san jose voters approve pension reform. going to hear from mayor chuck reid in a live interview coming up. >> reporter: he was just here a few weeks ago. today president obama back in the bay area for more california cash. i'm christie smith. i will have a preview of this quick trip coming up. >> or is he back for our bay area weather? we have a beautiful one shaping up for you. we really warm up. your full forecast just moments away. >> live look outside san francisco. again, the sun slowly sneaking up and today starts to break on this wednesday, june 6, "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. weir we jump in this morning with decision 2012. this morning, it looks like the

verdict is in on prop 29. that would slap another dollar tax on cigarettes. >> it certainly will. close one after being ahead in early counts. now falling behind by about 60,000 votes. taking a look at the leaders. marla tellez is live in san jose with an update for us. >> reporter: good morning, laura and jon. it looks luke $65 million spent by big tobacco to see proposition defeated almost paid off. lance armstrong's live strong foundation and the american cancer society. now one of the authors of prop 29, former state lawmakers says it is essentially a user fee. if you don't smoke withdrew pay. it would tack on a dollar tax to a pack of cigarettes, bringing the total tax to $1.87. money generated, we are talking close to $800 million a we are,

would have been used to fund cancer and tobacco related research. our very informal opinion poll out here, we are finding mixed reaction. >> hrts the guys that smoke. i don't see that hurting anything. >> that money used in the state i don't think they should pass it. >> that right there is a big concern for opponents that say that there have s no guarantee where the money would go, the money would be funneled into a new agency and not the general fund. last time voters approved a tobacco tax increase was back in 1998. that added on an extra 50 krens per pack. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> voters deciding the fate of prop 28, state constitutional amendment that would shorten state legislature term limits from 14 to 12 years. a look at the right now. 100% in, that's going to go by.

61% of the voters pushing this one ahead. amendment would only apply to people elected in 2014. and after that, it would be a -- that would be the time spent in the assembly. state senate or combination of both. this year, voter turnout is low with less than 40% of registered voters casting their ballot. >> we knew a lot of people wouldn't come out but the primary is significant in many ways. especially because most of our congressional districts have now shifted. the new district, for example, is now on the coast. it stretches 286 miles from the oregon boarder to golden gate bridge. district 2. it is known as one of the most liberal corridors in the bay area. and the leadership is about to change. because congresswoman lynn woozy is retiring. jared huffman is taking that one with 37% of the votes. daniel rob certain right behind him. top two will be moving ahead to

go head-to-head in november. the ninth district, it includes all of stockton and parts of eastern could traffic -- contra costa county, clungant yok, oakley, brent wood. that means the ninth district got more conservative and happened almost overnight. that's a treat for democratic congressman mcnerney along with ramsey gill. top two vote getters and squaring off come november for the seat in the house of representatives. as important the 15th congressional district, alameda county, most of the old ninth district and part of former -- former tenth district, running as the incumbent elected in 1973 but had is being challenged by democrat eric swalwell. now to a race deciding retirement benefit for government workers. measure b.

voters overwhelmingly approved it. b bob redell joins us with the latest. expecting to hear from mayor chuck reid. >> reporter: yes. we are outside his house in san jose. good morning to you. and the mauer argued that measure b needs to be passed and cut down on the budget deficit in the city to give you perspective about ten years ago the city paid roughly $73 million towards retirement benefits. close to $245 million with the passage of this measure. you can now, of course, cut benefits for future hires and even affect current employees and retirees. chuck reid here, what's next? you got what you wanted. what happens now? >> a lot of implementation steps that have to be done. beginning on tuesday the council will consider the ordinance to modify retirement benefits for new employees to be hired starting july 1. we have to work with the department of treasury to get our employee choice plan approved and through that process, and then there's

ordinances to be adopted. it will take us a year to get this implemented. stay money in the first year of implementation and that's important thing. >> when do you think the city would be end considerably in the black? another year? down the line after that? >> first year of this implementation will save about $25 million and go up every year for probably 40, 50 years. because as new employees come in, their benefits are less expensive than current employees. we are implementing and pieces of it will go in effect immediately and then the employees requirements will change about a year from now. >> reporter: not all employees and unions are happy with this. the police union said they will file. are you worried about an injunction stopping you? >> a lot of the employees are happy about this. they understand the -- employees are going to lose out if we can't fund their benefits. we will make sure we can pay the benefits people earned. we are on strong legal ground.

we used outside counsel. yes, there will be litigation. it is california. nothing important happens without litigation in california. we are prepared for that. we will go through that process. as we implement. >> mayor chuck reed. measure b passing yesterday with 70% of the vote here in the city of san jose. reporting live in san jose, bob redell. our election coverage continues. on the bottom of your screen. that's where you will see the very latest results. you can also get them on nbcbayarea.com. sticking with politics this morning. president obama scheduled to arrive at sfo. upon arrival taken over to a couple of big money events. christie smith is live out there. more on his quick little trip back, cash to the bay area. good morning. >> good morning to you. yeah. this really is a quick trip to the bay area. after he lands here at sfo, he's only expected to be here four

hours in that time, though, go to downtown san francisco where he will attend two fund-raisers and that is eggs expected to  grab about $1.5 million for his re-election campaign. second trip to the bay area in less than two weeks. looking for california cash with this trip. big stop will be at the julia morgan ballroom at california and montgomery street for a luncheon. tickets going for about $5,000 all way up to $50,000 on the high end. then to the landmark on market street. some demonstrators are expected out here today. as well as names you will know like according to the chronicle, willie mays, governor jerry brown, san francisco mayor ed lee, from here it is off to los angeles for an lgbt event there. reporting live a at sfo, christie smith. >> a look at the forecast, in store for good things today. >> yeah. the president getting chamber of

commerce weather here in the bay area. it is beautiful conditions for the president. temperatures on track with our seasonal averages go figure. after all the swings we have over the past couple of weeks, finally getting a day with temperatures in the upper 70s which is what year used to this time of year. 50s to start. cold enough for a jacket. and bit of a windchill factor with building breeze throughout the day today. gusts 35 miles per hour. gusts from time to time right at the coast. then as we head throughout the remainder of the week we are going to warm you up a little bit even more so towards this weekend and next week. ing heat wave in the bay area. temperatures coming well above averages as of this sunday. 72 degrees a in an for today. inland, 77 degrees. another warm day for you inland. meanwhile, mild conditions return. you are going from cool to mild from the bay to the coast and 70 degrees at 4:00 p.m. bayside. 64 in your coastal cities today. and we will keep warming up for tomorrow. stay tuned for the seven-day outlook. we gave mike the day off. good day to give him the day

off. just one incident to report in north bay. vehicle fire. travel cautiously through there. overall, your local highways and biways are moving right up the sea. tool plaza. you can see here the metering lights are on. the overall volume is still running light for this morning. we will let you know when that changes. as things happen, 6:10. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:10. fight over same-sex marriage will head to the supreme court. san francisco's 9th circuit court of appeals refuses to reconsidering a ruling that struck down prop 8. the high court is expected to december wlid to take the case this fall. a decision could then be handed down by next summer. police are shoot a man at a south san francisco gas station sending him to the hospital with

life threatening injuries. this happened around 9:00 last night in parking lot of the arco gas station on westboro boulevard. investigators say the officer felt threatened and fired a single shot. police say the suspect did have a gun but he did not fire it. >> a man recovering after he was shot by a sheriff's deputy. he was wounded as he drove towards the deputy yesterday afternoon in castro valley. deputies were there attempting to arrest the machine in connection with an attempted murder last month. that suspect was tracked down with the help of a police dog and this morning he remains hospitalized, treated for gunshot wounds and treated for dog bites. >> 6:11 now. find out who else will weigh in on the fate of the former football coach. space shuttle "enterprise" making its trip to its brand-new home today. we will tell you what it has to go threw to finally get there.

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welcome back. it is a beautiful day in the bay. south bay, san jose getting day started with the sun and crackling over the city. christina lore wren is talking about a nice weekend shaping ahead. 6:14 had. >> new this morning, taliban is claiming responsibility for a series of deadly suicide bombings this morning. at least 22 people have been killed. 50 others injured. near kandahar. no troops were injured by the blast. witnesses say several men on motorcycles and on foot

detonated their explosives. pretrial hearing will be held today for a u.s. army private bradley manning. he is the intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of classified documents to wikileaks. manning is suspected of leaking video of a 2007 helicopter attack that killed several iraqi civilians. jury selection could wrap up in the trial of penn state football coach sandusky today. nine out of the 12 main members of the jury are already seated and include a penn state senior, retired professor, and a woman who has been a football season ticket holder for three decades. very close-knit football fan friendly type of community out there. three more jurors and four alternates could be picked sometime today. sandusky fight 5g 2 criminal charges for alleged abuse of ten boys over 15 years. testimony could start on monday. 6:15. it may not have gotten into space but will have quite the tour down the hudson. we are talking about the shuttle

"enterprise." being floated by barge from jersey city to et cetera new home at the intrepid air, sea and space museum in lower manhattan. a cool sight to see. during the trip, it will actually pass the statue of liberty and world trade center. the crane is wait to lift that shuttle on intrepid's deck. enterprise never flew in space but used for training astronauts. >> that's quite the travel trip there. well, the giants taking on the padres again today. that game starts at 3:35. if there has been a theme, it has been one bad inning for lincecum. that happened last night. he gave up four runs in the second. the giants, however, would come back and take the lead. knocking out 13 hits in the game. but not enough to get it done. padres take this, a walkoff home run. that is the ball game. giants lose, 6-5. >> today battle of the bay moves from the grid line to the

basketball court. john madden, form are 49ers, mario. head-to-head at that charity tournament they love to throw bocce in livermore. members of the raiders team will be playing. the event has been held for the past 14 years. it benefits several local charities including the special olympics of northern california. >> very cool. not quite as hard hitting as football. need something do this weekend? how about something for free? you can visit a national park. yosemite and other national parks not charging a single dime for admission this saturday. this is all part of the national get outdoors day created five years ago to encourage more americans to go out and take it all in and experience nature. the deal is not just for california. it holds true at all national parks, memorials and monuments nationwide. positive there is our buddy, the squirrel. >> you remember what smokey the bear said?

yeah. if you are going to be celebrating, partaking, in national park weekend, make sure that you are watching your campground fire and if you are having to barbecue this weekend as well, getting into that time of year, fire season started in the bay area. 6:18 now taking a live look. this is high atop san bruno taking a look over the bay. we have a really good looking day shaping up. lot of sunshine coming in early. that cool air from yesterday will mix out and hit our average high for this time of year before the day is done. that's a great way to start a wednesday out. we are getting closer to that weekend now. and if you did want to hit a national park, you may want go ahead and consider that the higher elevations and the beaches are going to get the best weather this weekend as we will be close to 90 degrees in the warmest cities across the bay as of this sunday, this morning, it is nice and crisp out there. nice and cool. and temperatures are going to climb by noon into the 60s and 70s. running ten degrees warmer than we did yesterday. westerly wind at 9 miles per hour in fairfield. now at ten miles per hour novato. we are going to continuely see the winds pick up as we head

throughout the day today. it will be on the breezy side because we have clockwise flow around high pressure. working again to anti-clockwise. counterclockwise flow of low pressure which will pass to the north today. would are really going to work against each other and right between them. smack dab in the middle, winds pumping through the bay area as a result. windy at times today. tomorrow we will lose the wind. temperatures will increase. 77 for today in san jose. 70 in redwood city. not too shabby in san rafael. 74 degrees. warmup, 80 by tomorrow. on friday, we will get another area of low pressure and pass to our north. usher in a stronger onshore flow. waking up with plenty of clouds and as of friday morning, and cooler day overall as a result. and then the warmup really kicks into high gear. 82 degrees saturday. 88 by sunday. this is metropolitan, san jose and livermore. warmer bay area cities will be in the 90s object sunday. then we will see 90s right here in san jose by monday. remains toasty every day next

week with a very slight chance of some showers by next weekend. switching gears now. let's get to you work on time. you have to work for 2 weekend. you know if i'm only talking about one us incident up here that's light volume this morning. we have a car fire reportedly police on the scene. station road. you approach alexander valley road. so take it easy through there this morning. otherwise take it live to the tool bay plz where metering lights are on. plenty of company. grab your shades. see the sun coming in strong this morning. i can tell you i have been monitoring all morning, we are very, very light for a wednesday. taking it live to the golden gate bridge. mice and smooth in both directions. just like we like it. we will keep you updated. 6:20, back to you. >> thank you very much. the nasdaq marketplace is expected to -- what it is going to make up for the botched idea. scott mcgrew says facebook has two big problems with the software. >> it did. only one of which is the nasdaq's fault. the sinking stock price, all

facebook. remember back in the first few hours of trading of facebook, problems were nasdaq. that may morning you will recall the opening here went fine. the actual trading of nasdaq shares was delayed for hours. many people that put in buy orders didn't get their shares. so they canceled their orders but didn't even get confirmation of the canceling. this morning, the nasdaq is going to make good on those problems. probably paying out money. it is not clear to whom and how much. if your buy order for facebook says 40 bucks a share didn't go lou you are probably not all that upset. thanks to the nasdaq's technical problems you didn't buy into the worst ipo in history. facebook shares closing at another all-time low on tuesday. facebook has slid more than 30% in the last 2 1/2 weeks. at some point investors will want to hear something from the ceo. if this happened at yeah heahoo

there would be heck to pay with investors. if we can put on our propeller beanie for a minute, get zbeeky, today the internet totally changes. the company called internet protocol 6, facebook, yahoo, others will make the switch. you don't have to do anything. but at issue is the number of p ips available. everything gets a number. we are running out of newspapers. the new system has this many numbers available. i cut and paste that into our system. i'm not going to read it to you. there you go. we got all kinds of new numbers. things are going to be fine. >> thanks for clearing that up. wow. ba-zillioabout a ziba-zillion ba-zillion. wisconsin boasts to keep its current governor. one woman a slap in the face, literal. we will have a live report coming up on how that race is painfully shaping up. here you go little man.

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this is a beautiful live look outside. pretty clear across the bay area this morning. making for a spectacular sunrise and a nice way to start our wednesday morning. 6:25. >> right now we start with decision 2012 in wisconsin. republican governor scott walker

will keep his job. he beat milwaukee democrat mayor in a recall election. tracie potts is live right now to tell us what's next for this politically divided state. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. at this point this politically divided state decided they p want to hold on to their republican governor. this all stands from him rolling back union rights, collective bargaining rights for state workers. a 5 2% who came out yesterday said that they think walker handled that correctly. trying to save money in terms of what the state is putting out for help and pensions and other benefits and so now he moves on as governor of that state and as -- after beating milwaukee mayor tom barrett. speaking of that, last night at a concession speech, barrett was slapped by one of his own supporters. the supporter said i want to

slap you for concedeing to soon. he said i wish you would hug me instead. the woman decided to slap him instead. quite a picture there as wisconsin moves on after the recall. >> thank you very much for the update. still to come, looks like a new tax will not be added to cigarettes in california. we are going to look at the results a proposition 29 vote coming up in a live report. also, president obama leaving for the bay area in just a few minutes from right now. we will let you know about his touchdown and visit and why it will be a short one.

new this morning. the tobacco tax was certain to be a big winner in california but this morning, the future proposition 29 is not looking good. good morning. i'm marla tellez. a look at the results coming up. >> also president obama returning right here to the bay area today. less than would weeks after his last visit. find out why this will be a very short stay coming up. we will be treating the president and you the to some

gorgeous bay area weather this wednesday afternoon. temperatures climbing from the 50s into the upper 70s inland and then a heat wave. your full forecast is moments away. >> it is a beautiful start across the bay area this morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday, june 6. this is "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning, everybody. happy to see you. the time is 6:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin this morning with decision 2012. ballots are still being counted for proposition 29. after being ahead in the early count it is now slightly falling behind. taking a look at the leaderboard this morning with 100% of precincts in, 5 5 1-49%. it has been a close one. closely watched as well. marla tellez has an update on the cigarette measure so many have been talking about. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. tip it is looking like big tobacco prevails on this one. so-called tobacco tax, proposition 29. no doubt about it. would have hurt smokers' cash flow. would have added a dollar tax on every pack. single pack costs $6 or more. tax money would have been used to fund cancer and tobacco related research. people we polled out here this morning are split on this issue. >> i wish it was going to pass so we would have more research done on cancer. >> i don't know how much is actually going to go towards the research. how am i going to know? is there ni proof to say this is how much? this is where it is going to? i mean, i would have voted yes but i don't know. >> reporter: one of the biggest worries about proposition 29 is just had a. who would oversee the generated monday grip opponents saying it would only create an

unaccountable bureaucracy. now the last time voters shot down a similar proposition was in wicks. ing in fact, it has been almost 15 years since voters approved a tobacco tax increase. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> statewide voters decide prop 29. without it shorten legislature terms in the limit from 14 to 12 years. the amendment would only apply to people elected in 2014 as we take a look at this. that's going to pass with 61% of the voters turning out saying yes to that one. time spent in the assembly, state senate, or a combination of both. our election coverage continuing the bottom your screen here. that's where you will see all of the latest results. we will -- keep your eyes when you can there you will get the results on nbcbayarea.com. president obama is coming to the bay area for just a few hours today. he's coming and -- from andrews

air force base in just a few minutes. president coming in for a fund-raiser. he's staying four hours before he has gathering the money and heading south to los angeles. more on that coming up in a live report at 6:55 this morning. >> in other news more victims coming forward this morning. claiming they, too, were sexually assaulted by a physician's assistant. san jose police say ali sexually assaulted patients at a weight loss center. five struck times have come forward since he was arrested. occupy protesters running up a huge bill in oakland. city budgeting $750,000 to outsource dozens of occupy related internal affairs investigations. oakland is under court order to complete those investigations quickly. leaders are saying time is running out. current cases as well as future ones will go to law firms and private investigators to try to get that done within six months.

this one is a food truck lover's dream come true. they are calling this food truck park. it is opening up at -- wares in san francisco today. former u-haul parking lot on 11th and harrison, south of market neighborhoods. it is now home to a bunch of food that's out there. unlike the traditional roadside experience, the food park has tables, restrooms, they even have wi-fi hooked up out there. that truck will rotate on a daily basis with lunch and dinner served seven days a week. >> that's going to be a good day for eating outdoors. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. >> are you buying? >> you got it. >> if you are i'm coming along. >> all right. sounds good to me. 50 degrees. 50 in san mateo. 47 in sunnyvale to start out. nice and crisp out there this morning. beautiful sunrise over the bay area. it is clear as a bell basically. little bit of coastal fog starting to develop. we have winds preventing that fog from getting dense and

settling in over the bay. head throughout the afternoon winds will pick up. 35 miles per hour plus gusts at the coast as we head throughout this afternoon and major heat, the 90s potentially the triple digits back in the bay area important the second half of your weekend. and into the start of next week. we will take you through that forecast and for today works out like this. 72 at noon inland. 77 degrees as you make your way home from work, oh, so much closer to that weekend. wednesday you start thinking bit. we will let you know which beach cities will be the best if you want to take your family out to the beach. coming up in the next report, the 7-day outlook is ready to go. first, we do want to talk about your traffic. we gave mike the i did off. hard working man. he deserves it. little bit of congestion stacking up on 87 heading northbound. no accidents to report across the greater bay area. i want to widen out and show you all the green the maps today. we have a really good looking drive. it has been relatively uneventful and only other area where significant congestion is stacking up at the bay bridge toll plaza and that's due in

part to the metering lights being turned on. overall i can tell you it is summerlike this wednesday morning. we will let you know when that changes because you know it will. >> that's why we count on you. thank you. 6:36. coming up on "today in the bay," not happy about being charged with a dui. coming up find out how she is taking her fight straight to the top. >> we will take you straight outside for a live look outside san jose. nice weather forecast ahead for us. great one for the weekend as well. >> logon to facebook. lot of people do. you can also find us there [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan

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live look at air force one. andrew air force base this morning where the president is taking off shortly. he is headed to the bay area. for a very shortstop. campaign fund-raiser before heading on to los angeles. more on a live report coming up. 6:39. >> right now time to jump in the wave pack machine. it could be a very happy day for ralph and maybe joannie. judge clearing the way for the stars of "happy days" to sue for $10 million in tv royalties p from that show. suing cbs for the record, fonz and richie, they are just happy they have enough money and not

part of the suit. >> this is interesting as well. actress amanda vine now charged with a dui and in that charge following the april arrest. police pulled her over at 3:00 a.m. after sideswiping a police car in her bmw. now she is taking her case straight to the top. she sent to a tweet to the twitter account. hey, barack obama, i don't drink, please fire the cops that arrested me. i also don't hit-and-run. the end. the president has not yet respond. >> not too shock being that. amanda trying to get the big guy to help out. 6:40. coming up, six minutes of uninterrupted news. >> some of them are really close out there. >> the country of greece so min

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killed. 50 others injured near the city of kandahar. it happened outside of a coalition air base. no troops were injured. prerile hearing held today for u.s. army private bradley manning. he's the intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of classified documents to wikileaks. among other secrets manning is suspected of leaking information on a group arrived that included civilians. jury selection resuming in the trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. lawyers have already agreed to seat nine people on that jury. they include a penn state senior, retired professor, a woman who has been a football season ticket holder for three decades. three more jurors and four alter nature could be picked today. sandusky now fighting 52 criminal charges for alleged abuse of ten boys over is a

years. have you seen this yet? quite a sight on the hud sovr river. the shuttle "enterprise" being floated by a barge from jersey city to the new home of the intrep intrepid. during the trip ongoing to -- looking more picturesque as it passes the statue of liberty and world trade center site. a crane is waiting to lift that shuttle on to the intrepid's deck. enterprise never flew in space but used for training shuttle astronaut. >> still deserving of the here's welcome. the "today" show is next. ann curry is here with a look at what's coming up this morning. >> good morning. onlying up here on a wednesday on "today, tts" the republican governor of wisconsin first ever to survive a recall election. outcome that could say a lot about november's presidential race. we will get into that. also ahead, sunday's miss usa competition was rigged. we are going to tell you what

she is and the pageant officials are say being the controversy. so-called 650-pound virgin who lost more than 400 pounds three years ago has now gained back most of that weight. he will tell us what happened in an exclusive and emotional interview. and two-time oscar winner jane fonda will be in our house. we are excited to see her, talking about her new movie. those stories and big celebrity news when we get started here a wednesday here on "today." >> thank you very much. wildfire in hawaii forcing evacuations on the island. more than a thousand acres have already burn order the western side of oahu. flames came within feet of homes but fire head medical the opposite direction. hawaii's largest wildfire so far this year. 6:46 now. fires out there in hawaii, temperatures rising here. >> last monday we officially started fire season in the bay area. we reported earlier, nationals campground weekend. you can hit the national parks

for free. if you will be doing so up want to monitor your campfire. i know you want to roast those marshmallows. as you do so make sure you are monitoring the situation. we all want to do our part, abnormally dry winter. and spring across the bay area. 47 degrees in sunnyvale. nice, crisp start in san francisco. meanwhile we have the 40s on the temperature map in your cities. winds out of the west at nun miles per hour in fairfield. winds will continue to pick up as we head throughout the morning and in particularly towards this afternoon, late afternoon and evening hours. tight pressure gradient clockwise flow around high pressure, working against that counter did clockwise flow, area of low pressure crossing to the north. as we see those winds pick up this afternoon, may want to tie down your loose objects to the east bay hills, higher elevations. you could get caught by a pretty gusty wind. could take down your barbecue this afternoon. we are expecting those winds to pump 35 miles per hour plus. 77 degree missan jose. 77 for livermore. 80 degrees in fairfield.

warmer weather days away. 80 degrees by tomorrow. friday we will get another area of low pressure riding to our north. temperatures leveling off. then the climb is on. saturday, sunday, monday, up to 90 degrees. it is going to be a hot start to next week. but with that said, we still have a very slight chance of showers as we head into the upcoming weekend. that's the good news. back to our air quality and keep you posted on that. let's keep you posted on your drive this morning. let's take it live and show you the wide view. you can see here the maze. as a very good view of that, take it live to 880 in oakland. traffic is rather light in both directions. you check the time, 6:48. looking summertime light already. more kids getting out for summer. as we head through this friday. take it to the golden gate bridge even leitner both directions. no problems here getting into the city this morning. we will keep you updated throughout the "today" show. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. good news yesterday on wall

street. markets ending on an upswing. scott mcgrew. >> good morning. looks good today as well. nasdaq is up 33. facebook is doing fairly well. as we look at the opening bell this morning. looks like fairly good day. got hawaiian airlines opening the nasdaq this morning. meanwhile, in europe, greece, which is constantly on the cusp of running out of money, says this time it is seriously out of money. it may have to issue ious on sal crease and pensions. now this idea horrifies europeans particularly the germans but california's -- actually has h to do that twice before. housekeeping note. yesterday at this time i said google local show off you this math technology and happened this morning. reason behind the error for a while yesterday i thought it was wednesday. i read my calendar. >> wishful thinking. but honest.

. >> you better be here the next two days. bay area leaders are asking banks to give their mortgage customers a break. mayor chuck reed will send a letter asking the nation's five largest banks to temporarily halt foreclosures. the hold would apply only to those homeowners covered by a $25 billion robo signing settlement. banks are required to provide some form of mortgage relief. the mayor is asking banks to hold off until avocetlement takes folk july 1. another california city right now very close to that brink of bankruptcy. giving the city manager power to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection there by the end of the month if officials fail to strike a deal with the city's creditors, the city is already depleting its general fund. default order bank bonds and cut essential services. now, filed for bankruptcy, the nation's largest city to do it. >> devastating morning for

students of st. francis high school in mountain view after learning their classmate was killed in a brutal double murder in oregon. 16-year-old nicholas and his grandmother were found shot to death in the driveway of that your home monday might. he was up in oregon for a weeklong visit. officers say adrian wallace admitted to shooting his mother and nephew with a hunting rifle. the neighbor says he watched in horror as it all happened. >> i went over to the window, i saw the guy turn, pointed down and turned and started shooting into her car. >> adrian wallace faces aggravated murder charges. so far police have not released a motive. the family says that it is devastated by the senseless lost. telling us nick was the light of our lives. a young man of strong faith and

loved his family. >> heart wrenching news there. police shot at a south san francisco gas station, shot an man, sending him to the hospital with lightthreatening injuries. it happened around 9:00 as might. the officer felt threatened and then fired a single shot. police say the suspect did have a gun at the time but did not return fire. meantime, a man wanted for attempted murder is in the hospital and soon he will be behind bars. alameda county sheriff's deputies shot the man near a cass traffic valley home tuesday. after that man allegedly trade to run a deputy over with his car. suspect typhoonly ran away before a police dog tracked him down. the suspect currently being treated for a gunshot wound and with dog bites. no word on his condition. robbery suspect who did not pull the truger will face actual

murder charges for the death of his alleged accomplice. three men tried to rob the golden treasure store. it was juliry store in san ramon. this week prosecutors charged a second suspect with murder. using a law that holds an accomplice responsible important the death of a crime partner. the store owner will not face any charges. the fight over a marriage equality now heading to the supreme court. this coming up a san francisco's ninth circuit court of appeals voted against concerning a ruling that struck down prop 8. a three-judge panel returned the voter approved measure which defines marriage between a man and a woman. the high court is expected to review this case come this fall. a decision could be handed down as early as next summer. >> decision 2012 statewide voters deciding the fate of proposition 28. the state constitutional amend would actually shorten state legislature's term limits from

14 to 12 years. taking a look at it now with 100% of precincts reporting, 61% in favor of it versus a low number of 39%. now the amendment would only apply to people elected in 2014 and after. actually applied -- in the assembly, state senate or a combination of both. >> tiest race is still very much up in the air. prop 29 now behind by tens of thousands of votes in the latest count. marla tellez has an update on the cigarette tax measure going back and forth. marla, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking a different republicans of some 63,000 votes and just a couple of months ago statewide poll suggested that proposition 29 would pass with a two-thirds approval. now it has fallen behind as looking more and more like the $65 million that big tobacco spent to defeat it is paying off. that's compared to the almost $20 million raised by supporters. biggest proponent is the

american cancer society which donated $5 million. prop 29 would tack on a dollar tax to a pack of cigarettes bringing the total pack to $1.87. that money would have benefited cancer and tobacco related research. one of the authors of prop 29, former state lawmaker says it is essentially a user fee. if you don't smoke, you don't pay. opponents say that there is no accountability and no guarantee. that money would be used properly. last time voters approved a tobacco tax increase was back in 1998. that added 50 cents per pack. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." overwhelming victory for pension reform in san jose measured -- measure backed by the mayor. bob redell live this morning with reaction to those results. good morning, bob. >> reporter: the reaction from the union representing san jose fire and police is this. 11:00 this morning, we just got word they are going to have a

news conference to announce, they are filing a lawsuit against the city to stop the implementation of measure b. measure b being mayor chuck reed's pension reform. the measure that allows them to cut benefits no p only for new hires, future hires, current employees and retirees. outside the mayor's house in san jose where he told us this morning he's confident that measure b will stick. >> many of our employees are happy about this. at least they are supportive because they understand that it is the -- employees are going to lose out if we can't fund their benefits. we are going to make sure we can pay the benefits peopleerned. we are in very strong people ground and used outside counsel to craft this within the constitution and power as a charter city. there will be litigation. this is california. nothing important happens without litigation in california. we are prepared for that. and we will go through that process and as we implement it. >> reporter: the mayor said as the implementing pension cuts will save $25 million to first year of implementation allowing

the city of san jose to hire back more police and firefighters. as well as extend the hours of libraries and community centers. roaring live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." president obama getting set to touchdown in california. also a win mother the primary but looking for more money to beat mitt romney come november. christie smith is live at sfo where air force one is set to arrive just before noon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president obama is already up this morning and headed to the west coast. but this is going to be a quick trip. only four hours here in san francisco. we do have new video this morning of the president. he board air force one at andrews air force base. leaving to sfo. mr. obama will attend two soldout fund-raisers for his re-election campaign. he was just here, you will recall in the bay area only two weeks ago. also for fund-raisers. today the big event luncheon at

the julia morgan ballroom, that one starts at about $5,000. then to the landmark. both in the financial district. just this quick trip alone is expected to raise about $1.5 million. he will spend the day in san francisco before heading down to los angeles for an lgbt event there. reporting live at sfo, christie smith, "today in the bay." pg&e is in damage control once again. nbc bay area obtain ad letter except this week to the california utility commission. director bill gibson tells of 180 areas where corrosion protection levels are inadequate. some remained that way important many years. pg&e will implement a remedy plan for each pipeline damaged by corrosion within 60 days. the transmission line that ruptured in san bruno in 2010 is

among the pipelines where the corrosion vulnerability -- vulnerabili vulnerabilities. >> very nice. 6:58. i was trying to make you feel better. christina lore wrn. >> temperatures are looking good for today. grab that sweater on the way out the front door. you will be peeling it off by noon. 72 degrees. 77 in the warmth of the day. mike will be back tomorrow. good news is we are kicking off rush hour, guys, accident-free across the bay area. back to you. >> sounds good. >> good luck charm for the traffic. >> yeah. no kidding. it has been pretty smooth. >> very smooth. >> watch out, mike. thanks for joining us this morning. we are going to be back at 7:25 with a local news update. >> every half hour after that. we will be back checking the late polls we are trying to figure out. >> thanks for joining us this morning. have a lovely day. it is going to be gorgeous across the bay area. >> enjoy and we will see you tomorrow.