miami. what he is being charged with. >> interesting start to the morning. almost a 20-degree swing from san francisco to santa rosa. 32 in the north bay, we're seeing a red flag warning. we'll talk about that in your weather forecast coming up. >> a crash, traffic break, now slowing. we'll show you what the latest development is coming up. >> we have a live look outside for you. that is the embarcadero, it is thursday, january 23rd and this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. investigators trying to find out more about an i a parent accidental shooting in contra costa county which took the life of an 11-year-old boy. it happened in the 1300 block of yosemite circle east of antioch where bob redell is. good morning to you, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. from what oakley police are

telling us it sounds like this was a horrible, a tragic accident. they said that this 11-year-old boy possibly accidentally shot himself. it happened on the 1300 blook the yosemite circle in the neighborhood behind me here in oakley around 7:00. residents, neighbors, came out of their homes to find out what was going on because when the police and the paramedics arrived they did find that this boy again, 11 years old, had been suffering from a gunshot wound and this wound was so severe that there wasn't time to get him to the hospital. he was pronounced dead on the scene. police have not said if there were adults home at the time, have not said how this child might have gotten his hands on the gun only to tell us he was 11 years old and possibly an accidental shooting. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> truly awful. thank you, bob. >> this morning an independent police auditor says he will come

through with an objective report on the fatal shooting of thomas smith of san ramon. investigators say smith along with six other b.a.r.t. officers and sheriff's deputy went to a dublin apartment of john henry lee on tuesday. they knew lee was in custody and went into the opportunity recover items stolen from the fruitvale station last week. sources identified the officer who killed smith as michael mays, a veteran of the department. it's unclear what led mays to fire his gun. smith and mays were partners for years. coming up, continuing coverage of the shooting including the clue that may have raised tension for the law enforcement team. it's coming up at 6:45. >> thick black smoke from burning tires engulfing parts of downtown kiev as protests continue, protesters setting the fires as an ultimatum to demand

that the president call on early election. overnight protesters clashed with police. two died yesterday marking the first protester death in more than two months. this morning riot police are on the streets. the ult ta may tim said to expire today. if their demands are not met the city can expect more rage in the streets. >> this morning edward snowden will host his first live question and answer session on his website, this as the government task force will recommend sweeping changes to how the nsa operates. let's check in with peggy bunker who joins us live in studio. >> good morning. a big day for edward snowden and the nsa as public pressure to change policies has mounted when snowden released top secret u.s. government documents about secret programs, now today snowden is holding a live chat

and q and e to offer his perspective on nsa reforms. here is the website. noon pacific. freesnowden.is. people who would like to submit questions to answer can do so via twitter using #ask snowden. some call him a national hero for exposing the programs. others say his leaking of documents has put american troops in danger and given aid to terrorists. >> he ought to return to the united states and face the charges against him. >> recently support for snowden has grown. "time" called him their runner up for the 2013 person of the year. there is no denying that snowden's revelations have initiated change.

>> by focusing on facts and specifics rather than speculation and hypotheticals this review process has given me and hopefully the american people some clear direction for change. >> also happening today just one hour prior there will be an announcement about sweeping changes being made to how the nsa does business. let's look at that website that will be the focus of snowden's q and a, the web address, freesnowden.is, for ice land interestingly enough. you see an orange tab, you can click on that if you would like to donate to his defense costs. you can see he is almost up to $100,000 and counting. >> i noticed that. 99,000 so far. i'm sure it will grow. new this morning pop singer justin bieber is under arrest for dui and dragracing in miami. the miami-dade police department

says officers saw two cars racing around 4:00 this morning. bieber and the other driver are both under arrest this morning, our sister station in miami says the car bieber was allegedly dragracing is a rented yellow lamborghini. we actually have a picture of what it looks like next to the red ferrari there. that he was allegedly racing against. right now a helicopter is up over the miami police department where it is believed that justin bieber is being held. he is expected to be charged with driving with an expired driver's license. our web seem has found video on line allegedly showing the moment that bieber was pulled over. you got to go to the web side search for justin bieber. i before e.

>> you just have to see. i'll try to look that up. if you're on the go maybe you want to know how to address today's low. >> still need a jacket. this morning except maybe in san francisco where it's 51. chilly in san jose. the coldest spot by far, santa ro ta, 32. we'll see that bump by almost 40 degrees. kind of an interesting pattern. high pressure the main player but an area of low pressure moving from land out to the coast a little later on is going to give us a brief dose of offshore winds and the north bay hill tops, dry conditions. we'll see temperatures rebounding close to the upper stoos near 70 today. the low moves offshore. we see the fog sweeping up the coast, fog part of the forecast and may be if enough mid level moisture is pulled in out to the

sierra there is a slight chance of a shower. nothing that is going to put a dent. san jose near 68. pleasant day after a cool start, san francisco mid to upper 60s today. and there you see the breezy conditions. the tri-valley low 70s around pleasanton and livermore. cooling and tomorrow if you like mid 70s in the forecast the daefrn day forecast shows you a lot more like spring again around the area. >> bieber. okay. look here to this video. live in the middle of your screen you see flashing lights. the headlights are westbound 580. as you approach. that's where we have the car reportedly. now major damage to the front

end. let's look at the map and show you the congestion. eastbound 580 where the crash was. westbound, distracting by that activity. that's causing your commute to be even slower over into the dublin side. at the dublin interchange, because of that crash. now over to the water. astro valley. pretty traditional. we have a closure though at rose. route 185 up toward 238. foothill boulevard is open. the reason the closure, repairing a power pole scheduled to be reopened in a few minutes. and the backup for all lanes the power has been hit. they have been turned on. >> my thanks very much.

6:10. night now, today for team usa. >> sometimes the outfits become hits. new details in the richard sherman trash talking controversy. what the seahawks told 49er michael crabtree that set off that post-game rant. >> surfers from all over the world racing. we'll tell you when the mavericks competition gets undear way. >> taking a live look outside from the south bay. a beautiful live look before we expect the sun's arrival. rob is in for christina a. look at our forecast. we have a snow report as well. [ bell dings ]

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>> investigators looking into the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy in contra costa county. a preliminary investigation indicated the boy may have accidentally shot himself. >> today nsa leaker edward snowden will answer questions during a live chat on his website. >> justin bieber under arrest accused of dragracing and dui in miami. the pop singer was racing in a yellow lamborghini. another driver was also arrested. officers say bieber failed a field sobriety test. >> just in to the newsroom our first look at the uniforms that team usa will wear during the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. a patchwork of stars and stripes, as well as

multi-colored rings, names and numbers. they were knit in california. it may have been good sportsmanship, the cornerback richard sherman. >> i'm done with sherman, sorry. >> so interesting. he gets fired up as we know after the sunday win. >> you have to judge for yourself. >> sherman was wearing a mike for the game. they say it's shedding light on the moments that led up to the controversial post game interview. listen for yourself. >> it's our house. it's our house. hell of a game. hell of a game. >> hell of a game, hell of a game. sherman insisting he's being genuine, trying to shake crabtree's hand and crabtree shoved him. sherman says that's part of the

reason he went off after the game calling crabtree a, quote, sorry receiver. >> they are all pumped up. they lost. right. >> what a hell of a game. forget super bowl sunday. how about super bowl saturday or super bowl friday. >> i like that idea. the big showdown between the seahawks and the broncos set for a week from sunday in new jersey. take a look at this. this is what the stadium looked like after this week's winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the area. the nfl says if another major storm is forecasted for that area on super bowl sunday, they are actually going to consider changing the game day to either friday, january 31, saturday, february 1, or even monday, february 3. i'd like to see how many sick calls on the fourth. right now the weather calls for a 30% chance of snow or rain with a low of 25 degrees at game time. that's a lot of shoveling. >> surfing kicking off here in the bay area tomorrow morning. >> right now two dozen of the

best rushing for the mavericks invitational. 30 to 40-foot waves expected along the coast in the next few days that makes conditions perfect for the surf competition. organizers say you know what, tomorrow ought to be a holiday. >> i don't know, i think every day, when the mavericks invitational is called it's like a bay area holiday. it's one of those things that it doesn't happen every year. you can always work. but you can't always see mavericks break. >> you can all always work, you can't always watch mavericks. about 30,000 fans will also flock to the coast. >> they won't watch from the shoreline. this is why. you may remember during the competition in 2010 a massive wave wiped out much of the crowd that gathered near the beach. now beaches aclosed to the

public. you can watch from a festival or you can catch the action from the comfort of your own home. we're going to stream the event on nbcbayarea.com. >> so we have the beaches and the mountains, we have everything that you need except maybe not in the mountains. >> in reasonable driving distance. >> what's up in the mountains. >> we're watching for snow coming in. at least cold enough to make the machines make snow. we could see showers in the sierra, perhaps over the next couple of afternoons that could bring fresh powder. colleen moore joins us with a look at your snow report. how are things out there at squaw valley? >> good morning. it's looking like it's going to be a beautiful day up here. conditions have been great lately. for today we have 18 combined lifts on schedule, squaw and alpine and we expect a sunny

day, and it's going to be beautiful up here. >> we're seeing the nice conditions, sunshine around during the day so it's pleasant in the afternoon. thanks for joining us, colleen, from squaw valley. notice the overnight temperatures still cold enough as they have the super size snow blowers doing the heavy duty so far. cold enough to add to the snow on some of the key runs around the resorts. there is a slight chance of seeing shower, so hopefully some of that will drop a little snow in the high country. this morning we're seeing 30s and 40s, san francisco, 51 this morning and seeing a little patchy fog in addition to as you saw on the mavericks video. the potential for rip currents and sneaker waves. same could happen the next couple days. larger waves could come in. coastal temperatures running cooler as the fog has come up the coast. and we will see that trend continue into friday.

the area of low pressure which is moving in will give us offshore winds, red flag warning up to 3:00, and as the winds subside red flag warning nud drop. the low moving east to west, that doesn't happen often. it's pulling up low clouds, notice the sierra, slight chance of isolated showers mainly south of south lake tahoe this afternoon and again on friday. not a lot of moisture but it will bring the tag up the coast. p 68 in san jose, close to 70 morgan hill. the inches around the bay area if we get close to 70 again today, that would easily break new records for this time of year. mid to upper 60s around the peninsula, notice san francisco close to 67, pleasanton 72, trivalue in the low 70s. to give you content, most of the bay area average should be in

the 50s to near 60 so a dip for friday, then through the weekend low 70s and the seven-day forecast shows you those numbers vaulting into the mid to upper 70s possibly by the middle of next week. we could use rain, they are not in the forecast. we have fog and low clouds. >> fog, 15 to 20 degrees higher than normal. we're looking here, we are prepared for the backup. the metering lights turned on so just 15 minutes. and slow off the workly curve. no problems with the east shore freeway. you're at the limit. 880 and 580 start to show that build, typical pattern here. we're showing southbound 880 a smooth drive but the marina boulevard off ramp from southbound 880 is closed. there is a truck on its side and they have to remove it.

kand do that for a while. or past it if you forget that's your second option. use city streets through the area heading into santa lorenzo. east we have slowing in antioch as well as crash that happened near port chicago highway for westbound highway 4. that's causing the unusual slowing through bay point out of pittsburgh. for that portion of highway 4 we have brentwood boulevard closed between walnut and here toward balfor. there is a pole down from a crash and that continues to be down. it will be for the warning. a smoother drive westbound. we slow, on the eastbound side of 580. the westbound commute, making things lighter at the pub lin interchange and a benefit for dublin. northbound routes nice.

fremont area a live look we'll end with this live shot or southbound 880 a smooth flow past the truck field. sun for the north bay. >> thank you. new this morning boats have taken over add add park for the official -- look at the cove. setting up for the four-day event from pier 48 where you can try indoor paddle sport, out to the cove, there we go sfwoorks the what do you call a dining room in a boat? there are events for all skill levels. people who have never stepped foot on a sfwhot >> i've been on -- galley. >> you can be the skipper. still ahead on "today in the bay," big black cloud of smoke. new details about this new

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>> 6:25. overnight a mexican national was executed in texas for killing a houston police officer. despite pleas and a diplomatic pressure from the mexican government. 46-year-old edgar tamajo died. asked if he had a final

statement he mumbled no and shook his head. the u.s. supreme court considered last ditch appeals. tamayo had a criminal record where he served time for robbery and was paroled. the u.s. department objected due to concerns it would put americans abroad at risk. >> also a texas firefighter spent the night battling a fire at a condo. only one unit was occupied. officials don't think the family was home when the fire started. multiple units burned to the ground. officials still looking for the family and the cause of the fire. >> new video to show you of an explosion at a biodiesel facility in mississippi. it created a huge ball of fire and mushroom cloud of smoke. firefighters actually plan on letting it burn itself out and that could take days. luckily no one was hurt.

the cause of the fire under investigation. the plant converts chicken fat into alternative fuel. >> a chicken mushroom cloud. fiery protests in the ukraine. >> pop singer and teen icon justin bieber behind bars this morning. we're going to tell you what he is charged with and why a lamborghini is linked to the arrest. >> we're looking at the sun rise over san jose, a beautiful day. rob is in with more good weather ahead. we'll check traffic with mike all ahead.

black smoke and fire set throughout downtown kiev as protests rage in the ukraine. >> justin bieber behind bars and about to be sent to county jail. we'll tell you why just ahead. >> we have a live look at the opening bell on the new york stock exchange.

sanand thor is the american branch of the spanish bank. at the nasdaq a live remote from switzerland. today is thursday, january 23, and this is "today in the bay." good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. fires continue to burn in ukraine's capital after a night of violent protests. at least two died in confrontations with police. protesters burned barricades, demanding their president call early elections within 24 hours or face more street violence. take a look. demonstrations began back in november over the government's decision not to sign a deal with the european union. >> the united nations taking the day to see if there is enough common ground for the two sides of the syrian conflict to talk

directly. today there are signs the representatives from the bashar al assad's government will meet with the opposition. right now a u.n. mediator meeting separately with each side so. far signs are compromise may be limited after 12 hours of negotiation. the conflict began as a peaceful uprising against assad's rule years ago, turned violent. according to activists at least 130,000 people have been killed since 2011. >> new concerns about security at the upcoming winter olympic games in sochi. tracie potts joins us live in washington, d.c. with the details. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. some families rethinking their plans after this latest round of e-mails sent to five countries threatening violence but the europeans say those have been going around for years and they have been discredited. the u.s. not worried saying they are non-specific and

non-credible. but add that to the four so called black widows they are looking for, possibly terror suspects, add that to the bombing blast and there is increasing concern. here on capitol hill the head of the homeland security committee said he toured the regions, they seem safe, the most safe of any olympics so far but that they are concerned that the u.s. and russia are not sharing intelligence. that's the situation now. two weeks before the games begin. >> one to watch. thanks so much, tracie. >> a judge could decide to limit the use of shackles on immigrants who appear before immigration judges. a hearing will be held in a san francisco federal courtroom today. immigration enforcement agreeing to avoid shackling immigrants at the immigration court unless there is a direct safety threat so. they will still be shackled in the brief procedural hearings

where several detainees appear along side each other. the aclu says the agreement will only apply to the san francisco court who serves more than 2,000 a year. >> it's time to check the weather as we give you a live look outside. san francisco, goodness, isn't that beautiful. the sun coming up over the city by the bay. >> rob joins us. christina has the day off. >> we're seeing clear skies, no fog out there. 51 degrees, mild thanks to wind starting to pick up and chilly in the north bay. here is a sneak preview of your san jose forecast. climbing into the upper 60s to near 70 later on this afternoon. so quite chilly in the north bay valleys. 32 degrees. 37 in concord and livermore. 41 in san jose. typically this time of year you get chilly mornings. we don't have problems of fire

danger. not the case today. we've got the offshore winds, you see the direction. the wind speeds, a lot stronger than what we're seeing closer to ground or sea level. the winds at 30 miles per hour out of the north and northeast. so as this area of low pressure drops over northern california it's the period of brief gusty offshore winds. looking at wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour, low humidity levels and very low soil moisture thanks to the fact we haven't had rain out there. so at least 3:00 this afternoon elevated fire danger for parts of the north bay. this low tracks to the west. the pattern is going to be a little more like june instead of what you expect in january. you got the fog up the coast with south winds. in the eair ra mid level moisture to top a stray shower or two. we'll watch some of that pulling up from southern california dropping temperatures.

today again, 70 degrees in san jose, morgan hill, in the mid to upper 60s. san francisco you got the clear start to the morning, mid to upper 60s. low 70s around santa rosa. you'll see sausalito at 65 degrees and then the tri-valley highs in the low 70s. it's mid 70s more your thing, second half, middle part of next week we'll see the temperatures climbing to almost spring or summer levels. >> i'm not going to complain. what's the phrase, we need the water. looking toward dublin, it does show a slightly larger volume of traffic. we had the crash i showed you that has cleared from the divide. it was eastbound but a distraction. so now all of these folks going by without any problem. we're showing you the slower drive now over to the dublin interchange.

then we see slowing. we'll see more of that as it hits through sunol a quarter there. here is highway 4 westbound. we talked about the crash at the chicago highway. in the area approaching concord. that crash is on the shoulder bought slowdown into the area. things are moving for 680 in to the walnut creek interchange. the east shore freeway a build and then to berkeley slowing by the time you get to emeryville. the bay bridge toll plaza and the backup the reason why. all lanes are killed in. take time to get through and over to the san francisco side. a look to the south, no major problems but we're seeing the second burst, we'll see slowing for 87 coming up. >> thanks so much. >> 6:36, still ahead breaking news, an apartment fire in san francisco, a crew on the way to

the scene. >> justin bieber under arrest, his wented yellow lamborghini. we'll tell you about the dui bust.

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apartment fire. the fire broke out just a few minutes ago. 6:15 this morning. it's at an apartment complex on stevenson street. we don't have word on injuries or evacuations. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more information the minute we get it. >> 6:40. new this morning pop singer justin bieber under arrest for dui and dragracing in miami. the miami-dade police department says officers saw two cars racing around. two other cars used to break off an area for a race. bieber and the driver of a red ferrari identified as singer kalil are both under arrest. the car bieber was allegedly dragracing is a rented yellow lamborghini. you see it there close to what is the red ferrari he was allegedly racing against. right now a helicopter believe it or not set up over the miami

police department where it's believed that bieber is being held. a spokesperson says bieber will be transported to the county jail expected to be charged with dui, resisting arrest and driving with an expired driver's license. we'll bring you updates as they come to us. our web team found video allegedly showing the moment he was pulled over by police. head to our website nbcbayarea.com and search justin bieber. >> 6:41. a q and a with fugitive edward snowden. we'll tell you how you can ask him anything and where he is posting real time responses. >> tragedy in the east bay after a boy is found shot and killed inside a home. why police say his death may have been a horrific accident.

>> 6:44. it is certainly a tough morning to say the least for one east bay family trying to figure out how their loved one, an 11-year-old boy, ended up dead. officials found the boy shot to death about 7:00 last night on yosemite circle near antioch. bob redell is live in oakley this morning. officials say it was an apparent accidental shooting? >> reporter: oakley p.d. says that, that what happened in the neighborhood behind me here in oakley appears to have been an accidental shooting of an 11-year-old boy, self-inflicted. this happened around 7:00 last night as you mentioned on the 1300 block of yosemite circle. neighbors came out to find out, try to find out what was going on. when police and paramedics arrived they found this 11-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound. and this wound was so severe he couldn't survive the trip to the

hospital. the the paramedics pronounced him dead on the scene. oakley p.d. did not say if adults were home at the time or how this shooting happened, how did the child get his hands on the gun. only telling us she 11 and she dead, apparently they believe, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an accident. reporting live in oakley, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> tragic. thank you, bob. >> the 42-year-old b.a.r.t. police officer killed by one of his own in the line of duty is remembered this morning as a serious civil servant, a husband and father. an independent police officer auditor says he is going to come through with an objective report on the fatal shooting of detective thomas smith of san ramon. >> and flags fly in the neighborhood where smith lived with his wife also a member of the b.a.r.t. police department and their 6-year-old daughter. officials say smith, six other officers and alameda county sheriff's deputy went to the apartment of 20-year-old john henry lee. they knew he was in custody and

they went in to recover items stolen from the fruitvale station last week. a sheriff's department spokesman says the door was unlocked and that could have raised tensions. >> if your door's unlocked it usually means somebody was there. i'm sure that was in their mind that somebody was in the apartment at the time. >> sources identify the officer who killed smith as michael mays, a 13-year veteran of the department. we see smith. it's unclear what led mays to fire his gun. officials say smith and mays were partners for years. >> stay with nbc bay area news with complete coverage on line and on air. you can find the latest on the investigation on our website nbcbayarea.com. >> let's check the weather. we're checking a live look at san jose and the sun rise. a beautiful day for northern california and rob is in for christina. >> good morning. we're seeing clear skies, chilly temperatures in parts of the bay area. numbers in the 30s in spots, san

jose down to 30. temperatures have dropped off but where the off shore winds pick up now, san francisco 51, and you can see some of the interior valleys around the east bay waking up to upper 30s. heading to the coast, the high surf advisory through friday which is good for mavericks, not so good if you want to hike around the coastal areas. look out for larger sets coming in. the fog has come up the coast this morning and that will keep temperatures down before rebounding as we get into the weekend. so the winds right now that's the other part of the story. arrows pointing off shore and some of the north bay communities to give us red flag warning up until 3:00 this afternoon. that is a dry direction for the wind where the air not only drys out it warms up from higher elevations down to the coast. so 3:00 this afternoon, hilltop locations in the north bay dry

and breezy. we'll see temperatures around the north bay despite your chilly start into the upper 60s and low 70s. this area of low pressure doing something interesting going from east to west. it's also helping to drop low level clouds up the central coast which will come up around monterey and santa cruz. keep things cool. also toward the sierra, isolated showers south of lake tahoe. the system doesn't have a lot of moisture. it's not like the low-pressure systems from the gulf of alaska or sweep across the pacific and have deep moisture. this one mainly pulling the upper level moisture to the east and the fog up the coast from our south. the long range view on rain chances, head into the weekend, you'll see high clouds at times, no real sign of rain until maybe monday and tuesday next week. we start to see moisture coming on in but that system really falling apart as we head into tuesday and wednesday. actually what we're going to get is high pressure strengthening, storm track staying to the northment you see in the seven-day forecast, the second

half heading to the middle of next week the temperatures start to climb on up again, mid 70s in some of the warmest spots of our interior valleys. today 68 degrees in san jose. close to 70 in morgan hill. mid to upper 60s around the peninsula and san francisco, to the north bay you see numbers despite those rebounding close to 70. eastbound locations seeing close to 70 in walnut creek. using that as a guide for where our temperatures should be, 50s and 60s. we'll be staying close to 70 degrees through the period. and the tri-valley. beyond that the seven-day forecast shows you the temperatures climbing up. clear skies and dry weather except on the coast this morning. fog could slow things down. >> that's a good note if you head down to the area. we have no problems reported by chp but rob's giving you the warning. close to the water the bay bridge, where the backup is on.

we're going to stick with the maps. a slower drive through berkeley out of richmond. nothing big as far as the volume automatic of the tunnel or through oakland. pretty steady throw and that's nice into san francisco. a fire near valencia and 14th we're going to watch for activity. there is some slowing on 101. what's weird about this the fact there is a lighter volume into san francisco and valencia and 14th where the activity is. okay at that, no problem north or south of the freeways, san mateo bridge shows a little build at the toll plaza side. a smooth drive across into foster city. the dumbarton bridge has no problem here. we'll show you the south bay, the northbound routes now kicking in, all the way up to

880 speeds in the 50s and 40s where you see the orange. same up capital to curtner. the sharks play tonight. there was a crash, it's off to the shoulder. watching debris in the roadway. there may abcrew to clean that up. we'll look to the tri-valley. there is slowing. the earlier crash cleared from the center divide now filling in over toward dublin and south 680. your typical build but lighter considering that is the tri-valley. show you the follow, you get more company but not a lot of slowing. a little bit through downtown oakland. >> thank you much. 6:51. an update to breaking news mike mentioned, crews are responding to that apartment fire. it's burning, it's a two-alarm car. about 6:15 this morning.

it happened at an apartment complex on stevenson street. it's not mar from market and 101. no word on injuries, we have a crew almost to the scene. >> 6:52 happening now thick black smoke from burning tires engulfing parts of downtown kiev. protests continue in the ukraine capitol. an ultimatum to demand the president call an early election. protesters clashed with police. two died wednesday marking the first protester deaths in more than two months of protests. riot police on the streets of deeverybody. the ultimatum street expire today f. demands are not met the city can expect more rage in the streets. >> confessed nsa leaker edward snowden will host his first live question and answer session on

his website as the task force will recommend sweeping changes. let's check in with peggy bunker. >> boy, this is going to be so interesting. a big day for edward snowden and the nsa, public pressure to change policies has mounted when edward snowden released top secret u.s. documents. snowden is holding a live chat and q and a on his site to offer his perspective on reforms. here is the website, noon pacific, the website www.freesnowden.is. snowden is still viewed with mixed perspectives, some calling him a national hero, exposing the programs that had every american in the cross hairs. others say he put american troops in danger and given aid

to terrorists. >> firm position that he wouth to return to the united states and face the charges against him. >> one of his allegations was that the nsa's mass surveillance program had no public or governmental oversight. the president while maintaining the they, did acknowledge the important of those to question our government. >> during the course of review i often reminded myself i would not be where i am were it not for those like dr. king who were spied upon by their own government. >> also today just an hour prior to snowden's web cast will be an announcement about sweeping changes being made on how the nsa does business. >> let's look at this. the web address is a dot i.s. address. that's for ice land. you'll see there is a button to due night his pounting costs.

when we kicked you can see it's almost up to $100,000 and counting. so a lot of individuals are stopping by and helping him out. >> thanks, peggy. >> prosecutors expect a teen charged with setting another's skirt on fire will be in court. they charged richard thomas as an adult. thomas admitted to setting sasha's skirt on fire while they were riding a bus in oakland but says it was a prank. fleischman identified as a-gendered and suffered burns in the attack. >> a different teen shooting into a truck will be sentenced in court. 19-year-old max wade was found guilty of trying to kill a man riding with his ex-girlfriend. his attorney calls it young love

gone wrong. he tried to with a lamborghini. wade was 17 at the time. >> the flu is not discriminating this season, so far 28 have died. this map shows you which counties are hit the hardest. several actually reported more deaths and officials expect to the rise foss the flu season continues. young and middle-aged adults most at risk this year. health officials say everyone over 6 mots old should get shot. >> the science building will be closed for the rest of the smes tier. according to the kranical, a recent inspection, this building used by more than 2500 students and staff members. >> the new bay bridge up and running. a report questioning the quality of the workmanship.

the report was released ahead of an investigation hearing set for tomorrow. some said they were shut down after raising questions about the structural safety of the new eastern span. a report suggested that caltrans managers allowed steel to be installed despite a lack of testing. repairs have been made. the new span opened nearly ten years late and over budget. >> the governor hopes to keep the plan moving ahead. the the state would let the agency in charge of building the bullet train borrow to keep the project going. last year the company got a similar advance from the government. the first 29-mile segment in is in the central valley. >> rob is in for christina. nice temperatures. >> so far. a little chilly but we have

mainly clear skies. that will continue heading into the afternoon. highs close to 70 in downtown san jose. 60s over toward milpitas. we had 30s, jumping to 70 this afternoon and closer to oakland. look out for the high surf advisory. red flag warning up for elevations above 1,000 feet. mike. >> looking here to the south bay where we're seeing the burst of traffic. north 101, 87, 85 and 280 a. new crash, sounds like it's out of lanes. also west 237, an earlier crash on the shoulder, still a distraction. a typical build but atip dal marina boulevard off ramp, until they can remove it. use davis heading south into san

leandro. back to you. >> thank you much. one final check of our top stories. investigators looking into the shooting of an 11-year-old boyen contra costa county. deputies found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound in a home in oakley. a preliminary investigation indicates the boy may have accidentally shot himself. >> parts of downtown kiev draped in thick smoke from fires set on fire. they are counseleding down to the ultimatum to the ukrainian government. they want massive protests until they get them. >> and justin bieber is under arrest accused of dragracing and dui. they say he had prescription drugs, marijuana in his system. >> the police department i think had a news conference so if there is more you can get it on nbc bay area.calm.

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