san francisco's city hall in less than an hour illuminated in rainbow colors. how the bay area is getting ready for the historic ruling. expecting more showers this morning before high pressure moves in quickly. drives our temperature near-record levels. heat is going to crank. what that means for where you live coming up. >> rain might be gone but we have leftovers, slick roadways around the bay. also watching it as that commute's kicking in for south bay, coming up. a great thing about these bay area mornings, beautiful. take a look. is that not picture perfect? >> clouds in the front, cool water on the side. >> the bay bridge. >> got it all. total package. >> when a tanker looks good, you know that. wednesday june 26th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everyone. yes, after years of anticipation, it will all be over in 90 minutes. this morning the u.s. supreme court issuing rulings on two key same-sex marriage cases, prop 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage. >> rallies are plan in california to watch as the ruling comes down. we begin live coverage with cheryl hurd from the courthouse in washington, d.c. what's the mood out there this morning, cheryl? >> reporter: things are not so festive. people just want to get in. a lot of people are waiting to get in. a lot of them have been waiting overnight. but it's already hot out here. that's why the mood is a little even right now. a lot of folks in line in favor of same-sex marriage. a lot of the people are students, some wrapped in the rainbow flag. not everyone is in favor of same-sex marriage. there are a lot of people who would like proposition 8 to

stand. 2008, you may remember, california voters voted 52% to ban gay marriage. here in washington, d.c., i spoke with the lead counsel for proposition 8. >> i think we have the strength of arguments, really this is a fundamental question about democracy, who decides important questions for society. is it a handful of judges or is it the people? >> here we are, waiting for the rulings. we have been monitoring these situations through scotus blog. the members came out here early this morning with doughnuts and gave them to the first people standing in line. everyone was excited about this. so if things go today the way they did yesterday and the day before, the folks will walk in at 10:00 eastern standard time, we probably may know in a half hour from then what the rulings will be. we'll have an update coming up in a half hour. live from the supreme court, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news.

>> anticipation building also in san francisco. city hall expected to open up in just about an hour as people gather for the supreme court's announcement. >> a lot of action out there. christie smith live in san francisco where the state's very first same-sex marriage was performed in 2004. a very big day of action. what's the city planning for the ruling? >> reporter: well, i can tell you they are planning a number of things. also expecting a number of same-sex marriage supports are here. right now it's quiet in front of san francisco city hall. you can see movement inside, doors expected to open around 6:30. so far only seen one supporter. he said simply put, i believe in equality for everyone. this is the day that so many same-sex couples have been waiting for, perhaps no more than here in san francisco. in 2004, then-mayor gavin newsom

first directed the city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, 4,000 licenses issued before the state supreme court stepped in and put a to. to that. newsom will be here today with mare ed lee, city attorney herrera. we spoke with one couple. they want to get married legally in california. they've got their invitations, the rings, but that's just not %kykykyç >> you realize it's still not complete, you know? your still missing that legal piece of it.'okyykykykykykykyky0

live coverage here in the bay area and washington, d.c. throughout the morning. and during a special hour-long 11:00 a.m. broadcast. for continuing coverage, visit our website, nbcbayarea.com. just search prop 8. other news, just a matter of hours expecting to learn if b.a.r.t. workers are planning to walk off the job. ballots counted through the night as workers wrapped up a vote whether to authorize that strike. this happened late last night. right now, both sides at odd over wages, health care benefits and pensions.

if a strike is called it could come as early as monday which would make a big-time mess of the morning commute as 400,000 people ride b.a.r.t. every weekday. the union representing b.a.r.t. employees expected to announce the results of last night's vote at 9:00 this morning. four people accused of taking part in the murder of a multimillionaire at a mention are expected back in court this morning. two n men and two women took part in the robbery that ended in the 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 united airlines baggage handler accused of stealing at sfo is expected in court today. he has pleaded not guilty. police began investigating reyes after 50 complaints from customers about items missing from bags. warning signs posted at

linda mar beach in pacifica, a scary scene with a kayaker attacked by a great white shark. micah flansburg, out kayaking with a friend when he says a great white shark simply exploded out of the water. that shark clampedite shark teeth on to the kayak, started thrashing around. teeth marks dug into the kayak. as you can imagine, he held on for dear life until the shark let go and swam away. >> it was half-shock and just half -- just kind of elation, like. this is the biggest fish story you could ever tell, getting attacked by agreat white shark, it just never happens. >> shark attacking you, elation, guy's pumped. the shark had not scared him from get back into the water. he can't wait to get back out on the ocean. >> wow! no kidding. >> crazy. too bad he doesn't have it on video. >> got the teeth marks.

>> superman. >> people want to head to the beach. temperatures going to rise this week. >> certainly are. good morning. made it to wednesday. and you know what? we are going to see temperatures climb. i want to talk about what's happening now. 5:38, low clouds forced to the surface. a lot of moisture situated in our atmosphere. high pressure moves in, it forces it down. for us, we're going to continue to see all of the moisture compressed in the form of fog as we head throughout the morning hours. nonetheless, nice and balmy out there, 66 degrees to start in san jose. 63 campbell. 62 santa teresa. talk about what we could get more showers today. we will see more showers. especially in marin county. stop the clock at 7:00 a.m., showers coming down, mostly at coastline. stop it at noon. we'll see lots of sunshine across the bay area. a good-looking day shaping up in the weather department. 77 at noon. inland 86.

warmer day. 74, bay side. at the coast 67. stay tuned. i want to show you that seven day outlook. make sure you're ready for the changes. they're not going to come on right away. gradual warm-up. major heat headed our way. stick around. 5:39. over to you. >> appreciate the warning. plenty of time to make ice cubes. the golden gate bridge. this is a smooth drive and cooler now. look at those. fog here. roadway wet. it's not raining necessarily but we do have slick conditions. watch it and visibility's an issue to and from the north bay. a smooth drive down the peninsula. in delays for 101 or 280 south of san francisco all the way down in toward palo alto. redwood city smooth drive across the bridges as well. done barten and san mateo, both directs. slowing cropping up for the tri-valley. as you're heading through livermore, speeds coming down 55, 60 at their worst.

isabel, we see it starting to build, folks heading down 680. without any major concern, no surprises. antio antioch, westbound, pittsburg, no crashes. we'll show you the sunol area. sunol grade moves nicely. sun's coming up. nice smooth moving cars. southbound around the bend, the golf course, over the hill to fremont, without delay. 5:40. a question few people can answer. where in the world is edward snowden? new details on where the man accused of leaking government secrets could be. and taking the stand. prince jackson gets ready to tell a jury about the night his father michael jackson died.

nsa leaker edward snowden is likely in a transit area in a moscow airporter. according to russia's president

putin. snowden flew to moscow 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 are talking to russia about expelling snowden, base on the espionage charges against him. snowden has applied for asylum in ecuador. his application being reviewed. a south african archbishop offering a prayer for nelson mandela. the archbishop of cape town posting that prayer on facebook. w w wishing 94-year-old president a peaceful perfect end. hospitalized for three weeks since june 8th, treated for a reoccurring lung infection. he's in critical condition. michael jackson's son, prince, will take the stand in the los angeles courtroom to testify about his father's death. jackson's children, with the

grandmother, katharine jackson, sued aeg live for the death. the suit claims aeg live is liable because it hired dr. conrad murray. the company says jackson hires and controlled the doctor and executives had no way of knowing what treatments murray was delivering. yesterday, marked four years since jackson died of an overdose of propofol. a school out on the east coast is testing out a new emergency response system meant to alert police and protect students with a push of a single button. this one of a kind panic button installed in every room at an elementary school in stonington, connecticut. when pressed an aemergency announcement made throughout the school, and then doors are locked limiting movement of an active shooter. the panic button sends a message

to police and fire departments and other possible first responders. >> the key in this is the time, the response time, and it's -- it has to be better than it would have been without the system. >> the panic buttons at the school part of a six-month pilot program. if all goes well other schools could follow suit. president obama leaving the white house for a long anticipated visit to africa. in a couple of hours president obama and the first family will leave andrews air force base for a weeklong trip that includes stops in senegal, south africa, tan zzania to promote democrat d i economic opportunities. his second visit to africa as president. mr. obama not expected to meet with mandela at the hospital while in south africa. the u.s. senate 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 this morning. the bill would pour billions of dollars into border security and offer a path to citizenship to millions of people living here in the country illegally. a final vote could happen as early as tomorrow. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. talk about the aftereffects of all 0 the humidity is what we're feeling this morning. >> you know what? it's interesting actually when that air has moisture and more of a weight to it, you can feel it out there. 5:46. let's show you what we're working with. 66 in san jose. 63 degrees right now in gilroy. and as we head throughout the day, it's going to be nice. areas of puddles, ponding out there. mike inouye tracking your drive. give yourself extra time. he's watching a couple of things out there. 66 degrees right now in san jose. so i want to take it to your radar. as we do have showers around. more shower activity as we head

through the next couple of hours especially sonoma county, the coastline. overall dry at this point. moisture begins heading to the north. a big ridge of high pressure going to start to move in. as we head through the day today. start to see the heat increase substantially as of this afternoon between five to ten degrees. we head through tomorrow, 90s return. we're going to jump from the mid-80s to the mid 90s. 85 degree forward livermore. 77 in oakland. 66 in san francisco. here's your all-important seven day outlook. we are going to get really hot. the hottest weather of the year so far on the way as we head through sunday into monday. i want to make sure you're ready especially if you've got the kids at home for summertime. spf 30-plus time, mike. >> make popsicles and the cool drinks. a cooler shot at least for now. it's cool except for if you're trying to see the roadway which is what i'm trying to do. the east shore freeway.

look at cars coming out of the mist. low clouds and fog scattered. off of the carquinez bridge. this you a rooftop camera. clouds between here and the roadway itself. on the road deck, travel is fine. you can see them moving at the lim limit. let's look toward the maps. see how things are moving here at the maze and the approach. no problems. the build typicaler to the valley. 580 west bound, 84 livermore. we have a smooth flow of traffic castro valley wide. just building volume as well as approach to the toll plaza for the san mateo bridge. westbound, easy drive across the bay. there's low clouds around the peninsula. no problems across the san mateo or dumbarton bridge. one thing, palo alto, 101, a live look, traffic flows nicely north. here on the side, since yesterday all of the water here. it didn't look like it puddled from the rain.

there's some leak. i may call it now. >> you just did. 5:48. major anticipation going on in san francisco. people lining up out in washington, d.c., and people down in the south bay also watching very closely waiting for the big decision from the supreme court. >> same-sex marriage supporters are planning events once a decision comes down. bob redell joins us live in san jose where he talked with two gay marriage supporters eagerly waiting for the decision. >> reporter: a lot of people in the south bay. good morning. here at city hall, lgbt activist group called hearts on silicon valley meeting tone at 6:00 to celebrate or rally over whatever the supreme court decide. announcement expected within an hour. we spoke with michelle and pat, san jose couple married for three yeared. marriage recognized by their church but not by the state of california. up until yesterday, they felt pretty good that the supreme

court would strike down prop 8 but yesterday the justices struck down a part of the voting rights act. they fear that if the justices ruled against that civil rights issue, it might not bode well for gay rights. >> it would feel incomplete in our life to not be able to get fully married legally. we are already married, recognized as a married couple in our community and our families in the state of california, we're domestic partners. it just would make sense -- would feel incomplete. we feel slightly less citizens without that ability to get married. >> spiritually, and in our hearts we've been married since three years ago. in that sense, it's not going to change anything in our heart. >> reporter: they plan to attend a gathering at their church on the peninsula. they're praying it's going to be a time to celebrate, not a time to mourn. live here at san jose city hall,

bob redell. 5:50. it's a video that went viral april boy got creative at his fifth grade graduation when asked to share his best member of the school year. >> it's more like my least favorite memory. it's when the giants won the world series. >> yep. you can tell he's wearing his dodger blue. casey says he's a dodger fan in a school full of giants' lovers. videos have more than 2, 005 views. casey says he's going to donate any money he gets to bryan stow, the giant fan still wry covering from an attack outside dodger stadium that happened back in 2011. >> way to go, young man. >> the dodgers last night they honored him by letting him throw out the first pitch before the game against the giants. what a cutie pie. night got better when the dodgers won it for him 6-5.

>> love that story. a time-honored tradition in the nhl, players grow the long beards during playoffs and share them off one eliminated. a player has a unique way to show the world how he got rid of his. posting this video on vine. how about that? high speed. erasing his playoff beard. check this out. for the muss stash. sneezes it off. >> is that how you do it? >> when you're in a hurry. bless you. shaved off that beard after his team lost game six of the stanley cup finals to the now-world champions, chicago blackhawks monday. one more time. get you a tissue. >> one you can watch over and over. >> good stuff. 5:52. new warping from the ftc to dole and yahoo! threat of fines for decepticon ads.

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good wednesday morning. the federal trade commission stepping in telling google, yahoo! microsoft they must do a bet be job identifying what are search results and what are paid ads. the move coming as more consumers are using smaller screens, smartphones to surf the web. ftc says background shading for search ads that appear alongside regular search results are not always visible and text labels aren't easy to spot. agency has power to fine companies that violate rules against deceptive advertising. >> no deception here. temperatures going to creep up. you can feel it as you walk out the door. humid. sticky. >> swampy. >> good morning to you. you know, a gorgeous day shaping up because of the air quality that has significantly improved and we're going to see sunshine

return today. 67 in sunnyvale. 64 livermore. 66 in san jose. i'll show you exactly when that heat arrives in my next report. 5:56. mike. >> good morning. a look here, golden gate bridge shows you one of the issues we're worried about because of the humidity we have fog, low clouds and slick roads. continuing for the morning commute. here toward palo alto, showing easy flow of traffic. this puddle on the shoulder, i did call it in. they're going to pass it on to caltranss. we might have a bus sprinkler head in the area. maps fine as far as the flow on the peninsula. back to you with green roadways for 101. >> mike inouye, this is just for you. yeah, ucla bruins celebrating the first national championship in baseball this morning. last night, there you have it, bruins routing mississippi state 8-0 to complete a two-game sweep in the finals of the college world series. fireworks, the dog pile.

hopefully everybody's okay there. >> i can't breathe. >> the pitcher for the uca team, a new record, four runs during the entire finals. ucla's 109th championship overall of any school the most of any university. first in baseball. mike inouye, looking and feeling good. >> baby bruin jumping in on them. >> party. that's how we finish our show here. dog pile over by the green screen. >> 5:57. the clock is ticking. in just over an hour, supreme court will rule on prop 8. live coverage from washington and the rest of the bay area next.

good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon.

>> and i'm jon kelley. good morning. a lot to get to today. now, president obama and the first family about to leave andrews air force base in maryland. you can see marine one there waiting for them. they will fly across the atlantic for a trip to africa that will include stops in senegal, tanzania, south africa. president obama's predecessor bush will be in africa this week. he'll be there on a humanitarian trip. mrs. obama will meet up with the bushes during the african first ladies summit taking place in tanzania. today, history will be made as we count down to the supreme court's ruling on prop 8. prop 8, of course, california's ban on same-sex marriage narrowly approved by voters during a contentious election in 2008. rulings, just been an hour away. anticipation billing. san francisco city hall lit up with the colors of the rnb