july fireworks show in southern california goes terribly wrong. we have the new details we've just learned overnight. and the heat is off. good morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. it's refreshing out there this morning. we're going to get a beautiful sunrise and temperatures dropping by about 20 degrees. i've got your weekend and seven-day forecast coming right up. i'm anthony slaughter and you can see the bay bridge approach, the metering lights not on, but we'll get you out the door on time. this is "today in the bay." and this is a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge this morning. hope you enjoyed your fourth of july. now you made it to the 5th. and, yes, anthony, this is "today in the bay." not only is it "today in the bay," it's also friday. we love saying that as well. it is 5:00, good morning, everybody.

thanks for joining us. we get applause from over there on a friday. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. the vatican now confirms pope francis has cleared the way for late pope john paul ii for sainthood. a pope must have two miracles attributed to him and this week the committee decided to credit the late pope with curing a woman of severe brain injury in costa rica. john paul ii is also believed to have miraculously healed a nun with parkinson's disease. >> right here at home, this is far short of a miracle, but finally good news for bay area commuters. b.a.r.t. service will be back on later today. striking union members agreeing to temporarily lift the strike while they work on a brand new contract with management. christie smith is live with more details on what this all means for riders around the bay area. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. commuters are telling us they heard this on their way in this

morning to catch the bus bridge that has been set up. they say they are very happy that the b.a.r.t. trains will be running again but also a little skeptical about what may happen after this temporary agreement runs out. will they be back here again. i want to show you what it looks like in walnut creek this morning, people loading on to the bus. the striking unions have basically agreed to a 30-day extension of their contract. b.a.r.t. and their two striking unions made the announcement just before 11:00 last night. by this afternoon, 3:00 p.m., train operators will be back on the job. all the striking workers making the trains move again finally after four days. this came at the request of state mediators and the state labor secretary. the union will go back to the bargaining table monday, but for now at least they're off the picket lines. the 400,000 people who ride b.a.r.t. each day were getting really frustrated by the long waits on the buses and the

freeways, the inconvenience of it all. we did hear from b.a.r.t. and the unions. i spoke with a rider who says he hopes he isn't waiting for buses again in 30 days. >> well, i don't know if -- i mean they're negotiating, but they're such polar opposites so it's hard to know if 30 days and in 30 days we're back in the same situation. >> and i want to tell the riders that we deeply regret the inconvenience that they have been caused and we want to express our commitment to do everything we know how to achieve a fair agreement for the workers in our two unions. and with that, we have a lot of work left to do. we stand together tonight and we expect to be standing together with a fair contract by the end of august the 4th. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. not running yet this morning because it takes about 12 hours to get those trains up and running again. charter buses still in effect today from the five stations that they have been, el se

receipt oerks del norte, pleasanton, walnut creek and west oakland. but the difference is that these buses that you see here, they normally would drop people at west oakland and they would have to transfer and then go into the city. this morning these buses are going directly into san francisco. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> always appreciated. again, trains will start back up at 3:00 this afternoon. until then, b.a.r.t. has those bus bridges in place to help people get into the city and we'll have your commute alternatives running in the ticker at the bottom of your screen right now. you can also get details on our website at nbcbayarea.com. fire investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened when a fireworks show in southern california exploded into the crowd. the blast sent almost two dozen people to the hospital. marla tellez joins us in our newsroom with new details and new video just in. it's just devastating. >> it is scary to watch. i just spoke with an official

with the ventura county fire department and he tells me the scene has been cleared but investigators will be back out at this community park in just a couple of hours where this all happened just outside of los angeles. now, this whole thing was caught on camera, including the very moment disaster struck. take a listen. >> oh! oh! oh, my god! oh, oh! run! run! run, run, run! run. >> reporter: you can hear the man here frantically telling people to run. this happened just before 9:30 in simi valley at an annual fireworks show. home video showing just a few minutes into the show the fireworks began exploding on the ground and into the crowd. the launcher that sends these fireworks into the sky actually tipped over. 28 people in all are hurt, 20 were rushed to the hospital. most with mild to moderate injuries, but ventura county fire says four people are recovering from severe injuries. none, however, said to be life

threatening. witnesses explained exactly what they saw. >> we saw about three minutes of the show. there was some that went up into the air, everything scattered outwards and everybody started running. just a loud explosion. we felt the heat back towards us on the side of the rec building and that was it. end of the show. then all of a sudden the sirens started coming. >> i mentioned this is an annual fireworks show. it's been running for 43 years. now, a bomb squad was sent in to deactivate the reminder of the fireworks. the crowd was kept at least 350 feet from the fireworks, which is the distance required for this sort of launch. getting back to the people who were injured, officials say the injuries include burns and cuts as well as some broken bones. we are also hearing those who are hurt range in age from the very young to the elderly. we are in stuch with our station in los angeles which has a reporter on the scene. i'll dmek wicheck in with her a brand new information at 5:30. >> marla, thank you very much.

it is 5:06. the sheriff's office says we may never know what caused a tree to fall on a camp counselor in yosemite valley. we called sheriffs this morning who tell us they're done with that investigation into wednesday's death. 21-year-old uc santa cruz student was having breakfast outside when the tree suddenly came crashing down. investigators say the tree had recently been inspected and showed no obvious signs of rotting or disease. 5:07. the man accused of killing two employees inside an oakland wing stop will be in court for the first time today. 21-year-old jermaine gurley was hiding in a freezer area of the restaurant when he shot two employees. witnesses say something happened in the restaurant. gurley and another man ran back to the refrigerated area possibly to hide. the two employees were shot when they went to check on the men. a popular restaurant getting a cash boost from the community to help stay in business.

owners of the up and under pub and grill are out $190,000 in unpaid fees after catering the bottle rock napa valley music festival. organizers of the festival reportedly ran into financial difficulties and were unable to pay thousands of dollars in debts. tonight supporters are organizing a cash mob. that's what they're calling it, a cash mob to help the restaurant bounce back. the event gets under way tonight at 7:00. >> jon kelley, we've said it before, but it is friday. >> you can never say it enough because it feels so good. >> and cooler temperatures, going to make us all feel good. right, christina? >> oh, it's going to be so nice. good morning to you. 59 degrees refreshing in napa, 57 in sonoma and 56 in san francisco. so we've got the marin county fair happening. lots of things going on across the bay area as we get into this weekend and the weather is finally going to be nice and comfortable just about everywhere. 58 in livermore, 55 to start the

day down in gilroy. so here it is. yesterday 104 degrees in walnut creek. today 82 degrees. so about a 20-grow dropoff all across the bay area. it was a hot fourth of july. it's going to be a beautiful weekend, and these numbers are running about 15 degrees cooler to start the day. so i've got your seven-day forecast coming up in my next report. we'll help you make those weekend plans. 5:09. but first you might to have to get to work. let's check on the drive with anthony slaughter. >> yesterday in pleasanton was 101, really hot. make sure you drink that water. on the other side of the heat wave you notice traffic is flowing smoothly if you're heading into work this morning across the bay bridge toll plaza, no issues there. down in fremont there's an accident but things are moving smoothly. the accident is 880 northbound at mowery avenue, if you're headed that way, just a heads up that the car spun out and was facing the wrong direction so crews are trying to clear that

off the road. laura and jon. >> thank you very much. a bay area police officer being hailed a hero this morning after he runs into a burning building to save a woman stuck on the third floor. we'll have all the details coming up next. all right. plus, a new arrival for the newsome family. we'll tell you about their big announcement coming up. >> we'll look ahead to the jobs announcement as well. there's a reason espionages a french word, all ahead in business.

welcome back, everybody. how are you feeling on a friday morning bright and early? hopefully this is good news to get you going. this is looking at the hills over san jose. christina loren telling us a major cooldown. if you haven't been out in it, get ready. it feels in her words refreshing. more on that coming up. the oldest orchard supply store in the entire country facing an uncertain future after

the south bay staple filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy back in march. it shared plans to transform its store. plans include a 48,000 square foot building and garden center. last month they filed for bankruptcy. lowe's has agreed to buy 60 of the 91 stores. those will keep the orchard supply name and has plans to go ahead with the construction at the san jose location. crews report they're starting to have trouble finding enough skilled workers. many workers fled california during the last recession. >> yeah, for a while we had too many new houses. that since has turned. we're seeing strong growth in construction jobs. at least strong growth compared to last year. we get the latest unemployment numbers from the labor department about 15 minutes from now. wall street is back to work as well after the independence day holiday. they're ready to hear about

those job numbers, so let's check in with seema mody. she's live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, seema. >> reporter: scott, good morning. futures higher ahead of the big news of the morning, and that is june's jobs report. economists expect another of stedy growth in payrolls were probably not enough to make a big dent in unkploimt. they expected companies made 160,000 jobs and unemployment fell to 7.5%. but some traders are concerned a stronger number could trigger talks the federal reserve will soon end its massive bond-buying program which has helped keep interest rates low. the dow closing up 56 points, the nasdaq adding 11 in yesterday's trading. futures are higher. scott, back to you. >> seema, thank you much. the latest in spying news. the french newspaper says it has uncovered evidence of a french spying program similar to the american p.r.i.s.m. system, just as the american system spies on americans, the french system spies on the french, according

to the newspaper. the french government records e-mail data, facebook access, web browsing habits of its own citizens in violation of french law. now, jon and laura, there are a lot of spy accusations flying around lately. the bottom line is there are two kinds of spying. there's the international spying that's caused some international trouble, but not entirely unexpected. the real controversy, the controversial spying is domestic spying, whether that's france or america. a government spying on itself. >> or spying on you. all right, thank you very much. 5:15 right now. we can tell you a massive cleanup still ongoing in china to keep the yellow sea coast lines from becoming green. work crews using bulldozers to scoop uptons of algae. that looks like hay but it's algae which has bloomed along the eastern china coastline. it first appeared out there --

it looks like it's now spread across 7500 square miles. that's a lot of algae. chinese scientists say the algae is not harmful to humans, but it does give off kind of a rotten egg smell which begs the question why would you want to be sitting up in that junk? >> video is just fine. it looks fresh in the video. >> good we don't have smell-o-vision. >> we do have cooler temperatures good. >> that algae is very nutrient rich so there's benefit to it. good morning to you. i want to start with this live shot here of your wind speeds because what i can tell you right now is for the past couple days we've had offshore flow, we've had this muggy pattern. and today everything changes and it's all because of our new flow. that's straight out of the west. look at san francisco this morning, wind straight out of the west, 16 miles an hour. that's onshore flow. that means the fog is going to

return and that is our natural coolant. you probably had to run your ac the fast few days. today you can give it a break. 15 degrees cooler to start the day in livermore and we'll end up about 20 degrees cooler as we head throughout the afternoon. let's take you through your hour-by-hour forecast for this friday. 62 in sunnyvale, 56 to start the day in san francisco. we haven't had the 50s as widespread as this morning all week long. finally a break from that heat. 77 degrees at noon in antioch, 73 in livermore. beautiful conditions for your outdoor activities. if that heat has kept you in, today you can get back out there. make sure you have that spf 30 ready to go because we're going to see seasonal averages for this time of year. it's going to be really nice. i'm really excited about it. 77 in san jose, 74 in fremont and 63 degrees in san francisco. that also means if you have the kids at home with you, you can get them on outdoors for today.

as we get into the weekend, temperatures level off. it's going to be comfortable. sunday looks really nice. inland 86 degrees. then we warm up just a tad as we head through monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. let's take a look at your morning drive. >> we are talking about an accident right here 880 northbound at mowery. it looks like crews are clearing this away from the highway. there's a little slowing but nothing too major. a tow truck actually trying to clear a car off the road. as we get to the bay bridge approach, lots of green on the map so that's good news. let's take you outside and you can see for yourself from the east shore freeway pointed towards richmond, you can see cars coming in very nicely. no problems there. a little farther south at the bay bridge approach, cars flowing smoothly here, that's really good news. no backups at all. and even a little farther south into fremont, again where we have that accident, you can see traffic is still very light at the moment.

if we were in the heart of rush hour that would be a headache. really good traffic, wide open roads this morning here at 5:19. down in florida, a key day ahead for prosecutors in the second-degree murder trial of former neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. today the prosecution expected to wrap up its questioning of witnesses down in a sanford, florida, courtroom. the parents of trayvon martin may be called to testify. it's expected his mother may comment on the screaming they heard on the 911 tapes, claims that he shot and killed martin in self-defense. zimmerman said it was all in self-defense. a san francisco police officer being hailed a hero after he ran into a burning building and up two floors to save a woman. the officer was on his way to another call when a woman on buchanan street flagged him down to say her neighbor was trapped on the third floor of the burning building. the officer called for help and

then ran upstairs, kicked the door in and rescued the woman. the woman suffered only minor injuries. the officer was treated for heat exhaustion, but released. a ballywood superstar taking on a brand new role becoming a proud father. a big day surrounded in controversy. the announcement by the actor known as srk comes as government officials probe the circumstances surrounding the birth. in recent weeks officials have been investigating whether he knew the baby's gender ahead of the birth, an act that is illegal in india. khan, who is like the brad pitt or angelina jolie over here, he's telling reporters he will reveal his baby's gender after the investigation concludes. forget kim and kanye. lieutenant governor gavin newsom and his wife announcing the birth of a baby girl via twitter. he posted this message, today we welcomed the latest addition to our family, a very healthy baby

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welcome back, everybody, happy friday morning. give you a live look in san francisco of the bay bridge. you can see those lights there, still illuminated in the early morning dawn. a little bit of traffic starting to fill up on that upper deck. anthony slaughter is in for mike inouye. it is 5:23. tens of thousands of soccer fans expected to find their way over to spartan stadium in san jose this weekend. tomorrow that stadium will host an all mexican league doubleheader. in the first one pumas will play

chivas in game one followed by cruz azul. the games are part of a five-game tour in the u.s. there will be another set this friday. >> the last time we saw ray lewis he was hoisting that super bowl trophy over the 49ers heads. well, now the newly retired pro football player has a new goal. lewis in the process of climbing mt. kilimanjaro in africa. >> he's a warrior. >> he's expected to reach the top of the more than 19,000-foot peak on sunday. the climb is part of lewis' efforts to raise money and awareness for a clean water project in africa. a pair of other former footballers, including the brother of actor brad pitt, are climbing with lewis. >> wow, i just want to know if he's going to do that dance once he gets up there. if he can still breathe. 5:24 right now. san jose's very own joey "jaws" chestnut not only won but sets

an all-time record yesterday snarfing down 69 hot dogs and their buns in a mere ten minutes. that's just painful to watch. you know he's into it because he starts getting bun all over his face and doesn't slow down. this is his seventh straight title. along with indigestion and fat calories -- >> you have to hold it in. >> he gets that mustard-colored belt and $10,000. but really the most important thing is that mustard yellow championship. yeah, pain just every bite. >> yeah, that's bad. >> imagine the stomach pain. i wonder if he gets stretch marks. >> i don't want to know any more. we want to check your forecast. it was a lovely fourth of july for folks to get out and barbecue. a little warm. >> yeah, it was actually really hot. 103 degrees out in the east bay yesterday. that was our seventh consecutive day of triple digits. happy to report we're going to cool you off substantially today

by about 20 degrees. 81 in livermore, 77 in san jose and 63 degrees today in san francisco. so kind of a cool day at the coast. now anthony, i know you had a late night, i don't know about you. >> i was watching fireworks. i was in san jose and you could see it from every angle. it was lovely. i couldn't get to sleep because everybody kept setting those fireworks off until about 3:00 in the morning. don't you know we work early? you're looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. yeah, i'm a little irritable when i don't get my sleep. you can see we're looking at a little fog but nothing that's really impending traffic this morning. lots of clear skies back in the background. we have a wind advisory but nothing major. traffic is moving smoothly but keep both hands on the wheels this morning. back to you. monthly job numbers due out any minute now. scott mcgrew is keeping an eye on them. we'll have the latest coming up. also a look at what it actually means for the markets. also good news for

commuters. if they need it, they'll be able to ride b.a.r.t. home today from work. that strike over for now. we'll have the latest details coming up next. ♪

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new this morning, that b.a.r.t. strike is over, at least for right now. some good news to start your day. 5:29 right now, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. trains will be back up and running at 3:00 this afternoon. workers agreed to call off the strike despite the fact there's no new contract in place. >> christie smith is live in walnut creek with more details on this temporary deal and what that ultimately means for riders out there. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon, and happy friday. riders this morning welcomed the news, a lot of them telling us they heard it on their car radio on the way down to the b.a.r.t. station where they would catch one of these bus bridges into san francisco. they say they welcome it, but they're hoping that it sticks, that both sides can reach a permanent agreement and that they're not back out waiting for buses again.

what's happened is that b.a.r.t. and its striking unions have agreed to a 30-day extension of their contract after four days on the picket lines and hundreds of thousands of riders frustrated, sitting in gridlock, waiting for ferries and buses, they're going back to work. b.a.r.t.'s gm said what this means for the riding public is that the trains will be rolling again today at 3:00. the decision on the temporary agreement came at the request of the state labor secretary and the mediators involved, but there still appears to be plenty of friction on both sides that will have to be ironed out before the august 4th deadline for a new contract. one rider just told me again she hopes she's not back out here waiting for a bus again in 30 days. >> i'd rather be prepared for the worst, seriously. but, you know, the buses have been really, really accommodating. you know, that's been fine. >> reporter: will it be nice actually sitting on a train on the way home, though? >> yes, it will. i'm looking forward to that very

much. >> we are putting b.a.r.t. on notice that they have 30 days to right this ship and ensure that our members get the contract that they deserve and that the riding public gets the b.a.r.t. service that they deserve. thank you. >> reporter: now, one union rep says the unions go back to the table on monday. meantime those bus bridges still in effect this morning at the five stations. el cerrito, del norte, dublin, pleasantton, fremont, walnut week and west oakland. but what's different is instead of these buses dropping people off at the west oakland city and getting on another bus, these buses are going directly into san francisco. reporting live in walnut creek, christie smith, "today in the bay." breaking news now. the monthly job numbers released just moments ago. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us now with the details. >> well, good morning to you. 195,000 jobs, laura, added in the month of june. that is a pretty solid number. the unemployment rate sticks at

7.6%. this according to the latest numbers which came to us less than a minute ago. now, one of the important things we're going to look at are past months' revisions, laura. they always go back, fix the past months and say we've got better data than we did. also we'll see where those jobs came in, construction, farming, retail, that kind of thing. we'll update you in just a few minutes but i wanted to get that 195,000 to you just as soon as i could. >> you said yesterday, scott, the numbers would make investors happy no matter what. do you think that still holds true? >> right. a bad number means that the fed isn't going to ease off of easy money. a good number just shows good, solid growth in the economy. we're seeing -- this is decent growth and i think investors will be happy with that so it's kind of a win-win. >> i heard anything over 160. >> that's a good rule of thumb. more than two dozen people recovering after getting caught in a fireworks showdown in southern california. it was a scary scene there. we now have a better idea of

exactly what went wrong. marla tellez is in the newsroom with all the details and some pretty amazing video we're just getting in. marla, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. this massive explosion was caught on home video and it shows the moment the fireworks launcher tipped over and people started running for their lives. >> oh! oh! oh, my god! oh, oh, oh! run! run, run, run! >> reporter: you can hear just how scared this man is who is recording this. the fireworks essentially started shooting into the crowd of some 10,000 people. this happened about 9:20 last night at the rotary club's fireworks show in simi valley, which is about 40 miles northwest of los angeles. just into our newsroom, officials are calling this an industrial accident. it's believed at least one of the launching stations fell over just a few minutes into the show. in all, 28 people are hurt. most with mild injuries. though ventura county fire says

four people are severely hurt. their injuries consistent with shrapnel and projectile-type injuries. witnesses explain the terrifying experience. >> it was like we were sitting right there, right in front of the whole thing and it only lasted like a few seconds, you know, when the whole thing -- it was about to start when the whole thing just went -- you know, everything exploded and parts came flying everywhere. and so, you know, people running everywhere. so it was pretty scary. >> to say the least. take a look at this photo we just received from the simi valley police department. this is an officer's gun belt that was nicked in a couple places boy what's thought to be a piece of shrapnel from that explosion. luckily this officer was not hurt, though he may need a new gun belt. we've also learned the people who were injured range in age from 7 to 78 years old. coming up in my next report, i'll have more on the company

behind this failed fireworks show. laura. >> really frightening to hear there, thank you, marla. it's 5:34. now back to the bay area and the cleanup under way this morning in a neighborhood on the north san jose/milpitas border. a family having a fourth of july barbecue when the propane tank they were using exploded. the fire spread quickly but firefighters knocked it down before spreading to other homes on sydney drive just blocks away from milpitas christian school. >> the fire just goes so quick. just a blink of your eyes, a total loss of the house. >> everyone was okay. as firefighters were mopping up, however, another fire sparked two blocks away. witnesses say a bottle rocket fell into trees and they caught fire in just seconds. the flames were put out before they could spread to nearby homes. firefighters mopping up after two separate brush fires in the oakland hills. both those fires breaking out in joaquin miller park about 11:30 last night on opposite sides of the park.

this morning crews still there on scene. so far no word yet on how many acres actually burned or exactly what caused the fires. we will of course continue to follow this story and bring you any updates as soon as they become available. this morning the contra costa county fire department says a 50-acre brush fire in pittsburg is under control following fourth of july festivities. that fire was reported about 9:00 p.m., about the same time fireworks were starting. quickly moved from a large field into the 700 block willow pass way. that's close to highway 4. it took crews about an hour just to put the fire out. homeowners from a nearby harbor lights community tried to extinguish some of the flames from their backyards. the fire department that responded to the fire is one of two county fire houses that supervisors agreed to actually close back in may. the pittsburg fire station is scheduled to close its doors on monday. it's 5:36 right now. some good news along with being friday. you can tell the difference coming in. >> already when you walk out the

door, you're going to feel it. and you know what, we kind of like it. >> christina loren is here to tell us all about it. >> 5:36, good morning to you. taking a live look at a beautiful start to the day over san jose now. you always are going to get a beautiful sunrise the day after the fourth of july, and the reason why is because all that debris, that particulate matter is suspended up in our atmosphere. as the sun comes up, you get the oranges and yellows. we'll show you those live pictures all morning long. beautiful start to the day. yeah, we actually have pretty good air quality the day after as well, we're in the good to moderate range all across the board. winds are certainly picking up but this is a good sign. those winds are coming right off the ocean so it's a beautiful, cool day shaping up for us, 20 degrees cooler as a matter of fact, but you're running so cool in livermore, 15 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. your temperature, 58 degrees. we haven't seen the 50s for at least four days so it feels really nice out there. "today in the bay" works like this. highs will be in the low 80s

inland, 77 bayside and 62 degrees at the coast. even though there's not a lot of traffic out there, we do want to remind you b.a.r.t. is not running until later today, even though they are working on that strike. let's check on that drive with our very own anthony slaughter. >> thank you, christina. looking good on those weather maps. 60s by the coast looks real nice. in the north bay we are talking about an accident on sir francis drake boulevard. on 101 there was a car that veered off the road and hit a fence, so crews are trying to clear that away but you'll notice it's not impending traffic too much. as we get into san francisco, one is starting to slow as you get over towards the sunset district but i've highlighted an area on the bay bridge. this is the lower deck. this is actually a stall. it was not slowing traffic. but if you are moving from san francisco over to the east bay, heads up crews are getting that off the bridge and into oakland. really good conditions. lots of green on the map. even the bay bridge approach shows that things are flowing

smoothly. this is something we haven't seen all week long. so very nice, 5:38 new york city major traffic accidents approaching the bay bridge. that's really, really good. >> thank you very much, anthony. 5:39 right now. the america's cup officially under way at 11:00 this morning. the parade of boats will take place. more than 40 different vessels will be out there led across the bay by the san francisco fire department's fire boats. this one will start at pier 14 and then travel athrong coastline, finishing at the golden gate bridge yacht club. now, a number of other events will take place today as well. at 12:15 the ac-72s will be sailing the five-leg america's cup course and at 3:00, there will be a concert featuring local bands at the america's cup pavili pavilion. boats and music. >> well, there is some controversy, as you know, jon, in this year's race. a team from new zealand has filed a complaint against rule changes.

team members say they designed their boat under specific standards and those standards have changed. they say a decision to change the rules should not we made unilaterally but with a unanimous vote by times involved. italy's team has also protested the rule change. there is no word on if this will prevent either team from actually competing. it is 5:40 right now. we continue to keep our eye on south africa this morning, kind of in a cloudy picture over there. we're getting different stories about the health of nelson mandela. we'll have all the updates coming up next. plus the european country that may welcome nsa secret leaker edward snowden. the famous man it's already taken in, next.

a developing story overseas. this morning tahrir square in

cairo continues to fill with people. we've got live pictures from egypt where ousted president morsi's muslim brotherhood has called for protests. while president obama meets with his national security team with how to deal with the unrest in egypt. tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill today with more. >> reporter: laura, good morning. it's a tough strategy for the president and his team to develop at this point because a big question remains unanswered. was this a military takeover, a military coup or was it a development on the road to democracy. the united nations human rights chief saying today they're not ready to answer that question. but what we do know as we look at live pictures of what's now fewer people but still quite a few in tahrir square, the other side of this may become much more evident today. the muslim brotherhood, the group that was taken out of power, is calling for protests today. and we've already started to see some reaction in the

northeastern region, the gaza border closed. a couple of areas under a state of emergency as a result of what's happened. the african union has now suspended egypt as a result of what it calls an overthrow of a democratically elected government. so things are still very fluid there. people still in the square in other parts of the country, clashes going on between the people who wanted change and the people who were taken out of power. laura. >> one to continue to watch. thank you very much. also on the international scene, some mixed messages coming out of south africa this morning surrounding the health of nelson mandela. documents filed in a court case concerning another matter regarding three of mandela's children say the former south african president faces, quote, impending death and is being kept alive by a breathing machine right now. however, south africa's president said yesterday mandela remains in critical but stable condition. this morning you can see well wishers out there. they released balloons over the

hospital where mandela is being treated. he was admitted about a month ago to the hospital back on june 8th suffering with a reoccuring lung infection. bolivia's president threatening to close the u.s. embassy in his country this morning saying the u.s. pressured european governments to stop his plane from flying through their airspace. at the u.s. consulate in santa cruz, demonstrators threw red paint on the walls and burned images of the american flag yesterday. they're angry because their president was forced to divert his plane and land in vienna on tuesday after rumors began that nsa secret leaker edward snowden was on board. morales says the incident was a violation of national sovereignty. this morning the u.s. is not commenting on the incident. however, spain is. in the meantime, snowden is believed to still be hiding out in a moscow airport but he could soon have a new place to go. some lawmakers in iceland are proposing granting immediate citizenship to snowden. it's likely the proposal won't pass, it received minimal

support moments after it was introduced. in 2005 iceland granted citizenship to chess master bobby fisher, who was trying to escape prosecution after he broke sanctions against the former yugoslavia. right now it is 5:46. christina loren is back and i guess we go from sweltering and muggy to, as you say, refreshing now. >> also known as bay area norms, beautiful conditions finally. a lot of people actually make their plans to come out and visit the bay yar in the month of july because we get out of that june gloom. that's climatology for you. but we didn't have a lot of june gloom this year. taking a live look here, a little bit of fog this morning. it's a welcome sight because that's our natural coolant. it's going to be a beautiful day. we'll have fog hugging the coastline and wind out of the west transporting that cool ocean air. hopefully you had a great fourth of july with friends and family. this morning temperatures are running 10 to 15 degrees cooler in some cities.

overall it's really nice out there, nice and comfortable. 61 degrees in san jose and 58 in livermore. as we started out the day yesterday in the low 70s so definitely a welcome sign for you. after seven consecutive days of triple-digit heat today we'll only hit the 80s. the winds will pick up as high pressure heads out of town and an area of low pressure starts to cool us down. this is where we hit yesterday. 104 in walnut creek, today 82. 103 out in livermore yesterday, 81 today. and temperatures are going to be really cool in san jose at about 77 degrees. south san jose today about 78 degrees for you. 80 in gilroy and look at this. we're going to hold on to seasonal averages all weekend long. that means if you want to get on outdoors, yes, you can do so, even inland. you can go for an inland hike as we head throughout saturday and sunday. 89 degrees saturday, 86 on sunday and then monday into tuesday temperatures leveling off feeling really, really

comfortable, around the bay and at the coast with upper 60s to mid-70s. let's take a look at your morning drive. i don't know, what do you think, is the volume picking up out there? >> actually it's not, making my job very easy and it is friday. you can see as we're moving through antioch on 4, we don't have any slowing. this is typically spots we see slow going as we get towards this area. even at the bay bridge approach, lots of green on the map. let's take you out and no backups to report. the metering lights are not on yet so that's the good news. everything is still flowing through this specific location. and really as we take you back to the traffic maps, you'll notice in every spot that we typically see slowing, even through the altamont pass, really good. not a whole lot happening here. and even you'll notice here in the south bay lots of green on the map, no major issues to report, no major accidents or slow spots as well. even through the peninsula moving up towards burlingame and into san francisco, live open roads this morning, so lots of good news to report on this friday and of course, yes, it is

friday so that makes it even better. guys, back to you. it's 5:48. just in, we've got live pictures of the courtroom in florida this morning where the mother of trayvon martin has just been called in to testify. the prosecution is expected to close its second-degree murder case against the former neighborhood watch volunteer, george zimmerman, today. zimmerman claims he killed martin in self-defense. but trayvon martin's mother expected to testify this morning. one we'll continue to watch. >> that will be a very, very emotional stand there. well, 5:49 right now. a bit of good news for people in danville who live right in the path of a major water main break. crews telling us this morning the broken pipe has finished draining and flooding there is now starting to subside. you can see all that water there gushing out. but a number of streets in and around that area that were affected expected to be closed until maintenance can clear all the debris. the water main break was discovered overnight on harts

avenue from diablo road to railroad road. a lot of businesses out there in the area simply flooded. the cause of this water main break at this point has not yet been determined. >> so much water out there. 5:50. the giants barry zito paying special tribute to the troops on fourth of july. we'll tell you what he did next. plus this is our gadget friday. can you guess what it is? we'll tell you coming up.

welcome back, everyone. got a nice little sunrise to show you here. this is from walnut creek. that is actually the b.a.r.t. station, so good news there. as temperatures is dropping, more good news that the b.a.r.t. strike temporarily on hold so the trains will be back in action starting at 3:00 today. if you need a ride hope from work, jump on b.a.r.t. and head on home. we have new reports indicating the warriors aggressively shopping a number of key players trying to land the biggest fish out on that free agent market. we're talking about big man

dwight howard. espn reporting golden state looking to move centers andrew bogut and andres begran. they need to shed salary if they plan to land howard. he is expected to decide on his future sometime today. earlier this week the warriors made their in-person pitch to howard and reports that despite the fact a lot of people think he'll go to houston, howard is intrigued by the idea of playing with steph curry, klay thompson and harrison barnes. >> intriguing. 5:53. the giants barry zito in the meantime doing something very special for the troops this fourth of july. zito promised to give $500 for every strikeout pitched in the major league on independence day. the money will go to the nonprofit welcome back, veterans. the idea was inspired by his father, joe, who died a few weeks ago and loved what the fourth of july stood for. did a little math this morning. it looks like there were 218 strikeouts in the majors yesterday, which adds up to a

very generous $109,000. >> nice. what an admirable move by mr. zito. for many it is a four-day weekend, barbecue, maybe a couple of beers. scott mcgrew, you have a gadget for us? >> it's actually for the beers. good morning. this is a blood alcohol tester, jon. it actually hooks up to your iphone. you can take a closer look at it. it's almost exactly the same size as a zippo lighter, tho those of you old enough to remember. it runs on a rechargeable battery. you see the tube on the upper right. the idea is you blow, much like you've seen on the tv show "cops," you get a beep and the level is shown on your iphone. you can also share your results on facebook or twitter if you want to. i have a map of people using this device in san francisco. the darker colors are the people who need to get an uber or taxi

or something like that. honestly, i get a little preachy here. the way i see it is you're absolutely impaired after the very first sip, and this is not the bosses talking. this is me. you know, once you've had a sip of wine or whatnot, your judgment is going to be impaired. i don't know if you should even trust these sorts of things. get a cab, get somebody else to drive you. >> if you drink, don't drive. >> and remember police, you blow a 0.07, you're like hey, i'm legal. you're still impaired and you can be arrested even if you're not legally over the limit. >> buzzed driving is drunk driving. >> this is interesting. we'll talk more about it at 6:45 and tell you some of the things that i was able to get it to. >> okay, look forward to that. geez, really? >> research. >> i think it's wild you can just put it on facebook. hey, guess what, i'm drunk. all right, let's get to the

weather, keeping it cool. >> a lot of people might just be going to bed right now after the celebrations. >> good morning to you. happy to report we have much cooler weather headed our way. we are done with the triple-digit heat. inland 82 degrees, bayside 77 and 62 degrees today at the coast. anthony slaughter knows you've got to be safe out there on the roads. let's check the drive with him. >> we are starting to see traffic pick up in certain spots. the good news is the bay bridge approach is very wide open. no major reports to give along and even the metering lights are not on yet, so that's really good. traffic is zooming on through that location. we do have some accidents that are starting to pop up, but nothing really approaching the bay bridge, so that's good news. in the north bay on 101 at sir francis drake boulevard, a car hit a fence off the highway so crews are still trying to clear that. in san francisco at the bay bridge, lower deck, there is a stall but not slowing traffic, so good news. we go from the bay bridge to

the brooklyn bridge. new york police are looking for a man who pulled off a fourth of july stunt right on top of the brooklyn bridge. police receiving an emergency call saying, hey, a man is up there climbing on the bridge. now, when officers arrived, he managed to rappel down the bridge using some sort of hose there, dropped onto a building in brooklyn and then vanished, just disappeared. officers at this point not exactly sure what he was doing, the wannabe spider-man. what he was doing up on that bridge in the first place. >> kind of low tech with a hose. >> whatever works. new details this morning in the efforts to make pope john paul ii a saint. what happened overnight next. ♪ [ roars ]

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a crowd of spectators. it's all ahead in a live report. b.a.r.t. clearly needs to understand that 30 days is all it is. >> the b.a.r.t. strike is over, at least for now it is. we will tell you why we might have to relive this one again all over next month. we'll tell you about that just ahead. and finally some heat relief and that means some relief for your pg&e bill. we'll let you know what the weekend holds in your full forecast. and things very light on the road right now. anthony slaughter in for mike inouye. no traffic trouble spots to report. we'll get you out there on time, 6:00 straight up. beautiful sunrise is coming up over the bay area on this friday, july 5th. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everybody, it is 6:00 on the nose. thank you for joining us as always, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura