those are creeping up, peaking for todayed. and more of a change coming your way. unsettled weather including thunderstorms. details in moments. i'm looking at the nimitz freeway. i have woord of an issue for a flow of the nimitz and i'm worried it's going to get off the chain. >> we're taking live looks from across the bay area this morning. great vantage point from at&t park looking across the embarcadero. it's wednesday, may 6th. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon p. >> i'm sam brock. we're learning chilling details about the pilot of the germanwings flight. investigators he practiced the crash into the french alps on a previous flight. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is in studio. kris, we're expected to learn more from france's crash investigation agency later today. >> reporter: those investigators

have already said that he researched ways to kill himself and how cockpit door security worked. but even a bigger bombshell this morning. this morning they revealed details about him practicing that same deadly descent not on a simulator but on the same day and same plane as it was outbound from germany that day. that was hours before he locked the pilot out of the cockpit and crashed that plane into the french alps on the return trip to germany. this is what investigators are saying this morning. they say that he went into a controlled minute-long descent for which there was no aeronautical reason. that he set the altitude dial on the plane to 100 feet which is cash altitude. and he was alone in the cockpit once again at that time. on the deadly flight defense personnel tried to contact that plane 14 times as it was descending. all they got back was the sound

of him breathe pentag. after that happened he increased the speed of the flight, changed the path 93 seconds before the crash on the deadly flight. on the black box does not reveal he did the same on the outbound flight as he practiced that deadly maneuver. he only changed the altitude which may be why it didn't rise the same level of suspicion. you can't help butity those folks are counting their blessings this morning that it was only a practice run. >> if they did notice something not actually saying it because there was nothing really to go off of at that point. thank you very much, kris. >> so sad. happening today, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton looking to add to her campaign war chants when she makes a couple of stops in san francisco. >> hillary has deep pockets to begin with. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco. clinton following a blueprint that many democrats have already created like president obama.

>> that's right. conversation with hillary fund-raisers today in san francisco. the first in the pacific heights neighborhood but clinton will be met with protesters set to be here protesting against the keystone pipeline project here at pacifica and baker. the major topic we're expecting clinton to highlight is immigration reform. at a round-table at a las vegas high school who are dream act eligible yesterday she reaffirmed president obama's executive actions that deferred deportation for young people brought to the country illegally. clinton said she would go further and want to see parents eligible to stay. >> i will fight to stop partisan attacks on the executive action that would put dreamers, including those with us today, at risk of deportation. and if congress continues to refuse to act, as president i would do everything possible under the law to go even further. >> again, clinton expected to talk about this during her

fund-raisers both tonight at 5:00 at the home of long time friend susan tompkins buell who founded north face and espirit clothing companies and john donahoe. the first is this afternoon here on pacific of knew at the home of hedge fund billionaire and environmentalist tom steyer. the price per person, $2700. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> the rich just keep getting richer. thanks very much, steph. singing, chanting, shouting, affordable housing activists shut down oakland city council meeting last night angry about a proposal to sell city land near lake merritt to a housing developer. they say the development would create luxury condos. after m several unsuccessful attempts to continue the meeting council members adjourned without any decision. what's happening in oakland is a bay area wide issue. in berkeley the housing crunch has officials considering a large housing development downtown.

it's a proposed 18 story, 305-unit building on harold way. opponents say the units wouldn't be affordable. construction would temporarily close the landmark theater and displace the habitat museum and, when complete, the building would limit the view from the camp o'neil at uc berkeley. >> damaging the experience of the students who get to enjoy that view all the time. >> we need more density in downtown berkeley. this is one way to get it. >> supporters say the project would be a great option for retirees looking to downsize. the developer would have to make 10% of the units be we low market rate or pay a fee to the city. the bay area lawmaker wants to stop b.a.r.t. workers in their track from ever thinking about another crippling strike. >> remember how bad it was in 2013. "today in the bay's" bob ridell is live to explain today's bill that some commuters say is long overdue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura.

this bill ad-528, would prohibit b.a.r.t. workers from striking if they already have a no strike clause in their contract. in other words, this would be enforcing something that they've already agreed upon. assembly woman catherine baker of san ramon is presenting this bill to the committee later this morning at 10:00. she's trying to prevent what happened back in 1 when b.a.r.t. unions went on strike twice. even though some if not all the workers had a no strike clause in their contracts. it inconvenienced thousands of commuters and cost the economy $73 million per day. executive director for run of the unions did tell the bay city news service a couple months ago that this bill would be very damaging and would open up old wounds as management and the workers try to build better relationships. it should be noted this bill does not call for an out right ban on strikes. that bill was killed in committee earlier this year. again, this morning's bill

ab-528, would allow workers to strike as long as they don't have no strike clauses in their contracts. reporting live here at the fremont b.a.r.t., bob ridell, nbc bay area news. same serial stowaway marilyn hartman is at it again. hartman was arrested at o'hare airport twice last month. authorities say both times she was spotted in a restricted area without a ticket. hartman of course gained national attention after repeatedly attempting to sneak on to planes including a successful attempt at san jose international. hartman has been arrested at sfo, lax, sky harbor international airport in phoenix, the jacksonville airport, and now twice at chicago o'hare. >> are you serious? marilyn hartman. some answers may be coming soon for 16,000 students left in limbo after the heald college closure. the for-profit corinthian colleges closed all of the remaining campuses last week taking a lot of people by surprise. later this morning,

congresswoman jacqui spears is going to hold a news conference detailing the resources that are available to displaced students. she will be joined by representatives from several local colleges. it's 5:07. folks are halfway through their workweek or are maybe thinking about the weekend. >> it is incentive enough. nice day would give you extra added push this morning. good morning. >> i'm thinking about the weekend during the weekend. i always want to know how we can plan. we have that time off. you know what, it's going to be nice and it's mother's day weekend. 51 degrees in oakland. 49 degrees in san jose. 52 in livermore. school start. might want to grab a light jacket but something that you can peel off later on today. a touch warmer all across the board today than where we ended up yesterday. comfortable conditions prevail in the bay area. let me show you our forecast. take you into your lunch hour. 63 in the east bay. 66 degrees out in the tri-valley. rounding out the day at 75. so comfortable high temperatures yet again. you know what, your numbers are

going to stay steady. it's the sky that's going to change. more clouds and even some showers on the way. was ahead through tomorrow, which is good news when it comes to your pol loan levels. they are going to peek for today. we are talking about moderate to high all across the bay area. especially on the peninsula. that's where i've had the most reports of people sufferering from allergies. today is going to be kind of tough. the good news is we drop off as we head throughout thursday and friday. the levels will creep back up by saturday. we're going to talk more about what we're expecting in terms of thunderstorms and shower activity here in the bay area for tomorrow in my next report. right now i want to take you out that front door with mike inouye. have you been suffering from allergies? >> i have off and on. my son has been hit hard over the last month or so. poor guy also has a cold, i think, so the two combined. we'll watch for the changes, christina, you're talking about. over here we're hoping for no change because this report raised my eyebrows. southbound 880 at ten son. kol k578s in to chp, big rig

pulling another big rig using a chain. we hope that chain holds. not sure why that call came in. i guess a concerned driver. chp on the lookout for anything that might be going on. the two rigs are moving south down toward hayward and union ci city. i'll track that for you. that's about the only thing going on as far as chp goes. no problem for the tri-valley or dublin interchange. smooth flow of traffic off the southbound routes coming in through san jose. 87 and 101 both move smoothly through downtown and the rest of silicon valley. let's move farther to the north. anywhere north of the san mateo bridge shows an easy drive. san mateo bridge itself still has eastbound road work going on block that far right lane. we have no problems a etch proing the bay bridge. show you the bay bridge. there's that light flow of traffic. the east shore freeway or the maze and the north bay, san rafael southbound. this represents both commute traveling south through san rafael. at speed through novato and san rafael to the golden gate bridge. back to you.

>> thank you. keeping it moving. 5:10. coming up next, more problems for the bay bridge. how saltwater is getting into the foundation. and taking a live look outside from the south bay this morning. a nice start to your wednesday. a lot more news ahead. stick around.

welcome back. a live look this morning to the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza and yet it's so nice when it's that light out there. we're going the find out from mike in probably the next 30 or 40 minutes that there will be more company, but for now just enjoy the freedom while it's out tlchlkts there. this is dozens of migrants fell into the sea, to reach an approaching rescue boat. others jumped into the water's life rings and life vests were thrown to them. this entire scene caught by someone on that rescue boat. it played out in the sea in the med ter rarian.

this is new video this morning of last month's powerful 7.8 earthquake in nepal. american hiker shot this video in the small village north of kathmandu. shortly after the area was hit by an avalanche that left some people seriously injured. many killed. still trying to assess the full extent of that devastation. at this point nepal's government confirms at least 7500 deaths. the u.n. says some 600,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. 8 million people feeling the impact. residents fear the rebuilding sometime. five to ten years to recover. everything normal like it used to be before the earthquake, i suppose. >> it's not just homes and businesses. the quake also destroyed nearly 200 heritage sites across nepal. >> such an eerie calm before that quake. 5:15 on your wednesday. another apparent black eye for

the new span of the bay bridge. saltwater now might be seeping into the bridge's foundation. according to the chronicle new caltrans tests indicate water from the bay might be seeping into the eastern span's new tower. if that proves true it would further jeopardize the integrity of hundred of steel rods anchors the structure. the same rods were sitting in rainwater for years from a bad ceiling job. saltwater damage could potentially be far worse. the faa is doing an unexpected about face over drones. >> scott mcgrew a rule that we thought would be in place for years suddenly much more relaxed. >> a few things are going upon. the faa will allow tests involves drones that fly beyond if operator's site. this is especially welcome news for amazon and google. they've been testing delivery drones but had been restricted to staying within the operator's direct line of sight. obviously that makes delivery drones pointless because if the pilot can see your house as he makes a delivery me might as well just walk up to your door

and hand you the package. the second big development is a particular type of crop drone, got the okay from the faa. we're going to look at why that particularly important to california farmers coming up a little bit later. important court case coming out of the deep south this morning voving a man accused in series of robberies. police were able to tie him to the robbery from cellphone rrds which showed he was in the area of every single robbery. but they did fill out a warrant. 11th circuit court said defendants should not expect the records of a cellphone company to be private because it's not their property. this is a major development in the battle over privacy and technology. it doesn't have any affect in california because we're not covered by the 11th circuit but what it does do is set up a potential conflict between the various appellate courts which could mean the various cases could go before the supreme court, something we will continue to track. the other thing we're tracking is the stock market.

let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> scott, good morning. stocks look to bounce back today as the markets closed at the lows of the session on tuesday. oil prices continue to edge higher trading above $61 a barrel. supply disruption in libya. we get data today on private sector hiring and worker productivity and labor costs. falling 142 points to 17928. nasdaq down 77 to 4939. scott, back over to you. >> all right, landon, thank you. don't forget sam and laura, that the dragon capsule from spacex, test launch it today. we'll continue to watch that and update you as it occurs. >> interesting to follow that one. >> thank you. manny pacquiao's injured shoulder is inflaming some fight fans who have noud filed a lawsuit. he never talked about the torn rotator cuff he suffered in early april. that is not until after

saturday's huge fight against floyd mayweather. he lost. he's going to have surgery this week. fans yesterday sued in vegas. the suit seeks damages for anyone who bought or bet on the fight. it accuses pacquiao of fraud for not disclosing his bum shoulder. all right. a gold apple watch. we knew this was going to have a high price tag and it does. it's at least ten grand. but an enterprising jeweler is offering a cheaper option. the company called watch plate offers to goldplate your apple watch for around 400 bucks. you send your smartwatch to the company. within three days, you get it back all i think wiblinged out. no word on whether it would void the warranty. we knew it was coming and here it is. every home and business in the bay area will be affected by the new state mandatory water restrictions. after a marathon ten-hour meeting the state water resources control board approved the new cutbacks last night. depending on where you live you will have to cut back from 8 to

36%. the idea is to reward communities conserving water while punishing high water users. city and water districts who do not meet their cutback rates could be fined up to $10,000 a day. the rules will take affect june 1st. don't let it run like that. >> we want to be good students so let's find out what our record card looks like. in march, californians managed to conserve 3.6%. that's better than february when only 2.8% was conserved or saved, i should say. overall, water use is only down about 8% since june. this despite double digit calls for conservation. have not been able to meet that mark just yet. >> we're headed in the right direction. but we just need to be a lot more aggressive in our conservation. meantime, temperatures staying where they are which is a good thing for today. >> always a good reminder to conserve as well. we can't tell you enough, you want to keep it on the forefronts of your mind. also, try to be aware of where you are using water the most and that's where you can really

start to limit it. 5:20. let's take you outdoors on a wednesday. 42 degrees to start the day in santa rosa. 52 in san francisco. yeah, drought conservation, the new normal here in the state of california. we actually have some showers on the way for tomorrow. i'm going to show you that in just a moment. today though comfortable conditions as sam pointed out. temps staying nice and steady. so i take you into your lunchtime hour. as you get out there really lovely conditions. what's the north? today at noon, break for lunch. you're so much closer to the weekend at that point. 70 degrees in the north bay. you will hit 77 degrees at 4:00 p.m. when our high temperatures come in. 69 for the peninsula today. 66 degrees, a comfortable day in the city by the bay. if you're out there in the direct sunlight just perfect out the there. here's the deal for today. a little bit of coastal cloud cover. not much inland though. we're starting out nice and clear. things start to change as we head throughout your thursday. a little bit of shower activity expected. this is timeline. the system is going to back in and hit the east bay first.

3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., drizzle expected a few light showers as well. and then we'll start to see that activity in the south bay and up and down the peninsula. five to 11 p.m. future cast models bringing in .05 of an inch. air quality will improve and the pollen levels will drop off. weather trend tells the story here. high pressure moves back in as we head throughout your mother's day weekend. that means we will see cool conditions at the coast. warm conditions inland. just perfection for you and mom this year. take peek at that weekend. this might help pull you through the next couple of days. 71 degrees for your saturday. in the south bay, 62 degrees on saturday. in san francisco. staying steady. temperatures are not going to fluctuate that much. as we head throughout your saturday and sunday, east bay valleys looking good for mid to upper 70s. here's the deal. as we get into next week we get another chance for some shower activity. we've got something to watch out there. he's always got something to

watch no matter what time it is, mike inouye. seems like somebody's tapping the brakes across the bay area. >> got to do something on the road. keep it interestingsh right? looking over here toward san mateo bridge overnight road work. still you can see the cones. lighting changes. cones still blocking the right lane. as we're traveling eastbound over toward the hayward side the commute is westbound for the most part. starting to pick up the volume. both sides as we look at our speed sensors on the map, show a pretty smooth drive. a little bit of slowing getting off on the hayward side for the san mateo bridge. now no incidents reported at 101 and 92 after an earlier report of animals running across the roadway. over here in the east bay we're looking not at the tennis son off-ramp where the big rig was reported pulling the other big rig. that cleared from the chp report. good. a ladder report in dakota near the connector. sounds like the connector is clear but there may be a traffic break in the next couple of minutes to remove that. here nothing going on except for the build. tip call build for west 580 out of the at mobt.

top of the screen, slowing now for highway four through antioch. we talked about that hillcrest and a street. over toward the walnut creek interchange. easy drive toward the bay bridge. live look out there. show you no problems. a couple of cash lane cars backing up. south bay and lighter flow of traffic. just start that build, guys. back to you. >> thank you, mike. right now, 5:24 on your wednesday. it's usually used for ordering pizza. coming up next, the app that might have saved a woman's life.

very good wednesday morning. the city in idaho is mourning the loss of a police officer who died in the line of duty. sergeant greg moore was shot and killed while responding to a call of a suspicious person. the gunman stole moore's patrol car leading police on a chase. he bailed from the car and hid

under a commercial truck. a police dog eventually sniffed the gunman out and officers arrested him. a florida mom being held hostage at knife point calling for help using a pizza delivery app. police say that sheryl treadway's boyfriend was holding her hostage but didn't say why. treadway convinced him to let her use a phone to order from pizza hut through the company's app. she ordered a small pepperoni pizza but wrote 911 hostage, help, in the comment section. pizza then contacted the cops. police managed to get treadway's boyfriend to give himself up. nobody was injured. >> good thing they noticed thachlts, coming up, not an accident. how police say a pool full of rescued sea lions got burned. two dead whales just months apart on the same stretch of beach. up next, wooer going to look into what's happening at pacifi pacifica.

a new report just in to our newsroom on the germanwings plane crash. investigators say the pilot

rehearsed the crash on a previous flight. headline snam in the race for the white house stops by the bay area. how that visit could impact your commute. weather story of the day. mild with elevated pollen levels. that won't last long though. we've got changes including showers, thunderstorms, we'll tell you what to expect in your microclimate. for you, i stare directly into the light because i want to make out these construction crews clearing from the san mateo bridge. i'll show you the rest of that commute coming up. here's our own elevated shot of the bay bridge this morning. it's wednesday, may 6th. you are watching "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning surprising details emerging about the germanwings plane crash in the french alps.

investigators he practiced the crash into the french alps on a previous flight. >> a obviously a lot of people thinking long and hard what happened in the first flight that proved to be fatal in the second crash. >> preliminary report is shocking enough. they knew researched ways to kill himself and how cockpit security worked but this morning that bigger bombshell. investigators say he practiced that same deadly descent not on a simulator but on the very day and on the very same plane as it was outbound from germany early in that day. that was hours before he locked the pilot out of the cockpit and crashed the plane into the french alps on the return trip to germany. we found this graph from french authorities released just this morning. the solid line on the graph shows him manually change the altitude settings to crash landing settings several times in five minutes. the broken line shows the actual

descent of the plane which is part of what the french civil aviation safety investigation authority revealed this morning, saying it was a controlled min hut of long descent for which there was no aeronautical reason. here's more of what we know from this morning. it was a controlled minute long descent. manual setting was at 100 feet, considered a crash landing altitude lubitz was alone in the cockpit for five minutes when he was doing this. on that deadly flight, hours later air traffic controllers, the military defense personnel tried to contact the plane 14 times as it was descending because on that occasion in addition to changing the altitude lubitz also increased the speed of the light and changed the path 93 seconds before the crash. the black box does not reveal that he did the same on the outbound flight, that practice flight, as he tried out that deadly descent. he only changed the altitude which may be why it did not arouse the suspicion.

you can't help thinking about the folk osen that flight from germany to spain earlier in that day, they must be counting their lucky stars today. >> difference of life or death, which flight you're own. thank you very much, kris. happening today, hillary clinton is back in the bay area. she already has a financial upper hand but now attending a couple of fund-raisers in san francisco to add campaign cash. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is live in san francisco. clinton looking to distance herself from her rivals. >> that's right. good morning to you both, laura and sam. making immigration reform a defining issue for her in this race for the white house. now, clinton will be here for two fund rauzers in san francisco. the first in this pacific heights neighborhood at a home behind me. the home of billionaire, hedge fund billionaire and environmentalist tom steyer. that's at 2:00 this afternoon. then she heads to the home of long time supporter sue say tomp i understand kins buell, to founder of esprit and north

face. now, on immigration reform clinton says her plan would help protect undocumented immigrants in the workplace and expand the dream act to allow others to stay in the u.s. >> we should put in place a simple straightforward acceptable way for parents of dreamers and others with a history of service and contribution to their communities to make their case. >> reporter: that was clinton yesterday at a round-table with undocumented workers and students in las vegas. the latino vote is very important. we're talk 70% went for obama in 2012. republicans did slightly bet we're the group in 2014. the bay area, it's $2700 per person. but one group it's going to be a free event. out here at pacific and baker outside steyer's home protesting the keystone pipeline project. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay."

it is 5:34. new this morning, police in southern california investigating a heartless act. someone poisoned a pool full of rescued sea lions. it happened at the pacific marine mammal center in laguna beach. someone intentionally dumped large amounts of chlorine in the pool. it happened one day before the animals were set to be released back into the ocean. most of the 17 sea lions suffered chemical burns but the good news is that they are expected to recover. scientists hope to get some answers as soon as today about what caused the humpback whale to wash ashore on sharp park state beach in pacifica. she washed ashore monday afternoon half mile from another sperm whale washed ashore last month. experts called it so close together a coincidence. something many commuters hope never happens again p b.a.r.t. strike leaving thousands stranded. >> this leveled commutes for a couple of days back in 2013. "today in the bay's" bob ridell

is live at the fremont b.a.r.t. station to explain why today could go a long way in ensuring trains stay running no matter what. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. you're talking about assembly bill 528 which we presented to committee a little bit later this morning at 10:00 a.m. if it passes and it ends up becoming the law, what it would do is prohibit b.a.r.t. employees from striking as long as they have a no strike clause in their contract. in other words, this would be enforcing something that was already agreed upon. this is being proposed by assembly woman catherine baker of san ramon. she is trying to prevent what happened back in 2013 when b.a.r.t. unions went on strike twice. even though some, if not all the workers, did have a no strike clause in their contracts. those strikes inconvenienced thousands of commuters and according to the assembly woman cost the economy $73 million a day. executive director for one of the unions did tell the bay city news service a couple months ago that this bill would be very damaging and would open up old wounds as management and the

workers try to build better relationships. it should be noted that this bill does not call for an out right ban on strikes. that bill was killed in committee earlier this year. this morning's bill, ab-528, would allow workers to strike as long as they don't have that no strike clause in their contract. reporting live outside fremont b.a.r.t., bob ridell, "today in the bay." >> no doubt the devil will be in the details of that bill. thank you very much. want to check the forecast. looking good behind us, christina. >> beautiful day shaping up. good morning to you. happy wednesday. temperatures right now mostly in the 50s out there. 51 degrees in concord. 49 in san jose. basically it's cool out there. cool enough for a jacket. you want to bring something with you that you can take off later on today even if san francisco we are expecting the mid 60s. let's talk about the weather story of the day. and that is the fact that we have high pollen levels. the wind is part of the reason why. you just saw from your current wind speeds. anywhere from 5 to 15 miles per

hour across the board. show you the future cast. stop that clock for you at 6:00 p.m. that's when the wind is really going to be fierce. what happens is that wind picks up all the pollen, lifts it up into the atmosphere. for us, today is going to be kind of tough if you do suffer from the allergies of this season. but i'm happy to report things are going to change as with head deeper into the week. looking toward lower pollen levels by tomorrow with an area of low pressure on the way. that's thursday into friday looking good. looking lower. and then by saturday those pollen levels creep back up. it is that time of year. coming up, we're going to talk about what we are expecting in your microclimate from that system. stick around if you can. you've got to get out the front door right now. here's mike to help you along the way. >> you're not alone. the backup on the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. look at your map. lighter than typical flow. maybe just a warning because all those folks are able to make their way down the east shore freeway without delay. that will cause more early

backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. easy across the carquinez and benecia bridges. we have a slower drive for highway 4 just to the start of the build there. 580 through livermore. easing into the build over at the dublin interchange. south of the san mateo bridge, easy drive. northbound 101 a little blip as the volume increases through san jose. typical pattern. san mateo bridge, look over here. showing still that one right lane blocked eastbound coming over to the hayward side. not presenting much of an issue. reminder this entire bridge is closing starting earlier on the evening on friday about 7:00. especially on full bridge closure from 10:00 until monday morning. all weekend, guys. back to you. he lost the fight. now he's also facing a lawsuit. why fans are suing manny pacquiao. taking a live look outside. beautiful view of the golden gate. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break.

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welcome back. live look outside. the sun up over the bay area making way for another nice day. christina has a look at the temperatures for us coming up. >> sun rises are getting earlier and earlier out there. all right. we're in spring in full effect. news that crop sprang would be okay is particularly interesting to wine growers. >> scott mcgrew continues our coverage. california fields are well suited for drones. >> they are. the faa this morning decided that it would be okay for farmers to use drones instead of crop dusting airplanes on california fields. that's particularly helpful for us because vineyards tend to be on hills. they have lots of nooks and crannies. we have video from uc davis. they've been test flying this particular type of drone. we're going to talk to traus ras about these drones in a minute.

this drone is 200 pounds. about the size of a motorcycle. really it's a remotely piloted helicopter. the first drone with full approval for farmers. big news for california this morning. the last time tesla issued a financial report it also announced it had new instructions for its model s cars. allowing them to drive autonomously. it just hadn't turned out software yet. we're expecting bing things today. next quarterly report is today. looking for how many model ss it was able to manufacture, plus any word on when the model s suv willer a i've. musk's other company spacex will report a test on the dragon capsule today. this is animation of its return to earth. it's never carried people. it's not carrying people today either. but it is going to carry a crash test dummy and test the escape system. they'll launch the dragon just a

bit into the air. n not very far. fire off the escape system. if it works they are pretty much ready for real astronauts. it comes in about is15 minutes from now. >> if it works out, 2017 is the target date for the first human mission. >> that's right. i'm ready to go. >> start the countdown. >> everybody wants to sign up. let's see how this test goes first. we're talking about drones just a little while ago. amazon's new drone delivery business is getting a second chance to take flight. >> touchdown tday the faa will changes to the strict rule allowing drones to fly within sight of their pilots. >> tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. with more. good morning, tracie. >> a couple new initiatives are coming out. the, if aa director will announce them at a conference in atlanta. you know they're already working on proposed rules for heavier drones that one scott was just talking about. that's a different issue for

farmers. 200 pounds, covered under rules like this. there have been concerns since we saw one crash on the white house lawn. concerns about them interfering with commercial aircraft with planes. that's why the faa has been involved in this. they've already got seven requer requests to put out the drones for specific uses. they've got 4,500 comments. those rules should be ready to go by fall. safety is a concern but this is big business. the business, the industry they say that there's a billion dollar tech market out there, possibly 70,000 jobs that could be created if the government opens up the market to drones for use by realtors and surveyors and journalists like us who want to show you pictures where we can't easily get our cameras. that type of thing. so the faa is working on it. they've got a couple new initiatives they're going to be announcing before those rules become fine nam. that's going to happen today.

>> all right. we'll continue to follow. thank you, tracie. 5:45. california figures out how to deal with this historic drought everyone looking to cut back on water use. that includes one california chef who has found a way to save hundreds of gallons of water a day. he does it using air and electricity. big sur chef john cox bought this off of amazon. originally he got it for cleaning the kitchen. now his staff is using it to prewash plates before the plates go in the dishwasher. it costs less than $1 a day in elect i have. the method is saving the restaurant 800 gallons of water a day or 300,000 gallons a year. >> we just have no choice as an industry route now. we have to save water. this is a pretty easy way to do it, i think. >> 60,000 restaurants all switch to compressed air to preclean plates, they could save more than 17 billion gallons of water per year. >> which would be a great thing. plus, could he license there in

could probably make a fair amount of money on that, too. talking about making money for the state, the drought is not stopping tourists from visiting the golden state. 251 million tourists traveled to california last year. that figure up 3% from 2013. this is according to visit california. the non-profit agency keeping track of tourism. those visitors pumped more than $117 billion into california and supported more than a million jobs here in the golden state. >> we appreciate and know how blessed we to live here. >> we are. we love our environment and all the more reason to conserve what's going on to make sure we can still appreciate where we are. >> that's right. hopefully we can find a way to educate all the tourists when they come out here to conserve as well. 5:47 now. because it's different in new york where they have no shortage whatsoever when you come out here to california, remind your family members, your friends, we are in a drought and every single drop we save does count. 52 degrees in san francisco.

good morning, san carlos. you're at 50 degrees to start the new day. we have a cool start out there. grab a light jacket. a light sweater. something you can peel off later on today. comfortable conditions prevail yet again. we're talking about temperatures in the mid 60s, just about everywhere. as you break for lunch today with the exclues of the north bay. you will be in the low 70s at lunchtime rounding out the day at 77 degrees. beautiful conditions in wine country. 69 degrees on the peninsula. 70 degrees on the east shore. that wind will intensify as we head throughout the day today. pollen levels are rather high for today as well. if you suffer from the allergies of the season, don't leave home without your allergy medication for today. clear inland coastal clouds. that's the story for your wednesday. taking you into your thursday. everything changes. area of low pressure moves through. not expecting a lot of rain out of this. just some drizzle. a few light showers, 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the east bay side of the bay area. isolated activity for the peninsula up through the north

bay. head through 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and things start to change as we get into friday and mother's day weekend. temperatures are going to be just lovely this year. cool at the coast. a little bit on the warm side inland. over although, looking comfortable. 73 degrees for your friday in the south bay, 62 degrees on friday. and saturday comfortable conditions in san francisco. taking you to your east bay valley where temperatures will be a touch warmer out here. 74 degrees for saturday to sunday. and then let me give you the break down for every single microclimate in the bay area. comfortable. good air quality. and look pretty good for another chance of showers as we head through wednesday of next week. so we are still tracking storm systems. let's see if you are track any traffic jams. hopefully not at this hour. >> tracking traffic but no traffic storm. we do have a little flurry going on, i guess. northbound 101. we did see that first burst of traffic come through. we're just easing off on the live shot. here you see some folks getting back to work. someone tapped their brakes.

we will show you the map. same thing for the south bay. see the speed sensors with the flowing right through the area. they'll recover and kick in again about 6:30. the rest of your south bay looking good. silicon valley, no surprises down here. move our maps over toward the tri-valley. build for west 580 and south 680. folks making their way. castro valley seeing more traffic coming off the dublin grade and 238 shows slowing. same thing for south 880. hayward and in toward union city. i'm going to quickly show you the approach to the bay bridge. maze moving well. east shore freeway shows a build out through berkeley and emeryville as you approach the bay bridge poll plaza where the metering lights are on. no slowing san rafael to the golden gate bridge into the city from the peninsula. smooth drive as well. i want to call a do over for this san mateo bridge. i'll show you the shot. this is the westbound traffic flowing over the high rise here as we get closer to the weekend, wednesday, into the weekend. i'll warn you there's a full closure of highway 92 across the

water. san mateo bridge starting at 10:00 p.m. full closure on friday. all of the way through monday morning at 5:00. start to close the off-ramps at 7:00 or 8:00. be prepared for that. back to you. mike, thank you very much. if 5:51. new this morning, the french satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" won the freedom of expression award in new york city. you may remember the magazine headquarters in paris attacked after they pub blushed character cures of the profit mohammed of 12 people died in that attack. the decision to give this magazine the award was controversial. many writers choosing not to take part in last night's events. manny pacquiao's injured shoulder is inflaming some fight fans who now have filed a lawsuit. he never talked about his torn rotator cuff he suffered in early april. that is not until after saturday's huge fight against floyd mayweather. he will have surgery now this week. fans yesterday sued in las vegas. the suit seeks damages for anyone who bought or bet on the

fight. it accuses pacquiao of fraud for not disclosing that bum shoulder. now to an investigative unit exclusive. we are told to call 911 only in the event of an emergency but one location in the south bay may be abusing the 911 system by making calls for nonlife threaten situations and this could be delaying response times for real merges. chief investigative reporter exposes this breakdown and waste of resources. >> good morning. our investigation dug into records that show one address making hundreds of emergency calls for nonemergency issues. and it's located across the parking lot from santa clara valley medical center. pair met dilks and firefighters have told the unit the problem continues to grow and county administrators have failed to find a solution. even though the concern was first raised nearly six months ago. in the county audit. we requested the most recent numbers which show 911 calls to that specialty center have more

than doubled since the audit was done. take a look at the map. this is where the 911 calls are coming from. valley specialty center, a clinic for a vurtity of health issues. firefighters and paramedics are called to transport patients here just across the parking lot, only 200 yards away to the emergency room. according to insiders the issue is that these calls are taking necessary emergency responders off the street to basically act as a taxi service from the clinic to the hospital's emergency room. and that could impact 911 response times throughout the area. with the nbc bay area investigative unit. >> tony, thank you. if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 888-916-tip ofrs to the unit. it is 5:53. here's a look at the stories we're working on for 6:00. new revelations about the suicidal germanwings copilot who

crashed his plane into the alps. how an earlier flight may have served as his test run. the bay area bracing for a visit today from hillary clinton. the one issue she is expected to hammer home to her supporters that may also make or break her run. putting the brakes on b.a.r.t. workers, future threat to strike. the debate today that mayhem ensure trains always stay running. one train that is definitely still running is the warriors train despite last night's first before the game celebration at steph curry there accepting the official hardware. he was this year's mvp. well deserved at this. hoisting it up there. he was emotional yesterday. curry's comments were brief but said the team still had more work to do in their quest to win a championship. >> highlight. >> unfortunately that was the highlight of the night because then the actual game started. they had been undefeated up until that point in this playoffs but turns out the warriors are not going to win every single game. >> you know. hope quickly actually faded for fans who showed up last night against the grizzlies.

grizzly guard connolly sat out came one bay came back with a vengeance last night. >> and a mask. >> i thought it was sarin wrap. he notched 22 points. they lost 97-90. after that head coach steve kerr made no excuses. >> they deserve to win. they kicked our butts. they controlled the whole game. we have to learn from this. >> the warriors will have to wait a while before they get their next crack at the grizzlies. game three kicks off saturday in memphis. in the meantime, great news yesterday. generosity for silicon valley and thank you from organizers of the gives fund-raiser. more than $7.7 million raised in just 24 hours. they tell us those donations are still coming in. workers are still counting this morning. they hope to beat last year's total of $8 million. you can see how close we are right now. money from the fund-raiser goes to a number of non-profits here in the bay area. 800 plus non-profit organizations. bob ridell is out there

promoting the non-profits. christina loren as well went out to river mark. i know you met a lot of folks. it's amazing to see how many charities are out there. >> 850 non-profits benefiting this year. hopefully they will be able to add on to that tally for next year. the generosity here in the bay area overwhelming sometimes. so grateful to everybody who contributed. 52 degrees in san francisco. we're at 52 in the tri-valley on our way to another spectacular day. everybody getting paid in sunshine for today. 77 degrees in the north bay. 5 in the tri-valley. south bay looking good for the mid 70s as well. low pressure moving in. two air masses collide. we have unsettled weather and a chance for mountain thunder for the next couple of days. we'll tell you when rain could move in. first, though, check your drive. here's mike. >> here's the bay bridge. the biggest backup of the bay. good news because nothing unusual about the flow of traffic. we only have about mid parking lot for this left approach.

right approach coming off of 880 shows a backup as well. show you the north bay as well starting to build but nothing dramatic through san rafael. show you the map for both of those areas. no slowing shows up on our sensors for san rafael and golden gate bridge and bay bridge through the maze. teleplaza shows a backup as well as out of the tri-valley and hayward. back to you. >> thank you. more problems for the bay bridge. how saltwater is getting into the foundation. >> and she's been busted at sjc and lax but no tears for marilyn hartman. where the woman known as the serial stowaway is in trouble now. ♪shining, shimmering, splendid

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