coming up. plus, foreign markets drop overnight following friday's big day on wall street. scott mcgrew will take a look at the futures coming up. and believe it or not, we are getting the best weather of the day right now. wet, rainy conditions develop. i've got your full forecast in moments. and if you drive, well, getting more crowded and following a car fire blocking a lane coming through downtown. the latest on your commute coming up. and a live look outside. well, yeah, i think that's san francisco and all that fog out there. it's getting deep. christina loren will tell you how deep it'll get with the rain, as well, on this monday, june 4th, "today in the bay." good foggy monday morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. the time is 6:00, i'm jon kelley. >> a new option for bay area

commuters. ferry service between east bay and the peninsula. christie smith live in oakland on the first new ferry service in decades. good morning. >> good morning. well, this is one way to put the driving behind you in the morning. new ferry service, i'm going to step aside so you can see what is going on. a new ferry service from the east bay to south san francisco. that one is leaving right now heading to san francisco. but the first boat leaves at 6:40 for the new line from jack london square and alameda. they've got signs up letting them know the first week is free. this is the first new ferry service since 1992 to hit the bay area. runs as part of the san francisco bay area ferry system another alternative to the bay bridge, b.a.r.t., or caltrain. the ride will take about 40 to 50 minutes to and from arriving at the terminal at the oyster point marina in san francisco

where shuttles will be waiting to take workers to places. nine companies are offering shuttles for workers. and it's the next step in creating a larger network of ferries with richmond, berkeley, and treasure island likely to be the next services to be developed. again, this week is free, and then from there, it's $7 for adults. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." meantime, muni reopening the busy line this morning. the caltrain station has been shut down for track repairs since before memorial day weekend. the line carries about 40,000 passengers each weekday. well, allegations, but no charges so far this morning against the san francisco giants player. a woman claiming pablo sandoval sexually assaulted her. live in san jose's municipal stadium with more on this ongoing investigation. marla, good morning. >> jon, good morning. if you're following sandoval at all this season, you know he's

on the disability list after recovering from a fractured left hand. he's in the minor leagues with the san jose giants. it's hard enough for an athlete to deal with any sort of injury let alone sexual assault allegations, which sandoval is facing. he voluntarily met with santa cruz county sheriff investigators on friday. his attorney says to talk about a quote consensual sexual relationship that took place earlier that day. the woman claimed he sexually assaulted her early friday morning after meeting her in downtown santa cruz thursday night. our colleagues at comcast sports net bay area are reporting the woman says she was too intoxicated to give consent. when asked if he's shaken or scared about the allegations, sandoval says he's not scared and concentrating on his job. >> i play my game.

be pablo in the field. i need to get back to the team. >> again, at this point, no charges have been filed against pablo sandoval, of course this could all change pending this investigation, as for sandoval right now, he and the giants are in stockton tonight for a 7:05 game. live in san jose, "today in the bay." vallejo police are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a weekend barbecue killing one man. it happened in north vallejo saturday night. a 35-year-old man shot in the arm, but is expected to survive. a 17-year-old listed in critical condition along with a 67-year-old woman. >> at this point we can't go into too much detail about what

the victims told us. >> the victims' identities have not been released. at this point, investigators aren't sure who the gunman was targeted. george zimmerman asking for a brand new bond hearing today. the 28-year-old florida man accused of killing trayvon martin back in jail this morning. a judge revoked his bail on friday saying zimmerman failed to disclose he had more than $130,000 in a paypal account from a defense fund. zimmerman's attorney calling the oversight, "a mistake." overnight, we found asian and european markets didn't like friday's 274-point drop on wall street. scott mcgrew checking out the numbers for us. the futures for us this morning as we get closer and closer to today's opening bell. good morning. >> good morning. right this minute, laura, the wagers the traders are making out in the open. the futures call for a flat opening after friday's plunge. the futures are bets on the open only. the there's no telling what will

happen during the rest of the trading day. if there's any consolation in this and small consolation, we saw much of this coming. china's been warning about its economy, it's slowing in europe, a guy who fundamentally disagrees with the plan to save the economy was elected president. in greece, they can't even form a government. friday's 200-plus point loss on the dow due in part to really lousy may jobs numbers, as well. admittedly those were worse than expected. we didn't see that coming precisely. you have about five major factors here, jon and laura, that are really depressing the stock markets. and we do expect the same today. >> rough start. rough monday. >> let's keep the good news coming. >> rainy days are mondays, literally. >> yeah, they always get me down, laura. they get me down. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning.

socked in with fog. this wasn't the case two hours ago, but we've got a system of low pressure moving towards us. you can even see slick conditions there. so we've got that drizzle starting. give yourself extra time if you're waking up with us at the coast or if you're headed towards the coastline from your inland cities. right now, san jose, mostly cloudy. same for livermore and concord. temperatures close to 60 everywhere. still on the mild side of this front, which you can see right now is starting to sag a little bit further south, about half hour away from our showers now moving through the north bay. so sonoma county, you'll see the showers here. very quickly we'll be activating that doppler for you. 58 degrees in san francisco, 66 in redwood city today and 66 degrees in los gatos, only about a 6-degree climb from where we're starting out. you'll need the jacket, also going to be breezy, windchill factor, and you'll want to take that umbrella with you. but just for today. you can ditch it by tomorrow. full forecast and seven day minutes away. here's mike. >> got really busy over the last ten minutes.

i'll pick out the ones of note. traveling southbound 880, one lane blocked, that's the car fire i told you about. reports of a woman outside of the car now and that car fire's reportedly blocking that slow lane. your flow toward the bay bridge moving smoothly, though, in your commute directions. your commute out of the pass still slow, made even slower by a couple of accidents. one at spring town or your first street off ramp. and the one over on the right is blocking your fast lane at greenville causing more slowing out of the altamont pass providing a little bit of a break, hopefully giving them a chance to clear that one over at spring town through livermore. watch as it affects the tri-valley. more for the south bay and san francisco, guys, coming up. back to you. well, it is a final boarding call for oakland and united airlines specifically. united ending its service to oakland international airport over the weekend. the airline has flown into oakland for 75 years but has seen its passenger rates drop to just 1.4% of airport customers

recently. a united spokesman says the airline will work with customers who already have flights booked out of oakland to either rebook them on another airline or provide a refund. 6:08. starting this morning, southbound lanes will be shut down throughout the week for sand removal. stretch between lincoln way and sloat boulevard closed between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. through friday afternoon. commuters are being asked to use sunset boulevard as an alternate route. every year, crews have to remove all that sand which piles up between the highway and ocean beach. just blows up there. all right. little heads up, might be tough getting a cab as cabbies protest plan today in san francisco. drivers stage a caravan one day ahead of an mta board meeting. right now cabbies are required to accept credit cards, but because of fees, many drivers avoid plastic carrying passengers. the new plan would cap that transaction fee charged to cab drivers to just 3.5%.

right now that fee is set at 5%. 6:09. an unhappy electorate goes to the polls. a survey by the public policy institute of california shows that only 17% of voters approve of the job the legislature is doing. 88% believe much of the money we give to the state government is being wasted. governor jerry brown recently announced california's budget deficit had ballooned to $16 billion. stay with nbc bay area for coverage of tuesday's primaries. we'll bring you live reports up to and beyond election day. you can also read more about the candidates and the issues on our website, nbcbayarea.com. we've got great coverage on wednesday morning, all the final numbers for you, as well. >> busy, busy day. 6:10 right now, andrew luck we can tell you is not the only guy with a serious gun which doubles as his arm from stanford. find out who is expected to join luck as a number one pick today. an early morning performance

starring the earth and the moon. i'm bob redell. we'll show you that lunar eclipse you missed while you were sleeping. that story coming up. >> perfect there. >> perfect. live look outside. sunny in sunol, what a stark difference. almost like a fake shot. how clear it is there can compared to some of the bay area bridges this morning. christina will clear it up for us with that look at the forecast. >> high-def cameras we paid millions for. and for the latest news, traffic, and weather, come over and find us on facebook. nbc bay area. ♪ jimmy bond

my feet are too dry and cracked for sandals. try gold bond foot cream. it has moisturizers that penetrate thick skin. thanks. think gold bond. ♪ this stuff works welcome back, everyone. live look outside. look at the clouds hovering over the south bay this morning. we're going to see some rain. christina says keep the umbrella handy. not for all week, we'll check the forecast, 6:13. well, it is a rare week of

rare cosmic treats. a partial lunar eclipse. that will be followed tomorrow by the historic transit of venus right across the sun. bob redell is live in oakland's space and science center with more on all the lovely celestial sights in the sky. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. you had to get up a little early this morning. started around 2:00, ran until 5:00 in the morning. you also had to have luck. we were up here at the top of the oakland hills and there was a lot of cloud cover. but we were able to get this shot from san jose. you can see this is close to the start of this lunar eclipse. it was just a partial eclipse. only covered about a third of the moon and that is when the earth is casting its shadow on the face of the moon. this was something that does happen from time to time. but we won't see this again until 2014. so this is the last time in a couple of years you'll be able to see this again. about 30 to 40 people who came here to the observation deck in oakland. they did have a telescope set up

and projecting its image on a video screen. now, tomorrow, one of the rarest astronomical events. this is when venus will be transiting in front of the sun. it'll start around 3:00 in the afternoon, go past sunset. this is an event you can observe not looking directly in the sun with your eyes, but if you have a pair of solar glasses, certain welder helmets you will be able to observe this. >> venus begins to make its appearance on the face of the sun, there can be what appears to be a -- an extension of venus sticking to the edge of the sun. it looks a little bit like a rain drop. >> now, as venus transits in front of the sun, it will cast a shadow on the moon. scientists will use the hubble telescope to observe that shadow to see if they can detect the chemical composition of venus' atmosphere. they're doing this to test the

technique to see if it'll work in the detection of exoplanets, which is a planet that orbits stars outside ours. this will be the last time you can see it until 2117. and i have a feeling i'll be checked out by then. so this will be my last chance, as well. reporting live here in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> but your spirit will live on. >> how's that for a pick me up? >> thanks, bob. 6:16 right now. you could call it an investment in your future. this morning, you can bid on a lunch day with warren buffett. runs through friday, the 13th annual online auction. the previous four winning bids have all gone for upwards of $2 million. they say it could pay off. buffett actually hired last year's winner to work for him. >> that better be a tasty lunch. well, the giants wrap up the series with the cubs today and

they're going for the sweep. barry, this guy, people thought he was flat-liner status off the hill, but look at him working it. yeah, strikes out five batters, bottom of the fifth, and giants then score. oh, getting it going out there. they go up 1-0, bottom of the eighth. how about melky cabrera. little single there, something for the effort. cubs will try and bring in a second base, but blanco scores, the giants going to take this one by a final of 2-0. 6:17, this is expected to be a big day for stanford junior. the houston astros will take the pitcher with the first pick in the major league draft. he attended high school in danville, but he has roots in houston, his family lived there until he was 12. he could become the third stanford athlete to become a number one pick this spring. the indianapolis colts drafted quarterback andrew luck into the nfl with their first pick. and women's basketball player

nnemkadi ogwumike was the first pick. >> that's the common spelling on that? >> yeah. well, tiger woods wrapping up for the u.s. open at pebble beach. and yes, indeed, tiger, tiger woods, y'all, in ohio on sunday. yeah, look at this shot of the year. are you kidding me? they call that a flop shot from just way out there. woods on the 16th gets it to go. and then, oh, yeah, club in the air, fist pump from tiger. feeling the magic. that is the birdie, tiger's 73rd career win on the pga tour. that ties him with jack nicholas and number two all time, that's right, these guys, talking a little golf. nice work, pal, knocking me out of that thing. tiger now 6-1 favorite to take the u.s. open right here in the bay area. >> talk about blue skies there, not today across the bay area.

our temperatures are turning around just like his game. good for him. it's all good, y'all. yeah, progressively getting more and more cloudy. but you'll simultaneously notice that breeze, old glory blowing in the breeze out there, which is really unusual. we usually get this pattern when there's a storm system coming. let me show you where the storm system has not yet made an impact. and that is over the east bay hills. this is a live look at sunol. still nice and sunny here, but it's a matter of time. we'll show you this picture again in about half an hour from now. dark, thick clouds. that's what i'm forecasting. 6:19, temperatures are pretty close to 60 degrees. you'll probably wake up thinking that it's not going to rain, it's going to be another spring-like day because it's starting out mild. but i can tell you that the rain is coming and i think the greater bay area will get wet which is good news because we'll need that for our air quality. as you can see here, low pressure firmly in control of our pattern for today.

it's going to pass to our north over northern california. we're going to see the tail end of the front slide through. and for us, that's going to bring about showers for the first part of the day. by this evening, clearing out. we stop the clock at 8:00, getting a little bit of activity by the coast. by 10:00, the greater bay area getting wet. and then by 7:00 tonight, nice clear conditions developing. although we will see a little bit of post frontal precipitation as we head through the first part of tomorrow morning. wednesday through friday, temperatures hovering right around 80 degrees, lots of sunshine, and then we warm up just in time for the weekend. let's check your drive, see how that's heating up with mike. >> getting busy down here in the south bay. we had an accident also northbound 101 right around 13th oakland road. should be cleared to the shoulder. i saw slowing, back up into the 50s. same for 87, blips into the 40s and 50s over the last ten minutes. volume increases, but no drama for the south bay.

we do have the issue northbound 1, highway 1 at 35. closed right around the interchange. so likely chp routing you around the area. no word on the alternate, but the chp is getting through the scene of this accident. no major injuries reported, and we hope they clear it soon. a smooth drive for 280 and 101 into the city, though. we've got the sand removal we told you about. and the onramp to 280 and a quick look outside to the golden gate bridge. the low clouds, moisture, and fog, maybe some drizzle right now, back to you. scott mcgrew says the greeks are using a very bad word in public this morning. >> that's right. and i'm going to say it on tv. are you ready? drachma. it's the currency they used before adopting the euro. there's been talks for months about greece returning to the drachma, but only in the news. politicians haven't dared say it. but this weekend, some greek leaders have said it out loud.

greece may return to its old currency. now, why is that a bad thing for them to say out loud? greek banks are in big trouble, one of the reasons they're suffering. if you're a greek citizen and you think there's a chance your country will switch to a nearly worthless currency, the drachma, you go to that suffering bank and take your euros out to keep them safe, which makes the bank's problems all that much worse. which is why they don't talk about it. this is bound to have an effect on the american economy. money craves safety, and what is the safest place for money? even with the downgrade of american debt, people are lining up to lend america money. the yield, the payoff on american bonds are at historic lows. where it's not going, though, is the stock market. as we discussed at the top of the newscast, the dow fell more than 200 points on friday. you have a lot of issues this morning that are going to affect the stock market. we're expecting a lower open. hard to say what will happen there, but china saying its

economy is slowing down. you have the situation in europe, as well. and then that friday unemployment report, as well, could be a tough week. >> yeah. >> back to you. >> thank you very much. >> i like saying the word drachma. i've been called worse. 6:23. coming up, worries about another possible recession impacting the presidential campaign. see the new foc on president obama and mitt romney's economic record next in a live report. and a live look at the aftermath of a garage fire on fairway street in hayward. so far, no official word about the cause, but initial reports downed power lines may have played a role. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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there are new worries about a possible recession in the u.s. and that is raising the political stakes in the presidential campaign. >> good morning. after that jobs report came out on friday, on saturday, the president said don't just blame me, congress has to pass my jobs bill. that included money for teachers and construction workers, two of the areas that the friday reports showed will particularly hard hit. and over the weekend, we saw more back and forth between the obama and the romney campaigns, particularly surrogates for the president taking a closer look at mitt romney's record when he was governor of massachusetts.

47 in job creation, that state was at a rate of 1/5, the rest of the country, also manufacturing jobs in massachusetts under romney were lost at twice the rate of the rest of the country. we have seen a little improvement amid this dismal jobs report. on the other hand, the romney team says that president obama simply has policies that are not working. they admit that he's working very hard to create more jobs. he just doesn't have the right ideas they say about doing it. laura? >> thank you very much. it is 6:27 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," the opening bell just minutes away. and here's a live look at the action down there as they get ready to ring that bell on wall street. we'll keep an eye on the markets for you. scott mcgrew breaking it down. and pablo sandoval could be in some legal trouble. details coming up in a live report. [ alarm beeping, motor revving ]

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he is affectionately called the panda, now the panda is being accused of sexual assault. we're going to hear from san francisco giant pablo sandoval coming up. and commuters in the east bay are lining up this morning to try something new. the first new ferry service to hit the bay area in 20 years. i'm christie smith, i'll tell you where it's going coming up in a live report. and trading is about to start on wall street this morning. we are keeping an eye on those markets throughout the entire morning. plus, grab that umbrella, i've activated the doppler radar showers now moving into the bay area. when they're slated to hit your doorstep. and chp has a couple of accidents for 580 through livermore and more closer to the maze. the latest on that commute as it shapes up. a live look outside from the south bay this morning. she says that doppler is activated. what is in store for this monday, june 4th. this is "today in the bay."

good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 6:30 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. possible legal trouble for san francisco giants player, a woman accusing pablo sandoval of sexual assault. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live at san jose's municipal stadium, the panda recuperating from surgery. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. certainly has been a tough month for pablo sandoval who has you mentioned has been recovering from an injury. he had surgery on his left hand at the beginning of may and as you also mentioned, he's now in the minor leagues playing with the san jose giants. now he is being investigated for sexual assault. now a woman is claiming that sandoval sexually assaulted her friday morning at the beach resort. santa cruz sheriff deputies say the two met thursday night. sandoval voluntarily met with investigators on friday to talk

about a "consensual personal relationship of a sexual nature that took place earlier that day." now, before the cameras, sandoval is keeping it together, seemingly unfazed by these allegations. >> right now i'm happy because i'm playing the game. you know, i'm happy, having fun, like a little kid playing baseball. >> now, as for his team in san francisco, giants manager is more focused on sandoval's process than his personal issues. >> i defer all questions to his attorney, but for us, he's got to get ready. and that's why he's down there playing right now. >> reporter: so to be clear at this point, sandoval has not been arrested or detained as charges have not been filed. now, i have put in a call to the santa cruz sheriff department, i am waiting to hear back. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay."

the man convicted of killing a san francisco father and sons learns his fate today. ramos will be sentenced today for the murders. they were driving through the district in june of 2008 when ramos fired into their car. prosecutors say he mistook the bolognas for rival gang members. he's facing a possible life sentence. vallejo police this morning searching ining for a gunman w killed one man and injured three others at a barbecue. this happened in a park on saturday night. police say a man drove right into the park and opened fire on a group of people. a 57-year-old man was killed, a 17-year-old right now listed in critical condition along with a 67-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man was shot in the arm. he is expected to survive. now the victim's identities at this point have not been released. investigators not sure who the gunman was targeting. 6:33. a new option for bay area commuters this morning. ferry service between east bay

and peninsula launched just a few minutes ago. christie smith live in oakland with a special incentive being offered to riders. good morning. >> good morning to you. yeah, it's kind of hard to see them from where we're standing, but we've got a handful of commuters out here this morning waiting to catch that first ferry ride into south san francisco this morning. telling us they really want to get out from behind the wheel and not have to cross that bay bridge. so they're out of here giving it a try this morning. to sweeten the deal, the first week is free between oakland, alameda and south san francisco. the first new bay area ferry line since 1992 as part of the san francisco bay area ferry system. now the ride is expected to take somewhere between 40 and 50 minutes to and from i just spoke with one man who says he really hopes this works out. >> what will the time difference be between driving and taking a ferry? >> probably save me about 45 minutes. >> on the ferry? >> yeah. yeah. >> that's a big difference. >> yes.

>> so if this works out, would you do it every day? >> well, i'm going to do some dry runs and see how that works out. and if it works out okay, i'll do it every day. >> all right. >> now, on the other end, he'll end up at the $26 million terminal at the oyster point marina working for one of the nine companies that's offering shuttle service on the ere eothd to the job site. and considered the next big step in creating the larger network of ferries with richmond, berkeley, and treasure island likely to be worked on next. and i think our timing is absolutely perfect this morning because that's the ferry right there coming in this morning. so i counted at least a dozen people out here waiting to give it a try. and so they're pretty excited about it. so should be taking off within the next five, ten minutes or so. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> good timing out there. we'll see how the markets are doing so far. trading underway for about five or six minutes now.

taking a live look at the big board this morning. it is up just a tad this morning, not a whole lot to report. but after a really big decline on friday and seeing unemployment numbers dip and talk of recession this morning. so certainly keeping an eye on the markets this morning. >> still very early, but we'll take any positive news right now. >> that's right. 6:36 right now. we check in with christina loren. what is our forecast telling us? i guess we can see what it's telling us. >> rainy. pictures speak louder than words sometimes. and this one is telling you to grab that umbrella. plus, you'll notice old glory here blowing in the breeze. right now is some of the best weather of the day. if you want to take the dog out, probably a good time to do so. starting out at 61 degrees in sunnyvale. overall, uniform conditions courtesy of all of the cloud cover. we're still on the warm side of this front. the cold air moves in as we head through this afternoon. i just wanted to show you the doppler -- yeah, i've gone and done it. i've activated it with our first

showers coming in from half moon bay, and redwood city, about 14 minutes away from shower activity. by noon, that's when you need that umbrella. we're expecting the bulk of the moisture between 10:00 and 3:00. and on your way home from work, we'll start to see the activity clear up. the good news is, we need the rain, we need it for our deficit and our air quality. i'll time that system out to your doorstep. future cast really, really details when the showers will hit your city. so that's coming up next. 6:37 first, we want to check your drive with mike. and we have a good deal of slowing now for the tri-valley folks. if you're driving through livermore and pleasanton, we have a 28-minute drive. the bulk of the slowing just past an earlier accident which is in the center divide now out of lanes, but a distraction at first and spring town. the other over off to the right that is out of lanes, so a slower drive as the volume builds toward that dublin interchange. almost half an hour now for that span. looking over here, lafayette,

highway 24 moving smoothly over toward the caldecott tunnel. past that, there's an accident right around 580 clearing from lanes, a little slowing on the approach. a car fire clears from 16th and the metering lights are on. quick look at the south bay, light volume of traffic. 280/17, but i'll show you otherwise coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. coming up on "today in the bay." the man accused of killing trayvon martin back in jail, but his lawyers are set to make a request today. exactly what they're asking for. and today marks the 70th anniversary of the battle.

welcome back, everybody. how about this? the shuttle "enterprise" going where no simultaneous has gone before. new jersey. yeah, doesn't sound real sexy, but the nation's first shuttle today will do a layover up the hudson river floating there to the intrepid sea, air, and space museum in manhattan. still kind of a cool shot. "the enterprise" was a training orbiter that never made it out into space, but dreamed about it. it'll be hoisted off this barge and on to a flight deck of the uss "intrepid" where it will go on public display starting next month. >> still pretty cool. 6:41. ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of a battle that changed world war ii will be

held today. the fleet commander will fly to midway. on june 4th, 1942, the u.s. launched an attack on four japanese aircraft carriers. the code breakers cracked the code and the battle lasted three days and the u.s. lost 307 men, japanese lost 4,800. >> big-time piece of history there. coming up, 15 minutes of uninterrupted news. a look at the latest news overnight. and if you missed the lunar eclipse overnight, there will be more. we'll have a live report coming up. and big changes possibly coming to facebook. kids could get a lot younger profiles. take aprofiles. lta aook coming u lp. d ♪ my feet are too dry and cracked for sandals. try gold bond foot cream. it has moisturizers that penetrate thick skin. thanks. think gold bond. ♪ this stuff works

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good morning to you. taking a live look at the big board this morning. looks like the averages are up so far this morning, closely keeping an eye on the markets for you up over 12,000 this morning. not leaps and bounds, but certainly better than friday when we saw a big market crash. and of course, the unemployment numbers didn't help, as well. we've got a talk with scott mcgrew coming up. business and tech reporter in moments as we keep an eye on the big board. new this morning, a strong quake, a big one hit in indonesia overnight. office workers say they felt about ten seconds of very intense shaking. the good news is, though, so far no word of any damages or death caused by the 6.1 shaker there. and authorities say there's no threat at this point of a tsunami. we'll continue to monitor this quake and bring you all the updates. george zimmerman's lawyers will ask the judge for a new bond hearing today. the 28-year-old florida man

accused of killing trayvon martin is back in jail after having his bail revoked. the judge in the case accused zimmerman of not being honest about how much money he had access to when that bond was set. zimmerman has a paypal account with more than $135,000 from a website appealing for defense funds. and this morning, laura, there are two pilots dead after their air tanker crashed while fighting wildfires along the nevada/utah line there. so far, no word on the exact cause of the crash. the pilots were fighting a 5,000-acre wildfire in eastern nevada sparked by lightning on friday night. a helicopter pilot who saw the plane go down telling ground controllers, "it does not look good," right before it went down. also sunday afternoon, the crew of another firefighter tanker there had to do a belly landing after it was unable to lower its landing gear. crew members flew that plane for about 90 minutes just to make sure they burned off that fuel

before making an emergency landing. both crew members, well, they were able to walk away from this without a single injury. and this morning, we now know the pilot in a deadly crash in nigeria was american. the commercial airline slammed into a densely populated neighborhood in nigeria's largest city of lagos. this was yesterday and it killed all 153 people onboard. more people died on the ground. engine problems are the suspected cause of this crash. and this crash being listed as the worst air disaster for nigeria in two decades. protesters are back in cairo's tahrir square today. they are calling for new uprisings following the sentencing of former president hosni mubarak. he received a life in prison sentence, and demonstrators think he should be sentenced to death for his involvement of the death of 850 protesters during last year's uprising.

the "today" show is next and meredith vieira is back and more with the queen's diamond jubilee. and a preview of today's star-studded concert. she sat down with david beckham. i wonder if he had his shirt on. he talked about the queen and his role in the london olympics and, yes, yeah. all about the ratings. underwear ads and that kind of stuff. that was an exclusive interview. also, she'll have an interview with celine dion next on the "today" show starting at 7:00. one more gratuitous shot of david beckham. >> good morning to you. rain or shine. >> yeah. if that didn't get you going this morning, make sure you have an extra cup of coffee. we have slick conditions starting to develop across the bay area. starting with san francisco, you can see that here is some moisture on the lens, showers reported, and i've activated the doppler radar.

our coastal communities are getting the first of the wet conditions. 6:48, we've got rain on the way to the bay area. and let's go ahead and start with your temperatures. 59 degrees in san mateo and 59 degrees in san francisco. as we head throughout the day today, not going to see that much of a climb in terms of your temperatures. only about a five-degree jump between now and the heat of the day. right now, showers are coming in, but not much. they're kind of falling apart as they move in. this is kind of a weak front, but certainly going to bring more moisture than we typically see this time of year. area of low pressure's going to ride to our north. the core of low pressure will ride to our north. but we will see a front throughout the first part of the day. we're on the warm side of that front, which is why it's mild out there. cold blast for the second half of the day. and the winds will be whipping around. and we'll have a windchill factor. here it is, find your city on the temperature map, excuse me, on your future cast map. we stop the clock at 9:00 a.m. yeah, starting to get our first

shower. you'll see that pocket of yellow to the north of santa rosa. we are expecting a few embedded thunderstorms within this front. we stop the clock again at 10:00, and you can see here mid-morning hours starting to get more active, showers coming down over the greater bay area. by 7:00 tonight, as you make your way home after a good day of work, we'll get a lot of clearing with post frontal precipitation tomorrow morning. not much, maybe enough to make your highway slick. have no fear, we will be here to guide you on those showers. we're going to climb in temperature, not by much, taking probably a day for our conditions to turn back to the seasonal averages. so 79 degrees by wednesday. that's about average for this time of year inland. we're going to hold on to seasonal averages and a lot of sunshine and good air quality all the way through friday of this week and then temperatures jump just in time for the weekend when you want to get outdoors. 6:50 if you're heading out right now, i bet mike is getting busier with that weather coming in. >> roadways are looking totally busy for monday at this time.

typically see us easing into the monday morning commute. but a few incidents for 24. the accident clearing, but slowing now to the 40s and 50s at the caldecott, at the east shore freeway, causing more congestion past the racetrack and merging off of the bridge. now we're into about 22 minutes, 23 minutes coming off hercules and down toward the bay bridge with the metering lights on. look at this, westbound 580 just jams up coming through livermore, earlier accidents clearing from there, as well. greenville and north flynn. and we're looking at a 29-minute drive. the bulk of slowing into pleasanton and a smooth, slow drive, and south through sunol, that slowdown starts for 680 and the rain comes in a few minutes and continuing through the morning. we're watching for that effect. northbound, most of the areas north of san jose are coke, but 101 and 87 into downtown showing the speeds into the 20s and 30s. getting ready crowded here. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:51, the markets have been open for about 20 minutes or so,

a little over that. i want to check in with scott mcgrew. earlier the numbers were up. >> yeah, and that has changed. good morning, dow industrials have fallen again, although not bad, down about 15 points. kind of a connection of the bay area in both markets this morning. you've got the mlb draft on the nasdaq. and then on the left, on the wall street you have a singer who went to cal. but the dow industrials went downbout 15 points this morning, nasdaq down, as well. well, there goes the neighborhood. the "wall street journal" says facebook may soon start allowing children under 13 to sign up for facebook accounts with their parents' permission. of course, there are already millions of kids on facebook who give a fake age to get an account. one estimate says 36% of those cases the parents actually know their underage child has a facebook account. in many cases, they help them

set up the account. now, before we perfect parents wag our fingers in disapproval. let me point out, that statistics means 64% of the underage kids on facebook have parents who don't know they're on facebook. for some parents, it may become a question of do i allow this and keep an eye on this? or do i say no and the kid is doing it anyways? so big changes coming to facebook. >> thank you very much for that. good news for commuters in the south bay, gas prices starting to fall. two stations right next to each other actually selling gas under $4. yes. the first one, most stop, the second, reporting prices at $3.90 a gallon, that looks great. they're located near the intersection of mckee road and 33rd street. the average price around the bay area has been hovering around $4. 6:53. it's a final boarding call in oakland for united airlines. united ended its service to oakland international airport over the weekend.

the airline has flown into oakland for 75 years. but has seen its passenger rates drop to just 1.4% of airport customers recently. the united spokesperson says the airline will work with customers who had flights already booked out of oakland to either rebook them or provide a refund. meantime, muni reopening its busy line this morning, the route that runs from ocean beach to the caltrains station has been shut down before memorial day weekend. that line carries about 40,000 passengers each and every week. low turnout expected for tomorrow's california primary. and there could be a good reason why. a survey by the public policy institute of california shows that only 17% of voters approve of the job the legislature is doing. 88% think much of the money we give to the state government is being wasted. jerry brown recently announced california's budget deficit had ballooned to $16 billion. of course, stay with nbc bay area for coverage of tuesday's

primary. we'll bring you live reports up to and beyond election day. you can also read more about the candidates and issues on our website, nbcbayarea.com. there's a rally planned, the mayor wants to put a sit/lie ordinance on the november ballot. city council members considering the idea at a meeting next tuesday. tonight, demonstrators gathering at 6:00 at center to protest this plan. the ordinance would apply in berkeley's commercial zones from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. this is certainly a rare treat for stargazers, the space spectacular with a partial lunar eclipse followed by tomorrow's historic transit of venus across the sun. bob redell live with more on some of these celestial sights. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, laura. unfortunately the weather

cooperated for the most part before this came in. you did have to get up a little early. this lunar eclipse was between 2:00 and 5:00 this morning. this is what it looked like in san jose before we drove up to oakland at the space and science center. the lunar eclipse is when the earth cast a shadow on the face of the moon. this was a partial only covering about a third of the moon. not going to happen again until 2014 which might explain why you had 30 to 40 people. including his father and three sons who made the trip down. >> i thought it wasn't going to be worth it and why was i going to come here at all? >> reporter: and now several hours later? >> i think i was wrong. >> dad, this must be a great event. >> absolutely. get a chance to take these guys out and spend part of the evening with them as far as the early morning, wouldn't miss it for the world. >> and tomorrow, we've got one of the rarest astronomical

events around 3:00 in the afternoon to just past sunset. venus will transit in front of the sun. this event will actually cast a shadow on the moon. scientists will use the hubble telescope to observe that shadow to see if they can detect the chemical composition of venus' atmosphere. those are planets that orbit other stars outside of ours. again, you can observe this tomorrow if you have solar glasses, certain types of welders helmets. the last time you can do it until 2117. so in over 100 years from now. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." there may be no such thing as a free lunch. ask warren buffett and that thing they're auctioning on ebay right now. you can have a free ride. new ferry service between the east bay and the peninsula kicking off this morning. christie smith live at the oakland ferry terminal where she says this week, hey, you don't need a ticket. good morning. >> good morning to you. jon, not a picture perfect day to ride a boat.

but i tell you commuters out here are very excited about this morning. the boat this one's heading to san francisco. but there is a new ferry line this morning between the east bay and south san francisco. we just shot video of that first line this morning at oakland's jack london square. there are two east bay stops, the other is in alameda. the ride is expected to take about 40 to 50 minutes to and from the new oyster point marina there along the peninsula. one commuter told me he hopes to shave about 40 minutes off his commute when he normally would drive over the bay bridge. it's the first bay area ferry since 1992. and the next step in creating a network of these ferries. and the good news is at least this first week is free. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> well, you notice christie had the hood on there. warning us about the rain. >> yeah, you know, she started out with clear skies overhead when she started this show. the weather is changing as we

speak and it'll get more active through the next few hours. you can see right now, showers are coming down between half moon bay and looks hike your north bay cities are getting a little bit of activity right at the coast of sonoma and marin county. but you'll see there is more on the way. it all works out, the bulk of the moisture comes in between 10:00 and 3:00 p.m. then by 4:00 p.m., we'll start to lighten up as you get your way home to work -- home from work. that's when we're expecting a little bit of clearing. make sure you bring that umbrella with you and travel cautiously. we have a new accident to report. the san mateo bridge westbound 92, mid span, reports of an accident involving two cars, i don't know about lanes being blocked, but maybe use the dumbarton as an alternate. early slowing from 101 to san mateo and southbound 880 into hayward and union city. we have big slowing down the east shore freeway, the accident just