your microclimate forecast this morning. drizzle and light rain returning to parts of the bay area. i will have a look at your changes in the forecast coming up. mike? >> light rain causes light blur on the screen. we'll talk about the view around the bay and a warning for your crossing. >> we will take you to san jose as well. across the bay area for a look at all our your day's news. it's thursday, may 21st. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we start with breaking news. update. a frantic door-to-door search in the south bay is over. police nabbing a group of strong armed robbery suspects moments ago. >> "today in the bay" damian is live in the san jose neighborhood where it all happened. are things getting back to normal now? >> yeah, the last officer left about two minutes ago here. we're on babe ruth drive. this the northeast end of the

city of san jose. a hot spot, if you will, for burglarers but this is what police call an attempted robbery here in the city of san jose. police say they have two separate robbery victims in this case. it happened just after midnight and police say three of suspects began hopping fences. they conducted a perimeter search with the help of canine units from sunnyvale police and santa clara police. officers had already made one arrest earlier in the investigation. but they knew there were still three suspects at large. officers found them hiding in the same backyard. there were two adults and two juveniles. only the adults here resisted arrest. and they were the ones who were bitten by the canine. they needed minor medical attention here at the scene. >> we conducted a yard-to-yard search of this neighborhood. we had about 30 homes in the perimeter. and we probably were at about our 12th home when we located three of the suspects in one of

the yards. >> reporter: north san jose is considered again a hot spot for burglaries but this is actually two robberies. police tell us that they found some of the evidence from these strong-armed robberies here on some of the suspects. they could not fly their own helicopter. that was down. the sheriff's helicopter was also down. they called for aid from chp but their helicopter could not fly. they say because baz of the weather conditions. police say they have all of their us a spesuspects now in c. >> thank you very much, damian. at 2breaking news out of da city this morning. police say the driver of the stolen dump truck tried to run an officer over before leading them on a chase. that chase ended in a wreck. >> this was not going to end pretty. "today in the bay's" bob redell live on scene right now. the driver tried to make a run for it in the dump truck at first, ultimately caught on

foot. >> sam and laura, caught on foot here in the intersection of san jose here in daly city. the dump truck in question wrapped around the utility pole and to the left is the minivan full of three people that this person unfortunately collided with. four people in the hospital right now. one in serious condition. this started early this morning around midnight. an officer there saw the driver of the stolen dump truck driving around a town home complex. thought it was odd, unusual. ran the plates. came back stolen. tried to pull over the driver. the driver did not comply and ended up trying to run and ram the officer in his squad car. that's when they began this chase. that's when briefly in the south city and eventually here in daly city where this wreck happened with the driver of the dump truck wrapping the vehicle around the utility pole. and again, colliding with that minivan, send that minivan into a parked car.

inside the minivan, 16-year-old girl, 20-year-old person and another person in that car. one of those people transported with serious injuries. the other two with minor injuries. we just spoke with a police officer who tells me that the driver of the stolen truck did try to get away but didn't get far was captured here on the scene and that driver taken to the hospital we believe with minor injuries. again, none of these injuries are life threatening and here at san jose at this intersection in daly city is going to be a few hours before it's reopened. not only do you have to remove all the debris from the dump truck and the minivan but there's a lot of diesel out here. they put absorbent material on the ground but they have to clean that up as well. reporting live in daly city, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. it is 5:04. developing story and a state of emergency after the oil spill in santa barbara. it is spread across nine miles of ocean and still an intense smell of oil and gas.

up to 105,000 gallons may have leaked with 21,000 gallons reaching the seas. crews have recovered 6,000 gallons. the ceo of the company that runs the pipeline claims all american pipeline is apologizing. >> we apologize for the damage that is done to the wildlife and to the environment. we're very sorry for the disruption and inconvenience it has cause odd the citizens and the visitors to this area. >> the spill will keep both refugio beach and el capitan beach closed through the holiday weekend. among the major concerns is the impact on wildlife. we already seen birds coat with oil. crabs and fish in jeopardy. story that will make your blood boil now. elderly san francisco woman in critical condition this morning after a savage attack in broad daylight an mother's day. this morning investigators are just trying to find the woman who attacked her.

>> i would say near death would be the most accurate way of describing her condition. >> that is connie ho describing her grandmother's 77-year-old who is now in a san francisco hospital. police say that she had just gotten off of a muni bus in chinatown on mother's day when she was attacked by another woman for no apparent reason. officers want to find her attacker. they're also looking for a mysterious man who came to her aid as she was lying on the sidewalk. >> can you please come forward and let us know who you are. they can help us find this assailant that attacked my grandma. >> hopefully help provide some answers here. police are asking anyone who saw something suspicious in chinatown in the early afternoon of may 10th. again, that's on mother's day. to give them a call. follow-up now in the case of a deadly hit and run in san francisco. this happened last month during a high speed police chase and now police have arrested three men. all of them 18 or 19 years old.

investigators say those men were fleeing from police in a stolen car when they hit and killed bridget checker. she was a food service manager whose company contracted for google. they allegedly kept on driving before dumping the car in treasure island. they were arrested in san francisco, hayward, and santa rosa. a fallen hero receives a special tribute today in the south bay. san jose police officer michael johnson died in the line of duty in march. a gunman killed and he responded to a call. san jose reenlg mall medical center will dedicate a tree in johnson's honor. johnson was a member of a group called one team, a community partnership involving the hospital and emergency workers from different backgrounds. now to an update on an incredible story of survival. talking about the window washer there who fell 11 stories on to a car in san francisco and lived to tell about it. now cal osha is fining the company who employed pedro perez

based in concord hit with five citations totaling over $12,000. the big one, failure to secure the roof with fall protection equipment. >> hopefully he's doing okay. now to a follow-up on that whale that washed ashore in half-moon bay. scientists hoped the tide will allow them to examine the 40-foot gray whale to figure out how it died. they were unable to do so yesterday because of high tide in is the third dead whale to wash ashore in the bay area in just the past five weeks alone. >> mysterious conditions of those whales continues. weep hoping to get answer on that. in the meantime, by the coastline and maybe elsewhere on the peninsula, you were saying, rob, going to see spotty rain today. >> seeing that. enough to wet the roads around san francisco and around the peninsula for this morning. everybody waking up to some mid 50s but depending on where you are, if your morning commute includes the golden gate bridge, rain gauge on four wheels have been keeping the windshield wipers with the mist coming down.

you can see the wet pavement there. san jose is the same story. 57 degrees. later on today there's still a slight chance of isolated shower. especially around the santa cruz mountains. notice for the morning you've got a little bit of light rain there in san francisco by around lunchtime. seeing mostly cloudy conditions throughout the day and by mid afternoon around santa rosa there's a chance of seeing a few hilltop showers. all day sea breeze and mostly cloudy skies as you can imagine, another relatively cool day around the bay area. 50s to probably 10:00 this morning as we get closer to lunchtime should start to see some low to mid 60s around the tri-valley and san jose but staying near 60 in oakland and san francisco. high temperatures are only in the upper 60s. that's almost ten degrees below average. 57 in pacifica with light rain at times. close to 60 in san francisco. you can see santa rosa, 67 degrees. mid to upper 60s around pleasanton and livermore with a little bit of light rain at times, mike. that could be slowing down the morning commute. >> if it doesn't slow them down it should. slicker conditions right, rob?

ing looking here toward the bay bridge where we do have less reason for slowing. cash lanes, the backup we had is all clear now. starting to see an increase in the volume. seeing sheen on the road. tiny puddles. there's enough misting you're going to need to use the windshield wiper here's and golden gate bridge. rob just showed you the sheen again on the roadway. we saw the zipper truck move across the bridge. ready for the morning commute. maybe sure you are as well. looking at the map we talk about that 12:45 midday game for the giants. that will mean more traffic for the city in bay bridge and san francisco golden gate bridge as well. this is also thursday before memorial day so many people might be head ing there for a nice lunchtime game and taking off for tm. we may see a bigger crowd than typical for a midday game. looking to the south bay. no slowing. the entire bay, the only slowdown we see behind me there, westbound 580 and in toward livermore. standard, guys. back to you. >> if we're going to be on the roadway for the holiday make sure your car is safe. week talk act the biggest recall in u.s. history and chances are

your car is impacted willity takada airbag recall. now they have a way to figure out what went wrok. plus, scott mcgrew tells us about the latest secret leaked by edward snoweden. >> the best way into your phone may have been through an app.

university of california regents are meeting in san francisco and this morning they'll hear from students who want to make sure the uc system isn't making any money off of investments in gun manufacturers. >> for more on that "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is joining us with how they plan to persuade the regents to divest, kris. >> the father of a young woman killed in the 2014 shotting rampage near uc santa barbara will address the regents today along with students who want their university system to take a financial stand against weapons. the students will deliver a petition to the regents saying they will speak during public comment. while the uc system previously sold off investments in the gun industry the students say the university really isn't transparent enough for people to be sure. they also want a formal ban going forward to prevent any weapons industry investments in the future. students have a powerful weapon

in their own arsenal. the father of that young woman killed in the isla vista shooting rampage. >> hearing stories of, you know, a father who lost his child and the students who live in isla vista and was there during the shooting and continue to be effected by that every day. i think that will inspire the regents to really think about this issue. >> the university manages a $7.4 billion endowment. last year the uc system announced a plan for response i believe investing to support sustainability and environmental responsibility worldwide. the students are hoping this will -- that will extend to this. divestment moves a powerful tool in ending apartheid in south africa and why it's not divested from fossil fuel the pressure to divest did encourage the system to invest in more renewable energy. other students have also asked the university to divest from businesses that support israeli military of for thes. they see this as a viable tool

to pressure the regents. sam? >> effort towards symbolism. new this morning, head of japan's auto industry says he hopes to have a report on what caused takata's airbag problems by end of the year. more than 50 million cars have been recalled around the world since 2008. those airbags can explode with so much force they pray metal shards inside your car. the recall impacteds about one in four cars on the road. it is 25g 16. the latest documents leaked by edward snowden show the government was working on a we to put fake apps on your phone. >> as if we need more reason to be concerned. scott mcgrew, a plan the nsa never carried through. >> that's right, sam. it could have been just a thought exercise but it is very similar to news we've heard before. snowden who, remember, has thousands of documents, still hasn't released, gave a canadian newspaper copies of plans create bd i the u.s. government to intercept apps as they download to android phones and replace

the apps with things that could bureau around inside your phone looking for secrets, contact information, e-mail, that kind of thing. this is what hackers call a man in the middle attack. getting themselves between something the user trusts like an app store and his phone and then switching out the data midstream. for what it's worth it was two years ago this week snowden grabbed all documents and fled for hong kong. the u.s. government yesterday released a trove of data about osama bin laden and what special forces found in his compound as they raided it back in 2011. including the information with a list of software manuals. bin laden was studying up on the photo shop and dream weaver as he hid from the world. he was also careful to keep all of his owner's manuals including one for his hp printer. well, let's check the news before your bell. landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. the markets could come under pressure at the opening bell

after stocks ended narrowly mixed on wednesday. investors reacting from last month's fed meeting signaling an interest rate hike next month is urn likely. they were concerned ability weak economic growth in the first quarter of the year. due partly to slow consumer spending but expect a rebound this quarter. look for data on unemployment and existing home sales. dow falling 27 points to 18285. nasdaq rising one point to 5071. back to you. >> laura and sam, side effects of the fed decision not to raise interest rates right away is that the dollar got weaker. that is good news generally. a weaker dollar makes american products less expensive. the strong dollar has hurt american companies in ways we've never really expected. one of them is etsy said it lost more money than expected because of the strong dollar. so i mean, people knitting pot holders got effected by the strong dollar because people in europe couldn't afford them or

chose not to. >> interesting. >> better for trade. not as good for travel if you're looking to go abroad. >> the ream deal is for traveler, probably past. >> you had your window. you had your chance. thank you very much, scott. >> have the time to go. 5:19. the newest hot button issue relating to the drought is bottled water. many are getting angry at bottle water companies getting their h2o from public land. >> natural springs all over california are providing water for the bottling industry. no one really knows how much water is actually being used. now a lot of people want answers. and water bottlers are facing a flood of criticism. >> the governor, for example, created a plan 3 1/2 years ago but nothing was said about water bottling. nothing was said about fracking. >> starbucks has been bottling its ethos water in california but the company announced last week that it's going to find a new source outside of the state in the next six months. >> got to check your labels,

too, to see where it's coming from. california spring or fresno tap. i'm not kidding. hey, let's check in with rob. he's got a look at a little water in the sky. >> enough that it's measuring up in a few rain gauges around san francisco. just over .01 of an inch of rain. it's enough to twet ground. a little light rain. can't see it too well here in oakland as you look down on 880. misty skies. 65 degrees. not much in the way of showers right now in san jose. seeing the clouds. 57 right now with the mostly cloudy skies. that is a trend that will continue into the afternoon. you see around 7:00 this morning. a little bull's-eye of lighter rain around san francisco over towards oakland. during the afternoon we'll get a few sunny breaks at times for the valleys and chance for hilltop showers around the north bay and also to the east of san jose later on this afternoon. and more thunder showers in the forecast there for the sierra. the wind speeds obviously creasing as we go into the

afternoon. good strong sea breeze will be one of the reasons why. so 50s, probably through 10:00 this morning. as we get closer to lunchtime you will see a little bit of sun at times. inland around the tri-valley. temperatures topping out again today. the mid to upper 60s for south of san jose, drizzle and mist more or less throughout the day. highs close to 60. early start to the giants game. coming up early this afternoon we're going to look at temperatures in the low 60s with periods of light rain possible. saw it last night. could see it again this afternoon. temperatures eventually dropping into the upper 50s bey the afternoon. today and tomorrow, trough hung out across the west coast here. sierra thunder showers in the forecast, too, as we get closer to the weekend with cool temperatures. but as we get to the memorial day weekend notice saturday and sunday temperatures start to climb up with low to mid 70s finally back in the inland valleys as we go midway through holiday weekend. check of your morning commute,

here's mike. >> with a big note will be the drizzle, mist and slick eroroad. looking over here right on the same latitude as the san mateo bridge. 580 slows a bit. there's a little debris reported around the road. traveling through livermore though, reports still there. left on the indicator. tri-valley moves smoothly. i just saw this. southbound 280. just off 17. slowing shows up right around 87. that's where there was an overnight crew. may be moving through the area. we'll track that. no incidents for the south bay a yoz you move your map north of the san mateo bridge, mist and drizzle likely. seen it at the golden gate bridge. the bay bridge. let's look at the live camera. palo alto, smooth flow. looking at bay bridge, the sheen on the roadway. some mist and now there's some start for the cash lane backup, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much. every second counted. every move mattered. two police officers risk their

own lives to save a puppy from a rushing river. the drama didn't end once the dog was on dry land.

we have a dramatic carjacking caught on camera. tampa police releasing this video after it happened yesterday. two men walking up to a car while the driver steps away to pay for gas. he tried to stop them by throwing himself on to the hood of the car. the thieves eventually got what looks like something is flying in the background there, too. garbage? eventually the victim was able to get away there unscathed, not hurt, but they nabbed his car. >> picked up a trash can to throw it at him. >> a tense rescue. there's a dog in there from landslide ravaged columbia. police officers put themselves into harm's way to safe that dog from a rushing river.

look at that. lives. the dog wasn't breathing so officers quickly gave the animal cpr until the dog came to. the dog had injuries from rocks and debris and the river but he should be okay. >> those guys are super heroes. new video of a close encounter with a killer whale. luke reilly was power boarding in new zealand. he caught the interaction with his gopro camera. i guess he wasn't too nervous. the whale trailed his board before it went into the distance. breakthrough in the debate over dolphins. japan's association of zoos and aquariums says it will stop buying dolphins caught in the controversial hunt. graphic images of the slaughtered dolphins captured worldwide attention when it was featured in "the co." most are killed for their meat but a small amount are caught for live sales to aquariums.

yesterday the association said members are now banned from taking dolphins from those hunts. >> okay now from bad to worst. the governor declaring a state of emergency as oil spreads and impacts beaches and birds and fish. "today in the bay's" michelle roberts is live in santa barbara with more on hu crews are trying to clean up this big mess. we're going to talk to her and be back in two minutes.

breaking news this morning. residents in one south bay neighborhood woken up in the middle of the night as police go door to door searching for burglary suspects hiding out in people's back yards. a stolen vehicle in daly city that's not jury typical hot rod. a dump truck leads to a wild chase and crash. we're seeing something of a drizzle storm right now in san francisco at 56 degrees. cool temperatures today and the chance of hilltop showers in the forecast. we'll look at that coming up. drizzle, that affects your drive.

so does the backup at the bay bridge. i have a nursery rhyme for you, listen up if you're going through the tri-valley. >> just listening to you all the time anyway, mike. live look outside. right now the golden gate bridge. sunlight starting to emerge in the distance. thursday, may 21st. you are watching "today in the bay." >> this is "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing story this morning. state of emergency is in effect following a large oil spill along california's central coast. >> michelle roberts is live from the state beach near santa barbara. that oil slick covering now more than nine miles of ocean. >> reporter: during the day it is so easy to spot, especially look here on the beach. you can see spotted oil just kind of dribbling on all of these rocks. yesterday there were crews in white suits cleaning up, just gathering what they could here

from the shore. look at video from yesterday. nearly 300 people were out cleaning up. today there will be even more. the oil is being removed in a handful of ways. vacuums, absorbent boom in the water. crews walking the beach just filling up dumpsters. yesterday 6,000 gallons of oily water was removed from the ocean which is good but obviously a lot more work needs to be done. the latest spill estimate is 105,000 gallons. that could change as more research is done here in the next couple of days. this happened on tuesday morning when an onshore pipeline broke sending oil into a storm drain. last night the ceo of plains all american apologized for this disaster and promised to clean it up. >> you should know that we deeply, deeply regret that this incident has occurred at all. we apologize for the damage that is done to the wildlife and to the environment. we're very sorry for the

disruption and inconvenience that it has cause odd the citizens and the visitors to this area. >> reporter: yesterday we saw birds, one of the most heartbreaking thing, swimming in the oil. i even saw two dolphins swimming near the oil slick. wildlife experts do expect some fish and wildlife deaths, but so far none have been reported. if you are heading in this direction for the holiday weekend, you make sure to check ahead because refugio state beach and el capitan state beach will be closed allowing crews to do their work. and it may not be the place you want to be spending anyway. there's oil covering the beach and the smell is extremely intense out here. we will have more updates in the next hour. reporting live at refugio state beach, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> that the latest. thank you so much. we are updating this story across all of our digital platforms. go to nbcbayarea.com to find the latest developments or download our free nbc bay area app. to breaking news in the

south bay. a massive police search now over. some 30 officers helped nab a group of strong arm robbery suspects a short time ago. >> "today in the bay's" damian is live in the san jose neighborhood where that search went down. damian, as much quieter now than it was just an hour ago. >> reporter: you know what, the canines actually got to do their job today. the last officer left just a short while ago here. we are on babe ruth drive in the north end of san jose. this is kind of a quiet neighborhood, if you will. police arrested four people just a short time ago. two adults and two juveniles. it started just after midnight after an elderly man and another person were robbed on the street. officers caught one suspect when they arrived on the scene. they say the other three were hopping fences, hiding in people's back yards. officers had to call canine units from sunnyvale and sklant clara to help out. they arrested one of the

suspects at the onset of the investigation. officers found three others hiding in the same backyard. two of the adults apparently resisted arrest. when they were caught, they were bitten by the police dogs. firefighters arrived to provide medical attention at the scene for those suspects. then they were taken to jail. but not before a massive search here in the north end of town. >> we probably have in the neighborhood of 26 to 30 police officers here. primarily from san jose pd but in this case we also utilized the canine officer and two extra officers from santa clara and another canine officer from sunnyvale and two extra officers from sunnyvale. >> reporter: police say they found evidence from the two robberies on some of the victims. they brought the victims over to the scene to positively identify the suspects who were then taken away in handcuffs. they called in their own helicopter but that was not able to fly. neither was the helicopter from the sheriff's office. chp he'll continue, told them

they could not fly because of today's weather conditions. but they have their suspects, that i is a i. live in san jose, touchdow"toda bay." >> thank you, damian. we're also tracking a breaking story out of daly city. looking at the aftermath of a crash between a stolen dump truck and van. all of this starting overnight when police tried to pull over the dump truck. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in daly city. the chase and crash, busy intersection is closed out there this morning. >> reporter: closed at least for another 2 1/2 hours what police think here at san jose and daly city. that issue is that dump truck right now, the wrecking crew is trying to remove. it was wrapped around the utility pole. the driver of the stolen dump truck ended up with hitting that hundred any van right there that had three people inside. all three of them taken to the hospital. this started around midnight.

sometime after midnight in the city of coma. police there saw the stolen dump truck, the driver driving it around in a town home complex. seemed out of place. peeked his interest and they ran the plates and plates came back stolen. that's when the officer tried to pull over the driver of the stolen dump truck. the driver was not going to comply. and according to police, tried to ram the police officer. fortunately missed. that's when they had the chase. the chase went briefly in the south city and then here down san jose in daly city where the driver of the pickup truck -- excuse me, the dump truck collide with that minivan, sending the minivan into a parked car and wrapping around the utility pole. the three people in the minivan, 16-year-old girl, all three as i mentioned taken to the hospital. one with serious but not life-threatening injuries. the other two minor injuries. the driver of the stolen dump truck did get out and tried to run away.

the police was here. he was arrested and taken to the hospital with minor injuries and presumably will be booked, charged, and put into jail. again, so they're talking about another -- talk about 8:00 when they're going to try to get this intersection reopened. not only do you have all of this debris, the two vehicles that were involved in the accident, but you also have diesel spill on the ground. they put absorbent material down but it takes some time to clean that up. again, they're trying to reopen this intersection in daly city by around 8:00 this morning. reporting live here in daly city, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> quite the mess out there. like you said, who would steal a dump truck. >> how far away can you go in a dump truck? >> how fast and furious can you get in a dump truck? if you are in the city or a lot of parts of the bay area right now, misty out there. some slight drizzling. >> yeah. this is what it looks like. you can see. the san francisco right now from the camera viewing looking down through the mist and drizzle across the bay bridge. 56 degrees in san francisco.

but a very different view as we take you to the south bay. san jose, 57 right now. you got the clouds but a little less in the way of drizzle now through 7:00 and 8:00 this morning you got some of that light rain around the peninsula. low level clouds being forced to rise over the costa hilltops. rings out just enough to measure light rain at times for the morning commute around san francisco. the hilltops out toward the east of san jose and north bay we do have a chance of seeing a few isolated showers through the afternoon. 50s to start the day. really it's going to be light jacket weather into the afternoon for some of our inland valleys. beget the highs only in the mid 60s around morgan hill and san jose. upper 50s to near 60 in san francisco. north bay, looking at highs in the mid 60s and pleasanton and livermore, upper 60s and about the same for friday but if you're making plans for your memorial day weekend here's the good news. if you like 70s at least we're going to see slight warm-up around the south bay and tri-valley. as we approach monday, temperatures will cool a little bit but overall a bit of a warming trend as we head through the holiday weekend.

now for another check of your thursday commute, here's mike. >> take you back out to the tri-valley talking about debris right around north. rub a dub dub watch out for the tub. a bathtub still sticking out in the slow lane. it looks like things are starting to smooth out through livermore and dublin. . i typical for the tri-valley. otherwise, though, on the peninsula. 280 moves smoothly but san jose avenue right by where bob redell is reporting off of 208. closed for a couple of hours it could be a big issue for locals for the morning commute. we'll get an update for bob, if it's going to be a complete closure or might open a couple of lanes. we'll check the east shore freeway. the bay bridge toll plaza itself, the metering lights are on. back to you. bay area man taken to the ground and hit with a stun gun at lax. the whole thing was caught on camera. that's not even the craziest thing about this story. wait until you hear who was behind the camera.

plus, scott mcgrew asked outlet stores really have the best deals? >> turns out maybe not, laura. a couple guys do their best to land tickets to the new "star wars." we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break.

welcome back. we have now learned the identity of the second marine who died in that osprey aircraft crash in hawaii. 21-year-old lance corporal died tuesday from injuries that he suffered at sunday's crash. deederman lived in maricopa, arizona. the aircraft crashed during a training mission injuring most of the other military personnel onboard. despite a marathon speech that lasted almost all of last night. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is joining us live in washington, d.c. this morning where senator rand paul just stopped talking a few hours ago,

tracie. >> he did, sam and laura. we thought he might still be auk thing this morning but he cut it off just before midnight. the house voted and they're leaving today. the senate is supposed to be leafing for their break starting on monday. there should be some debate later today, we expect, on this patriot act replacement after that long speech last night. >> i will not let the patriot act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. >> reporter: it went on -- >> i think we can obey the constitution and catch terrorists at the same time. >> reporter: -- and on and on. >> my voice is rapidly leaving. my bedtime is long since past. >> reporter: with nonadministrations outside and helpful conservative republicans and liberal democrats inside. senator rand paul spoke for 10 1/2 hours, finishing just before midnight. >> i relinquish the floor.

>> reporter: not technically a filibuster and not long enough to postpone what's expected to be today's debate on the usa freedom act. >> the usa freedom act will make the court look more like the court that americans deal with in other parts of life. >> what doesn't make sense is to be pursuing approaches that don't make us safer and compromise our liberty railroads the house past the freedom act as an alternative, allowing phone companies not the government to keep your records. but some senators want to hold on to the patriot act. the patriot act expires june 1st. and that's why the justice department is telling the nsa that if congress does nothing, if they can't agree, the senate and the house, and they go away, go on break without this resolved, then that act is going to expire and they may have to wind down that bold collection

of phone records program before congress gets back to deal with it. so the justice department is telling nsa they should stop collecting that phone data after tomorrow. >> very interesting. tracie potts live from washington. take a look at that. chaotic moments at l.a.x. the video was actually captured by someone you probably know. t zks a acts used a stun gun on a man in the bay area who they say breached security. they say the 21-year-old was not cooperating with agents. but it was actor troyer who was the one who saw it all happening and caught it all on video. you may know him better as hundr hundred any me. >> i travel all the time. it's the first time that i really witnessed something like that. i don't know if he was on something or, you know, what it was, but i mean, if he wasn't

acting -- >> hines will be charge with trespassing and resisting arrest. they still don't know why he ran. isn't that interesting? i guess it's l.a. you see a lot of -- >> he seemed a little shaken up by it as well, his speech in that interview. must have been standing on a chair because if he shot that you would think that it would be ground level. >> you stop it right there. >> pardon me. too easy. excuse me. no, no, no. >> h sam is a really tall drink of water, if you didn't know. >> 6'5". >> we're all mini mes next to you. going along for the ride in san francisco. let's see where it stops. we've got drizzle right now. 57 degrees. misty skies in san francisco. san jose right now. you've got 57 degrees. mostly cloudy, but not nearly as damp. we've got the, again, low clouds being forced to rise with the peninsula hilltops and around san francisco. that's enough to ring out a

little bit of light rain and drizzle at times for the morning. look at the mostly cloudy conditions. that coupled up with the sea breeze to keep our temperatures down. during the afternoon there is a little instability over some of the hilltops. more so out toward the sierra where we will see a chance of sierra thunder showers and isolated showers around the coastal hilltops and north bay hills later on this afternoon. this is the story for the last few days. low clouds. lowering the temperatures down. compared to where we should be this time of year. mid 50s to mid morning. as we approach lunchtime, you will see numbers trying to climb into the low to mid 60s. and just staying there with the sea breeze for the afternoon. 67 in san jose. mi misty skies and light rain. san francisco, where we have the giants game starting at 12:45 today. see cool temperatures. slight chance of some briefly light rain or drizzle at times for the ball game. as you can see the pattern in place today will stick around for the next two days. we could see this whole process repeat into friday with drizzle at times and hilltop showers.

but for the weekend ahead. starting saturday we'll see less moisture and more warping by tun. seeing highs starting to approach the mid 70s. at least in the inland valleys, south bay, north bay, tri-valley. partly cloudy skies in memorial day monday. here's mike. >> looking over here. i was going to show folks a tough view of the bay bridge but i'm not sure, you can see the bay bridge a little bit. this the from our emeryville camera across the bay. clouds just drifting through the area. talking about the drizzle, the mist. with fact there's going to be slick erode ways. we'll show you the map and the speed sensors. easy drive. proeching t ing t approaching the bay bridge. richmond and that richmond/san rafael bridge. you have green over there. green for most of your commute here. antioch, mild slowing for the west highway 4 and the altamont pass. sounds like they got that bathtub removed from the roadway. slowing through livermore. not bad through the rest of the tri-valley. peninsula, another crash clearing from 101 just north of

380. not a problem as far oz your drive goes. south bay, we have your northbound build going on northbound 101 just that first build. now we border on north and south of the san mateo bridge but let's show you that bridge. the traffic flows smoothly across the span. that's not a problem but a reminder the sign talks about friday, the closure starts at 10:00 p.m. through the weekend just like a couple weeks ago, guys. b back to you. happening today, university of california regents are meeting in san francisco. this morning they're going to hear from students who want to make sure the uc system isn't making money off of investments in gun manufacturers. >> they want the uc system to take a stance they're. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is how they want to persuade the regents to divest. >> the father of a student killed in the 2014 shooting rampage near uc santa barbara will address the regents today and students who want their university system to take a financial stand against weapons, not just symbolic one. the students will deliver a petition to the regents and then

speak during public comment. while the uc system previously sold off investment it is in the gun industry, the students say that the university system is not transparent enough for people to be sure that's still the case. they also want a formal ban to prevent any weapons industry investments going forward. the students have a powerful weapon in their arsenal, the father of that young woman did in the isla vista shooting rampage. >> hearing stories of, you know, a father who lost his child and the students who live in isla vista and were there during the shooting and continue to be effected by that every day. i think that will inspire the regents to really think about this issue. >> the university manages a $7.4 billion endowment. last year's uc system an founsed a plan for responsible investing to support sustainability and also environmental responsibility worldwide. divestment has proven to be a powerful tool in the past. it is partially credited with ending apartheid in south africa

as companies and schools divested from businesses who did business -- rather, who invested in south africa during apartheid times. and also it has gotten pressure. the uc board of regents to divest from fossil fuel although they have not done that. they have invested more in renewable energy, so perhaps what the students are doing today could have an impact. we will continue to follow this story for you through the morning. sam and laura? >> thank you very much, kris. it has been nearly a year since whole foods launched its pilot program into selling rabbit meat. the chain said the meat was in high demand and whole foods spent four years making sure it created the best program to produce rabbit meat. but is it? investigative reporter vicky nguyen has the explanation. >> good morning. when it comes to meat whole foods touts the high quality and high standards for humanely raised meat. critics say the company is falling short of that mission. we obtained the usda inspection reports for iowa rabbit where

whole foods gets its rabbit meat. inspectors found fecal smears on the back tail in the final rinse and raised concerns and contamination of the meat. they also found wet rabbits in crates, and in at least one instance rabbits without access to water because it was turning into ice during the winter. they called that a concern. both as an animal welfare issue and a sanitary issue. we also reviewed what are believed to be internal sales figures showing the actual demand for rabbit meat may not be as high as whole foods first claimed. just an average of five rabbits sold per week per store in northern california. the rabbit meat pilot program is now coming up on it once-year anniversary this summer. whole foods declined to comment for our story but in a statement iowa rabbit said we take pride in our animal care and food safety practice which we are confident are among the best in the nation. and the company says it works closely with the usda to ensure the safest product possible.

see the inspection reports and sales numbers for yourself right now at nbcbayarea.com. just click on the investigations tab. >> if you have a tip, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea. right now let's look at some of the stories we're working on for 6:00. breaking news from san jose. police span out to nab four robbery suspects. a frantic effort that awoke some people with knocks on the door in the middle of the night. brutal attack on mother's day leaves an elderly woman critically injured. what happened and why police want to speak with a mystery man who helped. live update from santa barbara county and frantic effort there to contain a massive oil spill. meantime, what has better deal, a purse on sale at a high-end store or a purse for regular price at the store's outlet? >> do you know what a set-up is? right now i feel like i'm being set-up. it's a question i ask myself

often while going purse shopping. >> you did go purse shopping soon. >> that is true. not for me. for a friend. >> sam, listen up. you're going to care about this. the purse you buy at a high-end store during a sale can be cheaper than the same purse at the outlet. not always but often. a study by the consulting firm called hans and company took a look at products at both regular stores and outlet stores and found in lots of cases the regular store was cheaper. in the case of american eagle, the firm found prices at the regular store were cheaper 43% of the time. so okay, less than half the time. it's spinning that around. the outlet was a better deal only 57% of the time. most people would expect the outlet to be cheaper much more often than half the time. the dollar is getting cheaper thanks to the fed. the fed released the latest minutes wednesday. says the committee's unlikely to raise interest rates any time soon. the threat of higher rates makes

the dollar more expensive compared to other currencies. though with no immediate threat, dollar fell. the first pieces of a crowd funded space sell in orbit around the earth to finish seen here in an artist drawing will hopefully prove you can move a space shift capturing the foe i photons by the sun to move it. also, close to it, a couple of guys in england sent a model "star wars" x wing nearly to space. getting attention from "star wars" director j.j. abrams in scoring some tickets to the new "star wars" film. we should put a big anthem behind it. >> get music rolling. >> haven't got ten the tickets yet but i will keep you updated. >> call it the empire. 5:55. rob, you might be a "star wars"

van. what's your favorite character. >> yes. there have been a few morning shows reappear. >> yeah. right now looking at some gray skies right now around san jose. 57 degrees right now about the same temperature in san francisco but you get drizzle reaching the ground there. that could slow things down at times for the morning commute around san francisco and peninsula. temperatures here as we head towards lunchtime. another cool day. highs in the mid 60s with some drizzle t times around san francisco. those are your favorite "star wars" characterer? >> rob. i also like yoda, i do. the bay bridge toll plaza backed up. left approach lighter and slick roadways. that's what rob is talking about. that's factor one. second factor we have. not the commute volume. predictable pattern but south 101 at grand, a crash blocking your two left lanes. back to you. >> bay area man hundreds of thousands of dollars richer this morning. >> lottery officials say that freddie sanchez bought a winning

cross word ticket on camino real in redwood city. that ticket is around $750,000 and mch sanchez says he plans on using some of that money to help his sffamily. update to breaking news. police have a person stole a dump truck and caused a bad wreck after it. but it did not end there. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in daly city with what happened next. we're back in just two minutes.

breaking news at 6:00. debris lines bay area streets after a suspect runs off. if this is possible with a dump truck. ends up crashing into a hundred any van filled with people. >> in the south bay, a frantic door-to-door search overnight nabbed two men accused in two strong arm robberies. bay area waking up to light rain in some spots around san francisco, the east bay, and peninsula. cool temperatures today before changes arrive for the holiday

weekend. look at that in your forecast coming up. the light rain rob is talking about is going to effect your traction for the roadway. we have the backup at the bay bridge and the peninsula. update to that crash. >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we're going to update breaking news right now. several young men under arrest in connection with two strong armed robberies in the south bay overnight. >> san jose police say the suspects tried to hide in back yards. it all happened near cropley and morrill avenues in north san jose. "today in the bay's" damian broke the story early this morning. damian, officers used canines to eventually catch the suspects? >> reporter: yeah, and canines from other cities, in fact, laura. they gave this neighborhood back to the residents a short while ago. this is a