car slams into him near a bay area gas station. we're live at the scene next. tell you how much money bryan stow is looking for so he can cover his medical bills. how much information can intelligence agencies get from your cell phone? edward snowden's answer may surprise you. peak warm for today, close to 90 in some spots and a pleasant weekend ahead and then we get that summary feel cranking up that heat next week. your full forecast in moments. >> of course it's pleasant, it's the weekend. i know what you mean. looking towards the nimitz freeway. and we have a live look outside as the sun comes up. it's thursday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." well, good morning, everyone.

i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. police questioning a driver who hit a pedestrian at a gas station pinning him underneath his car. the crash happened near 24th and gary in the outer richmond district. christie smith joins us live in san francisco and christie, depite td despite the horrifying scene, the victim will survive. >> we did get an update from san francisco police and they are telling us despite a very serious head injury, this man is still in critical condition but it does appear he is going to survive his injuries after being trapped under that car that you see right there. now, police are telling us the information they're now getting is that this man may have been milling around this gas station overnight before this accident. and got into some sort of exchange with two men who arrived here in that same car at about 3:30 this morning. they came here because they had a flat tire. this is on 24th and erie, a

chevron station. here's where it gets confusing. police say for some reason they can't explain, this man actually laid down near the car. >> him and the passenger were attempting to change the tire of the vehicle. and at that point the victim had some interaction with both the driver and the passenger of the vehicle. i'm not sure what the interaction was. >> now, investigators did detain that driver and actually the driver was conferenrontational him this morning and also check his blood levels to see if alcohol was a factor. another thing they're doing they have taken surveillance video from the front and that will shed some light on exactly how this happened and how this man's head and what they're thinking

the car rolls and, again, they're thinking this tape that they get from here will clear a lot of these questions up. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. opening statements are expected today in bryan stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers. comes two days after questioning potential jurors. "today in the bay" peggy bunker here with the details. put the jurors through pages of questions, peggy. >> they want to know any sort of alliances. these potential jurors really had to answer honestly if they were dodger fans, if they could be possibly impartial when it came to well-known frank mccourt and his former baseball team. stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers and mccourt all begins today. the ground is that the dodgers did not provide enough security or adequate lighting at the game. a former paramedic and father to two suffered brain damage during that beating and permanently disabled. you see him here arriving in a

wheelchair for a jury selection. he did stay throughout that selection process. $50 million is how much his attorney said his past and future medical bills after being nearly to death on opening day all because of his giants jersey. what has happened to him is tragic. >> to see this young, vibrant, you know, person who lived his life helping people as a paramedic and now all of a sudden can't get out of the wheelchair by himself. this wasn't a big sympathy play or anything like that, but this was the jury has to understand what this whole case is all about. >> the two men that beat stow pleaded guilty to the attack in criminal court earlier this year. as for the jury, eight men, eight women have been selected. they include an attorney, a school bus driver, a nurse, a journalist and a mail carrier among others. first on the stand this morning will be stow's mother, ann, who has been care taking for her son now for three years. lawyers representing the dodgers say that l.a. police provided a

huge security force at that game. however, witnesses report seeing no security guards in that parking lot where stow was attacked. so, that all gets under way today and we'll be watching it very closely, scott. now to an nbc news exclusive. edward snowden speaking in his first sit-down interview on american television. snowden sat down with brian williams in moscow. stole secrets from the nsa and released them to the media. william showed snowden the cell phone and what can intelligence agencies do with information connected on that phone? >> any intelligence service in the world that has significant funding and a real technological research team can own that phone the minute it connect to your network. the minute you turn it on it can be theirs. they can turn it into a microphone and take pictures off of it. it's important to understand that these things are typically done on a targeted basis.

>> snowden also talked about his life in russia and if he has a relationship with vladimir putin. we'll have that coming up in our next half hour. continuing coverage throughout our newscast including a live report from washington, d.c., about the one place he would want to go to if he could. we also have coverage on our website, nbcbayarea.com. travelers across the bay area and the state are worried they will lose out on their next trip. cox and kings global services in san francisco. a few people already lined up even though the company has not opened. this is the company, the indian consulate has hired for visa applications. workers this morning are way behind. take a look. yesterday frustrated people lined up at the door. already this morning you saw those people in line. the walk-ins apparently not welcomed. the company says the transition not going smoothly at all thanks to a new system and computer

problems. without a visa, plans to travel to india and thousands of dollars worth of airline tickets could be lost. raj putell wa jr rajpatel has been waiting. >> you had to wait like the first available appointment online was for june 6th. it is an emergency and we can't do it. just have to try my luck every day. >> the company says it's been working tirelessly to clear that ba back. a live look over looking san francisco. transamerica pyramid. clear skies this morning which is making way for a nice day. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> today is really nice and today noticeably warmer. i don't think we're going to reach the 90s for today but

temperatures will be warmer. upper 80s out in the tri-valley and those look like the warmest regions. your microclimate showing the separation. we are getting into the time of year where we have a 20 it grde difference. for today, going to be warm and then onshore flow increases and going to keep our temperatures at bay for tomorrow. taking a live look here. now, this is from the east bay. i want to show you this shot. mike helped me set it up this morning. you can see all the way to san francisco this morning. just a little bit of haze out there to start the day, but no low clouds to point out. mostly in the 50s. 56 in san jose and 55 for oakland and all the uniform numbers out there even with that clear sky and a storm system just to our north and for today mostly sunny condition means rapid warming all the way through about 11:00 until 2:00 p.m. and then as we get into tonight, those low clouds will return and this will drop your temperatures by about ten degrees for tomorrow. so, for today, upper 80s and

this is it. 84 for the south bay and peninsula is at 81 degrees and 70 in san francisco and the 50s return over the weekend in the city by the bay. we'll talk about that coming up right now and send it back to you, scott, laura and mike. >> mike joins us on set right now with a look at that morning commute picking up out there. >> it is. a tougher drive a few minutes ago. oakland to 880. a look here past the coliseum. interesting as we hit 6:09 and getting better for the nimitz. that is the cantor sign folks know about. partial blockage by a fire crew because of a fender bender earlier. a pause as fire crews direct you around. if that's your off ramp, expect slowing off the southbound side. heading up towards 16th where there was an earlier crash and blocked a couple lanes and had a big backup and cleared past the embarcadero heading through downtown. we'll see for more slowing as folks hit the roadway there.

the metering lights are on right now and we don't have a lot of problems with the east shore freeway but slowing westbound 4 through bay point and heading towards concord and reports of a share in the lanes and that's enough to cause a traffic break and a slowing. there you see it and check all the way over towards pittsburg and bay point. the rest of your bay looking pretty predictable. now south 680 through pleasanton and sunol. let's get a live look out there. no problem for the peninsula and northbound 101 where it starts to build up towards alum rock. folks know it will start to kick in a little bit later as we approach the summer months and then comes into downtown. >> it's interesting to see the pattern. >> go to summer camps and. still ahead on "today in the bay" brad pitt attacked on the red carpet. plus, evacuation orders lifted and flames still raging near yosemite whether the

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you can either have high-end or low-price. is split in two. or you can go to t.j.maxx and you can have it all for up to 50% off department store prices. t.j. maxx. here's a look at today top stories. investigators in san francisco are looking at surveillance video to figure out how a man ended up pinned underneath a car early this morning.

it happened at a gas station. firefighter husband to use a jack to rescue the man. he suffered a serious head injury but expected to survive. the driver and passenger of the car are being interviewed by police. students and staff will hold a vigil to honor george chen, one of the young men killed in friday's attack near uc santa barbara. chen graduated from leyland two years ago. the vigil starts at 8:30 tonight. a train engineer and conductor are recovering this morning after a train derailed on staten island. transportation officials say a train car went off the tracks after hitting a bumping block. no passengers were onboard. crews plan to take advantage of friendlier weather today as they battle a wildfire burning near yosemite. cooler temperatures and weaker winds are expected. the fire started monday and burned down two homes and about 680 acres. evacuation orders were lifted for about 50 people. twice as many were ordered to leave when the fire broke out.

nearly 700 firefighters are working on that fire. five of them have been hurt but they're going to be okay. right now the fire about 40% contained. australian agency says the missing malaysian jetliner is not in the area where they thought it would be. the area in the southern indian ocean where crews just wrapped up and expanded search based on the plane's possible route. now, the australian agency leading the search says the pings detected in that area were probably from a ship and not the plane's black box. no sign of the plane since it disappeared in early march. a special town hall meeting will be held to explain 860 allowing immigrants to apply for driver's license. on first street in san francisco will run from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight. the bill goes into effect next year. explains what people should expect when applying and what documents they're going noo need. what should you expect when

it comes to the forecast. you know what, we have the girl in the know as we take a live look outside. maybe not. >> a live look at christina loren. >> scott and laura, all of us together. excited about the weekend? it's almost here. >> it's almost here. >> we have the rose colored glasses. 6:16 now. it's one of those weekends where you can really take your pick as to what you want to do outdoors and the weather will accommodate those plans. getting to the time of year where it doesn't matter. hit the beach and warm enough to do that as we head through saturday and sunday and i can tell you if you're looking for more sunshine, vitamin d, sunday is your day to hit the beach and speaking of which, we'll take a sneak peek at that forecast coming up in just a second. 74 in the east bay for today. show you the wide variety that we have for you this morning. nice, sunny sky here in the south bay. little haze for you. meanwhile, we do have low clouds developing along the peninsula but beautiful clear sky in the east bay. san francisco, just gorgeous to

kick off a thursday and 87 degrees that is warm out there at the north bay and lots of sunshine right off the bat and temperatures will be warmer, noticeably warmer than yesterday. this is going to be the warmest, though. no more climbing after this. peak warm for today low clouds return late and by the time you start to make your way home from work you notice low clouds thickening up and temps will tumble as a result of that onshore flow by about six to ten degrees cooler for tomorrow and then the weekend temperatures looking pretty mild on saturday and a warmer day on sunday. that's why i want to show you your beach conditions because this always makes it easier to get through the workweek when you know what's coming your way this weekend. up to 80 degrees in santa cruz and 68 degrees comfortable conditions even in point reyes and also tell you what happened across the bay area this weekend. right now let's check your drive and here's mike inouye. >> coming into the greater bay

area. right here as we come out of livermore and into dublin, a good volume but steady flow and good spacing as you get closer to our camera point there. look that maps and see typical pattern for the tri-valley here slowing in through livermore and dublin b.a.r.t. station moving very smoothly and folks making that bend and heading south into pleasanton heading through sunol, as well. past highway 84 where you're joining us with that traffic that did cut through livermore. a smooth flow of traffic, as well. over here in the castro valley and typical pattern there. the earlier slow downs from both directions past the coliseum where there is a 12:35 game by the way. let's get a live look out at the coliseum where we see the southbound side and folks are backing up and ten cars at a time at the most as they try to make their way past a fire crew, which is still taking care of any smashed up car over on the side of the off ramp and very narrow there because of construction barricades, as well.

back out to the maps, folks. we take a look out to the greater area and slow down off the maze approaching the bay bridge toll plaza where the lights are on and b.a.r.d. down and your drive itself through san jose, a problem north 101 from 680 up towards san jose international airport. a lighter volume, but that will kick in when we see the shift in the traffic pattern and good stuff around the bay area. back to you. >> thank you, mike. rapper snoop lion, joe montana and other big name celebrities will host a benefit in san francisco tonight in hopes of promoting peace. part of snoop's no gun allowed campaign. the event will start with a discussion about the important ps ance of gun violence solution and snoop's paintings and other

belongings. the snoop youth football league. special guests include former san francisco mayor willy brown, rapper mc hammer and hall of famer ronnie lott and all going on. 6:20, this morning a man is behind bars after attacking actor brad pitt. these were photos taken after the attack during angelina jolie's movie. witnesses say the man jumped a barrier on to the red carpet and struck pitt in the face. security took that man into custody. pitt was reportedly okay after the attack. but this is interesting, the suspect apparently has a history of pulling pranks on hollywood stars according to "l.a. times" earlier this month at the film festival in france when he crawled under furara's dress and grabbed bradley cooper around the leg and had a run in with

stars in 2013 and in 2012 he reportedly kissed will smith at the moscow premiere of "men in black 3." a southern california city officially dropped its fight against the maker of the popular hot sauce, sriracha. voting last night to drop the public nuisance declaration and lawsuit against the city initially issued that declaration after residents started complaining about spicy odors burning their throats and eyes and coming from the factory there. the sriracha maker said it fixed the problem but began in august. we'll find out. took just over ten hours for a kick starter campaign to go to over $1 million in funds. >> $$400 for that. that's the campaign backers burton and wolf celebrating the milestone as it happened. burton is a well-known host of

the former tv show reading rainbow. help make the free online version of the show available to more children. the campaign continued to raise money overnight. it's now over $1.5 million. that's good to see. >> hooutstanding. good for them. a stolen scooter returns to the giants' slugger that lost it. will the person who turned it in get a piece of the reward? take you out live to emeryville and another beautiful shot of the most beautiful place in the world to live.

a live look right now at o.co and at&t park. we have afternoon baseball in oakland. the a's wrapping up a four-game series against the tigers. the giants are actually waking up in st. louis after the start of a tough road trip. well, the scooter is back. hunter pence's favorite ride to work was returned to the giants clubhouse yesterday by san francisco police. the motorized scooter stolen from out front the restaurant on embarcadero on sunday night. they are happy to have it back. >> right behind you guys. so, it's a big, big guy. we need that scooter. >> i am very happy to get the scooter back. i was running in from the outfield and he had this huge smile and clapping and giving me ea high five.

he was like, they got your scooter. >> we can all sleep tonight. he got his scooter back. >> that's right. pence offered a signed bobble head for his safe return, but whoever had the scooter remains unknown. pence has already purchased a new scooter, so, he says he might auction the old one off for charity. >> that would be kind of fun. we should buy it for mike inouye. barry zito putting his hollywood hills home on the market. cool $4.2 million comes with its own pitcher's mound. it's located above sunset plaza drive not far from the sunset strip. >> pretty view there. one of the future world cup offering a dress code. just released this ad campaign telling fans attending the 2022 world cup they will need to dress modestly that means being covered up from the shoulders to the knees. men wearing shirts at all times and women not wearing leggings as pants. the small middle eastern nation

trying to make sure tourists respect its culture and tradition. we'll tell you how edward snowden sees himself, next. the bay area man who blew the whistle long before snowden weighs in on the saga, next. let's leave you with a live look at the golden gate bridge and we'll check in with mike inouye with all your traffic coming up next.

edward snowden patriot or traitor? the one place in the world he would go if he could. a warm day shaping up, warmest of the week as a matter of fact, five to eight degrees warmer than yesterday. meanwhile, pleasant weekend numbers shaping up but the heat is going to crank next week. that summary feel returns. we'll take you through the changes in your microclimate in moments. the commute kicking in from around the bay but we have a new crash here, highway 24 at 580

and we'll talk about what's going on very close to the maze, coming up. a live look at the opening bell. the bank of california founded in san francisco on the nyse over on the nasdaq a billion acts and asking you to do anything just small to help out the world. today is thursday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." happy thursday to you, i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. is edward snowden a patriot or a traitor? he sat down with brian williams for his most televised interview since taking asylum. a look at where snowden goes from here. good morning, tracie. >> they sat down for five hours and we don't pay you and you

answer all the questions. a lot of questions whether he stays in russia and whether he comes back here to face charges or whether he wants to come back to the united states. >> if i could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home. >> reporter: but for now he's in russia charged with espionage. edward snowden the man who blew the cover off the u.s. government's mass surveillance program says he considers himself a patriot. >> being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country and knowing when to protect your constitution and your countrymen from the violations of an inroachment of adversaryies and they don't have to be foreign countries. they can be bad policies. >> reporter: snowden insists he tried to work with in the system complaining repeatedly to supervisors before fleeing the country and going public with documents bearing extensive details of the nsa phone and

online surveillance. >> how can it be said that when all three branches of government have made reforms as a result of this. >> reporter: for now no out for snowden. even after this interview secretary of state john kerry called him a traitor. snowden insists he did the right thing. >> what is right is not the same what is legal. sometimes to do the right thing you have to break a law. i may have lost my ability to travel, but i've gained the ability to go to sleep at night. >> reporter: well, that is his story. it is not the story of the u.s. government. they, obviously, disagree. john kerry was very upset about that yesterday and spoke out about it and in terms of what happened next for him clemency the u.s. government says is off the table. at some point he has to face the charges, if he comes back to the united states. >> right, so interesting to see what happens next. thanks a lot, tracie. much like snowden a bay area

man blew the whistle on spying a decade ago. back in 2003 he worked as a san francisco-based at&t technician. he installed the splitter that sent copies of to a secret room on market street set up by the nsa. he said he knew it was illegal at the time and kept company documents after retiring in 2004. these became known as the bush-era wiretaps. he told the story two years later and he said he's relieved another person could back up his story with actual government documents. >> when he came out i was delighted. it was an indication for what i was saying. it also revealed the programs that we're doing are vastly bigger than even i understood at the time. >> klein says the united states should let snowden come home. >> snowden should get retroactive immunity and be given a reward for his service

to the country. >> you can see more of our interview with mark klein and extensive coverage of the nbc news interview with edward snow, en on our website nbcbayarea.com. search for the word whistleblower. you don't have to search far to find a beautiful vista in the bay area. live look looking at san francisco in the distance. let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> you can clearly see to the top of the tow tlr. that just gives you an indication of how nice it is going to be at the coast for today. warmer than average. we're talking about the 70s for one final day. meanwhile, warmest day of the week shaping up for us here in the south bay. that sun is up and stays up until 8:23 in the evening. so, as our days get longer as we get closer to summertime, we do traditionally get warm temperatures. today that will be the case. tomorrow, those numbers crash as weak disturbance comes through the bay area.

more changes on the way to your bay area weather. 55 degrees in san francisco and look at the microclimate this morning. 41 degrees right now with a beautiful clear sky over half moon bay. but just a few degrees away from the 30s and grab your jacket out there this morning and else where starting out in the 50s and mostly clear and cool and breezy through the hills and temps will climb by five to eight degrees today. rapid warming through mid-day and then low clouds return as we get into this evening. highs coming in at about 4:00 p.m. as our days get longer. this is what we're working with as far as our temperatures go today. mid-80s for the south bay and upper 80s in the north bay and meanwhile the place it be, san francisco, 70 degrees. we'll show you your weekend temps. here is your drive. >> my friends. thank you for joining me today. let's take you off for a little drive. start in the south bay, folks. that's where the volume is starting to kick in and it is slowing, just not in this particular spot. 101 little break right here north of 680.

look at the sensors this is what we're talking about the arrows northbound 87 and 101 where you see the orange on the map and just a couple seconds ago and that's your typical build for the south bay. 85 and 280 as you approach 17 or 88 respectively. the peninsula over on the left, no delays there for 101 or 280 into or out of san francisco and along san mateo and palo alto. tri-valley building since early in the morning and pleasanton and sunol where you join up with the folks from 84 and slow you down towards fremont and southbound off of 238 and san leandro and hayward and the approach towards the san ma tte and dounbarton. cleared to the shoulder westbound as you approach richmond and in towards the berkeley area and the maze itself, a good slow down there and we'll get a live look out there and an illustration of why

do we call it the maze. well, that's it. 580, 24, interstate 880. they meet, they split, they change direction and that's what happens. no backup off the berkeley curve. >> kind of a cool shot, though, from not having to be in it. >> exactly. not in it. it is 6:37. still ahead amy g. has the black and orange update from the dugout at at&t and a look at how brandon belt is doing after surgery. nbc bay area honored with three national awards for excellence in breaking news coverage, feature reporting and public service and television journalism. all from the society of professional journalists. nbc bay area, we investigate.

well, hey, let's talk some giants baseball and take a live picture of at&t park and the sun starting to come up now. all is going to be quiet there. that's because the team is actually waking up in st. louis this morning for the start of what is going to be, honestly, a very tough road. >> amy g. from comcast sports net has our orange and black update including an update on brandon belt's broken thumb. >> good morning, everyone. your san francisco giants getting ready to kick off a four-game series in st. louis this morning before they head to cincinnati. they are coming off a 5-1 homestand and your giants now at

34-19 on the season. that is the best record in the majors. they're handing the ball over to ryan vogelsong. an update for fans on brandon belt. after breaking his belt on may 9th, he's expected to have the pin taken out on june 6th and he and his wife, haly, are also expected a baby. baby boy belt is due on september 4th. and brandon said that his wife, haley, is getting in a lot of good mom practice taking care of him while he's been on the disabled list. if you haven't heard hunter pence's scooter has been returned and bruce boche put it best when he said all the giants will be able to sleep much better. that's your giants update, i'm amy gutierrez. >> thanks a lot, amy. 6:41. coming up the most expensive

starbucks drink ever sold. which ingredients add up to 55 bucks. plus how close are edward snowden's ties to russia and vladim vladimir putin. bryan stow take the giants to court after his brutal beating. how much money he's looking for to cover his medical bills. a man clinging to life after a car slams into him near a bay area gas station. we're live that scene, next.

and an update to breaking news. san francisco police say a man who was struck by a car pinned underneath is going to survive, despite suffering very serious head injuries. this crash happened overnight at a gas station near 24th and geary in the outer richmond. christie smith joins us live in san francisco.

christie, investigators say the victim and the driver may have had a conferenrontation before crash. >> we definitely know there was an exchange of words, but the latest information we have is that the gas station is back open after a very serious and unusual accident that happened overnight. there was an exchange of words between two men who were here changing a tire and another man who was already here and that man ended up with his head trapped underneath their car. it happened about 3:30 this morning. that car just towed out about 20 minutes ago from the chevron station at 24th and geary. where police say the two men roll under to the station because their front tire blew out. they were going to try to change it. those men got into exchange of words with another man who was milling around the gas station earlier. for some reason, and here's where it gets odd, police say the man actually lay down near that car which hit him and he was trapped under it. >> so, when the fire department showed up, he was lodged

underneath the tire. so, in order to free his head, it was imperative that they hoist the rear end of the vehicle in order to free his head from underneath the tire. >> so, that man was taken to the hospital, listed in critical condition, but the good news we're told he will survive. what police are telling us is that the driver in this was actually confrontational and not very helpful at all. he was detained. they say his blood alcohol will be tested at the hospital. another thing they're going to do to try to clear all this up is they say they've taken surveillance tape from the station and they're going to have a look at that and try and get more clarification on exactly how this accident occurred. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> very strange. it's 6:46 right now. time to check the forecast and take a peek outside. taking a look up at the sun over

the bay area. christina joins us with a look at that microclimate forecast for you. >> close to the weekend, fabulous conditions and a lot happening across this big, beautiful bay area for both saturday and sunday and some free events. we'll show you one of those right now. as we get into your afternoon for today warm conditions, in fact, today will be the warmest of the week feeling like summertime out there in some cities with the upper 80s on the way. but you can see from this mostly clear start over san jose the sun is up and will stay up through 8:23 in the south bay. as we head throughout the day today, look at this nice, clear start from emeryville and not so choppy on the bay and you can see all the way from emeryville with a lack of low clouds to start the day and temperatures are chilly enough for a coat, something you can ditch later on. we're in the 50s for now and headed towards the upper 70s. by lunchtime, you want to peel off that first layer and 83 degrees the forecasted high and 87 and east bay 87 degrees in

the north bay. that's a warm temperature for you and definitely noticeably warmer than yesterday. let's take you through the changes as you get through the next couple days. cooling clouds will return as of tonight. six to ten degree dropoff and hold on to that seasonal, mild pattern as we get into both saturday and for the first part of sunday it will be nice and then a little bit warm. might be a great day to make those beach plans. take a look at where we're headed both saturday and sunday and comfortable levels for you and five degree warm up for saturday and sunday and mid-70s in the south bay to the low 80s on sunday. talking about free events in berkeley. 71 degrees the chocolate and chalk art festival. comfortable conditions free for you and the family and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and bring your chalk out there and enjoy and, remember, the kids will muck up their nice clothes, right, mike? >> we call that artistic expression in our house and my kids really express themselves a lot sometimes.

looking over here, great stuff, though. wonderful artists both professional and not professional levels out there. looking over here, 580 professional drivers and nonprofessionals all moving smoothly. dust kicking up and smoke exhaust from one of the vehicles but not a major concern over here. we'll look at your map and we do see the drive coming out of livermore and dublin and now the slow down kicking in for southbound 680 and around 45 and 50 miles per hour because of that volume. interestingly as you join up with these folks off of highway 84 and coming out of livermore speed up towards fremont and the rest of the south bay. a slow down for the tri-valley and countercommute eastbound 580 that little blip developing and a crash reported at canyon road and that's my concern. a big slow down for the couple days because of problems on the commute and right now heading towards the dublin grade finding another crash and slow down towards the san mateo bridge. difficult pattern for most of

your spots, including the south bay. difficult wait for muni for the particular lines and a lot experiencing some delays as far as waiting at the station itself and look at the peninsula for a live look here at palo alto. 101 or 280 and from the northbound moves nicely towards san rafael. back to you. >> thank you, mike. opening statements expected today in bryan stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers as the stow family tries to manage just massive medical expenses. "today in the bay" peggy bunker joins us with the details. his attorney says stow's medical bills are no doubt in the millions of dollars. >> a staggering sum. stow's attorney estimates that bryan's fast and future care could reach $50 million. they want the l.a. dodgers and former owner frank mccourt to pay up. civil suit against the dodgers and mccourt begins today after two days of grilling potential jurors about their alliances to the dodgers. the grounds for the civil suit states they didn't provide enough security or adequate lighting at the game.

stow, a former santa cruz paramedic and father to two, suffered brain damage during that beating. he is permanently disabled. you see him arriving here at the jury selection proceedings at his wheelchair and his attorney said he's not aware and what happened to bryan is tragic. >> to see this young, vibrant, you know, person who lived his life helping people as a paramedic now all of a sudden you can't get out of the wheelchair by himself. this wasn't a big sympathy play or anything like that. but this was the jury has to understand, you know, what this whole case is all about. >> now, the two men that beat stow pleaded guilty to that attack in criminal court earlier this year. as for the jury, after completing pages of questionnaires about topics like their own experiences at dodger stadium and opinions about responsible drinking, eight men, eight women were selected for the jury. they include an attorney, a school bus driver, a nurse, a journalist and a mail carrier. first on the stand today, though, will be stow's mother

ann and attorney have warn juro jurors. security was well prepared for a game between fierce rivals and that they are not to blame for what happened to stow. scott and laura. >> thank you, peggy. at 6:52. mountain view city leaders are beginning to talk about an ordinance to ban magazines holding more than ten bullets. according to "mercury news" do some research on measure c, the ordinance that was passed in sunnyvale last year that made high-capacity magazines illegal. at a meeting tuesday night, former state assemblywoman sally lieber pointed to the isla vista rampage for the ban. meantime, vice president joe biden waking up in the bay area this morning and he leaves san francisco for seattle before going to his home state of delaware. yesterday biden spent the night in the city after attending two fund-raisers for the democratic

party. one of those events included a dinner at the private home of billionaire tom sire. biden made no public appearances. an nbc news exclusive edward snowden speaking in his first sit-down interview on american television. snowden sat down with brian williams in moscow and stole secrets from the nsa and released them to the media. williams asked snowden if he had any relationship with russian president vladimir putin. >> i had no relationship at all. i never met the russian president. i'm not supported by the russian government. i'm not taking money from the russian government. i'm not a spy, which is the real question. the best way to make sure that, for example, the russians can't break my fingers and compromise information or hit me with a bag of money until i give them something was not to have it at all and the way to do that was by destroying the material i was

holding before. >> snowden surprises anyone that he wound up in russia and accuses the american government of trapping him in the moscow government. right after "today in the bay" and coverage on our website, nbcbayarea.com. a popular san francisco coffee shop using technology to track customers is not spying, trying to give its customers a good experience. the san francisco appeal says phil's coffee is under fire for using palo alto started up euclid elements. puts tiny sensors in phil's coffee shops to pick up the signal of any smartphone within 60 yards. so, as long as your smartphone is wi-fi enabled the sensor knows you're there. they told the paper they want to use that data to make the stores more comfortable, add extra food or seating when there are more customers in the store. euclid said any information is scrambled before it get to the

server. for the first time, google has released data revealing the racial background of the people it employs. no surprise. the company mostly white and male. 70% men and 60% are white. statistics come after escalating pressure on the tech industry to hire more african-american and female workers. uber and at&t have joined forces. the san francisco-based company said its app will be preinstalled on all phones. the new partnership will help the company span across the country. the new phones will be available this summer. bay area still represented in the national spelling bee. >> nia is from cupertino and she correctly spelled the word tarpulent which means protective covering. she could make the finals that start tonight at 5:00. >> unfortunately san ramon student didn't have high enough

written score to advance her to the next round. breaking news for you. authorities in north carolina are currently shutting down a v.a. hospital in fayetteville to report threats of a bomb threat happened at the fayetteville v.a. center. so far little information being released. the threat comes amidst growing outrage of medical treatment of veterans nationwide. a check of the day's top stories. people frustrated over delay in their travel visas. it's the company just hired by the indian consulate to handle ve visa applications way behind computer issues. investigators in san francisco are trying to piece together how a man ended up pinned under this car this morning. firefighter husband to use a jack to rescue him. he is expected to survive. the driver and the passenger of the car are being questioned by police. coming up tomorrow on "today" savannah guthrie sits

down exclusively with priscilla chan the wife of mark zuckerberg. she's never given a television interview until now. their conversation tomorrow only on "today." >> we don't know, we know so very little about her. interesting to find out more. let's get a quick check of weather. >> going to be nice out there. you know, we pay the big bucks to live here in the bay area and today, yeah, give your ac a break for the first part of the day. you'll likely need it later on, though. mid-50s to start and comfortable out there for now by around 10:00 a.m. i can tell you out in the north bay and tri-valley in the 70s and finish off the day at about 87 degrees for the north bay and 81 along the peninsula and 84 for the south bay and one more time i want to thank mike for setting up this shot. you may not know it. >> i set up that particular one. we all do team work here. part of my team and my daughter just turned 6 this morning. the reason i say it is because

she's up early this morning. >> you can eat cake for breakfast. >> yeah. through the south bay, tracy, my wife. looking to the south bay where this is not clearing up and getting slower because of the morning commute and shifting as we see any time after memorial day tend to be the pattern down in the south bay. over here the tri-valley typical patterns for 84 and 680 and coming into sunol and build coming out of the livermore area and pattern slows for 88 onorthbound and the interstate 80 to travel towards the bay bridge, as well. funnel in towards the maze and off highway 24 and all these folks waiting for you. but as you come off the approach from oakland to san francisco, the sun will be in your eye and that tends to be the problem. folks get off the bridge and over towards the oakland roadway. keep that in mind there. >> all right, calling a lot of people's names there. it is a vanilla bean mocha

frappuccino. the most expensive starbucks drink ever ordered. $55. includes 60 shots of espresso. served to a man in dallas. he tweeted out these pictures and he said, i don't know about this, he drank the whole thing. >> has to be decaf, right? 60 shots of espresso -- >> the sugar alone. >> that's true. that as well. all of them have a lot of sugar. but don't try this at home or any local starbucks because 60 shots of espresso will stop your heart. >> also, not to be too graphic this morning. now, remember, the important thing to remember is the cake as bill cosby once pointed out made of milk and eggs, which is what is breakfast, so it is perfectly fine to eat cake for breakfast. >> got to love birthdays.

thanks for joining us this morning. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a local live news update. have a great day. good morning. ready to deal? fugitive nsa whistle-blower edward snowden tells nbc news he'd like to return to the u.s. >> if i'd like to go anywhere in the world, that place would be home. >> but would the white house ever consider a deal? anger on the hill. >> i understand that, mr. chairman, and i will look -- >> that's what you said three months ago. >> emotions boil over in a heated late-night hearing on the growing v.a. scandal after a new report reveals the problems were much worse than first realized. and more and more lawmakers now