>> new this morring the taliban vows revenge for the death of 16 people killed by a u.s. soldier in afghanistan. >> reporter: i'm stephanie chuang live at san jose city hall where a big check will be presented for b.a.r.t.'s extension project. what does it mean. we've got a live interview with that answer coming up. >> reporter: here we go again, yet another legal challenge to a key piece of evidence in san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial. i'll have that story coming up. >> a live look at a calm setting of the golden gate bridge on monday, march 12. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us. the time is 6:00 on the nose. i'm jon kelley. >> welcome back. >> thank you so much. good to be here. got tired of hawaii. >> sure. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon.

let's get to the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a pretty nice day. >> really nice day considering we've got a lot of rain every other day this week. all the way into the upcoming weekend as well. we need the moisture, so it's not such a bad thing. but it will keep you indoors likely so if you want to get outdoors you have plans, you'll have today to do so. 40 degrees in san jose. 38 in livermore. cold in fairfield, on the way to the 60s. i'll let you know when the showers arrive at your door step and just exactly how much we expect. pretty impressive totals on the way. first your drive with mike. >> we had the time change so remember to change the clock in your car. we see the change on the roads, pretty standard for 6:00. may be a little lighter than we typically see. 17 minutes slowing out of the altamont pass, more toward the dublin interchange. a different pattern developing there. highway 4 pretty standard. no problems past love ridge. the peninsula drive, all of the

other shifts in the south bay. >> thanks. >> there are several new developments following the killing of 16 people in afghanistan at the hands of a u.s. soldier. the taliban now vowing revenge. afghanistan's parliament calling for a public trial of the suspect. president obama apologized for the shooting. the pentagon says one soldier shot and killed nine children, three women and four men, just 500 yards from a u.s. military base in southern afghanistan on sunday. >> these incidents and in particular the short distance between the incidents that we've seen in the recent weeks are a burden and are of concern. >> nato is sitting in a tinder box and this could be the spark that unravels our presence in afghanistan. >> the embassy in afghanistan warning americans to be very, very safe there to avoid large

public gatherings and keep their travel plans private. we're also learning more about the suspect. a military official says the gunman is a 38-year-old, 11-year army veteran who worked along side green ba rays but was not a beret. he is married with two children. he served three tours in iraq before being deployed to afghanistan for the first time back in december. we will have much more coming up on the latest developments on the "today" show, and today in our show in one hour. >> this just in. a school bus crash has killed at least two people in indianapolis this morning. we have video of the scene from a few minutes ago. you can see crews still at the scene of the crash. one student and the driver of the bus are reportedly dead. ten children are hurt. police say the bus hit a concrete support. this is happening in

indianapolis. >> a big step for bringing b.a.r.t. to the south bay. hundreds of millions of funds will be delivered to san jose city hall. stephanie chuang is there live for the preview of the celebration. good morning. >> reporter: marla, good morning to you. we're talking about a $100 million check by the transit administration to the b.a.r.t. project out of its $900 million commitment. so nice cash coming to b.a.r.t. we have the spokeswoman with us. good morning. put in perspective what this means. we were banking on this federal money. how much does it mean, the project? >> today really marks the culmination of all of the efforts that had to take place to get the funding. it was a huge local commitment for the last decade, then the state backed it as well and now we're here to celebrate that final funding package of $900 million. we're going to be able to begin

construction in a month. we've had some construction but this really marks the beginning of very active construction, boots on the ground, lots of jobs because of this grant. >> reporter: we're not expecting the opening until 2016, but we're talking about jobs in the meantime. >> we're talking about thousands of jobs related to construction and then even more jobs that are indirectly relate toold the project. it's major economic news for the valley. >> reporter: people from the south bay. >> it's going to help the corridors we have on the freeway. >> thank you for joining us so early in the morning. here joining us will be congress members who have been huge supporters. they will be here at 10:00 this morning when the check signing happens. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> the b.a.r.t. extension could not come at a better time. the american public transportation association says

more people than ever are taking public transit. 200 million more, in 2011 than in 2010. one reason is more are going back to work. about 60% are commuters. americans took 10.4 billion trips, that's a billion more than in 2000. >> police looking for a man they say tried to abduct a boy from a daycare. this is a sketch of the would-be kidnapper. he walked into a tennis chubb and told the child care worker he was there to pick up his son. when asked for i.d. he left. the mother told police no one else was authorized to ever pick up her son. >> a mystery in an east bay park, police are trying to figure out the identity of a man found at the hayward regional shore line. a hiker called to report the discovery. the body was found along side the san francisco bay trail on

west witten avenue. >> this morning a third challenge to stop prosecutors from showing a video in ross mirkarimi's domestic abuse trial. christie smith is live in san francisco. she has the newest defense tactic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, new legal challenge but we're talking about the exact same piece of evidence. it has to do with a videotape where we see san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife in it. the defense is now saying that it shouldn't be allowed because he wouldn't be allowed to cross-examine her in court over it. eliana lopez refuses to testify and the video is key to the prosecution's case, it was made by a neighbor and apparently show his wife had a bruise from an alleged incident with the sheriff from new year's eve, in front of their young son. mirkarimi and his wife have said there was no abuse.

this is the third legal challenge over this. on friday the judge refused to let jurors see. the jury pool has been widened. there are still 144 potential jurors to get through. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:08. berk hi's police chief issuing an apology after he sent an officer to a reporter's home in the middle of the night. the chief admits he was upset about a story the reporter had written so he sent an officer to the reporter's home shortly before 1:00 a.m. friday, demanding changes. the reporter, doug oakley, says he was startled and felt intimidated so made the changes. the chief admitted he was wrong. >> obviously a very significant and i put doug in an awkward position. what i'm doing is i'm falling on my sword because i'm simply in

the wrong. >> the story had to do with the police response to last month's beating death of peter sucor. the reported is that mehan apologized for a delayed response to the scene. the chief said he apologized for offering a an explanation but not in responding. >> it is 6:09. we're going to have spectacular weather. >> the easiest commute of the week. good morning to you. at this time tomorrow we'll likely have heavy downpours, tracking those on the radar. mike and i will be here to guide you. 40 degrees in san jose. you can leave your umbrella home. 38 in livermore, 36 in santa rosa. and 36 in napa. throughout your noon hour climbing into the 60s inland. 61 degrees at noon. 64 as you make your way home from work. not as warm by the water.

this is what's coming. stop the clock on futurecast, 6:00 a.m. wednesday. once these showers start up tomorrow morning we're talking about 24 hours of intermittent rain showers over the greater bay area. futurecast doesn't stop on wednesday. we expect heavy rain all the way through the end of the week with good rain chance this is weekend as well so. potential for flooding, to put a dent in that deficit when it comes to our rainfall totals. along with the seven-day outlook. first your drive with mike inouye. >> i want to take you to the east bay. told you about the wood debris, the wooden palate on 580, had a couple of lane affected. sounds like it's cleared. but closer to the bottom of the screen, 32 around high street. both directions of 880 show slowing. let's see how things are shaping

up. we have heavier volume but no speeds to the 30s. so maybe an adjustment may have to recompute the averages as more folks hit the roadway. there's a drive. further south we'll look at 880, san jose, and that's the black band across the screen. increasing volume. no major slowing there. a better look at the south bay commute coming up. back to you. >> 6:11. coming up, you may be surprised at the number of young children hurt on stairs each day. we take a look at a new report coming up. >> a plane crashes, sparking a small wild fire but both people on the plane survive. okay, people, let's get started.

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>> welcome back. closing arguments will begin in the murder retrial of a man accused of killing tracy biletnikoff. his conviction was overturned. ali admitted killing biletnikoff but his attorneys say it was an unplanned crime of passion. if found guilty he faces a possible life sentence. tracy was the daughter of oakland raiders receiver fred biletnikoff. >> a plane crash sparking a brush fire on sunday night, the fire started after the plane went down. two people on the plane were taken to an area hospital. at this point no word on their injuries. investigators working to

discover what caused the plane to crash. >> 6:14 on monday morning. we want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. you've been asking for the rain, many of you have on my facebook page. you're going to get it this week. we have so much rain on the way. what's interesting is that our temperatures trend warmer this time of year. we're almost a week away from the start of spring, the 20th of this m. and as a result our daytime highs warmer this time of year so the next systems that come through are on the warm side. when it comes to tahoe snow levels are going to be low to start but the next couple of systems that come through are warmer so what's interesting is we're going to see more rain than snow as we head through the next few days. for today comfy and dry, systems stay to our north. tuesday, rain is likely. and like i said, the first system is a colder one, so potentially bringing about three new inches of snow to king veil, we'll continue the snow totals throughout tuesday into wednesday. then wednesday night into

thursday, a warmer system comes on shore. so all of the snow that we get on tuesday, yeah, we're going to get more rain on top of that. so interesting conditions setting up for the tahoe area. if you're headed up there make sure you have chains handy. winter weather driving conditions expected just about all week long. 65 degrees in morgan hill, 64 evergreen. and 52 in dublin. san francisco today you'll hit a high around 59. it all works like this. tomorrow we could pick up 3/4 inch of rain in the north bay. a quarter inch in the south bay. on wednesday, we'll tack on an additional quarter inch, thursday we get another round ever rain, friday into saturday an unstable air mass moves on so showers with thunderstorms looking very active around here as we head through this weekend. we'll talk about how much rain we expect before all is said and done, and these totals might blow your mind. >> the roads getting active. the south bay not a big deal.

northbound 101, 87, still showing close to the limit for the northbound commute routes. look at this. in the east bay a jam out of the altamont pass. 21 minute drive. over to the dublin interchange, the jam up around darty road. things are jamming up at the interchange. it's looking like it may be some of the commuters getting later start because of that time change. and clogging it up. so now things are jamming up in your usual spots. heavier than we see about this time. we're also seeing slowing here as you come over to concord, westbound highway 4 and expect that to affect 242 and southbound 680. the peninsula, also the sunrise changing your commute time an issue for later in the commute. 101 sees slowing as the sun pops in, that will be around 7:30, 8:00. unusual for a lot of folks. the bay bridge, not a problem

from the city side or the the oakland side though we see slowing at the turn. some slowing continuing for 880 past oakland. there are no incidents reported. a look at the toll plaza, the crowd is building here in the cash lanes. >> still dark out. >> yeah. >> thanks. 6:18. two gop primaries are scheduled for tomorrow in the presidential hopefuls are targeting each other as much as the president. rick santorum is urging newt gingrich to step aside. santorum wants a head-to-head contest with mitt michigan gingrich says he plans to win 18 mississippi and alabama, calling romney the weakest republican front-runner since the 1920s. if gingrich does not win both states tomorrow he would effectively be out of the race. >> 6:18 now. this morning it's back to court as campus police try to keep some details private concerning that pepper spraying incident. the video shows officers

spraying a line of peaceful protesters in the face back in november. the police officers union says the full report of the incident should not be made public because it will name officers and could contain confidential information. attorneys for the uc system and the american civil liberties union say the report should have been made public last week. >> a public service could soon be paid for with private funds. the state wants to charge a new $150 fire protection fee each year to about 800,000 homeowners in rural areas. the growing number of people building homes in remote areas means the cost of fighting fires there is going up. critics say there is no new service in exchange for the fee. the new fee would bring in almost $85 million a year for the state. >> a new report takes a look at how dangerous stairs can be for young children. stairs. it says a child under the age of 5 is rushed to an emergency room for a stair-related injury every

six minutes here in the u.s. the report is from the nationwide children's hospital in columbus, ohio. the good news is the number of injuries has fallen the past decade. a quarter of stair-related injuries among young kids occur in babies who fall while being carried. >> those children were three times more likely to be hospitalized because ever injuries. >> you can learn more about this report and how to prevent injuries coming up on the "today" show at 7:00. >> 6:20. we'll find out today if a bay area woman who jumped into action and saved a life will get a national honor. the story is next. >> did you see the movie john carter over the weekend? nobody did. take a look coming up. >> i didn't. what a beautiful shot we all want to take in, the bay bridge sparkling on the bay. we'll be back in minutes.

>> good morning. 6:23. today we'll find out if a san francisco hero will receive national recognition from the congressional medal of honor foundation. kimmia williams is a finalist for the citizen before self honors. winners will be announced today. she was nominated for pulling a driver away from this burning car on 101 in san francisco last october. firefighters say without her the man would have likely died.

williams has already been honored locally. >> randy moss trying to make a comeback. he could return to the bay area. the 35-year-old wide receiver working out for the 49ers today. moss sat out all of 2011. three teams cut him in 2010. 9ers head coach jim harbaugh will be the one throwing passes to moss. league rules prevent nfl team from doing that -- nfl players, that s. moss as you recall played on the raiders in 2005 and 2006. >> the cinequest film festival is rolling up the carpet. movie lovers filled the theater to catch the most popular films of the two-week event. organizers say cinequest 2012 was a hit with more than 250 screenings and 26 parties. >> what movie didn't people see over the weekend? that's john carter.

scott mcgrew says the movie was such a bomb, disney will have to come clean with investors. >> that's right. it bombed so badly the money disney lost will probably affect its quarterly income statement. let's go to the math. john carter about a civil war soldier on mars, yeah, that's the plot, cost at least a quarter billion dollars to make according to disney filings but made just 30 million in its first weekend. it's the first bomb for the very gifted east bay director andrew stanton who gave the world finding nemo. on friday, we learned america added more than 200,000 jobs for the month. unfortunately, california measuring a different month said the state lost jobs. the state unemployment rate didfall but remember that is less important than jobs lost or gained. unemployment rates are just a statistical guess. someone calls a household, asks

if the person on the other end has a job or looking for a job. that's why you sometimes hear that referred to as the household survey. mexican billionaire carlos slim will launch a tv network called ora.tv. there is a launch base there that will feature new content from retired interviewer larry king. we're talking earlier that's a big name but i don't know that it holds the appeal of internet users that larry king is going to be big. >> what's the connection between slim and king? >> that's a good question. i don't know the answer. he's got the money to fund it and it's a way of getting around the american laws about networks because if it's on the internet, well, more power to him. >> while king had an old audience, slim has, he's got us talking about it. >> that's right. >> thank you. >> 6:26. still to come on "today in the bay," millions of federal dollars on the way for b.a.r.t.

>> also, the latest out of afghanistan following a killing spree by a u.s. soldier. >> the last full week of winter, better late than never. a series of winter storms lining up in the pacific and a lot of rain headed our way. i'll let you know which cities could pick up three inches. >> your first commute with the time change. so far the patterns are a ltl different. we have the slowing nonetheless. ♪

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videotape won't go away. i'm live in san francisco. i'll tell you what's next for sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial. >> as you head out on this monday morning we give you a live look at the bay bridge. we'll fill you in on traffic and weather. it's monday, march 12th, "today in the bay." >> good morning. the time now is 6:30 on this monday morning. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. it's good to see you. welcome back. >> good to be back. always good to see all of you guys. all of you at home. >> oh, thanks. >> i have weather to get to. just kidding. good morning. we love having him back. something else we love, a smooth drive to work. that's what you're getting on the golden gate bridge. at this time tomorrow this

highway and basically all of your highways will be wet. we've got a lot of rain on the way. some cities picking upwards of three inches. i'll take through the forecast. first let's check with mike on the drive. >> despite the dry roads we have the time change to adjust to and we are seeing a little shift in the commute. oakland, we saw 880 with slowing on the maps over the last 20 minutes. didn't reflect that in the live shot but we're seeing the maps back up toward the lower 50s. and we're seeing volume holding steady and the visual looks about the same. we're looking further north at the toll plaza where the metering lights were turned on. quickly pill filling in the, they may have turned the lights on slower because there is a disabled vehicle on the incline. that could mean problems. >> i know you'll keep looking at that. thank you, mike. we start with several new developments this morning following a u.s. soldier's killing spree in afghanistan.

we're learning the taliban is vowing revenge for the murder of 16 people sunday. and today afghanistan's parliament is calling for a public trial of the suspect. president obama called president karzai yesterday to apologize. the pentagon says the soldier shot and killed nine children, three women, and four men just 500 yards from a u.s. military base in southern afghanistan. we'll have a live report from washington in about 10 minutes. >> also new this morning a school bus crash killed at least two people in indianapolis this morning. we have video from the scene a few minutes ago. crews are at the scene of the crash. one student and the driver of that bus are reportedly dead. two are critically hurt among the ten children injured. the bus hit a concrete bridge support. no word what caused this crash. >> here in the bay area police

investigating an oakland shooting. it happened last night on the 2200 block of high street. two people were shot. they are expected to recover. police do not have information on the suspects right now. >> 6:33. a major cash infusion will move b.a.r.t. to the south bay further down the track. stephanie chuang joins us live with the historic ceremony set a few hours from now. good morning. >> reporter: marla, good morning. this is the final piece of the puzzle for a b.a.r.t. extension project funding what they have been waiting for, $900 million from the federal government in the form of $100 million check first in the first payment that will be presented today in a few hours here at city hall. this is the final backing for the $2.3 billion project. crews were awarded contracts, work began on the 10-mile stretch from fremont to north

san jose, the first phase won't be finished until 2016, but as south bay commuters wait bay area job seekers are benefiting. >> we're talking about thousands of jobs related to construction and even more jobs that are indirectly related. it's a major economic boost to silicon valley. >> reporter: state and local funds helped make that happen. that includes $1.2 billion from sales tax money, a ground breaking for the station in north san jose slated for april 12. two of the biggest supporters will be here, congress members zo lof and mark honda at 10:00 this morning for the check signing ceremony. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> some b.a.r.t. riders could get a break on fares, as much as 50% during off-peak hours on

saturdays and sundays. the director says the lower fares won't mean a net loss. it will mean more riders. b.a.r.t. considers its budget for next year. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's attorneys making a move to get video tosseded out in his domestic abuse trial. live with what's ahead in mirkarimi's trial. >> good morning, jon. new legal challenge, exact same videotape. this is the third legal challenge. the defense is saying that it point be aloud because sheriff mirkarimi can't cross-examine his wife. you can't cross-examine a videotape. the sheriff pled not guilty to domestic abuse on new year's eve when their young child was present. a neighbor made a video after of

his tearful wife showing a bruise on her arm. it's based on a case where a recorded statement by a wife violated his rights to confront a witness because he couldn't cross-examine his wife who was not required to testify. lopez is saying she won't testify, she and mirkarimi have since said there was no abuse. there are 144 potential jurors to get through. live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay". >> your local recorder's office may be packed today. the occupy movement is joining forces with a goop of homeowners to target 20 including the recorders office in san francisco. they protest illegal foreclosures and demand audits over foreclosures. they want the attorney general to put a hold on until audits are complete. >> to help you get ready for

monday morning, mol smol in the nbc bay area weather center to tell all. >> good morning. we're going to see dry conditions and a mix of sun and clouds, then the rainy pattern develops. stays with us all the way through this weekend. and just wait till i get to some of your totals. very impressive. we're in the upper 30s in the north buy, so grab your jacket up there. really no fog to report. you might find a couple of ragged patches. if you travel by candlestick park, pretty good. 64 inland. 59 degrees at the coast at 4:00 p.m. after completing a successful monday. we've got multiple storms on the way. take a look. first system as we head through tonight. at about 10:00 starting to get our first rain. we continue into wednesday and

thursday, stop it for you. at 3:00 a.m. thursday look at some of the totals, over 3 inches of rain expected in napa. we have a 30% deficit here in san jose. we're not expecting as much here but thursday is not tend of the pattern. let's check your drive. >> we'll take you over to the dublin interchange, just in a few minutes ago, an accident westbound 580 at 680. that is your commute direction. that will affect lanes. sounds like four or five vehicles all pushed to the right hand shoulder. tow truck are arriving and that will be an issue. more distraction. 26 minutes out of the altamont pass. we'll see that focus. another focus at the bay bridge with the metering lights turned on. slowing down out of emeryville.

let's see how things are shaping up. the stall reported on the incline. the crews heading out. we don't know if this is an accident involving a couple of vehicles there. a quick hook at the golden gate bridge. 121, some tree trimming going on because of pg&e out there. watch that for poll traffic. >> mike, thank you. >> didn't look too bad out there. still to come on "today in the bay," see how people marked the one-year anniversary of that devastating tsunami in japan. >> what leaders are saying after a u.s. soldier kills 16 civil n lians in afghanistiaan. ♪

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>> welcome back. 6:42. first the shock this morning, the fallout. reaction pouring in from around the world after a u.s. soldier in afghanistan opened fire on civilians, a total of 16 people were killed. redick youless and out of control incident. tracie potts joins us live from washington with what lawmaker are saying about the senseless killings. good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. some are saying we need to get out of there. anti-u.s. sentiment growing especially after the incident with the burning of the koran, and the protest that resulted from that. six americans killed, now this.

nato says they are concerned that the two incidents have happened so closely together. they are investigating, so are the afghans, so is the united states. president obama has called president karzai to apologize to say this doesn't represent the u.s. military. karzai calls it murder, calls it terrorism and says it was intentional and they want answers. at this point the u.s. service member who turned himself in, three tours of duty in iraq, one in afghanistan, is being held by u.s. forces until they can figure out exactly what needs to be done. jon, the big concern is this might cause some international incident in as much as relations were already strained with afghanistan. this doesn't seem to make things much better. >> probably will get a lot uglier. thank you. >> 6:43. coming up, 15 minutes of uninterrupted news including

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>> welcome back. time to say good morning again to meteorologist christina loren to find out about what seemed to be a very nice day. >> very nice day. we want to put it in perspective as well. we have a lot of rain on the way starting tonight, continuing through the work week. and into your st. patrick's day weekend. so i wanted to show you this live look of the bay bridge. things will look different this time tomorrow as we have heavy rain on the way. right in time for your morning commute tomorrow. enjoy the dry conditions out there right now. it is cold. you need the jacket. you can probably leave the umbrella home south of the

golden gate bridge or today. temperatures on the cool side. 40 in san jose. 45 in santa cruz, they 9 on the peninsula. cold front the thirst of a series of storms moves in through tonight. that's going to usher in all of this rain that's moving to northern california. the front flies to the south. we get our showers about 10:00 p.m. in the north bay. and then we're talking about a wet pattern that lasts into wednesday. you see that blue coming with the red. that's heavier rain moving into the north bay. we continue that future cast. you see we get showers all the way through 5:00 a.m. wednesday. take a look at the difference that we're going to see because the systems are running warmer from king veil to truckee. look at your snowfall. what is interesting is they are running on the warm side so you're above 6,000 feet in king veil. we're going to see a lot of snow

in the higher elevations, more rain in places like truckee. that could make for a dangerous driving condition. so today best day of the week, 59 in san francisco. wet pattern starts tomorrow, continues all the way through wednesday. we get more rain thursday into friday, then saturday and sunday temperatures staying on the cool side. we have an unstable storm on the way. unstable air mass moves in and we're talking thunderstorms saturday into sunday. especially over the higher elevations. we'll talk about that as we continue through the week i'll let you know when you'll be able to get outdoors and enjoy the break because we'll get some breaks. we'll check the drive with mike. >> remind you the time change happened over the weekend. change that clock in the car as well. that might catch you off guard if you look down. a 20-minute drive for 580 out of the alta emont pass. toward the dublin interchange, this one because of an accident

involving four or five vehicles now to the shoulder. a couple of flat bed tow trucks, flashing lights there. southbound 680 slows in toward senole. indicating more traffic volume through that area as well. highway 4, coming through antioch we'll see the slowing, now all the way over to harbor and the 50s now registering for bay point that's going to affect concord. slowing 680 at 24. the walnut creek interchange. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the backup all the way past the berk hi curve slowing off of the east shore freeway. a disabled vehicle on the incline blocking the left lane. the metering lights are on. that's going to affect oakland on the upper deck into san francisco. we'll get a look at the south bay and the peninsula, a drive for san mateo and slowing through san jose. highway 87, up in toward curtner. >> we like that green. thank you, mike. 6:49. a boost to the b.a.r.t. extension. south bay leaders will gather to

accept a major cash infusion. stephanie chuang joins us live from san jose city hall with a ceremony that's a long time coming. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there has been a little uncertainty about the realization of the b.a.r.t. extension project. that should end because today is when the federal government guarantees $900 million for the project. 100 million presented in a check here at city hall in a few hours. the total cost of the project, $2.3 billion. work has begun on the 10-mile stretch from fremont to north san jose. the first phase. it won't be finished until 2016. in the meantime, as south bay commuters wait job seekers are benefiting. this is creating thousands of jobs. of course most of them in construction but not all of them. state and local funds helping to guarantee this also, paying for

the rest of the project. the 1.2 billion from measure a sales tax money. a culmination of decades of hard work. the check signing ceremony is at 10:00 this morning. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> unfortunately still no sign of a former marine from san bruno who disappeared 10 days ago. 27-year-old joseph mchenried is he was going camping and rock climbing. his car has been found on wednesday near the sharp park golf course. some of his gear was discovered on thursday but investigators aren't saying what was found or where searchers scoured the boch. they scoured the beaches and cliffs but didn't find anything new. >> a mystery in an east bay park, police trying to figure out the identity of a man found at the hayward shoreline. a hiker called 911 last night the report the discovery.

the body was found along side the san francisco bay trail about a quarter mile from the trail head on west witten avenue. there were no signs of foul play. >> attorneys for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi offering a new argument to try to keep a video out of the evidence. christie smith is live in san francisco where jury selection should resume today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this video is a key part of the prosecution's case and seemed like they had a victory on friday that a court would allow them to show it to jurors but now yet another legal challenge, the third one over eliana. ross mirkarimi pleaded not guilty to domestic abuse charges. the new defense challenge suggests that a statement made out of court like a videotape

violates his right to cross-examine or to confront an accuser and lopez has since said she won't testify for the prosecution. both she and her husband have since said there was no abuse. jury selection is expected to continue today. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> people across japan paused for a moment of silence to remember the earthquake and tsunami that killed almost 20,000 people a year ago and set off a nuclear crisis. sirens marked the moment the earthquake hit. japan's emperor paid tribute to the victims and said they will never forget. people offered silent prayers at memorial services in puke s in . hundreds marked the anniversary

as well. they observed the moment of silence at 2:46, the exact time the earthquake hit. the japanese cultural center of northern california collected more than $4 million in bay area donations, some of which was spent to help survivors deal with mental health problems. >> there is a term that means just sort of suck it up and don't complain. i think what we're seeing a lot of stress and mental health problems coming out of that. >> last september the group sent people on a mission and those who went said they witnessed signs of devastation all around. >> a war correspondent in syria will be laid to rest. services will be held in new york for marie colvin. she was killed along with another photographer just last month after government rockets struck the house that they were

staying at. colvin was recognizable for the eye patch after being injured. >> the defense is requesting more information regarding sandusky's accusers including ages and dates of alleged sexual abuse so they can build their case. sandusky remains on home confinement awaiting trial on 52 counts of abuse. an attorney says his client will not be attending the hearing. >> the "today" show is next. matt lauer is here. >> coming up on "today," u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 in southern afghanistan, this morning the taliban is vowing revenge. we'll have the latest on that developing story. also ahead rick santorum will join us for a live interview on the eve of tomorrow's crucial

primaries in alabama and mississippi. plus, did a jetblue crew make the right call when they removed a family from a flight because the 2-year-old was having a temper tantrum. that family will speak out and our plaza is packed for a special live concert from the hottest new act in music. a group called one direction. we'll hear their sound when we get started on a monday morning here on "today." >> thank you, matt. march madness about to get started and two bay area teams are in the mix. the gaels ecstatic when they found they would be the seventh seed in the midwest bracket. st. mary's won the wcc tournament title and the regular season title. they play purdue on friday. the gaels were a shoo-in. it was not the case for the other team in the tourney. >> now it's up to us to prove

that we do belong and you know, w we are a good team and it's going to be up to us in colorado to go in and make hay. >> the cal bears and what some called the play-in game, a smaun round before the 64 teams play. it's wednesday against south florida. the in wither is the number 16 seed. >> it's a great time of year. more visiting california's national parks. that's good for the economy. the park service says visits to place likes the golden gate national recreation center, muir woods and fort points are up. crediting good weather and economy for the rise in visitors. the golden gate recreation center had 14.5 million visitors. if the numbers stay on track this could be one of the busiest years the bay area has seen. >> what could be worse from a

car company, somebody buying their car and having it break down the first day. it gets worse if that is consumer reports. >> that's just a giant fail now. consumer reports buys new cars, the company said the hybrid broke down in the first hours of the quality test. i did contact fiskar and heard nothing back. here is a look at the consumer report report. >> it is low, sleek. it's also broken. >> silicon valley peter teal offered college kids money to drop out of college and pursue internet start-ups. teal we hear will be teaching college, one class, entrepreneurship at stanford. go figure. i'm sure students will have questions about the value of a

stanford education. >> time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren for one final look at your forecast. >> one final dry day before the active pattern starting tonight lasting well into this weekend. take a look at your day part. 61 degrees. 64 inland by noon comfortable conditions. we stop the clock on future cast and immediate back here tracking showers. mike and myself will be here. let's check your drive. >> today dry roads. an early backup by the toll plaza still have a disabled truck for the incline that will slow your drive out of oakland. up toward treasure island. the south bay looks like the time shift left a start. slowing for 87 and 101. a shout out for the girl scout, cupertino getting a proclamation. back to you. >> we got to