i mentioned the weaponry we have in place. 28,500 u.s. troops stationed in south korea. of course, laura, meant to be a deterrent to the north. 6:02. today, one bay area lawmaker will propose the state to take a unique approach to gun control. instead of focusing on the guns themselves, they are taking aim at the bullets. bob redell joins us live in milpitas. >> reporter: california regulates guns heavily already. ammunition, not so much. you have to prove you are 18 to buy bullets and 21 for a handgun. online, you can buy ammunition as much as you want. a state assembly committee will consider a bill put forward by democratic assembly woman that would make it harder to buy and sell ammo. avm bvm dr ab-48 would require them to become licensed and allow their

info to go into a state registry to make sure they are not a criminal or someone with a mental health issue. the california rifle and pistol association tells the bay area news group it does plan to sue if this bill passes calling it, quote, a campaign of shame, unquote, against law-abiding citizens. state democratic lawmakers are pushing two other bullet-controlled bills as well. los angeles senator kevin deleon has presented a bill that would require buyers to submit to a background check and buy a $50 permit. another bill would put a 10% tax on ammo to pay for crime prevention. reporting live, bob redell, investigators looking into what caused a fire that burned through an apartment in sunnyvale overnight. crews say when they got there to the scene, they found one apartment on fire, started to spread into the attic. firefighters say it took them half an hour to finally get things under control.

they were able to keep that fire from spreading to other units. the people that live in that apartment on areeva drive, they were not home at the time. >> apparently, they had to take their dog to the veterinarian. we don't know if that is a result of the fire or something else. that caused them to leave possibly a pot on the stove or something like that. >> just to be safe, crews did stay on that scene into the morning hours watching out for any hotspots. >> today, pg&e will continue to perform safety inspections on its natural gas pipelines this time in daly city. they will vent natural gas south of brotherhood way. it will start this afternoon and last throughout the night. they are inspecting their entire gas pipeline system following this deadly 2010 san bruno explosion. all tests across the state should be done by the end of the month. it is 6:05 right now. it is early but it is already starting to feel very much like spring out there.

immediate immedia immedia meteorologist, christina loren, says today is a beautiful day. >> our days are longer than our nights. we are warming up gradually each morning. temperatures are starting to feel more and more comfortable. 53, san jose. 50, sunnyvale. 49, san mateo. thick pockets of fog. i want to point out that you still might encounter thick pockets of fog where you have the white shading. pretty thick fog on our radar this morning. watch out for that. we are also picking up drizzle. you might have to use your windshield wipers. overall, that's going to clear by 9:00, 10:00. mix of sun and clouds later on. a good-looking day to get outdoors. as we head through your wednesday, really warm, close to 80 degrees inland as we head through tomorrow. increasing clouds tomorrow afternoon as our next storm

system makes its way into the bay area. we are not expecting our showers or thunderstorms until potentially thursday morning. then, we get an even better chance. the cold air system moves on shore over the course of the weekend. 70 degrees inland today. 63 degrees. stick around if you can. if you have to get out the front door, anthony slaughter is here to help you out. >> we have a significant alert in the 680 mid-span on the bridge coming in from the north bay headed into martinez. two lanes are blocked here. 680 southbound. two lanes blocked on the middle part of the bridge. if you have to take 680, it is causing some slowdowns up towards pierce. otherwise, it doesn't look like it is going to -- it will be there for a long time. another new accident that just occurred off diablo on 680. you can see it is on the on ramp. it is not causing any slowdowns on the highway. things are starting to get

active. we'll have more for you coming up in just a little while. laura. 6:07. hayward wants to keep online gambling out of its city for a little while longer. city council will discuss whether to extend a temporary ban on computer gaming businesses and internet sweepstakes cafe. a moratorium was first enacted in february. it is about to expire. hayward city officials are considering revising current zoning laws around those businesses. the time now is 6:07. coming up, it was a walmart rampage. >> i saw him through the windshield. he did look crazed. >> we'll let you know what an opera singer, among the victims, is saying about the vicious car attack and what's next for the man she saw hyped the wheel. >> apple makes an apology but for what. we'll take a look coming up in business news.

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good tuesday morning. a live look outside from downtown san jose. you see the center for performing arts out there. we are going to tell you why you should get out there and enjoy today. changes in the forecast. we'll check in with christina, 6:11. nothing short of a wild scene. the man accused of crashing his

car right into a south bay walmart and then attacking customers expected to face a judge in court sometime this morning. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago is live with new details on this bizarre scene out there. . 33-year-old hamid zieed has been in court ever since he was arrested on sunday. he is facing a number of charges. zaid is accused of driving into the parking lot on sunday morning and crashing into a couple of cars. after hitting the cars, he allegedly drove into the walmart coming to a stop 30 feet inside the store. then, witnesses say he picked up a metal bar and started attacking people in the store sending four to the hospital. other people grabbed him and held him until police arrived. >> i thought maybe it was road rage, because he came twice past me and hit my car twice.

>> a lot of things coming in my mind. something fell and then it was an earthquake or terrorist attack. >> reporter: he faces four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, being under the influence of drugs and resisting arrest. he is currently being held on $200,000 bail. again, 33-year-old hamid zayed will have his first court appearance at 9:00 this morning. live in san jose. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." time for a check of today's top story. north korean officials are restarting a nuclear reactor that's been dormant for six years in another threat to the united states and south korea. state tv says the reactor will generate electricity and bolter the north's stash of nuclear weapons the fbi says it has arrested new york state senator, malcolm smith and a new york state city councilman as part of a public

corrections probe. he tried to bribe his way into the race and dan haloran found those that were open to receiving bribes. >> they were not properly tested before installed. the san francisco chronicle reports they were not checked for hydrogen contamination which causes brittleness. >> an unexpected apology from apple to the chinese people. >> scott mcgrew, that apology coming from the ceo himself. >> this is the second time we have seen tim cook issue a public apology. the first time was well-deserved for apple maps. the new apology directed towards the people and the government of china. apple has been under fire in the press in china for short shifting chinese consumers, accused of offering the chinese substandard warrants on their apple product. that warranty is no less than the warranty you get for your iphone. considering how much of the

criticism was coming directly from the chinese government through state-run media, it would appear apple took the safe route and apologized rather than alienate the world's biggest market. they apologized for appearing arrogant. the big apple factory known as foxconn in shenzhen has reported an incident. news.com says it may be another suicide. foxconn has been under fire for a number of sue sides. the factory is enormous, the same population of the city of oakland, yet it has a reported suicide much smaller. the u.s. government started issuing the latest h-1 visas and says it may run out. there are 85,000 work permits available, capped by congress. we have reached this cap before but it has been years since we have gotten to the cap so quickly. american high-tech companies

say they need the work permits to fill spaces left empty. they cannot hire enough highly skilled workers. in general, the foreign workers tend to be paid less as well. there are two sides, jon and laura, to that story. >> to every story, no doubt. 6:15. christina loren is back. i like what you are talking about coming outside. >> two sides to this week as well. we're on the dry side. things are going to change pretty quickly, though. want to make sure you are prepared for those changes. you have a couple days to prepare for our next round of rain. thursday morning at this time, we will be tracking some pretty heavy rain on the radar. we'll let you know if anything changes. whenever we get 72 hours out, we have a pretty good handle on your forecast. 6:16. a live look. beautiful san jose. low clouds lingering here. we are expecting more to develop as we head through the next couple of hours. what you will notice is stellar air quality thanks to the rain

that came through yesterday. same deal here over the bay bridge. a bite full day shaping up. we are looking okay. the north bay valley reporting visabilities. three-quarters of a mile or less. your temperatures e nice and mild. look at san jose with 53 degrees to start. 54 in oak laland. when it comes to fog, we are expecting it to clear very quickly. we will see plenty of sunshine for today an a warmer afternoon as well. your futurecast tells that story by 10:00 a.m., sunny conditions over the greater bay area. so, even with the fog around, we don't have flight delays. we don't have any flight delays across any major airport across the nation. we observe caesar chavez day, back to business as usual. we stopped the clock at 9:00 p.m. tonight. looking good. marine layer starts to push back in.

mostly cloudy by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. while that rain stays offshore, we are going to hit highs as we head through your wednesday. close to 80 degrees. the rain comes in at 6:00 a.m. thursday. plan on a rough ride to work on thursday morning. that will continue throughout the day. we have a juicier system, a colder system, packing more wind as well. that arrives as we head through the weekend late saturday into sunday. changes aren't going to take place when it comes to your temperatures all that much. we are going to whoevhover in t upper 60s, low 70s. we get the rain inland. friday and saturday, stabilized atmosphere. rain comes through late saturday into sunday. because our temperatures are going to be so warm, we are going to keep that chance of thunderstorms in the mix, specially on sunday morning. we will keep you posted. showers linger for monday. a little bit of a break tuesday into wednesday. more rain on the way for next

week as well. april, looking active. overall, not too bad for today. let's check that drive. see how you are doing. how action is packed with anthony slaughter. >> we have that significant alert on 680 headed out of pierce. from 780. you can see slowdowns and also on 680. the accident is actually on the bridge itself. it is blocking two lanes on the bridge. very slow-going for the next couple of minutes as the crews try to get this accident cleared. also, just into our newsroom, there was an accident just reported on the mid-span of the bay bridge past the metering lights, not getting a whole lot of information on this one right now. it just happened so we will get more. so you can see it is causing major slowdowns as we get past the metering lights. in the south bay, things are starting to pick up on the 101. this is the perspective we are seeing right along this area. you could see from 101. once we flip over the camera, you could see outside, that's the activity starting to build on 101 northbound.

let's take you up further into fremont. things are building there as well. let's get you over to the foster city side. folks headed outside this morning. even up into palo alto. you can see congestion building and the metering lights on at the ramp. very usual here as we get you through your tuesday. that's the bay bridge toll plaza already bogged down. the metering lights are on. the significant alert at 680 from venetia, find an alternate route two cities are sending dueling teams of millionaires. they will present their argument toss a committee of nba owners. that issue is whether the kings stay put in sacramento or be allowed to make the move to seattle.

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>> welcome back, everybody. a nice, live look illuminated of the golden gate bridge. welcome back on this second day of april. it is tuesday out there. if you keep track on the calendar, it is 6:24. late night host, jimmy fallon, jay leno, finally addressing the rumors that fallon will soon be replacing

leno on "the tonight show" with leno giving fallon a call to talk about the whole thing. ♪ tonight, tonight, why do they say we fight ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, i like you, you like me, we're okay ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, who cares who hosts tonight ♪ ♪ >> good finish. i'm actually getting a little misty. >> a little bit of broadway right there. >> it is good stuff. the irony, kind of like you and i have talking about the show rolling in in the morning. 6:25 right now. let's check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren, the forecast for today is nice. >> it is. i particularly like the trip

with the backup singers. they are quite the ensemble, laura garcia cannon. we want to thank you for waking up with us each and every weekday morning. it is now 6:25. we have beautiful air quality. a gorgeous day shaping up. plenty of sunshine headed our way. if you want to soak up the sun, walk on sunshine, today is your day. the rain is in the near future. as of thursday morning, we have downpours headed our way. bayside, 68, not the coast. 63 degrees. we gave mike the day off. he deserved it. but, in his place, we didn't cut you short. we present anthony slaughter. >> thank you, christina. such a formal introduction. i feel like i should have a british accent now. >> here is the bay bridge toll plaza. i'm not good at that. as you can see, major congestion at the bay bridge toll plaza. there is an accident past the metering lights that's causing slowdowns. 680, on the bridge, things are

slowing back to pierce. even on 780 through venetia. this is the area we are watching. 680, significant alert. ambulance and crews are making their way to that scene. more coming up in a little while. >> have you seen this at uc santa cruz showing he has some pretty good moves. ♪ >> own it, work it. that's ronen, the sea lion, whether it is earth, wind, and fire or the back street boys. that lion knows how to work it. his neck is getting a little tired there. scientists previously thought only animals that could mimic the human voice could keep timing to the music. thanks to roan, experts rewriting the science books. a motor mouth customer turns thief on the run. we'll tell you about the suspect

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armed guards stationed at schools. part two of the nra's plan to shield students from violence the suspect that draws you into a long conversation before making off with expensive gadgets right now, we'll take you live to new york city. that is wall street. the customary bell ringing to get your day started and jump-start the market on this tuesday, april 2nd. this is "today in the bay." it is 6:30 on the nose. good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. i'm laura garcia cannon.

new this morning, the nra has set to roll out its plan for school safety today including allowing armed guards in schools. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill. the group calls it the fashionle school shield program. >> right. the idea is the nra wants an armed officer in every sngle school in this country. the plan they are rolling out today will explain how communities can go about doing that. remember, it was the first press conference about a week after the sandy hook shooting where they first brought up this idea of armed guards in schools to prevent something like that from ever happening again. today, we get the details. in other words, what congress and school districts and cities and counties and states need to do to change their laws to allow these weapons in schools to protect children. how much is it going to cost? one estimate says about $5.5 billion. the question this morning, where is all that money coming from? the senate now considering gun legislation here as president

obama heads to denver on wednesday. coming out west to talk about colorado's new law, toughening up their laws and how we might be able to do the same thing in washington. connecticut has reached a deal on a new law that would make theirs the toughest in the nation. washington yet to come to any consensus on just what gun control will mean here on the hill. >> laura? >> thank you very much, tracie. the nra's announcement comes one day after connecticut lawmakers come to terms with gun control measures. it would give some of the toughest laws in the country, including universal background checks. it includes a ban on large capacity ammunition magazines and a new registry for existing high-capacity magazines. a vote is expected on wednesday in the state's general assembly. >> here in california, a bay area lawmaker is set to unveil a proposal for a new tax aimed at ammunition sales. we are going to lay out the

details in a live report. coming up in about 15 minutes it is 6:32 right now. time to check things out with meteorologist, christina loren. kind of like a jekyll & hyde forecast. two very different sides to the week. a live picture of the golden gate bridge. we have low clouds starting to settle in. give yourself extra time if you are waking up with us near the coast. 51 are san francisco. 43, novato. 46, sonoma. south bay, temperatures are rather mild to start the day, 53, san jose and 52 in gilroy. for today, that dense a.m. fog will make way to a mix of sun and clouds. as we head through your wednesday, closer to 80 degrees. warm and mild. increasing clouds steadily tomorrow afternoon. the widespread rain arrives. thunderstorms even if we head through thursday. friday, a slight chance and this weekend, we have a really good chance, a cold, wet system. on its way to the bay area. 70 degrees inland, bayside, 68.

the coast, 63 degrees. i'll show you when that next round of rain arrives. 6:33 on a traffic tuesday. i want to find out what's happening on the roads with anthony slaughter. >> things are starting to get active. we have a cement truck that flipped on to its side. on 280 at the 101 connector in san jose. on the ramp. you are looking at 101 headed northbound. you will notice 280 is the highway that crosses over. you see those ramps. cars are getting over on those. that's where the accident is at. it is getting on to the ramp on 101. you will notice things are starting to slow if you take that route. it is because of a cement truck that's blocking the ramp to 101. we also have that significant alert that's still in effect right now. this is on 680 up towards pierce and venetia. headed into the east bay. the lanes are really not moving a whole lot there. two lanes blocked on the middle

part of the bridge. because of a multi-car accident on that specific location. another accident just formed at the 238 connect nor with 880 on the ramp there. it does look like the accident that occurred has pulled to the side on right-hand shoulder. things have started to clear. it is a typical, slow spot. 6:34. back to you guys. >> it is 6:34 right now. peninsula police on the lookout for a chief that can't seem to keep his mouth shut. south san francisco police calling this man the chatty thief. they say he walks into a store or office and poses as a customer having some long conversation with those employees. when they are not looking, he rips off their apple devices. he has hit at least eight times since the end of february in burlingame and south san francisco. he goes by the name mike or michael. he had shaggy brown hair but reportedly shaved it off sometime last week. 6:35.

still ahead, the overnight nuclear threat raising the steaks for north korea. doors and windows bolted as children trying to escape a fire at a mob. were the warning signs ignored? why busted bolts snapped off the san jose bridge were installed despite doubts a miss tpicturesque look. south of san jose in the south bay. it is 6:35. back in minutes. [ wind howling ]

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new details in a fire in myanmar's largest city. the fire was likely sparked by an electrical short. police say about 75 children lived in the mosque compound. most escaped by running out of a door that police knocked open. other doors had been locked and security barred. north korea says it is going to restart its shuttered nuclear reactor, able to make one of the bomb's worth of plutonium a year. it was shut down in 2007 as part

of international disarmament talks. continuous threats against the u.s. and south korea. 6:39. were bolts installed on the bay bridge despite warning signs? flames through the roof as heavy smoke sends people scrambling through the apartment. the last-minute trip to the vet that may have saved a family from serious injury. >> the latest from science. a program to map the human brain. we are done with the rain. you see the fog settling in like a blanket. it could impact your drive in some parts of the bay area. when it is expected to clear. how nice today will be and about that rain just around the corner now. >> we have two significant alerts to let you know about. you are watching "today in the bay." ♪

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at 6:42, new video of a fire that broke out at a sunnyvale apartment complex on ariva drive. one unit was fully engulfed by the flames. the firefighters say the family that lives at the apartment unit was taking a pet to the veterinarian and were not home when firefighters arrived. it is unclear if the pet was injured in the fire or if the family left before the fire started. some other units have smoke damage. firefighters say, luckily, no one was injured. so far, it is unclear how the fire started. >> new this morning, a taxi driver right now being tested on suspicion of driving under the influence after slamming right into that center divide on southbound 101 near the millbrae avenue exit. this happened about 1:30 this

morning. the cab, you could see, just totally wrecked. the driver not seriously hurt. nobody else is believed to have been inside the cab at the time of this crash. >> there are new details this morning on the crash and attack on customers at a south bay walmart including an eyewitness account. the man accused of that attack is expected to face a judge in about two hours. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago is live with more. 33-year-old hamid zaid is scheduled to face a number of charges. zaid is accused of driving into the parking lot on sunday morning and crashing into a couple of cars. police say he then drove through the front entrance of the store ending up some 30 feet inside. he allegedly got out of his car

and started attacking people inside the walmart with some kind of metal bar. four were hurt and send to the hospital. others were able to wrestle him to the ground and hold him there. >> we were all blessed. no one in the parking lot was hit by this person. only four people were acosted. it was an easter miracle. >> he has been in custody in the santa clara jail since arrested. the charges he faces are four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run. being under the influence of drugs and also resisting arrest. we are live in san jose, i'm arturo santiago, nbc bay area news it is 6:45. right now, a judge deciding if there is enough evidence to send a san francisco sheriff's deputy to trial on charges of robbing a bank. police say surveillance pictures and fingerprints led them to

deputy philip tom, accused of robbing a bank on balboa on november 7 thd. to he handed the teller a note asking for cash. he is on unpaid leave and recently file ford bankruptcy. let's check the forecast with christina loren. the lesson i have enjoyed is to get out there and enjoy it. >> if you are going to be wearing a nice suit like our jon kelley has on. i would guess that is armani. if you are going to wear something nice to work, grab your umbrella or raingear. we have steady drizzle at the immediate coast. 6:46. want to show you what's happening out there. really cool imagery coming in. live pictures show you the story of the day. that fog is starting to settle

in. this is the golden gate bridge. show you how that looks. you can see right now at the immediate surface, not too much impact in terms of reduced visibility. that will become a factor as we head through the next hour. after which time, the fog will start to burn off. the sun is on its way up. official sunrise, 7:15. it will set at 7:30. 51 in san francisco. down to the south bay, nice and mild. you might not need a jacket. you can get by with a sweater this morning. 53 degrees. if you don't have anything nice on, you don't need the umbrella. it is not going to rain. abo by about noon, you can see. let's take you through wednesday. clouds increase all day long tomorrow. we are going to start to get our first rain showers on thursday morning. a lot of rain heading our way for the morning commute on thursday. you want to keep that in mind, specially if you live along the peninsula. sonoma county coastline. showers will continue through thursday afternoon. they will start to lighten up as we head through thursday night.

friday morning, residual rain, not a whole lot to tell you about. this weekend, month are on the rain. wait for that seven-day outlook in just moments. 72, livermore, 72, fairfield. 63, oak town, 63, san francisco. here it is. showers on thursday. if you get outdoors for the second half of friday. saturday into sunday, things start to change. we have a colder system. this one is packing more rain. that moves in late saturday into sunday. right now, it looks like you want to make indoor plans for sunday. by monday, residual showers. then, we will dry out tuesday, wednesday, before we get even more rain. april is looking good. we need to make up the averages. right now, it is looking promising to make up half of our average rainfall we are lacking. let's talk to anthony slaughter. you have a traffic alert. >> we have two significant alerts you can see right behind me. this is on 101. it is on the on ramp. you can see that traffic is slow there. it is not because the accident is actually on the road. it is actually on the off ramp.

it is a cement truck that tipped on to its side. we are going to have more for you coming up as we get through the morning. it is causing major slowdowns on 101 past story road and even south. we're talking major slowdowns. this is because folks want to see what's going on. we have another significant alert up towards venetia headed towards martinez on 680 in the middle part of a bridge. about an hour ago, there was a two-car accident. they are trying to get the cars off of the bridge. all of these folks can get through. we have another breakdown from 238 towards the 880 connector. otherwise, we are going to try to continue to track the two

significant alerts fsig alerts for you. we'll have more coming up in a little bit, guys. right now, we have a follow-up to the police shooting. two suspects wounded by the police officer after allegedly trying to run him over with a car. this is the scene from last wednesday. police opened fire on the 31-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man when they tried to drive off in a stolen car and then hit an officer. both were wounded but they are expected to recover. police say both suspects had warrants out for their arrest. they will likely be in court this week. this morning marks a sombre anniversary for a small christian college in oakland. seven people were gunned down on april 2nd, 2012. it was a former student that carried out the shooting rampage, currently undergoing

psychiatric treatment. a memorial concert will be held for the victims at 7:00 saturday night. the san francisco master corral will perform at 7:00 saturday night. one bay area lawmaker taking a different approach to gun control here in california. nancy skinner, the democratic assembly woman from berkeley introducing new legislation, legislation that takes aim at bullets, no the gun. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in milpitas to explain. these proposed pieces of state legislation put a twist on reducing gun violence instead of targeting the guns that are already heaviliry regulated. they want to put pressure on the sales of ammunition. they will consider a b-48, put forth by nancy skinner. this would require to submit

your nax to a national registry. ammo sellers would have to become licensed. skinner points out it is much easier to buy bullets than alcohol or cigarettes. the california rifle and pistol association has vowed to sue if that passes. another bill requires a background check and a permit fee and a 10% tax on ammunition to pay for crime prevention. one gun seller tells the mercury news these proposed laws won't stop crime because criminals aren't the ones that are buying ammunition. they are the ones stealing it. reporting live in milpitas, bob redell. "today in the bay." caltrans admits it saw red flags with bolts that snapped on the new span of the bay bridge

before it was installed. pre-installation tests raised doubts about their ability to stretch during an earthquake. at least 32 of the rods snapped last week when engineers started tightening the bolts. further testing showed hydrogen had contaminated the steel making it brittle. the bolts cannot be removed. it is working on a firx to install new bolts around the new one. >> the city council passing a resolution opposing prop eight, california's ban on same-sex marriage and agreeing to fly the rainbow flag out in front of city hall. several other cities in the bay area showe their support for gay rights last week as the u.s. supreme court heard two separate cases dealing with same-sex marriage. decisions on both of those cases expected in june. a new concert piece inspired by harvey milk will premier this

june in san francisco. i am harvey milk is part chorale, part theater. it includes a song sung from the point of view of the bullet that killed milk at city hall. the piece will be performed june 27th through june 28th at the north auditorium to mark 35 years since the gay right leader's death. president obama announcing a new initiative to map the human brain. >> the program is modeled on a program started just right here in the bay area to unravel the human genome. we expect the $100 million program will be led, in part, by stanford neurosign fifty, william newsome. though it will be spread through several universities and government agencies. we are just hearing about this now. we are going to have much more for you tonight at 11:00 or this morning at 11:00. again, at 6:00.

here, you see a live look at the white house. the president stepping up in about a minute for this what they are calling the brain initiative. over to wall street this morning, the nasdaq. we're watching stocks move higher. the dow industrials are now at a new intra-day high. 14,642. nasdaq, up 23 points as well. we're looking at apple as it makes an apology to the chinese and, of course, tesla, again, waiting on that. yet another announcement out of tesla. >> the news. he knows how to do it. scott. >> thank you very much. officials in san francisco meeting today to discuss skating back the planned concert series for the america's cup. the san francisco entertainment commission meeting tonight at city hall. neighbors have raised concerns about noise and traffic all around the planned concert venue at piers 27 and 29. now, instead of 40 concerts, there will only be 30 and most of them will end sooner than

originally planned. >> an outdoor venue may be good forred to. i think the weather will cooperate. we want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. >> improving skies, laura and john. good morning. happy tuesday. temperatures today. right now, running rather mild. want to start with this live picture at 6:55. a beautiful start over san francisco. you'll notice perfection in our a air quality today. 51 in san francisco. 46 in novato. you did notice from the picture the fog settling in along the golden gate bridge. right now, looking pretty clear for most of the bay area. 53, san jose, 52 for gilroy. we are headed toward the 60s at noon today. you will be at 59 degrees if you break at lunch for the coast. bayside, 68. for you inland, inland dwellers getting the good stuff today. 70 degrees. let's check on the drive on traffic tuesday. mike has the day off. we bring in anthony slaughter. >> we are still tracking a

significant alert at 101, around the 280 connector. this is what we are watching, a cement truck actually tipped on to its side on the on ramp at the bottom of the ramp. a lot of this slowing you are seeing is because folks want to see what's happening. the other significant alert we want to get you over to is the accident that happened earlier on 680 on the bridge here. this has actually been cleared. you will notice a lot of slow going all the way back past pierce and also through venitia on 780. this is really going to be a slow-go because of that accident that took an hour and a half to clear. a multi-vehicle accident on the bridge. otherwise, just tracking the typical slowdowns. the accident at 238, on the shoulder. through castro valley, things are slow, back towards the altamont pass. you want to make sure you have the headlights on and take it

easy. more coming up in the cut-ins in the meantime. 6:57. one final check of the day's top stories. the national rifle association unveiling a proposal for school safety that includes allowing armed guards in schoolses. this plan is in response to the shootings at sandy hook elementary school. >> also, north korean officials say they are restarting a nuclear reactor that has been dormant for six years in another threat to the united states and south korea. state television says the reactor will generate electricity and bolster the north stash of nuclear weapons louisville basketball star, kevin ware, he is expected to be released from the hospital already today just in time now for possibly watching his team in the final four after breaking his leg during the ncaa tournament. it was a freak accident that snapped that thing. already up on crutches. very good news so far. the doctors say it is possible

he will be able to sit on the sidelines for saturday's game when his team takes part in the final four. taking a live look right now. happening right now at the white house, president obama announcing a new initiative to map the human brain. we are waiting for the president at the body yu at the podium. it is modeled on a program started in the bay area by stanford scientist, william newsome. all in research to unravel the human genome. something we are keeping tabs on this morning. expecting the president. more details at 11:00 and tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> $100 million program led by stanford professor, william newsome. good stuff. right now, we also -- you got something else, a late night duet? >> i thought you were going to say good-bye. we will see you tomorrow but

leave you with the late night duet, kind of a medley between jimmy fallon and jay leno. it is worth a look. >> that's what is happening "today in the bay." we'll see you back, 7:25, with a live local news update. ♪ tonight, tonight ♪ why do they say we fight ♪ i like you ♪ you like me ♪ we're okay ♪ tonight, tonight, who cares who hosts tonight ♪ good morning. breaking overnight, north korea vowing to restart its nuclear facilities as the u.s. positions a navy destroyer closer to the korean peninsula.

deadly oversight, colorado officials admit a clerical error led to the early release of the suspected killer of the state's prison chief. and late night story. ♪ tonight, tonight, who's gonna host tonight ♪ >> jay leno and jimmy fallon address those "tonight show" rumors and their friendship. >> jay? thanks. >> was it just a spoof or a sign, "today," tuesday, april >> was it just a spoof or a sign, "today," tuesday, april 2nd, 2013. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and savannah gurthrie, live from studio good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on tuesday morning, i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. we got this breaking news out of

north korea, announcement it's stepping up its enrichment of uranium. which will only serve to escalate tensions. >> richard engel is monitoring the situation from seoul, richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. north korea says it will reopen those closed nuclear facilities just days after promising to never give up its nuclear weapons, to never bargain them. as the u.s. deploys more military hardware, including a navy missile destroyer diverted in case of a launch from north korea, the secretive government in pyongyang isn't backing down but escalating. north korea's young leader kim jong-un has abolished an armistice with south korea, celebrated his country's nuclear weapons and today vowed to overturn diplomacy by reopening a facility used to make fuel for