i'm meteorologist christina loren. live in nbc bay area weather center. we do have showers on the radar. i will let you know if they will reach your city today. and if not, if you are slated to hit the 70s. interesting forecast. we will talk about it coming up. >> highway 24 down to one lane. eastbound and it is because of road work overnight. i will let you know if this held up and if it is holding upcoming up. a live look at san francisco's embarcadero. news place, mice spot to go for a morning jog. whether it is a walk or a jog. looks to be a clear morning on this wednesday, april 25. this is "today in the bay." i like that. always a good morning for a jaunt. >> wish we could get out there and get some exercise. i'm marla tellez in for laura

garcia-cannon. >> one man is sent to the hospital. christie smith is live in oakland right now. she has all the latest what's happening out there. good morning, christie. >> good morning to you. as you said right now, oakland police have at least part of the street shut down on 40th as they are investigating a shooting that literally just happened. maybe 30 minutes ago. we are on 40th right above market. i spoke with one officer on scene who said that they are still trying to get details but got a call of shots fired, found a man down in the street. he was taken to the hospital. they are telling me at this point his condition is unknown. that this comes right after a triple shooting just last night. and the police chief coming out and saying that burglaries in the hill area, lot of residents concerned there, not related to crime prevention strategy going on in the flat lands. typically the mayor's 100th plan east and west oakland. still the most serious crimes, robberies, homicides up. 21% from last year. and the department is, of

course, down 150 officers from last year. i'm waiting to hear from an investigator that just arrived on scene. i can tell you that they are processing the scene. they are taking pictures. they are walking around looking for potential witnesses. as soon as i hear from them, i will let you know what they are h to say. that's the latest. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." new this morning, 5-year-old boy in need of a heart transplant is now safe after being kidnapped from the st. louis hospital. officers say that porter stone found overnight in the you chicago area in the company of his father, jeffrey and his paternal grandmother. both are now in custody. the kidnapping triggered a nationwide amber alert and intense search was also focused on the bay area where the boy has relatives. the boy's parents have apparently been involved in a custody dispute. also this morning, a local search for sierra lamar now

going national. "america's most wanted" is taping today's search. lot of spotlight out there. >> reporter: absolutely. that's always been the hope to keep the momentum going. now, that information according to the sierra lamar search team, the numbers here, volunteers here coming to burnett elementary, search center, they have been going down, you know, in recent weeks as expected in these kinds of cases. the hope, though is that this major national attention here in person will keep that momentum going. the case of the missing 15 year old has been featured on "america's most wanted" before but this would be the first time film crews would be here in person. there have been a couple of big boosts already since sierra disappeared more than five weeks ago, including 49ers quarterback alex smith and his teammates who joined the volunteer searches here twice. mark klaas has played a big role and he did tell nbc bay area before that one of the biggest obstacles now would be keeping this case in the spotlight. the hope again is that

"america's most wanted" being here will help. as for the investigation the sheriff's office says the crime lab has new leads after testing evidence but has not released details on that. mo more,000 volunteers already coming here for the weekly searches and hope is they will see new faces this morning. also new this morning, four people waking up safe and sound today after a late night rescue in south bay waters. two brothers ages 2 and 4 set out on a shipping trip 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they decided to try to head home but discovered their engine was dead. the boat got stuck in mud near the marina off of highway 237. alameda county firefighters tried to reach them by boat. then they tried by raft. but all the muddy water out there forced a more unconventional approach. >> he used a small board like some kind of a board you can actually lay on.

we -- tied one end and tied another one and got dashboard to our raft or to our boat. >> the family did reach dry land at 11:00 last night better news, nobody was hurt including that little guy. >> the east bay second floor apartment is now peppered with bullet holes after a drive-by shooting in alameda. police say that someone fired more than a dozen times at a second floor apartment on buena vista avenue last night. the bay area news group reports the shooter drove up to the apartment building and called the victim out by name. that person appeared in the window and the shooter began firing. no one was hit. a crackdown is in the works on two fronts in the south bay against payday lenders. tonight san jose planning commission will consider a proposal to ban payday lenders from setting up shop in low-income neighborhoods. next week, santa clara county

supervisors will decide whether to make temporary ban on all move payday lending establishments permanent. payday loans can carry annual interest rates as high as 459%. >> talk about predator lending. that's out of control. 0:06. meteorologist christina loren joining us. she is right over here to tell us about what's happening today. >> we have a really good looking day shaping up. because we are going to get showers, we need that rain. but we are still forecasting the 70s in some cities. many inland cities, as a matter of fact. we will get to those numbers in just a minute. i want to point out how mild it is to start. we are in the upper 50s and low 60s just about everywhere. 60 in san mateo. headed towards the 70s in places like san jose, east bay. with showers on the way. creeping up from the south. right now the bay area is nice and dry. but we will have to see the showers start to move to the north. probably by about 11 cloak a.m. today and then -- we head throughout the evening hours we are expecting the bulk of the moisture to stay south of the golden gate bridge but still we have showers on the way, gilroy,

morgan hill, san jose. it all works out like this for today. mostly cloudy conditions. 64 degrees at noon inland. 65 at bay. 59 degrees at noon at the coast. probably need that jacket just about all day long. we have colder weather and more rain on the way for tomorrow. time that system out. let's check your drive first with mike. >> we will take you back out there. highway 24, down to one lane in the eastbound direction from basically central lafayette. no slowing. scheduled to 7:00, though. westbound direction walnut creek interchange moves very smoothly. 680 and 24 no problem. approaching the bay bridge, the brigitte self, there is an issue. you see that truck there. disabled truck reported on a lower deck. i just checked that with mark, operator there. we stopped the flashing lights heading towards the tunnel there. treasure island. we didn't see anything stopping. flow continued for the last few minutes. again, no lanes reported blocked but there is a stalled truck somewhere along the span.

we will continue to follow this and let you know as you cross the bay here. another live look outside shows you crossing the bay from the north bay into the city, the headlights smoothly. getting to the golden gate bridge or from it this week will be cut off at doyle drive. that construction and closure from 8:00 p.m. friday. find an alternate route and don't drive in the area if you can avoid it if at all possible. mass transit. back to you. >> okay, mike. thank you. still ahead, crooner in chief, the president takes the mike with some smooth slow jams. >> one step closer to a new minimum wage in san jose. is it a good idea? we will take a look. >> right now we take a live look outside. things are slow. apparently not jammed up in san jose. we will talk about those roads. christina loren will fill us in. for the latest news, traffic and weather, check us out on facebook. you just need to search nb it w. at progressive, you can bundle

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welcome back. here is a live look all lit up. a clear start to your wednesday morning. we will check that forecast with christina loren in just a moment. 5:11. a powerful effort start bid students to raise san jose's minimum wage qualified important the november ballot. that will be november 6. the proposal would raise the hourly wage from $8 to $10. the initiative started as a project in the san jose state sociology class. late march, those students together with labor leaders and community groups submitted more than 36,000 students to registr registrar's office. scott mcgrew's immediate

reaction says somebody asked economic students what they think. scott, you rolled your eyes about this one. >> i did roll my eyes, yeah. the sociology students. economists thought if you raised the cost of labor, pay people, drive jobs away. makes sense. double the cost in my factory and i will use half the employees. but then someone took a closer look and found out economists were wrong. in fact, it was another economist who figured it out. michael wright usually has to think about the economy theoretically. what mute happen. but in the question of minimum wage the team had a perfect petri dish. san francisco. way back in 2003, san francisco became one of the few cities in the world to raise its minimum wage for all workers. not just city workers. above state and federal requirements. employers, restaurants, in

particular, warned paying people more would force them to lay off employees. that didn't happen. >> minimum wage increase, what happens is the workers stayed longer. than they otherwise would. and that means that the cost to the firm with all the turnover finding new workers and training them, the other workers, that those costs go down. minimum wage increase does not kill jobs. it kills job vacancies. the jobs that haven't been filled. >> the discovery by the institute for research on labor and employment at cal that everyone been futures from raising the minimum wage surprised even the economists themselves. >> since then the view of the mick professions changed quite a lot. recognizing that minimum wage need not reduce jobs.

despite that econ 101 language. and -- when i saw that in san francisco, i was surprised, too. >> you were right. lots of cities and counties set minimum wages for government workers and anyone doing business with the city only three cities in the united states have their own minimum wage that applies to everyone. san francisco, sante fe, and washington, d.c. then san jose would become the fourth. in other news, apple blew past estimates and announcing it sold a staggering 35 million iphones in the past quarter. jackie deangelis is live at cnbc headquarters with reaction. good morning, jackie. >> good morning. the futures are higher this morning. as you mentioned it could be due to apple which recorded that second quarter of profits nearly doubled. crushing the analysts' forecasts and selling the iphones in every corner of the globe. apple shares jumping 7% in after hours last night. overall, waits good day for stocks yesterday. closed mostly higher on positive

earnings from the likes of at&t and mmm and united technologies. we saw asian markets, european markets higher today and we are going to get data here in the states on demand for durable goods and earnings. just coming out from boeing, caterpillar, and eli lilly. the fed wrapping up the two-day policy meet thing afternoon with a decision expected at 12:30. the dow rose 74 points yesterday to close at 13,001. nasdaq slipping eight points to 2961. meantime the senate may vote today on a bill that could save the u.s. postal service from bankruptcy. measure would give the agency an $11 billion cash infusion but also makes it harder for the postal service to close thousands of underperforming post offices and end saturday delivery which it said it needs to do in order to become profitable again. more problems for the post office. >> thanks so much. we are going to take a look at that apple number. 35 million iphones sold in three months. >> i bought one myself. >> all right.

thank you, scott. we are sure it was question on your mind overnight. president obama joe jam the news during his appearance with jimmy fallon. here's your answer. >> i want to slow jam the news and i'm not the only one. >> president obama joined fallon during the popular slow jam segment. the president looked into the camera to deliver a message about student interest rates while the band played a rhythm. fallon punched up the message in his own way. >> the reason it is so important to keep down the costs, so we keep college affordable. note the president knows his stuff y'all ♪ the person up top, what is it?

>> it stands for president of the united states. ♪ he's the potus with the most us ♪ >> that's good stuff. >> that's what i'm talking about. i highly recommend looking that up if you haven't seen it online. good stuff. >> that's right. can you help me out with my forecast? >> you got it, girlfriend. sunshine. >> little sunshine today. >> rain. >> maybe some rain. good morning to you. love jon kelley. temperatures are in the 60s to start you out on a wednesday. we want to help you get over the hump. it is hump day. the weather isn't going to be problematic for your commute until maybe this evening and that really only looks like it will be the case in the south bay. 59 degrees in livermore. 60 in simi valley. 61 degrees in san francisco and novato. we have showers on the radar. they are south of salinas for now. they are going to slowly but surely creep up throughout the day today. another concern we have is development of pop-up thunderstorms certainly unstable

enough out there for that to be the case. i think if you live to the south of the golden gate bridge, you may actually hear thunder later this afternoon. low pressure starts to make its way onshore. for us, we are not going to see a whole lot of active weather until the second half of the day. right here in san jose. i don't think we will see any rain whatsoever until about 11:00 a.m. your futurecast, actually agrees. stop the clock on that futurecast. you can see a little bit of spotty activity starting to creep up from the south. looking more active towards about 4:00. stop that clock at 6:00 and you can see showers in san jose, fremont. and as we head throughout the rest of the day, that's about it. overnight we will dry out and then main cold front arrives as we head through tomorrow. that's what's going to bring rain to the greater bay area. maybe a half of an inch. whole lot even newspaper north bay. 70 in san jose. we are going to warm you up and dry out on friday. bring in the 80s back on saturday. sunday. we bring mike in right now. >> sunday, very nice.

we are looking over here. smooth drive through pittsburgh and bay point. over here we have some slowing already showing us 5:20. speeds jamming to the 50s through antioch. but eastbound we have that construction and the closure to somersville will pick up in the next ten minutes. there will be a lot of changes through antioch. i will track this for you. meanwhile as we move towards the bay bridge, we have a smooth drive through lafayette. highway 24 to the tunnel. approaching areas through the maze. slowing on the lower deck we had an earlier stalled truck reported there. that's the slowing shows up on the oakland side. seems like they are unrelated. still same area. get a live look at that -- live shot approaching the lower deck and smooth drive coming into the city. no major problem tlus the area. maps show you smooth drive down the peninsula and san mateo to san jose. an accident moved from the roadway. should be okay on the freeway. back to you. >> mike, thank you so much. it is 5:20.

we now know the punishment los angeles lakers power forward will receive for his aggression on the court. meadow world peace formerly known as ron artest has been suspended for seven games. you have seen it. hay threw that harsh elbow into the head of oklahoma city thunder player james hardin. hardin suffered a concussion. world peace says he was just celebrating a dunk. he will miss most of the first round of the playoffs and lose more than $300,000 in salary. i think that money should go to hardin. >> yeah, exactly. i'm sure hardin is making enough money and happy to have his head on his shoulders. former 49er known for his flash and drama now facing an assault charge. deion sanders cited for misdemeanor simple assault after an argument with his estranged wife. sanders tweeted his wife attacked him in their mansion. he posted a photo of his children filling out police reports. that photo was later removed.

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welcome back. 5:24. dogs could soon run free in parks at one south bay city. leaders have a proposal which would allow dogs to be unleashed. the program will set designated times of the day at bachmann live oak manor. the first of a set of meetings will be held. it begins tonight at 6:00. if you are planning to unleash your hound, meteorologist christina lore swren here to tell us what they will be facing out there. >> yeah. we have rain on the way to the south bay later on. we are going to wait for it, though. second half of the day, have you plenty of opportunities now to get outside without having to dodge the showers. we are in the 60s. that mild start will make way to the 70s and many cities across bay, 65 inland at 4:00 p.m. let's check your drive at 5:24 with mike. >> you know what, better situation as far as availability of lanes. southbound 680 construction cleared as you come down through san ramon. no problems or delays through

the area north of the dublin interchange. 15-minimum drive now slowing into livermore. typical pattern as we approach 5:30. 5850 is smooth as well. no delays. blips showing up for 238 because more cars railroad r showing up there as well. no problems. back to you. in the east bay, a restaurant is now making headlines. not just with what's on the menu but actually with who is in the kitsch. the joint is called guest chef. every two weeks a different chef with his or her own menu comes into the fully finished restaurant. this is all part of a new business model which is roots in the pop-up restaurant movement. the guest chef program has been in place for five months now. the restaurant owner says that at first customers, well, they didn't know what to make of it all. but they gradually caught on to the good food from a bunch of good chefs. >> i like it. it is always new. >> that's very cool. >> keep going back. >> lunch, anybody? >> please. breakfast. 5:26 now.

still ahead, wireless carrier gets schooled in san jose. we will tell you why an elementary school is forcing verizon to rethink its coverage plan. a man overboard. firsthand account of exactly what happened in the moments before a violent and deadly boat crash. also, a bullet to the head. we will tell you about the search for the person who pulled the trigger in san francisco. we give you a live look outside at the port of oakland. they always have that nicely illuminated -- nice view that bounces off the water there. stchnt starto yori christina will tell if you you need an umbrella later. ♪

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new this morning, an overnight shooting in west oakland has now turned deadly. i will tell you what police just told me. coming up in a live report. see air lamar's search volunteers are hoping for a boost in momentum with news that

cameras from major national crime show may be filming here today. details coming up in another live report. i'm meteorologist christina loren. live in the nbc bay area weather center. two storm systems to impact us over the course of the next 48 hours. we will time out both for your neighborhood coming up. looking at highway 4. full closure in one direction. slow in the other direction. dramatic changes over the next few minutes. i will bring you that and more coming up. here's a live look at san francisco. the building is all lit up on this early wednesday morning, april 25. this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. the time right now is 64. 5:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we start with an update, breaking news in the east bay. right now oakland police at the scene after shooting that sent a

man to the hospital. meantime, the crime scene has closed a busy street. christie smith is live in oakland with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. i spoke with the sergeant on dewitt yea couple much minutes abo and said unfortunately the man who was shot here overnight has died. he was taken to highland hospital in oakland. after he was found down in the street. the major crime section is on the way here to come and take over what's now a homicide investigation. this is at 40th in west oakland above market. investigators say that there were so few people out at the time of the shooting, more than an hour ago, that they just don't have a lot to go on in terms of evidence. so it is -- unclear that they say if the shooter was on foot or in a car. that this comes after a triple shooting just last night. and oakland's police chief telling public safety committee that despite various crime prevention strategies, robberies, homicides, and

burglaries are up. about 21% this year. and he's looking at a number of ways to try to bolster the department including getting outside help. they are down about 150 officers from just two years ago. 911 response time now about 17 minutes. they are saying it is about 10 minutes longer than other cities this side. but now what you want to do is avoid the area. they are telling me that the eastbound direction of 40th will be closed probably for another three hours. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." police are trying to track down the person that pulled the trigger shooting a man in the head near san francisco. it happened just before 9:00 last night on the corner of plymouth avenue and fairlawn street in the city's ocean view neighborhood. officers found the man lying in the sidewalk in a pool of blood. so far police have not released a description of the suspect. search for sierra lamar will soon be in the national

spotlight. we are hearing volunteer view crews will be joined by camera crews. >> reporter: first of all, good morning, jon. there's always hope at these weekly searches and maybe a little built more today. this morning, as we hear from the see air lamar search team that "america's most wanted" film crews will be here this morning to film these search efforts that start at 8:00 this morning. this would be the first time we have film crews here from the program in person. although, "america northeast wanted" already featured the sierra lamar case a couple of times this month. as mark klaas of klaas kids foundation told us before, the biggest obstacle as weeks go by without major public development in the case, it is keeping the momentum going. the hope is that "america's most wanted" cameras here in person would give the search another big boost. in addition to a couple of other highlights like 49ers quarterback alex smith and his teammates volunteering in two searches. more than 3,000 volunteers. it has been more than five weeks

since the 15-year-old disappeared. and over a week ago it was the sheriff's office that made an announcement that the crime lab does have some new leads after testing evidence. so investigators have not released the details on that just yet. anyone who wants to come here the search for this weekly wednesday morning starts at 8:00 here at burnett elementary. be sure to bring your rain gear out here. it just started sprinkling minutes ago. live in morgan hill this morn g morning. a first hand account what happened to the yacht that crashed. a survivor writes on the website latitude 38.com and very deta detailed writing about the crash that killed five crew members. he says, quote, i have seen large waves before but this is unlike anything i have ever seen outside big wave surf videos. he goes on to write, a single thought races through my head -- this is going to be bad. he adds the best way to describe the water in the zone is like a

washing machine filled with boulders. very pleasant start to the wednesday morning. would you agree? >> it is nice. feels good. >> right. meteorologist christina loren. >> we have showers just like steph new pointed out coming down in some parts of the bay area. if you live south of the golden gate bridge, you are fair game for those showers throughout the day. we are not expecting a whole lot of moisture. ing in fact, probably not even going to measure any precipitation. south bay, until maybe later tonight until 5:00 p.m. we could see a spot write shower or two make its way up from the south as we are seeing right now. as you can see, showers kind of falling apart as they make their way over the santa cruz mountains. we have a little bit of action here on 101 south san jose between morgan hill. you want to keep that in mind and travel cautiously. the good news is that we don't have that thick fog out there. that will keep things nice for the first part of the day. we are starting out mild. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. easily hitting the mid 60s by noon inland and then we will round out the day with 7 ons at 3:00 m.m. as you make your way

home from work, 4:00, cooling you back down to 65. inland 62 by the bay. we will be at 61 degrees at the coast. we have more rain on the way for tomorrow morning. right in the heart of your morning drive. time out the next system and we will talk about how much rain you might just get overnight south bay. >> look at highway 40. start with construction eastbound closure has reopened just a minute ago. in the same few minutes we have the westbound commute direction dipping down below 20 where you see red approaching l street to all the way over. typical area and typical pattern there for a wednesday. we are looking at the closure. eastbound 40th street. police investigation after an overnight shooting. a person has died as a result of that situation. it is closed. you can use macarthur out of the area. that's another block south. that issue for 40th street. as we are getting a wider shot, approach to the bridge, not an issue for the freeways. earlier disabled truck cleared

from the lower deck of the bay brigitte self. live look shows you the golden gate bridge which is just fine now. clear view and no problems out of the north bay all the way down through the tunnel. reminder, of course, signs lit up round the bay area. closes friday starting at 8:00 p.m. avoid 101 on the approach towards the golden gate bridge all weekend if you can. you can walk. everybody else will be sitting in their cars. >> good advice, mike. thank you very much. there has been a change of plans for the nation's largest wireless providers. verizon now reconsidering placing a cell tower next to evergreen elementary school in san jose. it is now asking the city for more time to study other potential sites. the request could also delay a public meaning scheduled for next month on verizon's prj. some neighbors and parents are concerned over health and safety issues of these cell towers. one north bay city wants to clear the air by making it tougher to find a place to light up. san rafael leaders will meet tonight to talk about new anti-smoking proposals.

i wants to ban cigarette use in multiunit housing complexes. smoking would be restricted at atm lines, bus stops, outside dining areas. plastic bags can be a thing of the fast the peninsula. san mateo county leaders talking about a ban but they are prepared for potential legal challenge after san francisco was sued by coalition of plastic bag makers. san mateo will also prepare an environmental impact report. that's what tangled san francisco in those challenges. a public meeting is set to be held at today's meeting going on at mountain view's city hall. that will be at 6:00. 5:37. still ahead, supreme court showdown. the highest court takes on arizona's controversial immigration law. live look outside. san jose. smooth sailing trafficwise. p everything you need to know to get to you work or wherever you are going this wednesday. >> for the latest news, traffic and weather, logon and find us

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rise and shine. take a look at this gorgeous shot. that's the bay, san francisco. the embarcadero down below. wednesday morning. it is 5:40. new this morning, investigators now say there is a chance that the british girl who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in portugal may in fact, still be alive. madeleine mccann disappeared from a condo at a resort while her parents dined nearby. she was just days away from her fourth birthday at the time. british police released this new image that they just put this one out of what the girl would look like today just weeks before her 9th birthday. they say that they do have new evidence and reason to believe this girl could still be alive. portuguese police closed this case back in 2008 after various

alleged sightings of the girl turned up nothing. secret service prostitution scandal right now heading to congress. the senate committee on the judiciary will have a hearing on the oversight of the partners of homeland security. lawmakers say they want to hear more details on this scandal and secretary janet napolitano is expected to testify here. yesterday two more employees with the secret service resigned. six others were forced out last week. senior north korean official says his country has powerful mobile weapons capable of striking the u.s. vice marshal young ho made those remarks at meeting today to mark the 80th anniversary of the nation's army. he emphasized the importance of defending north cokorea sense t u.s. and south korea claiming the weapons could sink the u.s. in a single blow. north korea is believed to have nuclear weapons but not technology to put the them on

long-range missiles. hours from right now arizona's controversial immigration law taking center stage at the u.s. supreme court. tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. this case will no doubt have a big-time impact on this year's election. good morning. >> reporter: no question, jon. a political hot potato. the question that the court is going to need to decide is can police officers in arizona detain someone, immigrant if they stop them and can't prove immediately with a green card that they are legal. does the state actually have the right to mandate that or is this in federal territory? this has been accused of being racial profiling and state trying to crack down on illegal immigration costing them millions upon millions of dollars the federal government -- was supposed to deal with but has not. in the meantime, it has become a huge political hot potato. big hearing on capitol hill yesterday. boycotted by republicans but democrats say that if the court upholds this law, they have on

backup plan. >> i believe it is too damaging to our economy and too dangerous to our democracy. to have 50 states doing 50 different things. >> december biggest somebody else's idea, what the rule of law is, this is about somebody's idea in what will benefit them politically. >> reporter: a that backup plan would be a bill that would prevent states from implementing laws like this. there are five other states who got similar laws either in progress, laws that have been passed or all tied up in the courts pending this supreme court decision on arizona. and we are expecting before the end of june. >>er with set for many more chapters on this one. tracie potts, thank you very much. charges could be dropped for the american soldier in the crosshairs of the biggest leak of sook receipt boston files in the u.s. history. a military judge ruled today on whether to dismiss all charges against army private first class bradley manning. his defense team is accusing the prosecution of being too slow to share information.

prosecutors say gathering documents from various agencies takes time. man sing accused of leaking thousands of sensitive material to an ity seeks are write sites wikileaks. looking to a peach by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. chairman expected to make a decision on whether or not to raise those interest rates. interest rates have remained at record lows and economic conditions are expected to keep the rates low until at least 2014. it is a clean sweep for mitt romney when it comes to decision 2012. the gop front-runner swept all five presidential primaries yesterday. marching to victory in pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, delaware, and rhode island. he now has his eyes set on the white house. romney says president obama has failed on a host of economic measures. and he pledges to highlight the president's record. it is 5:54 right now.

we are on a wednesday, the downside towards the weekend. the hump. >> yeah. we want to get you through that second half. and the good news is we have a great looking weekend shaping up for any sort of outdoor activities. keep that in the back of your mind. as i tell you it is going to rain today. tomorrow as well. you can see from the live picture of the bay bridge, beautiful morning shaping up. i am promising you a gorgeous sunrise. 6:21. it is just going to be spectacular with blue sky already out there in san francisco. and high clouds. it is the clouds that makes beautiful, beautiful sunrises, oranges and yellows. we are expect thing morning. 5:45. you can see now showers for the most part. south of the bay area. we have a little bit of moisture starting to creep up. western facing slopes surround san jose. but the good news is that we are going to be mostly dry for the first part of the day. we will get more of an active pattern for the second half of the day and you may just be -- delays later on if you live south of the golden bay bridge

in the evening commute. we have another one on the heels. colder system. that's going to bring in more rain for the greater bay area as of tomorrow. more of a classic cold front that starts in the north bay and swings to the south. it all works out like this for today. let that futurecast stop at 12 moon and seeing mostly dry -- staying dry at that point. sunshine today and temperatures starting out so mild in the upper 50s and 60s. easily will hit the 70s. we stop the clock at 6:00 p.m. starting to get more active. few cells creeping up from the south at that time. livermore to san jose. maybe a slow drive. but we are going to get a nice break overnight. then the more active pattern star starts. we will be here to guide you through the showers. maybe measuring up to a half an inch. two systems combined in north bay. 66 degrees in oakland for today. 70 in san jose. we bring in the showers tomorrow. we will clear out the second half of thursday. warm back up to 71 degrees friday. look at the weekend as we head through this weekend, you can hit the beach yet again.

traffic on 17, crazy over the weekend. how is it looking now? >> right now it is just fine. not really great tanning conditions at the beach. you know, it will change. get drizzly, too. keep that in mind. looking over here, dublin interchange. little bit of slowing. that shows up. looking like a typical pattern. livermore okay. into livermore slowing. 17-minute drive here. now, 84 the last couple of days has been jammed upcoming out of livermore towards the metering lights, 680. keep that in mind. looking over to the south bay now. 880 and 680, slow into the area. northbound just fine. cleared through the intersection. look at that. slowing now shows up northbound 280. just north of 85. no incidents reported. i will track that for you.

the construction, southbound 101, that's going to be in place until caltrans tells me it is clear. we don't have a time on that. rest of the freeway will be smooth all the way down to lower bay shore. we will get you a look across the bay. san mateo bridge moving as well well. look at that coming off the peninsula. this sign over here, you will see with these, like i have been telling you, doyle drive closes. you know about that, guys. i will remind you again. back to you. >> we know you will. mike, i'm not sure if you caught this one but safe to say a presidential advice i turned late night into must-see tv. mr. obama stopping by for a drop-in on late night with jimmy fallon during the taping of the university of north carolina, chapel hill. the president answered some political questions and even slow jammed with news with jimmy fallon. when asked about his favorite movie, his answer got plenty of bipartisan support. >> you know, i will date myself. comedy is when people ask me what kind of comedy do you like. i say "groundhog day" which i

realize came out before these guys were born. >> good movie. bill murray. the president also took questions from twitter. one of the questions asked of him was if he planned to legalize marijuana. the president inhaled deeply and then he said no. 5:49. farmers in lake county are hope a ballot measure protecting pot farms goes up in smoke. it is against prop d which would give marijuana growers right to farm protection from nuisance complaints. backers say it also provides a safe and regulated way to grow medical marijuana. opponents argue pot plants are not recognized as an agricultural crop. as a result pot growers would not face farming restrictions on water and pesticide use. the measure will appear in this year's june 5 primary ballot. time now is 5:49. still ahead, money to burn. facebook fired a deal that will pump hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy.

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welcome back. 5:53. agreement between the menlo park fire district and facebook has been reached. facebook will provide up to $300,000 towards improvements that would expand emergency and fire services. the added protection would serve the new menlo park facebook campus as well as residents in the community. the money will be used for new traffic devices giving emergency vehicles the right of way through intersections and fund other safety related improvements. also super hot, how about iphone sales. scott mcgrew says apple's announcement it sold 35 million iphones last quarter has many investors stunned. >> just stunned. apple's numbers, jon, totally counter what pessimists were expecting. apple shares were down p b 13% off their highs. last night the cupertino company pulled the curtain away to reveal that 35 million number. sales of iphones in china particularly strong.

really ayen has barely begun selling in china. ipad sales were a little less than expected. numbers were still amazing for ipad 2. apple sold 11.8 million ipads in the last three months for a total of 67 million since the tablet was invented. tim cook points out it took 24 years to sell that many macs. five years to sell that many ipods. and over three years to sell that many iphones. now, all the worry about what apple would say drove the nasdaq lower on tuesday. apple is a huge part of the nasdaq index. do expect a turnaround today. also the federal open markets committee ends its two-day meeting in washington. we don't expect too much out of that. they can't lowern interest rate. they are cautiously optimistic and then they will probably go grab some lunch. >> thank you very much. meteorologist christina loren, a little bit of showers

already falling in south day. >> yeah, remember, scott, no such thing as a free lunch. that alone helping out the economy. good morning to you. we are looking good as we head throughout the afternoon. we have showers on the way south of the golden gate bridge. as we head throughout the day temperatures will be on the mild side. we won't even need a jacket inland at noon. 64 degrees there. touching on the 70s by 3:00. then drop you off to 65 degrees as you make your way home. >> we are developing according to our typical schedule here, highway 4. below 20. almost all delay through antioch. we will watch. this may be interesting flow for that area. byron, major commute issue unless you are coming out of byron or discovery bay. back to you guy. >> thank you, mike. 5:5. usually when cow ends up at a drive-through it is probably because it is on the menu. but that's not the case in colorado. check out this picture taken by the employees at mcdonald's. >> can i get fries and shake?

>> okay. i'm laughing too much. somehow a cow named darcy busted out of her gate and hoofed it all the way to the local drive-th ru. darcy's owners got a call from police dispatch who came and herded her home. >> i guess she ordered a chicken sandwich. speaking of things winding up where they don't belong, how about a parking job that would make the griswolds what the what? this is where a driver wound up when looking for place to park. the driver, you think, was confused that a subway entrance was a parking garage. we are help to report nobody was hurt. the car was pulled out without any damage. i'm guessing the driver was cited important something like -- maybe driving with their eyes closed. >> maybe embarrassed, too. i would be. 5:56. a shooting on the streets of oakland. we will bring you the latest the search for the person that pulled the trigger just ahead. >> plus a local search for a

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new this morning, an overnight shooting in west oakland has now turned deadly. i'm christie smith i will have latest the investigation coming up in a live report. keeping the momentum going, as the sierra lamar search gets cameras from a major tv show. details coming up. new this morning, the search is over for a boy abducted while waiting for a heart transplant. police thought they could be headed to the bay area. we will tell you where they actually founded the boy. i'm meteorologist christina loren. you just saw stephanie with her umbrella. showers coming down over parts of the bay. not san francisco. we will tell you if you will immediate your umbrella today and where we will hit the 70s in your full forecast.