day. winds will likely play a factor in the effort trying to knock the blaze down. we'll let you know about a cooler day ahead in your city and your full forecast. >> anthony slaughter in for mike inouye. the metering lights have been turned on at the bay bridge. we have accidents starting to pile up. we'll let you know what's happening. >> let's get you outside for a live bit of a foggy look at the embarcadero as we jump start your day here. hopefully your o.j. is going down smooth. maybe a danish as well on this tuesday, september 10. this is "today in the bay." i stand corrected. cinnabon. good morning. 6:00 on the nose. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have breaking news this morning, syria says it is agreeing to give up its stash of

chemical weapons. it's accepted a proposal from russia to place its weapons under international control so they can be dismantled. russia's foreign minister says russia is working with syria to prepare a detailed plan of action which will be presented soon. syria says it is agreeing to the deal to, quote, derail the u.s. aggression. russia will finalize the plans with the united nations secretary. marla tellez is digging into the details and if it will be enough to avert military strike by the u.s. she'll have an update. >> and now to breaking news in berkeley. the coroner on scene of an early morning apartment fire as the flames erupted from the third floor of an apartment building. this one on oregon street near telegraph avenue. christie smith is live in berkeley where investigators are there working on a cause of the fire. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. they are working on a cause and

residents who were displaced are now leaving with their pet, with family and friends looking for a new place to stay after a fire ripped through the third floor of an apartment here. one man was initially unaccounted for. the coroner had to be called to the scene. it was about 1:30 in the morning when firefighters were called to this apartment here on oregon street near telegraph. a three-story apartment building on fire. they say that flames were shooting from the third floor when they arrived where neighbors say a man in his 50s lived. they say firefighters, that he was unaccounted for initially, then taken to the hospital from his unit. they say that unit was very hard to get into because it had a metal door. the rest of the residents in the unit say they heard a banging on their doors as they were sleeping to get out. one woman who lives below the third floor unit says the man has passed away and she also often smelled smoke coming from that unit. >> he is a smoker and he likes

to burn candles, so we're thinking something happened, might have happened. and last night at about 11:30 i was in my living room i could smell smoke. i wasn't sure what it was. i thought it was mt. diablo. i thought it cannot be all the way here. i detected the smell of smoke i know. >> reporter: firefighters say that there are protocol and notification issues that often go with calling the coroner, so they are still dealing with that. again, still trying to find a cause. the fire investigator is still here on scene. firefighters tell us that they will be here for quite some time. reporting live in berkeley, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. it's 6:03. a developing story in contra costa county with smoke billowing as a wild fire continues to burn through thousands of dry brush on mt. diablo. air quality is a concern as firefighters tryget a handle on the flames. we have incredible video to show

you, showing the intensity of the flames that firefighters are up against. look at the glow of that. in fact, 700 firefighters are now on the fire lines. bulldozers, helicopters, planes trying to contain the fire. it's burning on the northeast side of mt. diablo state park. almost 4,000 acres burning, 20% contained. the numbers could change any moment. bob is live in dublin with new details. >> reporter: good morning. as i speak firefighters are meeting here at camp park, their temporary command for the morgan fire. right now they are meeting getting update on the latest numbers. as of last night, 3718 acres burned, 20% contained. the headline is that the firefighters have stopped the advance of this fire because it's been at that 3700 acres burned since yesterday afternoon. they do not believe that's going to change much overnight.

the number they are trying to change is containment. it's 20% contained, they are meeting now and we should know shortly whether they have been able to improve upon that. there were two factors in the firefighters' favor yesterday. one was the weather. at some points the weather, the wind, did start blowing in the direction of the fire. in other words, they had the fire burning in on itself. so that might have helped with containment. cal fire credits the firefighters. they have 700 firefighters here assigned to the morgan fire. you saw some of them in the chow line getting ready for tweeanot 24-hour shift. some attack choppers and they have dozers throughout cutting lines. they give themselves a lot of credit, this has been a very difficult fire season, it's been unusual in terms of how dry things have been. and they are up mt. diablo which it's a mountain, it's steep and

got a lot of treacherous terrain which makes this very hard to put out. >> the fire behavior we did see in may and even that we're seeing today, we don't normally see that behavior until october-november. it's very dramatic fire behavior. i can't stress that enough that you know, it's definitely presents a new hazard. >> the hazard being thib things move faster? >> the fuel beds are receptive the fire and then if you throw a little bit of wind on it, no humidity, a little heat, it multiplies. >> reporter: the morgan fire had at one point threatened 100 homes located up mt. diablo. firefighters have also been able to protect the historic lookout building and beacon along with communication equipment at the summit of mt. diablo. firefighters right now here at incident command in dublin are receiving an update on the latest numbers. we'll see if that percentage of

containment has improved. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> let's check weather conditions throughout to get more, let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you john and laura. a yot of those firefighters got ú attling the rim fire and this morning temperatures are warm up there on mt. diablo. 76 degrees, 24% humidity which is actually up 3 to 5% from yesterday at this hour. winds straight out of the west is the reason why your sustained speed is 13. we expect the winds to start to relax throughout the next few hours which is good news. but the wind is coming out of the west at this point so a lot of that smoke is starting to drift now into the san joaquin valley. yesterday we had wind out of the northwest pushing ar lot of the smoke into livermore. it's starting to push it toward the unincorporated area of the

mountains. 90 later on, 15% humidity, wind out of the west-northwest are going to shift but more calm than yesterday. 10 to 15 miles per hour sustained. it's going to be the cool ocean air moving into the area so more comfortable day for firefighters. we'll have your local frakt in a few minutes. back to you, jon and laura. >> thank you very much. new this morning arson investigators on scene of a fire at the america's cup pavilion. we have a live look at the bleachers that the pavilion. a section of the bleachers that cause fire is now out of view but the pavilion is located between pier 27 and 29. that fire was reported just after 3:00 this morning near the broadcaster's booth. the cause of this fire does remain under investigation and so far no arrests have been made. >> at 6:08, cofires ignited thursday night at bethel

lutheran school and across the street at cupertino high school. the fire at cupertino high school destroyed sports equipment but at bethel church's preschool damaged a major building. it will be closed for several months now and the school will combine classes for its preschool and elementary school studentings. the principal of bethel says staff has been told someone allegedly set those fires and authorities have taken a 15-year-old boy into custody. authorities have not confirmed those reports. >> a lot of people probably filling up lunch bags. >> work in the morning. >> got to be organized and ready. that means you got the road coming up. anthony is in for mike to tell us what you can see once you get your lunch bag and pail out on the road. >> i do all of that the night before. we wake up at 4:00. >> you don't even have kids. >> i'll grab the wrong tie.

it's all over the place. the night before. right. get you outside, you can see what we're dealing with. we have a sigalert in the north bay from fairfield to napa on 80 westbound at 12 westbound and still closed due to a disabled bus. folks have to get around that if you are making travel plans trying to get around that head down further south and hop over to napa. on 880 a number of accidents. headed south, the dumbarton bridges, slow right before that at alvarado boulevard and two accidents keeping 880 slow. you can see lots of cars on the roadway, past that accident headed down in, very slow commute on the 880 southbound. >> thank you very much. 6:10 now. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. 63 degrees to start the day. livermore 61, oakland 58 san

francisco and 59 in the south bay. more readings, 67 degree, a balmy start in santa teresa and campbell. your hour by hour forecast, today in the bay up to 94 inland, highs at about 3:30, 4:00. at the coast at 68 degrees at noon. 72 degrees, that's room temperature, in san francisco. i'll have the seven-day in the next report. >> look forward to it. coming up, blurred lines put to the test. the landmark hearing in washington, d.c. that could determine the future for the legalization of pot. >> hewlett-packard gets kicked out of an exclusive club. >> let's look from the south bay. a little bit of light illuminating the skies. turning it blue as the sun slowly peeks its head up. unbelievable.

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i want to get you updated on developing action in the east bay. firefighters say they have managed to keep a wildfire from spreading further right now on mt. diablo overnight action. we had a chance to speak with fire crews this morning who say a change in the wind pattern actually turned that fire back on itself overnight. that looks rough. on itself overnight. more than 3700 acres, currently about 20% contained. our bob redell is live at the command post out there in dublin getting all of the latest details for you and we'll give you a live report coming up from him a little later on in this hour. >> here is a look at some of the other top stories. a fire at an apartment building in berkeley has forced several people out of their home. it may have killed one person. the three-story building caught fire this morning. the coroner is at the scene.

so far officials have not confirmed whether a person has died. >> the senate judiciary committee holding hearings that could lead to the legalization of marijuana nationwide. lawmakers say they hope for changes in banking laws to allow more secure transactions between the buyers of marijuana and the sellers. >> hours ago syria's foreign minister says the government would accept russia's proposal to turn over chemical weapons. the terms of the agreement have yet to be released. president obama says he would prefer a diplomatic solution but remains skeptical that syria will follow through. >> let's checkñjr business and tech. scott mcgrew, a man of many talents, has documents in one hand, an iphone in the other. >> two things are going to happen. one involves documents, the other the new iphone. i do understand iphones are exciting but we talk about the documents for a minute first. today the government is going to hand over a disc of data to the

electronic frontier foundation in san francisco under court order. these documents are brand new declassified information about how the fisa courts work and how the government uses the patriot act to monitor your phone calls. the efs victory in this case dates back to before the ed snowden story when they had illegal wire taps during the bush administration. it's a big deal. but admittedly in a string of big deals in domestic surveillance and monitoring of phone calls. let's talk about shiny new things. we take a live look at the cupertino headquarters of apple. today is the day apple unjails well, we don't know what, but we think two new iphones, call them the iphone 5 and then the iphone cheap for emerging market. we should get information about the ios 7. more big news, hue bet packard

kicked off the dow 30 industrials. it's not alone. alcola and bank of america. to be replaced by san francisco's visa, nike and goldman sachs. the dow jones 30 is an index of 30 companies. we say the dow is up 10 points that's what we're talking about. the change will come next week. we have local companies on the dow. chevron, cisco, intel. they trade on the nasdaq. it's its own index. so some on the nasdaq, most on the nyse. >> thanks so much. >> scott always here to clarify it for us. speaking of clarification who does weather better in the morning than our lady right now. christina loren here to do it for us. >> i couldn't tell you. >> that a girl. >> 6:17. humility not one of my best qualities. a live look here, beautiful san jose, what you can't see from this picture is mostly cloudy

sky but that's going to lead to a cooler day. you'll likely be looking forward to that in the extreme east bay. we hit the triple digits yesterday. 101 in livermore yesterday. today about 94. here is san francisco. socked in with fog at this hour. but it's not going to last all day. we're at about 58 degrees to kick off the day. in san francisco, they are getting ready for another round of the finals for the american's cup. if you're going to head out to the waterfront and many will be, make sure you bring your sun screen. 68 degrees at 11:00 a.m., 1:00, 72 the first race is at 1:15. if you can't get out there we've got you covered here on nbc bay area. we'll have all of the action live. 93 degrees, 83 in fremont. 72 in san francisco, the upper 80s on the way for wednesday and thursday. and then temperatures are going to creep up a touch friday into saturday. level back off, though, as we head into the weekend. >> things are slow on 880, on the 880 southbound at marina

boulevard our first accident from oakland keeping things slow. our second on 880, a little murt south, you can see that's keeping things slow not only 880 but toward san mateo bridge. this is where things really slow down because all of those cars come through all of those separate accidents. very slow over to dumbarton bridge and into san jose. and typical slow spot through the altamont pass, stop and go as you head to livermore. that's 880, the headlights headed toward sus the southbound direction. things are moving smoothly once you get past those accidents and out farther north to the bay bridge, you can see lots of cars starting to stack up. we have fog over the bridges this morning. >> can't wait until it clears. it's 6:19. coming up, which bay area

universities ranked best in the nation. >> also, we're going to take you live to a command post for firefighters. this is in dublin. they are getting set to brace themselves. a lot of effort put into this and it takes a lot of firefighters. we've got over 700 on the ground. we'll have more coming up. [ wind howling ]

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thanks for joining us. we're bringing you a live picture. this is the america's cup pavilion. there is activity. arson investigators at the scene of a fire there at the america's cup pavilion. a live look. a section of the bleachers reportedly caught fire. a little out of the view. pavilion between piers 27 and 25. fire reported after 3:00 this morning near the broadcaster's booth. right now the cause of the fire is under investigation. no arrests have been made. >> at 6:23, the federal government cracking down on dog breeders who sell puppies over the internet. dog breeders who breed more than four females and sell those puppies on line will now be subject to the same oversight faced by whole sale breeders. under the regulations online breeders have to apply for licenses and be subject to federal inspections.

the new rules come in response to a federal report that uncovered grisly conditions at so called puppy mills across the country. >> a new bill restricting state government agencies from scrambling cell phone service now one signature away from becoming a law. the bill comes in response to b.a.r.t.'s controversial decision back in 2011 to shut down mobile service at four stations to prevent a protest. the legislation would require all government entities to obtain a court order within six hours of a crisis before actually interrupting cell service. the bill did clear the california legislature last week and now awaits the approval of governor brown. >> 6:24 a. plan to make palo alto more bike friendly is up for discussion at a meeting tonight. leaders want to create a mike boulevard from park fwloofld laguna avenue. the corridor would be equipped with signs and other safety

features to indicate area of roadway shared by cyclists and drivers. the meeting is at 7:00 at barron's park elementary. >> report cards for the best colleges in america. apparently it's good to go ivy league with princeton university taking top honors. the top three are ivy league schools. harvard behind princeton at two on the list, yale number 3. the top ranked bay area university, that being stanford, stanford looking and feeling good tied for fwift the university of chicago. uc-berkeley doing a good job. the top public school on the list at number 20 overall. this list for the record ranks colleges after looking at selectivity, retention and that very important graduation rate. >> got to be proud of our local schools. >> got to be fair too.

let's check the forecast with christina loren. a cooldown today but then it continues. >> oh, yes, it's going to feel more comfortable by tomorrow afternoon. good morning to you. i want to point out a lot of people do business traveling around the bay area. we've got the flight delays at one hour out of sfo, it's 58 degrees, this is what we expect. you'll get 82 degrees at lunch time inland. if you have outdoor plans get them finished early before it gets too hot. 94 at 4:00 p.m., 82 baysidend at the coast 72, that's room temperature. let's check your drive. >> thank you. we still have the sigalert in the north bay from 80 westbound at 12 westbound headed toward napa from fairfield. that's keeping things slow and blocked uf. southbound we'll head down to the south bay and san jose. you'll notice lots of green on the map. 101 northbound, this is where we have three separate accidents

yesterday. it's clear now. we're not looking at accidents. show you what it's looking like, lots of congestion starting to pile up so take it easy. back to you. >> good advice. thanks. >> 6:27. still ahead chemical weapons under international control. digging into the breaking details of the overnight announcement from syria. that's coming up. >> breaking news in berkeley as an apartment goes up in flames. >> a raging fire heating up in the east bay. we'll tell you what we're learning from firefighters on the ground as they try to get a handle on what's been an out-of-control fire.

breaking news in berkeley. flames and smoke sent people scrambling. the coroner arrives at the scene. >> taking a deal. what syria just announced

overnight that could possibly avert a u.s. military strike. >> a live look at the nasdaq. that company vimpelcom. moving to the nasdaq. also news happening on this tuesday, september 10th, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning everybody. we have breaking and monumental news. syria announcing it will surrender its chemical weapons. marla tellez joining us from the newsroom with more on this proposal. and what it means for u.s. military action. good morning. >> this could well mean the president will step down from his stance to strike syria. so far there is no official word from president obama regarding this latest development. however, white house spokesman jay carney says up until now

syria had not even acknowledged it possessed chemical weapons. now it most certainly has. so here's what's happening, the last 90 minutes. syria accepted russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control to eventually be dismantled. syrian's foreign minister says they agreed to do so to quote derail the u.s. aggression. russian officials say they are now working with syria to prepare a detailed plan of action that will be final itzed with the u.n., some lawmakers respond to the news including senator john mccain who says he wants to introduce an amendment that would require international monitors to verify that syria is complying essentially with the whole assad regime accountable. other lawmakers remain skeptical and want more information. >> can't really count on it until we know more about the proposal and how syria's going to respond. >> there really is no reason to have a vote until after that is fully explored. >> the only way to find south test. >> sometimes you have to shake

hands with the devil. >> just released this morning the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll that shows the majority of americans oppose military action in syria. 58% say no, they don't want congress to vote for military action. compare that to 33% who support the authorization. again, talk of military action could all be moolt now that syria says yes, we will hand over our chemical weapons. we'll see what the president has to say in his prime time speech tonight. what mr. obama really thinks of the assad regime. >> interesting. thank you very much. you mentioned the president speaking tonight. the president's speech tonight here on nbc bay area. you can see it from start to finish, this one will start at 6:00 p.m. right after nightly news with brian williams, we'll then return with the local news following the president's speech at 6:15 this evening. breaking news out of berkeley this morning where the coroner's office has confirmed to us one person has died in an

apartment fire. the three-story building caught fire 1:30 this morning a. man in his 50s living on the third floor had not been seen since the fire broke out. several other who live in the building were able to escape the flames. christie smith is talking to them as well as investigators. she'll have a live update in about with 15 minutes. >> a developing story in the east bay. we're getting new numbers on that fire burning on mt. diablo which is now about 45% contained. that is improved from what we were reporting earlier at 20%. we spoke with crew this is morning who say a change in the wind pattern has helped them keep the fire from spreading overnight. they have downgraded the number of acres burned from 3700, that now closer to 3200. our bob redell is at the command post in dublin gathering all of the latest information and we'll check in with bob in a few moments with a live report with

him in about 15 minutes. >> we're expected to learn more about how the rim fire impacted san francisco's water and power systems. the san francisco public utilities commission presenting an update at hetch-hetchy reservoir which supplies a lot of the city's drinking water. the fire has taken a toll on some of the electric power that travels through the burned area. the rim fire has burned more than 253,000 acres, it is 80% contained now. firefighters expect to have it fully contained next week. so far california has spent $100 million just battling that fire alone. tough go at it. >> a huge undertaking still in progress now. the firefighters risking their well-bei well-being. hopefully more containment. 6:34 now. let's look ahead and look at the sunny forecast. christina loren is here to tell us what's happening on a tuesday. >> good morning to you, jon and

laura. 45% containment. good news. here it's the wind that's helping coming off the ocean. you can see this is our live look at sunol. this is furthest to the east of all of our cameras. we have quite a few here. you can see plenty of stratus here. some of this is fog mixed with that smoke so it's smog. we head throughout the day we're going to keep the air quality alert. the good news is they were able to gain the upper hand and that westerly flow is going to persist. 63 degrees in livermore. at 61 in oakland, sx 5 in sunnyvale. temperatures are going to drop off. it's going to be warm. we stop the clock at noon as you break for lunch in oakland will be 67 degrees there, 78 at noon in fremont, and 81 degrees in livermore. we're getting the orange shading here on the map. it's going to be warmest part of the bay area. one more day of the 90s and then temperatures fall back to seasonal averages as we head

throughout tomorrow so. 93 degrees today, forecasted high in livermore. 85 in san jose. down from the 90s. we head on the south bay yesterday. so it's getting more comfortable already and when i show you the seven-day outlook, you'll see how much longer the cool conditions will last. starting tomorrow, though, we're back in the 80s. even in the hottest cities across the bay. let's check your drive. good morning. >> good morning. things are slow approaching the bay bridge. to the south bay we have an accident, a three-car accident on 87 northbound at curtner keeping things slow not only in that location but back to 85. there is another accident right at 85 and 87. and that is on the on ramp so things very slow there. we also want to take you out and show you what time looks like in fremont. we have three separate accidents, the first begins in oakland, the second at hayward and the third down at alberada boulevard. take it easy if you use that route. back to you. >> 6:36 now.

still ahead, convictions and a brutal gang rape that prompted outrage in india. we'll tell you about the severe sentence the four men face.

at 6:39, new this morning in india, four men could face the death penalty for a deadly gang rape on a moving bus. the men had been convicted on all counts including rape and

murder for an attack on a young woman in new delhi back in december. the victim died of massive internal injuries two weeks later. the case sparked outrage in india and pushed the government to pass new laws protecting women from sexual crimes. the men could be sentenced to death. >> an ohio driver who made an on line video confessing to causing a deadly wrong way crash is set to enter a plea today in court. >> my name is matthew cordal. on june 22nd, 2013, i hit joe vincent. >> there was really unprecedented. it was a three-minute video he admitted to hitting and killing a man in columbus, ohio. he is being charged with aggravated vehicular manslaughter and he could plead guilty as early as today in court. this video confession was taped earlier this month and posted on

youtube. it has about 1.2 million views. >> coming up, syria taking a deal but will it put a stop to possible military strikes by the u.s.? we're going to bring you the breaking overnight details neck. >> and a man is missing following a fire at an apartment building in berkeley. neighbors there now fearing the worst. we have new details for you as the coroner arrives on scene. >> and changes this morning to the way we measure the stock market plus we'll have full coverage of the apple announcement as we take a live look at the headquarters in cupertino. >> five minutes away from the official sunrise. you have to wait for that in san francisco today. nonetheless, it will be warm and the countdown to fall is on. just 12 days of summertime left. i've got your seven-day forecast coming up. >> and this morning tracking a sigalert in the north bay. we'll get you up to speed and we have numerous accidents on 880

and some in san jose.

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right now major developments to tell you about this morning in contra costa county. crews finally starting to get the upper hand on that fire burning on mt. diablo, they have been working hard, now again good news. this is just incredible video from the ground showing how intense these flames were overnight. about 700 firefighters still working on that fire this morning. along with dozens of bulldozers, helicopters a s and planes. on the northeast side of mount ablo state park. this morning we're now getting the latest numbers on the containment of that fire. that's where we check in with bob redell in dublin. firefighters are pointing out

making major progress. >> reporter: yes, correct. good morning to you. they have more than doubled containment from 20% yesterday to 45%. the number of acres burned now just over 3200. if you look out from where we're at now, you can't even see the fire itself. you cannot see the plumes of smoke as we did yesterday. why is that? smoke as we did yesterday. why is that? >> what happenedfo it was the first night of the fire where it didn't burn the same at 3:00 in the morning that it did at 3:00 in the afternoon. it was cooler, there was more humidity and firefighters were in there, fresh firefighters, they came on the line, and they did a very aggressive fire fight last night and got more of this contained, put it more in the box. >> the weather cooperated and youed that manpower doing a lot of work which we know they are on 24-hour shifts.

will we expect that to plume later in the day? >> in the heat of the afternoon it could put up a plume of smoke. we have fresh firefighters out there now, we're going to hit it very hard again from the air. and really hard from the ground today. >> reporter: can people in the tri-valley up and down 680 can they say okay, cal fire has the upper hand? is this a turning point? >> it is a turning point. last night was a turning point. we're not out of the woods. this fire fight is long from being over but we're more in control of this fire right now. we're taking advantage of all of the weather. and the fire fighting resources, the fresh troops. >> reporter: thaenk, tina rose with cal fire. if you wonder why the 3700 acreage number was downsized to 3243 is because they were able to get a plane up last night?z# that had infrared technology. they were able to get better mapping. 75 homes threatened. that's down from the 100.

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good news. making progress. >> 20% contained, now 45%. that is monumental. >> slightly cooler temperatures today too. may be might help. want to check the forecast. >> good morning to you. we talked about the westerly flow, that's helping the efforts. humidity levels have come up. at 24% to start the day, yesterday we were closer to 19%, 20%. also the wind out of the west is transporting that cool ocean air. it's about 13 miles per hour gusting to 20 with that 45% containment a good piece of news for a lot of people living in the area. this is what we expect throughout the day. the wind is coming out of the west off the ocean, throughout the day, though, winds are going to shift more southwesterly. so if we see the smoke start to travel, it could end up in brentwood, discovery bay as yesterday we had smoke into livermore. these are the conditions we expect later on today.

90 degrees, 15% humidity, those numbers drop off again. but it looks like they are making headway with that wind shift out of the west-southwest. so that's good news. hopefully we'll see more good news. we'll keep you updated on nbc bay area. a little hot today but you are down for the triple digits in livermore. 93 down from 101 today. 80 in fremont, 85 degrees in san jose, 88 gilroy, and 75 degrees, getting spoiled with beautiful beach weather in santa cruz. so not as hot for today. tomorrow even cooler. by thursday we're talking seasonal averages and then friday into saturday temperatures are going to spike a touch, falling back down sunday into monday when temperatures level off. at that point by monday, just six days and summertime left. let's check on the drive. >> good morning. we have the sigalert on the north bay in fairfield from 80 southite rather to 12 over to crescent. that is actually closed. so 12 is closed. you can't get through there. lots of cars using the alternate

route down 80, over to 37. so lots of traffic on the roadway there. if you use that route, if you are a familiar fan of that route. also 880 southbound headed down through hayward at h street, an accident keeping things close. and then bogs down toward alvarado boulevard. past that things flow. you can see this is just past alvarado, lots of the cars getting through. once you get naft location things are good to go. in the south bay accidents on 87 near willow glenn. that's teep keeping things slow all the way back to 85 where there is an accident, a two-car accident at 85 to 87 and also there is a slow go commute from 101 north, you can see outside, lots of cars on the roadway moving through san jose on the 101 northbound right now. >> thank you. 6:49. an update to breaking news, the

coroner has identified a man killed in an early morning apartment fire in berkeley. in the meantime, nearly a dozen people living at the apartment complex now looking for a new place to stay. christie smith joins with new details. >> reporter: good morning. i got off the phone with the coroner. the man who was killed in this fire overnight here in berkeley is a 56-year-old man, they identified him as andrew y52 goodwin. that is also what neighbors tell us, he lived on the top floor for several years, often kept to himself. that's where the flames were coming from when firefighters arrived about 1:30 this morning. they say it was hard to even enter the top floor unit because the door was metal. residents and several other units say they heard banging to get out. they say they looked upstairs

and saw the unit was burning and say that the man often burned candles and smoked. one resident smelled smoke around 11:30 last night but thought it might be coming from the clayton area. they say this happened fast while they were sleeping. >> get up, get out, there is a fire. i don't know what they were saying. they were just screaming in the middle of the night. we jumped out of bed and grabbed like some stuff and ran out. >> reporter: firefighters tell us they don't know exactly what started this fire. it's still a little dark, starting to get light now. they are finally able to take closer look inside. but they tell me they are going to be focusing on that third floor unit. live in workly, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> arson investigators on scene of a fire at the america's cup

village on ra me that green. this fire happened in the bleachers set up on that green. that fire was first reported after about 3:00 this morning. near the broadcaster's booth. we are told that the fire damaged a section of the bleachers. right now the cause of this fire does remain under investigation. we can tell you so far no arrests have been made. an update to breaking news. syria says it will surrender its chemical weapons. marla tellez joins us with more on this proposal and what it could mean for u.s. military action. >> good morning. early this morning syria has accepted russia's proposal to surrender chemical weapons to international until control. the weapons would be dismantled. the president hasn't responded to it yet. however, jay carney acknowledges this is a sign of progress but

they are waiting key details. jay carney is on msncb, he says that the president feels like he wants to take the case to congress and congress ought to street authorize the strike. details are limited but syria says it is working with russia to lay out a plan. so far the president has been facing an uphill battle with his quest for congressional appro approval. obama sat down with savannah. one thing he plans to explain his take on syrian president bashar al assad he says is more talk than anything when it comes to war. >> syria doesn't have significant capabilities to retalia retaliate. iran is not going to risk a war with the u.s. over this. >> talking about the latest poll released that shows 58% of

americans don't want congress to support military action. how about this, 74% feel the united states should focus more on domestic problems and do less around the world. one last thing in response to syria's compliance, the white house points out up until this morning syria had not even acknowledged it possessed chemical weapons. now i would say it certainly has. >> interesting. >> a lot of questions left. russia one of the players in this, the russians are on the nasdaq. >> glad to have them. >> they are. the the nasdaq has gotten bad press as you well know. adding a company is something it wants to show off. ringing the opening buzzer. they came over where they were the first russian company ever traded on the new york stock exchange. stock trivia. markets again doing very well.

mostly on the news that marla was talking about. hewlett-packard has been kicked off, alcoa, aluminum and bank of america voted off the island to be replaced by san francisco's visa, nike and gold man sackings. the dow measures 30ps, most are on the exchange. other news, 10:00 a.m. our time for the apple announcement. you see live pictures from the cupertino headquarters where they will have the announcement. we expect two new iphones. we'll have full coverage. >> a lot of color in that gift wrap. maybe it's an indication. >> looks like that will happen. thank you, scott. well, right now we're getting a new look at plans for the largest office project proposed in san jose. a real estate firm wants to

build a 2 million square foot complex along the area there by highway 101 near the intersection of brokaw and north first street. city officials say up to 10,000 people could work in 10 proposed office buildings, each 7 stories high. this project would cost an estimated 400 million. >> glad i'm not writing that check. negotiations are street resume between b.a.r.t. and one of its large labor unions. the first negotiations since are focused on minor issues. major issues including pay increases, pension contributions and health care premiums won't be discussed until next week. that leaves just three weeks to avoid another strike which union yous say will start on october

11. if no deal is reached by then. >> 6:56. let's check in with christina. get a final look at what's happening. >> good morning to you. temperatures this morning running 3 to 5 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. 58 to kick off a tuesday in san jose. 56 down in gilroy, today in the bay we're at noon about 82 degrees, in the heat of the day to 94. it's going to be kind of hot. nothing like yesterday. you put things irperspective just 12 days of summertime left. where did the summer go? over to you. >> man, hard to believe. we are still tracking three accidents now on the 880 southbound, you can see them lined up here. the first at h street, the second at alba ra due and a stall. 880 southbound slow go, and also once you get past that lots of green, then there is some report

on debris in the roadway along with clothing. that is at dixon landing. heads up there. let's take you out. you can see the fremont cam. moving smoothly in between that but again, you want a heads up. and down in the south bay in san jose three-car accidenten 87 and currentner. >> thanks so much. 6:58. a check of the top stories investigators looking into the cause of a deadly apartment fire in berkeley. the county coroner tells us a 56-year-old man has died. the three story building caught fire forcing several people from their home. >> good news here, fire official releasing new numbers. they downgraded the fire by 500 acres to ywn3200. that fire they are saying is about 45% contained. that's a big upgrade from

yesterday's twenty-two 0%. a look at the command post in dublin. firefighters there getting ready, bracing to go out and fight more of that fire. the updated number represents a major turning point. >> hours ago syria's foreign minister said the government would accept russia's proposal to turn over chemical weapons. the terms have yet to be released. president obama would prefer a diplomatic solution but remains skeptical that syria will follow through. >> you can watch the president's speech here on nbc bay area. the speech is set to start at 6:00 p.m. after nightly news with brian williams. the feech is at about 6:15. >> we thank you for joining us. that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live update.

good morning. a way out, president obama now considering russia's proposal to have syria surrender control of its chemical weapons and possibly avoid u.s. air strikes. >> this could potentially be a significant breakthrough. but we have to be skeptical. >> our one-on-one with the president as he prepares to address the nation tonight. back in the headlines, police question george zimmerman after his estranged wife places a call to 911. >> i don't know what he is capable of. i'm really scared. >> this morning we'll hear from police and zimmerman's attorney. and eye opener. a man just coming to after