then off to the olympic park where we are for the opening ceremonies. she will be sitting with bay area soccer legend brandi chastain. a couple miles from here is big ben, and big ben, the big clock tower along the river thames was very loud this morning. take a listen. at exactly 8:12 this morning big ben sounded 40 times kicking off the official day of celebration. by the way, the same foundry that made big ben made the liberty bell in philadelphia. a little london trivia as it relates to the united states. and now to the opening ceremony. the rehearsal, we have footage from inside the stadium. acclaimed danny boyle will be conducting all of this and producing this. danny boyle, you might have seen slum dog millionaire, a huge star here, what's the budget for the opening ceremony they are

going to spend about $27 millio pounds. that's more than 40 million u.s. dollars. there is a heavy shakespearean theme and david beckham will be here as well. so we've got a lot to cover in the next day ahead of us. it's going to be very fun. guys, back to you in the bay area. >> it already is and it's great to have our local tie there. you've been doing a great job sending out fun tweets as well. looked like the olympic village was the place to be judging by your last tweet. >> no, it's not just the olympic village. that was the nbc commissary where we go to eat our meals while we're working and we bumped into, well, team usa. the u.s. gymnastic team was there hang out with ryan seacrest and savannah guthrie. you have to be on your toes when you hang out. we see v.i.p.s walking around. about 20 hours from where i am now is the "today" show set and

we bumped into mitt romney and his wife about 15 or 20 minutes ago. you got to stay active with what's going on at the olympics. >> tell them we said hello. >> reporter: you got it. >> thanks, raj. >> here at home an olympic memory tarnished for a fremont teen who went from having the best day of his life to a nightmare. kylan carried the torch in england. he and his family continued on to rome where thieves stole a family suit case at the train station. the bag held the photos and video of the teen's torch run. >> i realized that my gosh, that's the bag that has the camera, the video camera. all of our pictures and videos, stuff i haven't even seen yet. >> the story got worldwide attention. when people heard about it they began e-mailing him pictures and videos. luckily his uniform and torch

were not in the stolen bag. he is expecting them to arrive by mail to his home in fremont today. >> 5:03. new detail this is morning as police try to track down a man accused of killing a supple in front of their children. we know what kind of car the suspect is driving. police say 31-year-old pedro medina most likely driving a black nissan maxima. investigators believe he is in los angeles and could be headed for mexico. he is accused of shooting pedro and marybel jimenez in their home monday morning. police say medina once dated marybel and perhaps acted out of anger or jealousy. the san jose police officers association is asking for donations on behalf of the victims' three children all under the age of 8. to contribute visit sjpoa.com. >> in the east bay the search is on for a band of smash and grab

thieves who burst into a mall and began shooting. at least one of the suspects fired a machine gun when the group walked into a jewelry store at the new park mall in newark yesterday afternoon. no one was hurt. the suspects smashed display cases and grabbed jewelry before taking off 18 white mercedes and black acura or lexus. >> today is the day a bay area business learns if it's card room bet pays off. after delays operators of casino matrix should learn if they can open their doors. stephanie chuang is live at the san jose high rise, it's all lit up and they are ready to go. now we got to wait. >> reporter: that's right, laura. it looks plenty ready now. the $50 million, eight-story casino matrix was planning to open in april, but they didn't get the permits in time. so, they could open by as early as mid august. it depends on whether the police chief gives the green light, gives approval which is expected

sometime today. the delay in getting the permit has lasted for months now. the owner who is revamped the garden city casino into matrix had complained that the city had been board ear line harassing them on regulations. but a judge struck that down last month. the city does have some of california's toughest regulations when it comes to card rooms. they were enacted years ago because of problems out of garden city and bay 101. on monday the city's gaming administrator said he wanted the casino to have bert monitoring and a final inspection of the surveillance system among other requirements before giving the final go as some of the requirements before moving forward. the owners of bay 101 across the bay shore freeway, also sent police chief moore a letter with some concerns but so far no comment from the chief or response so far. the owners here at casino matrix did want to open some tables a few on the top floor, but the city saying for now that idea has been shut down until the chief can take a closer look.

again, the big news is that the casino matrix could get the green light from the police chief at some point today. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> donors who made contributions to keep california parks open say they want their money back. it is in response to the discovery last week that more than $50 million in surplus funds had been hidden away in accounts managed by parks officials. the donors are demanding refunds or a promise from lawmakers to spend the money on parks. the state attorney general's office is investigating. experts say half the money could have been spent to avoid recent park closures brought on by budget cuts. >> 5:07. grab those breath mints. no, no. talking to people in the bay area, going to have a bad taste of garlic breath. >> the garlic capital of the world is throwing its annual party and we can smell it. bob redell is live at the gilroy

garlic festival. chefs are firing up the frying pans. bob, we don't see you. >> reporter: that's because you want to see this. this is the easiest way to trim your eyebrows. here for a 34th annual gilroy garlic fest. we have steve here next to me, hi daughter ashley and kevin, they are getting looks like some calimari going. >> cooking up calimari. >> doing it 32 out of the 34 years. you have scars from staying next to this fire? >> not yet but i will. we get all healed up. i've got a few battle wounds. >> you expect like 100,000 people but it's typical for these weekends as of late. correct? >> yeah. we usually get right around 100,000. god, i remember one year we had almost 110,000. we get 100,000 and get them in and feed them and get them stinking real good over the weekend. >> how many hours a day are you standing over the grill or how

many plates are you cooking up? >> today i'm going to be here about 16 hours total all said. tomorrow and sunday i'm here usually for about 12 or 13. i'll do up up, by the time the weekend is over probably end up doing couple hundred pans or so. >> looking at the numbers, you have 7,000 pounds of calimari, 20,000 pounds of beats, 4,000 pounds of scampy, 7,000 pounds of pasta, that's a lot of food and this is all for charity for local charities. around $300,000. i heard a clinging of pots and pans which mean there is is probably a hot plate waiting for me. >> that's your call. >> what about the cool stuff, garlic ice cream? >> how much garlic ice cream they have? >> i'm not sure. one or two tubs.

>> sure. >> one of the most popular dishes here. garlic frog legs, i think -- alligator. garlic fries. >> remember, they are trying to make a profit out there, bob. >> gates open at 10:00. all weekend long at christmas hill park. >> leave a few calimari there. i think we sent the wrong guy. >> you like garlic? >> i do, and the weather out there is going to be dramatically different between today and sunday so if you're looking for the coolest day to hit gilroy, it's typically one of the hottest places across the bay area, today is no the day. warmer tomorrow and then sunday it's going to be hot out there. taking a live look at san francisco, 5:10 now, beautiful start. not too cloudy yet. we're going to see the clouds lower as we head throughout 7:00 to 10:00. we expect flight delays. look where we are to start.

livermore 57 degrees, 59 degrees here in san jose. headed toward the 70s yet again. another unseasonably cool afternoon. becoming sunny and breezy. the forecast, 74 at noon today, inland 80 at 4:00 p.m. 74 bayside and at the coast 63 degrees. let's check on your drive. >> we're looking at the zechblt we've been tracking this on the east shore freeway eastbound 80 away from the bay bridge at san pablo dam road. the crews should be leaving the scene so we don't see slowing, don't expect to. the commute is westbound past the area. the richmond bridge has construction blocking two lanes at canal boulevard. no slowing. looking at moore road, eastbound 4 at summersville no. slowing there. at bailey there is a tire in the roadway. clearing that. the san mateo bridge, i'll talk about construction over to half moon bay, restricting lanes but

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>> welcome back. 5:14. attention job seekers. a new department store is opening in san francisco bringing with it 500 new job openings. unique low is the name of the store on pal street one block from union square. the store is popular in japan. new york, in fact, hosts the only u.s. store. the new san francisco store will be 29,000 square feet. today at city hall the company

will announce a $25,000 donation to the bay area chapter of the red cross. >> twitter says ready for the olympics. >> scott, it was maybe the best time for twitter to have a glitch. >> twitter found out it's possible to have the main and backup computers fail. before the olympics is the best time to find that out. engineers wrote on twitter's blog it was quote an infrastructure double whammy that caused nearly an hour's outage. twitter hoping for no whammies from here on out. new sales estimates say samsung sold more phones than apple did in the past quarter, in fact, 50 million phones, samsung sold more than any one ever. samsung and apple go toe to toe 18 major civil trial monday that could see quite a few apple executives take the stand. who is not making a phone,

facebook apparently. mark zuckerberg said on thursday that it would, quote, not make much sense for facebook to partner with one phone company on a facebook phone. that comment came as facebook reported its profits. kayla tausche has those numbers. good morning. >> scott, it wasn't a good day for facebook. the stock slumping more than 10% last night. the social networking giant reported a net loss as a public company. the revenue growth was the slowest in more than a year. more people are logging on from their smart phones which is why there was speculation about facebook making a phone but facebook on mobile doesn't have as many paid ads. it's lost a third of the value since may and starbucks stock flagging down about 10%. while the coffee chain's quarterly profits rose they missed wall street's and its own

forecasts. the company says fewer people are visiting stores, customer traffic started slowing in june and that trend has continued. but the ceo says this is more of a broader economic issue pointing to weaker consumer confidence or maybe just fewer frap a clee noes. back to you. >> it's funny when we talk about the economy we often say the cost of a latte or something like that is a measurement and people are beginning to notice the $4 cup of coffee is expensive. >> it can add up. thank you very much. >> meteorologist christina loren tracking the bay area forecast for us. >> you know, it's finally the weekend, we've got a great looking weekend shaping up. lots happening around here. we've got the red, white and blue festival tonight. gilroy garlic festival. we'll look at the forecast for both of those events. 5:17, let's start with a live look at san francisco where we don't have flight delays but we are expecting low ceilings, a deep marine layer so likely seeing flight delays as we head through the 6:00, 7:00 hour.

a nice westerly wind. good morning to you. temperatures are nice and comfortable to start in the 50s, even the 60s out there. 61 in sunnyvale, 55 in san francisco, you're at 58 in santa cruz so another ridge of high pressure on the way as we head throughout the weekend. this dip in the jet stream has helped us out. temperatures have been much cooler than average. we're going to hold onto the cooldown for one more day, this will be the lowest day when it comes to temperatures throughout the week, 70s and 80s again, i'm forecasting about 76 degrees in san jose with good air quality. so open up the windows because things are changing quickly around here. 80 in livermore. about 63 in san francisco. much warmer weather around the corner. 90s by this weekend. 5:18. here is mike and your drive. >> northbound 280 as you pass by fourth we had the overturned vehicle. the off ramp is cleared so now we're looking at a nice northbound drive, heading north

into silicon valley. south of here, bob redell gave you that appetizing report from the garlic festival. that's here. 152 over toward l.a., and here is your way over to where the garlic festival and this will mean congestion throughout this area starting today all the way through sunday night. then of course the breath mints will make you remember that on monday as well. 880, a look out past the coliseum, 880 moves nicely, northbound with the taillights a. good number of them, look at the flow. as well as the golden gate bridge where flow comes across the water without problem. visibility is great throughout the north bay. >> the giants taking on the rival l.a. dodgers at at&t park tonight. >> it's the first of three-game series in san francisco this weekend. not only are the teams rivals but also the top two in the nl west. the giants know they are in for a tough series. >> they have gotten some help, and we're going to have to play

our best ball. they are a solid club, pitching, offense, they are having a good road trip. but nothing changes. doesn't matter who you're playing, injuries, whatever, you still go to go out and find a way to win. >> the game starts at 7:15 tonight. >> coming up local flavor for a nationwide talent contest. we'll tell you about the east bay rocker lending his voice to the voice. >> the u.s. basketball team mobbed but it was not by spectators who are warming them. we'll tell you just ahead. >> you may get star struck as well as we look over london. you see the eye there on the right of your screen. 14 hours to go till the olympic opening ceremony. you'll see it all. a lot more ahead. [ snoring ]

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>> here we go. we've been waiting for london 2012. look at the london bridge. i love the olympic rings. the countdown is on. 14 hours now. never been closer. olympic athletes have plenty of fans. >> sometimes the athletes are the biggest fans. check throughout instagram photo tweeted out by a local swimmer natalie coughlin. olympians swarming the american basketball team. there's plenty of star power on the team including lebron james and kobe bryant. we're not sure if either are the ones getting mabed in this picture. it's hard to tell. >> you know there is a mob out there. >> can't blame them. >> i want to check the forecast now. the weekend is upon us. we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> it is upon us. we've got a big weekend here. let's start the live look at san

jose which is really clear at this point. but you can see we do have clouds out there. mostly cloudy start, temperatures today running mild. high pressure is going to build. for us that means a major warm-up on the way. so enjoy what we have in store for you. 70s inland. i'm talking about 76 degrees in san jose. really hard to beat that. back to you. actually we'll get a look at your drive. >> on the roads now, we're looking at 580 westbound and there's some slowing out of the wind mill farms into livermore. speeds in the 40s where you see yellow. we'll show you how widespread it is. no big surprise as we approach 5:30. we see a 15-minute drive slowing into livermore, but then you're fine all the way to the dublin interchange. westbound slowing a tad bit. that's not a problem. construction is at summersville between lovers and continues and the traffic flow not a problem.

a look at the approach to the maze and smooth westbound for most your approaches including the east shore freeway. over to the north bay, the san rafael area and southbound 101 moves smoothly. the koyvs, out of novato using that new hov lane to here we're looking at a nice drive as well. and a clear view so far. the fog may creep in. >> a talent contest is getting local flare. >> nbc's "the voice" adding a rock tear the show. greenday lead singer and east bay native billy armstrong is going to join this season. in a statement armstrong said he and his family are big fans of the show. he started his taping yesterday. the third season premiers september 10th here on nbc bay area. >> i got to admit i like that show. it's fun to watch. >> it is kind of cool.

i love green day. it will be fun. >> i love adam levine. >> how can you not. >> 5:25. going gourmet in gilroy. some chefs firing up the frying pans. >> plus, private pain now public. a sandusky sex abuse victim is breaking his silence. why he says penn state still hasn't paid the price for his emotional scars and what he plans to do about it just ahead. >> bright lights at night. we'll show you the bay bridge's new look coming up. >> we keep taking live looks of london. we're also excited, it's the start of the olympics, finally the countdown is so close. look at that, 14 hours to go, opening ceremony tonight at 7:30. we'll have live reports from london all morning long and during the olympics as well.

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>> reporter: good morning. i'm bob redell taking you live to the south bay. fire in the hole. you know what this is, we're taking a gourmet alley with the famous chefs of the gilroy garlic fest. that coming up. >> we've got a hot weekend ahead for the gilroy garlic festival. the good news is you made it to friday. 80s inland today, i'm talking about the low 80s. 70s bay side and a hot weekend ahead. your full forecast in moments. >> red hot, no, but international orange yes. the golden gate bridge moves smoothly. we'll show you a bridge and highway that will be affected as you head over the hill. >> and over the hill and across

the pond we arrive in london. here is a live look at that gorgeous city where our own raj mathai is. we'll be checking in with him on this friday, july 27th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. it is 5:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning, one of the victims in the jerry sandusky case is threatening to sue penn state. for the first time, a man has come forward claiming he is the boy who was sexually assaulted in the team shower by sandusky. his lawyer says they have gotten overwhelming evidence on the details of the sandusky abuse and they are threatening a suit against the university. a team graduate assistant testified that he saw sandusky and the boy, both naked in the team shower. and a jury convicted sandusky on 45 counts ever sexual abuse. no word on when the lawsuit will

be filed or what that man is seeking. >> roads are reopened following a fatal bicycle accident in the south bay. a 56-year-old man was hit and killed by a car about 6:30 thursday night as he rode along campbell avenue. the 28-year-old driver who allegedly hit the cyclist stayed on the scene is cooperating. campbell avenue was closed much of the night. >> major change in the works in the wake of a rafting tragedy that claimed the lives of two teens. the teens you may recall drowned in february of last year when they tried to raft down walnut creek. in response the county hired an engineering firm. the findings are in. recommendations include the installation of racks, nets, cables and escape ladders. another option is a complete channel restoration, but almost every option has a down side

ranging from flooding concerns to high costs. >> a toddler is recovering after falling into a fire pit at a marin county campsite. the boy suffered burns when he fell backward into the fire. no word on his condition. >> san jose's police chief holding the cards for opening the casino. it was recommended that they open the first floor if conditions are met. the top floor with four card room suites won't open until september. a spokesperson for the casino says they are working to comply with all of the recommendations. the chief is expected to make his final decision today. >> caltrans turned the lights n on. the custom made system will use 48,000 l.e.d. lights when the bridge is complete. the system can flood the roadway

with light. there will be no glare. designers say these likes are like nothing else in the world. >> l.e.d.s, you create basically the ability to paint the roadway surface as opposed to just kind of throwing a bunch of light at it. it can be more sophisticated. >> the poles of the fixtures are also unique built extra thick to stay standing during an earthquake. if you drive across the bay bridge you'll see the lines going on and off. caltrans is beginning light tests. >> 5:33. a pung gent aroma throughout the south bay. >> food lovers favorite. the gilroy garlic festival in a few hours. bob redell is there where the top chefs are firing up the frying pans.

stand back, bob. >> tell you one thing, i don't have to worry about my fingers getting cold. you've got the famous pyro chef here, in their 34th year. kevin o'keefe has been cooking calimari and everything else garlic. good morning. >> how are you. >> what do you say to people who never have been to the garlic fest as far as how you would entice them. >> it's a beautiful weekend this week. it's going to be nice weather. and if you can be here smelling this right now you would be coming right away. >> i feel like we're missing something. i feel like we're missing something. there we go. we always see a little accordion music. we have the great morgany. a lot of entertainment this week. we bring him to all of our live shots so i'm glad we found the right bay. what do you give people advice how to keep their breath

smelling righteous? is there a brand of mint, so something that we're not aware of. mints don't always work. >> i don't have to worry. i live my myself. >> stay away. >> kevin, have fun out there. the gates open at 10:00 this morning. 10:00 to 7:00 here at christmas hill park. a lot of entertainment. come to gourmet alley. they have 20,000 pounds of beef and thousands of pounds of calimari and scampy. 34th annual garlic fest. >> i love it. and the solution to the garlic breath, live by yourself. >> i can eat as much as i want. >> garlic is good for you. we'll check win bob all morning.

typically it gets warm down there. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. today is the best day. >> if opportunity coolest of the weather. some like it hot, laura and marla. beautiful day shaping up. i'm going to tell you right now it's going to be kind of dreary for the first part of the day bayside and at the coast. this is what we expect. temperatures now are in the 50s and 60s as we head throughout this afternoon, climbing into the 70s. we're going to round out the day. this is san francisco. you can see mostly cloudy conditions. the clouds are lowering as we speak. the fog will be at its dense point between hours of 8:00 and 10:00. we'll be watching closely. right now no delays out of any major airport. 54 in novato. a lot of people heading out and about as we are still in our summertime month. the next couple hours temperatures are going to climb

to about 74 at noon, 80 at 4:00. here is mike and your drive. >> that note about fog, that is a big deal into or across that golden gate bridge. keep that in mind. along the coast, highway 1 likely to get thick patches of fog and into half moon bay. between half moon bay and san mateo we did have construction on 92 up until a few minutes ago. that will go on the rest of the month until the end of august, so that will be an issue if you travel before 6:00 a.m. the freeway will remain open. a look at 92 across the water. that's the san mateo bridge. a beautiful view but the low clouds are hovering. you can see the sun making a glow. this may cause an issue. maybe even the san mateo bridge. smooth drive through the castro valley y, the volume will increase because all of these folks are coming out of

livermore. passing into pleasanton on westbound 580. for now it's okay. >> thank you. >> 5:37. countdown to the olympic opening ceremony. our raj mathai showing us how london is getting ready for its golden moment. >> watch your back. we'll tell you about the team usa athlete who could sport a new hair do. >> there are some big old scissors. >> a live look at london, 14 hours to go until tonight's big opening ceremonies. michelle obama in london, she arrived. we're going to hear all about her visit. >> we'll have great updates as well. you can find them online as you find us, the latest on facebook.

>> counting down to the olympic games. here's a live look at london this morning where no doubt thousands of people are hard at work putting the finishing touches for tonight's opening ceremonies. finally here. also hard at work, the olympic athletes. >> soccer is in play. today archery will be too. u.s. has a good shot at gold. this guy here, 22-year-old brady ellison from arizona is ranked number one in the world. the archery contest will be at the most famous cricket venue in the world, the lord's cricket ground at st. johns wood in london. once the games are over the venue has two weeks to get the field back in shape for a five-day match between england and south africa. >> mitt romney went to london to see the olympics and meet with foreign leaders. >> a comment he made to nbc's brian williams questioning whether london was ready kautz add diplomatic stir. >> brian mooar has more for us.

this is stirring up a lot of things. >> this is a gold medal gaffe, mitt romney winning the running of the mouth event. look, if you're going to sound off on a city, an olympic city and talk about their security and how you don't think that their immigration people may be ready to deal with labor issues, probably don't do it in the city with 1.2 gagillion newspapers ready to pounce on your every word. that's what mitt romney did and is paying the price. he went to london hoping to watch the olympics, have a nice photo opp, sit down with leaders, but really, add to his foreign policy resume. he is practicing rapid fire diplomacy trying to say of course london is a wonderful city, that they are ready for the olympic games, but london's mayor apparently not a fan. >> i hear there is a guy called mitt romney who wants to know

whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? yes, we are. >> reporter: that is the notorious mayor of london. sounding off on mitt romney. mitt romney, of course, wants to leave this baggage behind him. he is going to head to israel, then on to poland, hoping, again, marla and laura, to leave this behind him. but it was a lost opportunity on the world stage. >> exactly. a lot of people remembering that one. thank you very much. brian mooar live from washington. >> first lady michelle obama also in london to attend the opening ceremonies. >> a couple hours ago she met with some of the american athletes. back to raj mathai live in london where he caught up with the bay area olympian who is going to spend time with the first lady. it's what, 1:00 in the

afternoon? >> reporter: almost 2:00. we are wide awake here at the 2:00 hour. yes, we're going to talk about the first lady. president obama will not be here. he is one of the few notable exceptions who won't be here for the opening ceremony. as you mentioned, the first lady is here and in fact, let's take a look. a couple of miles from where we are, michelle obama hanging out with a lot of kids and olympians, really kind of spreading the word about childhood obesity and enjoying the olympic experience. >> you all take advantage of everything, stop, look around you. i know in my position sometimes i don't get a chance to breathe or take it in. you know, this only happens every few years. so try and have fun, try to breathe a little bit. but also win. right. >> reporter: she's having a good time. it's good advice. a lot of olympians we talked to in terms of veterans, they say

the first time they compete in the olympics it's always a blur, it's the second and third time where they take time and enjoy it. so we saw michelle obama, she is here a couple miles from us, tonight she will be here at the olympic park in the stadium for the opening ceremony and here comes the dilemma. sitting with the first lady is a bay area olympic legend in terms of a soccer star, brandi chastain. we caught up with her and is excited but first and foremost she is a little nervous about her wardrobe. >> i am so excited, although i'm paranoid about what to wear to the opening ceremonies to sit in the first lady's delegation. usually they just give you your uniform so you don't have to do thinking. a little stressful to decide what to wear next to michelle obama. >> reporter: that's what brandy chastain was thinking about. the retired soccer star is

active in the community. look at this shot. london along the river thames, that's what we woke up to. it's a little muggy, a little rainy but it is nice. about 20% chance of rain going into the opening ceremony. here's something that we found out as we bring you back in. tonight's opening ceremony is not sold out. there are still some seats available. but here's the catch. and marla, we're on a budget. for laura, this is in her range. >> wait a minute. i'm the one with triplets. >> reporter: ready? here it is. the tickets right now 2,000 bounds. if you do a conversion, that's about $4500. so laura, i'll save two for you. you can afford it. take brent. >> i don't know if we can make it by that time. how exciting. you get to see history. see how they compare to beijing.

interesting. >> reporter: it will be nice. see you later on this morning. >> thanks so much. when raj isn't on camera he is hard at work. you can check out his twitter feed. it's cool. he also posts pictures. it's amazing some of the people he is running into. follow him @rajmathai. >> misty may-treanor better watch her back. check this out. kerri walsh tweeted out trying to give her a trim during a training session. we're not sure where she got those jumbo scissors but we're pretty sure that treanor made it out without a new haircut. >> no haircuts for the u.s. soccer team but beauty treatments are on their mind. >> a day after winning their first olympic match hope solo took to twitter to fill you in. saying not a bad way to spend the day.

ladies day out. shopping, cappuccino, makeup and eyebrows done. it's a good thing she is enjoying down time now. team usa is playing colombia tomorrow. to make sure you don't miss a moment of the olympic action check out our viewing guide on nbcbayarea.com and there you are going to find the olympic tv schedule sorted by sport. find our favorite by day and time. search olympic viewing guide. >> raj mentioned it's a little muggy there. >> what's interesting is that we've had better weather. today temperaturewise it's going to be very similar. they have rain in the forecast. for the opening ceremonies, never know how that's going to play out. if you want to find out all you do is watch it live on nbc bay area starting tonight. let's take you outside. this morning it's beautiful. also raj pointed out a little muggy in london. 70 degrees tomorrow.

then look at the difference between friday and sunday. as you watch here on nbc the weather is going to be dramatically changing and a lot of these games are outdoors. so it's going to be cool to see how that plays out. we're talking about crisp conditions here. did you know stanford will represent more olympic sports than any other school in the usa. that's pretty cool. 11 sports total here in the bay area representing, proudly, go usa. 55 in san francisco, 59 degrees in san jose. as we head throughout the afternoon, high pressure moves in. and we've got a little cool air hanging out from an area of low pressure. today, we'll be at our coolest with clouds all the way through the inland valleys, tri-valley, mostly cloudy. a few 80s inland. the weekend heats up, maybe the triple digits by sunday in some cities a. big time warm-up taking place.

through the next 24 hours, 76 in san jose. here it is, look at the difference. between today and sunday up to 90 degrees, then we hit mid-90s, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, staying hot next week, that means we're finally going to get summertime weather that lasts longer than three days. 5:50. let's find out how long their drive is. >> you can hurry up and hurry. because there are no major incidents. this is great, south bay commute, coming into san jose, no problems either. a look ahead, it looks so great, i know that today, tomorrow and sunday there are going to be this wrongs heading out. the coolest day today. sunday it's hot but you want to head there. 101 will be slow. from the south bay to the north bay, san rafael, an easy drive. 101 at terra linda. all the way down to the golden

gate bridge, 101 moves into the city and again visibility great. on the other side of the bay, the east bay into san francisco, here is the toll plaza. no problems on the east shore freeway. no metering lights. it's lonely. back to you. >> you don't have to be lonely. coming up, call me maybe. the team usa remake of the catchiest song. >> i love it. how about can't call them olympic glasses. that could abcopyright violation. gadget friday coming up.

>> welcome back everyone. 5:53. good friday morning to you as well. with all of this olympic talk making you feel athletic this morning, scott mcgrew has a great sports gadget. >> you know what a heads up display is, the pilots use them all the time so they don't have to look down on the controls. that's the idea behind something called the sport eyes, it's a small electronic unit that attaches to your sunglasses. see the light. it went away. there it is. it uses a small wand to display lights in your field of vision as you are bicycling or what no. these can be programmed to tell you things. you can connect it to the bike's speedometer to tell you if your pedal cadence is where you want or you're at your target heart right. sensor makers agreed on a wireless standard, you can measure all kinds of things so the actual device clips onto your glasses here and then there is a flexible wand that goes in front and displays the lights.

you can set up what you want those lights to mean. you have to supply your own sunglasses. i will point out that vana from target says hello because i had to buy some sports sunglasses because these are not generally -- >> you didn't have sports sun glasses? >> i thought they would be appropriate for this. >> you need to put them on. come on. >> you know, what somebody once told me don't ride the try sickle so i don't. >> scott mcgrew. >> turn it over to our meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> i like his style. most of my shades come from gas stations. you want to grab your shades even though you probably won't need them you will later on this afternoon. full sunshine, 80 inland, bay side we have an update, flight delays out of sfo at about one hour now so check ahead. you'll be at about 74 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 63 at the coast.

first let's check your drive. >> the big surprise is there are no big surprises. highway 4, slowing throughant wok, no problems pittsburgh, bay point or concord. 580 westbound, you are seeing slowing. this is unusual but no incidents eastbound. i'll let you know how it goes. >> 5:56. a question for you. what do you get when you mix the u.s. olympics swimming team with the hottest song of the summer. >> how about a viral video masterpiece. ♪ hey this is crazy but here's my number so call me maybe ♪ >> they are having fun. the swimming team having fun before the start of the olympic games between practice laps, warming up. they had time to make that video.

love. even ryan lochte, michael phelps making an appearance. the video has gone viral, not surprisingly on youtube. bay air native natalie coughlin even had a hand in choreography in the airplane part. >> so much fun. >> that's cute too. >> still ahead a global stage in the heart of london. >> a live look outside there this morning, said to be a muggy start to the day. rain anticipated for the opening ceremonies tonight at 7:30. we'll check the forecast and across the pond over here as well. olympic stadium, going to be filled.

>> london welcomes the world in a few hours from now.

and it's down to the wire as this city prepares for tonight's opening ceremony of the 2012 olympic games. >> my dad and i were trying to chase after the guys. they got away. >> only on nbc bay area, a local olympic torchbearer robbed, his life long dream that turned into his worst nightmare. >> these are the last competitive moments i'll have in my career so it is big. >> michael phelps talks about his taste for gold and hint at his olympic future. and back at home, we've got a mild finish to the work week but a big time warm-up ahead which will likely affect your weekend. >> over the hill and over the bay we're watching these highways for your live traffic reports coming up. >> good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's 6:00. >> i'm