former bart police officer johannes mehserle heads back to court. this has nothing to do with the shooting death of oscar grant. i'll tell you what he is doing in a live report. and turkey day is driving more people to drive. good morning, i'm marla tellez. what a new survey says about holiday travel this year, coming up. plus, world marks react to the super committee's super failure. see what it means for your money. it's tuesday, november 22nd. taking a live look outside the beautiful golden gate bridge. "today in the bay." good morning to you. thank you for joining us. it's 6:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. let's check in with christina loren to find out what our tuesday weather looks like.

>> looking like the best day of the week if you want sun or warmth. we'll drop off your temperatures a little bit. increase your clouds as well as a front moves in. we're not expecting rain until late wednesday into thursday. we time the system out for you. watch out for thick fog in fairfield where we have less than a quarter mile visible. today looking good. your forecast is up in moments. first let's check your drive with mike. >> those are great notes for fairfield. wer looking over here where we have a nice drive for 280. we have slowing into the heart of livermore. there was a little slowing at the dublin interchange. just a warning for folks. no accidents, though. >> it is 6:01 now. the former bart police officer

convicted of killing oscar grant is expected to testify in a civil try involving another bart rider. christie smith is live in san francisco where johannes mehserle is accused of beating a bart rider weeks before the oscar grant shooting. good morning, christie. >> good morning, jon. he hasn't worked for bart for about two years. but he's heading back to a bay area courtroom, this time in san francisco, to defend his action for when he was a bart police officer. this time it involves a federal civil rights case brought by a 43-year-old oakland man, kenneth carrethers. he says mehserle and four others attacked him in 2008, just weeks before he shot and killed unarmed passenger oscar grant at the fruitvale station. mehserle's defense said it was an accident. he served two years for involuntary manslaughter in the case. in the new suit the claims that mehserle used him to on the

ground and other officers piled on, kicked him, hit him and hog tied him. the defense says the actions were sparked by carrethers who made threatening motions towards the police officers. the incident occurred week before the shooting, but the jury won't be hearing testimony about the case this time. we are told, though, that mehserle is expected to testify, and the trial is expected to last about five days. reporting live in san francisco, i'm christie smith, jon and laura, back to you. the man accused of killing a san francisco police officer 40 years agos to court this morning. ronald bridgefort is expected to plead guilty for shooting at officers who tried to arrest him for credit card fraud. he pleaded no contest but disappeared before he could be sentenced. he turned himself in after

spending 40 years in hiding. he's accused of the shooting death of a san francisco officer in 1971. in that case he denies involvement. just days after they were evicted. occupy oakland protesters have set up a new camp. dozens of tents are pitched on the lawn of a foreclosed home. one says the new camp is in response to the current economic climate and is meant to send a message to big banks. the protesters received permission to camp from the woman who owned the home before it was foreclosed on. walnut creek police giving us a look at the man that they think vandalized two banks in their cities. someone wrote the word foreclosure over the bank of america and chase banks over the weekend. police say the person hit multiple times since november 11th. officers are looking for this man caught on surveillance video tagging a bank building after 3:00 yesterday morning. he's described as white, between

19 and 24 years old with brown hair. if you know who this is, you're asked to call walnut creek police. if you plan on hitting the road this thanksgiving holiday, you are not alone, the new report says you can expect to see more holiday travelers than in years past. marla tellez joins us live from fremont with more on the story. >> laura, good morning. right now gas prices are about 50 cents higher than they were one year ago. but a new survey shows this is not stopping people from traveling, tr driving this thanksgiving. the latest survey shows almost 5.5 million californians plan to travel 50 miles or more wednesday through sunday. that's about a 4% increase from last year's holiday weekend. it's about the same increase

nationally. when it comes to carver sus plane, more people are planning to hop in the car. 4% of californians who plan to travel by car this year over last. compare that to a 2% increase for those who say they plan to fly. i talked to several people this morning. all are driving somewhere thursday. like carlos from newark, who is clocking about 320 miles round trip. >> are you driving anywhere? >> going to sacramento. >> gas prices don't stop you from doing that? >> no, but we really don't have a choice. want to spend time with both sides. what can you do? >> if you're filling up in oakland, you can pay $3.76 and in san jose $3.75 on average. most people plan to hit the rose on wednesday. if you're one of the people if you don't leave early you can

bet you're going to hit traffic on the road or at the airport. reporting live in fremont. i'm marla tellez. hope everyone plays it safe as well. wall street futures are flat following the day's big drop. stocks taking a beatg from the news the congressional super committee failed to reach a deal to cut the federal budget. overnight markets in europe remain steady, posting a slight gain despite the news. but japan's nikea diddal. it is 6:01 right now. a bay area thanksgiving tradition is in trouble. a standoff between local fishermen is keeping crab off the menu. fishermen want $2.50. buyers want to pay $2 a pound. if the two sides reach a deal, it will be several days before

fishermen can get the crab to store shelves. get out and enjoy before you have turkey on thursday. >> you're going to get second half of the day on thanksgiving. that is pretty nice. we have temperatures forecasted in the mid-60s. so the showers we are forecasting for thanksgiving, it looks like they'll happen while you're sleeping, by 8:00 a.m. we're nice and clear. subtropical moisture creeping up from the south. area of low pressure to the north. and right now we just one little pocket. a little cell right here that moved on shore in marin county. overall not looking like a big commute. you may find isolated activity. 47 in san mateo. the additional clouds are keeping you warmer. you are not in the 30s. you will find the 0s in gilroy

and livermore. throughout the day you'll hit 49 as we end the broadcast in san jose. and 51 as you make your way home from work. a little on the cool side. we continue to drop off as we have more clouds in the forecast for tomorrow. that system of low pressure arrives in the north bay for the second half of your day wednesday. you see the front draped across the north bay. we'll continue to time the system out for you over the next few minutes. that's coming up. first we want to check your drive. maybe you're getting out of town. >> good morning. folks trying to get through town for highway 4. this is through antioch with the red zone, speeds are below 20. i want to circle bay point as well with the 54. speeds con to dip here. and concord could be tougher as well. folks coming off highway 4. secondly because of folks passing here southbound. i don't have any lane information from chp. prepare for some distraction on the shoulder.

smooth at the interchange there. we'll get you a look outside to see how things are shaping up with the cash lanes and no metering lights. still a good advantage as the east shore freeway moves smoothly to the area. another live look shows you the san mateo bridge. starting to see heavy volume westbound. just a little congested. back to you. >> the time is 6:10. coming up on "today in the bay", tents on campus this morning. a new protest after police pepper sprayed students. we'll have a live report from davis coming up next. >> and i'm bob redell live here in daly city where they're striking out hunger for the 11th year. they have crazy trick shots up their sleevewhe t ym toou ng t showhe tcom to you miinngcop u a live report. ♪ ♪

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6:12 right now. the epicenter of the occupy movement moved from oakland to uc davis. the pepper spray attack by university protesters have the attention of the nation. brian hfrom our sister station joins us with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning to you. the pepper spray incident all over violation of a no camping ordnance. the students are welcome back out there camping on the quad. take a look at this video from this morning. i would estimate close to 50 tents have sprung up in this tent city on the campus. all over this protesting tuition fees here at uc davis where students say they're certainly not able to afford education these days. so last nights the students sat in on an emergency recession to call for a former investigation on the general's office, and demanding a complete review of the police procedures.

they say if those demands and others are not met, they will ask for the resignation of a chons lor here at uc davis. a developing situation at uc davis where they have set up their occupation out on the quad here on the campus. and the students had no trouble with police last night here on campus. we'll send it back to you. >> a lot of eyes watching as well. it's incredible to see the video. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. i heard you mention the thanksgiving tradition of tossing the football around. we going to get weather to help you out? >> you doing that? >> yeah, push-ups, p90x and then we throw the football. >> if you want to throw the football around this afternoon, you can do so without any showers. might see isolated activity in the north bay. we've already seen that this morning. thanksgiving the second half of the day. looking good for your outdoor

rituals. you're at 37 in gilroy. otherwise we have the 40s in the north bay this morning. you can see a little bit of shower activity develop. now the showers are done. especially the golden gate bridge. the main area doesn't arrive until late tomorrow. 64 in san jose. speaking of the rain on the way, let's time it out for you, help you make your outdoor plans. if you are traveling by car tomorrow you should be okay. we're not expecting the first significant rain showers in the greater bay area until 1:00 a.m. you see the front arrive by 4:00 p.m. wednesday. we stop the clock about midnight. moderate rain into san francisco. continue that until 8:00 a.m. thanksgiving morning and we can be thankful the rain will have subsi subsided. seven day outlook shows you a warmup on the way. saturdays and sunday.

low 60s by the water. let's check your drive with mike. >> we'll take you to the south. we're looking nice. a little blip is showing up here. that's a typical pattern. that includes 101 up the bay shore freeway all the way to san mateof for 101 and 280 passing 92. now last time i told you it looks crowded there westbound. it was bunched up. things are moving smoothly across the ban. no incidents and no problems on the san mateo bridge. we'll take you to the north bay. southbound 101 at san pedro road. a big rig is up on the embankment. they'll have to remove that at one point. there's no major slowing past the scene. but it's a typical spot for

congestion. so i'll continue to track that towards the richmond bridge. the bay bridge, the backup continues for the cash lane. but no metering lights just yet. back you. a tradition lives on this morning in daly city. bob redell joins us live with the area's best. >> for turkey bowl '11, another fund-raiser going on the 11th year here. they have professional bowlers out here. you're 14 years old. you've been bowling since when? >> 7. >> how long you been doing this trick shot? >> two days. >> they're going to entertain us with trick shots all morning long. an impossible shot, you would say. but mary chris will prove other wise. here she goes, around the first two. beautiful, nailed it! nice job! excellent. very cool.

we got joe goldstein sr. lane five. you're doing what's never been done before. >> 30 pins in one shot. >> 30 pins. if you can come out here and throw a normal strike, it's free admission. they will donate turkeys to help feed the hungry this holiday season. it's got the spin. nice! nailed it. you bowl regularly? >> yes. this time you're going to use your hands, but you'll do something different. >> i'm going throw it under the two and hopefully strike this out. >> good luck. good luck. >> so yo you come out here today. the money will help out the north peninsula dining center. watch guys like joey goldstein

jr. hey, you got it through. i saw you nail it numerous times in practice. so that was awesome. you come out here. they have all sorts of trick shots. coming up we're going to put ten pins on number nine, and i'm going to knock them all down at onc once. >> go sit in a chair. >> i'm good. >> i know you are. >> but we got three more shots set up. they have a lot of surprises up their sleeves. now we have a completely unrelated story. an actor getting credit for foiling an armed robbery without being in the room. take a look at this. the newspaper says robbers broke into the rocky iv star's home,

they tied up his wife and the demanded cash and jewelry they looked up on the walls and noticed the family photos, realized whose family they were robbing. they decided to run without taking a thing. >> no way. they'll be selling those on ebay. i'm sure. coming up, san francisco's plastic bag ban could go beyond grocery stores. th> plus the latest numbersnd ap go'r deficit and gdp. they're got nood. [ girl ] to protect against dental problems, my dentist said use act.

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act. stronger teeth and fresher breath in every bottle. welcome back, everyone. the sun is starting to rise over san jose, creating a picturesque look at the city. that's beautiful. we'll tell you about weather and traffic in moments. the time now is 6:23. oakland mayor jean quan is restructuring her office. she's hired ann campbell washington as her knew chief of staff. campbell washington is a veteran of city hall. she served as chief of staff for former mayor brown. she will serve as the senior policy adviser. this just a week after sharon cornel announced she was stepping down. san francisco city leaders talking about taking the plastic bag ban to another level.

they will talk about expanding the band to retail stores and restaurants. they're banned at pharmacies in the city. customers are charged for east plastic bag a business provides. backers say it will reduce litter on the street. a plastic bag group plans to take legal action if the proposal passes. if you were contemplating sending a message to president obama, scott mcgrew says you probably know a front end of his friend. >> yes, the six degrees of separation. i know someone who knows someone who knows president obama. so this man proved that with his small world experiment. recent research by social scientists in italy using facebook showed these days the number is closer to four and five. though the classic definition of

a friend and the kind of people you friend on facebook are different. a lot of people have buddies on facebook they barely know. social networking sites are huge for social scientists. or tracking the flu from one city to another. more bad news about the economy this morning. the gross domestic product. everything we do together as americans added up grew more slowly than expected. americans make $14.5 trillion worth of goods and services. the federal government owes $15 trillion on the deficit. you know 15 trillion tlrz is more than every mortgage in america put together. the super committee failed to cut the deficit. there wasn't a whole lot to work with. if you can't cut social security

and the republicans refuse to pay taxes, you're doomed. you will not be able to come to a mathematical solution. >> especially in a presidential election. >> everyone wants to look good, too. thank you very much. still to come on "today in the bay." we know more about what led to the fiery crash and rescue in san francisco. johannes mehserle expected to return to the witness stand soon. the latest on a trial in the next live report. and we have more rain on the way followed by a warmup. your full bay area forecast is coming up in just moments. and i'm tracking a new accident for a small area. the wi slongpe f f 6exexedoror yoll want see.. ♪

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new this morning, the former bart police officer who served time on the shooting death of

unarmed passenger is back in court today, defending himself when he was a bart police officer. i'm christie smith. we'll tell you what he's doing back in court again coming up in a live report. >> and if you're heading out of town for turkey, you're not alone. thanksgiving travel is coming up. a man pulled from a burning car could be in trouble now. find out what police are saying led up to the accident. and the sun is rising over the city. let's take a snapshot of that, make it a postcard and sell it. this is "today in the bay", november 22nd, 2011. >> always looking to make a buck, jon kelley. >> trying to get by. >> good morning to you. 6:29 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jon kelley.

we check in with christina loren to find out what kind of weather we'll have heading up to the thanksgiving day feast. >> today not bad. showers in the north bay the second half of the day. the bulk of the moisture arrives tomorrow night for the greater bay area. then we'll be done with the showers come early thanksgiving morning. we have thick fog if your travel plans take you to the central valley, watch out. dense fog advisory in place until 11:00 a.m. ch we'll talk you through the showers. it's 6:30. let's check your drive with chris inouye. we see sunol will affect your traffic throw. we see slowing on the map here. we're checking that out with chp. there's fog and low clouds in

the area as well. that could be a problem for visibility. we'll track that. >> more than a year after being convicted of killing oscar grant grant, former bart officer johannes mehserle is back in court. this time on different charges. christie smith joins us live from san francisco where he's accused of falsely arresting a bart officer. >> good morning to you. johannes mehserle is headed back to a bay area courtroom to defend himself for his a,s when he was a police officer. he hapt worked there since 2009. this time for an incident that occurred weeks before the shooting death of unarmed passenger oscar grant at the fruitvale bart station. the jury will likely hear little to nothing about the case involving oscar grant. instead, the focus is a federal civil rights case by 43-year-old

kenneth carrethers of oakland. he argues mehserle and four other police officers attacked him on the call see yum bart station after he criticized them as useless. he was apparently upset his car was broken into twice. he said he used a leg sweep to bring him down and the officers piled on. but the defense is expected to paint a much different picture, that the actions against carrethers were justified and started when he was making threatening motions towards the police officers. mehserle and four other officers are named in the suit. mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of officer grant but said it was an accident. it sparked a series of bart reforms.

jon and laura, back to you. thank you, christi. as the community mourns, a prayer vigil is expected for a police officer killed in the line of duty. police will gather at the missionary baptist church at 6:00 this evening to remember officer james capoot. he was shot and killed chasing a bank robbery suspect. over the weekend hundreds gathered for a separate vigil to remember the father of five. capoot was very active in the community and was the coach of the women's basketball team at vallejo high school. police caught a man responsible for dozens of robberies around the bay area. ricky sanders was arrested earlier this month. he's being held without bail. sanders is accused of more than three dozen robberies from san francisco to san jose, including one in october at a pet smart

store. several teamed up to catch him. it is 6:33. police thinking they know what caused a fiery crash in san francisco. we showed you this video yesterday. police say the driver of the car was on fire, drunk when the car crashed around 1:30 yesterday morning. witnesses rushed to the car to smash in the window. they pulled the driver out before the fire became too explosive. police say without their heroics the driver may have died. high gas prices and a slumping economy will not stop bay area drivers from traveling this holiday. marla tellez joins us live with a look at the reasons behind the trip. good morning, marla. good morning, laura. travel has been down the past three thanksgivings, but according to aaa, this is not the case this year.

people just ignoring the high gas prices and saying we're going to travel this year. now this is true in both california and nationwide. the latest aaa survey shows 5.5 million californians plan to travel 50 miles or more now through sunday. that's a 40% increase from last year's holiday weekend. 34% plan to hit the roads. that's 3% more than last year. everyone says they're driving to see family this year. even though gas prices are higher. >> do you factor in gas prices? >> no. i don't care anyway. the price is going to go up.

>> if you're planning to fly, here's a perk. oakland international is giving away parking on thanksgiving. it's free for travelers who park on thursday. this is the oakland airport. most people are planning to hit the road on wednesday. that is the nation's busiest travel day. community service in san jose will continue to hand out food to needy family this is morning. a number stood in line yesterday to receive turkeys and 60-pound boxes of food. they need more help to feed all the families in need. it lost more than half a million dollars in government funding and the demand for help is dproeing. about 57,000 people in the south bay are looking for help this year. up from an average of 35,000 in recent years. it is 6:36, time to check the forecast with meteorologist

christina loren. >> we're going to see a nice day today. we have low clouds and fog to report. right now we're okay in places like san jose. but overall the fog will be a factor. let's take it live here to show you what's happening. the view from space at the bay area. we have showers coming down through the north. an area of high pressure. clouds up and around the ridge. this is keeping us dry for the most part today. and we bumped your temperatures up a little bit. 62 redwood city. 62 in frfremont. comfortable in san jose. 62 degrees in gilroy. why would you want to leave for thanksgiving? we'll have nice weather around here. stop the clock at 4:00 p.m. wednesday.

it will still be dry for the greater bay area trying to leave town at that time. advance the clock to 12:00 p.m. thursday. you can see moderate rain in the north bay. and moderate bay approaching the peninsula. so the rainfall comes down overnight. we stop the clock at 8:00 a.m. friday morning. nice, dry break. it will be cool as the cold air trails behind the front. cool and cloudy by friday. what does this mean? we have the report coming up. i don't think they'll see much snow. they'll see something. we'll show you which areas are expecting the most accumulation. let's talk to mike about your drive. >> we start off with the tri valley and westbound 580. a smooth drive as far as incidents. we see the slowing to the new interchange with 580. you might want to use the cut through to get you to 680 through the clear area. 680 southbound jammed up, and starting at the dublin interchange because of an accident south of there at the sunol area. we have major slowing into

sunol. we'll see how things are shaping up further south. the low clouds clinging around 680 between sunol and fremont causing more slowing. then a live look at san jose where the south bay volume is starting to build for 87. that's northbound into downtown. they're just waiting. metering lights are helping out. back to you. thank you, mike. i want to take you live to santa rosa where a chopper is this morning. police are clearing out an occupy camp right now. some of the leaders say it turns into homeless camp as protesters told the democrats of santa rosa they left the camp because of safety concerns. nearby streets are closed while the camp area is cleared out this morning. it is 6:39 now. still to come on "today in the bay", the super committee is done.

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debt? tracie potts joins us live with what is next. good morning, tracie. >> good morning, laura. super committee members were unable to come up with 1 trillion cuts to the 15 trillion. last spring, last summer congress couldn't do it. where are we now? they closed the doors. they've given up, the committee. and now it's back to the same congress to figure out if they can prevent the automatic cuts from kicking in in just over a year from now. half of them will affect the pentagon. the defense secretary saying this is tearing a seam in the national defense. we have the same group trying to come up with an alternative. president obama will veto any attempt to roll back the automatic cuts without some sort of alternative in place. on top of that, before the end of this year, they're trying to figure out if they can extend the payroll tax cut that workers saw this year and prevent a big cut in payments for medicare.

>> thanks for the update. coming up, the latest trial focusing on johannes mehserle continues today. we'll have a live report coming your way. and we'll look at wall urilet in the face of the super .esr anheh otuganroy. da♪

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tri-valley as well. santa rosa through novato all the way through the coastline, we don't have the thick fog to report. so that's quite a difference from 24 hours ago. you're at 39 in livermore. you're going to hit the 60s today. every city across the bay. upper 50s at the coast. san francisco is 50 degrees today. as you can see we have shower activity. nothing heavy. nothing that i would advise you to bring the umbrella for. high pressure to the north. a few isolated showers, especially in the north bay. we won't rule that out in the afternoon. nothing heavy. the main event arrives through tomorrow night. 64 degrees in livermore. headed through the central valley, watch out for thick fog. we have a dense fog advisory in place until 11:00 a.m. we stop the clock on your future cast at 4:00 p.m. on wednesday. you can see light showers in

santa rosa. the main event for the greater bay area doesn't happen until 12:00 a.m. by the time you wake up, you sleep in on thanksgiving morning. you can see you will have bypassed most of the shower activity. so we'll get a nice second half of your thanksgiving. not expecting much snow out of this. that system will fall apart as it makes its way on shore. lake tahoe, maybe a couple of inches. we're not forecasting a lot of snow. this will be a rain event at places near the coast where we could measure upwards of half an inch. we have a warmup on the way. if you're craving the weather, that will happen near sunday. 66 when we meet back on monday. let's check your drive with pooik. >> we have an issue on the san mateo bridge. it's marked here on your maps. look at the westbound direction. that's the commute direction across 92. a live shot. it shows you the traffic moving

smoothly. we had a report initially of a traffic blocking all three lanes heading westbound. it sounds like somewhere in the distance there should be traffic over the shoulder. not at the high-rise. # it sounds like no lanes remain blocked crossing the bay. that's highway 84. so consider that. we do have a little story for 880 between the two bridges. we'll take you further east. we have an accident off the dublin interchange. southbound 680 is slowed. the accident is blocking at least part of a lane heading down. be prepared for lower visibility and one or two lanes blocked passing by the golf course. a live look out there shows you what things are like. the metering lights are on. things are starting to thin out a bit.

thanksgiving week. so we expect the unusual pattern. that's a pleasure at the toll plaza, guys. >> all right, mike. thank you very much. the former bart police officer convicted in the oscar grant sooting heads back to court this morning. christie smith is live in san francisco where johannes mehserle is being sued for excessive use of force on another bart rider goochltd morning, christi. >> reporter: good morning, jon. johannes mehserle is expected to take the stand. this time on accusations that he roughed up a man at a bart station, just weeks before the shooting of unarmed passenger. kenneth carrethers is seeking damage after an incident at the coliseum station in 2008. he was apparently upset with officers after a car was broken into more than once. he argues that mehserle grabbed him and did a leg sweep to knock

him down. other officers pumplged and kicked him before hog tying him. mehserle said that he grabbed his wrist and was doing this to try to keep from hitting the officer. he only did the leg sweep after several requests for this man to stop resisting. mehserle served two years for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of oscar grant, an unarmed passenger, but has said it was an accident. the jury is very unlikely to hear a tbt grant case. we are told that this trial will likely last five days. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, jon and laura, back to you. the man accused of killing a san francisco police officer 40 years ago will be back in court today. ronald brijport will plead guilty to shooting at south san francisco officers who tried to arrest him for credit card fraud in 196. he originally pleaded no

contest, but disappeared before he could be sentenced. bridgeforth turned himself in after spending 40 years on the run. he's also accused of killing a san francisco police officer in 1971. but in that case he denies any involvement. the quiet college city of davis suddenly becoming the latest flash point for the occupy movement. protesters are not showing signs of showing down. 2,000 gathered there showing their frustration after recent tuition fee hikes and the pepper spray incident last friday where a dozen were maced after refusing to leave. protesters saying they're more determined to stand their groun ground. >> these are young adults. if they have the nerve to be out here. i stood for my country once. i'll do it once, and i'll do it again.

and again and again and again. >> the chancellor apologized for the pepper spray incident, but protesters continue to call for her resignation. republican presidential hopefuls will square off in another debate tonight. all eight candidates are expected to be in the nation's capitol. the debate will be on foreign policy and national security. the debate will start at ak on cnn. thousands of people are packing tahrir square for the fourth straight day. they are demanding the military set a date for the presidential elections and the transfer to a civilian government. it looks like there could be progress. egyptian television reports an announcement from the military council is coming soon. the "today show" is coming up in just a few minutes for now. here is matt lauer with a look at what they're working on this morning. good morning, coming up on a

tuesday, a preview of a holiday travel nightmare for a lot of people. severe storms are making their way to the east coast. al will tell you how the weather will impact your travel plans. also ahead, a young man mentored as a child by jerry sandusky speaks out for the first time. what he's saying about their relationship and the sex abuse case against the former penn state coach. have you ever asked yourself what is thanksgiving like at martha stewart's house? she invited ann, natalie, al and me to find out. and we have a live performance from the one and only carol king. part of a thanksgiving week of music here on "today." we have that and much more ahead as we get started on a tuesday morning. jon and laura, back to you. >> sounds like fun. thanks so much, matt. >> also striking out hunger in daly city. bob redell is live for the 11th

annual thanksgiving fund-raiser. good morning, bob. >> the 11th annual turkey bowl. you can bowl for free ch it's all for a good cause. she happened to be a member of the san francisco bowling hall of fame. congratulations. happy thanksgiving. lane three is yours. what do you have set up here? >> it's a trick shot bill yard shot. >> you're not sure? >> i'm not sure. >> you've never attempted it before? >> i have. i did it last year. >> we have three orange balls in the center set up a la billiard shot. come out today from 10:00 to 3:00 with free admission. wow -- i do not -- hey, very impressive. >> thank you. >> come out from 10:00 to 3:00, it's free admission. all they ask is you make a donation. for every strike tray donate a frozen turkey to people in need.

so lane five is yours. you have the diamond set up on chairs. is there a path through that? >> it's going to be tight. >> any money that you donate or any strikes you get, they donate a turkey to the st. anthony dining room and north peninsula food pantry and dining center. and it's nice, very cool. nice job, joe. unfortunately, we're out of bowlers, except for -- me. you guys think i can make it? >> yes, yes! >> 7-10 split, but i'm going to do it with my eyes closed. >> of course, you are. >> watch. >> look at that. bob approaches. >> oh, gutter ball! gutter ball! #.

>> oh, he still got a pin. #. >> pate a minute! >> how did that happen? how did that happen? how did that happen? wow. did not see that coming at all. >> he's a magic man. >> come on over here to daly city. thanks, guys, i appreciate it. happy thanksgiving. >> you got us on that one, bob. you got us. >> that was brilliant. nice work, bob redell. he'll have to explain that. the holiday shopping season is under way. an annual report may help parents decide which toys they may not want their kids to get. they will release the 26th annual trouble in toyland report some time today. the report shows parents which toys may choke a child and which ones have dangerous led levels.

the report will be released at 10:00 this morning. time to check in one more time with business and tech guru, scott mcgrew. >> starting negative as we got bad news about the gross domestic product. we're not making as much as we expected, and we weren't expecting much. hewlett-packard down 4.5%. there's an advice column that claims to be written by lieutenant pike of the uc davis police force. how do i keep squirrels out of the bird feeder? the answer is, spray them with pepper spray until their eyes bleed. how do i keep my teen from text messaging? spray them with pepper spray. >> he's on twitter, too. it's all over the place. >> thank you very much. time to check in with christina loren. >> good morning to you. what do you do when mother nature brings rain on thanksgiving? >> pepper spray! >> 49 degrees at 7:00 a.m. in

san jose out the front door. maybe sure to grab a jacket. you won't need the umbrella until tomorrow. we're tracking a storm as we meet back here wednesday morning. let's talk to mike about your drive. >> christina, still slow. 60 from san ramon across the dublin interchange because of the accident which has yet to be cleared southbound 680. looks like another 15 minutes until that's cleared. expect slowing down to sunol. then south bay moving smoothly once you get through there. mild slowing from 101 northbound from capitol to the airport. back to you. thank you very much. america's skating sweetheart brought hawaiian ice to san jose last night. it was a loft of fun. jon and i headed out for the grand opening. kristi yamaguchi joined us. it's sponsored by hawaiian airlines. the rink is expected to draw 40,000 skaters this year.