you. grab your umbrella before you leave the house today. we're talking about ample moisture and unusual storm track and the risk for thunderstorms as we head throughout your thursday. details in your microclimate coming your way. >> as your morning commute is kicking in, if you're heading toward 101 in the north bay. >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock as they say, bring on the rain. a welcome site this late in spring and of course during the historic drought. right now our realtime doppler radar show that green activity off shoir. wet weather making its way over the bay area. an area that could see the most action, the south bay. >> this is interesting. meteorologist christina loren joins us now. christina, while some may see rain, thunder and hail, others won't see anything at all? >> no, i think everybody is going to get a little bit of

rain. the chance is looking better and better every time i check. and you know what, we just showed you that realtime doppler radar picking up lightning just offshore. so what you will notice here, showers just starting to move in. this is mostly in the north bay. the good news is we need the rain. the bad news is a lot of this is going to come through right in the heart of your morning drive. what we are expecting as we head throughout the next couple of hours, 7:46. in sunnyvale, 7:07. over the higher elevations we are expecting to terribly .4, there it is. realtime doppler radar show you that lightning firing off just offshore. now, this system is warm. it has a lot of instability with it. we're expecting thunderstorms over our local mountains. even throughout your valley spots. we're going to show you exactly where we're expect that activity as we head throughout the day. coming up in my next report. right now though, send it back to you, sam and laura, and the rest of the top stories of the

day. peak at the bay bridge toll plaza and drive-thru fremont. you can see traffic is backing up there. most likely the toll plaza lights are on. mike inouye is going to break down our morning drive with the rain arriving as well. problems i think he's check out on northbound and southbound 101 this morning. we'll check with him in a fuel minutes. a developing story from the bay area to philadelphia. you know the amtrak engineer at the controlled the very moment the trains jumped the track used to live and work in san francisco. this as the deadly rerailment brings new attention to the aging infrastructure for the entire railroad system. kris sanchez is track that story but we begin with steph chuang live in san francisco. that train engineer now has a lawyer. >> sam, he does. in fact, his attorney one media enter video saying that 32-year-old brandon boast i don't know remembbostian. meantime, caltrain confirming 32-year-old bostian worked as a

contract employee here in the bay area in 2010 and 2011 when they were contracting with amtrak so bostian technically an amtrak employee there. he is based out of new york and has been an amtrak engineer for 4 1/2 years after spending 4 other years as an amtrak conductor. now, data from the black back suggests the train heading from washington to new york was traveling twice the posted speed limit when it went off the track. talking 106 miles per hour before hitting the curve in a 50-mile-per-hour zone. >> shortly after he hit the curve. >> slams on the brakes? >> slams on the brakes. >> then it's too late? >> well, the train dea littled at that point so i would say it was too late. >> reporter: the crash killed seven people and injured more than 200 others. philadelphia police saying they interviewed bostian. they've got a blood sample. his attorney saying his clipt has turned over his cellphone. federal investigators say they will likely interview him and

train crew today or tomorrow and will not assign blame until all investigation is complete, saying that mechanical issues could be to blame all together. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> we'll see what the findings end up proving. but in the meantime, the deadly derailment appearing to be yet another crash that did not have to happen. >> "today in the bay's" kris an chez with the crash avoiding technology that exists but the funding that may not. >> we have two train story lines coming out. on one hand congress gave amtrak until the end of this year to install positive train controls. a system to avoid human error. on the other hand, hours after that disaster in philadelphia, a house panel voted to cut amtrak's budget by more than half. looking live at the disaster scene in philadelphia from the air this morning you can see the work to repair the rail line there continues. president obama's budget earmarked more than $2 billion to improve amtrak's aging infrastructure proond vid fund

that would help amtrak meet that requirement to that so-called positive train control by the end of this year. let's talk about that system. it uses gps, wireless radio, and computer to track where the trains are in the system and could automatically brake if excessive speed or a possible collision is detected. something that stephanie chuang says was in the last crash. according the national transportation safety board, positive train control, ptc, could prevent 40% of train crashes that happen because of human error. that means 29 passenger and freight train crashes could have been avoided since 2004, according to the ntsb. >> this is exactly the type of incident that ptc is designed to prevent. so, we have seen this before and we will continue to see it again until ptc is installed. >> the budget argument on capitol hill falls along party lines with republicans voting to cut the funding but that's a house panel.

so it is not a done deal yet. we'll have to see what happens with the full house and the senate with these images fresh in the lawmakers' minds. by the way, caltrain tells us their ptc system is nearly up and running. sam? >> good to hear that close to home. thank you, kris. we're going to have updates from stephanie and kris coming up in our next half hour. for updates any time you can visit our website nbcbayarea.com. it is graduation season just around the corner and south bay high school students are dealing with this tragedy. three students killed in the late night crash in gilroy. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at christopher high school this morning where two of those three students attended and they died in less than a week. two separate accidents here. >> you are correct, laura. christopher high school here on gilroy getting ready for another vigil, the second one this week. earlier this week they held the memorial for natalia salcido

killed in a car crash on saturday. and then within the past 3 of hours they lost another classmate. 18-year-old sara jean williams, a senior about to graduate. she died tuesday night in a crash ain gilroy that also killed mendoza. pena and yolanda. both students at mt. madonna high. >> tragic is an understatement for us. we've lost four students in five days. in our history, that's never happened. >> that was a superintendent of the school district. tuesday night's crash also killed joseph daniel, 24 years old. the 23-year-old driver, he survived the crash. major injuries but is expected to live. chp has arrested him for driving under the influence. the district will be talking to students about the importance of designating a driver, getting a -- calling for a cab and not drinking and driving.

never mind the fact that they are under age and shouldn't be drinking in the first place. recording live here in gilroy, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> flowers not just for graduation, thank you very much, bob. happening today, controversial state measure requiring child vaccinations now going to face the next hurdle. state senators are going to debate a bill barring parents from seeking exemptions for their school children based on personal beliefs. the assembly still has to take up that issue, too. if lawmakers approve the bill california would become the third state in the country to force vaccinations. it is 6:08. time to check the microclimate forecast this morning as we give you a live look outside. the rain, oh, it's coming. >> it is. it's going to clear up that air as well. issues with pollen and cry drdr >> we could be in the 90s this time of year. we haven't even been close to that. we could be dealing with elevated fire danger. not usual to see all this

activity when it comes to rain. remember at this time last week we're tracking another storm system. at this point a lot of that heavy activity is still offshore, but it is getting closer and closer. between 7:00 and 8:00 we're expecting the bulk of the moisture to start to push inland. so do keep that in mind. could be a slow commute for you in spots. we're still tracking this area that has a lot of instability, a lot of moisture, and we're also seeing some thunderstorms already firing off. fair game for that as we head throughout if day today. especially over the higher elevations. the south bay, the north bay, and the east bay hills. keep that in mind if you live especially in high country across the bay area. we could hear rumbling thunder later on today. and pea size hail possible. and brief heavy downpours in addition to wind gusts of 50 miles per hour. let me take you through your day. we stop that clock at 8:00 a.m. you can see at that point when you're drive is really getting cooking we're going to have quite a bit of activity across

the bay area. we continue that future cast and take you to the 11:00 hour and what you will notice here not just dealing with the green at that point, some yellow, some red. we're expecting thunderstorms between 11:00 and 5:00 p.m. and that rain will continue for most of the day and will clear out of here between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. even when the rain clears we're going to have the threat because of the instability lingering for thornl thunderstorms. we are not going to leave that weather center unguarded today as a result of your temperatures will be on the mild side. that jacket today in combination with your umbrella. 63 degrees in the tri-valley. 64 degrees on the peninsula. 63 degrees in the south bay for today. let's check on that drive right now. here's mike inouye. >> christina, folks before that rain comes in, pleasant commute around much of your bay. watch out south bay. stick around for a second. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza to show you the volume of traffic. fills in all of your lanes on the approach. clouds hovering above.

as we look at your maps, no major problems as you travel toward the bay bridge or the rest of the bay as you look at the color sensors aside from the south bay and altamont pass. altamont pass, we expect that. north 80 here in san jose, uni believely slow from 280 up to sky port. early crash there as taken quite some people, half an hour to clear from lanes. one lane is blocked. that's a big slow drive. 101 much easier between 280 and highway 87. now as we move to the rest of your bay you see the slowdowns southbound 880. just happened right there around 238 and 880. lanes sound like they're open. slower drive down union city. that's light for a thursday. move to the north bay where we had a crash and car fire. a car fire, i should say, on the shoulder at lakeville that has been put out and all lanes just reopened just in time for that commute to kick in from vallejo of the slowdown. a little extra slow. starting to sort out to normal. there's the rest of your approach. >> rough way to start the day with car fire. >> san jose, especially, but the

car fire in the north bay. no one was injured. >> next we will be seeing if rain affects the commute. deflategate might be inflating tom brady's popularity. we'll explain. >> teflon tom here pretty soon. >> they love him. >> that dpi is a legend. how healthy is your handshake? would a simple gesture reveals about your overall health. when gopro's ceo makes a promise he keeps it. $250 million reasons why that's true, coming up.

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>> and doesn't have anything to do with tech. no. >> wait, did he really contribute to gopro? >> in fact, he was the very first employee and now works at gopro. >> not just like, hey, you're my roommate. if i make a big -- >> if nick would say that he would follow up. >> good return on your investment by the way, for the roommate. >> i wonder what my roommate is doing right now? >> not inventing gopro. 6:17. back to our big story of the day. in fact, one of my old roommates is talking about it, asking is this rain going to come? take a look at this, julie. you can see right now our radar. it is offshore right now. this sh unusual late spring storm. it is making its way over the bay area. >> you said julie? >> yep. >> that's the roommate. okay. she of little faith. let's watch the storms come on in at live look at the golden gate bridge. showers and thunder. maybe even a little bit of hail, christina, you mentioned

earlier. >> you went to st. mary's, so she has heavy faith. >> i did. >> people just want to know really what time is it going to rain where i live. 6:17. let's get you outdoors and show you what you can expect. this is mount from weather underground network of cameras. we've got them distributed across the bay area. this one shows you that those clouds are thick and embedded within some of that thick low cloud cover we're getting drizzle out there this morning. the snow showers have started along the side of the sierra nevada. those showers now about 30 minutes away from reaching the santa cruz mountain. you can see that lightning is firing off as we speak. so this is going to be an active weather day. not something that you would usually associate with mid may. however, we need the rain. we'll take it whenever and however we can get it. let me show you what to expect. the storm system has a really interesting track. as we head throughout the next couple hours we're expecting an arrival in sunnyvale by 7:24.

that batch of rain right there. 7:16 meanwhile for the valley, redwood park about 7:06 this morning. right in the heart of your morning drive. temperatures right now mostly in the 50s. it's mild out there to start. it's going to stay cool as we head throughout the day. 64 degrees on the peninsula later on today. 64 degrees in the south bay. 65 degrees up in wine country. so let me help you prepare for the day ahead before you leave. just be prepared for that wet weather as we head throughout the day, especially between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. the rain will develop, isolated thunder comes into the mix. mostly later on this afternoon as we get that daytime heating. it fuels the thunderstorms. and we could see isolated, brief heavy downpours, torrential downpours that lasts five the ten minutes. keep that in mind if you're someone who lives up in the higher elevations. you have the best chance of see that activity. we did remind everybody to turp off your sprinklers.

you have time to do so. i know a lot of people have given that up because of the drought. risk for strong thunderstorms later on today and into this evening. like we said before, above 500 feet. the east bay hills, the santa cruz mountains, the mountains surrounding santa cruz, keep that in mind as well. some could drift down into the valley. we're going to watch that for you right here from the nbc bay area weather center. we're going to tracking and posting it online for you all day long. mid 60s for your saturday. things clear out just in time for that all important weekend. a lot of people graduating. mike, i'm happy just to be graduating from the workweek as we head throughout tomorrow because, hey, they're kind of a rough week for us. we don't expect this kind of weather. and we're so close to that weekend. we don't want any problems on the road. what are youing looking at? >> christina, it's a little bit lighter. a lot of shift when the end of the school year happens. congratulations to you. couple weeks ago, my niece, got masters in theology. looking at the northbound 87.

a little slowdown as we still are dealing with the crash. that's the slowest drive. unexpected for the south bay. this is that sky port where we still have a vehicle to be removed to the shoulder so you're down to one lane. that's the slow drive for san jose. the rest of your bay looking a little bit lighter. a lot lighter for the tri-valley. a little bit lighter over here for 880 south, hayward to union city. there is slower trend there and that's a typical pattern towards the san mateo bridge. as we move the map, showing you a wider shot. over all the bay showing more green than we typically see. east shore freeway, mild slowing and the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. no major issues for this section of the map. live look at san rafael and you see the light volume southbound just starting to build. no problems past knot san pedro to the golden gate brilk. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on and traffic is backed up. and back in toward the maze. from time to time, you will see the spider on the lens behind us. watch all morning if you can. oh, what a tangled web we weave.

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right now, 6:26. up next, update to breaking news. at least one american killed by suspected terrorists over night in kabul. and twice the speed limit and refusing to talk. what we know about the man at the controls when this amtrak train jumped the track.

good thursday morning. mostly dry but we have heavy rain on the way to the bay area as we head throughout your morning. we're going to track the storm system to your doorstep.

plus, chance for thunderstorms as well. details in your microclimate coming up. the crowds are building on the bay area commute while some folks are looking like a better drive south bay is tough. >> good news on first time jobless claims could help undo some of the damage done by retail sales as we watch the nyse on the opening bell. now over to the nasdaq. today is thursday, 14th of may. >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> 6:30 right now on your thursday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. here's a look at the top stories. investigators looking closer at speed of that amtrak train before it derailed in philadelphia killing seven passengers. initial data indicates the train was going more than twice the posted speed limit. some woender if technology would have been able to stop or slow the amtrak train. the technology is called positive train control and it can correct human error.

it was unavailable on the stretch of track where it occurred. high school students in gilroy are mourning the loss of three girls died in two separate accidents. they both were high speed crashes. the driver in one survived. he is now facing dui charges. breaking news now. at least one american among the victim os of taliban attack in a high end hotel in africa's capital city over night. 14 people confirmed dead including 9 foreigners. after gunmen opened fire at the restaurant of the park plaza hotel in kabul. that hotel at the time was hosting a party for foreigners. 54 other hostages were rescued after an hours' long siege. more than 48 hours and kourpting crews are back searching by air and ground for military helicopter that vanished in nepal. u.s. marine corps chopper disappeared tuesday during an aid mission to deliver food and water to the victim os this week's earthquake. the chopper pilot lost contact after radioing in that the helicopter was having fuel problems. eight people within or board.

laura, many survivors of nepal's second major earthquake are trapped in their villages because the shaking but the roadblocking landslides. some areas are hard to reach even by helicopters. people are camping out in the streets. many afraid to re-enter buildings still standing because of fear they could collapse if another aftershock were to hit. at least 96 people have died in this week's quake. other than 8,000 died in last month's earthquake. everybody is talking about the rain. it's on its way. when will it arrive? the thunder roll? live look outside. >> in the mountain. >> garth brooks song there. >> garth brooks in i'm totally out of my element in country music. >> 3:30 in the morning. >> there you go. >> not a soul in sight. i can tell you right now as we get into this afternoon, we do have that activity working its way towards the bay area. and we will likely hear that thunder roll garth brooks style.

that song near and dear to my heart. temperatures are mild. we're watching this bulk of the moisture start to track closer and closer to the bay area. this is our weather maker. it's not just the green. now we've got yellow developing within that green and some lightning firing off just offsho offshore. so this unstable air mass will slowly but surely work its way over the bay area during the heart of your morning drive. continuing into the 11:00 hour, by then 2:00, wide spread activity which will get out of here before your evening drive home. that's the good news. also noticing this is slowing down a little bit. that might help out for those of you leaving the house. we're going to check with mike on your drive and get the specifics from him in just moments. we're tracking this to your doorstep this morning. 8:00 a.m. arrival of the steady stuff in san jose. 6:51 mountain view. quarter of an inch in south bay. closer to half an inch in higher elevations where we get the most moisture. let me takt it to your future

cast. stop the clock at 11:00 a.m. we're going to have brief heavy downpours at that point. basically wide spread activity. you just want to be prepared for the elements today that will continue into 2:00. you can see that here with the reds, the yellows. heavier rainfall. rain rates at half an inch per hour. then it moves through as we head throughout the evening hours. we're still going to lingering activity as we head throughton and tomorrow. let's talk about thunderstorms. best chance over the local high elevations. including the north bay, the south bay, and east bay hills. you want to keep in mind we could see strong storms develop later on today. and we woucould see some in fremont. we accumulated that pea size hail. the storm, from this one storm alone, we are expecting the entire month average rainfall for may. we'll tell you how much, where

we live in my next report though. as promised, he's always here to help you get to work on time. mike? >> good morning, christina. we're going to take you out to san jose with a tougher drive. should be improving. this is 101. this one is getting slower. i should start with that. the build for the commute now which is lighter overall. look at your map. san jose in general shows your typical for north 101. the arrow points to north 87. patches up through downtown and upward sky port where the crash has finally cleared. we just got the all clear in chp which is still at the scene of the crash doing some paperwork there. meanwhile, the rest of the flow northbound just starting to build for san jose and the rest of silicon valley. that's lighter than we often see on a thursday. no problem for the tri-valley. no real slowing for 680. 880 builds a bit for hayward an union city. the lighter build therend across the san mateo bridge. i want to watch the big view as you see the sensors over here. mild slowing a the top of your screen for the upper east shore and bay bridge toll plaza where

the metering lights are on. no drama for the north bay. we will check that and sam asked how we timed things, let's look at the san mateo bridge and looking over toward the foster city side and seeing a slowdown. expect to see a chp vehicle traveling westbound toward the scene. not there yet. it looks like all lanes have cleared there. restoring the flow once again. timing again for our camera showing, look, we're moving again. >> give them something positive. not. exactly. carrots. it is 6:56. to an investigative unit exclusive. pg&e has worked to build confidence in commitment in safety and security. internal memo obtained by the investigative unit reveals contradictions between what pg&e has said in front of our cameras and what has been said behind closed doors. the investigative unit interviewed stephanie douglas last august. she the is the director of corporate security. douglas said pg&e has high level

security at critical electric substations in northern and central california. but just 12 days later she wrote a memo to the president of pg&e saying the company is years away from a healthy security plan. state senator jerry hill says the memo called pg&e's integrity in question. >> the memo clearly states that pg&e has not done and hasn't had the resources to do what was necessary to provide the security of the infrastructure. clearly says that she did not tell us what the facts of the situation. >> pg&e declined to interview requests that said it added more funding and staffing for security since the august memo. ton at 11:00, investigative unit shows you exactly what's i side that internal memo and you will hear what senator hill has to say to pg and e insiders who wanted the memo out. they wanted a suspect to turn himself in. the most surprising part of this home invasion just might be his

age. a toddler stabbed. his family attacked. all while fixing a flat tire on the side of the california highway. now, suspect is behind bars.

at 6:40, new video. and you would never know smash and grab burglars hit bloomingdales but the department store completely repaired. just 24 hours after thieves is back to red jeep through the door. they then ransacked the jewelry cases and sped away. police found the stolen cheap abandoned a mile away. over the past five months there have been ten similar burglaries across the bay area. the suspects are still on the loose. >> kind of thing is becoming an epidemic. 6:40. surprising twist, one of the burglars caught on surveillance video during a brazen home invasion turns himself in to san jose police. he's 17 years old. this video the suspect and another man break into the home in the evergreen neighborhood, grabbed knives from the kitchen

and then started looking for things to steal. all of this happening while the family was hiding inside the bedroom. the suspects then tried to kick down the bedroom door before finally running off. the second suspect is still on the run at this hour. family members are trying to make sense of bizarre attack in srn california leaving a toddler injured. it happened monday on the shoulder of interstate 215. a family of five was trying to fix a flat tire. that's when a man crossed the freeway holding a broken highway marker. police say he used it to break the rear window and stab family members including the toddler in the car seat. the toddler suffered cuts and needed stitches for his neck. >> i was looking at him, face to face. put my hand on top of my son said, please stop, he's a baby. >> we all approached this man and realized that he was of no sane mind at all.

>> demented. how reporthorrible nape managed drive away on three wheels trying to get away from him. police did arrest the suspect. perhaps no surprise, they say he was high on drugs. look at the effects that drugs can have on people. >> no explanation. >> for anyone. okay. all right. prayers at least they are okay this morning. a fight breaking out between skate borders and artists in san francisco. fists were flying. the story behind this brawl, next. this didn't have to happen. the technology experts say could have prevented this deadly derailment. live rook outside right now from san bruno. mountains out there and plenty of green on the radar. christina tracking the ash rival of the rain. back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather right after this break.

welcome back. 6:45 on your thursday morning. and a big story this morning, the weather. a hive look at the doppler radar right now, which is show that wet weather. the green specs making their way into the bay area right now. we're talking rain, thunder, maybe even a little hail. >> christina joins us now. and, christina, a little odd for this time of year. this is what looks like right now, live look outside. but you know, we could be seeing temperatures of, what, like 90 degrees right now. typically. >> you know, last year at this time it was really warm. what a difference a year can make here in the bay area. 2015 has been good to us in terms of the overall rainfall that we've seen this year so

far. and, yeah, we are talking about hail, yes. later on today. radar right now, what you will notice here, a couple of different things. start on the spine of the sierra nevada, snow lels down to 5500 feet this morning. take you local to the bay area and you will notice the batch of moisture is getting closer and closer as we speak. looks like it's doing to hit just in time for your morning drive. keep that in mind. over all this storm system is working its way very slowly. so here's what you can expect as we head throughout the day today. those showers will continue to press to the north from the south. what you will notice is the thing has a very unusual track associated with it. typically our storm systems come in from the north and move down through the north bay and eventually work they way into the south bay. this one is coming from the south and pushing north as we speak. almost hitting the bay area perpendicular. here's what you can expect for today. showers are going to start to move onshore.

mostly making their way to the inland valley spots by 7:56. 8:06 for that arrival in fremont. and half-moon bay getting closer and closer to steady rain where you are, 7:24 this morning. we love our technology here. we're able to track this area of low pressure right no your doorstep. i will be doing so for you all the way throughout the "today" show. maybe you're just getting up. maybe you're just starting to get ready. we'll be here for you all morning long. that's the weather story. shower, thunderstorms, winter like temperatures take you into your lunchtime hour. temperatures are only going to be in the upper 50s to low 60s. that will warrant a jacket all day long. keep that in mind as you get the little ones ready for school. round out the day for 4:00. much cooler than average. 10 to 15 degrees below average. 64 degrees on the peninsula today at 4:00 when our highs come in. 63 in the tri-valley. 64 degrees in the north bay. we are expecting the clear you out as we head throughout the

inning. if you want to go for a bike ride, a jog, you would be a-okay, especially between we 6:00 and 8:00 when a lot of that activity starts to let up. what you can expect for the next few days though, showers and thunderstorms work their way through bay area. residual activity for fridaynd saturday, not expecting heavy activity but a few showers. you might be using your windshield wipers from time to time both friday and saturday. then we are going to stay unsettled through next week. every single day next week, 10 to 20% chance of shower activity with the jet stream just to our south. we've got this really, really wacky weather pattern. as a result, temperatures are going to stay cool as well. let me show you the microcli ma mate weather trend. mid 60s your way through the weekend. we should be at 75 degrees this time of year. for san francisco, way below average. this has nothing to do with may gray. this is all cold air ushered in by that jet stream to our south.

your east bay valleys meanwhile, warmer here. saturday into sunday, temperatures in the upper 60s. really even next week staying cooler than average. you can always find your seven-day forecast scrolling at the bottom of your screen for your specific microclimate. we've got you covered and we've got you covered in the traffic department as well. >> before that rain comes in things are actually very calm. we will see how it changes though as that system starts to develop a little bit shortly. half an hour from now we see stuff going on. toward the westbound, 92. nothing dramatic. there's that chp vehicle across the span standing by for anything. look at your maps. really not a big surprise. westbound just slows a bit across toward the peninsula with no delays. just a little build for north 101 through san mateo. dumbarton bridge holding off the bulk of the traffic as well. mild slowing through herk lescu and richmond. slowing for the west 580 coming into the maze. typical pattern. the north bay, smooth flow

southbound 101 just shows a little slowing through san rafael. typical build. jump down to the south bay, tracked pattern. 280 up to 101. earlier crash at sky 4 has cleared. fender bender northbound at 101. watch for additional slow. see that kicking in. that's the worse of it for san jose. the build is on for silicon valley. that rain is approaching from the south. that will be a little bit different based on the warning for you as it typically does. a lot of us watch our friends in the north bay. here comes the rain. not the case right now. >> something to keep an eye on. developing story at 6:50. we now know the amtrak engineer at the controls the very moment the train jumped the track used to live and work in the bay area. this as the deadly derailment brings attention to aging infrastructure for the entire railroad system. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is tracking that store by was we're going to begin with stephanie chuang.

steph, the train engineer is lawyered up. >> that's right, sam and laura. caltrain first of all has bay area ties with this engineer. caltrain confirming 32-year-old brandon bostian worked as a contract employee here in the bay area in 2010 and 2011. now, at the time the agency was contracting with amtrak so technically he was an amtrak employee, first a conductor and then ek near. bostian is from new york. meantime, data from the black box suggests the train heading from washington to new york was traveling twice the posted speed limit when it went off the track. 106 miles an hour. investigators saying that bostian slammed on the brakes after hitting the curve with a 50-mile-an-hour zone. the crash killed seven people and injured 200 others. philadelphia police saying they have interviewed bostian. they have a blood sample from him and in one interview the attorney representing bostian says he remembers driving in that general area but has no memory of the actual incident

adding that bostian has turned over his cellphone to investigators. now, federal investigators have not yet spoken with bostian. they say that will happen, could be as early as today, could be tomorrow. but say they are not assigning blame even if speed was an issue here, it could have been caused we a mechanical failure. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you, steph. the technology actually exists to avoid train crashes like the one in philadelphia where speed appeared to be a factor. >> another story. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joining us with why amtrak is under orders to install it and why it might not happen. >> two train stories. on one hand amtrak under orders to install the technology to avoid human error by the end of this year. on the other hand, the vote from massive funding cuts to amtrak hours after the disaster in philadelphia. here's a look at the scene this morning where even before the crash that infrastructure was starting to fail. that's why president obama budget earmarked more than $2

billion for amtrak. but on the same day as the disaster a house appropriations committee slashed that in half. without that funding amtrak may have a hard time installing that safety technology by the end of the year. that technology is called positive train control and uses gps, wireless radio, and computers to track the trains. then automatically brake if excessive speed or possible collision is detected. according to the national transportation safety board ptc could prevent 40% of train crashes blamed on human error. the ntsb says 29d passengers and freight crashes could have been avoided just since 2004. the budget rg argument on capitol hill is falling on party lines with republicans voting to cut. but that's a house panel it is a committee so it's not a done deal yet. by the way, if you take caltrain to work you will be glad to know their positive train control, their ptc system is nearly complete. sam and laura? >> thank you very much, kris. and the "today" show will

pick up our coverage of this developing story in just a few minutes. for updates any time visit your website nbcbayarea.com. with graduation just around the corner for so many families a time filled with joy typically. south bay high school students with dealing with tragedy. three students killed in a late night car crash in gilroy. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at christopher high school in gilroy where two students have died in separate incidents in less than a week. >> reporter: sam, the school district says -- call this tragic would be an understatement. four students in the district lost in one week, two at mt. madonna high, two more here at christopher high. both schools here in gilroy. earlier this week students at christopher high were mourning the loss of natalia sal sid so killed in a car crash saturday. yesterday morning came the news that they also lost their 18-year-old classmate sara jean williams. williams died tuesday night in

an accident that not only killed her but three other passengers. williams, a senior getting ready to graduate, was considered an avid artist who loves ceramics. >> to the people who she trusted and she was very -- she was a very loyal friend. >> i saw her yesterday and she smiled so beautiful. >> reporter: tuesday night's crash also killed mendoza-pena, both 18 years of age. both students at mt. madonna high along with 24-year-old. the 23-year-old driver survived with major injuries. he is expected to live. chp has arrested him for driving under the influence. the district will be talking to students about the importance of designating a driver. calling a cab, not drinking and driving. never mind the fact that these students are under able and shouldn't be drinking in the first place.

reporting live here in gilroy, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> taken so young. thank you, bob. 6:55. passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by norovirus are coming back to san francisco in minutes. the sanitation process will begin soon after the ship docks at 7:00. the dozens of passengers showing symptoms of norovirus. the port authority says only four actually tested positive for the virus. the princess cruise line ship is returning from a 15-day cruise to hawaii. it is the sixth ship to report a norovirus outbreak this year. brawling in the streets. san francisco police want to hear from you if you know any of the people involved in this brawl taking place in the middle of the city. the melee broke out in justiner man plaza last week but now only getting answers. it was a fight between skateboarders and vendors with a lot of terrified witnesses. artists jennifer martinez was there. she posted video of that fight on youtube. she says it started when two

groups of skateboarders got into a fight that moved into the plaza when vendors tried to break it up. she said the skaters turned on the artists and it took an entire community to resolve that calm. >> yeah, the guy got off his and he started pulling skateboards out of people's hands. my partner stan crabbed -- we have a stick we use to massage our shoulders at the booth and he used that to pull people off the vendors to separate them. it's all about de-escalation. >> makeshift weapons and blows right there. martinez says two vendors were treated for injuries. police right now are investigating. pretty startling news this morning. abc news anchor george stephanopolous disclosed he gave $50,000 to the clinton foundation. >> he gives plenty of money to charities. >> millions apparently. the clinton foundation run by bill clinton is separate of course from the clinton campaign. run by hillary clinton.

there have been aing cue sayses the two crossover. whether that's true or not is not the issue this morning. the issue is stephanopolous participated in interviews and stories where that connection or the lack of it was examined. he would ask hard questions about whether contributions to the charity affect hillary clinton of secretary of state. without saying, by the way, i am one of those contributors. the contributions were confirmed by the blog politico this morning. in a statement abc said it stands behind the anchor and point out he makes millions of dollars worth of charitable contributions every year. stephanopolous has always been c connected to the clintons. we do want to say mark zuckerberg ears birthday. he's 31. by silicon valley standards is old. by his own standards it's old. in his 20s he said, this, quote, i just want to stress the importance of being young and technical when hiring, young

people are just smarter. happy birthday, mark. happy 31st, i believe. >> now you can say let them eat cake. >> yeah. 6:58. we are tracking the rain coming in, krst, achristina. >> happy birthday to george lucas today as well. 6:59. another local big name having a birthday. we have showers on the way as we get into your afternoon, especially you're going to be dealing with this activity. you can see just how close that batch of rain is to the peninsula right now. 50s. make sure you grab that jacket. we're only going to end up in the 60s at 4:00 when our highs come? >> knocking on the door there. thank you. >> happy birthday to mike inouye. >> i'll take that. >> it's not. >> okay. >> come on. >> south bay, northbound u.n. with, right now. the crash blocking three lanes northbound just cleared from the roadway. it was there long enough to cause that backup. the rest of the bay, look, the east bay, nothing dramatic as

far as your build there. approaching the bay bridge, metering lights are approaching the backup. >> maybe not back home. >> bring a jacket. good morning. no memory? the engineer of the train that derailed and killed at least seven people claims he does not recall the moment of impact and has yet to offer any explanation for why the train hit speeds of 106 miles an hour, more than twice the legal limit. we'll talk to an ntsb investigator at the scene. swamped. widespread flooding in texas. roads turned to rivers, homes under water, and the rain is not over yet. tense exchange. jeb bush and a college student spar over george w. bush's legacy. >> your brother created isis. >> is that a question? >> and tor