good morning everyone. it is 4:30 i think it is wednesday. >> you are right. scott and we are half way through our work week. >> this morning we are seeing mostly clear skies and mostly 50s. clear out on the coast. heading into the afternoon breezy and dry conditions. we will see winds 15 to 30 miles per hour more out of the north. it will warm up our temperatures

today. close to 80 in san jose. we are looking at highs in the low 80s. dry conditions. >> good morning. here we go. look i looking over here report iing or here i'm looking down to get my microphone. they reported a power outage and a bus route was put into place. we are tracking this down and so far we are holding this down as we look at the rest of the maps. the road flow there are no delays on the road as well.

off ramp we are looking at the rest of the bay area. a little tiny one coming out of the westbound. typical, we'll send it off to you. >> thousands are struggling to understand what happened when students were killed in last week's rampage. the father of one of the students urged students to fight for tougher gun laws and placed most of the blame on politicians. it has become normal to accept these kinds of massacres. >> we find ourselves asking a lot of unanswered questions. we ask why? why have such a beautiful place and such beautiful people been

hurt in this way. why here? and why now. in the meantime two california lawmakers propose new legislation. one would allow family members or friends to ask a ask for a gun violence restraining order if they thought it would prevent a violent crime. tonight students at uc berkeley will gather to show soldarity. it starts at 8:00 tonight. a memorial continues to grow outside the apartment house where police say a suspect killed one of his roommates. he left a pot of yellow roses in the carriedireading the sweetes

son, brother and loving grandson. >> putting off a planned drill for a gunman on campus. university officials say the drill would be upsetting to people at this time. we'll have complete coverage on the campus. >> it is 4:34 arson investigators trying to pin point the cause of two brush fires. they were called out to take care of the first fire but before they left they noticed another burning a few hundred feet away. it is located near the coyote creek area. no one was there when crews

arrived. they say that is usually the case with fires and homeless ca camps. bus of wa because of water shortages they have to use ground water instead of well water. a woman says it will make her use well water. it is not drought productive at all. you are not going to serve people wine in a glass. >> ground water has more minerals so, what they are seeing on their dishes and glasses are mineral deposits. >> water softeners are available

f for a small price to pay. >> happening today, a legal fight over a popular bay area beach. tomorrow the state senate is going to reopen the bill to force the land commission to bu. the valley billionaire bought the property along the beach back in 2008 and closed the road and is now locked in a court ca case. >> the man or woman who has been hiding money around san francisco says he'll show love and cash to san jose today. he aknown as hidden cash and he

is a millionaire who wants to share the wealth. >> bob is live. you are following him or her on twitter right? have we established that this is a man? >> we have. me and 120,000 other people laura and scott, that is how many other people who are now following the man behi behind@hiddencash. he tweeted out that he will be dropping some cash this morning in san jose. yesterday he dropped several hundred dollars at crissy field and theouse of fine arts three envelopes at pier 39. for one of thefere 39 drops he tweeted out a pick of the pier with a tweet that this is the view from behind the railing.

>> i saw the tweet and i knew the place. i walked over and this was there with $100 in it. >> what are you going to do with it? >> i'm going to buy my friends a few drinks. >> the man behind the hidden cash claims to refuse to reveal himself. i know so many wealthy people who are selfish and greedy. when is it enough when will you be satisfied? >> believe me. and that is what he is trying to do here in the south bay. he will be dropping some cash this morning here in san jose location. reporting live here at city hall where we don't see anything

here. >> all right. bob is ready to go. on the hunt this morning himself. >> it would be nice to see people pay it forward. >> that would be nice. >> let's check in with rob this morning. he is in for christina this morning. >> no rain this morning. 50s outside right now. mostly clear skies. the winds changing direction as we head through the day today. that is a bit of a problem for fire danger. you can see here. sacramento. out by fair field this is where the red flag fire warning will be up. humidity levels lowering down and bone dry conditions something to watch out for. during the day, not wuch much i way of cloud cover. this will help to keep the coast clear. temperatures will be warming up

a few degrees. close to 80 in san jose. near 70 degrees and into the north bay and try valley. turning a couple of degrees warmer as we head into the area. >> regarding that light rail service that service has been restored after early power issues overnight. that is good news regarding that service. looking over here to the peninsula. around the bay you see pretty much green everywhere. no major concern heading up toward that interchange we will track that. folks had a tough commute a crash there over the morning commute. here is a tiny bit of speed. the volume of traffic may be

playing a factor this morning. heading over to the bay bridge or down the east shore freeway. coming across the bridges and the north bay the 101 south. across the brath sending it back to you. still ahead. in his own words confessed nsa leaker sits down with nbc. a sneak peak at the exclusive interview next. plus -- >> a storm chaser survives being struck by lightening. this story coming up next.

not just a show just a regular old wednesday in the bay area. tonight you will hear from confessed leaker edward snowden. >> were you trained as a spy it seems to me spies look a lot more like ed snowden and less

like james bond these days. >> it is no secret that the u.s. gets more intelligence out of computers than they do out of people. i was trained as a spy. i lived and worked undercover overseas and being assigned a name that was not mine. this morning president obama addressing cadets, the president is expected to lay out his vision after his longest war is finished.

their job is to train until 2016. joe biden will be in the bay area today. he will attend a reception for the democratic national committee. he wraps up a day downtown. he is expected to stay overnight in san francisco. >> a piece of san jose history reopened today. it opens at 7:00 today.

the old building will be knocked down in a few months. it will be built in 101 right now they have offices in san jose. if all goes planned the buildings will be torn down next year. >> good morning. >> good morning scott. the s&p 500 closing at another high. the dow is just points away from a new record.

it depends on its ability to buy another company to spin off xbox or sell a search engine to thea high. we truly live in the future. they build their own cars. pretty he amazing.

>> this will really be nice. i will volunteer first for that type of technology. looking from south bay up towards the golden gate bridge. 53 degrees right now. the winds will be picking up right now winds out of the northwest and notice the arrows pointing north to south. it will be setting up and lead to a slight warm up of temperatures. fog will form on the coast today. you are seeing through 8:00 thursday. times it is going to drop humidity levels and increase fire danger for the next 48 hours or so. the extended future cast gives

us breezy conditions and slight bump up to thursday. we'll see those highs in the upper 80s. the weekend a different story. we'll get low pressure and dropping out of canada. that is going to drop temperatures down. we could see mountain showers too. today, 80 degrees in san jose, close to 70 and for the north bay valleys, breezy and dry. close to 85 degrees and you will see the trend here over the next five days shows you the next big drop into the weekend. highs near 70 and a chance of seeing showers for saturday afternoon. back to you. >> this morning a man has made national head lalines after he

struck by lightening trying to chase a storm. >> he was recording out of his window when the lightening struck. >> the lightening struck his arm he continues down to the ground blowing a hole in the road. he wasn't hurt too baddy. he was well enough to take the photos. that is the hole in the road. his car had to be towed. crews hope the wind will die down as they prepare for a battle against that destructive wild fire. two homes, five people have been hurt at least three firefighters. the area has been evacuated. it makes it difficult for crews to contain it. >> 4:51. popular hotel working to

sanitize it's kitchen after employees came down with a near row virus. the kitchen will likely stay closed through today. crews have been working to disinfect the hotel since the out break two weeks ago. a school in new york has banned a backpack. new rules went into effect yesterday in a high school on long island. students have to carry belongings in clear bags or trash bags and must sign in and out when using a bathroom. bomb threats written on a bathroom wall have disrupted classes. >> two 8th graders from the east

and south bay will be among the kids competing to be the best speller. >> last year a new york middle schooler took the title along with a $30,000 scholarship. this year's winner will be crowned tomorrow night. still ahead h, some are calling it the worst first pitch ever. >> i'll have to be honest as well because i threw a bad first pitch for a little league game the other night.

you are about to see was could be the worst ceremonial pitch of all-time. >> and then it comes out of his arm. >> his pitch goes way way left. he nearly hit a photographer out there. later on a said the horrible pitch was the work of his alter ego his birth name curtis jackson. i have to point out for the mets. >> he had better luck.

>> the golden gate bridge, ding ding ding a nice flow of traffic. we don't have those for the morning commute just yet. south bay moves at speed as well. there is the north day. that is okay. back to you. >> mad dash for hidden cash. the stranger leaving money for men in san francisco. >> plus only on nbc, edward snow den opens up about exposing the spy program. next.

nbc news anchor sits down with edward knsnowden. >> and we are seeing a clear area around the bay area. fire danger on the increase. coming up. >> and we've got a clear view of flashing lights. as you travel through the area as it develops. >> this is today in the bay. >> and a very good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. in his first television interview. confess eed leaker edward snowd is speaking on how he