that had an accident earlier off to the side. that traffic is backing up way past the oakland coliseum. this is your route this morning. definitely want to try to find an alternate route in the next few minutes. you are going to have to make sure you have that patience. that red line, where the accident is, it extends past oakland coliseum by about a few, a quarter of a mile. you can see the typical slow spots. we have antioch slowing there as an accident has occurred early at the pass. in the south bay, 101 starts to slow on the northbound side approaching 680 and 280. you can see for yourself. brake lights are on. 680, 101 northbound headed into san jose. we will be having more coming up specially on that in oakland. >> most of us wake up to the rain. president obama waking up in san francisco this morning continuing his whirlwind fundraising trip through the bay

area. bob redell joins us live in san francisco with the president's plans for today. good morning. >> good morning. he is staying at the intercontinental hotel right here. this is where president barack obama stayed overnight. we will leave for two more fupd raiseers, a brunch and a lunch at private homes in atherton. to raise money to help get democrats elected to congress. hundreds of people protested near the two private homes in sea cliff and pack heights where he attended two other fund-raisers yesterday. not sure if he was aware. the crowds were kept at least 300 yards away for purposes of security. if he was within listening distance, the president would have received an earful on environmental kearns, specifically the keystone xl pipeline. many want him to kill this project that would transport oil from canada to the gulf of

mexico. >> it affects the people of america and it will eventually take away. everybody needs money. even the president took a pay cut. there are other options. that's what we are here to support just because the protesters were that far away from the president does not mean he did not get the message about the pipeline. the host of one of the fund-raisers, hedge fund billionaire and stanford grad, tom stier, happens to be a vocal opponent of the pipeline himself. happening right now, a little heads up, most phone calls heading into the fremont police department not going through for a short time with lines temporarily down as that system goes through some maintenance. the only calls that will get through are 911 emergencies. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago is live at the fremont police headquarters with an update on how long this will last. >> the fremont police

department's regular phone lines are now down but the police department is still reachable. also, 911 calls, those are getting through. those 911 calls are not affected during this outage. now, the department is going through a system upgrade. as the work is being done, the regular phone numbers at the headquarters will be down from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. the outage will include all dialing in, dialing out and voice mail services for the p.d., the jail and the animal shelter. if you call the regular numbers during the out annal, all you will hear is a busy signal. 911 calls will not be affected during this upgrade. if you do need to contact police, they do have an alternative nonemergency number. that alternative number is 510-791-4200. this is only going to last until 7:00 this morning. that's what they planned. the fremont police department is asking for the public to be patient with them as they make

this upgrade. we are live at the fremont police headquarters. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." school administrators could soon have an easier time firing teachers in california. they are set to consider a bill streamlining the dismissal process, all while protecting teachers rights. this bill allows schools to immediately dismiss teachers if they are accused of sexual abuse. it limits the window for appeals to seven months. a spokesperson for the california teachers association says it supports the bill. >> the time is 6:06. coming up, how about a brand new smart phone aimed directly at social media. we are live at facebook headquarters with all the speculation about today's big announcement. make sure you give yourself plenty of time this morning. we have moderate, even heavy do you know poors on the radio.

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nature at its most delicious. welcome back on a thursday morning. a cool picturesque shot of the bay bridge with the ominous clouds in the background. christina loren will be along to talk about what she is calling whiplash weather with the rain and how things are going to change this week. she will fill you in. 6:09. cnbc is exclusively reporting former enron krechlt o, jeffrey skilling, could get out of prison early. he is serving a 27-year prison term in his role of the energy giant's epic collapse. it is still being discussed. it is not clear how much of the sentence will be shortened. a judge would have the final say in the sentencing. skilling has consistently maintained his innocence

the clock says 6:10, time for a quick check of the top stories. president obama in the bay area wrapping up a visit later on today. on his agenda, more fundraising with a brunch and lunch scheduled in atherton. the president arriving at sfo late last night. some of the strictest laws in connecticut will expand the list of banned assault weapons and magazines that carry more than 10 bullets are also banned the man accused of crashing his car into a south bay walmart. 33-year-old hamid zaid facing aggravated assault, hit and run, dui and resisting arrest. police say he crashed his car into a walmart easter sunday and attacked customers with a metal pole. new this morning, facebook set to make a big announcement in a few hours.

it cob a game-changer. speculation is the company is making mobile its priority with the new smart phone. marla tallez joins us live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. a look at how the site is launching into the mobile market. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is actually pretty convenient considering i am going to say right away that google is only about seven miles south of facebook in mountain view, because this new rumor, new facebook smart phone would run on google's android operating system. this is all speculation at this point. our business and tech guru, scott mcgrew, says he expects face boom will announce a new version of software for the phone. that would be manufactured by taiwanese htc. they would build it and facebook would provide the software. it is expected to run on google's o.s. here is a glimpse of what it could look like. you should be seeing a picture

provided by tech website, 9:00 to 5:00 google. it shows your facebook pick replacing the lock button, a news feed and a status button on your home feed. also, you get a call. those facebook profile picks of your caller would pop up. these are all the rumors. mark zuckerberg has said he is not going to build a phone. this is a way around it and a way for facebook to keep its popularity going, specially as the younger generation uses other services. facebook is asking media to, quote, come see our new home on android. we will all see what they mean when mark zuckerberg makes his official announcement at 10:00 this morning. live in menlo park, marla tallez, "today in the bay." 6:13 right now. that see through scandal at lululemon. the company's chief product officer, sheree waterson will leave this company in two weeks

after the yoga pantmaker had to recall 17% of all of its pants for being simply too sheer. lu lulu lem lululemon did not comment on it. arthur frommer has now reacquired the rights to public the book from google. google executives brought the brand last summer but they decided to pull the plug on it. some of the frommer travel content will still remain on google's web services, google plus wikileaks founder, julian s essange may have found an ally. they were critical against him. he said it was a mess. he questioned the legality of extradition. he has been holed up in ecuador's london embassy since

last june. he is trying to avoid extradition to sweden to face sex charge allegations. he believed they are a ploy to ship him to the united states to face charges of exposing thousands of classified government documents starting next week, governor jerry brown will be heading overseas to china looking to attract billions of dollars in new investments for california. he will be joined by a delegation of business leaders who will help him open the first of at least two state trade offices in china. during the six-day visit, the governor will promote tourism and clean energy technology. he will also sign a series of environmental agreements with chinese officials. china is california's number three trading partner importing $14 billion from the state last year. 6:15 right now. we check back in with meteorologist, christina loren. probably a good day to do your best gene kelly operation. we encourage you to get outdoors

with the kids. you can jump in in the puddles. >> i like that. >> you are a fun dad. 6:15. taking you live. show you what we're working with this morning. we're going to get to that in just a moment. we first want to show you what tahoe is working with. brian hager joins us on the phone from squaw valley with a look at the conditions on the slope. the front is coming through the bay area, brian. it looks like it is headed through tahoe as we head through the next six hours. you guys will have some snow headed your way. >> the conditions are really good. crisp, cold snow in the morning. if you get up here, follow the snow when it is out. we have a lot going on. >> you guys have this webcam on your squaw valley.com website. i am going to link it up to my facebook page. you can see the conditions change. you can check the conditions on the slope and see them for yourself. that's a really cool feature. what else do you have on the website that's helpful to people that might want to head up there this weekend.

>> we have lifts that are open, trails that are open. you can see what was groomed and most importantly get that season pass. >> thank you very much. i promise, i will put that up on my facebook page so you guys can see what i'm talking about and hopefully, we'll see some rain turning over to snow as we head through the day. temperatures are going to be rather mild. any snow, above 7,000 feet. maybe, just maybe, 6,800 feet. throughout the day, slick conditions out there at alpine meadows and squaw. this is what's racing toward the spine of the sierra nevada. it is going to be there in about six hours. we are going to continue to track that activity as it develops right now. this is what we are tracking in the bay area, one pretty big area. most of the heavy stuff has come through. all this moderate rainfall is on the way to east oakland in about 16 minutes. 56 minutes away from steady, moderate rainfall in lafayette. we are looking pretty good in the south bay. we have more on the way to our

area as well. this patch is going to come through as we head the next 30, 45 minutes. we are going to track these showers all morning long. by 7:00 a.m., most of the heavy rainfall is out of the bay area. we will be dealing with light, spotty showers at least through 10:00 a.m. by 6:00 p.m., not a whole lot left. a little bit of lingering activity for tomorrow morning. not expecting much. that's good news our next chance for rain, saturday morning, between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00. that will impact areas north of the golden gate bridge. on sunday, another system dives into the bay area. thafr ace lo the there is a lot disagreement. there will be showers around. you may want to plan on possibly having to stay indoors. that chance of rain is going to be north of the golden gate bridge. that's about a 40% shot late

sunday into monday. 68 for monday. the warmup is on. by wednesday, the warmest air of the year so far arrives in the bay area. we could be talking 90s. i'm not going as bullish as i would like to when it comes to your highs on wednesday. that's going to be a warm day, a beach day. we will keep you posted. 6:18. let's check the drive with anthony slaughter. we are still watching that accident in oakland. 880 northbound at 29th street. two lanes are finally starting to get by. this accident has been going on for the past 20 minutes. traffic is backed up way past the oakland coliseum. they are trying to get that on the sigh. you can see for yourself what it looks like. all of that red extends way past the oakland coliseum. traffic is not moving once you get a quarter of a mile past there. a little farther north into antioch, not a whole lot

happening, the typical slow commute. slow because of two accidents. eastbound. there is an accident at the livermore boulevard. northbound, you can see outside, the traffic is starting to back up. the headlights and brake lights are on. you will notice brake lights on the northbound side. roadway ponding. lots of heavy rain coming down. allow plenty of extra time. keep both hands on the wheel and pay the attention to your neighbor. 6:20. let's get you over back to laura and jon. thank you very much. ottawa university in ottawa, kansas, is slowed because of a suspicious device found on campus. live pictures from the scene right now. you do not see a lot of

activity. we'll keep you posted. they are letting people drive on campus. they let people drive around and check things out. something to keep an eye on. we have an update and good news from southern california where rescue workers have found one of two teen that is were out hiking and missing since sunday night. the 19-year-old was found in cleveland national forest, about 40 miles east of san diego. firefighters say he was too confused and disoriented to tell them where he thinks his hiking companion might be. the two called for help after getting lost sunday night. rescue workers say the mild wet they are day and night offer a pretty good chance the other hiker is still alive. we hope it is best on that. search and rescue team still looking for a missing dock

worker. he and another worker fell into the water yesterday. after the carnival cruise ship triumph broke loose from its moorings. tug boats were able to secure the ship back to the dock. carnival officials blamed strong winds for the mishap. out of service since february after an engine fire set it adrift in the gulf of mexico. 6:21. coming up, time for some final four fever. we'll have that for you in the spotlight from the sidelines. a college basketball player is showing his team spirit while battling back from a gruesome injury. ♪

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welcome back. it is 6:24. thursday morning. nba commissioner, david sterns, says it will take the league sometime to determine if the sacramento kings will stay in california. sacramento and seattle both pitched their plans for the team yesterday in manhattan. commissioner sterns says both presentations were extraordinary but there is still a lot of questions to be answered sacramento may or yor kevin johnson says he likes the chance for the kings staying there. right now, keep it on the cor

court. the cal women's basketball team will head to new orleans for the final four of the ncaa tournament. this marks the very first time in school history the team has made it that far. the golden bears tip-off sunday taking on louisville, the winners. they will move on to play for the national championship. go, bears. >> in the meantime, final four mens teams have arrived in atlanta. you are looking at injured louisville player, kevin ware. louisville coach, rick pitino waved to the camera. they will be the first to play saturday followed by syracuse versus michigan. what a trooper? >> the way that ledge is snapped. the young man, a warrior effort. he is going to be cheering them on. 6:26 right now. let's check in with meteorologist, christina loren. very busy in the weather department. >> these showers finally starting to let up a little bit.

jon and laura, we had two pretty significant bands of rain. the current conditions, heaviest rainfall currently coming down. you want to be advised. all this came through over the course of the past few hours. the heaviest located from napa down south through vallejo headed through lafayette and concord. we will track these storm systems and let you know when the next one arrives. first, let's check your drive and traffic alert, anthony. we have that accident that just happened on 880 northbound in oakland. it was right at 29th street. all lanes are getting by now. that traffic was backed up for at least 20 minutes. it was slow all the way past oakland coliseum. i will show you on our traffic maps. you can see all of that red denotes where every single car was stacked up. all lanes are getting by on 880, northbound at 29th street. 6:27. still ahead.

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new threats in north korea and the missile on the move prompting the pentagon to make moves in the pacific. >> a live look outside the bay bridge toll plaza. a soggy commute out there. be prepared. weather and traffic coming up next. how will the market hold on this thursday morning as we hear the opening bell on wall street. today is thursday, april 4th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us.

good morning. we begin with a developing story as tension continues to build along the korean peninsula. new evidence north korea may be pointing missiles at the south and now the u.s. sending our very own missiles to defend the pacific in the light of the threat going on there. let's get straight to washington, d.c. where tracie potts is monitoring the developments. >> there are reports out of south korea from one of its news agencies that there is a missile on the move in north korea headed east towards the launching pad. that has south koreans concerned. also brand new this morning, reports from a statement from the north korean army. a spokesman saying the moment of explosion is approaching fast. they now have final approval to strike. they are blaming everything on the u.s. they would have a high-handed hostile policy. in addition, this is the second day in a row that south koreans have been turned back from that

industrial plant that the two operate jointly just inside north korea right on the border. those people again told to go home. not being allowed access inside. as a result of all of this. the united states is sending in anti-missile defense system to guam. they had planned to anyway. a couple years from now, that timetable, they are now speeding up here in washington to get that missile defense system in place in guam with tensions mounting on the korean peninsula. jon? >> thank you very much for the update. loek littcally, we are on s bridge. the rainy weather bearing down all over the bay area this morning affecting the morning commute as well. we want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina lar lorne. most of the shower activity is starting to come to a clotse. we do have slick conditions. san jose, the h.p. pavilion, you

see the sheen on the road. you might find deep pockets of puddles. you don't want to lose control of your vehicle, specially if you are taking those little ones to school. talk about where the heaviest rainfall is coming down. the heaviest rain is coming through the central valley. if you are headed that way, travel cautiously, because that will continue as we head throughout mid-morning. all racing towards tahoe. that is good news. we are going to get snowfall at the highest elevations. heavy pockets of rain. along the peninsula, we are starting to dry out a little bit. you just got hit pretty hard. all the way from concord down to walnut creek. we are going to check on your drive with anthony. he is standing by. we are going to keep those showers widespread until about 9:00 a.m., moderate to heavy at times. 10:00 to 4:00, starting to taper

off. on and off light activity. this evening, we'll partially clear you out. more rain on the way tomorrow morning. i don't think it is going to continue for that home opener. the giants back at it tomorrow. your forecast coming up next. we'll have your seven-day ready to go. 6:33. let's check on the drive as promised. here is anthony. 880 northbound. that has cleared. all lanes are opened. you could see on our traffic maps. that is the good news even though it was stalled out for half an hour. folks really couldn't get by. now, all lanes are ope at 880. we have two accidents on the altamont pass. one is 580 westbound. the second is livermore avenue. that's on the eastbound side. then, the south bay or the peninsula. i can't forget about you guys. the peninsula, traveling there. things are starting to pick up

northbound. things are starting to slow. this slowing will continue through palo alto for the next two hours. this is a typical, slow spot that we track usualljon. the shooing happening just before 10:00 last night before the corner of jefferson and tenth street. officers were trying to arrest three armed robbery suspects when one of the officers shot and wounded one of the suspects. that suspect was ultimately treated at a hospital and is expected to survive. officers not saying at this hour if they were able to arrest the other two robbery suspects. 6:35. an east bay city looking to get tougher on crime by using electronic license plate readers. they heard plans for a new system this week. they would be installed at entry points around the city to record vehicles coming and going. the system would be linked to a hot list of stolen vehicles.

sex offenders or other suspected criminals police are searching for. the public safety commissioner will discuss that plan in a meeting today. hayward has banned internet cafes until next year. it will allow two existing businesses to remain open. the city council agreeing to allow the businesses to keep their doors open after one of those businesses sued to protest that ban. the online games offer at the cafes resemble casino-type gambling and does want them banned. they have extended a moratorium on new businesses until february of next year. dialing into facebook, the smart phone speculation ahead of the social media site's big announcement. plus, gun law overhaul, how tragedy is prompting con could to get tough on assault weapons and ammunition. >> this is a live look from city streets in san francisco near

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scary situation in florida. an investigation into a small plane crash had to make an emergency landing. this happening in west miami in dade county, florida.

nbc miami telling us and reporting, two people were on board that single engine plane when it ultimately went down. good news being reported here, neither person believed to be injured. it was forced to land after declaring some kind of emergency on board. you can see all the smoke coming up from the helicopters. we will keep you posted as more information comes in. 6:39. lawmakers in connecticut have passed a new gun bill putting into effect some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. the legislation expands the list of assault weapons banned in the state. it would also create a dangerous weapon offender registry and establish new rules for buying ammunition. the bill comes in response to last december's newtown school massacre that claimed the lives of 20 children and section educators. connecticut's governor is expected to sign that measure into law later this morning. more details about a deadly

shooting at ft. knox in kentucky. normally, very, very safe and secure. investigators say the shooting was not random and was based on some kind of a personal dispute. it was locked down for an hour yesterday afternoon. an employee was shot and killed. the shooter remains on the loose. so far, the names of the victim and the suspect have not yet been released. 6:40. police phone lines are cut off in one east bay city. what you should do if you need to get through to first responders during this morning's outage. >> also, the mobile market getting a social media overhaul. some speculation over a facebook smart phone and how it could hopefully change your next status update. we have got two hour flight delays due to the wet weather out of sfo. we'll let you know when you can get outdoors without having to dodge showers. the all-important weekend forecast is coming up next.

with rain this morning, traffic moving very slow. a couple of accidents have developed in the last few minutes. i'm anthony slaughter in for mike inouye with your traffic commute. ♪

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at 6:43, we are on storm watch. as we give you a live look of the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge this morning, barely make it out. today, the enteire bay area really getting hit by rain during the morning commute. let's check the forecast. how long will it last? not that long. we need the rain but we don't need it during the morning rush.

reare not going we are not going to deal with it all day. get your mind set, get ready to drive. dangerous conditions, specially in the east bay where we got hit the hardest. we are continuing to see light to moderate activity. tri-valley getting hit pretty hard. pretty heavy rainfall coming down. that will continue. we are going to keep that in the forecast until about 9:00 a.m. today. however, we do want to point out right off the bat, major flight delays backing up because of the wet weather out of sfo. up to an hour and 50 minutes. only major airport reporting any sort of delays. that's the good news. we should see improvement there as we head through about 10:00 today. futurecast tells the story by about 11:00. you can get outdoors. intermittent activity throughout the day. highs will be comfortable.

we have got this subtropical flow. we are still going to hit highs. 68, 60 in san francisco. 65 degrees in san jose. consider, we hit about 80 degrees inland. it is going to be about a 15-degree dropoff. tomorrow, we look good for first pitch. 1:35. the giants taking on the cardinals. barry zito taking the mount at 1:35. we are going to be all over this tomorrow morning. you don't want to miss tomorrow morning's broadcast. we are the proud home of the san francisco giants. as we head through the weekend, another chance for rain saturday morning. showers around on sunday. then, monday and tuesday, the warmup is on on the way for wednesday. we'll check your drive with anthony. we're not tracking any major accidents. 880 northbound on oakland, traffic moving. earlier, we had an accident that shut down two lanes earlier. north of oakland into

emeryville. visibility kind of reduced, because our cameras are so high and the air is so fogged. it started to form. you will notice traffic moving smoothly. lots of congestion as the head lights are traveling south facing towards the camera. this is a typical slow spot that we are tracking. also, the altamont pass where all the cars are seeing the slowdown come in. we are going to get you through the other side into the peninsula. the heads lights coming towards us. this is in belmont right at ralston avenue. it is keeping things slow. tra traffic is moving right along. it doesn't seem like it is impending traffic. traffic is moving smoothly in that particular location. more coming up in a little while. 6:47. new this morning, gilroy police investigating a deadly shooting happening just a few hours ago near the intersection of

chestnut and east 7th street. one died from his injuries. another is in critical condition. he is expected to survive. no one has been arrested. a motive is still under investigation. sierra lamar expected to enter a plea in court. facing murder and kidnapping charges, the disappearance of the 15-year-old more than a year ago. garcia torres has been charged with attempting kidnapping and carjacking in three unrelated attacks on women in morgan hill back in 2009. a court hearing set for a seaside man accused of crashing into a san jose walmart and hitting four customers with a metal object. 33-year-old hamid zaid is facing aggravated assault charges as well as charges of being under the influence. we showed you exclusive video of a similar crash in december where zaid drove a silver lexus

into a car wash. he was not in custody because he was out on bail. he'll be sentenced for the december incident later this month. we have a follow-up on a smooth-talking thief that's been ripping off electronics from businesses in south san francisco and burlingame. it turns out he may be taking his act to other parts of the bay area. the man turned into the bay area. he has long conversations with the employees. when they are not looking, he rips off their cell phones or tablets. south san francisco police say they have been getting some calls in los altoes. 6:49. a temporary phone outage at the fremont police department will soon be over. crews have been working trying to upgrade the headquarters phone system. "today in the bay's" arturo

santiago joins us live. an update on the phone outage there. any problems? >> so far, we north hearing of any problems, laura. this outage seems to be just about over if things go as scheduled. let's say this. 911 calls were not affected at all during this outage. there is still a way for people to be able to reach the department. from 6:00 to 7:00 this morning, the regular phone numbers here at police headquarters will be offline. the outage will include all incoming and outgoing calls for the police department, animal shelter and jail. you will get a businessgy signal if you call during the outage. this is a result of the work that needs to be done as the department goes through a phone system upgrade. 911 calls will not be affected but if you need to contact the police department, there is an

alternative nonemergency number, 510-791-4200. the work is scheduled to take only about an hour, scheduled to end at 7:00. if with you hear anything different, we'll let you know. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." it has been three weeks since bolts snapped on the new span of the bay bridge. caltrans is still trying to come up with a permanent solution. they aren't sure whether a manufacturing glitch caused those bolts to break. it is also possible the bolts were fattened too tightly. one possible solution. installing an exterior steel sheath to clamp together the bridge pieces. despite the setbacks, caltrans says the bolt problems should not delay the labor day opening of the new bridge we should learn more if the pilot that steered an oil tanker into the bay bridge three months ago will face any kind of punish. the california board of pilot

commissioners hearing a full report. they will try to determine whether guy kleess was actually at fault. he has not been given piloting assignments since that collision. repairs on the refinely in richmond are done but red tape will keep it from reopening until june. chevron says it needs to complete the regulatory steps required to restart the crude processing plant. receipt finery was damaged by a fire last august. earlier this year, cal fined them nearly $1 million and issued 25 citations against the company in connection with the fire. president obama wrapping up his bay area visit a little later on today less than 24 hours after it all started. the president attending two fundraising events on the peninsula after spending last night in san francisco. that's where "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with a look at the president's agenda. good morning.

president barack obama staying in the hotel behind me, the intercontinental here in downtown san francisco. that's where he has been overnight. he is still there right now. a little bit later this morning. he will fly over to atherton for two more private fund-raisers. these are fund-raisers at private homes. there will be a brunch and a lunch. this is to raise money to help get democrats elected in the congress. a little bit later this afternoon, early afternoon, he will leave on air force one from sfo. he had a couple of other fund-raisers. this was yesterday here in san francisco at private homes in seacliff and pack heights. fund-raisers for house democrats. hundreds greeted him not necessarily with open arms much the crowds were kept at least 300 yards away for purposes of security. if he was within listening distance, the president would have received an earful about environmental kearns, specifically the keystone xl pipeline. many protesters want the president to kill that project

that will transport oil from canada to the gulf of mexico. president barack obama in up to for less than 24 hours, arrived here last night around 5:30. will be out here early this afternoon trying to raise money for house democrats 6:53, also knew this morning. plenty of buzz ahead of big announcements coming from facebook. the speculation is centering on a new smart phone. "today in the bay's" marla tallez live outside facebook headquarters. it sounds like they are using google technology to make their move into the mobile market. >> reporter: that's absolutely correct. good morning. not a bad partner ship at all. google, as we know, is just about less than a ten-minute drive down 101 in mountain view. facebook is set to announce a whole new version of android software for a new smart phone that would run on google's operating system. this is all speculation at this point. now, here is what this facebook

smart phone could look like. according to 9:00 to 5:00 google, the website put out this picture. your facebook pick replacing the lock button. a new speed and status button on your home screen. you get a call. the facebook profile pick of your caller pops up. it would be a mid-range smart phone with one gigabyte of ram and a megapixel camera. another rumor, it would be built by a company in taiwan called htc. how much is it expected to cost? ga face book's last big announcement was in january when mark zuckerberg revealed that. the younger generation is drawn to other services. the media zin out here hasn't started just yet. i can assure you, that will change in a matter of hours. the facebook announcement coming down at 10:00 today. facebook sending out its media invite saying, quote, come see

our new home on android. we'll see exactly what zuckerberg means by that. it is 6:55. we are getting a better idea about the new potential apple tv. market analyst, brian white, says he has new details about the cupertino company planned product. he says itv will be a 60-inch set with a unique remote control and an iring that would fit on a viewer's finger. he says his report is based on visits to the asian companies that supply apple with his components. >> 6:56. tesla getting an even bigger presence on santana road. this morning, the palo alto company will open their new and expanded showroom. it is three times larger than the old location. it will be located in the space

previously held by burberry. they are hoping shoppers will start thinking about electric cars a lot of rain falling in people's faces all over. >> you want to prepare for that. put a hat on, maybe a poncho if that's what you like to do. as you head through the day, we are going to continue the showers, the lighter showers. most of the moisture, the thickest rain band. to stop the clock on your radar. i wanted to set it back. you can see how much rainfall did come through the bay area. this is what it looked like currently. we have thick pockets lingering on the north end of the north bay. we will be tracking the showers as we head through the morning hours. right here on nbc bay area throughout the "today" show. we will have a forecast if you missed as well. let's check your drive. it is jamming up in many spots. 880 is cleared from that accident we saw earlier. it has two lanes blocked. you can see, it is very slow

approaching the bay bridge. even 580 in emeryville. let's take you outside an show you what it looks like in fremont. traffic is moving smoothly. lots of cars on the road. san mateo bridge. the roadways are wet. you might run into more drizzle as the lingering showers continue to hang around. it is southbound, northbound moving very smoothly. roadways wide open in that particular location. we will have more every 25 minutes. 6:57. a final check of today's top stories for you. cnbc reporting this morning, former enron ceo, jeffrey skilling, could get out of prison early. he is serving a 24-year prison term for his role in the energy giant's collapse. his attorneys are working with the justice department on an early release deal, though a judge will have the final say. >> more problems for the carnival cruise line. the carnival "triumph" seems to

be cursed. strong winds causing to break from its moorings. president obama is wrapping up his bay area visit later today, less than 24 hours after it all began. he will attend two fund-raisers hosted at private homes in atherton today before heading back to washington. if you haven't heard the news, it's official. jimmy fallon taking over "the tonight show." >> the late night comedians having a field day. i had to call "david letterman" and tell him, he didn't get "the tonight show" again. letterman poked a little fun. top ten things we will miss about jay leno. number four, can't remember the name of the bid but it is the one where jay is walking. number three, he is mom's favorite talk show host. number two, i won't be able to do my leno impression anymore and number one, watching him interview big stars who won't do

this show. as for fallon, he jokes, he was already out the door. >> don't worry, until february, our focus is right here on whatever this show is called. >> jimmy, he is going to be perfect for this show. he will be taking over that tonight show coming up in february. that will be right after the winter olympics here on nbc. i couldn't be happier for jimmy fallon, one of my favorite guys. he is taylor made for the show. good luck, congratulations. love it. 6:59. that is what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live, local news update. >> see you tomorrow. go back nowod at 8:00 on a thursday morning. it's the 4th of april, 2013, and we just got our first look at the waterfall swing, and i think this is so much over.

it is not -- it is how wet will we get? >> this is a house gone full circle in the last 24 hours. we were guaranteed yesterday that we would not be getting wet. >> and -- >> i saw rain hats. i saw a slicker. we will get wet. #. >> okay. good. well, you and al are going to love that then. >> then the high school senior who wrote an op ed in the "wall street journal", and it's been heard around the world. why i didn't get into college.

she says she addresses it to all the schools that rejected her, and it's amazing. a lot of eyebrows being raised. she'll tell us about her op ed in just a moment. >> these aren't the only kind of stunts we've done. you've been surfing on the surf board. natalie wore an ipad. whatf one era. what will they talk about? >> we'll have more on that story and also an interview with kevin ware, >> neither one of you will tell me whate it is. >> it will be funnier if you see it for the first time. >> all right. >> we had the artist in germany where they put a member