i said i'm scared, too. we were both shaking, both shaking. >> inside the mind of a confessed kidnapper. why he says secret government surveillance forced him to take a young girl from a local walmart. >> some relief from the deep freeze. we'll tell you when the polar vortex will loosen its grip on the rest of the country. we're going to get drought relief here in the bay area. the weather story is the low clouds and fog have returned. but i want to tell you about our rain chances looking more impressive in your full forecast. that rain is a look ahead, wet roadways around the bay. talking about the san francisco side of bay bridge where there's a sig-alert, a crash blocking lanes now. live look outside at bay bridge toll plaza. mike inouye can describe this better than i can, but i think the middle lanes are slower than outer lanes, right, mike? i'm right, thumbs up, wednesday, january 8th. this is "today in the bay."

good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. charges could be filed against a man who admitted kidnapping a 7-year-old girl from her owner driveway. christie smith live with more on the case, including his bizarre jailhouse interview. >> reporter: good morning. the district attorney here in martin is expected to get the case from antioch police later this morning. the man accused of taking the 7-year-old girl, he's speaking out already, explaining in his words that this whole thing was a cry for help. claiming that the government has been following him for years and told him to do it. that's what the 43-year-old douglas told nbc bay area news from his jail cell in martinez, adding he did not harm the girl, who is at home safe. he scanned an antioch walmart

parking lot looking for a person to kidnap. the -year-old girl appeared to be the easiest person, so he followed her and her mom home in antioch, where he took her. he also says he came close to snatching three others over the last week. >> i did follow people up to that point and said no. >> reporter: now, he says he never touched her and he drove her around. police did find them at the marina. court documents show his stepfather recently tried to get a restraining order against douglas, claiming he threatened the family and was mad at his mother for not making an appointment at the psychology department at uc berkeley. he's being held here in martins on $4 million bail. reporting live in martinez, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 6:02. the man accused of gunning down a 26-year-old in berkeley will make his first court appearance today. york was arrested monday and expects to be arraigned this

afternoon on charges that he shot and killed a man in south berkeley on july 17th of last year. berkeley police say the shooting prompted retaliation against work which lid to the fatal shooting of 8-year-old, four hours later. reportedly at a sleepover with york's daughter when someone opened fire. she was killed and three others injured. two men are accused of killing her, they will also be in court today. health officials confirm a second person here in the bay area has died from the flu-related illnesses and they fear this is just the beginning. the centers for disease control warns this flu season could get much worse before it gets better. "today in the bay's" peggy bunker in san jose. they usually have groups of most v vulnerable, some of these people are outside the groups. >> reporter: that's right, people getting the flu are not

the folks you think might get. it's a huge widespread problem across the country. reported confirmed second flu-related death in the bay area. a santa clara woman, she's just 41 years old, died last week of the same h1n1 strain that killed a 48-year-old woman. the 48-year-old woman from contra costa county in the east bay, complicating the flu for that victim. she did have unspecified preexisting medical condition. however, both women young to be dead from the flu. this, as more and more states are reporting flu-related deaths swin creasing numbers of people are getting sick. as mentioned, the interesting twist in the flux people catching the virus are young. >> seeing a lot of people eáñ healthy, in their 30s, 40s, 50, getting very sick with flu. >> reporter: so let's take a look at what's happening nationally. with the spread of the flu, take a look at the map here it shows

the cases of flu widespread. that would be the brown states versus regional spread of the flu, yellow states. california listed as having regional cases. however, some tougher situations in minnesota, state officials reporting 96 people hospitalized just this week with the flu. texas, 19 people are dead from the flu. and tragically, in florida, expectant mother has died after contracting the virus. who should be getting the flu shot. babies 6 months and older and on up should be getting that flu shot. also, other people who may have compromised immune systems, and of course elderly, want to make sure to get the flu shot. some people don't realize how young you can take your children in to get the flu shot. cdc recommends 6 months and older. >> how can you tell if you have the flu or maybe what you have is just a cold? both have similar symptoms,

though caused by different viruses. but there are key differences. we'll tell you what the cdc says to look out for ahead in our next half hour. turning now to the weather. nearly 200 million people still feeling the freeze this morning. temperatures in the east and deep south shattered records that in some cases stood for more than a century. the mercury plunged into the single digits and teens from boston and new york to atlanta, birmingham, nashville, little rock. workers are putting in long hours to bring furnaces back to life. >> hunker down, you can't leave people without heat, you can't do it. >> passengers nationwide faced delays and cancellations as airlines de-iced planes and tried to clear runways. we are in store for much needed rainfall. a look at live -- a live look at the eerie picture. >> beautiful. >> the fogyu' over the city ov the bridge.

lots of fog. warm out there. >> you know, kind of looks mysterious, as well this morning. but you know what? it's good news. we need moisture. it's been so dry here. even drizzle's going to help out our dry hillside. live look at san jose, cloudy conditions to start. seeing that steady drizzle in san jose. i received word from someone who arrived at the station it was thick out there. you'll have to use wind shields wipers. temperatures are mild, bearable, not too cold. we're not going to climb by much throughout the day. only into the low 60s. upper 50s. 60 along the peninsula. south bay 60. 58 in san francisco. so, our next weathermaker arrives as of tonight. we stop the clock on futurecast. showers close by midnight. as we meet back here tomorrow morning, showers on the radar. not expecting anything heavy. good news, it's not our only chance for rain. a better chance as we head into

the weekend. with more rain in the forecast, our temperature trend is a warm one. we'll climb out of the 60s into the upper 60s, some 70s with rain in the forecast. that's what i want to show you in the next report. say good morning to mike inouye. >> make sure we get a copy of the report you did and send])íñ to friends at new york station, ey'll be envious. smooth flow. toll plaza where we see the backup as terry talked about, cash lanes showing cars, over a dozen, for each of the cash lanes. fas-trak not a problem. a light build. steady volume building off the berkeley curve. more backup coming soon. we should see metering lights any second. smooth flow of traffic east shore free way. by the time to berkeley, great for speed. bay bridge as you come into san francisco off the willie brown span toward 101/80 merge

or split, depending which way you're going. the earlier crash cleared from lanes. slow off van ness and 101. a nice easy drive as well, volume builds for the approach into the city. south bay with north 101, mild slowing through san jose. live looks outside as well. we'll see how things shape up. this is fremont. southbound 101. glowing lights, mist, drizzle, wet roads, not rain but slick to cause a problem. back to you. >> we haven't seen it for a while. 6:09. ahead on "today in the bay," first san francisco streets now the bay. how one of the south bay's biggest tech companies shuttling employees to work on the water. check in las vegas, some announcements out of the consumconsum consumer electronics show. >> live picture of buffalo, new york. might be one of those days when you can say, i'm glad i'm not

there. >> glad i'm not shuffling off to buffalo. >> bliz wazard warning. bitter cold. better to be here.

warm area of low pressure moving closer to the midwest and the east coast. it's going to help them thaw out. a storm system moving in to our neck of the woods. when showers are expected. it's not the only chance. we'll get a few significant chances to see that rain as we head through the next seven days. i'm going to detail it to your door step. >> i like that shot. traffic flow, a nice traffic shot, 101 and san jose, glow to the light, moisture in the air.

slick roads and results on your commute. slowing as it it's developing right now, coming up. heres a look at today. top stories. charges could be filed as early as today against a man who admitted to kidnapping a 7-year-old girl in antioch. the suspect, david douglas, spoke to us from inside that county jail. he says the kidnapping was a cry for help. claiming people from the government have been following him for years and told him to do it. a second person in the bay area died from the flu. contra costa county health officials say a 48-year-old woman with underlying medical condition died in the past few days. centers for disease control reporting widespread flu activity in 25 states. it will likely get worse as we get closer to february. authorities in england try to recover the bodies of four u.s. air force members who died in a helicopter crash. it happened during a training mission yesterday. the cause is under investigation. how about good news for wednesday? >> we need it.

>> american economy continues to recover. >> yes. scott mcgrew, encouraging news. >> look closely at your paycheck, it comes from a company called adp, it's a processing firm, handles payroll companies, including ours. adp says, in the past month, it's had to process more than 230,000 more paychecks from the month previous. that's a goo%lgndication of how many jobs added to the economy. we get the real number friday. the preview is encouraging. marissa mayer had her first keynote last night. everything went well. she spoke before a massive crowd in las vegas where she introduced new employees, katie couric and david pogue of "the new york times." two people who will help mayer turn yahoo! from a second place certain site to media centric

site. the show is famous for major announcements and sometimes relatively minor announcements. last year the fork, which we told you about, it tells you you're eating too quickly, buzzes, one of the most covered new technologies. ces kind of reminds me of the fashion shows where designs show off the latest creations and everybody says, i think big white hats are going to be the thing this year and then nobody ever wears big white hats in real life because they're kind of ridiculous. the newspaper took a look at its own coverage of ces and internet connected refrigerators, the kind that tell you you're low on milk, they've been covering that for the last nine years but know nobody who has an internet connected refrigerator. >> lawyerra's ordered one. >> the hat or refrigerator. >> maybe both. i want to know what marissa

mayer was wearing, thank you. you're such a boy, purple. >> google offering a new way for employees to get to work. >> the tech giant running a ferry service up and down the peninsula. "today in the bay" bob redell live by san francisco. ferry building with details. >> reporter: good morning. this is in addition to google's charter bus service that's been running for some time, catching flak in the city, starting they've chartered a catamaran, ferry that would shuttle employees between here and the port of redwood city aw short drive from the campus of mountain view. the catamaran provided by the manufacturer will do two runs in the morning, two return trips in the afternoon. capable of carrying almost 150 employees on each run. google is running this now on a trial basis. the company saying it's trying to find alternative ways to get employees into work, that it

doesn't want to inconvenience people here who live here in the city. google's use of charter buses, for its employees, irked some sf residents so much so they've been protesting, blocking buses. their gripe, their issue, you set with rising rents in the city and blame the workers for the rising rents because they come here, make more money, live here, and yet don't work;çf her. google is one of the companies that makes it easy for workers to live here providing the free charter service. protesters don't think it's right the google buses using the muni bus stops without paying for the privilege. that changed his week when they agreed to pay $100,000 a year to continue to use the muni stops. bob redell, "today in the bay." pretty backdrop. >> very nice weather shot. christina loren talking about mist. >> the mist and drizzle. >> we call it mistina.

>> it is misteara. smells like rain. you might have to use your windshield wipers. people reporting just that, san francisco 54, steady drizzle. 50 south bay. 50 along the peninsula. 52 to start the day in the east bay. take it right to hike crow climate forecast. cooler in the south bay. we'll hit low 60s. upper 50s on the way. most of the peninsula cities, that goes for san francisco as well. lots of cloud cover. san francisco going to look more like winter. it's been so warm. our big ridge of high pressure, kept us so mild, going to work its way over to the east coast. they need that warmth. but that means for us, we'll cool off, bring in showers. today fog and drizzle, onshore flow return. through tomorrow, change headed our way. showers, best bet 1:00 to 10:00 a.m. not expecting anything heavy. late saturday into sunday, significant chance for rain. everybody's going to measure

something out of this system. arrives late saturday. it will continue to work its way south through sunday. look at this. temperatures for mountain view. google land looking good, 59 today. 58 tomorrow. 61 for friday. saturday up to 63. and here is the kicker. as we head throughout saturday and sunday, i showed you that chance for showers, nonetheless temperatures are going to creep up to the upper 60s. you can make outdoor plans, try to do so for the second half of sunday. saturday overall looking good. too early to start thinking about the weekend? i don't think so. >> on the weekend i'm thinking about the next weekend already. never too early. folks day dream. focus on the road. metering lights turned on after the last report when i said they should be turned on any second. backup for the fas-trak. cash lanes on either side slower back up. most of the folks seasoned

commuters. getting into san francisco. look at the maps overall, we don't see a lot of unusual color patterns here. this is typical flow, peninsula moves smoothly. east bay and south bay starting to build. north 101, right around capital expressway. north toward 880, north 101 slower speeds, coming down to upper 50s. slicker roads in spots. 85 with a build of volume as well as 87 into downtown. off ramps slick after a long dry period. mist and drizzle getting roads wet, you might have to use the wipers. here, smooth drive through the tri-valley. nothing unexpected for livermore here. 84, bill towards sunol. heavy flow of traffic here. we have it held up here. that might be a slight difference. easy drive through castro valley toward the san mateo bridge. westbound, nice steady volume. earlier crash at toll plaza

didn't cause additional flowing. lanes are clear. high-rise visible. peninsula flow moving nicely. see how traffic flows down east shore freeway. highway 24, close to limit. slowing through richmond, a bill of traffic. easy drive toward the berkeley curve7agx and the bay bridge to plaza. across the span, fine. towards san francisco, a slower drive and starting to even out. earlier crash southbound 101 at 80 merge, that has cleared from lanes. it's started to smooth out for your drive south out of san francisco toward 280. >> 6:21. still ahead on "today in the bay," 49ers playoff fever. we'll tell you what the mayors of san francisco and charlotte are putting on the line ahead of sunday's big game. plus, what will it take to host another home game at candlestick? a live look outside. city by the bay, san francisco,

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welcome back, everyone. a good wednesdaycd morning to y. this is going to make it a great wednesday morning. isn't it a beautiful, live look at bay bridge? pretty close view there.

lights twinkling, folk making their way across the span. beautiful. >> i've got downtown san jose. you can see a bit of mist, guides us towards the forecast. traffic smoothly, takes care of mike inouye's job. mike and christina can go home. >> no, rain in the forecast. >> 6:25. we'll learn who will be enshrined in cooperstown. >> voting done, baseball hall of fame inductees announced. greg maddux expected to be a lock for the hall of fame. expect tom glavine, craig biggio and former slug somewhere white sox slug, frank thomas to make into the hall. >> bonds expected to be on out side looking in. accusations of steroid use plagued bonds including sammy sosa, roger clemens and mark mcgwire. other notables, moises alou,

jeff kent, j.t. snow. 49eres and fans have their eyes set on the prize, not only the superer bowl, but another game at candlestick. >> what needs to happen on january 19th. niners need to beat the panthers in carolina, and st.s have to upset the seahawks in seattle. >> who bettor weigh in on the possibility than the 49ers' own navorro bowman who scored what could be the final touchdown ever at the stick. bowman signed autographs in burlingame and talked abouthe possibility of another game. >> i'm excited. >> i'm very excited because i was here for the falcons game and i was sad. if they come back, we'll be so loud even though there's no guarantee of another game, tickets are on sale. they start at $455 and go up to $11,000.

if there's no game, you'll get money back. there will nobody tickets. >> for 11,000, i'd like my month back. >> the mayors are put together a friendly wager on the outcome pof the game. moat both mentor youth in the big brothers, big sisters programs with losing mayor wearing the opposing team's colors. also at stake, carolina barbecued pulled pork against sour dough bread and chocolates. deep freeze, how water gushing from a busted pipe left rows of icicles dangling along telephone poles.

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lines. live look at opening bell. you think kodak's ringing it? >> good guess. >> i think they want us to know. let's start with bagels. that would be nice on a wednesday morning. let's see how the markets fared today. wednesday, january 8th, this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> president obama will once again put government surveillance programs on review, as he meets with privacy advocates and member of then tell against community. "today in the bay's" danny lee on capitol hill. amid concerns the nsa may be stepping over the lean when it comes to privately. >> good morning. it's true, president obama right now looking for feedback, as he decides what changes to make to

the programs. that's why he's meeting with intelligence and privacy advocates. leaders in both realms to try to get their opinions, as he decides to how to move forward. expecting to hear from him by the end of the month. these meetings are following meetings he's had with his advisory panel after they gave him recommendations for sweeping changes to end the practice of bulk collection and storage of american's phone records and cutting back on surveillance of foreign allies. officials say president obama is open to changes, looking for a middle ground. some of the things we hear he's considering to start allowing private companies to store phone records and pinting an advocate to secret courts that oversee the requests to make sure civil liberties are considered. tomorrow president obama will meet with congressional leaders about the matter. they are divided whether or not practices should consider. danielle lee. back to you. this morning, watching the weather, as a deep freeze causes

more problems for the east coast down to the south. new video from suburb of atlanta where a water main break sent water shooting into the air of georgia perimeter college. the water quickly froze and turned to ice on trees and power lines. crews are working on the damage to repair. a busted pipe aboard an american airlines flight. the plane was in the air when the pipe ruptured. a morning executive producer was on the plane. the water spilled down the aisle soak several passengerers. the passengers had to get off so crews could get on and clean up the mess. after that, they were allowed to reboard and continue to baltimore. here in the bay area, rain in the forecast. >> look at that. >> i think r-a-i-n.

it's been so long i can remember. >> beautiful. >> bay bridge. when are we going to see the rain? >> tomorrow morning. like the "top gun" song, "take my breath away". it's that nice. you can be my goose any day, terry. 52 on the east bay. 54 in san francisco. north bay at 46. a pretty start to the day. there's rain on the way. it's looking good for later this afternoon. highs are going to end up in the 60s and 50s. need that jacket for the next couple of days. our rain chances looking better at this point. as we head through the day today, you'll notice the cooldown. colder tomorrow. seven-day forecast tells that story here. maybe you want to take a peek at the weekend. always there throughout my reports. here's what we're looking at. as we meet back here tomorrow, we'll see showers move through, isolated activity. 9:00 p.m. tonight, storm track

dips to south. a better chance when we wake up tomorrow. right now, the time frame between between 1:00 and 9:00 a.m. we need the rain and a better chance into the weekend. check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> good morning. a beautiful shot of the bay bridge. the span visible now. clouds lifted above the deck. driving across is all right but watch for the misty conditions around the bay. toll plaza, we have metering lights on. across the span, right around the treasure island tunnel, reports of a stalled vehicle. bridge crews rushing out. sounds like they're taking care of it without problems. it is filling in the approach towards the berkeley curve. east shore freeway, easy drive through berkeley. nothing unexpected here. back in pinole, west 80, approaching pinole valley road, car fire, possibly blocking one of your lanes as well. sounds like it's fully engulfed,

the entire car's on fire. no injuries. watch this slowing develop. i'll get more details as chp arrives. smooth flow of traffic. walnut creek interchange, 680 and 24 moving nicely. walnut creekm's the tri-valley, bill for livermore. 84 as you merge with 680 in sunol, you see slowing. typical for this part of the bay. northbound slowing down. 101 and 87, worst of the drives, the worst of what we have as far as slowing. north 85 gradual build up to cupertino. look at palo alto, where traffic flows nicely. northbound, headlights past the shopping center into san francisco without delay. good stuff. this morning, investigators in the town of los gados are trying to figure out if a woman was the victim of a disturbing and painful prank known as the knockout game. the prank happening across the

country. it's where a person goes up to someone at random and hits them in the head while someone else videotapes. police say on monday afternoon, a woman dropping off her daughter for dance practice at a studio on blossom hill road when hey man came up, punched her in the face, knocked her down and took off. police say the attack happened for no reason. so far, not enough evidence to say the knockout game as a motive. teachers are on edge because they don't know where the man came from or why he did what he did. >> it was shocking. i make sure i try to keep teaching so the kids are feeling safe and everything normal. but it was shaky, because we are not used to it around here. police are looking for anyone who saw the attack. they say the suspect ran away from the scene wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and a backwards white baseball cap. the victim's cheek was red and swollen but refused to go to the hospital.

6:36. still ahead -- a joy ride in the popemobile. coming up, how a priest wound up getting the ride of his life in st. peters square. >> look at the big smile, too. a live look outside. top of the ferry building in san francisco. we're seeing changes in the forecast. christina has been warning us about. when that is rain going to hit? we'll check in with her and mike who has a look at a busy commute.

welcome back on this wednesday morning. 6:40. eerie shot of the bridges look towards san francisco from oakland. everything is just kind of so bright. can't explain it. maybe it's the rain on the way. everything's anticipated washed off by the rain. >> i like it. a cool shot. mysterious. 6:40. he's been called the peep's poem, and today he lives up to the name. pope francis touring st. peters square, kissing babies, greeting the crowd when a priest approached the vehicle, right there. the pope just motioned for the priest to join him. >> come on in. >> look at the smile, like i can believe i'm in the popemobile!

the two along with the caravan made their way through the crowd in the popemobile and later the pope met with members of the italian soccer team and told them they were awesome. >> look at the faces of these people, totally -- >> to be that close to the pope, amazing. >> 6:41. getting to work at google by coming up, why the tech giant is using private ferries to get employees from san francisco down to the south bay. because the economy's growing quickly, a look at latest numbers and have a new app for you ahead in business. >> like those good numbers. now that the winter weather's returning to the bay area, as you can see from the live picture, clouds rolling in to san francisco, we'll tell you what that means for tahoe. back with a live report when "today in the bay" returns.

welcome back, everyone. 6:43. centers for disease control warns this year's deadly flu season could get worse before it gets better. already the h1n1 strain has killed two women in the bay area. "today in the bay's" peggy bunker live in san jose. what do we know about the people who died? >> reporter: this is what's interesting, laura. good morning. the h1n1 strain that is going around now, it's the same strain we saw back in 2009. its and a pandemic, labeled as a pandemic 2009, killed thousands. 25 state reporting widespread flu activity. we have our second flu-related death in the bay area. a santa clara woman, 41 year old, died last week of the h1n1 strain. it's the same strain that killeded a 48-year-old woman this week. a young woman, to be dead from the flu. this is more and more states

reporting flu-related deaths and increasing number of people sick with the virus. doctors divide them up into low risk patients and those with considerations, such as pregnancy, heart disease, diabetes, asthma. high risk patients age related. they can be younger than 5 and older than 65. that's typically constitutes high risk patient which is why the outbreaks a alarming doctors, that people getting sick are so young. >> based on 20%, the median age of our hospitalized case is in the mid-40s, we are seeing more pneumonia than last year. >> reporter: take a look at what's happening nationally with the spread of the flu. this map here, you can see the cases of flu, they are widespread, those are states in brown, versus regional, states in yellow. as you can see, california is listed as having reege in cases. other states hit hard,

minnesota, they are reporting 96 people hospitalized with the flu, just this week. in texas, 19 people have died from the flu virus. two sad cases to tell you about in the state of florida, one where a pregnant woman in her 30s died from the flu. a second pregnant woman who got the flu delivered the baby in late december, in critical condition. according to doctors, she might not survive. tragic cases when people think about the flu, they don't necessarily consider it to be something deadly. but that definitely can be the case. back to the 2009 pandemic of flu. you might remember back then, a shortage of the flu shot causing a lot of confusion and chaos as people rushed to get it. in the the situation these days. if you want the shot and haven't done it, there's time to do it. drugstores say pop in, you don't need to make an appointment, just head over and get the flu shot. it's a good idea to do so. >> according to the centers for

disease control, it's tough to tell the difference for a lot of people between the flu and a cold. >> it's because they are similar symptoms but caused by different viruss. flu and cold patients experienc÷ fevers, body aches, extreme tiredness and dry cough. generally the symptoms are more intense with the flu. flu sim tops are more sudden. people with colds are more likely to have runny or stuffy noses but the true way to diagnose the illness through tests done by your doctor. >> bundle up, keep warm. rain coming our way. that means snow in sierra. something we need. check in with christina. a snow report. >> it's been pretty bad up there. people have been driving around tahoe, not seeing a lot of snow. everything changes. we'll see winter-like weather not just the bay area. also tahoe. we want to take you live to tahoe. that means kevin walner joins

us, live from squaw valley. conditions haven't been great but looking better as we head through tone and this weekend. what do you have going on up there? >> hi, christina. the skiing is pretty good on the hill. we've heard a lot of folks driving around, wondering where all of the snow is. i'm here to tell you it's on the groomed runs at squaw valley and alpine meadows. top to bottom skiing at two resorts. it hasn't snowed in a few weeks, but we've been blessed with the cold overnight temperatures they've allowed us make snow. top to bottom on both mountains. nearly every single j3night. >> my gosh. that is the beauty of technology, right? what's happening in days they couldn't make that snow. i want to bring your conditions to the table right now because they're not that bad. they're only going to get better. as we head throughout the next couple of days, squaw valley, alpine meadows, wednesday and thursday, snow coming in. not expecting a lot.

but kevin told you, they're still making that machine-groomed, and not that bad. it's going to get better. nor snow on the way, 2 to 6 thursday, up to 7,000 feet, a warmer system. another chance for snow as we head throughout weekend. locally, it's fog that has returned this morning. it's really slowing people down on the drive because it's generating the drizzle. temperatures in the 50s. remember, we're close to the one, maybe you want to collect that seven-day forecast. it's here at the bottom of the screen. it shows you, we're going to warm up with showers on the way. i'll dive into the forecast. highs today, climb to upper 50s to low 60s. good-looking day for most of the bay area. clouded in along the peninsula and in san francisco. upper 50s, low 60s in the south bay. looking towards a warmer day. we'll hit low to mid-60s in morgan hill. north bay, temperatures are going to be comfortable. this moisture will keep beautiful north bay hills nice and green. temps today in 50s and 60s.

60s in the east bay. good in the tri-valley as well. take you through the changes. fog and drizzle returned. isolated showers. better chance between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. we get our next rain chance as we head through saturday into sunday. the front looks to maintain its organization and that means saturday night into early sunday, showers and then a warm-up after that on sunday.&a÷ still going to see highs in the 60s. interesting weather headed our way. find out if there's interesting traffic headed our way. good morning mike inouye. >> good morning. you know, headed toward the bay bridge toll plaza, this is interesting, the big backup that formed about 45 minutes ago. the metering lights were turned on. a stall on the upper deck that has cleared as you leave treasure island head towards san francisco. the only deck, we have a nice easy drive. folks, starting to back up less for the cash lanes. cash lanes offzo7 the berkeley curve, a big volume of traffic. we have concerns throughout the east bay. think may be contributing to lighter flow at toll isp-a.

bay bridge east shore freeway approach moving nicely. we have an issue as well as west 24. here toward the caldecott tunnel two lanes blocked bay crash toward the caldecott tunnel slowing things down. we don't see the big backup we expect. there's a lighter volume of traffic, this being wednesday, we have a smooth flow through 24 and out of walnut creek interchan interchange. as you pass towards highway 24 and pinole. cleared from lanes but any car fire demands more crews through the area. tri-valley, drive speeds looking good. most of your slowing for west 580 out of the altamont pass. livermore, you're close to the 50 mile per hour mark. highway 84, through livermore and pleasanton, smoother drive. heading towards sunol and merge, slowing there and pleasanton for the same area we showed you, the speeds. south bound, northbound routes kicking in, 101 and 87 were the bofrt.

280 and 85 catching up because of the volume of traffic. north bay, looking here, this south bound 101, good company, good flow of traffic, navato towards the richmond/san rafael bridge, westbound starting to slow. charges could be filed today against a man who admitted to kidnapping a 7-year-old girl from her own driveway. christie smith live in martinez with more on the case, including his jailhouse interview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. david douglas already made disturbing and bizarre statements. he has admitted he kidnapped the 7-year-old girl but he did it as a cry for help. he also says that people from the government have been following him for years and told him to do it. that's what the 43-year-old said from his jail cell in martinez. he also says he came close to kidnapping three others a couple of times before he took the 7-year-old. he says that he searched the

antioch walmart parking lot, specifically looking for a perfect kidnap victim. he says that on friday he followed the 7-year-old and her mom to their home in antioch and snatched the girl. he says that he had no reason to specifically target her except she was easy. but he was emotional at times in the interview, explaining that the people told him to do it. >> i said, i don't know, i'm supposed to take you, i just know that i am for some reason or other. these people want to see this happen. i don't know why. i said, but why don't we both try to calm down first and then we'll talk about it more in a minute. >> reporter: he had no intention of arming the girl who is now home safe. he says that the pair went to mcdonald's drive threw to get chicken nuggets, drove to the marina where police found them. court documents also show,

though, his stepfather tried to get a restraining order against him in november. he was making threats to the family according to the stepdad, and mad at his mom for not getting him an appointment at the psychology department at uc berkeley. christie smith, "today in the bay." new this morning, police hope neighbors have surveillance video showing who broke into a hillsborough home and stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry are coins. it happened on alberta way near denise drive between 10:30 in the morning and after noon. the suspect broke a glass door in the back of the home, stole an estimated $100,000 worth of valuables. house does have an alarm system but it was not on at the time. police looking for two men who broke into a belmont home, despite a clear security camera and barking dog. the suspects broke into home near ralston middle school friday. ion of the video. home owners told the patch,

suspects were only in the house two to three minutes and took small things they could carry, like laptops, iphones and jewelry. both suspects described as black males in late teens to 20s. first wearing a red beanie, maroon hoodie and shoes with pink highlights. a second wearing ablack beanie, sweatshirt, phrase new jack on the front, dark jeans and black or gray basketball shoes. attack a good look at surveillance photos. . police in the south bay need help tracking down the brazen bank robber. the thief hit five banks in two months, three in milpitas, two in san jose. latest happened at a comerica bran inch milpitas monday. despite the video and pictures, police are not sure if the suspect is a woman or a man disguised as a woman. dangerous for sure. there's an 11,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> president obama meets with intelligence community today to

discuss reforming the nsa. >> scott mcgrew, private security experts protesting nsa by refusing to come to san francisco? >> good morning. small number of the nation's top security experts say they will not attend and will not speak at the rsa conference. one of country's top gatherings of security and encryption professionals, to protest the nsa's involvement with silicon valley companies, including the company which hosts the conference. at least eight names have dropped out of the san francisco conference, including the head of security for google chrome. looking at a new iphone app called jelly, developed by one of the founders of twitter and released. the app lets you ask questions of your friends and followers, asking for advice in help, but only the people reasonably qualified to answer will get the question. you only get questions that you're able to answer. wall street looking at new date from paycheck processing company adp.

it had to process nearly a quarter million more paychecks last month than the month before, that would seem to indicate good job growth. we'll get the number from the labor department friday. wall street doesn't seem to like it. dow industrials down 106 points. twitter, down another 4% this morning. >> thank you. watch google these days. company offering a new way for% employees to get to work. >> tech giant running a ferry service, which runs up and down the peninsula. bob redell joins us live with details on this. >> reporter: what seep to be in response to protests over the use of google's charter buses this week, the tech giant started chartering a catamaran ferry to shuttle its employees between the ferry building here in sf and the port of redwood city a short drive from the google campus in mountain ÷÷vie. catamaran ferry, seen here in a

video provided by the manufacturer will do to runs in the morning, two in the afternoon, capable of carrying 150 employees on each run. googlezd trying it this out on trial basis. the company saying it's trying to find alternative ways to get employees into work. that it doesn't want to inconvenience people who live in the city. google uses charter buses for its employees has irked sf residents so much so protesting use, even blocking buses. their main gripe, upset with rising rents in the city. they blame that on tech workers, the surge, who make a lotj of money who live here and work elsewhere. google one company that makes it easy for workers to live here by providing this free chart service. protesters don't think it's right that google buses using the muni bus stopsyvj without paying for that privilege. that did change went tech giant agreed 30 pay san francisco 100,000 a year to continuous of

those muni bus stops. live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. pretty look there thisd mornin >> something nice to look at as welcoming our way in the form of rain. christina loren. >> i thought you were talking about me. >> that's a given. >> i stopped myself. >> good morning to you. temperatures today will end up in the 50 and 60s. look at the fog. visibilities aren't bad. i'll be checking on those every ten minutes throughout the "today" show. temperatures up to 60s this within. showers on the way. mike. >> no major surprises. we expect slowing for east bay and south bay which continues to bill for north bound route. orange creeping in, fog, mist, drizzle. watch for the slick roadways. san mateo bridge, a disabled vehicle out of lanes. >> busy morning. thank you for joining us as well. that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a live local

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