we love our family. we look forward to the day when we will be treated equally just like our neighbor's family. decision day. in less than three hours, we'll know if same-sex couples will once again be allowed to marry in california. live in washington, next. also let you know how the bay area's getting ready for the morning's historic ruling. and -- >> there's a huge explosion of water behind me and i knew something wasn't right. >> a story only he can tell. one bay area man's run-in with a great white shark. looks smooth here now. warm day starting out. a live look at the bay bridge. guess what? it is midweek. is it wednesday, june 26th.

this is "today in the bay." 4:31. good morning, happy to have you with us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. a great looking day shaping up. that rain, upwards of 2 inch came down in the north bay. and that has been the talk of the town. the crazy weather in the bay area. now today, we'll see more of the standards for this time of year. so for a late june day we typically see mid-80s inland, that's where we're headed. then things change. temperatures will sore. as we head through the next few days. a lot to talk about. when it comes to your full forecast. 4:31. first a hard day yesterday. >> you know what? things are looking calmer now. there is an issue. trying find out what's going with the lightsen the oakland side the incline.

the berkeley curve, thi things running smoothly. i'll talk about it when i get a map. looking at the map, the maze, a darker drive toward the area off of the maze and the upper deck and treasure island. smooth flow of traffic, no problems reported and no problems so far. issue might be lighting on the bridge itself. car moving smoothly. i'll check. that may be a problem for the bridge lights. >> we can tell you, years of anticipation will be over in hours. the u.s. supreme court will issue rulings on two key same-sex marriage cases, one prop 8. california's ban on same-sex marriage. >> rallies are planned in san francisco to watch as that ruling comes down. but we begin with cheryl hurd from the courthouse in washington, d.c. what's the mood out there? >> last night only about 25

people in line. but this line has grown exponentially. this person was the first person in line, carlie. she got her number. you are what? >> number one in line. >> reporter: number one in line. she got here at 1:00 yesterday afternoon. as you can see, people here are waiting patiently. the folks that you're looking at right now were here overnight. all of this in anticipation of the historic ruling for gay marriage. this may have been the scene yesterday morning. people from all over the country want to witness history. everyone thought that the justices would wait until the last day to decide on two important issues, the gay rights fight. only thing that the public didn't anticipate is that it would come wednesday instead of thursday. there are so many types of people out here and we talked to one republican who is for gay marriage. . no one is losing by allowing more people to build families.

i think it's possible to have a social conservative reason for gay marriage. i think the more people can live in two-person families, the better off childhoods will be, better off people will be. >> reporter: as you can see, people are starting to march in. everything that's happening i think it seem like an hour ahead of schedule. last couple of days they started lining up about 7:00 our time. but now people are marching in right now. we're going to have an update coming up in a half hour. live from the supreme court, cheryl hurd," today in the bay"s. san francisco's city hall is ready no matter what the outcome. at 6:30 the doors will open for a public viewing of the supreme court's ruling. many same-sex couples say they're cautiously optimistic but know acceptance can take

time. >> we're hopeful. we are people of faith. we have faith things are going to fall into place, even if the supreme court doesn't support us now i have -- we all have to be ourselves and eventually people will get there i think. >> a monumental day all the way around. this evening a number of bay area cities will host decision day rally. people gather at san mateo county clerk's office at 5:00. 5:30, rallies in santa cruz and guerneville. at 6:00, san jose city hal and the caltrans station in mountain view. 6:30, supporters gather at rainbow community center in concord and san francisco's castro district. >> as soon as prop 8 ruling comes down, nbc news will break in with a special report. live coverage here in the bay area and in washington, d.c. throughout the morning and during a special hour long 11:00 a.m. broadcast. we'll continue in coverage.

nbcbayarea.com. search prop 8. we're expected to learn if b.a.r.t. workers plan to walk off the job. ballots counted through the nights as workers wrapped up a vote on whether to authorize a strike late last night. now both sides at odds over wages, health care benefits and pensions. if a strike is called, it could come as early as monday and that would make it a big-time mess on the commute as 400,000 people ride b.a.r.t. every weekday. the union that represents b.a.r.t. employees is expected to announce results of last night's vote at 9:00 this morning. 4:36. four people accused of taking part in the murder of a multimillionaire are expected back in court this morning. police say two men and two women took part in a home invasion robbery last november that ended in death of a man. they could enter a plea today. this month charges were dropped

against a fifth suspect after he provided a credible alibi. the former baggage handler accused of stealing is expected in court today. he has pleaded not guilty. they began investigating reyes after 50 complaints filed by customers about items missing from bags. warning signs posted today at linda mar beach in pacifica following a terrifying scene with a kayak attacked by a great white shark micah flansburg was kayaking with a friend when a great white shark exploded out of the water. . the shark clamped its teeth into the kayak and started thrashing it around. we've got shotted there. you can see teeth marks right in the side of the kayak. he did nothing short of holding on for dear life until the shark finally let go and swam away. >> it was half-shock and half just kind of elation. this is the biggest fish story

you could ever tell getting attacked by a great white shark. it never happened. >> happened to be alive, right? the shark hasn't scared him permanently away from the water. in fact, he says he can't wait to get back out on the ocean. >> he's going to have a chance. >> plenty of that. probably feels i s invincible n. >> a lot of people could head to the beach, temperatures, we're going to start to sizzle, right? >> it's going to get warm quickly. good morning. take you out, show you what we're working with. sunnyvale 67. at 4:38 this morning. it is humid, sticky, icky, icky this morning. if you're heading out today, ditch the umbrella. count on light showers. showers remain in the forecast throughout the day today. good morning. 64 degrees in livermore. 63 to start in concord. 63 in oakland. here what happens we're expecting when it comes to

showers today. stop the clock at 9:00 a.m., activity lingering up into sonoma county. dry in san jose. a grand total of .03. .03 here. guerneville, 2 inches. and inch plus in napa. we needed the rain. very impressive totals made up our entire june rainfall. june typically the driest -- third driest month of the year. yesterday we smashed all kinds of rainfall record for the day. today, you can probably ditch na umbrella in the north bay by 11:00 a.m. 80 in napa. 38 concord, 81 san jose. other major changes headed our way. i'll take you through those in the next report. how about the drives? >> you can feel the humidity in the air. all drivers as well.

here the bay bridge toll plaza which looks clear, lighting fine here. off in the distance, above the city lights, low clouds, looming there. from emeriville camera in the clouds we see, this is shot across at the bay bridge toll plaza, the same area, a live camera. could barely see that. i thought lighting was an issue. it's not, it's low clouds drifting through. no problems with visibility. san mateo bridge, clearer view from the toll plaza, easy drive. east bay arc approach to the toll plaza is fine. it's here off 238 where we see slowing. no incident reported through the area. i'll call see if anything's going on. look at road sensors. changed from orange to red. registering below 20. may see one or two slower moving vehicles and that will mess up the average now. back to you. a high honor, three new

streets in palo alto named in memory of city police officers killed in the line of duty. private streets at a new housing development and hotel near san antonio road. at the site of the old palo alto bowl. the city council approving recommendation to name the street streets. after officers lester cole, gene clifton and theodore restinga. san jose going green to make roads safer for bicyclists. the silicon valley bicycle coalition rolling out the green pain, the first green colored bike lane. the new bike line on hedding street to future b.a.r.t. station. 4:41. where in the world is edward snowden? new details where the man accused of leaking government secrets could actually be.

prince jackson gets ready to tell a jury about the night his father michael died. also -- keeping your kids safe after the sandy hook school shooting. we have the new panic butten in one school that could soon be added to schools all across the country.

welcome back. good wednesday morning. 4:44. long will be the largest city in the country to ban plastic bags. city council voted last night to away the plastic bags at grocery stores and large retailers. much of the bans here in the bay area, paper bags cost shops are 10 cents. l.a.'s bag ban goes into effect january 1st. >> glad they're not fat dimes, hard to carry around. ftc issuing a new warning to the bay area's yahoo! and google. plus, bp make aggressive moves as it tries to avoid paying out billions after 2010 gulf oil spill. bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters and your wednesday look how futures are trading. good morning. >> good morning. we've got the futures pointing to a higher open at this stage of the morning. stocks rebounding tuesday on the

back of better than expected data on durable goods, new home sales and new prices. nasdaq snapped a four-day losing streak, 45 minutes from now a final reading on first quarter gdp which should show the economy grew at a modest pace during the first three month of the year. the dow rising 100 points 14760. the nasdaq yath a adding 27. bp taking out a full-page ad in the "the washington post," new york times and "wall street journal." mounting an aggressive campaign to challenge billion of dollars in settlement payouts in result of the oil spill. the federal trade commission is telling google, yahoo! microsoft to get with mobile these days. telling them they have to do a better job of identifying what search results are and paid ads

are. the move comes as so man us are using s.m.a.r.t. phones to search the web. text labels aren't easy to spot particularly on mobile. the agency has power to fine companies that violate rules against decepticon advertising. expect changes soon. >> the evolution, got to be mobile ready to go. thank you. talk to you later on. >> got to be ready for the heat. it is coming. >> it is. it's a balmy start to the day. good morning. welcome back, laura. 4:47. i want to show you what we're working with on a wednesday morning. halfway mark. you made it to the halfway point. we want to get you over the hump so you can enjoy the weekend which will be hot. make preparations to stay either in the shade or somewhere where you can post up where it's cool. i would highly recommend the beach this weekend.

64 in livermore, 66 san jose. 64 san mateo. high pressure moves in quickly. and this is going to bring rapid changes. temperatures today soring from yesterday's highs. we keep climbing as we head through the next few days. what's interesting is even though we're going to see temperatures in the north bay and cities close to 90, we're still keeping showers in the mix until 11:00 a.m. we stop the clock by 1:00 p.m. mostly clear, mostly sunny over the greater bay area at that time. so we'll be done with showers at 11:00 a.m. and then temperatures will be noticeably warmer today. 85 degrees in livermore. 85 fremont. 66, good morning, san francisco. wake up, san francisco. it's going to be a nice day today. you're going to get the best weather throughout the weekend. temperatures will be in the triple digits inland. if you want to head over an

hour, takes a half hour, hour to the beach, that's the coolest weather will prevail. 77 on sunday at the coast versus 101, yeah, i know where i'd like to be. 4:49. nsa leaker edward snowden is likely still in the transit area of a moscow airport, according to russia's president putin. snowden flew to moscow on sunday after leaving hong kong. because he's not passed through immigration, russian officials say he's not technically in their jurisdiction. u.s. officials talking to russia about expelling snowden based on charges against him. snowden applied for asylum in ecuador. his application there is being reviewed. a south african archbishop offering a prayer for nelson mandela, posting the prayer on facebook after visiting mandela in the hospital. wishing 94-year-old former south african president a, quote, peaceful perfect end.

mande mandela's been hospitalized almost three weeks since june 8th, treated for reoccurring lung infection. he remains in critical condition. mike jackson's son prince will take the stand today to testify about his father's death. jackson's children along with grandmother katharine jackson sued concert promoter aeg live for the pop singer's death. the suit claims aeg live is libel because it hired dr. conrad murray, convicted of ain't involuntary manslaughter in jackson's death. executives had no way of knowing what treatments murray was delivering. yesterday marked four years sense jackson died of an overdose of propofol. in the wake of the tragedy of newtown, one school is testing out new emergency response system. this is meant to alert police and protect students with a push of one button.

this one of a kind panic button was installed in every room at an elementary school in stonington, connecticut. when pressed an emergency announcement made throughout the school and the classroom doors are locked limiting movement of an active shooter on campus. at the same time the panic button sends a message to both police and fire departments and other possible first responders. >> the key in this is the time, the response time. it has to be a lot better than it would have been without the system. >> that panic button at the school is just a part of a six-month pilot program. if all goes welling other schools could follow suit. this morning, president obama leaving the white house for a long anticipated visit to africa. just a couple of hours, president obama and the first family will leave andrews air force base for a week long trip that includes stops in senegal, south africa, tanzania to promote democracy and economic opportunities and it's his first

visit to africa as president. white house officials say mr. obama is not expected to meet with nelson mandela at the hospital while he's in south africa. the u.s. senate getting ready to move forward on immigration reform this morning. the sweeping legislation cleared an early hurdle monday and more test votes scheduled in the senate later on this morning. the bill would pour billions of dollars into border security and offer a path of citizenship to those in the country illegally. 4:52. trapped in giants country. a young dodgers fan from the bay area gets a special honor during the game. how he's using newfound fame to help bryan stow. a look here, crews are helping get ready for the morning commute. flashing lights disappearing into the fog. there's a sheen on the road. that's the big story. east bay, i found the reason why there's so much slowing on 880. [ humming ]

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have you seen this one? 4:55. video that went viral. a boy got creative at his fifth grade graduation when asked to share his best memory of the school year. >> the memory i chose, it's like my least favorite memory. you can find out what it is. it's when the giants won the world series. >> caseys a dodgers fan.

giants lovers, his video has more than 2005 views on youtube. casey says he's donating any money he gets to bryan stow. the giant's fan recovering from tan attack outside dodger stadium. >> what a great young man. >> what i big blue dodger heart. the dodgers let him throw out the first pitch before the game against the giants. his night got better when the dodgers won it. that was for him, 6-5. >> young man should be very, very proud as we all should be proud of him. congratulations. >> isn't that nice? >> a future in the game. 4:56. what's our future look like on the roads? >> future's bright -- not bright -- use your headlights, it's dark out there. here palo alto, it's clear. brightly lit for these folks with headlights. no problem as long 101. across the bay, san mateo, dumbarton bridges move smoothly.

hayward side slowing. we showed that to you north 238 to marina, one report that there was construction approved for the area overnight and this likely is what's go on as cruise get moving before 5:00. there's your slowdown. 4:57. it is decision day in washington. we have a live look at the supreme court where in just a few hours justices are expected to issue their ruling on prop 8. we'll go live to washington, d.c. and live in san francisco this morning with team coverage of this historic decision.

any believe in the cause. i believe in marriage equality. i believe everyone should marry who they want to marry. >> a long line stretched outside the supreme court overnight for the few dozen seats available to hear the supreme court ruling on prop 8. live from the steps of supreme

court, next. >> nowhere is the decision on same-sex marriage more important than here in san francisco. christie smith, coming up how the city by the bay is getting ready? we have major changes headed our way from record rainfall to near-record heat in 72 hours. i'll sort out changes, tell you best places to be as we get into the hot weekend. new crash in the south bay plus slowing in the east bay. number number its has a lot of reporting. a live look outside. illuminated. that is the bay bridge. if you haven't been outside to experience it, christina loren says balmy. crack that window, enjoy the breeze wednesday june 26th. this is "today in the bay."