the olympians when they walk into the stadium they are so excited for the opening ceremony to come. when we talk about the olympics, especially in london, we're eight hours ahead and that affects a lot of people including the working moms so to speak. we'll show you pictures of kerri walsh, went to high school in san jose. the mother of two. most olympians are, well, if they are married they usually don't have kids. there are a chunk of olympians that are working moms. they work at their sport and take care of their kids. kerri walsh, has an interesting dilemma. most of the beach volley ball competitions are late at night and she has two young boys and her husband coming to town today well past their bedtime. >> i can't wait. we play almost at midnight every night so that's going to be interesting to juggle when i go to see them, if they make it to the matches. as long as they are safe and sound, i'm a happy girl and i'm planning on kicking butt and going and get some love and

living it all. i'm excited. >> reporter: amazing we've been following kerri walsh around the world for several years, a gold in athens and beijing. we'll see what happens here with her partner misty may-treanor. we talk about someone else, the familiar face, talking about prince william. earlier today here in london prince william taking on the soccer pitch. he went out and played some football, or soccer if you will, along with some of the kids in southeast london. it's interesting because the entire royal family, especially prince william, prince harry and kate middleton now, taking a big role in these olympics. there has been a deliberate attempt to publicize the royal family in the last 18 months. of course the queen's jubilee happened a couple months ago. now with the olympics two high profile events for the city of london. so that's just the beginning of a long road ahead for us.

three weeks, it should be a lot of fun and a lot more to come. guys, back to you from afternoon london to morning in the bay area. >> 1:00 in the afternoon. okay, raj. we'll talk to you in a bit. thanks so much. >> the opening ceremony the tomorrow but the men's soccer competition gets under way today. we'll tell hue is favored to win and why team usa does not even have a shot at a medal. >> closer to home, new details, the tragic movie theater shooting rampage in colorado. today we're learning more about a suspicious package that the suspect apparently sent to the university he attended. federal agents say the accused shooter james holmes tipped them off to the package sent to a professor at the medical campus in aurora. sources tell nbc news it contain add notebook that reportedly detailed holmes' plan for the rampage and contained stick figure drawings of the massacre.

neighbors of the accused shooter are now allowed to return home. the apartment complex was evacuated last friday after investigators had discovered that holmes' apartment was rigged with explosives. specialists spent several days dismantling the devices. >> gun control is becoming a hot button issue following the colorado shooting. last night president obama told a crowd in new orleans he would embrace more restrictions on the sale of weapons and he is promising to work with congress to pass new laws. while in london republican candidate mitt romney says changing gun laws will not prevent another tragedy. investigators say aurora shooting suspect james holmes broke no laws and passed background checks when he purchased weapons. >> a police radio glitch nearly compromised a safety plan for president obama's visit. the officers association tells the chronicle a major portion of the city's police radio system failed minutes after the

president left town monday. it left about 100 officers unable to communicate as protesters roamed telegraph avenue. the system has had plenty of breakdowns and is prone to dead zones. the council has the opposite of joining a shared radio network with alameda county and contra costa county but the administrator says she needs to know more about the costs and benefits. >> a frightening rash of robberies at a san leandro atm have the police asking for help. three holdups at the same bank branch have investigators alarmed. stephanie is live with more on this trend. good morning. >> good morning to you. this is happening at the wells fargo branch off of merced street. the recent of the three holdups was tuesday night at around 8:00 when a 25-year-old woman was at the atm, a man went up behind

her with a gun, pointed it at her and demanded cash. before that was sunday night around 7:00, two men and a woman standing in line here, but actually there was a man who was second in line, one of the suspects pulled out handgun, demanded cash, the three victims gave him $200 each. the suspect was accompanied by another man who ran off. a week earlier at the same time, same thing happened. two men at gunpoint robbing another man and running away with his wallet. >> scum bags. you know. what else. not going to stop. they are going to do what they are going to do. >> very quiet, nothing happen so i don't know about the incident of the bank but here it's nothing so i don't know. going to be nervous about that. >> reporter: maria rodriguez there works nights at the denny's a few hundred feet from the wells fargo atm.

the manager warning of recent car break-ins in the parking lot. descriptions match in the first two robberies, two black men in the early 20s. here live you see the surveillance camera at the wells fargo atm. police are looking at the footage from here and the denny's restaurant hoping that will help them catch these guys. police saying be careful and try to go out to the atms with not just yourself but a friend. live in san leandro, "today in the bay." >> the metropolitan transportation commission narrow lee defeated a proposal. the board says it cannot afford the $4 million cost. some of that money would have funded similar programs in the peninsula and the south bay. more than 30 low income student who is attended the meeting chanted shame on you at the

commission. >> good morning to you. 5:07. if you liked yesterday's conditions outside, i think you'll like today. meteorologist christina loren, how's it going? >> good morning to you ladies. lucky guy, mike inouye this morning. good morning to you. good looking forecast today. a little bit of cloud cover, a little more than you might like over the bay. and over the coastline. but that means for us inland we're going to see comfortable conditions. the cool pacific air all the way through the extreme east bay through the delta, the delta breeze in the sacramento valley. we're in the upper 50s in san jose, mid-50s along the peninsula and up in san francisco right now it's brisk, great conditions for any sort of jogging. not too foggy yet. the next couple of hours we expect the marine layer to deepen and push inland. about 2,500 feet. drizzle possible at the coast. slight cooling.

yesterday didn't even reach san jose. i think that will move all the way through the delta this morning so it's going to take longer to burn off. 77 at noon inland, 82 by 4:00 p.m., bayside, 74 degrees, beautiful day in oakland again. 63 degrees at the coast. you'll get better beach weather this weekend. first, here's that lucky devil, hey, mikey. >> ladies and mike. hopefully scott will join me, guys, we need to even the score. we're looking at the construction evening out the pavement. they are clearing the road. the exclamation points, crews clearing between 23rd and downtown and also we're looking here at 24 on the right. that's a crew. they clear these indicators you see the sensors slow. hold that thought while i check an accident reported for the area north of the bay bridge. away from the bridge, potential accident, a mattress in the roadway blocking some lanes so

crews are heading out. there may be a traffic break. that's away from the bay bridge. now a live look past the coliseum. there was slowing right about high as the traffic break kicks in about here. things have smoothed out and an easy drive with the taillights. minor slowing. southbound side smooth down to the san mateo bridge. >> thank you, mike. >> coming up, a trip to the doctor's office without the waiting room. the app that puts mds on call for you. >> reporter: plus, a big day for facebook as investors look at the financials, we'll have a live report from menlo park. >> look at that, beautiful live look outside, palace of fine arts. all lit up. gorgeous. it's 5:10. >> for the latest news, traffic, and weather check us out on facebook.

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>> it's 5:13. a live look at london on tap for you today. the men's competition on the soccer field. we'll hear about it from our own raj mathai providing live records all morning long. >> today's a second most important day in facebook's life. the day it opens its financials to the public for the first time. scott mcgrew is live in menlo park. a lot of investors holding their breath. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. the first most important day was that big ipo, but you're absolutely right, today's second biggest day and somewhere some place sort of the i told you so

crowd is waking up and getting their coffee and stretching because they are ready for facebook not to hit this number. $1.15 billion. that's sort of the whisper number we expect out of facebook today. total revenue. if they don't hit that, that's going to cause big problems for facebook. remember, facebook itself has been downplaying expectations. releasing revised forecasts just before its famous ipo in may. constantly admitting it has a problem with mobile. if facebook misses its estimates it will be a day of bad press for the social network. its stock is already down about 25% from its original ipo. and remember, we're a couple of days ago the most important, most valuable, most trusted company in silicon valley, apple, missed its estimates and it was punished at the stock market. just after the close today, we'll get facebook's numbers.

they have been downplaying them but there is a lot to lose this morng. >> okay. it is 5:14 now. for those of us who turn to the internet to help heal and cure us, there now is an app for that. i vtzed the palo alto headquarters tapping into your health. >> we say that the internet every headache becomes a brain tumor in four weeks or less. >> in our web world getting againable answers fast is a must especially when it comes to a mystery cough or pain. a survey by pew internet finds 8 in 10 internet users have looked on line for health information, so one man decided to make these searches healthier. >> when they told us who they really trust is physicians, we decided to change everything and bring physicians to interactive patients on line so this is a browsing to help that.

>> ron is revolutionizing online health care. just over 20 employees, a mix of engineers and physicians, make up health tap, an on line network of more than 12,000 doctors and 112 specialties who will answer your health questions in minutes any time of day. and it's all at the convenience of your tablet or smart phone. >> not only that we are likely to answer your question but we actually are likely to give you an answer from a physician that practices in an area that is most related to what you're asking. >> asking a question and getting an answer in real time is free. we tried it during our visit we asked a general question about having a headache and fever. ten minutes later. >> excellent. so we just got an answer. >> you can also opt to have a private online conversation with a doctor. that costs less than $10.

>> you can exchange pictures if you want. more than reading an article you can have a conversation with a real physician about you and not about the condition. >> some might say it's ironic that he is using the high tech world to take us back the good old fashioned days. >> going back to what was really powerful in the age of house calls, in the age where doctors did come to your house. >> even better news, the app is free so downloading it will not cost you a penny. >> 2012 olympic games, a live look at london. anticipation is building for tomorrow night's opening ceremony. a couple of sports already are getting started early including men's soccer which kicks off, literally, today. >> you will not see team usa, though, in the running this year. the team failed to qualify for the london games, this means the team to beat is spain which is stacked with top players.

the gold medal win this year would be the second in spain's history. the team won its first gold medal at the 1992 games. another contender to watch, brazil. olympic gold is the only major soccer title that five-time world cup champions, they have never won. the pressure is even greater as brazil gets ready to host the 2014 world cup and the 2016 olympics. if you are expecting to see some of the top soccer players on the field in london you may be disappointed. many of the other teams had to turn away top players due to the olympic age restriction. all but three players on each team must be under 23. >> for the latest olympic news sign up for our online news letter. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on london 2012. sign up to receive up to date weather forecasts, scores and more. >> we've been talking all week about how ironically it's been warmer in london than here. >> and it's going to continue to

be today. now tomorrow we're going to exchange that trend so let's talk about what we are expecting in london town as we head throughout the next few days. whoa, guess my computer froze up on me. sorry about that. we'll get to that forecast in a moment. there we go. the magic of technology and live television. 58 in san jose, 54 in gilroy. thank you to whoever started that up for me. as we head out, high pressure moves in, cool air, we're going to have to see a couple of days before that mixes out. the ridge of high pressure that kept us warm is going to weaken a little, a little bit of cold air is going to come in today, tomorrow, then we spike your numbers. if you want to do outdoor activities, paint the house, something that requires your out time exposure, probably want to take care of it today or tomorrow as it will be hot. we're so close now. 70s and 80s. summer air returns.

through friday these are your temperatures. 77 in san jose. 78 in gilroy. the three-day forecast spells it out. we're going to dip as you head through saturday down to 80 degrees, then temperatures stay toasty through the weekend. here's mike. >> let's take a look out here. we'll show you what things are like here. we're going in the commute direction over to the bay bridge and the maze and westbound 580 has your last remaining here. should be moving and causing little slowdown. the approach to the bay bridge looking nice. you approach into the 50s but it will start evening out. get a live look and see what you're dealing with. the bay bridge is a smooth drive. we look across the bay, you can see all the way across. no problems for visibility or the flow. further south, the san mateo

bridge, westbound for your commute here and a nice flow. look how beautiful that is of the high rise. can't make out the peninsula side. some haze but no problems as far as the drive. let's get a look at the maps. a nice easy drive northbound our commute routes. smooth drive including the santa cruz summit. the issue is for 85 as you get on at evelyn, the on ramp will be closed until 7:00. 237 will access without any problems. and out of mountain view. >> coming up, forget nursery rhyme. how the real blind mice can see. a ground breaking research and what it could mean for people losing their sight. here is a sight to city. san jose wakes up. your full forecast when we come back.

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>> good morning. here is a live look. you can see plenty of cloud cover in san francisco as the light on top of the transamerica pyramid blinks for us this morning. >> good news for people with vision loss. scientists at the university of california berkeley have discovered a chemical they say can restore vision to blind mice. the effect wears off which may be better than other approaches to restoring sight by altering the retina. scientists say the holding finds great promise for people who lost their ability to see because of age-related macular degeneration. >> fascinating. >> meteorologist christina loren is busy checking our forecast

and across the pond. >> it's going to be warmer there than in most of our bay area cities. only one day away now. the excitement is out of control here at nbc bay area, so proud to be the home of the 2012 olympic games. and of course proud to be american. 80 degrees for thursday, 76 tomorrow, temperatures will drop off more so, look at that drop between friday and saturday. we're going to watch all of these live pictures from london changing. one thing we have in common with them, the fog. it's out there in full force this morning through the inland valleys. throughout this afternoon it's going to take a while for the fog to burn off. we'll hit about 82 inland, cooler than average for this time of year. right around 63 degrees. not that great when it comes to coastal cities. however, we're going to get fantastic beach weather. 72 hours. i'll take you through your full forecast. the seven-day is ready to go. we'll see how your drive is.

>> we're going to the dumbarton bridge. from the peninsula and facebook where scott is giving us updates. toward fremont and you still have the road crews. they should be clearing. this creates the most disruption. but we have your lanes open and no slowing shows up on our sensors. a note southbound 101 we're seeing major slowing south to marshall. we have the construction zone on the opposite sit side of the barrier but all of those trucks lining up caused a distraction out of redwood city into menlo park. probably 7:30, 8:00, is when that kicks in. the east bay is moving except for mere. it's moving, just a lot slower. a through l streets. no incidents. across the oakland area, a smooth drive to the bay bridge.

back to you. >> thanks. 5:26. still ahead, countdown to the olympic games. live in london with a look at the flag flap causing an incident. >> a south bay city cashing out on your dime. why the dollar amount could go up even if the price tag stays the same. >> we'll take you out to the south bay. that's a pretty shot. san jose waking up on this thursday. and in the north bay. >> beautiful throughout the bay area. a live look at the marina in san francisco this morning. palace of fine arts all lit up.

>> reporter: good morning. we'll take you live to the south bay where a man has been found stabbed to death on the sidewalk here in san jose. that story coming up. >> reporter: and three armed

robberies, five victims in less than two weeks. i'm stephanie chuang where police say the same branch has been hit in broad daylight. >> and a cool ocean breeze will keep us cooler than average. 80s inland, 70s bayside and the low 60s at the coast with a major warm-up on the way. we'll detail that. >> a great view across the bay, the san mateo bridge, i'll show you how the flow is going. we have slowing. 5:30. >> another great view, this one is where it looks like in london now, 1:30 in the afternoon on this thursday, july 26. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. new this morning, police are still searching for a suspect who fatally stabbed a man. this happened near the corner of

east st. john and second street in downtown san jose. bob redell is live with an update on this investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. san jose police are trying to i.d. a suspect. they found out about this from several 911 calls from people driving by. this happened around 8:40 last night. and what people reported was a man lying face down on the sidewalk in front of trinity church here. it's the oldest church in san jose. people thought the man might have been hit by a car but they realized he had been stabbed at least once in the chest. they took the man to the hospital where he died. he does not have a wallet on him according to a sergeant we spoke with earlier. so there is no i.d., they don't know who he is but appears in his early 30s. st. james park across the street from this church is a popular

place for people who live oyn the streets. police do not think this man was homeless. they have no witnesses, they have no suspects. they don't know the motive but for whatever reason they say they do not believe that this was a robbery. reporting live in downtown san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:32. a south bay suspect wanted for killing the parents of three young children is on the run. san jose police say 31-year-old pedro medina could be on the way to los angeles or mexico right now. officers say he has several tattoos including the grim reaper on his lower right leg. they say he killed the couple early monday morning. the couple's three children were home at the time but were not hurt. >> 5:32. an alarming case of animal cruelty in monterey county.

the carcasses of more than 100 kittens and remains of dozens more. a company that manages two properties alerted police and the spca. they found the dead cats and seized 51 adult cats. they were taken to the animal shelter to under go care. >> it took us six or seven hours, that included the time of assessment here at the triaging of all of the cats and getting them medication, getting them to be in safe living quarters. >> the catses are suffering from respiratory infections and parasites. as of now no arrests have been made. these are busy one city. a rash of burglaries keeping police busy. stephanie chuang is live with more on this trend. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're at the wells fargo atm.

it gets pretty busy here. three holdups in 11 days, the recent one was 8:00 tuesday night when a woman says a man walked up and demanded cash. 7:00 sunday night a gunman was standing in line and demanded cash from two men and a woman. each gave him and an accomplice 200 bucks. the man lost his wallet. it was stolen. we spoke with customers. they had no idea about the armed robbery. >> of course i'm worried. this is a nice neighborhood. i live around here, make me more worried. >> reporter: there is a denny's near the atm. the restaurant manager warned of car break-ins. a new employee we spoke with said police are often in the area but she is hoping they will increase patrols.

descriptions match between the first two robberies, two black between in their early 20s. one 5'6", one 6 feet tall. police are checking fattage from the wells fargo here and the denny's around the corner from here. the employee that says the surveillance system. police hoping to get something out of the footage. this happening pretty much in day light. don't come out by nourz. >> 5:35. shoppers in a bay area city could pay more at the register. city leaders recommend add ballot that would raise the sales tax by a half cent for 50 years. if voters approve this measure it would raise nearly $64 million annually. san jose's sales tax would rise.

>> bring your own bag. >> i forget that. i don't know why i hesitate. i get it. >> you got to remember to keep them in the trunk. see if it's a good day to go shopping today. >> you got to watch that junk in the trunk, too, because then you spend more on gas. lots of things to keep in mind. california we pay the big bucks to live here but we're contributing to better air quality when it comes to the gas tax. moving all the way inland and it's 5:36. we're going to see that filling in. it will be mostly cloudy all the way up to fairfield. a delta breeze today. they love that this time of year. stopping the clock right at noon, you can see at that point

most of that marine layer will push out to the pacific. san francisco to san mateo mostly cloudy. that means the coolant is going to keep your temperatures way down. 76 at noon. 82 at 4:00 p.m. and then if you want that beach weather it returns, we'll show you when we get to the seven-day outlook. let's check the drive. 580 is kicking in. it's 5:37 so this is typical for the flow starting to slow in toward north livermore and north flynn. a note for residents, livermore to pleasanton, a major intersection. it sounds like it's off to the shoulder. stanley boulevard at isabelle you may have slowing and may be traffic control until they get this cleared out of the area. the dublin interchange moves

smooth. that's good news. the south bay, we have construction blocking the evelyn on ramp to the left of the screen. a little slowing eastbound 237. no incidents for that area. we have a westbound 237 approaching zenker we should have a crew there. we'll show you what it's like over the golden gate bridge. look how clear that view is. back to you. >> you can see the international original. a fast food change that's had its share of controversy will not open in the south bay today. operators of the chick-fil-a say the building the far from ready. the company is under fire for the company president's anti-gay stance. >> going for gold.

raj mathai is live in london with a look at the mat dash. >> politics across the pond. why the race for the white house is heading to london. hyde park. >> a live look outside, embarcadero, beautiful nice views for this thursday morning. >> very clear. find us on facebook. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

>> welcome back everyone. a good thursday morning to you. look at that, live look outside from the south bay this morning. sun breaking dawn across the bay area. we'll check the forecast coming up. 5:41. >> now on to decision 2012. mitt romney is in london today, meeting with top british leaders. >> romney is in england to watch the opening ceremonies of the olympics, but also to boost his

foreign policy credentials. he met with former prime minister tony blair. brian mooar is live on capitol hill with more on that part of the story. good morning, brian. >> reporter: president obama, he's here in washington trying to pressure congress to pass the middle class tax cuts but mitt romney is where the president was four years ago, overseas trying to build on a foreign policy resume. today, mitt romney sat down with former prime minister tony blair, very carefully trying not to make any controversy, trying to not make any headlines while he's overseas, certainly not attacking the president. he was talking about the weather and what events that the former prime minister is looking forward to in the olympics. later today romney is going to meet with british prime minister david cameron talking about a lot of things, this is a trip that's going to take romney to israel to poland. during some of these events he

may be trying to draw contrasts between himself and the president but the romney campaign is calling this a listening tour. brian mooar, marla, laura, back to you. >> the countdown to the official start of the olympic games. this morning the city of london putting together the finishing touches for the opening ceremonies tomorrow night. here is a live look at london at this hour. it's 5:43 here. 1:43 in the afternoon on this thursday. now, the torch still has not been lit but there's plenty of olympic action today. >> this time it's the men's soccer team taking the field. here is a look earlier. honduras started playing morocco at 4:00, that game is still in progress. mexico facing off against south korea at 6:30 and spain taking on japan at 6:45. >> unlike the women's tournament which is an open competition, men's soccer has more restrictions. men's teams have to abide by the under 23 rule which means all

but three of the players must be under 23. the age limit makes men's olympic soccer a tricky sport to predict because every four years most of the team rotates out. >> this year athletes are finding out the hard way social media is a game changer. with so many athletes posting on facebook and tweeting, the international olympic committee has four pages of social media guidelines. those contributed to a greek triple jumper getting kicked out of the games because she, allegedly, posted a racist tweet. certainly drawing attention to the importance of social media in an athlete's career. one mistake can be costly. >> it could cost you millions of dollars of endorsements, fees, money, and just reputation wise. >> sports psychologists say some treat their social media accounts like a journal. it's important to be cautious of

emotions on such a public platform. >> keep it professional. there is no bigger platform than the olympic games. with one more day until the opening ceremony, london is ready. >> so is our own raj mathai. raj, the olympic torch making its way through london now, right? good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. good afternoon for us. by the way, it's a 10-hour flight from the bay area to london. can you make it if we sent awe ticket now? >> i'm taking off my mike as we speak. >> reporter: we'll see you out here. we'll save you a seat. we're in east london about 5 miles from buckingham palace and the river thames and so forth where most people think about london. we're at the olympic stadium and yes, this is the place to be tomorrow might for the opening ceremony. for what's happening now it is that torch relay. we'll show you some footage of the olympic torch making its way here toward the olympic stadium and olympic park. it's been a great journey. this is always a great symbol of

the olympics, the torch, so many people, community volunteers running the torch all over the united kingdom. we had three torch runners ourselves from the bay area, they ran earlier legs of the torch. right now it's making its way through london, through buckingham palace earlier and it will be here tomorrow night. there is a more serious note to what's happened. a little controversy now. coming from last night and one of the soccer matches. not a good way to start. this was a mistake with the flag. the north korean women's soccer team simply walked off the field in protest. they were upset that the jumbo screen at the stadium showed the south korean flag and not the north korean flag. such a bitter relationship between the two countries you can imagine all the feelings that were involved. olympic officials apologized profusely for the mistake, they corrected the flap of the flag on the jumbotron, about an hour later the north korean woman won their match.

there were some tense feelings at that soccer match. no such thing as a flawless olympics but hopefully there are just a few problems like that in terms of what's happened. we'll see you later on this morning. we are live in london and that plane ticket is waiting for both of you. back to you. >> don't even tempt me. you know. we can move fast. >> raj, i'm curious, is it all work and no play for you over there? you're at the olympics. >> reporter: i can talk to you after the newscast and answer that question. right now it's all work. >> he's heading to the pub after we let him go. >> i have known you many years, my friend. i know exactly how you'll answer that. diplomatically. we'll check in with you throughout the morning. >> he's enjoying nice weather in london. and we have pretty nice weather in the bay area as well. >> better weather, as a matter of fact. so yeah, it's going to be more comfortable here an there and then we're going to exchange

that hand as we head through tomorrow and this upcoming weekend. so excited about the olympics, love having raj bringing a little of the evening news to the morning show. i'll be on the evening news come this friday so we're all exchanging hands as we head throughout the upcoming days. so excited to be the home of the 2012 olympic games here on nbc bay area. no need to change that channel for the next three weeks. beautiful conditions here to start. you cannot see here in this live picture is the full deck of clouds. those will start to lower and you'll lose visibility on the bay bridge and the golden gate bridge. mostly between 7:00 and 9:00 this morning. the marine layer will keep us cool. san jose, it's penetrated inland this morning. into the silicon valley, dark skies in san jose. so keep that in mind. might find drizzle. waking up with us, conditions

this morning are crisp and cool. 56 in san francisco. as we head throughout the next couple hours we'll continue to see the marine layer. still over the city by the bay. lots of clouds situated over san francisco. that's going to keep you cool today. that cooling trend changes as we head through this weekend. so if you want to take care of outdoor activities, something you want to do when it's not too hot. walk the dog, probably a good idea to do so as temperatures will start to heat up right as we head through saturday. high pressure is starting to take a dip to the south. we'll see cool air come in as the jet stream also dips to the south with the ridge of high pressure. as we head throughout saturday, sunday, the ridge moves back in, strong with a vengeance so temperatures come up from the 70s back to the 90s as we head into the weekend. 89 by saturday, 93 degrees on sunday. staying warm next week with lots of 90s on the way. so make sure you enjoy the cooler than average weather.

let's check the drive. are we enjoying that. >> i'm watching it with a smile because it's predictable burt these folks are not smiling because it's predictable. all of this slowing in antioch down to the tens now as we look at your -- the l street sensor, clearing by the time you get to pittsburgh, but that's 52 in concord. might be heavier volume. that could be a sign you have more traffic toward that walnut creek interchange. 580 slowing, typical, coming into the area. no major disruption for 580. heading out of the city, this is isabel involving a big rig. stanley cuts over to 680. those get you out of livermore through pleasanton and 680 a note for folks. a look outside and see how things are shaping up. across the bay, there is a high rise, so you can make it out

through the haze t traffic westbound in the commute direction. that will thicken up and fog coming in. another live look will show you what it's like here and 280. a clear drive. volume picks up a tad but nothing major. >> thanks, mike. 5:51. major downgrade, why san francisco may be partly to blame for san jose's airport bond bust. >> reporter: plus, the second most day in facebook's young life. we'll tell you why ahead in business news. go traffic. you can't always avoid it. but you can always do something nice for your car. chevron with techron. care for your car.

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>> good morning to you. 5:53 a. bay area airport taking a hit in losing its value. ratings have downgraded $1.4

billion for mineta san jose airport. analysts cite competition and limited cost cutting options. the bonds were lowered to bbb-plus to a-minus. it means borrowing costs will go up by $200,000 a year. >> 5:54 now, wall street waiting on facebook. it will report after the closing bell. scott is live in menlo park. you think there are many reasons to expect the company will say it's struggling. >> reporter: yeah, well, ask yourself. how does facebook primarily make money? it makes it off of advertising. now, ask yourself when's the last time you clicked on a facebook ad or even notice add facebook ad. those are some of the head winds facing facebook. user growth has slowed. it hasn't figured out advertising yet and each day more and more of subscribers

move to mobile where it has more trouble advertising. facebook has been very honest about its troubles in fact, it said it doesn't necessarily want to make money. it filed that in some financial paperwork. here is a quote from mark zuckerberg who said we don't build services to make money, we make money to build better services. another hint, a company that relies heavily on facebook game maker zynga said it didn't make any money in the previous quarter. zynga and facebook's businesses are related. i don't know you could extrapolate a ton out of zynga but it's not a great time as we wait for numbers. >> thanks so much. >> waiting to see what the forecast is. i think it's going to be nice. >> scott mcgrew looks great out

there. we call this magic hour. temperatures are going to be comfortable. 77 degrees at noon, up to 82 at 4:00 p.m. 74 bay side and 63 degrees at coast. that means we'll get the best weather on the east shore and inland but we're going to get great conditions, great beach conditions this weekend. we'll have the seven-day outlook showing you when coming up. here is mike and your drive. >> magic hour as far as the hour. things kick in. highway 4 very slow now. not good magic. it's the red and yellow magic. highway 4, byron highway, an accident here. a car went into a pole. major interchange as folks try to leave discovery bay heading to antioch or down to livermore so keep that in mind. the rest of the approach to the bay bridge looking good. back to you. >> magical. thank you. >> still ahead, a sight we have

not seen in at least four years. raj mathai working the morning shift with a look at the london olympic games. >> that's right. we're going to shake him out of bed. it's almost 2:00 p.m. in england this morning. a live look at london. we're pretty excited here on nbc bay area the opening ceremonies get under way tomorrow, finally, what we've been waiting for, the countdown as the olympics are getting ready to start. we'll have live reports throughout the morning and throughout the olympics as well here on nbc bay area. your best seat in the house. good morning! wow.

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