get ready to raise taxes himself. a live look outside. beautiful bay bridge on this tuesday, may 31. this is "today in the east bay." whatever it takes the lee-day weekend is over. it is tuesday. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's see what's in store in the weather department. >> i would love to tell you it is going to be a beautiful day but it is just not going to be a beautiful day. i know. we got bad news for you this morning. showers passing through all over the east bay this morning. and also the peninsula getting hit hard. we are going to show you where the showers are headed and how long they are expected to last today and then get into our next round of rain which moves in tomorrow. let's check your drive now with mike. >> good morning. we will take you to the north bay where i have been following this accident. had a full closure of northbound 101 right around san antonio

road. then reduced to one lane. sounds like both lanes are open. but this is because of a deadly accident that happened. you are talking about rain coming through the north bay. it was not a factor as far as the report goes in the accident but there was still wet roads and accident early morning heading up through petaluma. smoother flow now heading past the scene and southbound side past highway 37. nicely down towards san rafael and golden gate bridge. live look shows thank you sheen on the roadway. it is still wet out there as christina has been talking about. >> take it easy as you head out the door this morning. more questions being raised this morning about the disappearance of a hayward nursing student missing since last friday bob redell joins with us an update. >> reporter: michelle le was studying to be a nurse. she was here in hayward friday night doing a medical rotation as part of her course work here at kaiser. she took a break at 7:00 with her class and left.

got in her car and was scene on surveillance tape at kaiser. they saw her leaving the parking garage as located on site. a while later police found her car parked in a neighborhood. just a few blocks from here. the car was locked and it was secured with some valuables left inside. but she does still apparently have her cell phone which she has not answered. that's one reason her family thinks this is suspicious. that's why they are putting up fliers and offering a $20 though thousand reward because they say that this would be unlike michelle to just get up and leave without telling anyone. her brother tells us she is very responsible and calls him on a regular basis. >> she's always been a better -- a better child, daughter, than i have been a son in my opinion. she's always -- protected me ever since our mom passed away, like ten years ago when we were -- when i was 11. she really became like a mother

figure to me. and almost overprotective because i'm -- i'm 23. she's still -- she still tries to take care of me as best she can. >> reporter: another reason for concern, michelle le apparently told her classmates on friday that after class, she planned on driving to reno to visit friends. something clearly she did not do. hayward police is investigating. what makes this case suspicious in their eyes is the fact that michelle did leave valuables in her car. that's not the m.o. of someone planning on running away according to police. reporting live here in hayward, bob redell in the bay. an accident that killed a pedessian in the south bay. closed part of an expressway for a time. a pedestrian was struck and killed on the expressway just north of bud avenue. officers say they found the victim around 11 cloak last might. southbound lanes closed to traffic as emergency crews responded to that scene.

those lanes have now since been reopened. the chp has not released any additional information about that accident. this morning, a horrific accident in the north bay. highway patrol is investigating a deadly crash on northbound highway 101 in marin county. it happened just after 1:00 near san antonio road. chp says the car reportedly crashed into the center divide and van then crashed into that car. the police are hoping to have more information this morning on the city's first homicide since wooin. officers found 43-year-old alfredo rodriguez on south main street with a gunshot wound yesterday morning. he died at a nearby hospital. rodriguez's family says the death is a huge blow, especially to his three children. one of them is just a few weeks old. they applause placed plowers and candles on south main street in his memory. police are looking at surveillance video taken from the nearby market to try to find

rodriguez's color. he had would -- milpitas had two homicides in 2009. police are investigating rodeo's first homicide of the year. christie smith is live in rodeo with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. investigators will finally have a chance to go through the van that the victim was sitting in and say that could be key to figuring out exactly why this happened. they were waiting for the coronerer to leave which happened, shooting happened right up the hill there where you can see there's evidence markers all over the street here. here is what we know. neighbors called this in around 10:40 last night. reported hearing what they called a barrage of gunfire. when deputies arrived, they found the victim in a van who had been shot several times they are working on identifying him right now. they tell me, though shall at this point they only know he's a white male in his early 20s. they found nothing unusual outside of the van. they believe that the shooter may have come up on foot and

that the have been tim probably lives in the area. investigators tell me that shootings around here not totally unusual but homicides certainly are. this is believed to be the first one of the year. they are also telling me they are not getting a whole lot of cooperation from neighbors yet. so they will be back out here in the morning. seeing if they can make that happen. they are also going to have the streets around there closed down for at least another 90 minutes while they continue investigating. reporting live in rodeo, christie smith, "today in the east bay." it is 5:06. dozen of dui cases could be dropped because of a faulty breathalyzer. santa clara county prosecutors are about halfway done filtering lou more than 800 dui cases. so far, they dropped charges in one dui case and found just a small percentage of others and may have to be dismissed or wiped off the driver's record. the 42 questionable cases so far involve drivers that refuse to

take a second sobriety test at the police station. leaving the faulty breathalyzer as the main evidence. san francisco's sheriff is at odds with the federal government over a new immigration policy. under the department's plan, illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes will not be held in jail longer than necessary. even if federal agents want to detain them for possible deportation. starting on wednesday, sheriff deputies will treat those eligible for release like u.s. citizens. they will be cited and will have to appear in court. the policy is the sheriff accident's way of complying with a city law forbidding police from aiding the government in nonfelony crimes. and the u.s. law requiring the police to share fingerprints with immigration agents. san francisco mayor ed lee wants a 1% sales tax replaced if the state can't extend it. lee is expected to propose putting it on the november ballot. a city sales tax measure when he

presents his budget plan to the board of supervisors this week. if jerry brown is unable to extend a 1% sales tax he would like san francisco to consider doing one of its own to make up the difference. he said a hatch cent sales tax would help pay for things such as health services. lee is also expected to propose cuts to city departments and programs when he lays out his budget plan next week. social services and the police department are the biggest targets as the city works to close a $306 million deficit. good news, however. increase in tax revenue and improving economy could mean no widespread layoffs, closed fire stations or political battles. we will see about that one. reports say that the city has a surplus of $62 million from tax revenue. no more political battles by politicians. wouldn't that be great? >> great day in the forecast maybe not either. we are going to have to wait through 2012. going to get past 2012 and then maybe a break. looking good now.

we have showers coming down across the bay area. north bay getting a break right now but rained overnight. basically all night long you were getting hit with light showers. watch out for slick conditions up there. right now it is the east bay that's seeing the bulk of the moisture. passed through concord. watch out for showers between okay land and fairfield the next hour or two. but your futurecast shows you by 3:00 m.m. we will see a mostly clear bay area. it will still be gray and overcast at that time. and the breeze will substantially pick up. we are talking about downright windy conditions later today. as our next system moves in and the system impacting us now moves out. 56 degrees in oakland. 5 in sunnyvale. 51 degrees in santa cruz. we are only going to hit the low 60s, maybe even just 59 degrees in the city today. cool day. also expecting significant fog formation. we head through the next couple of hours. do not fret. mike and i are all over that. mike is watching a couple of things. >> good morning. do not fret for the maze as well. looking at a nice flow of traffic around the approach to the bay bridge. i will take you back up to the

north bay and showed thank you video from the -- crash in -- we are showing in petaluma. that was a deadly accident accident. one lane is cleared. one lane blocked by all of that. still clearing vehicles from the roadway. but this is not impacting traffic. i misunderstood the chp report. lane blocked but no problem for the northbound flow past that scene. still going on with that investigation and activity will. southbound your commute direction looks fine here. 880 past the oakland coliseum. nimitz freeway shows a nice flow of traffic at oakland. there you go with headlights past the coliseum. southbound inside. glow to the lights you see, there is moisture in the air. christina talking about. east bay getting hit with showers. getting close to the san mateo bridge. nice flow of traffic. 580 coming off the boulevard. reports of a deer running around the lanes there. watch for that for 580. closure for eastbound highway 4 in antioch where christina did show rain coming through the area as well. no slowing but should have that construction picked up and

slowdown just start something the westbound direction in a couple of minutes. >> out of control anchors, too. 5:10. summer may not be in the bay area just yet. one american city is already dealing with triple digit temperatures. the president could soon call on a bay area professor to help out. we will tell you where and why. plus, outstanding appointment? an ap for that. new trend in apps as well as your news before the bell is beming up in a live report. autiful live look outside. bay bridge this morning. start

week. it is 5:11 now. welcome back to you on a

tuesday morning. taking a live look outside. hp pa viv onin san jose which will be home to britney spears saturday night. hit me baby one more time. maybe you will be heading to that concert. stamford professor could get the nod to become the next ambassador to russia. president obama is expected to nominate the political science professor and leading expert to u.s./russian relations to the post. he is currently the president's top adviser for the national security council. he's also a key figure in president obama's reset policy which aims to promote shared economic and mutual understanding between both nations. mcfall served on the president's transition team after the 2008 elections. the house is getting ready to vote on a plan to raise the country's debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion. the vote will come after the close of the markets today. it is mostly ceremonial. measure not expected to pass because it has no spending cuts

for how the markets are reacting to this and all of the day's news, we turn to nicole lapin at cnbc headquarters. good morning. how are you? >> good morning, my dear. also that is why they are doing this after the markets close because they don't want to disrupt what it was like in 2008 when we saw the biggest drop in the stock market ever. just to give you a little tidbit there. futures, though are high they are morning, laura. stocks lost ground as you well know on europe's ongoing debt crisis last week and weaker than expected data on manufacturing, housing, and consumer spending. asia rose overnight. that came over to europe and then that's coming over to us. we are watching a couple of key economic reports this week. topped off. cherry of them all on the sunday, friday, key jobs report. today we are looking at home prices, manufacturing, and consumer confidence. but to recap on friday, the dow actually rose but was down for the week. 38 points is what we gained

friday, 12,441 is where we close. nasdaq composite added 1327.96. with nearly 5 million homes lost in the foreclosure possible necessary the past five years, more than 500 u.s. cities are announcing larger percentage of those properties that become rentals. "usa today" says the biggest shifts were in irvine, california. that went from 40% to nearly 50% rentals in the past decade. then there's philly at 46%. baltimore, minneapolis, sacramento. shifted to a majority of rentteres over that period. california, arizona, they had the most cities where the share of renters grew at least 5%. this morning consumers, as you know are using apps to make appointments for just about everything and anything. now add clips to the list. rolling out their app this week. letting folks put their name on a virtual blackboard to be first in line for a haircut. 3,000 locations across the country. l.a. fitness is letting people book time with trainers or reserve racquetball courts.

golf now's app is letting you book tee times at thousands of u.s. golf courses across the country. laura, you don't ever, ever have to see a human or talk to a human ever again. >> that's the crazy thing. i can make the app appointment, problem is trying to keep it. >> that's the other point. that's key. there will be a day i come to you on this live shot via an app. i don't like that. >> no. how about in person? we have room right here. come on over. >> yes. let's start that lobbying. >> all right. there you go. any time. any time. door is always open. thank you very much. our weather isn't all that great here. what about back east? the bay area where we are struggling to get over 60 degrees now, the nation's capital getting baked under nearly triple digit temperatures. city officials have placed heat advisories on this morning and they are urging people to wear light loose fitting clothing. some people found creative ways to cool off in the city. they are dipping their feet in the fountains there. refreshing for them. while others beat the heat with

ice cream. can't beat that. rain or shine. there is relief in sight. rain is expected to hit that area on wednesday. now what about us? last week i didn't wash the car because -- well, it was raining. then i got lazy. now this week i guess the -- warn sing on again. don't wash the car. >> hey, hey, keep it lazy. keep it lazy. staying breezy today. we like that. save your time for important things like watching television and watching this program. and forget about washing the car this week. i think we will see enough rain to where you can park it in an open space. you will get enough moisture to give it a pretty good cleaning. especially as we head through the weekend. that's whether the strongest rain arrives. this morning, slight spotty activity. good round of rain move through the north bay overnight. that has wrapped and now east bay that's getting hit. really not all that hard right now. we did see a few light cells just past through oakland and little bit of rain went through vallejo and fairfield. a drying trend now. lit not last long. warm moisture streaming onshore as we head throughout the day

today. this is not a wet system. this is a cold system. as we head throughout tonight temperatures will drop. we are only going to break into the upper 50s in this t city today. 59 degrees is the forecasted high in san francisco. 65, though in san jose and 66 degrees in gilroy. associated with the warmer temperatures we have this time of year and the instability brought on by the system pushing onshore. we could see pop-up thunderstorms today. so severe weather although it is very, very slight chance. and it is possible, especially in the sacramento valley, 63 degrees by thursday. dry break. then -- another round of rain moves in friday into saturday. we will see a few showers early sunday. finally some clearing on monday. but hey, tomorrow is the first of june, laura. >> isn't that crazy? >> yeah, it is. nuts. >> all that snow in the sierra over the weekend. skiing in july here. little bit of something for everyone. new explosion at japan's nuclear power plant. we have the details coming up for you next. >> i'm in important scott

mcgrew. we have a wave of social media news to talk about. updates on twitter coming up. >> we are close to the motorcycle. i did show you 880 moving smoothly n. playing tonight. but right now smooth drive. rain through the area.

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your morning commute eleofefg:we >> welcome back, everyone. it is 5:22 now. beautiful live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. starting today, you know, west side, golden gate bridge, it will be closed for seismic retrofit work. bicyclists and pedestrians will have to share the east sidewalk for four months until september. bike riders will 24-hour access while bridge walkers can cross from sunrise to sunset. it is the last days of the project to retrofit the bridge.

i want to check the bridge and other highways out there with mike inouye to see if traffic will pick up today as folks head back to work. >> we will assume it will be heavier today because it is tuesday and back-to-work tuesday like you said. definitely looking towards livermore coming out of the pass. 580 moving slowly. 14-minute drive. 5:23. things should get more crowded. a little bit coming off the pass. all the way over on the right side of your screen. low clouds hovering around, moisture, rain in the east bay. south bay moving smoothly. 45 just changed over on the right side again, tully road. that's the first indication heavier flow of traffic. that particular off ramp is what causes that -- slowdown for that sensor. getting through san jose and out of san jose, set up for a drive. 237. there's stanford. looking at a nice drive up 101 and dunbarton bridge and san mateo bridge. 92, no major issues. speeds close to the limit.

little blip showing up for 92 heading towards 280. that should clear but i will track it for you as well. we will jump with that shot to the golden gate bridge. just showed that a couple of minutes ago. we are looking at a nice flow of traffic. reminder you gave is that the bicyclists and pedestrians will be sharing the eastern sidewalk. that will be the case we do have to share. that's what we say at our house 5shgs-year-old and 3-year-old, we share. >> i know. and 2-year-olds. >> i can't. >> come on over to my house. it is 5:24 now. this morning the number of people still missing from the deadly tornado in joplin, missouri, is down to 29. the tornado ripped through the city more than a week ago. the number of remains still in -- at 146. officials say that some could be from the same victims. in the meantime experts say environmental dangers could be lurking in the air, water and debris piles. hazardous -- hazards range from

liquid fuels from smokey fires. they had a square at the fukushima daiichi plant this morning. a loud explosion was heard from outside the reactor building on the south side. the plant operator says the explosion was likely from the gas tank and didn't cause any additional radiation leaks. the cause is, however, being investigated. plant workers also found an oil spill in the sea near two other reactors. the spill was contained by an oil fence. turning now to the tech world this morning, a lot going on in social medimmediatmedia. >> thank you very much, laura. we are going to start with the twit they are morning. that looks as though twitter can be getting into the photo sharing business big time. reports suggests twitter is planning to launch photo upload and sharing service possibly this week. it is a bit of a risk because it could upset third party developers such as twit-pick. social networking site linkden

is expanding in asia. it is hoping to tap into that huge pool of professionals. it is still on a high after doubling stock prices after the initial public offering earlier this month. meantime, anticipation of game maker zinga's public offer sing growing and it is expected to top linkden's ipo. but even before that, zinga plans to launch a new game. some suggest that it could be -- the biggest launch to date. our scott budman will have more on that a little later today. today is a lot like a monday after a long holiday weekend. so we wanted to give you a hug. and this may be the ultimate kitten hug. take this. take a look at this. so far, 15 million people have already watched it on youtube and it is worth it. watch as the mama stretches out and then pulls her kitten in even closer. if that doesn't make you feel warm and fuzzy. i don't know what will. >> that's sweet, precious. >> love it. love it. >> i'm ready to give you a hug.

>> oh. thank you. >> i can stand up and be just as tall as i am on the share this morning. >> thank you. we are going to have an update on that developing news we are following out of rodeo this morning. deputies investigating the area's first homicide of the year. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in hayward where police are probing the mysterious disappearance of a young nursing student. we will have thepd tatona e t.ha

string of good morning, i'm christie smith live in rodeo where sheriff's deputies are on the scene of the city's first homicide of the year. there's still a lot of questions this morning. that story coming up in a live report. oakland police are looking for the person who killed a mother of two and father of three. we will tell what you led up to that shooting. why critics say sloppy

record keeping is the reason police are still looking for one of the men who attacked a giants fan, brian stubb. a live look at the golden gate bridge. what a beautiful bridge. gorgeous area. the weather, not so much. it is tuesday, may 31. this is "today in the east bay." it could really be a mice morning. overcast skies, great bay area feel. we will make a positive spin it. 5:positive now. plaets get started with a look at the forecast with christina. >> yeah. it always looks better until you hop in your car and get stuck in traffic because it is raining. it is not that bad right now. certainly enough to stump a morning commute. smooth drive. probably not going to find that in the east bay where we had consistent shower activity. over the past half hour, more streaming onshore as we speak. pinpoint the showers where they are headed and how long they are going to last. then we will talk about the next round of rain and wet, windy

pattern we have to deal with all week long. first let's get you to work through the showers with mike. >> good morning, christina. right in the area where you have shown on the map rain coming tlup ant yok. that's where we see the activity. first of all, construction, that's picked up in the eastbound direction. sensors should wake up in a few minutes. westbound speeds dipping down below on 50. that's where you see the yellow coming over from g street over towards horizon lane. little bit past there. typical start for tuesday. we should see a bigger slowdown through the area. we will watch to see if it is as heavy as we saw last week. north bay, earlier closure of a lane in northbound toen tosan a all activity cleared. both directions clear for the morning commute. wet roads continue for that area as well. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:31 now. police are investigating the city's first homicide in rodeo of the year. christie smith is live there where police say they are not getting very much cooperation from neighbors. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

yeah. in fact, between haven't seen any neighbors out here this morning. investigators are still trying to piece this together. they tell me that they really wanted a chance to go through the victim's car, shooting happened up the hill here on tullaby court. they are waiting for a tow truck to come in and get the victim's car out of here. it should be here soon. this is about 10:40 last night. neighbors called 911 reporting hearing a barrage of gunfire outside. deputies arrived and found a man shot to death in van here. they tell me it appears he was alone. they believe the shooter probably walked up on foot and just opened fire. the victim at this point only identified as a white male in his 20s. they believe he probably lived in the neighborhood. what set this off, though, they still don't know. they tell me then found nothing unusual, no drugs or weapons outside the car. and, again, as you said, deputies tell me they are not getting a lot of cooperation from neighbors this morning. so they are hoping to try to

reinterview people later on this morning. they tell me that actually hearing gunfire in the neighborhood, not totally unusual, but homicides certainly are. they tell me this is the first one of the year in the city. reporting live in rodeo, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >> thank you very much. 5:32. oakland police are still looking for people responsible for a sunday night double homicide. 28-year-old la toya kenny of union city and 29-year-old eric bush were shot on international boulevard near 88th avenue. the shooting happened after a memorial day party hosted by the dragons motorcycle club. in front of the club are tire marks from a side show that began after the party. >> like young kids having fun and everything. next thing you know, pop, pop, pop, here comes shots. so sad two of them got killed and one wounded. she is still in the hospital fighting for her life. >> a member of the motorcycle club tells the bay area news group that the club's barbecue has ended long before that side show began.

fire crews in the east bay are being called into question after witnesses say that they lawn watched a man drown in the waters off offal immediate. shoreline drive near willow street. alameda police and fire responded quickly after a man walked into the water fully clothed. witnesses say that emergency crews watched from the shore it is a man bobbed in the water for almost an hour. police is issued a statement saying that the fire department is not certified to do water rescues. the coast guard was called but they arrived too late. a woman swimming nearby ended up pulling the man to shore but he was not responsive. this morning, the family of a missing nursing student are hoping a reward will help bring her home safely or any information. today bob redell is live and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. what's got michelle le's family so concerned is that they say that it would be very unlike her, very much out of character for her to up and leave like

this without telling anyone. that's why they don't think that's what happened or concern that something else happened. the 26-year-old nursing student was taking part in a medical rotation at kaiser here in hayward as part of other studies. 7:00 friday night, she took off during break. surveillance footage shows her leaving in her car out of the garage. and that's the last time she was seen. once police became involved officers did find her car parked in a neighborhood not far from the hospital. >> i think it is suspicious and i think any normal individual would think it is a suspicious as well. simply her car was taken from the parking lot and parked a short distance away, secured. just left there. >> she didn't deserve to have this happen to her. i just -- i just want her home. >> that was her brother telling us that his older sister is responsible. does call him on a regular basis. they believe that she does have her cell phone because it wasn't

found in the car. other valuables were found in the car but not her cell. every time they try to call her, there is no answer. the family has posted fliers and is offering a $20,000 reward to anyone that can help them find michelle le. reporting live here in hayward, bob redell, "today in the east bay." a warning for craigslist customers this morning. suspects in halloween masks are stealing thousands of dollars from prospective used car dealers. the first theft took place may 12 in the bay view neighborhood. two people agreed to buy a used honda accord. they drove to the street they were given but the house number they were told to meet at didn't exist. then two men in black hoodies wearing masks and carrying semi automatic handguns robbed them of their cell phones and cash. a similar robbery happened last wednesday. this morning, one suspect in the brutal attack on brian stowe is still at large.

sloppy record keeping could be to blame. two months and hundreds of billboards later l.a. police managed to capture giovanni ramirez, one of the suspects in the case. ramirez may have been captured sooner if parole agents had entered vital information about his appearance into a computer system. details like teardroped tattoo under his eye and dodgers tattoo under his neck which ultimately led to his capture. ramirez is in custody. another suspect and woman who drove the getaway car still at large and brian stow remains in critical condition. a news conference could stir up an old murder case. right now scott deleski is behind bars after he was convicted of killing the wife of famed attorney daniel horowitz. today deleski's attorneys plan to suggest evidence that would implicate daniel horowitz in the crime. that it was never sufficiently investigated or brought to the

jury. they are working to prove that deleski was wrongly convicted in the murder. it will be interesting to follow that one. following the forecast because on the verge of june and rain once again in the works. >> yeah. you know, tomorrow actually kicks off the atlantic hurricane season which is something that you often think about when you think of the summertime. just goes to show we are going to have to wait a little longer for springlike weather and then maybe we will break into summertime at the end of next week. it looks like we will hit the 80s at the end of next week. this wet pattern really isn't going anywhere. we have a very significant dip in the jet stream. this yet is just going to kind of sit where it is. we head through the next few days, bringing storm track, yes, right into the bay area. that's what we are looking at. right now i'm pinpointing the showers for you. they are mostly up in the north bay this morning. watch out for showers pushing right now through novato, petaluma had a light cell go through there. action has calmed down since where we started out the show at 4:30 a.m. lot more shower activity at that time.

we are expecting more. futurecast shows you that -- temperatures right now in the 50s. only going to be able to climb a couple of degrees between now and noon because of that cold air that's moving in and that rain-cooled air as well. 5 degrees at noon in the city. that's a one-degree climb between now and then. 58 degrees by 4:00 p.m. and will lose a lot of that moisture. still a full deck of clouds overhead. maybe a few pop-up thunderstorms. 60 in oakland. i have your 7-day moments away. stay tuned for that. let's get to you work at 5:39d this short workweek, tuesday. >> look forward to that shorter workweek. we have a little bit longer commute today. christine a lot of folks are back, obviously, on the roadway. 48 in the middle of your screen is slowing, continues to build right around and coming out of the pass towards livermore. all the way over on your right. 15-minute drive now. average travel speed is 55. you see the blips where there are speeds into the 40s as you are coming into and through livermore. we are showing you smooth drive after you get past that dublin interchange through castro valley, castro valley wide. a street through the same area,

train number one, five-minute delay. heading towards the san mateo bridge, no delays will through hayward. how much more traffic there is than yesterday. a look at this. camera holding steady. a little shake but no wind advisories. smooth drive to the peninsula side. 880 shows good volume of traffic. as paying tonight. post-work traffic there as you head towards 705 for the start. we will head further north to the bay bridge toll plaza. nice easy drive here as well. remember as you get off of that lower deck, the realignment, oakland touched down that happened over the weekend. so all lanes are open. it will be a little bit different. >> all right. good to know. thank you very much. it is 5:40. the woman accused of trying to kidnap her grand daughter is headed towards contra costa county. a trip to the beach ends in pain. hundreds of people stung by jellyfish at one beach this memorial day weekend. a message to the fans. what the giants catcher had to say, next.

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up. eleofefgcn shortened workweek. 5:41 now. gí in washington there is a vote whether to raise the debt ceiling allowing america to borrow month more money. america hit its credit limit two weeks ago and without more credit, the government says that we won't be able to pay our bills come august. tracie potts is live on capitol hill where the sticking point in negotiations is medicare. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. that vote tonight likely to fail

because of medicare. handful of negotiators, some democrats and some republicans are stuck on that issue. republicans who control the house have said that they will not vote tonight to raise the debt ceiling unless we cut a big chunk of spending out of the budget. in other words, no more credit unless we spend less. a big part of what we are spending is on medicare. it is politically touching. no one wants to tell seniors we are going to cutback on medicare. but in fact, they have got to do something. republicans want to turn it into a voucher system. democrats want to change the way the doctors are paid. they have a difference of opinion. they seem to be at a stalemate over it at this point. and as you said, we were -- are at our 14.3 trillion debt limit now. the obama administration is saying we can hold off defaulting on any bills million august 2. but republicans are skeptical of that date. laura? >> thank you very much. 5:44. jury deliberations resume this morning in the case of two men

accused of killing oakland journalist chauncey bailey. jurors have been off since thursday because of the memorial day holiday. they are trying to decide if usef bay is guilty of ordering four murders. prosecutors say that bay, the founder -- former founder of your black muslim bakery, ordered bailey's death to keep him from writing about the bakery's financial troubles. the grandmother accused of kidnapping her own grand daughter from the east bay home will be brought back to the bay area today. she will be transported from the l.a. county jail, contra costa county. accused of breaking into her son's home in knightson near pittsburgh and taking her 4-month-old granddaughter to southern california. her neighbors say she faked a pregnancy and planned to raise the baby as her own. the baby is back home safe. she's charged with kidnapping

and burglary. the waters in the sunshine state gave some and memorial day beach goers a sting surprise. more than 400 suffered jellyfish stings over the holiday weekend. along the stretch of central florida's oceanfront. the officials say that powerful winds off the atlantic coast cause a high number of jellyfish to wash ashore. most people suffered stings to their legs, arms, and their bodies. beachgoers were warned to stay out of the water and no other health problems reported. when you see those, we stay away. sometimes they are smaller than you think. >> yeah. they are -- so hard to see transparent. i would prefer my jelly with peanut butter on whole wheat. good morning. we have showers through the bay area. there's nothing heavy coming down right now. only the light green. we are not picking up any yellows indicating moderate rain. this is all light rain. and right now it looks like the heaviest rain is coming down between novato and i would say about napa. that's going to be the case as we head through the next couple of hours and will come to see the showers push onshore.

they will be light and i think the stronger component from the first system that moves onshore will be windy conditions later on today. you can see from your futurecast as we stop it for you at 3:00 p.m., mostly dry across the bay. we let good a nice break for the second half of your day and then another round of rain moves in as we head through tonight. don't water the plants. take a break. 52 degrees in livermore. 52 degrees in san jose. we are going to get a break on thursday. that looks like the only dry day completely dry day that we have for you this week. but as we head through the weekend, another stronger system moves onshore. we are looking towards a pretty wet pattern for at least the next five days. 64 degrees today. light showers important the first part of the day. mostly cloudy for the second part of the day. 60 degrees by wednesday. yeah, it is going to be a cold day tomorrow. 63 on thursday. dry break but cool day friday showers and saturday showers. sunday, a pew showers early. hey, we are going to be in the 70s this weekend. you can take the showers and with a little bit of warmth. that's the only improvement we

have for you. not too bad. >> i have something that's hot these days. the giants. they are getting back on the winning track. off to a very good start this week. giants jumped all over the cardinals in st. louis yesterday. torres hit a grand slam in the fourth inning. giants went on to win it 7-3. in the meantime catcher buster posey sending a message to his supporters. he says sunday's surgery was successful. i'm going to do everything i can to be back, better than ever, in 2012. i have also had time to read through the thousands of posts. i want to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and well wishes. it has meant a lot to me and my family and we appreciate the support. very nice. jason kidd is getting ready to do something that eluded him his entire career. he wants to get the championship ring. tonight kidd's mavericks. ki

at 38 it is possible the oakland native's last shot at a title. kidd says he knows the mavs have experience on their side but will take much more than that. >> patience is one thing. and -- also just understanding the game of basketball. can be very nice and also cruel at the same time. you just have to, again, enjoying this moment but we have to try to find a way to win four games. >> they have the talent and "america's got talent" is back. sneak peek coming up. i'm in for scott mcgrew this morning. tech world, update on sony's playstation. intel tries to give apple a run for its money coming up. >> looking like video games, 3-d mavs but no game. real-life, folks.lyooth.trsmoot.

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>> and how it isback,[szp. tuesdayíñ>3 welcome back, everyone. good tuesday morning. if you are starting your workweek, here is a live look outside. beautiful golden gate bridge. looks like traffic is moving smoothly across span.yw!gss eelf highways of the bay area coming up in just a little bit p like. 5:52. pg&e will begin pipeline testing in newark today. lit test the pipe that runs west of the lake district. test willing run through june 24. pg&e is performing tests on about 150 miles of aging natural gas pipelines. similar to the one that exploded in san bruno. as promised, check the morning commute with mike. >> you committed me to a lot. whole bay area. look over here to antioch where we have the slowing different than the last couple of days. slow towards 6:00.

typical tip-off, tuesday with the heavier volume. so slow. very slow into the 20s as you are approaching horizon. it is marked at horizon. walnut creek interchange moves slowly for 680. across the water. ve nice drive from the bridge down to the bay bridge toll plaza where we have an 18-minute drive. gloomy skies. rain and wet roads throughout this area. we will get a live look to see how things are shaping up. no major issues as you are approaching from the oakland side. lower deck, remember, slight change to the alignment there happened over the weekend. all lanes are open. it might be a little bit different to the curve to the road. live look out there. also for the golden gate bridge shows thank you effects of some of the earlier mist and drizzle. some little wet roadways coming through this area and north bay. keep that in mind. lower the speeds even though the sun is coming up. slick out there. back to you. >> good advice. thank you very much. 5:53 now. last bay shuttle to take flight begins the trip to the launch

pad. atlantis rolls out this afternoon. starting the last leg of the journey to liftoff. it is scheduled to launch july 8. the crew will deliver supplies and spare parts to the international space station. in the meantime shuttle "endeavour" is on its way back to earth on what is its final day of plight. the crew spoke to nbc news late yesterday and said the mission has been bittersweet since it is endeavour's last. the commander mark kelly updated us on the condition of his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head and had skull surgery during the shuttle's mission. >> she just had z;1'&úo'ieink and i the difference on the phone and in speaking to her. so she's improving, continuing to improve every day. i'm looking forward to seeing her in a couple of days. >> the shuttle and its crew will land early wednesday morning at

kennedy space center in florida. we wish them well. nbc's hit variety show "america's got talent" returns tonight for a whole new season. >> michael grimm! >> this is the announcement of last year's winner. michael grimm. not only did he win $1 million and his own show in las vegas, but he also released his first album earlier this month. this season is expected to pull a few more surprises. judges say you will see more unique and crazy performances which sets this show apart from all the rest. >> i say this without a doubt, you can expect the unexpected. >> all ages, automatic sizes, crede, color. >> season six kicks off tonight at 8:00. some funny, some good, some not so good. time to talk tech this morning. intel trying to take a bite out

of apple. >> good morning. yeah. like so many intel is under big-time pressure from april tool compete with its iphones and ipads. intel is giving the laptop a makeover. the company has unveiled a new line of netbooks callings an ultra book. company officials say that an ultra book will include the best features of a tablet. the ultra books will be on sale by christmas. and cost under $1,000. the sony saga continues this morning. sony now saying that its online play station network will be completely restored by this weekend. there is an exception, though. not to be restored in asia. just yet. the japanese consumer electronics giant dealing with com effects, of course, of hacker attacks that impacted more than 100 million users. and hewlett-packard is expanding voluntary recall of notebook computer batteries because of risk of fire from overheating. the batteries are made in china

and imported by hp. the u.s. consumer product safety commission says that since the initial recall in may of last year, hp has received additional reports of overheated and ruptured lithium ion batteries. >> got to watch that. >> they heat up so much. >> you can start to feel them heat up. not a good thing if your laptop blows up. >> no. don't want that. >> not going to make deadline in the newsroom. >> certainly not. 5:57 now. santa clara district attorney is talking about those bad breathalyzers and how many cases could actually be dismissed because of them. plus, a new immigration policy is set to go into effect in san francisco. why it has the city going eral government. h theeder government. u>kkb ele#!oz?wngu once