jose pot clubs handing out free samples to members with an i voted sticker. and we have a gorgeous day shaping up. whether you're headed out to vote, work, maybe finishing up school. temperatures will climb by three to five degrees and gradual clearing today and then that fog will roll right back in. your forecast just moments away. they call it traffic tuesday, but things aren't quite your standard for that. the metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza and in san francisco we have the delays laura was talking about. more about that, coming up. taking a live look outside. san francisco. beautiful city by the bay this morning. just one of the greatest places in the world to live. lucky us. 6:00 on this tuesday, june 3rd. this is "today in the bay." good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon.

>> i'm scott mcgrew. hundreds of cable cars and trains are sitting empty as workers call in sick for the second day in a row. bob redell live in san franci o francisco. bob, muni workers can't legally strike. that's not allowed. sickouts are the next best thing. but even the protest leaders can't publicly say don't come in. the union representing didn't organize yesterday's sickout, it appears that was something done on behalf of the workers. a proposed labor contract and they are doing it again today. the second day in a row. this according to muni they're telling us that about 300 transit operators have called in sick for today. that is fewer than who called in yesterday. yesterday around 400 and today around 300. that still not enough to get the transit back to full service because they typically have around 600 transit operators in the bay. so, be running around half

capacity. so, you do have some buses leaving here from the bus barn here at mariposa and bryant but not the complete number you'd have on a tuesday morning. as a result, the muni is telling you that there will be a major impact to service today again. in an effort to discourage the sickout, they did release this memo to its employees alerting them they need a doctor's note if they need to get paid for yesterday's sickout and today and any possible future sickouts. yesterday about 400 workers called in sick causing long lines and major delays and forcing them to get packed into these buses. a lot more tighter corridors than normal. the transit operators a contract with muni that would pay them $32 the second highest rate in the country. require the workers to kick in an additional 7.5% towards their pension.

>> i was looking forward to the cable cars. my parents used to live here and they talked about how great everything was. that would have been a great attraction to city see the fact that it's not going on is kind of disappointing. >> muni also tweeted out this morning that they will be supplementing cable car lines with shuttle bus service but they put the caveat that they recommend that you try to find an alternate mode of transportation. again, about 300 people, workers have called in sick today. on a normal day, roughly 600 operators in and today is about half and they are expecting, unfortunately, major delays and major impact on service. reporting here, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> make for a tough one and mike joins us with a look at how traffic is going so far. >> surface street traffic and muni riders have to find some sort of way around this. major delays reported by the system and b.a.r.t. is trying to

help. along some of those lines market street area where b.a.r.t. runs along the same stretch. b.a.r.t. system honoring the fares and into the downtown san francisco area. keep that in mind as one of your alternates and cal tran into the city eand have delays for muni. surface streets affected by the slower commute for the riders and so far the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge move pretty smoothly getting into san francisco. on the east bay the approach towards the maze and no real problems and look at the bay bridge toll plaza and this is traffic tuesday and we have the metering lights on before 6:00 and all lanes are filled and all visibly moving and we're talking about the possible shift to the summer schedule and looking over towards oakland, as well. a live look past the coliseum and shows you traffic moves nicely on the northbound side and good burst of traffic through oakland and through san leandro. speed sensors flowing smoothly

through that area and off walnut creek, danville not a problem. northbound and southbound direction and there's the rest of your bay with a little slowing northbound and, of course, the tri-valley. back to you. >> thanks, mike. decision 2014 this morning primary races heating up across the country, including right here in california. >> voter turnout is expected to be low here in the bay area despite a number of important issues. kris sanchez will join us in a moment with a look at the controversial weed for votes campaign but let's kick off our coverage with christie smith live in oakland. christie, the feds will be monitoring the polls in alameda and napa counties today. interesting. >> that's right, good morning to you. voters in two counties here in california are going to have extra company when they head to the polls this morning and that's because the feds say they're going to be keeping an eye out and making sure that poll workers are in compliance with the voting rights act. that bans discrimination based on a person's race or the

language that they speak. the department of justice says they will monitor actually three counties nationwide. alameda and napa county and then one other county in new mexico. we shot new video this morning of firefighters helping to set up at a polling place here in oakland. these federal monitors not entirely new. in 2011, the justice department sued claiming that voters re who needed help who spoke spanish, cantuneez or mandarin had their rights violated. alameda county is required to provide bilingual help and translated ballots for voters. outreach efforts are paying off. 1,300 bilingual workers are on for today when those polls open up. meantime, governor jerry brown holds a commanding lead in his bid for another term and also be voting here in oakland a little bit later this morning. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the

bay." >> thank you. one of today's key races is for sheriff in santa clara county. laurie smith is up against her captain kevin jensen. >> in the state assembly, two of those david campos and david chu. experts say it's likely voters will face the same choice in november because of the top two primary. nearly a dozen pot clubs will be passing out free weed to their numbers today as part of a very unusual campaign, one that really has the attention of the santa clara county attorney, as well. >> kris sanchez is live where they're rewarding voters cannabis friendly. >> this is not exactly ea free for all. these people had to register to vote months ago and even when they show up, they have to have

a legal medical marijuana card to take advantage of some of the offers today. but on a day where there is no pot-related issue on the ballot, it could be a show of force to see how much political muscle these medical marijuana folks have. now, this is something put together by the silicon valley cannabis coalition that weed for votes campaign and ten dispensaries are offering things like discounts and free pot for people who show up with a ballot stub or even one of those i voted stickers. over and over again voters have said yes to medical marijuana when it has shown up on the ballot and it passed overwhelmingly in 2010. medical marijuana advocates are hoping that they can rally their supporters to vote for cannabis-friendly candidates by offering up that free pot. is it legal? "because there are candidates for federal office on the ballot, the offer may violate section 597 and depending on how the offer is administered."

in plain language, it could violate laws. now, this offer may have less to do with the election today and more to do with rallying medical marijuana supporters to show up at san jose city hall where they are expected to vote on a marijuana ordinance that would cut the number of dispensaries from about 1,000 right now to just 20, as well as the limit the hours of operation and places where the dispensaries could set up shop and let's not forget several of the council members at san jose city hall are running for mayor. you can find more information about the collectives that are participating in the weed for votes campaign today. also find out everything you need to know about election day on our website. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." our election coverage continues on our website, nbcbayarea.com and click on the election box on the first page and find election blog and a link to results from all over the bay area county as they come in. across the bay area, good day to get out to vote and time to check the forecast as we look

outside and things are warming up as the sun is out this morning. things are certainly going to warm up by the end of the week. christina has a look at the microclimate forecast. >> good morning to you scott, laura, everybody at home. second day of the workweek and more of the same. repeat performance basically. maybe about three to five degrees warmer with more sunshine but that's about it. we're going to hold on to the 70s inland. really comfortable day shaping up for us, especially in the south bay. 54 degrees down here to kick off the day. look at your temperatures. just about uniform this morning and i can show you the reasons why. we have the blanket of low clouds over the entire bay area. it's going to stay put, at least for the next couple hours and as a result our temperatures will stay down for today. but you can see little bit of clearing already taking place here in the south bay. want to show you the various skies over the bay area right now. mostly cloudy in the south bay and same cloudy sky in san rafael and really looking good out there in the tri-valley, wind mills getting a little bit of a breeze out there. gorgeous day shaping up.

once we lose that cloud cover. temperatures are going to be warm and end up in the 70s and you can see a little bit of coastal drizzle until about 8:00 a.m. and then a lot of sunshine for the second half of the day. look at these numbers, 76 not bad in the south bay. back to you, scott and laura. >> thank you much. time now 6:11. still ahead "today in the bay" president obama arrives in europe. coming up, what he just said about that controversial decision to swap a u.s. soldier for taliban prisoners. and a nationwide manhunt ends in front of tourists in san francisco. we'll tell you how authorities got ryan chamberlain in handcuffs. and a live look at the bus yards in san francisco. a reminder a muni sickout today. half the vehicles are running. full coverage coming up in just a minute.

gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became

speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller.

at 6:14. here's a look at today's top stories. hundreds of muni workers have called in sick for the second day in a row. transit operators are protesting a proposed labor contract with muni. all routes are experiencing major delays right now. syrian president assad widely expected to win the presidential election in damascus today. people casting their votes amid the country's ongoing civil war. president assad running against two other opponents. president obama is in poland today meeting with poland's president to discuss security concerns. particularly in the crisis in ukraine. president obama said the u.s. plans to send more soldiers to europe. speaking of the president's trip, moments ago, president obama spoke out about the

prisoner swap that freed sergeant bowe bergdahl from the taliban. >> we don't leave our men or women in uniform behind. regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be. we still get an american soldier back. period. >> bergdahl was freed in exchange for five taliban leaders and kutar was the middleman in those negotiations. civil lawmakers criticized that exchange saying it puts a price on the lives of u.s. soldiers. 6:15 an fbi fugitive after a nationwide manhunt in front of unsuspecting people. >> that is the guy they were looking for on the news. >> seriously? >> he is where we were. >> the arrest captured on cell phone video in san francisco, but some of the details about why he was wanted still a little murky.

"today in the bay" peggy bunker joins us live in studio. the fbi expected to brief us in a few hours. >> they are about 8:30 this morning, laura. we will get the fbi and san francisco police briefing. a lot of questions with ryan chamberlain a threat to anyone but himself. despite being called armed and dangerous, he was certainly in the depth of despair. >> that's the guy they were looking for on the news. >> this is witness video of his arrest and shows chamberlain being head away hunched over the car looking very uncomfortable. despite the national coverage and search for him, turns out he wasn't that far from home at all. he hung around his neighborhood having a drink at a local bar withdrawing cash from a local atm and hanging out at crissy field that's where the 2008 nissan altima was spotted leading to this arrest. >> after a couple minutes of reporting it, i realized it was something big because it was more than just regular police that were here.

homeland security and fbi showed up really fast. >> now, back to the car. that bomb squad was called into the parking lot to search the white car. no guns or explosives were found. while police and the fbi say that chamberlain was considered to be armed and dangerous, fellow colleagues say he did seem to be disappointed in his career and depressed. >> when you read, i think, what he's written it's a much more personal experience of disappointment and personal loss that i think any one of us could have suffered. i read it and i was sad. >> referring to a letter there that chamberlain reportedly posted that sounded like a farewell letter. he also tweeted out yesterday, nothing they're saying is true reportedly alleging about media reports of what kind of person he was and also that he was armed and dangerous. now, interestingly a campaign to raise money for his legal defense fund and several friends donated money and expressed sympathy for a tough year that

chamberlain endured. so far they raised $35,000. back to you. >> thanks so much, peggy. continuing coverage on our website, as well. nbcbayarea.com and search fugitive for a look at ryan chamberlain's life and you can also read the entire note he left behind before he was arrested. that's all on nbcbayarea.com. in the moantime, let's check your forecast as we give you a live look outside. we'll start with san jose and some of the clouds rolling in this morning. >> and taking you further north up in san rafael this morning. we'll check that morning commute as we look through the bottom of the screen through the s-curve right there. christina has a look at that all-important microclimate forecast. >> we have a good-looking day shaping up. 6:18. thank you for waking up with us each and every day. you might wind down your school year for the kiddos and not very summer-like for today but it will as we get into the end of the week. got to put right on your radar right off the bat we have the

triple digits just around the corner now and looks like we'll get it to this hot stretch and it will continue as we head into next week, as well. start up that heat and really kicking in by friday. but for today these low clouds keeping us nice and comfortable. this is what you can expect "today in the bay." patchy drizzle and mostly clear conditions. by about lunchtime clouds break apart for mid-day and then gradual clearing until about noon. three to five degrees warmer and more sunshine for today throughout your inland valleys and then we'll see the clouds roll back in this evening and not as thick and as a result tomorrow morning waking up with half as much cloud cover. temperatures are going to start to climb. enjoy the mid-70s. for today in the south bay, the peninsula 76 for you and right around 76 degrees in san francisco and 77 for wine country and it's going to be warm out there in the extreme east bay and want to keep that in mind, up to 83 degrees but much warmer as we get into the coming days. let me show you where we're headed via your warming trend.

we'll be at 89 on saturday and i just want to bring this to your attention, temperatures will stay hot all weekend long and even next week, warmer than average. so, we are getting into that time of year. this is pretty standard, although still have a couple nice days before that heat cranks. here's mike and your drive. >> turn our camera here over towards story road and you see this box truck here on the side. a huge cloud of smoke in the next couple minutes and a big deal and then clear the person driving got out and walked around and checked things out. 101 at story road right there. let's look at the maps and have slowing through the san jose area and pretty typical pattern here a little lighter than we typically see for a tuesday. tuesday through the summer we'll see traffic pack in a little bit later. let's get a live look outside. the muni bus where bob redell is at, as well. we do see a number of buses there.

bob reports the muni system is experiencing about half of the drivers on staff right now this morning. only 50% capacity. that means more delays like yesterday. no express buses going. all local. that means all buses make every stop adding to more delays for you. keep that in mind thisern moing. but as far as your drive into and out of san francisco, you're moving nicely. around the bay a pretty typical pattern and the livermore area in towards dublin experiencing some slowing and less traffic than we'd expect on a typical tuesday through pleasanton and into sunol. we edo have an earlier crash and some debris and slow down from danville in towards san ramon and your commute direction, of course, southbound there. walnut creek interchange and out of the north bay and highway 37 slows to an earlier crash. we'll end with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we have all your lanes backing

up because the metering lights are on and indicator of a lighter volume of traffic and those muni delays in san francisco is the biggest headache for commuters today. >> for sure. >> thanks, mike. still ahead on "today in the bay" taking the sharks out of the tank. the two local venues in the running for an outdoor hockey game.

6:24 right now. traffic looks fairly light on

the golden gate bridge, but we are talking about another muni sickout. it could get heavier and we'll check with mike and our live coverage, coming up. 6:24. brazil set to start the world cup in less than two weeks and one of its stadiums isn't even complete. tomorrow the fire department will go out to the stadium to do a weight stress test. that's to make sure the stands can support the more than 65,000 people expected to attend every game. the construction of that stadium has had a number of issues. three workers were killed in separate construction accidents. and this morning, bay area soccer fans heading to the world cup may have to be extra cautious. the u.s. department of state is warning travelers to avoid protests aimed at the world cup. protesters are upset at the government in brazil, claiming the country spent millions of dollars on the soccer game, but not enough on the citizens. tourists can expect tight security, but that still won't scare some away.

>> want to be seen as a safe tourist place. of course, they'll increase the security. so, yeah, with that, i'll definitely feel even more secure. >> head to brazil and cheer on two san jose earthquake players and the action kicks off june 12th. san jose sharks still in the running for an outdoor hockey game. here's what we know so far, two sites in the running. at&t park in san francisco or levi stadium in santa clara. >> check out this tweet a rendition of what the park would look like. at&t park with a rink in the middle. so far the nhl has made an official announcement about who will host next season's games. 6:26. still ahead, we're tallying up classroom absences but it's the teachers playing hooky. the two bay area cities where teachers are missing a whole lot of school days. and president obama arrives in europe. we'll tell you where he crossed paths with vladimir putin and

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a shorter summer vacation. we'll tell you which bay area city could cut back your kids' break from school. and we've got some changes coming to your forecast. low clouds and sun for today. that warming kicks in tomorrow and then the heat cranks this weekend. we'll give you your microclimate changes in just a few moments. and, again, for san francisco major delays for folks who use muni as their commute across town and we're looking at south bay where a new crash bogging down the bay shore freeway. and we have a live look at the opening bell on the new york

stock exchange on wall street. the dow has set yet another record over on the nasdaq. nasdaq not doing as well as we count down to the opening buzzer on the nasdaq marketplace. today is tuesday, june 3rd. this is "today in the bay." well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new video of president obama arriving in poland. this is an important trip. the president will cross paths with russian president vladimir putin and also speaking out about the controversial decision to rescue sergeant bowe bergdahl from the taliban. tracie potts joins us live in washington, d.c., with the very latest. >> when the president got to poland this morning the first thing he said was that his focus is protecting our nato allies

there. he also later talked about bergdahl and for the first time publicly defended that decision to switch taliban leaders for the american p.o.w. but we begin this morning in poland with the president asking congress for a billion dollars to shore up our resources there. president obama arrived in warsaw this morning to commemorate the reeelection but the focus is urging our eastern european allies to keep the pressure on russia and back off in ukraine. >> we have begun rotating additional ground troops and f-16 aircrafts into poland. this is going to help our forces train together. >> reporter: mr. obama and russian president vladimir putin will both attend commemorating the 75th anniversary of d-day and no one-on-one plans between them. putin scheduled to sit down with france's president and britain's prime minister but not mr. obama. the state department calls

russia hypocritical, calling for peace in ukraine while sending in weapons and troops. >> russia is doing nothing to stop these activities. >> reporter: president obama traveled to europe today leaving big issues behind. veterans hospitals under scrutiny in need of new leadership and controversy about the release of an american p.o.w. in exchange for five top taliban leaders. now, this morning we also heard the president break down that billion dollars that he is asking congress for. be for military exercises and training in eastern europe to beef up our military presence, our naval presence in the region and also to help some of those countries along the russian border strengthen their own forces there. >> certainly a lot going on and you had mentioned, as well, the president defending the prisoner swap that freed sergeant bowe bergdahl from the taliban. >> first of all, we leave no men or women behind in the course of

war. defending the fact that they went after him and they were willing to make this prisoner exchange. but the president also said that this was the best opportunity for them to try to get him out and he talked about the fact that the taliban leaders that were released won't have any eeffect on american security. as he put it, i wouldn't release them if i would think it would put america at risk. 6:33. a check of your forecast as we give you a live look outside this morning at the hills of dublin. and check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. all that moisture coming in off the pacific will keep our hills nice and moist, which is great news for fire season. as you know, we're in a drought and it could be much warmer as we're getting into the month of june. now, we're at the third day and temperatures are going to feel much cooler than average because of the clouds you see on your screen right there. that's san jose. low clouds span inland this

morning and as a result we're talking about the 70s. we'll trade the 70s in for the 90s, though, once we lose all this cloud cover. i want to show you what the bay area looks like from space this morning. widespread low clouds with the thickest consenerated right now over the north bay and the peninsula. keep that in mind, travel cautiously. might have to use your windshield wipers for five minutes at a time and we'll see this fog clear pretty rapidly in your inland valleys by 9:00 a.m. and wait for that clearing at the coastline potentially until about 1:30. but weather headlines tells a story. low clouds making way to beautiful sunshine later on today. as we get into tomorrow, that warming trend kicks in and we'll trade those 70s in for widespread 80s and then we're talking about triple-digit heat potentially as we get into this weekend. we'll take you to those changes coming up in my next report. for today and into the next few days temperatures will be warmer. who will see the century mark. mike, back to you.

>> take you for a live look out there first of all and show you the muni yard where bob redell continues to report. 300 sick calls and half the staff they expect for a normal morning commute. a number of buses still in the yard, not a good thing for the folks riding muni out to the maps. we'll talk about major delays system wide like yesterday. no express service and every bus makes every stop adding to your delays. once you catch the bus, riding more frequently. into san francisco and trying to help alleviate some of that traffic. you know, they travel the same roadway underneath the market street area, for example, where you can find b.a.r.t. as an alternate. into the city, as we drive across the golden gate and the bay bridge, we're looking over towards the bay bridge toll plaza and looking over towards the south bay first and talking about the slow down. i forgot about this. northbound 85 and some debris

reported as you approach 17 and also the live look at 101. we had a box truck over on the right side heading away from us. you see it right by the pillar facing away from us. a tow truck arrive and then they left. all lanes cleared. the northbound slowed coming towards us because of a crash at mckie that moved out of the roadway, as well. the tri-valley and approaching the bay bridge with no major issues on the east shore freeway, as well. good news for traffic tuesday. we expect a heavier volume of traffic. >> that shows how you cover the entire bay area. >> there you go, thanks a lot, mike. when it comes to classroom attendance, turns out plenty of teachers play hooky. a think tank in washington, d.c., listed 234,000 teachers in 40 of the countries largest school districts. it found teachers miss an average of 11 days. 16% of all teachers are considered chronically eabsent because they miss 13 days or

more. in sacramento, more than 51% of teachers are chronically absent. in san francisco 41% and in san jose it is 45%. the study looked at short-term absences, didn't count absences for serious illnesses or maternity or paternity leave. the pleasanton school board scheduled to make a decision on a controversial proposal that would reduce summer vacation to seven weeks. according to "mercury news" a lot of parents complained about the idea. the school leaders want to modify the district's academic calendar somehow. board members are considering five options, all of which include 180 days of break time per school year. the most extreme would cut summer breaks to seven weeks and add a two-week break in the fall. it's 6:37. still ahead, a ban on bring back our girls protest. we'll tell you why nigeria is cracking down on demonstrations even though hundreds of school

girls are still in the hands of terrorists.

happening now, polling stations in syria are now open as they cast their votes in the presidential election. assad casting his vote. he is widely expected to win despite a devastating three-year civil war. more than 160,000 people have died in that ongoing war. the syrian opposition calls

today's election a sham. checkpoints on patrol near tiananmen square. marks six years since they sent troops to crush prodemocracy protests in the square. to this day the exact death toll is unknown. hundreds perhaps thousands of people were killed. china banned any remembrances of the massacre since then. it is not taught in chinese scho schools and scrubbed from china's internet. there are reports that china has banned google ahead of tomorrow's anniversary. nigerian protests aimed at bringing back hundreds of school girls. police say the protests have strayed away from the original message and now posing a serious security threat. police say dangerous people could join the groups under the guise of protests and then set off explosives. the girls were kidnapped by terror group boko haram nearly seven weeks ago. the nigerian government knows

where the girls are being held, but too dangerous to go in after them. 6:41. coming up, the second day of the muni sickout and we'll tell you what it means for commuters hoping to catch a bus or train or cable car in san francisco. we're live at one of the san jose handing out free samples to any member wearing an i voted sticker.

at 6:44. happening now. many muni employees scheduled to work today have called in sick for the second day in a row. their absence is a form of protests. bob redell live in san francisco this morning. bob, muni workers can't strike,

that's allowed. these sickouts are what they call the next best thing. >> that is correct. good morning to you, laura. they're doing it again for the second day in a row. you can see some of the muni buses are leaving the bus barn, but i'm only emphasizing the word some, not all of them will be leaving so this morning muni tells us about 300 transit operators have called in sick for today. they say that as a result, there will be a major delay. a service you can expect crowded buses and delays of up to 60 minutes. so, around 300 have called in sick. on a normal day you would have roughly 600 transit operators to do the math. that means half the level of service. that is an improvement from yesterday. yesterday 400 call in sick. 400 more vehicles on the road this morning. the transit agency did try to discourage workers from doing a second day of a sickout. they released this memo to their employees last night alerting

them that they will need a doctor's note if they want to get paid for yesterday's sickout and any other sickouts that might be happening, including today's. yesterday about 400 muni workers called in sick causing long lines, major delays for san francisco commuters. the transit operators are protesting a transposed labor contract with muni, one that would pay them $32 an hour. the second highest paid transit workers in the country. but the contract would also require these workers to kick in an additional 7.5% towards their pension. >> your pay keeps going down, real pay keeps going down when you have to pay $4.25 a gallon and commute two to three hours to get to your job in san francisco. what are you going to do? you are going to be pretty angry. >> the muni corporation, board of members or whatever. it's everybody else. >> we spoke with another muni rider yesterday who reminded us that the transit agency is asking this november to approve

a $500,000 bond issue that would help improve muni service. his feeling is that yesterday's sickout will only antagonize voters. muni telling us another partial sickout today. tuesday the second day in a row 300 of the roughly 600 transit workers calling in sick again. they are saying expect delays of up to 60 minutes and those buses, again, will be very crowded. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> what about the drivers that did show up, are they talking to you at all or trying to get on their routes? trying to get on their routes. an early morning for those who do have to come in and i wouldn't be surprised to know that maybe for them getting on these buses while their colleagues are out maybe not as normal a experience as they would like considering that some of those commuters are not going to be entirely happy with the situation. >> right, exactly. thanks so much, bob. let's bring in mike inouye.

mike, how is traffic looking because people will use cars when they might not have before. >> across town traffic just like yesterday likely to see the increase and muni has been tweeting out a lot of information and that's a twitter account and a lot of that stuff has to do with aulner tts and the bikes and the walking paths and they're trying to get that information out there, yeah, scott. a lot more cars and a lot more buses. sounds like only about half of them. expect delays and getting into the city itself showing the bay area a lighter flow of traffic and you see the freeways are not a problem. muni riders experience the delays and not a lot of surface street qucongestion and there a no express lines. every bus makes every stop as we have been telling you, as well. looking over towards the east bay as you try to get through the maze and smoother drive west 580 and approaching the toll

plaza, a quick look at the toll plaza and all of your lanes filled in. look at this, 6:48 and that is late to see this much movement this quick of a flow of traffic for the fastrak lanes and don't typically see much movement. back at the maps the rest of your bay as we zoom out. pretty normal pattern with a lighter volume and less slowing. look at the south bay, a nice flow northbound and southbound 880 the worst of it coming out of san leandro and looks like it is cleared but additional slowing there as well as your tri-valley northbound. let's take a peek outside this morning and looking across the water near emeryville. nice, cool start to our day. things will heat up and we'll check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> what a pretty shot. we have many to choose from this morning and all your different microclimates kind of giving you different sky this morning. already getting some clearing here in the south bay, for example. meanwhile, you are overcast. gray to start gloomy conditions

out in san francisco and around the inner bay and everything is going to change as we get into this afternoon. we're already seeing some sunshine this morning out in the extreme east bay and your temperatures mostly in the 50s and 57 degrees not a bad way to kick off the day in the silicon valley and temperatures comfortable here and across the board. the low clouds expand all the way inland and as a result of that natural coolant making its way to the tri-valleys and temperatures aren't going to soar for today. overcast start and little patchy drizzle as you make your way out the front door and see the clouds break apart and let the sunshine through. by about 10:00 a.m. throughout your inland valleys have to wait until 1:30 p.m. today but you'll get more sunshine today than we saw yesterday. in san francisco, as a result, your temperatures will be about three to five degrees warmer. then that sun will set today at 8:23. days getting longer and making it harder to get to sleep if you're someone like us who has to get up early. what i can tell you temperatures tonight comfortable and anything

you want to do outdoors and even nice enough for an evening run. 53 degrees in san francisco for today and comfortable conditions. as you know, that time of year when those microclimates kick in and we're going to be 20 degrees milder out in the extreme east bay. definitely getting kind of hot out there, not as hot as what we're expecting as we get into the weekend. for today, mid-70s in the south bay and 83 in the extreme east bay and by tomorrow temperatures climb even more so and close to 90 degrees by saturday. we'll keep you updated, though. back to you, scott and laura. an fbi fugitive now in custody this morning after a nationwide manhunt ended here in the bay area right in front of unsuspecting people. >> guy they were looking for on the news. >> seriously? >> the arrest captured on cell phone in san francisco some of the details, though, why he was wanted still murky this morning. "today in the bay" peggy bunker joins us. peggy, the fbi expected to brief us in a couple hours. >> scott, we're really looking

forward to that. when we get this fbi breaching at 8:30 this morning, a lot of those questions will be about ryan chamberlain a threat to anyone but himself. despite being called armed and dangerous by police, associates say that he was simply in the depths of despair. >> that's the guy they were looking for on the news. >> now, that is witness video of the arrest and shows chamberlain being led away in cuffs and hunched over and asking for help. despite the national coverage and search for him, he did say in his home area and didn't try to hide too hard. he had a drink at a local bar and withdrew cash from an atm and found sitting on the beach at crissy field. that's where the nissan altima he was driving was spotted leading to his arrest. >> he was panicked and asking for help and he knew i was filming him, also, i think that's when the police realized i was filming him they wanted to

get me out of the area. >> he was initially deemed armed and dangerous and then the fbi later backed off of that and said he wasn't posing any kind of public threat. still, the bomb squad called into that parking lot to search the car and no guns or explosives were found. describing personal and financial difficulties and that letter read everything in the matter of a few months. people who know chamberlain are trusting. >> when you read what he's written, a much more personal experience of professional disappointments and personal la loss that i think any one of us could have suffered. i read it and i was sad. >> one last thing to know he posted yesterday on twitter said nothing they're saying is true. a campaign to raise money for chamberlain's legal defense fund has just started up and several friends have donated money and expressed sympathy for the recent tough year he has gone

through. so far they raised $4,500. he'll need that cash. he is expected in federal court at 9:30. scott? >> interesting to hear what the charges are. >> that's what we're waiting to find out and seems a bit murky what they found in that apartment. the more i dig, the more i find people expressing personal concern for him. >> thank you much. at 6:54, now to decision 2014. this morning, primary races are heating up across the country, including right here in california. >> voter turnout expected to be low here in the bay area, though there are a number of important issues. kris sanchez will join us in a moment with a look at a controversial weed for votes campaign in san jose. let's start our coverage off with "today in the bay" christie smith live in oakland. christie, the feds will be monitoring the polls in alameda and napa counties today. >> that's right, good morning, scott. i just took a look inside oakland and every language you

could think of. boxes of it stacked up and ready to go when the polls open up at 7:30 this morning and part of the reason why the feds are monitoring here in alameda county to make sure they're in compliance with the voting rights act which bans discrimination based on language or a person's race. now, they're going it be monitoring the justice department alameda county, napa county and also one county in new mexico. we did shoot new video inside the polling place this morning and feds have watched elections in alameda county since 2011. and the justice department sued claiming that poll workers violated the rights of voters who needed help in languages like cant neez and mandarin and spanish. according to "costa contra times" the registrar of voters is very optimistic saying they have 1,300 bilingual poll workers ready to go for today.

media are gathering out here because mayor governor jerry brown seeking re-election and casting his ballot this morning within the next 30 minutes or so right here in oakland. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, christie. we are watching several key races today. among them measure b in san francisco. the goal preventing hotel development along the water front. in the south bay, the big race is for mayor. five major candidates trying to get into a two-person runoff in november. four of the candidates are city council members. the fifth is santa clara county supervisor and the two with the most votes face each other in november. >> one of the mayoral candidates waking up in a hospital room. rose herrera felt dizzy and had high blood pressure during a candidate's forum on sunday night. she is expected to be released

from the hospital today. pot clubs around san jose are giving away marijuana to members today but nuothing is fr free, apparently not even pot. >> kris sanchez live in san jose where nearly a dozen pot clubs are taking part in this weed for votes campaign. good morning, chrkris. >> good morning. this is one of 20 pot dispensaries offering up free e freebies and discounts. put together a voter guide for folks to take to the ballot box with them. all organized by the cannabis coalition and about half of them, about 20 are participating in today's weed for votes campaign. anyone who shows up with a i voted sticker will get a price break or something for free. even without that, voters have overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana back to 2010 when if was made legal and today is a test of that political muscle when there is no pot issue on the ballot. >> well, you know, it's kind of

like smoke the boat or whatever you want to call it. trying to bring awareness to today's movement. that is really our goal. >> the question a lot of folks have, is it legal? the santa clara county district attorney's statement reads because candidates for federal office on the ballot violate 18 u.s. code section 597 and depending on how the offer is administered, it may violate california law. what does that mean in plain english? it could violate laws meant to prevent voter influence. silicon valley cannabis coalition is hoping marijuana supporters will show up at san jose city hall where the council is set to vote on a marijuana ordinance that would cut the number of dispensaries from about 1,000, they say, to about 20 as well as limit hours of operation in places where the dispensaries could set up shop and let's not forget several of those council members that you mentioned earlier are running for mayor of san jose. you can find out more information about the weed for

vote and you can also find out everything you need for your election day, as well. in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bayiaria news. >> thank you very much. well, in the meantime, you're looking at people camping out outside the shark tank in san jose in hopes of making it into the monster pit. these are lady gaga fanatics. they hope spending the night out in the cold will get them to the front row of the concert. fans know the area closest to the stage as the monster pit because lady gaga calls her fans little monsteres. getting a front row seat isn't the only appeal. some fans have made free camp out a tradition. >> i came by myself the first time i came. i made a lot of friends last year, so i came back, again. >> so worth it. the music and just her and everything is always worth it. >> no poker face there. they're showing their true colors. some people have been camping out since yesterday morning. the concert starts tonight at 7:30.

>> if they don't get in, james taylor is playing. >> that's the same kind of crowd. >> you've got a friend. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update. defiende el intercambio de as nbc learned the army is launching an inquiry into bergdahl's disappearance. captures fbi manhunt accused of stockpiling explosives in his home comes to a dramatic end at the golden gate grudge. what do investigators think he was planning. dan marino joins the multii