to subside. if you want to get up there and have the option, sunday looks to be the better day with mostly sunny conditions. you'll get sunshine on you as you enjoy the fresh packed powder. this is what we are watching for you this morning. steady stream of light scattered showers. right now they are becoming a little bit more wide spread pushing to the north. and san francisco is getting the first shower of the morning. this is going to continue to push north. the whole front, all this moisture coming up heading through the next two to three hours, and then it will kind of sit and spin just off the coast. about a core of pressure here is helping to drive up the moisture. all the showers will continue to

push to the north except for the most immediate portion of the coast in the north bay. they will stay dry today, but this is what it looks like at 9:00 a.m. widespread showers are lasting pretty much all day today. we are seeing clearing at 11:00 p.m. tonight. we'll see lot of the shower activity push off to the east. then tomorrow morning a nice break. more rain on the way towards noon tomorrow. that means if you want to make plans this weekend, sunday will be your best bet. we do have another system on the way for sunday night into monday. but i think sunday is your best day. mostly sunny conditions. 55 in san jose. 58 in almaden valley. isolated thunder definite lay possibility, especially this afternoon. your seven-day outlook shows you we are going to stay pretty rainy all the way through this weekend. a few showers on president's day. and i do want to point out, it is going to be very, very cold tonight into tomorrow morning. if you want to protect the sensitive plants, there's a threat of frost definitely in the forecast. you probably want to keep the pets inside and protect the

plants tonight. we'll find out how you are doing headed out on the roadways this morning with mike inouye. good morning, christina. you have been showing showers through the south bay. we are now finally seeing the echingts. more traffic is slowing northbound on 101 near the southbound side causing additional problems. coming down near delouisiana cruz we have an accident near 87. congresswomen bito the top is cloded closed until sunrise. we have a chance for the snow to melt through the area then. highway 9 through saratoga, a portion near sandborn road and pierce road, there's a pole down in the roadway. the reroute is highway 35. a lot of mileage added there. here's a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. look at this, no metering lights and no backup. that's huge, but it is friday before a three-day weekend. that's probably making things lighter. still wet roadways. keep that in mind heading across the bay and into the city. no major delays, but we'll take you back to the maps to talk

about san mateo where we have a note for highway 101 passing near sfo. between 8:00 and 9:00 president obama will be leaving. you will see the motorcade coming through the area. that will be a disturbance for the peninsula. cal has one of the top baseball teams in the country, yet despite their success this will likely be their final season. today marks the 120th consecutive opening day celebration, but it will be a bittersweet event with baseball set to be cut. uc berkeley is cutting the sports budget at the end of the school year and baseball is one of the programs being dropped. baseball teams start the season ranked 17th in the country according to baseball america pre-season polls. the golden bears take on utah at home this afternoon at 1:30. so sad to see that. giants' manager bruce bulgy is talking about his closer, brian wilson. he skipped the last couple days of workout. he has a stiff back.

he is emphasizing that wilson is not seriously hurt. he led the major leagues with 48 saves last season. he has been bothered by similar back problems in the past. he says he usually missing a day or two and gets back in the swing of things so to speak. it is friday, and today we have a new gadget that is not on store shelves yet. >> it is the nintendo 3ds. it is nor complex than it used to be. david young with sony is here with our own scott mcgrew. >> this is a cool gadget friday because it is a gadget we have not seen yet and isn't quite available in stores yet. david young from nintendo is joining me. this is the 3-d ds. >> that's right. this is coming out march 27th. and it is the latest, greatest thing from then ten dough. >> the top line is there's a third dimension to that. i'll get to that in a second. however, it is a much more complex device than it used to be. it used to be a very enjoyable

toy, this kind of feels and looks more like a computer. >> yeah, you know, we have, of course, been in the handheld game business since 1989. you may remember the little thing called the gameboy. but with then ten nintendo 3ds, it has gone beyond the grown-up. it is a lot more connected than we have been. >> from a business standpoint there's more competition out there than when you had gamepoi. ipad is what i'm thinking of. immediately ipad is a gaming device. you have to come back with something strong. >> yeah, right. so the nintendo 3ds is really a lot more connected. there's a lot of ways that gamers can connect with each other and play games. even if they are not playing, if it is just in sleep mode. >> you did a heck of a job of totally avoiding the ipad question. i'll move on. the question wants the know about the 3d. you can't see the 3-d on tv. you have to take my word for it as far as that goes.

it is very convincing and no glasses. >> yeah, exactly. full 3-d without the use of glasses. what makes this really special is you can use the depth slider to adjust the amount of 3-d that is comfortable for you. >> give me -- i know my reaction when i first played the game to shoot the targets was wow, when people first pick it up and go, they do react, what sort of reaction do you get? >> that is it, the wow factor, the oh, my god, moment. that's why we are excited to be able to bring this out to different retailers and different experiences where people can see this for themselves coming out. >> i want to stick this in my pocket but i won't. when is this available? >> march 27th. it is coming in three new colors. like i said, you have to see it to believe. >> don't forget to take that with you. >> oh, wait a minute, i thought i had two. >> back to you. >> all right. scott playing a little fun with nintendo there. it is 6:48 right now. president obama is leaving the bay area in have u.s. just a few

hours. we are live at sfo coming up. are we headed for a federal government shutdown? a live report on that from washington on today's big budget battle coming up next. taking a live look outside from the south bay. the sun is up, but it probably won't warm things up like we would like. we'll checthcthee extended week.

good morning, everybody. welcome back. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the approach is looking really smooth as we start to get into the thick of the morning commute this morning. perhaps folks knocking off a little early for the long president's day weekend to make it a four-day event instead of the three-day event.

a budget showdown could happen in the nation's capitol today. the house republicans will try to pass a budget with thousands of dollars in spending cuts. kristen dahlgren is live with what could get the ax if the budget is approved. kristen? >> reporter: they, brent. the budget showdown could lead to a government shutdown. so we are coming up against a dead lynn deadline here. the house of representatives is back at it this morning. they were here until 1:00 a.m. last night trying to hash out this republican plan for 61 billion dollars in cuts. cuts to things like arts, funding for health care, also a debate going late into the night over funding for planned parenthood. republicans want to cut planned parenthood funding altogether. democrats have ideas on spending cuts as well but much slimmer cuts than we are hearing from the republicans. now, here's where the showdown could be a problem. the march 4th deadline is looming where the government wouldn't be funded after that

point. new house speaker john boehner said the house would refuse even a temporary spending measure if it kept spending at the current level. he said, read my lips, there will be spending cutting. so the democrats say there needs to be a compromise or the showdown leads to a government shut down on march 4th. the republicans are trying to debate it throughout the day with more than 100 amendments to this bill still to go through. it is possible we could see a vote later on today. also possible that they could extend and have a saturday session and go into saturday. now, if it does pass the house of representatives it will go to the senate to see a face-off there. we have not seen the last of that one. president obama is getting ready to leave the bay area this morning. during his short stay in the bay area he met with some of silicon valley's most high-profile faces. bob redell is live where the

president is staying this morning. >> reporter: yes, a very short stay. he only arrived yesterday evening and he'll be leaving in a couple hours. he's staying at the weston here in millbrae. we think maybe within a couple of hours he'll take a motorcade to sfo with not very far to go with sfo. there it is right there across the bay. he'll be taking off to hillsboro, oregon, where he'll be meeting with intel's ceo for a tour of their new chip manufacturing plant that's under construction. here in the bay area does not have anything to do with fund-raising. sometimes when the presidents come out to the bay area they are on a fund-raising trip, but that was not the case here. he was here to collect the thoughts of silicon valley's brightest. here's a photo from the white house taken from mark zuckerberg and president obama. mark zuckerberg is the founder and ceo of facebook. also in attendance at the meeting last night, apple's case

steve jobs, oracle's ceo larry ellison and a dozen from silicon valley. they met at the woodside home of venture capitalist john doerr. they discussed the plan for innovation. it sounds like the president was trying to get support for him for his proposals for education and innovation, that sort of thing. and in return offering promises to them to make the business environment easier for these companies to do business globally and to do that in making it easier to get patents, that sort of thing, offering credits for rnd. there's air force one. the president will be leaving sfo in an hour and a half at 8:30. reporting live in millbrae, bob redell, "today in the bay." thank you, bob. >> meantime, 6:55. we want to update you on the forecast as we head into your friday and the long weekend. christina has the latest on

that. >> good morning to you, yes, i have the latest, and we have more rain training in from the south at this time. but what we are noticing is that some of these showers are creeping up now heading to the north. take a look at all the mountain snow coming down over the higher elevations indicated by the white. you can see the pink here, that's the rain/snow line. and this morning snow levels are at 2,000 feet. if we do pick up any rain tomorrow because it is going to be sol cold we could see flurries on the valley floor. that's a treat here in the bay area. if that happens, the most likely area will be the south bay because that's where all the moisture is coming in. as we head through the next few hours we'll start to see a lot of the rain creep up to the north. tinge north bay near santa rosa will stay dry today. count on the isolated thunder later on. here's the exnded outlook. not a whole lot of change. protect the sensitive plants and bring in the pets sunday night into monday. here's a check on traffic now with mike inouye. we have finally seen slowing for highway 4. that means my sensors are

working. we have speeds down in the 20s. then also in the 40s heading to pittsburgh and bay point, those are the real slowdowns through the east bay. look at this out of the altamonte pass. no major disturbances. but we have wet roads and gusty conditions from time to time. getting out of the area traffic will start at 3:00. a close look at home, the san mateo bridge is seeing sloppy conditions near the peninsula. back to you. stay dry out there this morning as you head out the door. thank you so much for joining us. the "today" show is coming up next. we'll have a live local news update in after how half hour. have a great day and a great weekend. see you back here in a bit. rocket scientists! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch,

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