san francisco. a major off-ramp now closed. we'll be live at the scene, next. plus follow the impact of the traffic on your morning commute because it will have lasting effects well into that. injured giants fan bryan stow in a los angeles courtroom as the civil trite over his brutal beating conditions. what doctors are saying about his condition. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. interesting changes in the work cloudier tracking a rare chance for summer showers through tomorrow and then crank the heat. late weekend into next week. we'll take you through your microclimate changes. a live look outside this morning san jose. it's wednesday, june 25th. this is "today in the bay." very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon.

>> i'm scott mcgrew. we begin with breaking news this morning. a crash in san francisco on the fifth street off ramp. a terrible fire of a bmw, as it fled the chp. stephanie chuang is live out in san francisco this morning. there's the map of the area. let's join stephanie. good morning. what happened? >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. active investigation into what happened. we do know that two people are dead from the crash. we don't know from where. their identities either. the chp saying they were in what you see now a wrecked older model, bmw convertible here on the fifth street off-ramp. this came up stolen. the chase started in oakland. we are on the fifth street off-ramp and there's an investigation happening. you can see the car burst into flames. san francisco firefighters able to put that car fire out. one firefighter says there's an accident at this off-ramp once every month or two.

the turn itself is okay but people take it extremely fast. this time extremely the fast the case. one of the chp officers involved in chase says it started around 3:00, that he and his partner ran the plates after it came up stolen. this was heading into the toll plaza area. the car didn't stop and then started to really speed up near the new bay bridge tower. the officer says he was going up to 120, 130 miles an hour giving suspects in that car some space. if you want to come back live. there are plenty of officers here. this is a chp oakland area investigation because it started over there. i want to take you up the offstreet ramp. investigating happening up there. we believe the car hit the k rail going more than 100 miles an hour and ended up here. the officer even saying he didn't see brake lights. so he and his partner allowed the car to take the turn. he and his partner slowed down their car and then of course

this is what happened. so this is the third crash, we're told in about a week and a half at this very area very dangerous. this of course tying up traffic. for that we go to mike inouye for all of the details. >> good morning, stephanie. right out to video -- this is the bay bridge, the span moves smoothly now. but we do have video that you may have seen with traffic if you're joining us for the traffic report. a major traffic area getting into san francisco. flames were put out after a crash. high speed pursuit, or at least a pursuit from oakland side chp chasing someone across the bridge. got off fifth street in san francisco where they crashed. this fire two are a result of the crash. a closure for the off-ramp. you see the traffic's not slowing at scene because it's very light right now. just the off-ramp closed and flashing lights and the closure, as folks hit the road a slowdown soon. there's a giants game this

afternoon. use b.a.r.t. or san mateo bridge. this morning, a veteran bay area firefighter is in critical condition after he was hurt during a training drill. live at highland hospital in oakland where the firefighter gave an encouraging sign we understand late last night. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 55-year-old mitchell ow has had a steady stream of visitors here at highland hospital especially from fellow firefighters. family is also at his side as he's being treated in intensive care unit. the 28-year veteran was at the helm of an aircraft rescue firefighter rig when somehow lost control of the truck and tipped it. the accident happened yesterday at oakland airport, before noon, during a red alert training exercise to test emergency response timed to airport incidents. ow was not ejected. the truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of water and 420 gallons of foam. because it was a drill, the best

possible care was nearby for ow's life threatening injuries. ow transferred to the unit to try something different. his nearly three-decade career known for being talented athletic, kind polite. the characteristics co-workers say you want in a firefighter. >> he's ready to work very good at working on the truck company, heavy rescue the type of person that you want on your crew the type of person if you call 911, you want him in your house, you want him to respond. >> reporter: chp is investigating the crash. the fire department's not commenting on the event that led up to the accident until the probe is complete. one encouraging sign a firefighter was visiting ow and ow gave him a thumbs up. certainly a good encouraging sign. we're all hoping he recovers. >> all right. we do wish him well thanks a

lot. a new report says uc berkeley and three other schools in california are not equipped to help victims of sex um assault. the state auditor reports staff members are not educated enough to counsel victims and take too long to respond to allegations. auditors are not able to determine how many complaints were made on each campus because schools do not pull reports from various departments, like housing and counseling or police departments. officials say universities need to make changes. injured giants fan bryan stow will be in a los angeles courtroom this morning as the civil trial accusing the los angeles dodgers of negligence continues. a doctor highed by the dodgers testified that 45-year-old has, quote, plateaued in his recovery recovery, meaning doctors can work with him but he'll never improve. according to "the l.a. times" the doctor recommends stow stay at his parents' home but be cared for by an atent dan.

beaten outside the stadium three years. the family saying there was not stuff stadium security to keep him face. the father of oscar grant iii took the stand in the suit against the former b.a.r.t. officer responsible for his son's death. oscar grant junior testified that he thinks the former officer killed his son on purpose. messerly said he meant to use his taser on grant but accidentally pulled out his gun and shot grant at the fruitville b.a.r.t. station 2009. grant jr. suing because he says the actions deprived him of a relationship with his son. mehserlely mehserle mehserle's attorney will argue that grant jr. deprived himself of the relationship with his son when convicted of murder in 1985. police are asking for your help to find a missing man that may be disoriented. last seen driving away from his

house around 9:00 yesterday morning. he has a medical condition which may have him unsettled. he was wearing a beige jacket brown pants, 5'7" african-american with gray hair. you see his photo. last seen driving blue 2008 mercury milan, license 6bah063. if you know anything call police. the ymca says it will be closing a popular location on the peninsula when its lease expires this fall. site in palo alto will close october 1st. the location's just to small and the organization decided to close it allow members to go to any other bay area location. that location serves about 3,000 people. >> it's 5:08. unusual distress call issued in south bay waterway. the drought is drying up ponds that overfill gardens park in san jose. people have illegally dumped pet

turtles there for decades. in a normal year the water district would fill the evaporateing ponds, but because of the drought, the pond are a low priority. there's a push to display more signed in the area showing visitors it's illegal to dump animals there. should seem like the way we could help save them. >> save the turtles. give them to kids who want turtles. meteorologist christina loren, chances of any kind of rain for the turtles? >> little bit of rain for the turtles. the best way to avoid that is always make sure you absolutely want that pet. you will be keeping that pet before you go to pet shop. 58 degrees in oakland. i learned the hard way. 59 mountain view. 55 degrees in half moon bay. i can tell you we have a chance for showers in the forecast very rare very unusual to see this in late june. but that's exactly what we're picking now now. the jet stream has taken a significant drop to the south and as a result it's bringing

that storm track into the bay area and whatever does develop as far as low pressure systems go they're going to ride that jet and end up here. a weak disturbance on the way as of tonight. 77 degrees as a result in the south bay today. 72, room temperature for the peninsula. it will be chilly out there in the east bay. and that also goes today for places like san francisco. only expecting upper 50s there, right at the coast a chilly day. what a difference a day makes. stop the clock at 8:00 and that's when we get a better chance for rain especially as we meet back here tomorrow morning. i'm taking you through the forecast. i'll let you know if you'll see any activity as far as measurable precipitation goes in my next report. right now, over to mike inouye. he's tracking that traffic alert. >> we have a couple. one in san francisco, we talked about that. i showed you the dramatic video of the car crash, the fire right here. that's the reason for the fifth street off-ramp that is closed right now getting off of the bay

bridge, that's westbound 80. major commute route, we don't have a lot of slowing yet but this will be closed for a couple of hours. stephanie chuang follows that scene. giants playing midday game that adds to the late warning traffic flow. so far, easy drive. we look at bay bridge toll plaza, nothing out of the ordinary right now for our live look there. you see more folks starting to hit the cash lanes. back to the maps use the san mateo bridge or b.a.r.t. because there are no delays for the systems no delays for mass transit. watching b.a.r.t. into san francisco. you might use that as alternate to the bay bridge if you travel later into the city. look at all of the folks funnel over to the area. so far smooth. san mateo bridge alternate. avoid 880 at warren because there's a crash blocking four lanes until we can get four tow trucks to clear the crash. 5:11 the federal know fly list deemed unconstitutioning but a federal judge.

what they're telling the government about that. new harsh words from north korea as anger over the james franco movie grows.

santa clara count taye proved a temporary ban on potshots. county officials were worried san jose's crackdown would send medical marijuana clinics into unincorporated parts of the city. they passed a ban. two weeks ago, san jose passed tough restrictions where clinics could operate. a federal judge says government's no fly list is

unconstitutional. the oregon judge has ruled air travel is a liberty, protected by the u.s. constitution. and while it's okay to make a list of people who are too dangerous to allow on a plane, she wants the u.s. to give people notice when included on the list and give them a reason why. that person must then have the ability to submit evidence and challenge the decision. the u.s. justice department is reviewing the ruling. the government has previously argued because there are other ways to travel there's no right to travel by air, and therefore you don't have a right to know why you're on the list or even that you are on the lisp. whole foods being ordered to pay $800,000 in fines for overcharging customers in california. investigators say the chain did not subtract the weight of the containers when selling food from the salad and food bar. the weight of the packaged foods less than what was on the label. prepared food deli items sold by the piece rather than by the

pound, as required by state law. whole foods says itd pricing was accurate 98% of the time. will make changes to minimize mistakes. new details about the firing of american apparel ceo dov charney, termination letter published by buzzfeed. it acups charney of refusing to take part in sexual harassment training, making deing torogatory remarks to employees and the board says it has had trouble attracting investors because of that man's bad behavior. for a quick look at markets, turn to courtney reagan, live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning courtney. >> good morning, scott. futures are higher after stocks lost steam tuesday, closing at lows of the session partly on concerns again about the crisis in iraq. dow had its biggest point drop in more than a month. data today on demand for big

ticket durable goods and a final look at first quarter gdp. economy expected to have contracted more than previously thought. but it is largely chalked up to the impact of severe winter weather which is past us. dow falling 119 points. the nasdaq also down 18 to 4350. >> thank you much. 5:17. >> congress looking for your take on driverless cars. at 11:00 this morning members of congress will hold a live facebook chat. they're going to take questions from users, talk about how advances in transportation will help to shape the future. before the event, lawmakers were supposed to take a ride in a driverless car to get a firsthand look how worked. this is video they were supposed to drive in. that car broke down. the car was brought in from carnegie melon university where scientists are working with do toll develop the prototypes. no word on what went wrong but the developers hope the car will

be back in working order today. what timing. >> interesting. what happens when your driverless car breaks down? >> exactly. >> driverless tow truck shows up. >> cool. let's leave it to meteorologist christina loren who is always thinking. >> science. good morning. more science right now. we've got an interesting day shaping up. scott mcgrew, he's been in the bay area for a while, why he knows everything about silicon valley business. scott you know we don't get rain around here this time of the year typically. laura, you know that as well. a rare chance we're not going to see much. don't pull out your umbrella. 59 in san francisco. 59 in mountain view. and we're kicking off the day at 58 in beautiful san jose. we are going to hit a high around 77 degrees later on today. it's going to be nice out there. want to show you what's happening. you can see the storm system slowly working its way into the northern california. that's increasing cloud cover as

we speak. and if you're going to be leaving san jose by 7:00 a.m. cloudy conditions at that point with stronger onshore flow. air quality forecast shows you with the storm system coming in we'll hold on to good air quality for the next couple of days. temperatures really hard to beat late june. 77 degrees in the south bay. 72 that's room temperature for today along the peninsula. one thing to deal with the clouds. but hey, that's not bad. typically we see the clouds this time of year. very, very normal to see the june gloom. 65 degrees in san francisco. what's not normal are the showers that we're expecting. actually organized system on its way. futurecast coming up. i'll show you exactly where we are pinpointing that chance. we actually do have a slight chance in the south bay. stick around. 78 degrees here in the south bay for friday. temperatures will start to climb. look at difference between saturday and sunday. next week, triple digit heat

returns to the forecast. right now, let's check your drive. a traffic alert. we have two alerts, mike? >> right. very early for this much to be going on. first, focus on getting into san francisco. right now the maps show you an easy drive. no backup at bay bridge toll plaza. smooth drive across the span. the fifth street off-ramp is closed. video, i'll step out of the screen. this is the reason why it's closed. a crash at fifth street off-ramp, two people are dead after a result of this. there is an investigation continuing. stephanie chuang follows up on why, what started that. this is the reason for the closure. back to the maps we talk about the closure, a distraction, expected to be there for a few hours this morning, well into the morning commute at the very least than will cause the big backup across the span. and giants game 12:45, if that closure lasts long enough folks heading into the city for theants game midday. so that will be a big issue. if you travel through the area consider richmond or san mateo

bridge as alternate. smooth drive north until the approach toward warren and mission, where there's another crash blocking four lanes northbound 880, four lanes one lane getting by. that has a major crash no major injuries but we need four tow trucks. still waiting for crews to arrive. a slower drive. use 680. that's why that blip shows up there. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. south bay's not a problem. san mateo bridge a live look that will be your option to the bay bridge as well. that moves smoothly across where the peninsula side. new this morning, upper house of the russian parliament has canceled resolution to use military force in ukraine. this comes after a request by russian president putin, the move intended to help support a peace process in ukraine. putin's action driven by his desire to avoid another round of sanctions which were discussed at a european union summit friday. secretary of state kerry attended a meeting of nato

foreign ministers in brussels today. the situations in ukraine and afghanistan expected to be high on the agenda. there were no signs russia is respecting its international commitments. he said nato foreign ministers would review what to do next. kerry's in the capital of belgium after a meeting with leaders in iraq earlier this week to discuss that country's political situation. 5:22. "new york times" reporting actor eli wallach has died considered one of the most prolific character actors in film and television. his 60-year career ended yesterday at age of 98. familiar face. best known for his roles in spaghetti westerns played a villain in a number of films including "the good, the bad, the quugsugly." the supreme court will issue new rulings. the court could release a decision of hobby lobby's

religious octobers to the affordable care act. the company does not want birth control coverage included in basic health care plans though the act calls for. judges could decide to stop aero to watch broadcast tv networks live or recorded. broadcast networks say it takes free programs on the air, sells access to them, but doesn't pay the networks for the right to do so. new, strong words from north korea as anger grows over the upcoming james frank comovie. promising retaliation if the interview released warning the u.s. government it does not act against the film it would be considered an act of war. interview shows franco with kim young un. earlier, north korea said kim will see the film when it's released in october. no word in that will still

happen. >> getting more serious. >> 5:23 football hockey u.s. men's soccer everybody hoping to land king james. we'll take a look next.

>> welcome back. the hard court, everyone's trying to get a piece of lebron james, even the teams in other sports. >> since james decided to opt out on the final year of contract with the heat twitter's gone crazy. the cowboys tweeting out -- >> suggesting that james would look good in cowboy blue. the detroit lions getting in on the action showing james what he would look like in the end zone as well. he said he'd like to try football before retiring. what about hockey? nhl's hurricanes tweeted out, king james you know you'd be 6'10" on skates #justsaying. u.s. soccer exploring the idea

of landing king jamess. tweeted, we heard you're opting out, we've got a new team as well.

breaking news. two people dead after a fiery crash in san francisco. investigators say it started as chp chased from the other side of the bay, now a major off-ramp in the city's closed. a live report from the scene next. that major off-ramp going to impact a major bridge the bay bridge. tracking the backup commute, different flow. i'll give you alternates. another alert for fremont, nimitz freeway is involved. plus, do you know this man? he could be responsible for a string of fires in san francisco. >> get ready for weather whiplash. showers in the forecast as we head through tonight into tomorrow. and then we are going to crank your heat towards that century

mark triple digits on the line. the time line for microclimate changes. >> a live look at the golden gate bridge. good morning. it wednesday, june 25th. this is "today in the bay." >> this is "today in the bay." >> happy wednesday to you as well. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. update to breaking news where a police chase ended in a horrific fiery crash. officers say they were trying to catch a stolen car when it slammed into a barrier, killing two people. it happened a few hours ago in san francisco. the fifth street off-ramp from westbound interstate 80 is shut down, as investigators gather evidence. stephanie chuang live at the scene. could be hours before they reopen the road? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. could be hours. the investigation very active right now.

the medical examiner's office arrived 15 20 minutes ago. the two bodies are still here actually. you see the car is wrecked, the bmw convertible. one person ejected six feet to the left the other remains inside the car. to the right, josh the investigation is happening also on this off-ramp with caltrans and chp investigators. we are told by one of the officers in the original pursuit that the car was going incredibly fast more than 100 miles an hour as it came down this off-ramp taking what is supposed to be a slow turn, maybe four times too fast. the car hit the k rail ended up here near harrison, and burst into flames. we have video of that. san francisco firefighters were able to put that car fire out within an hour or so. one firefighter telling me that there's an accident at this off-ramp once every month or two. this turn itself okay but people taking it too quickly. extremely fast. again, officer involved in the

chase says he and his partner ran the plates of the bmw in oakland. it came up stolen and this was heading into the toll plaza area. the car started to speed up near the new bay bridge tower. the officer says he was go so fast, up to 120, 130 miles an hour giving the suspects in the car room as is protocol. saw that the car wasn't stepping didn't the people the driver wasn't stepping on the brakes and took the turn. the chp officer kept going. and then this happened. there are officers here to the left waiting for other folks to arrive to -- for the investigation, i should say. the officer telling me that this is actually the third crash in about a week and a half. in addition to what is going to be bad traffic mess here on 80 heading into the city harrison, between 4th and 5th, also closed. but we'll have the latest with

the traffic part of the story with mike inouye throughout the show. stephanie chuang "today in the bay." >> we'll check in with him right now. he's got a look how this could possibly impact the morning commute. >> good morning. thanks to stephanie, we heard about the harrison closure as well. closed between 4th and 5th. 4th and harrison to or from the freeway, a huge issue. fifth street off of west 80. the bay bridge closed. toll plaza has a mild backup starting but expect heavier backup across that section. as we look at video, this is a crash, fiery crash, happened closing the fifth street off-ramp after a chase from the oakland side into san francisco. the off-ramp is closed the fire's out, but the investigation continues at scene. look at the map. off-ramp closed and slowing. folks trying to see what's going

on. you know, continue safely into the lane past the scene. smooth drive once you get to treasure island but past that slows into san francisco. avoid the bay bridge from now on until the rest of the clearing happens, maybe hours from now. use the b.a.r.t. system, if you can, toward alternate. consider the san mateo bridge. no delays across b.a.r.t. or the other mass transit systems like ac across the dumbarton and the san mateo smoothly. avoid bay bridge if you company look at 92 across the bay. okay so far. also mike will be tracking the situation all morning long for us. another update in a few minutes. get live traffic information on our website as well, nbcbayarea.com. click on the traffic tab. also new, arson investigators in san francisco spending part of the night looking through a pile of soggy trash, trying figure out how it caught fire the fire was between two buildings.

crews managed to spray it down before flames spread. the fire is suspicious. police think they may have spotted the arsonist in the video. now they hope someone will know this man in the tan shirt and giants baseball cap. there he is. they think he possibly he and possibly others have set a dozen or so fires in the soma neighborhood. fires have been at construction sites, trash bins and buildings. why an obama fire truck flipped over critically injuring the driver. the crash happened during a training exercise. the firefighter remains in critical condition. good morning, nanette. >> reporter: good morning, firefighter visiting mitchell ow at highland hospital said ow gave him an encouraging sign thumbs up. people are feeling a little bit of relief here. he has more to go because the 55-year-old sustained

life-threatening injuries when he tipped the firefighting rig he was driving yesterday during a training exercise. the drill test emergency response times to airport incidents. the accident happened before noon. the rig had 3,000 gallons of water and 420 gallons of foam. the 28-year veteran transferred to the airport unit because they wanted to try something different. you can imagine he developed many admirers during his long career. >> everyone has nothing but the kindest things to say about him and the contributions that he made to the organization and his service delivery within the city of oakland. we're really hoping that this turns out okay. >> reporter: ow has had a steady stream of visitors here. we're told his sister and wife are at his bedside in the intensive care unit. chp is investigating this accident.

until that investigation is complete the fire department will not comment on the events leading up to the crash. live in oakland, nanette miranda, "today in the bay." follow-up now. bill known as audrey's law headed to assembly after a watered down version passed a major hurdle yesterday. the law's named after audrey potts a high school teen sexually assaulted and photographed by three of her own classmates while unconscious. she later committed suicide. the attackers were sentenced to 30 to 45 days behind bars. the law originally called for a two-year mandatory sentence for juveniles found guilty of sexual sexually assaulting unconscious person, that's changed to mandatory counseling treatment. jail sentences in future cases are possible but that will remain up to the judge. former secretary of state clinton will be in the bay area today, she'll be in san francisco tonight discussing her new book "hard choices" the

appearance at orpheum theater nearly sold out. tomorrow at book passage in the ferry building to sign copies. the book focuses on her four years serving as secretary of state. with supporters activists say they will greet mrs. clinton at the orpheum theater urging her to oppose construction of the keystone xl pipeline. let's collect in with meteorologist christina loren today with a forecast a little bit of moisture ahead. >> a little bit of moisture. you know what? it feels good out there. it's refreshing. you know what happens? when we get that onshore flow that cool ocean air transported all the way inland, we have good air quality as a result. good morning. temperatures in the 50s. you can go sans jacket in san francisco but we're going to see a cool day right at the immediate coast with this storm approaching. right now you can see working its way into northern california. it is going to make its way into the bay area as we head

throughout tonight. right now bringing in some clouds right at the immediate coast along the peninsula. still mostly clear for you this d valley spots. highs for today. 77 degrees, hard to beat that in the south bay late june. 72, room temperature for the peninsula. 79 degrees in the extreme east bay. 65 san francisco. getting warm in the north bay today but ten degrees cooler than yesterday. you'll end up at 82 degrees out there. microclimate showing you temperatures dropping across the board. seven-day forecast scrolling here at the bottom of the screen. if you want to find out there's showers on the way to the microclimate every day right there for you. shower chance stop at clock at 10:00 p.m. you might have drizzle on your way home from work. storm approaching, getting shower activity on radar by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. futurecast shows you that. we'll talk about this and what's to come after that big warming

headed your way. right now, let's check on your drive. it's a rough one so far. >> good morning, christina. talking about the storm tomorrow. right now talking about the backup which is just getting started at bay bridge. west 80 we showed you that dramatic video, stephanie chuang continues to follow the deadly crash. two people have died as a result of a crash at fifth street closing off-ramp for the investigation west 80 slows off the bay bridge approaching san francisco side than will continue for hours. all of the folks heading over there the maze smoothly but expect the metering lights turned on early because of the expected backup. northbound 880, two rainer lanes that were closed just reopened from a crash. approaching warren and mission there's the slowdown it's recovering. rest of the bay smoothly throughout. we see no problems through oakland and the bay bridge toll plaza. live look for palo alto peninsula represented to the rest of the bay and the bay

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you are watching "today in the bay." secretary of homeland security will inspect border facilities in arizona today. this comes as lawmakers asking questions about what's being done to handle the sud influx of underaged illegal immigrants. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning with the latest on the hearing. good morning to you. >> good morning. jay johnson, secretary of

homeland security headed down to nogales, arizona, to check out the border station to see firsthand on the ground what the situation is with all of the kids coming over the border from central america without their parents. it's become a human crisis he told congress yesterday. something that he's willing to look at in many different ways. he says that all options are open including possibly sending the national guard down to the border. but the white house isn't too kean on that idea. they've put a lot of resources at the border. so far this year, 52,000 since october, 52,000 kids have come across the border without parents. they expect that to swell to 65,000 by the end of the year. back to you. >> tracy pots in washington, thank you. new this morning, four small bomb blasts wounded eight people in several subway stations in egypt causing panic among

commuters. the blast took place in central and northern cairo caused by home made explosive devices. these are the first casualties in egypt's capital since the country elected the new president last month. emotional day for students who survived the south korean sunken ferry disaster. they returned to school this morning. it has been over two months since the disaster. around 70 students were greeted by parents of classmates among more than 300 dead or missing. some wearing white and black uniforms bowed their highs walking into the high school. the return to school comes a day after the crew members appeared in court for the start of the trial. prosecutor as excusing them of plotting to abandon the ship while trapped passengers were fighting to get out of the sinking ship. after 11 months of ago, hours of testimony, hundreds of pages of paperwork the ntsb released findings what caused the asiana crash at sfo.

investigators called it crude mismanagement of descent and inadequate monitoring of speed. in other words pilot error. after the hearing ntsb listed 13 things the report found contributed to the crash. among the issues all of them related to the pilots. data from the black box show the crew did nothing to address loss of speed for 26 seconds after the plane fell below the safe altitude and speed to land properly. while the report praised firefighters for helping to save lives it also criticized them for inadequate training and poor communication. the ntsb faulted firefighters for assuming a young passenger on the runway was already dead when they should have checked her for a pulse. moments later the victim was covered in firefighting foam and then run over by a fire truck. ntsb said if she and one of the other deceased victims wearing a

seat belt at the time of the landing they would have survived. we continue our coverage of the crash on nbcbayarea.com. click on the window take you to investigative reports on the crash. check in with meteorologist christina loren right now. a look at the forecast this morning. maybe we can take a live look outside, a peek at the sunrise. here's look at the temperatures right now. >> good morning to you. i'm here. i'm always here for you. i'm just a whisper away. good morning to you. thanks for waking up with us on wednesday. i was just checking the latest model runs as far as who's going to get showers. i'll show you in a moment. we've got the latest data. a live look here at san francisco, mostly cloudy start to the day. here in the south bay, we are starting out with a little haze but clear conditions. nice here today. it's one of those days if you can get outdoors comfortable conditions. hot weather coming our way next

week. enjoy this while it lasts. seven-day forecast shows you that. scrolling right there at the bottom of our screen. thank you for waking up with us every morning. today a couple of things to point out before you head out the front door. we have wind out there this morning and it's coming straight out of the west. from north to south on the golden gate bridge hold on to the wheel tight. that special goes for high profile vehicles. take a look at temperatures for today. here's the good news. 77 in the south bay. 72 for the peninsula for today. and san francisco, on the cool side, overcast 64 out there. 67 for the east bay. 79 degrees out in the tri-valley. another gorgeous day shaping up in the north bay. forecasting about 82 degrees. this is the one spot bull's-eyeing for the chance of shower tonight and tomorrow morning. you can see that rare summer rain shows up on your futurecast at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. hopefully we track this when we

meet back here. check your drive. >> rain's not hitting the bay right now, because we'd have additional problems. dry roads are not the issue. backup at bay bridge has started because metering lights are on turned on early likely to help with slowing caused by this. look at the video. we had this crash and fire. this is at fifth street off-ramp off of the bay bridge into san francisco. that's the reason why they've closed that off-ramp because of the deadly crash. two people have died. the investigation that continues closing that off-ramp for the next couple of hours. the commute will be a mess. this is a slower drive developing as you get off of the bay bridge into the san francisco off-ramp. fifth is closed. the backup starting. metering lights are on. giants game is at 12:45 today. if this lasts well into the morning commute and the late commute, that's when we see folks head across the bay bridge into the city than could mean additional congestion. the maze starts to build.

slowing off the berkeley curve. early for the pattern to start. metering lights on early and there will be more problems. consider the san mateo bridge or b.a.r.t. as your alternate getting into san francisco. here northbound 880, crash cleared. last of the crashes, plural, cleared northbound 880 past warren and mission, very slow. use 680 if you need an option. cross over to the nimitz but it should recover quickly over the next few minutes. rest of the bay typical. tri-valley slowing through livermore, no surprises there. south bay, live look northbound 101, slowdown we're starting to see as folks build coming up toward allen rock. >> it's the bite seen around the world. superstar may get booted from the world cup. >> take a look at it if you haven't seen it. luis suarez in white and giorgio chiellini collide. both fall to the ground in pain but a closer look here appears

to show suarez bite the italian player's shoulder. suarez facing charges from fifa that could lead to a suspension sidelining him for the tournament. a decision will be made before uruguay's next match saturday. suarez not stranger to biting. he's been suspended twice before for biting other players. this is creating quite the buzz. an image from "twilight" with suarez's face the caption "so stoked for the remake." one twitter user put this up just when you thought it was safe. >> check this out. pierre the pelican is the twitter handle. hungry hungry suarez. the caption a promo for luis suarez's new children's game. >> took a lot of work but funny 5:51. amazon plans for drone delivery hitting a snag.

>> you're watching "today in the bay." >> the government grounding amazon's supposed plans to use drones to deliver packages. in a document released this week the faa named the proposal as an accident of what's barred under rules allowing for the use of drones for recreational purposes. the faa did not specify amazon primary but notes free via drones would not be allowed. >> the company expected to price shares tonight in its ipo, potentially raising more than $490 million. go prowill start trading stock

tomorrow. google's conference kicks off in san francisco. the company revealing the latest project to grab tv viewers. a google powered tv set top box let people watch shows, listen to music play games similar to apple tv and amazon's fire tv. >> i love my roku but they're all the same. >> you turned me on to it. >> christina, who can only be seen on nbc bay area. >> you know what? i'm seeing netflix these days and i'm like what i'm seeing. good looking day shaping up. you don't want to stay indoors watching tv. 59 in san francisco right now. it's comfortable out there. i've got to tell you, it's going to get hot next week. i'm going to show you who will see the triple digits by tuesday in my next report. right now, mike's got a busy busy morning. let's check in with him. >> good thing you're watching morning news and know about the early backup at bay bridge toll

plaza. metering lights are on. it's wednesday but look at all of this. the reason why look at this video in san francisco, fifth street off-ramp closed after the deadly crash. car careening off the fifth street off-ramp, caught fire, two people are dead. we continue to follow this investigation. stephanie chuang will give us a report from the scene. this is where it's closed right as you get off the bay bridge. backup by the distraction, folks trying to use fifth you can't. harrison closed between fourth and fifth as well. avoid the bay bridge. no delays for the system or the san mateo bridge which moves smoothly now. slowing from fremont through milpitas 880 through warren that crash has been cleared. >> the new study looks how well 3-d mammograms detect breast cancer coming up. >> a judge decides america's no fly list is unconstitutional. what the u.s. government has to do now. breaking news like at the

scene where a fiery and deadly crash overnight closes down a major san francisco off-ramp. when that roadway could reopen and how it all happened.

nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. a high-speed chase, deadly crash, and now gridlock for miles after the bay bridge. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. right now the off-ramp at 5th and harrison shut down major intersection in one of san francisco's busiest travel corridors. that's where "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you both. you know now that it's light out, you can really see how bad the wreckage is. this wrecked bmw convertible. we don't know the names or gender nor where these people are from but we know two people

died in the crash, one person ejected six feet to the left of the car, the other still inside the bmw which the chp says came up stolen out of san francisco. if we shift to the right it's an active scene now. advanced investigative team, multi disciplinearydisciplinary accident investigation team with chp arrived in last half hour or so. the team trained in studying things like how tire friction works, determining speed. they are here just getting started. we're just told by chp the preliminary estimate for when the team will be done is 10:00 this morning, then the coroner has to come out and get the bodies and so this is going to be a pretty long time before this reopens. now, san francisco firefighters were able to put the car fire out be the car burst into flames after hitting a barrier coming down 5