good morning. i'm garvin thomas. coming up on "today in the bay," we'll let you know the latest in the standoff at a shopping ball in kenya after 60 people were killed around more than 100 injured, including a wounded cal graduate. gas prices are about to take a plunge in the coming months. and weekend rain. is there any more to come? this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." the time is 7:00 sunday morning. taking a look out over san francisco and the new bay bridge this morning. sun not quite up. thank you for joining us. i'm garvin thomas. rob mayeda is here with the

forecast. we had all that rain yesterday. >> record-breaking rain. >> we're done? >> we are done. right now we have low clouds, a little leftover moisture in the south bay and perhaps mist in some spots near the foothills east of san jose, about you overall things off to a chilly start. 40s and 50s outside right now. you will notice that we do have another weather system moving in on the west coast but this off to the north of us, staying mainly to the north of mendocino county. hour by hour, patchy low clouds at times for the morning, and then we will see a few high clouds out of that system by sundown. warmer than yesterday's 60s. much drier today. we'll see if the winds reappear out of the west for the america's cup. >> the america's cup and niners game. >> and the a's. >> that's right. >> a possible clinching game. thank you. now, that first real rain of the season does make the roads particularly slick. the california highway patrol received, get this, more than

3,000 incident reports. that's 50% more than a normal sunday. this you're looking at was one of them. investigators say a man driving a jeep lost control causing a big rig to jackknife in santa rosa. it then hit another car head on. >> hasn't rained for months now. the roadway is full of oil from the vehicles, and it's extremely slick. i advise everybody to slow down way more than you even think you should. >> in the south bay, a cargo truck and two cars were involved in an accident on 101 in mountainview. no one in that accident was seriously hurt. and then there was snowfall in the sierra on the last day of summer. this is not a typical scene on 80 near truckee in september. we're told only a few inches fell but it was enough for the chp to require chains over donner's summit. the snow was a surprise for some folks in the bay area who had

just hiked out from camping at royal georgorge. >> started snowing us on. thought we were going to be socked in for the night on the ridge but here we are. this is all i got. everything else is wet. >> most of the ski resorts reported an inch or so of snow as well. it won't hang around until the ski season just yet. stay with nbc bay area for the latest on that record-breaking area on air and online. if you go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the weather tab toward the top, you will find a link to other interactive radar. that is available 24 hours a day. new this morning, a 26-year-old cal grad was among the 175 people injured after terrorists attacked an upscale shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. an attack that also killed 59 people. and this morning there is also an ongoing hostage standoff. elaine dang was injured in the mall shooting in the kenyan k capital but is expected to survive. she serves as the general

manager for eat out kenya. she graduated from cal in 2009. police and military forces are still surrounding the mall. kenyan authorities said islamic extremist attackers are holding an unknown number of hostages inside. somalia's radical rebel group al shabaab which has ties to al qaeda claimed responsibility. one woman told her story of survival. >> the young man with the gun, when we were told to get out, a few people who actually were injured. so at that moment when they went away, i went to walk slowly to the basement. >> as of this morning, four americans in all, including cal alum elaine dang, have been confirmed to be along the injured. kenyan president uhuru

kenyatta spoke out about the militant attack and pledged his government would hunt down those responsible. the westgate mall attack is the single biggest since al qaeda bombed the u.s. embassy in ny nairobi in 1998. in a televised address to the nation, kenyatta said kenya has defeated terrorism before and will do to again. >> we have overcome terrorist attacks before. in fact, we have fought courageously and defeated them within and outside our borders. we will defeat them again. terrorism in and of itself is the philosophy of cowards. >> the kenyan government says every effort is being made to prevent further loss of life during the ongoing hostage standoff. san jose police made a major announcement yesterday in the death of two women earlier this month. police announced they arrested 24-year-old danny coleman of east palo alto on homicide

charges. investigators say coalman was driving the silver mercedes that crashed into the two women on their way to work at san jose international airport. 63-year-old carmen zavala and 62-year-old cristina alvaro de leon died. police are not releasing any additional information about the arrest. the driver of a street cleaner had a close call when he crashed on an overpass at the mccarther maze in oakland. crews rushed the driver to the hospital. no word this morning on the driver's injuries. why some are predicting gas prices could drop more than 40 cents in the next few months. i'm scott budman. do you rent or do you buy? a local company has an app that can help you decide. we crunch the numbers coming up.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back to the broadcast. 7:08 is the time on a sunday morning. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. people using their gas to get across the bridge this morning. speaking of gas, california drivers could be in for a big treat by halloween. gas prices are expected to drop 40 to 50 cents per gallon by october. they will drop even more this year because of a light hurricane season, easing tensions in the middle east, and refinery fixes at home in 2013. that is all, of course, assuming no major incidents in the next month. from falling gas prices to rising housing prices, real estate is red hot in the bay area. with home sales hitting a 6 1/2 year high, what is best for you, renting or buying? and how do you figure it out? it turns out there's an app for that. scott budman got a first look.

>> reporter: here in the bay area it's an ongoing debate, rent or buy? with housing prices and sales as hot as they've been in nearly a decade, this app from san francisco's trulia might be a good place to start. and it will go much deeper than just dollars and cents giving you a sliding scale to help you make your decision. >> for example, mortgage rates are changing. an individual's situation might impact how much of a down payment they put down, which then affects obviously how much you're paying interest on. different people have different thoughts about how much they want to put into renovating or upgrading a home. >> reporter: for real estate agent mark, rent or buy is a constant discussion. >> somebody that wants to rent, maybe they've had trouble with a credit history issue, and in their mind they're thinking, well, i can't buy a car now and i had trouble getting a credit

card. i certainly couldn't get any real estate. >> reporter: for true l trulia about getting personal for people looking for a place to live. in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- >> i honestly thought at first it might have been a scam because they seemed to offer educational benefits, financial benefits, and a supportive community. it sounded too good to be true. >> but it wasn't, in fact, too good to be true. that's why it's this morning's bay area proud. we'll explain what she's talking about coming up. here is a view of some fog across the golden gate bridge. the record-breaking rain has moved on, but we're going it see some other changes ahead in the seven-day forecast. what it means for your sunday weather forecast when we come right back.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> taking a live look this morning at 7:14 at the america's cup pavilion in san francisco. today team new zealand could clinch the america's cup. as you see, it's quiet there right now. in a few hours, thousands of people are expected to gather what could be the final race, that is, of course, if the weather cooperates. yesterday wind and rain forced officials to cancel the race. lauren scott has been covering the race all summer long and has the latest. >> reporter: the weather-related delays are mounting and for the second time in a week the race day a complete wash when the cup could have been claimed. saturday's showers accompanying a shift in wind direction and unable to reconfigure the race course, the decision was made to wait and see if by late afternoon the wind would follow the direction it has for the

entire summer with neither team wanting to make a change. at what is now one of the longest america's cup regattas on record, sunday's action might be the day new zealand takes the cup or oracle team usa continues to hold. iain murray explains the race committee's conundrum. >> for the quality of this competition, what it means to the nation of new zealand, the team of oracle team usa, it's important that it's a quality race, so, you know, sure, we want to hold every race as a quality race. but these remaining races, it's super important that they're right. >> reporter: this america's cup will be best remembered for its stunning images on the bay and a proper ending is certainly the goal so they race on weather permitting. with nbc bay area's coverage of the america's cup, i'm laurence scott. >> and you can watch the america's cup finals today at 1:00 on cozi tv, comcast 186 and

over the air 11-2. many activities were affected by yesterday's downpour, but one event got a boost thanks to the weather. coastal cleanup volunteers for save the bay braved the rain and headed out early saturday morning to pick up ash. although the wet weather caused some problems, organizers say it ultimately helps them in their cleanup effort and in indicating the public. >> if a lot of people don't think about how a piece of trash on the street could possibly end up in the bay. a lot of people think it's been illegally dumped there or thrown out by someone walking along the bay shoreline. the majority of the litter we see is coming from our urban streets and through the storm drains and out into the bay. >> organizers say cigarette butts are a big problem. they account for nearly 40% of all the litter collected. thousands of people took to the streets of san francisco yesterday to raise both money and awareness for alzheimer's disease. organizers of the walk to end alzheimer's said they hope the

event would raise more than $1 million to help pay and care -- pay for, care, and support those affected by the disease. no word as of yet if they reached that goal. in the city of san francisco alone, more than 17,000 people have been diagnosed with alzheimer's. the rain wasn't the only thing pouring in the east bay yesterday. there was wine as well at the 18th annual lafayette art and wine festival. people strolled along hundreds of stalls. let's check in with rob to find out what our sunday and the rest of the week is going to look like. >> sunday is starting off cooler and certainly much drier than we saw 24 hours ago. right now 40s and 50s outside. so you need the jacket this morning, unlike the mid-60s we woke up to yesterday morning. and we're really not seeing much in the way of wind right now. south-southwest breeze, a slight breeze into san francisco, but the winds a big problem yesterday.

we had the cold front coming in from the west. we had winds out of the south. so instead of our typical onshore wind configuration of winds going west to east across the race course, which is set up in that direction, south winds were a big problem. instead of going end zone to end zone across the bay, it was like sideline to sideline. the course just isn't set up for the southerly winds. as the winds continued during the day yesterday, with he still didn't get that turn out of the west. the interesting thing looking at the output for today is that the winds may start up out of the north early in the day. so this is could be a bit of a problem again. you need those winds to go west to east, but as we go into the afternoon, we start to see the winds change direction slightly. 1:00, west at 14. and as we head towards 2:00, again, the window of opportunity for racing from 1:00 to 3:00, winds should begin to pick up slightly out of the west and actually accelerate later on in the evening but that will be too late in the day or any of the other races. so we'll hope that turn of the winds happens and we get enough of a breeze to get that race

under way. the two races we hope for the afternoon. another weather system moving down the coast. no rain out of it. we'll get some high clouds through the afternoon and it will help to pick up that west wind as we head towards the midafternoon and evening and then tomorrow we'll see temperatures climbing up a little bit more. so today no worries about rain delays in oakland and water gushing into the dugouts. we're going to see temperatures close to 70 as the a's try to wrap up the a.l. west. 49ers taking on the colts. we'll see temperatures in the upper 60s at that game. that looking very nice with mostly sunny skies. temperatures warmer than yesterday. 60s. we're going to go for some lower 70s near san jose, mid-70s in the warmer spots inland. east bay locations seeing the highs as warm as 78 in pleasanton and low 70s in the north bay. upper 60s in san francisco. the trend should warm up a little bit more tomorrow. and then we're going to cool down. tuesday into wednesday we're going to get a brief cooldown. mornings will be chill whiy wits

and 50s. next weekend, could see offshore winds which is more typical instead of record-setting rain. we'll have to watch that for a fire danger. >> these cool mornings, it really lets you know fall is here when you wake up and you go outside. rob, thank you very much. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, from living on the streets to a bright future in business. the lives changed with the help of one group. it's this morning's "bay area proud."

you are watching "today in the bay." >> there is a skills gap in this country. perhaps nowhere more pronoupsed than here in the bay area. millions of jobs, particularly in tech fields which are empty because companies can't find qualified applicants. there is a group in the bay area that is attacking that gap with some success. it's this morning's "bay area

proud". >> every day ellie hall heads 27 floors alobove the streets of s francisco to take her seat at sales force.com. for ellie, that's more than just a commute. it's also her life story. you see, after spending years living in various central american countries with her mother and younger siblings, ellie's family moved back to the states and the bay area in 2008. >> it's difficult to re-enter the united states on child support and simply land on your feet. so my mother and siblings and i were basically on the streets of san francisco for six months. >> reporter: how ellie got from there to here has everything to do with this place. gear up bay area. >> at gear up, we've been around for 13 years, here in the bay area for 5 years, and as an organization across the country we've helped 8,000 young adults. >> reporter: what gear up does

is take groups of 18 to 24-year-olds from low income backgrounds and spends five months intensively teaching them the skills they'll need to survive in the business world. then places them in internship was bay area companies like sales force under the care of mentors like ebony freeland. >> their impact is really felt. >> reporter: it's proven to be a remarkably successful arrangement for all involved. freelick says of the 80 interns who have been placed at sales force, close to half of them have ended up landing full-time jobs here just like ellie. >> i'm so proud of ellie. i'm so proud of her. she's taken a gift that she -- a talent and a gift she has naturally and she's taken it to the next level. >> i'm part of the team that runs a seven-day boot camp. >> reporter: skill that is ellie now takes back to gear up to help following classes be successful offering tips on how not just to get by in the business world, but get ahead. >> there's a reason business people always seem so energetic.

they drink a lot of coffee. failing anything else, just ask someone for coffee. >> reporter: ellie says what gear up promised to do at one time seemed too good to be true, but it no longer does. and she's not the only one who is better off for it. >> i feel like i'm a much better example for my siblings. i'm going to cry now. >> sales force is just one of many bay area companies that work was year up. ellie is looking to get her college degree now, applying to uc-berkeley. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, as the standoff between islamist extremists intensifies, we'll tell about the bay area grad who survived the attack. my asthma's under control.

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from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a live look this morning, 7:28, sunday morning, out at san jose. a little bit of lingering fog and some clouds overhead hanging out this morning around the bay area. good morning. thank you vep for joining us. i'm garvin thomas. kris sanchez has the day off. rob mayeda has the information on what's going to happen with those clouds. >> we're moving into fall and it's going to feel like it and we're not to be breaking record-setting rain. >> i was never so happy to see rain. i was thinking this is fantastic. >> it's nice until you have to get on 280. it makes people forget how to drive in this weather. thankfully a drier start to the morning. it's chilly though. we have some clouds in san jose. that's the reason why it's 55, but where our skies have cleared, mid-40s this morning. notice, we'll see a few more high clouds out of another

weather system that's going to bring rain on the california/oregon border today, but not bring us any more rain for today. we'll see highs upper 60s around san francisco and with the sunshine at least manage some 70s inland today before temperatures heading back to the workweek should climb up a little bit more. we'll talk more about record-setting rainfall totals we saw, incredible numbers, wettest day going back to april 4th. in some cases the wettest day of the entire calendar year. >> it's been such a dry year. we needed it. rob, thank you very much. new this morning, a 26-year-old cal grad was among the 175 people injured after terrorists attacked an upscale shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. an attack that also killed at least 59 people. and this morning there is still an ongoing hostage standoff. elaine dang was injured in the mall shooting in the kenyan capital but is expected to survive. dang currently serves as general manager for eat out kenya, a website that helps visitors and locals find the best restaurants and bars in kenya.

according to dang's social media page, she graduated from cal in 2009. police and military forces are still surrounding the mall. kenyan authorities said islamic extremist attackers are holding an unknown number of hostages inside. somalia's radical rebel group al shabaab, which has ties to al qaeda, claimed responsibility. one woman told her story of survival. >> the young man with the gun, when we attempt to get out, a few people who actually were injured. at that moment there are those going out, going to the vehicle. so when they went away, i went to walk slowly to the basement. >> as of this morning, four americans, including that cal alum elaine dang, have been confirmed among the injured. kenyan president uhuru kenyatta spoke out about the militant attack and plenged his government would hunt down those responsible. the westgate mall attack is the

single biggest since al qaeda's east africa cell bombed the u.s. embassy in nairobi in 1998 killing more than 200 people. in a televised address to the nation, kenyatta said kenya has defeated terrorism before and will again. >> we have overcome terrorist attacks before. in fact, we have fought courageously and defeated them within and outside our borders. we will defeat them again. terrorism in and of itself is the philosophy of cowards. >> the kenyan government says every effort is being made to prevent further loss of life during the ongoing hostage standoff. in mexico the president there toured a village nearly destroyed by a massive landslide. he told survivors their village would be relocated and rebuilt in a safer location. two tropical storms last week devastated the country triggering landslides and flooding. tens of thousands of people are still stranded, including

hundreds of american tourists near acapulco. the death toll currently stands at 101. here in the bay area, the american red cross says another 20 volunteers from the bay area will be heading to colorado to help the thousands of flood victims there. they'll be providing food, shelter, relief supplies, and comfort to those displaced by the massive floods. this morning more highways in colorado reopened, and the number of people who are missing dropped to just about 60. seven people are confirmed dead. a school in south bay celebrated a major milestone this weekend. this weekend marx the 150th anniversary of willow glen. they hosted a festival for current and fast past students, family, and friends. >> when we go to the businesses in the area, they want to give back, so that really makes a big difference in terms of what

we're trying to do here in terms of providing a good education for our kids and a sense of social unity and the roundedness it takes to raise a child. it included the unveiling of the 150th anniversary mural tile made of students, university, staff, and supporters. common core. they may have already started in your schools. they are introducing new academic standards this fall. you may have heard of them at back to school night. they're called common core standards. the common core has been widely adopted across the country but not without controversy. and here in the bay area we face some very real hurdles getting the standards off the ground. jessica aguirre has this morning's "class action." >> could you count by twos if i want to? yes. >> reporter: math class is different this year at lincoln high school in san jose. they're doing word problems. lots and lots of word problems. >> in the past most of us would

have spent a couple days on the basic skill and then maybe one day at the end of the chapter on word problems. and then go on to the next topic. whereas now we're doing word problems every day. >> reporter: word problems are central to the new common core state standards. nationwide guidelines now rolling out in bay area schools. they're like a total sea change in education. consistent bench marx for english language arts and math. >> california is one of 45 states tt have adopted the common core. earlier this year governor brown set aside $1.25 billion to implement it. >> it's asking in the elementary/primary grade levels, for instance, to not focus on such a broad set of topics as has been the case in the past but rather to dive much deeper. >> reporter: the common core forces a new way of thinking across all grades, from kindergarten through high school. >> trying to not go that mile wide and inch deep but really encourage much deeper

understandings. >> it's been difficult. we've -- on the teacher end, we do need to spend a lot of time preparing. >> reporter: training sessions like this one in san jose are helping teachers transition to teaching the common core, but even so, this year is going to be a challenge. >> they say for sure teaching is hard. this is an equivalent. first year implementing will be hard. >> reporter: teachers are rewriting lesson plans and districts are holding off on buying textbooks because the common core is not in print. >> without that textbook it is hard right now to have students check their work at home. >> reporter: while implementation may be rocky at the k through 12 level, at stanford, one of the original architects of the common core, has turned into one of its biggest critics. >> the final version of common core was something of a disaster. >> reporter: jim millgram believes the standards do not help students who are struggling in math nor those who are

excelling. >> the objectives of core standards really is to get students to a sufficient degree of mathematics that they don't have to do remedial work at a community college. this is an extremely low bar. >> reporter: despite working on the development of common core, professor millgram did not sign off on the final standards. and that's not the only hitch. in new york earlier this year, teachers protested when the first test scores came out showing a significant drop under common core. that's why in san francisco the district is doing advance work to prepare for that coming change. >> we can certainly expect there will be some kind of implementation dip there, is in every state every time they adopt a new assessment. >> reporter: new standards mean new tests and abandoning those decade-old bubble tests in favor of new computerized exams aligned with the common core. >> i'm not going to count by one this is time. >> reporter: in the meantime, students at lincoln high are plowing forward. >> they're definitely rising to the challenge. >> reporter: students and

teachers with one thing in common, the standards at the core of a new type of education. >> that was jessica aguirre reporting. connected to all this is a controversial bill sitting on the governor's desk that would suspend california's tests for a year to allow to a transition to new standardized tests. the secretary of education doesn't like the idea of halting tests. the governor has until october 13th to act on the bill. insiders say they're confident a deal will be worked out and the fed dollars will continue to roll in. a season after winning the world series, the giants are on pace for a new dubious distinction. the a's could be breaking out the champagne just this afternoon. we'll tell you what has to happen for the bottles to get popped.

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to the o.co coliseum. in just a few hours the a's will take the field against the minnesota twins and try to put the finishing touches on a second straight a.l. west title. yesterday the start of the game was delayed for two hours because of rain, about ybut whe game finally got going, so is did the a's. they scored a runaway win over the twins. they beat the twins 9-1. the magic number to win the division is now down to one. if the a's win or the rangers lose today, the a.l. west crown will belong to the green and gold. the giants continued their series in the bronx at the yankees, but not a good day for the defending champs. san francisco is shut out by the yankees 6-0. the giants are on track for the third worst winning percentage for a defending world series champion. the fifth ranked stanford cardinal were taking on the 23rd ranked arz state sun devils at stanford stadium.

the cardinals scored early and often. jumping out to a 39-7 lead after three quarters, but sun devils made a fourth quarter push. it wasn't enough. stanford wins, 42-28. the san jose state spartans went into minnesota to take on the minnesota golden gophers. the gophers outscored the spartans 23-7 in the second half on their way to a 43-24 win over san jose state. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, how potential legislation sitting on governor jerry brown's desk could redefine what it means to be a citizen in california. our political analyst larry ger sten let's us know what might be around the kourn. >> if you had the clothes for years and they're in your closet, then they're old. but if you buy someone else's, then they're vintage. today in the courncourse

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you are watching "today in the bay." >> just what does it mean to be a citizen? that seemingly simple question has been addressed in a radically new way by the california state legislature. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here to explain what is going on. what's going on? >> you know, we don't think about these things. traditionally citizenship means some sort of loyalty between an individual and his or her country. okay. people born here are automatically citizens. you're born here, i'm born here, we're automatically citizens, no questions asked, no tests given. all that stuff. others who come here, of course, may apply for citizenship. you know that story. they take a loyalty pledge, if you will, after passing a test on citizenship. fine. still, the simple fact is that most native-born americans just give little thought to something

so important. it's amazing. >> unless an amendment was passed to the u.s. constitution recently to change that, that hasn't changed. if it hasn't changed on the federal level which you think is where the changes would be made, why are we having this discussion? >> welcome to california, otherwise known as the canary in the mine, right? this past session the state legislature awarded key elements of i would call them citizenship to 3.5 million legal noncitizen residents who live here and in some cases to another 2.5 million undocumented residents as well. you know, if it's signed by the governor, the illegal immigrant noncitizens will be allowed to serve on juries, work in polling sites, and even practice law. another proposed change, driver's licenses for illegal and undocumented immigrants. that's already drawn the support of governor brown who says he will sign it, sign the bill into law. should all those changes go

through, garvin? california will have taken this huge step in doing something we don't think of, that is redefining the terms of citizenship, and a precious relationship between an individual and his or her government. >> okay. why is it happening now? i mean, obviously immigration is something that's debated a lot. this isn't just a debate. this is action. why is this action being taken by the legislature now? >> the two-bit word for this is demography. the change in population. california is a very different place today than even a quarter century ago when states' voters made english the official state language and they attempted to ban state assistance for undocumented immigrants, all those things. since then millions of undocumented immigrants we know have come here. they've come here mostly from mexico and latin america and also from asia. many of their children have been born here, which automatically makes them u.s. citizens who can vote and do all these other things. with all these changes and large

numbers obtaining citizenship rights along the way, the voting composition of this state has changed dramatically, and, bingo, that in turn has produced new political realities, like it or not. >> so i'm going to imagine that it's not without controversy and not without critics that come would say, well, if you're not going to change again, if you can't federally change what it means to be a citizen, we'll chip away at this and you're going at it the back door and particularly i think the driver's license is one that really seems to strike a chord with many people saying that's my line in the sand. when you cross that, that's too much. >> about a dozen other states have also done the driver's license thing, but there's no question about it that some folks are really troubled. they're troubled by what they call, as you said, giving citizenship to those who really haven't earned it. they see the changes as not so subtle ways to undermine the whole citizenship question which basically defines who belongs here and who doesn't. and on a deeper level, it's tough to get there, but on a deeper level these issues,

they're very delicate. they address questions about race and ethnicity and many of those already here feel that, well, their lives are threatened, socially, economically, politically by folks who have kind of come here through that illegal back door. say what you will, the numbers are huge, and they mean a lot, especially in a place like california where population change is taking place at light speeds. while congress dithers, we might say, over immigration reform, california is moving in a vibrant new direction now when these changes mark national dematd debate more. this is yet another example of what happens first, the canary in the mine. >> you said congress dithering, which is not new, but i wanted to take a talk about the potential stalemate with the debt ceiling and obama care and what's going on and what you think will happen in the coming weeks. >> we have a convergence here of all kind of trouble. we have trouble in river city,

there's no question about it. october 1st just days away the budget is due. now, there's talk, of course, about that budget not coming out because the republicans in the house have put together an amendment which would allow the budget to go through, allow the debt ceiling to rise as long as the government defunds as we call it obama care. that's not about to happen. if that's the case, the house republicans have to decide, what do we do now? do we go ahead and not pass the budget altogether? do we let the default take place? here is the thing, in 1995-'96 when we had the government shut down because they couldn't agree on what to do, 7 out of the 12 major budgets, parts of the budget process, had been passed into law and those were funded. this time not a single one has been funded. so we face october 1st with absolutely no funding for anything which could lead to some rather dramatic differences in what happens. we'll have to see, but it's kind of interesting. >> high stakes game of chicken going on. great. thank you very much. always a pleasure. >> thanks.

still ahead on "today in the bay," doing the robot in the water. we'll show you the latest in japanese technology coming up. and here is a view if you want to make the swim from alcatraz over the embarcadero. right now light winds, sunshine is back. we'll let you know if rain will also be back in sunday's forecast when we come right back.

and good morning from san jose this morning. much drier than 24 hours ago. we were watching the rain come in in what was a record-setting day for rainfall. speaking of san jose, 0.066 which easily broke the record for the day. the monthly average in september is a quarter inch. not only did we break records for the day, in many cases we exceeded the monthly average in a single day. top totals in the north bay, around mt. tam we had 1.5 inches. mt. diablo, more than an inch of

rain. very humid air in place, cold front tapping into the moisture and a very super soaked spr eed in the bay area wringing out. that moisture has moved out. cooler, drier hair has come in and you will notice it as you step outside. 40s and 50s, some clearing in the north bay. it will take some time to break up the low clouds in the south bay. look at the temperature change. quite a bit cooler as the cooler drier air moves in. later for the afternoon we will see high clouds out of the next system. no rain, it will stay off to the north. it will take some time to break up the low clouds and then here come the high clouds. around 3:00 and 4:00 you may notice the west winds kicking up. the oakland a's trying to clinch the west. no rain showers. san francisco, channel stick

pa park, 60s. up out of the mid to upper 60s, now we're talking mid-70s inland for the afternoon. east bay should see 78, closer to pleasanton and back towards the bay. upper 60s san francisco. mid-70s into the north bay. so today kind of a mix. some patchy low clouds for the morning, high clouds near sunset. temperatures wampling a little bit monday an then tuesday and wednesday another roller coaster ride. we'll cool off and things will be quite chilly over the next couple mornings as you send the kids off to school. might have to bring out the winter coats. we're talking mid-40s in some spots and then next weekend a bit of a warm-up. >> not just cool, downright cold. thank you very much. from the week in weather to the week in business. here is a look ahead with cnbc's sue herera. >> summer officially comes to an end this weekend. the days may be getting shorter and the nights cooler, but ball stre wall street traders hope to keep the heat going.

looking for big changes in the makeup of the dow jones industrial average starting on monday. alcoa, hewlett-packard, and bank of america are out while goldman sachs, nike, and veisa are in. pending home sales and seams of newly built homes should both be higher for the month of august while prices for homes sold in the month of july are expected to have risen. this week we will get a read on growth during the springtime with a look at the second quarter gdp. and apple iphones went on sale last week. hitting stores this week is the gear smart watch. microsoft will unveil an updated surface tablet computer. cable tv's g-4 channel officially becomes an esquire channel aiming for a more upscale male audience just like the magazine.

i'm sue herera and get all your news on cnbc.com. finally this morning, the bay area is a hot bed for olympic level swimming. but now japanese researchers have developed a robot that would fit right in. it's made from plastic so it can float and it has joints so it can move like a human. engineers hope to improve the performance to replicate the movements of olympic swimmers. the team plans to study the world's top swimmers and the complex motions involved in swimming. that's pretty fascinating. >> that's wild. >> that is something crazy. thank you so much for making us part of our morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 news. instead sunday night football in america, special edition of nbc bay area news follows the game at 8:30 and then xfinity sports sunday prime airs at 9:00.

we'll be here at 11:00. until then, have a great day. bay area news follows the game

toward a government shutdown. who will blink first? despite a costly shutdown nearly 20 years ago the threat of a repeat is near. at the heart of fight, obama care. we've assembled our congressional summit with four key lawmakers from the senat and the house. my key question, what is the end game? plus, another mass shooting. this time at the navy yard here in washington. what can be done to prevent these tragedies in the future? in a meet the press exclusive, nra executive vice president wayne la pierre joins hee and i'll speak with the mother of an aurora, colorado, shooting victim. >> plus our roundtable on the budge ept battles, the split within the gop