and the warnings are going tout b.a.r.t. riders. get ready with a plan b in case of a b.a.r.t. strike as early as next week. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you what b.a.r.t. workers are doing in san francisco this morning. so far no delays for the b.a.r.t. system right now. we are looking at slowdowns because of the fog as well as the east bay spot where we had a lot of issues for the tri-valley. you know when you're starting out, 5:00 a.m., temperatures in the mid 60s, it's going to be a scorcher across the bay area. i'll tell you how long we'll be in this heat, when lit break and when we might see a return of showers. a lot to talk about in your full forecast. maybe enjoy the cool start to the morning, taking a live look outside the san francisco bay bridge glistening in the distance there. yeah, you made it to thursday. it's june 27th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelly. good morning everyone. yes, the world continues to watch the health of nelson mandela. this morning there are conflicting reports about his current condition. this comes as president obama is in africa right now this morning set to head to south africa before the weekend. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live monitoring that latest news out of pretoria right now. she joins us from our newsroom with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. those con flinting reports we're hearing is whether or not nelson mandela is actually on life support. in the words of his eldest daughter he is, quote, very critical this morning. talking to a south africa news agency she says he's still giving us hope, opening his eyes, still reactive to touch. we will live with that hope until the final end comes. that's a quote from nelson mande mandela's oldest daughter. >> his family arriving at the hospital in pretoria a few hours

ago where they were agreeded by crowds of well-wishers. right now it's just after 2:00 in the afternoon. his family says they appreciate all the love and support from those who show up day after day. >> we don't like seeing mandela going through such pain. he's had such tough time in his life and he's gone through a lot of struggle. i think this struggle should get over sooner. >> this is the 19th day the south african leader has been hospitalized with a recurring lung infection. he is set to turn 95 next month on july 18th. meanwhile mandela's health is over shadowing president obama's trip to africa. he's in senegal along with mrs. obama promoting democracy and business as well. president obama is expected to visit south africa tomorrow. no word yet if nelson mandela's health is going to change mr. obama's itinerary in any way. coming up at 5:30, we'll take a look back at when nelson mandela was in the bay area, that was

almost 25 years ago. >> i remember. hard to believe it's been that long. it's 5:03. we should find out new details about the death of a professional tree trimmer in san jose. police say the man was working on private property on the 2600 block of mclaughlin yesterday afternoon when he was apparently electrocuted. officers say the rope or cable he was using touched a live wire. when police got to the scene he was already dead, hanging about 40 feet off the ground. officers have not released his identity. the vallejo teen accused of a gruesome crime here, kidnapping and raping an elderly woman and dumping her on the side of the road will be in court today. dave yar king was 14 years old when police say he sexually assaulted the 65-year-old woman. prosecutors now charging him with attempted murder, torture, kidnapping, carjacking and rape

for the november 15th attack. king pleading not guilty right now. he's being tried as an adult. it is 5:04. a followup in a high profile murder case. santa clara county prosecutors have dropped charges against a prostitute linked to multimillionaire couple rah. raven dixon had been charged in connection with kumra's murder. last night her attorney says she had nothing to do with his death. dixon already pleaded guilty to charges of prostitution and drug possession. we're learning how another person once charged in that case was able to go through. lucas anderson's dna was found at the murder scene but he was freed last month after prosecutors determined he was drunk and unconscious in a hospital when kumra's murder took place. prosecutors say the reason anderson's dna was at the scene is because the paramedics who

treated him were called to his mansion and likely transferred his dna to kumra's body. three other people are stim facing charges. two people behind bars accused of stealing the identity of at least one woman from sunol. palo alto say 31-year-old jessica read and 38-year-old marcel robb were arrested on multiple charges including identity them theft and possession of stolen property. both are from san francisco. police say the two were acting suspiciously and detectives also say the man had been flagged for fraud at that store before. police searched their car and found a credit card linked to a 58-year-old woman from pinole. a commuting nightmare could be looming around the corner for the bay area. b.a.r.t. workers will be at stations again today warning riders of a strike that could go into effect as soon as monday.

transit officials are warninging people to be ready. christie smith is live at the embarcadero station with more. >> reporter: good morning. the possibility of a strike seems to be inching closer to becoming reality. b.a.r.t. workers will be out here in about two hours at the embarcadero b.a.r.t. station in san francisco talking with riders trying to make their case. at the same time this letter is going out to employers letting them know it would be very smart to start planning now, that b.a.r.t. is negotiating with labor unions of a contract that expires sunday. if those negotiations fail, we could possibly see service disruptions as early as monday. b.a.r.t.'s two biggest unions authorized a strike, but negotiations are still happening. the mtc is saying commuters get ready. caltran riders expect a lot of company. the ferries could be busy, too.

car also be crowded, freeways, bridges. we spoke with one commuter who said even if you all these commuters, it will be awfully inconvenient. >> all the oakland staff takes the b.a.r.t. over and vice versa. we also work with the youth and the youth we employ work at the coliseum and they take b.a.r.t. >> ac transit is offering up buses, but it has a labor contract expiring on june 30th. union leaders sent a letter citing safety concerns if buses are used in the event of a strike. the mtc did authorize spending millions of dollars to try to help, $18.7 million for bus, $1.2 million for ferries and $100,000 to be spent for enforcement efforts. b.a.r.t. workers are asking riders to go ahead and call the board of directors and urge them to make a deal. they're going to be out here at the embarcadero station at 7:00

this morning to 8:30. they'll also be at city center in oakland for the afternoon commute. live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> with that looming, potential nightmare. >> speaking of commute, let's get right to traffic and switch things up and go to mike first. what's happening early this morning on a thursday? >> so far no problems for b.a.r.t. 39 trains are running on time. that will pick up the volume over the course of the morning. over here at the bay bridge, looking a little foggy. you see the incline traveling toward the right of the screen and disappearing toward treasure island. still have that incident reported upper deck at treasure island, reports of a stalled vehicle as you approach the tunnel there. it wasn't clear whether they found anything or not. but they are looking -- they are asking for a tow truck, so they must have found something at least over on the shoulder near the treasure island on-ramp. we have a drive despite that and a light flow of traffic through the maze. looking over here toward the san

mateo bridge, an easy flow across the bridge as well. i'm noticing the traffic. christina, a beautiful sunrise. between the traffic and sunrise, low clouds hanging out there. what is going on for our weather today? >> just kind of hugging the coastline. good morning to you, mike. i wanted to start with this live picture over san francisco to show you that very picture. what happens is high pressure comes in and compresses the remnant moisture from the showers that came through earlier this week. science in action right here on nbc bay area this morning. we're starting out nice and mild, upper 50s to mid 60s. sunnyvale, 65 degrees. 63 in san jose. meanwhile 62 degrees down in gilroy to start. here is where we're heading. we've got fog headed our way this morning. its thickest at about 7:00 a.m. keep that in mind. after that we'll clear you out by 10:00 a.m. that's when temperatures will soar. we will be dealing with that thin layer, that thin marine layer under the golden gate bridge. it's one of those days that will be kind of cool to watch. 93 inland, bay side 82 at the

coast, 70 degrees with all that fog hugging the coastline today, it's going to be cool here. we'll lose that as we head through the next couple days and temperatures are going to soar. i will show you that seven-day outlook. it's one you really want to stay tuned for if you're trying to make the weekend plans. back over to you. >> i don't know if i want to see it. >> sometimes we don't have a choice. 5:10 right now. we'll tell you about some of the worst beaches in all of california. they happen to be right here in the bay area unfortunately. we'll tell you about that new report coming up next. a price see lunch. we'll show you just how much it will cost you to dine with the head of yahoo! >> i'm guessing about $90,000. plus edward snowden, a strange change of opinion from that guy. we'll talk about that next.

you have just a few more hours for a chance to bid on lunch with the yahoo! ceo, marissa mayer. at last check, 90 grand. you got to go above that to get the lunch. the winner will get to have a nice sit-down and one-on-one lunch with mayer, get a chance to talk to business, find out what she likes to wear for high heels, she has the purple passion. the proceeds will go to aspire east palo alto charter school where she and her husband have been mentors and supporters for ten years. it's 5:13. it turns out one of the world's most famous whistle blowers has strong opinions about people who leak information to the press. edward snowden didn't like whistle-blowers before he became

one. >> he said not that long ago those who reveal american secrets should be shot. they found years' old chat logs on his servers between a person they verified as snowden and other computer users talking about a previous intelligence leak to "the new york times." in that chat snowden is irate that "the times" published leaked information revealing the united states had been hacking into iranian computers. snowden wrote he was upset the information was published, quote, not because, oh, we hope our citizens don't find out, but because spying won't work if iran knows what we're doing. they say snowden made those comments while posted in switzerland before working for the nsa as a contractor in 2009. as far as we know, snowden is still at an airport in moscow. new data showing the american economy isn't growing as quickly as thought is making wall street happy.

bertha coombs joins us live from cnbc headquarters. good morning, bertha. rrp it's that weird wall street thing that happens. we have the futures pointing higher this morning. on wednesday we had stocks leaping higher even after we got a report that showed the first quarter of the economy grew less than expected. now, what seems to be happening here is a case of bad news being good news. here is how you should follow it. bad economic data means the fed is less likely to stop its bond buying program. that's one of the things that people on wall street fear, that the fed will pull back too soon. when we get bad data that means the fed might stay on hold, so that's good. as a result we had stocks moving higher. today we've got a whole lot of data to chew on, unemployment in about a half hour, personal income, spending, pending home sales. and we'll see whether the dow can get back above 15,000.

the dow starts at 14,910, up 149 points on the day yesterday. the nasdaq at 3,376 after gaining 28. in my book, scott, i like it when good news is good news. if the economy is showing good data and the economy is moving higher, that is a better motivation for stocks to move higher. >> in the long run. bertha coombs, thank you much. chik-fil-a once again distancing itself from its own owner and founder as that man speaks out once again against gay marriage. the "wall street journal" says it has a since deleted treat which reads, sad day for our nation, founding fathers would be ashamed of our generation to abandon wisdom of the ages regarding cornerstone of society. they say that was tweeted out shortly after the supreme court decision yesterday. the company itself says don

kathy, like everyone else, has his own views. this has been deleted off of twitter. >> it wasn't his personal twitter. >> it was his personal twitter account. this is not a publicly-traded company. this is his company. it's a xwbit of a strange divise thing. his company and he are not necessarily seeing eye to eye. >> reminiscent of men's warehouse. 5:17. christina loren is back. we're not just talking hot out there. we're talking about dangerous heat. >> and you're not going to love it. temperatures today are warm already. we're starting out balmyality 5:17. we take you outdoors and show you what we're wolooking at. live pictures telling the scientific story of the day, how the weather is actually working across the bay area. here is what's happening. you can see above the low clouds, plenty of blue sky. high pressure comes in and

forces all the moisture right to the surface. meanwhile we've got a completely clear sky in san jose to start the day. yeah, it's really, really balmy even with clear conditions. 63 degrees in san jose. 65 in sunnyvale and 59 degrees in santa cruz. you don't have a whole lot of cloud cover to keep you cool even at the immediate coast today. it's going to be warm. make sure you have that is,pf ready to go. high pressure builds in. this is a big strong ridge of high pressure coming in all the way from texas. it will drive our winds offshore starting today, packing a lot of energy. so we're going to go from near record rainfall earlier this week right into near record heat starting tomorrow. it's already going to be hot today. 75 degrees at 2:00 p.m. at santa cruz. in the heat of the day, about 78 degrees. let's look at some of our temperatures. not quite hitting the 90s in san jose, but oh, so close to it at 86 degrees here. 92 for livermore and 91 degrees in concord. meanwhile 72 in san francisco. here is where it gets interesting. we're going to keep that heat on

all the way through sunday. and monday will be the warmest. i want you to make sure to keep that on your radar. that's the day we'll have serious fire danger, and that will continue into tuesday as the dry conditions persist. our air quality will likely suffer. as we head through wednesday, look at the drop off between tuesday and wednesday. an area of low pressure comes through that might bring us another round of showers up to the north bay. hold on tight. more weather whiplash. we don't want that in the traffic department. that's why we have our own mike inouye to guide us in the morning. >> so far no reports of whiplash or any accidents or crashes through the tri-valley. this slowing we saw for 580, that has cleared both directions. right around the isabel interchange we're slow. the volume is building there as well as coming out of the altamont pass westbound through livermore. also isabel toward vallecitos. it's mild, just about the 10%, 20% below the speed limit as you

get toward the orange section. we expect congestion right around there. looking to the south bay, a smooth flow of traffic in your northbound direction, all your commute directions. south 880 towards stevens creek. just like your typical schedule, up through palo alto, a smooth drive for the speeds across the dumbarton bridge. live look out there shows you 101 moves nicely as the sun starts to come up, a good number of taillights. but at the limit for 101 and 280 between the city and the south bay. ending in oakland with a nice easy drive northbound. the earlier crash has cleared from the chp incident report and no problems in through downtown. back to you. in less than two hours a final farewell being held in new york city for "sopranos" star james gandolfini. katherine craig has details from outside a new york city cathedral. >> reporter: good morning everyone from new york city. we expect ed fans of james

gandolfini to arrive and many of them had. many are talking about the actor that they loved so much, also reminiscing about the "sopranos," one flew in from cape cod, massachusetts, another drove two hours from pennsylvania. they will be among the first members of the public to get into the funeral. this is a public funeral. the wake was private. fans were outside late into the night gathering there. the wake itself was intimate, attended by only about 100 family members and close friends as the invitation-only service in park ridge, new jersey. we saw the actor's sisters arrive. bodyguards used umbrella to shield the guests. gandolfini found fame and a following playing tony soprano, but he was also a movie star, a stage actor as well.

one woman in line here told us that she and her husband bonded over watching the "sopranos." >> it was a last-minute decision to jump on a plane. i knew in my gut i had to be here to pay my respects. when he died, i felt like someone kicked me in the gut. 51 is too young to die. >> reporter: many high profile guest also be here. governor chris christie, cast mates of "sopranos," stars from broadway and the public. katherine craig, back to you. switching gears at 5:22. a warning if you're planning on heading the the beach. a new report issued by the national resources defense council say beaches in contra costa and san mateo county the worst when it comes to dangerous bacteria levels. contra costa county could rank

number one u. but the report says the sample size was too small. so san mateo county tops the list. the report says those beaches exceeded daily maximum levels of e. coli and other bacteria nearly 17% of the time. the worst beach tested was park side aquatic park. san francisco ranked third behind l.a. county. >> not real pretty. the kind of list you don't want to say you're number one. 5:23 right now. the fight right now waiting that could change the way you look and know history. why the wright brothers may not be the first americans to fly after all.

welcome back everyone. good thursday morning to you. got to love these bay area mornings. really year-round, but right now the sun coming up early. this is a live look outside from our san bruno camera. you see the bay bridge in the

distance. really pretty. 5:25. history has long held that wright brothers were the first to achieve flight in 1903. officials in connecticut claiming that's wrong. governor of connecticut signing a new law this week insisting a local resident, an aif investigator gustov whitehead flu in 1901. an australian made documentary on whitehead sparked new interest in the aviator. the smithsonian disputes the claim saying they're wrong. if you like parties, you'll like this one. a party train taking passengers from southern california to sin city could be ready and reality just in time for new year's eve. las vegas railway express says it's planning to build a train station in north las vegas. the so-called x train would run from fullerton to the north las vegas hub. that's about ten miles from the heart of the strip where all the

action goes. this one is an adults-only train. it will feature cocktails, live entertainment. it will have lounges out there. company officials there say they hope to have an agreement with las vegas approved by the end of july and the very first train could be up and running by the end of the year. basically about five hours of partying before you get to vegas. >> i think it might be cool to take it there, but i don't know about taking it back home. it might be a whole different ride. >> everybody looks a little different, feels a lot different. >> a lot different. 5:27 right now. the president is continuing his trip to africa this morning. what he just said about the supreme court's ruling on gay marriage. plus -- ♪ mr. obama, welcome back to africa ♪ >> that's a greeting for you. special television tribute created just for the president's visit. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof!

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watching the health of nelson mandela in pretoria, south africa. the latest from his granddaughter coming up. plus just a day after historic rulings regarding same-sex marriages by the supreme court. san francisco's castro district gearing up for another big event. the heat is on today. we're starting with temperatures in the mid 60s in some of your bay area silt tease. i'll tell you who will see the triple digits, how long this heat will last and then when we might actually get another round of showers in the bay area in the summertime. a lot to talk about in your full forecast. traffic building as the sun indeed is coming up already. a hot day in store. also we have issues why you have to slow down in a couple of key spots already. right now we've got you all dialed in, well, thought you did. there you go. we got you from our san bruno cam. that is a live look over san francisco. you can see low hanging clouds as the heat gets ready to roll in on this friday eve, also