upward climb closer to the 80s in parts of the bay area this weekend. i'll look at that in your forecast coming up. no need to be misty, getting a ready to kiss the workweek away. past the coliseum is fine but hayward, a word of disabled big rig. >> mike showing you part of his sensitive side right now. live look outside at who knows what buried in the fog. i think it's san jose. it's friday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a moderate earthquake actually rattled northern california overnight. 5.1 magnitude struck outside of redding just after midnight. so far, no reports of damage or injury. okay. at this time latest hollywood blockbuster finds california literally falling apart in a massive earthquake. you might say the movie takes a few liberties telling the

stories. >> experts say there are still real truth you can swallow with your popcorn. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is there this morning to explain. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, laura and sam, the biggest lesson really is being prepared. this morning we are along the san andreas trail by the san andreas lake. a seismologist named the fault line after this lake ear in san bruno. a big scene in the film for tonight is this. a tsunami wave crushing into the golden gate bridge and destroying san francisco. experts say this is highly unbelievable scenario because the san andreas fault line is mostly on land so it cannot generate a tsunami and definitely not one hitting the city. unlike the movie which has a 9.0 quake, the san andreas fault is capable of at most magnitude 8.3. seismologists say the most important take away from the film other than being prepared is the reaction, drop, cover, and hold on which you do see cal

tech scientists in the movie to. strap to the ground. take cover under a sturdy table and hold on to it until the shaking stops. what's also real is the damage the next big quake san andreas can cause. not quite the level depicted in the movie. of course, the 1906 earthquake. if you're headed to the movie tonight and you want something more real, maybe some live demonstrations there's a big bay area event that's just perfect for you. we'll have more on that coming up in our next report in half an hour. >> steph, thank you very much. new video this morning of a high water rescue in dallas. this suv tried to maneuver through rising flood waters overnight. you can see the vehicle just starts floating away. rescuers were able to get driver to safety on a raft. the rivers in texas finally starting to fall below flood stage but another round of rain is on its way. the national weather service issued a flash flood watch for all of north texas through tomorrow morning.

severe storms and flooding have already killed at least two dozen people in the southwest region and another 14 are still missing. the area could see another one to three inches of rain this weekend. bits of devastation, we heard really incredible stories of survival. rescuers reached one family in texas as their cabin filled with water. >> oh no! >> quite frightening. sara perez said the water sounded like a freight train. rescuers pulled her family through a boat on -- into a boat but they were up near the second story window. she says it's hard for her to think about what would have happened if help hadn't come. >> i just thank god that he saved us and that i have my daughter and my husband and my brer in law and sister-in-law. >> after the flood they took these photos showing their suv and truck just thrown into trees. look at that. and homes like toys in rushing

water. >> looked like toys, nothing like a game. 30g 5 one of america's top brewers is canning water to help out the flood victims. anheuser busch is expected to put together 50,000 answer of water for the american red cross. they expect the water to reach oklahoma and texas within the next 48 hours. from too much water to not enough. it's time to cut back or pay up in the south bay. one of the south bay's largest water companies has proposed tougher water restrictions and fines for violators. >> a lot of people confused about the rules. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live with reaction from customers. kris, a lot of them are saying the new restrictions are not fair. >> reporter: they say they're not fair, sam. they say they're also confusing. that's for the folks who understand who were able to come to the meeting last night. this is what the board is proposing. they're proposing that residents cut an additional 30% of their water by june 15th or pay big

penalties. and these folks have already been cutting back their water use since 2013. there was a particularly vocal group of people among those hundreds of people, though. these are the folks who live in single family homes who say they will be more directly penalized by the rate hikes and the penalties and others who say that they have already done everything that they can. >> it isn't calculated fairly. >> the steps of additional water that i'm using is going to take me in. different brackets of penalty. that is just very confusing. i don't -- i don't -- i'm very frustrated. >> reporter: now, the san jose water company says that their proposal is if you use more than your amount, if you don't cut back by 30%, the penalties go into effect on june 15th. not a lot of time to make adjustments. that is, of course, if the water company's proposal is approved by the california water petition. there will be an appeals process

for people who have medical needs or who require additional water. and they could get special exemptions from those fines. the emphasis though seem to be largely about getting people to let those lawn goes brown and get rid of the landscaping. of course, this is a beautiful region. we like our landscaping. we like our grass. but the question now is people are -- are people going to conserve despite that? coming up in the next half hour we will tell you who the folks are who are most directly effected. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." good news for you, kris. forecasters predict some drought relief may be on its way to california this year. national weather service says the el nino season is strengthening. historically california averages nearly five more inches of rain during moderate to strong el nino events. el nino may actually come with its own problems. flooding, triggering landslides if that rain falls too quickly. at this point i think we will take what we can get. >> we will scoop it all up. accusations of sexual misconduct on the peninsula and there might be more young

victims. san mateo county sheriff's investigators arrested adrian pan after a 14-year-old girl reported misconduct. he was a student at the think tank learning center in millbrae where pan was a receptionist. detectives say before that job he worked as a coach in south san francisco at the badminton center. thele journal science the formally retracted a well-known study on changing attitudes toward gay marriage. that move coming after an attorney for often of the coauthors admitted the study contained lies. the study reported that people's views on gay marriage can change when interviewed by gay surveyors. he said he still stands by the overall findings of the research. expected to make his own statement in response to the retraction later today. california is on the verge of becoming the first state to officially legalize motorcycle lane splitting. lane splitting happens when bikers ride between the lanes of traffic. it's not illegal but yesterday

the state assembly passed a bit that specifically allows it. one catch, motorists must stay under 50 miles per hour. law enforcement supports a new bill but the american motorcyclist association does not saying it has too many restrictions. >> smo splitting right now when it comes to getting dour weekend. we are right on the verge -- >> no splitting hairs? >> no splitting hairs, no splitting days. heading into a weekend. and we have bottle rock this weekend. hopefully bood weekend for that. >> the weather looks nice. warming up as we start the weekend and we could see interesting changes maybe for parts of the north bay toward sunday afternoon. right now as you can see, 50s across the board. san francisco, you've got misty skies in closer to san jose. you have 56 degrees right now. and what we have are low clouds for the moment but as we move through the weekend we have this weather system here offshore that will push some high clouds our way at times having a bigger impact, i think, on the second half of the weekend forecast. right now pretty calm conditions. we've got the low clouds, misty

skies around the coast and inner bay as we go through the afternoon just like we've seen over the last few days. clearing skies. temperatures inland starting to warm up with swech70s to low 80. down towards santa cruz. that's going to be the spot. enjoy a ll bit of sunshine. close to 80 in morgan hill. you can see low to mid 60s near san francisco and north bay today. highs in the low to mid 70s. 78 degrees closer to dublin and 80 in pleasanton. the warming trend should continue to start the weekend with a few high clouds. these temperatures close to 82 in the south bay on saturday. mid 70s on sunday. but notice the sea breeze coming back by monday. the highs dropping ten degrees as we head towards the beginning of next week and the weekend for the north bay. looking at numbers in the upper 70s and then that slight chance of a few showers on sunday and san francisco and the tri-valley cooling off. wrap up the weekend. now for another check of your morning commute, let's send it over to mike. >> tri-valley cooling off later in the weekend but we're looking at it starting to heat up as far as the commute goes just a tiny

bit. that's first place we see slowing. so even on a friday that's the predictable pattern. very light volume right now. as we mention, it's friday, lighter traffic. we have no problems across the san mateo bridge. south bay, at speed. east shore freeway, zoom into westbound 80. reports of crash at gilman affecting lane, distraction. minor injuries reported but not much more information from cmp. i don't see any slowing here. bay bridge toll plaza, live camera. light volume of traffic off of 880 and the berkeley curve. no delays getting in towards san francisco. remember, the giants and as both play. with activity on both sides of the bay this evening you're doing to get cross bridge traffic. back to you. you know this already, mike, drive in san francisco will stay open this weekend after a planned closure fell through at the last minute. crews are preparing to open the new northbound overpass but a spokesperson tells the marin independent journal there were problems with software linking the ventilation, fire, and

communication system for the up the nells. doyle drive was supposed to close last night and reopen monday morning. project managers have yet to announce a new closure date. >> stay on top of that one. in you're anything like me you charge your phone overnight. has been pit. stick it in the sock get. look at what happened here to one teen who lost his phone plugged in while he was sleeping. the phone exploded, catching his bed on fire. experts say there's one thing you should do to keep this from happening. scott mcgrew, worries about robots. >> they're coming, sam. how soon will they take over your job in we'll look ahead in business news.

very good friday morning. 5:14. new study shows when it comes to knowing which foods are bad for us we would wrath her not know. study found most people would rather know what we should eat instead of what we should avoid. negative messages work best with scientists and dietitians but the average person was more likely to respond knowing the benefits of healthy foods. experts say parents may want to encourage their children to eat vegetables rather than dwelling on the harms of dessert. still eat the vegetables and maybe i might have that double patty hamburger, too. 5:14. it's something that we all do. charge our cellphones while we're sleeping. but here's something to think about. investigators say cellphone caught a bed and pillow on fire while it was charging overnight.

this happened in hamden, connecticut. kimberly johnson said the fire started in her 15-year-old son's bedroom and that's the result of it. he had his phone plugged in and it was lying on the bed. they put the fire out before it could cause any serious damage to the home but this was a close call. officials say batteries need room to breathe. >> we leave those types of devices on a hard surface so the heat can dissipate. the batteries heat up, they could melt, they could in some cases explode and cause a fire. >> as reminder officials say you should always unplug chargers that are not in use because they consume electricity even when that device isn't charging. hackers might have your credit card number and they might even give you a reference number but officials say don't buy it. the criminals who stole millions of consumers' names and credit card info by hacking into computer systems at home depot, target, and other retailers, they're now calling the victims pretending to be banks. they say they've detected fraud

lebt activity on your account. they give you a reference number and ask to confirm that number on the back of your card. once criminals get that number, that's when they can take it to go on those online shopping sprees. experts say don't ever give out any info about your credit card over the phone, even if the person on the other end of the line seems to know some of the details already. >> in the context of that irs data grab it is exactly, let's point out, what scott mcgrew was predicting would happen when we talked to him yesterday basically to the letter. >> let's see what predictions he has for us today. >> we're all goes to lose those jobs to robots. that's my prediction. robots are coming. losing your job to robots is going to take a little bit more time than the last prediction unless you work at chase bank in which case 5,000 people will be let go in favor of those ji againic the chase atms. seen those? internet banking. two forces that are forcing workers out. this idea that we will be replaced by robots is so serious that stanford is commissioned a

100-year study of how it's going to happen. now, think about that. 100 years. the professors who will complete this study have not been born yet. this study is not the benefit us, it's to benefit future generations so they can better understand what life was like back then people did work. well, let's check the news before the bell. we turn to landon dodd difficult. good morning. >> hey, scott, good morning to you. stocks could struggle today. the markets posted moderate losses thursday and worries about the timing of the fed's first interest rate hike. we get data today on manufacturing, consumer sentiment and another reading on first quarter gdp which is expected to show we faired worse than previously thought during the first three months of the year due to bad weather, weak consumer spending. falling 36 points. the nasdaq down 8 to 5097. scott, back over to you. >> landon, have a great weekend.

i have fifa news that doesn't involve scandal of bribery. redwood city says add women's teams to the fifa videos in this fall. there have never been women in the game. 12 teams will be represented. ea has a reputation of modelling the skills of each player, then actually has several players kind of nervous. some of the women on the english team tell the bbc they're anxious to see what their skills rating will be. you know how you pick your teams. it will be have nine out of ten or eight out of ten. imagine that being quantified as to your skills. >> do the exact same thing for football and the players get obsessed. wait a minute, 87 out of 100 on speed. i'm 96. >> you're pro federal governmental though, you're good m. new question about the santa barbara pipeline leak. dianne feinstein and barbara boxer wants to know why the pipeline company did not find and report that leak faster. they say pipeline workers

noticed the problem at 11:30 in the morning. confirmed the leak two hours later. but it took another 90 minutes to report the problem to the national response center. pipeline officials say they activated their emergency plan as soon as they confirmed the spill. meantime, staying on the topic a long stretch of southern california dose line could reopen in time for the weekend. waves of tar balls have been washing ashore for several days along miles of shoreline. stretching from egg segundo to redondo beach. experts do not see any new tar balls in the water. it's unclear if it's the result of last week's oil spill. in our neck of the woods, good weekend to head to the beach. finally a warmup. >> santa cruz is the place to go. pacifica, maybe not so much. the coast down along highway 17 will be fine today. waking up to some low clouds. let's go over to the weather computer number two if we could. we'll have an el nino update coming up later on, if we could switch over to the second

weather computer if you don't mind. we'll see that current conditions right now are in the mid 50s. south bay, 56 degrees. 54 right now in san francisco. you can see the north bay close to 50 degrees as we take a look at the wind speeds. they're light but stronger over night to push in those low clouds once again and right now there's not a whole lot happening with our weather but look further offshore. you've got the high clouds here spilling in at times during the weekend. we will see chance of a few of those showers perhaps with the north baby end of the weekend. in the meantime, the warmup we've been talking about starting to materialize. yesterday around the tri-valley in for today and parts of the north bay warming up more. as you can see, half-moon bay and a spacifica. temperatures today, 75 in san jose. low 60s still in san francisco for the north bay. highs in the low to mid 70s. and it's the tri-valley. and over towards concord, 83 today in concord about 81 in livermore and around san francisco. tonight, giants baseball coming

up on nbc bay area later on. temperatures in the 50s after 7:00. we should see roughly the same weather. game time just after 7:00 over in oakland for the yankees versus as. temperatures in the upper 50s as the game continues. your weekend forecast will start off warm. more cloud. a little bit of cooling as we get into sunday. notice on the north bay forecast, slight chance of a few afternoon showers on sunday. the sea breeze cools us off once again as we head towards monday. to see what's happening with your friday morning drive, here's mike. >> friday morning drive would be expected to be light. that's what we see now. clearview of that span heading across the tower is on the bay bridge. low clouds similar to the last couple of days. rob has been talking about for the forecast. let's look at your map. no drama on the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. no bach up here. no slowing for the upper east shore freeway or north bay both visibility on this map. the rest of the bay, green all over the place, south bay, peninsula. here westbound 580 a little slowing out of the altamont which is typical. we're going to point out this

incident. reported right by this truck scales in fremont. live camera shows you no delays northbound. here are the truck scales and no delays north or south through the area. >> may be one of those places you're going to be going this weekend, mike, is nachpa bottle rock. this year's concert starts just a few hours from now. the music festival is now in the third year but there's a big difference this time around. after last year's damaging earthquake. the demolition of three structures at napa valley expo means there's more space to move between the four different stages. double the amount of food vendors. the three-day event starts at noon today. tonight's headliner on the main stage is imagine dragons. >> imagine that. well, he was bullied for years until he moved away from his hometown at age 15 but the facebook message from the man who used to call him names has one man doing something he thought he would never do.

former rap mogul shug knight expected to be in court. his attorney claims a key witness refused to identify the death row records cofounder during a preliminary hearing last month. but prosecutors argue that the witness identified knight in an earlier interview with police. the 50-year-old is charged with running over two men, killing one of them in compton earlier in the year. from bully to buddy. two men have formed a friendship after an apology for something that happened more than 20 years ago. chad michael morrisette said he endured constant bullying in alaska. he moved away at age 15 and didn't think he would come back. but recently he had a facebook message from a former classmate apologizing for picking on him all those years ago. >> found him fairly quicklying looking and getting ready to type a message. i was like, i think i need to start getting nerve wracking

like, what if he tells me no? i don't forgive you? >> brought up pain. it brought up memories of being bullied. it brought up that and then it also allowed me to shed it and let go of it and say, i forgive you. you know, that's a very critical part in the healing process. >> louie edmundson said he decided to send the message after his daughter started asking him act bullying. morrisette replied to the message and visited edmundson and his family in his tome town. the two have now formed a lasting friend ship. a canadian musician says she was kicked off united airlines flight at sfo because of her crying son. sara blookwood was onboard a flight when her 2-year-old threw a screaming fit. she managed to calm him down but not before the outburst got her booted from the plane just before takeoff. this video was posted on her twitter page where she vented her frustration about the incident. calling it discrimination.

united airlines stands by the decision citing safety concerns. >> hard to stay too mad at that face. at an earthquake big enough to be felt from the bay area to the big apple. a tsunami, also in the san francisco bay area? all of this happening in the new movie "san andreas" and it has some people freaked out. could this actually happen? we talked to a seismologist next. ♪ ♪ ♪

debuting tonight, a movie that should shake up the area and the country. a flick to grab people's attention. confused water users in south bay crying foul at a late night meeting. why more cutbacks are getting pushed back. >> morning starting off once again with misty skies. closing in on 80 in parts of the bay area. looking at that in your forecast coming up. expecting a lighter friday but we do have a backup at the bay bridge and i'm watching our

san mateo bridge camera. we'll show you the backup that i think is forming there as well. all right. as we do some preliminary looking out right now at san francisco. i also think, mike, that we have some clouds out there, a little bit of fog. it is friday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. as we get ready to start your weekend, all new this morning. a moderate quake rattling northern california over night. it struck just outside of redding after midnight. so far though no reports of any damage or injuries. >> earthquake certainly on the minds of many this weekend when hollywood shows the world what will happen to the bay area when the big one hits. >> okay. maybe not the most realistic i

depipgs, how scientists say the movie is not accurate but there is something to be gained by it for everyone in the bay area. >> absolutely, sam and laura, because the chance of the next big one, hitting the bay area in the next 30 years is real. 72%. we are along the san andreas fault line here by the san andreas lake after which the fault line was named. now, let's start with an important lesson from the movie. experts say the right response in an earthquake is drop, cover, and hole on which you see cal tech scientists do in the movie. drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy table, and hold on to it until the shaking stops. if you can't get under the table go to the inside corner of a building and cover your head. there are a lot of inaccuracies as you would expect in hollywood. memorable scene in the film is a tsunami wave crashing into the golden gate bridge and destroying san francisco. experts say that is a highly unbelievable scenario because the san andreas fault line is mostly on land so it cannot

generate a tsunami, much less one that would hit the city. and unlike the movie which has a 9.0 quake, the san andreas fault is capable of 8.3. still, the message is be prepared. there is a big bay area event promoting the preparedness in the grand lake theater in oakland where you have oakland fire and fema, mobile response vehicles up front and lots of information on land. live in san bruno, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> don't be cared, just prepared. water cutbacks are causing some confusion in the south bay and specifically in san jose. the san jose water company wants people to cut back further. families say the process is not fair. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live in san jose this morning. kris, there was a meeting last night where many of those people actually got to speak their mind. a lot of people showed up. >> right. and i mean, they make that contention that it's not fair because in effect people the people the same way. you live in condo, you're not

affected. i live in a single family home and i am affected ppts confusing because it's not based on my own personal usage. it is based on what everybody uses. and that's based on 2013 numbers. so we're talking about all lotment between nine minutes and 13 minutes of water. san jose water company's proposal is based on those c consumption numbers. hundreds of water customers showed up last night. this was the only public meeting. it was a particularly vocal group of people, especially among those who live in single family home homes and others who say they have done everything they can. >> it is calculated fairly. >> the steps of additional water that i'm using ask going to take me in different brackets of penalties. that is just very confusing. i don't -- i don't -- i'm very frustrated. >> now, if you use more than your allotted amount the penalties go into effect based on the numbers from 2013.

if you exceed those numbers, and there's a different penalty bracket, adding to the confusion as well. this is all still up in the air because the company's proposal has to be approved by the california public you tulities commission. if it is approved, then all of this goes into effect on june 15th. the san jose water company did mention there will be an appeals process for people with medical needs and who require more water and get special exemption. in case you're wondering, if you're not affected, san jose water company provides water almost all of san jose along with los galos, cupertino, campbell, and actually just parts of cupertino and saratoga as well. now, again, the water company says this is not about punishing people for the amount of water they use within their homes. they're really trying to get people to think about how much water they use outside of the homes and that is the bulk of the water that we use. so they say it's really time to change some behaviors, maybe let

that lawn go brown. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." recognize those double decker buses? this just in. amazing video of good samaritans helping lift one of london's famous double deckers of a leg of a cyclist. it happened yesterday afternoon in london's east end. police there say the man was riding a unicycle when he was hit. you can see dozens of people trying to lift the bus off the man. they eventually turn the bus enough to pull him free. he was rushed to a hospital in the area and this morning he remains in serious condition. >> wow. a crowd of many there helping. it is 5:35. we're inching closer to super bowl 50 in santa clara and now we're learning where the teams will practice and sleep. one team will stay at the santa clara marriott while the other at the marriott in downtown san jose. san jose downtown association says all the hotels are already

booked through super bowl week. although the fan village and the logo will be in san francisco. executive director was happy to hear the teams will be staying in the south bay. >> it really makes sense when you think of having the teams down near the stadium, practice facilities near them. that wasn't going to be able to be accommodated in san francisco. >> the teams will also practice at stanford and san jose state. it's unknown which conference champion, of course, will be placed where. that announcement is expected closer to the start of this bay area wide super bowl. >> all right. from super bowl and team sports to warriors. still six days until the warriors and cavs kick off the nba championships but some teams are already winning. here's what we're talking about. oakland businesses, some merchants are jumping on the bandwagon with warriors themed items for fans that includes peed mobt avenue, special cocktails are on the menu including the for the win and the margaqurita.

some of the treats are being flavored with a warriors theme, too. >> to the bottom, a little bit with meyer lemon custard over it. when you bite into it you get the blue and the gold. >> looks delicious. >> it tastes like victory and it's not just food. some apparel stores are pulling out all the stops bringing out the blue and gold to score with warriors fans and their pride, specifically. >> definitely going to have to break out those colors next week. >> plenty going around. in the meantime, build up anticipation. we have a weekend in between the first game. we will take that. how are the conditions looking? >> game one next thursday. next friday morning we'll all have lost a lot of sleep watching game one. you've got low clouds, san jose. 56 degrees. mist free in san jose. you see san francisco there stuck in some low clouds. low to mid 50s outside. winds onshore will be accelerating once again as we head through the afternoon. we'll continue with this same pattern we've seen almost since about the second of this month

as the low clouds sweep inland for the morning. sunshine inland today. temperatures running a little bit warmer. we're talking the tri-valley and parts of the south bay today. number near 75 in san jose. close irto 80, morgan hill and los galos. san francisco still in the low to mid 60s. north bay warming up more. low 70s yesterday. today should climb into the mid 70s. tri-valley there numbers close to 80 in plea about on the and livermore. the warming trend for one more day in saturday, south bay. low 80s sunday. cooling if more clouds. san francisco, mid 60s on saturday. low 60 onz sunday. notice the north bay there there is that chance of seeing a few showers for sunday. saturday just fine. increasing clouds. look at those temperatures again. just as quickly azas we warm up. cooler temperatures approaching next monday. now for a check of your morning commute, mike. >> we had sudden slowing. from the bottom of your screen heading south. that's the direction we're looking around 98.

dais. look at the map. overnight construction going on in davis. and it looks like it might have gotten held up with the clean-up. that's what got my attention the slower sensors into san leandro. 24 westbound at 580, the earlier crash is on the shoulder and not much of a distraction for anyone. west 580, a little slowing and tiny built of build for antioch west, highway 4. south r here's the south bay. no drama. back to you. >> thanks so much. most dramatic flood video we've seen out of texas. a woman's home filled with water before her eyes but it wasn't until she smelled a distinct odor she started to panic. scott mcgrew, virtual reality to youtube. >> you need a special camera to shoot that. we'll show it to you when we come back.

the u.s. senate meets this weekend in a rare sunday session to decide whether to extend the patriot act which expires monday. that includes the government's controversial phone spying program. >> tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning. the white house is pushing hard to keep this going. >> they are. the administration says there are some critical tools in the patriot act, aside from that bulk collection of phone records they need to track down terrorists. we heard it from spokesman josh earnest from the white house saying that the squabbling, as he put it going on here, is creating an unnecessary risk. we heard it from loretta lynch, the attorney general, warn that they could handicap national security if there is no resolution here.

so here's what's happening this weekend. the patriot act expires at the end of sunday, just a few hours before that. the senate has now decided to come back early. they've been called back early by majority leader mitch mcconnell to try to work this out. what's on the table? the usa freedom act to replace it, and it would allow the phone records to stay with the phone companies but also preserve some of those tools that are used by investigators to track down terrorists. so we wait until sunday to see if they can work it out. >> that deadline bearing down. tracie potts live from washington, thank you very much. happening right now. the vote that may change the face of fifa in the wake of corruption scandal. members representing more than 200 nations are gathering in zurich for a vote that began a few hours ago. they are electing the next president of fifa the. the vote is a referendum for long-time fifa chief. he has one challenger, prince ali bin al hussein of jordan. the u.s. federation this week

said they will vote for prince ali. 5:43. the rivers in texas are finally starting to fall below flood stage but another round of rain is on its way. the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for all of north texas through tomorrow morning. severe storms and flooding have killed at least 24 people in the southwest region. another 14 are missing. the area could see one to three inches of additional rain this weekend. amidst that devastation we heard some pretty incredible stories of survival. rescuers reached one family in texas as their cabin filled with water. >> oh, no! >> water just gushing in there. sara perez says the water sounded like a freight train filling the first floor of their cabin in just a mooter of minutes. rescuers pulled her and her family in a boat through the second story window. she said it's hard for her to think about what would have happened if help had not arrived on time. >> i just thank god that he

saved us and that i have my daughter and my husband and my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law. >> after the flood stay took these photos showing their suv and truck thrown into trees and homes as if they were toys in that rushing water. >> so frightening. one of america's top brewers is canning water, not beer, just to help the flood victims. anheuser busch is expected to put together 50,000 cans of water for the american red cross. they expect the water to reach oklahoma and texas within 48 hours. so great effort on their part. >> unbelievable effort. imagine how high the waters had to be to get to the second floor. >> i know. and quickly. >> it's not over yet, either. >> still seeing flooding concerns there again today. all that rain they've had, they've counted up about 2.6 trillion gallons of water in the last few weeks. amazing amounts of rain there. here, we have misty. the texas drought has done and still continues and we've got misty skies. can't see much of san francisco right now. 54 degrees, san jose. the low clouds are out there.

maybe not as close to ground level. 56 right now. mostly cloudy on our way to mostly sunny skies later on and now in the 50s. close to 50 there in napa. 54 degrees right around san francisco. so winds onshore this morning. that helped to bring in the low clouds watching for the morning hours. right around 9:00 and 10:00 we break out the sunshine inland staying with low clouds and misty skies out near the coast. today and tomorrow though, likely the warmest of the next three days. high pressure warms things up closer to 80 degrees today around morgan hill, mid 70s around san jose. low 60s closer to san francisco. for the north bay, highs in the mid 70s. 80 in pleasanton and livermore near 81 degrees for today. now, out at the as game later on this evening a cool evening as the low clouds try to spill back in. 7:05. should be close to 60 degrees. at at&t park, draibraves versus giants. upper 50s to mid 50s as the game goes on. misty conditions there towards the ninth inning.

weekend forecast looks warmer to start the increasing clouds. cooler sunday in the south bay. highs in the mid 60s. north north bay, slight chance of showers on sunday. you see the effects of the sea breeze cooling us off as we head towards the beginning of next week. for another check of your friday morning commute, mike. >> light volume of traffic on friday you would expect. but there are two key spots to watch. right now the first one, bay bridge toll plaza. friday pattern. lighter flow. it's taking ten minutes to get to this stage of filling. over here, just the left approach now the last to fill in the lanes. fast track moving well. we'll look at your map and the approach through the maze and east shore freeway, fine. the rest of your bay, no problem. we're calling your attention to the red section southbound 508 past the coliseum. 98 is here. there's the oakland coliseum. there's marina boulevard. live look, slowing there. as we look at our oakland camera, 980 slowing southbound past the b.a.r.t. to the oakland

airport. traffic is m gentlemaning up toward 98. chp has no incidents reported but overnight crew reported on the other side of the freeway around davis street. it may have been for the southbound side clausing the slowing. looks like a road crew clearing. it's been there for about seven minutes. back to you. one of the hostages held inside an east bay gas station is speaking out and shockingly he's calling his captor a gentleman. police say 35-year-old gutierrez went on a carjacking spree across contra costa county on tuesday. he was hold up inside a gas station in antioch for hours before releasing both hostages. the gas station owner, 75-year-old bala says gutierrez was kind to him and even went so far as to wish him well. listen. >> he stuck his hand out, yelling how he was old so you could barely hear him. the car was submerged up to the back of the driver's headrest so the driver was pretty much under

water. >> all right. this store owner says he was also very happy with the way that the gentleman treated him. he says he did his best to keep the suspect calm and at one point he even offed to be a human shield. >> okay. >> no one was hurt in that standoff. the following video you saw was from a different story. >> i think that's also probably -- >> amazing me said he held him captive. >> put him in harm's way and then said i will protect you from harm. 5:49. here are the stories for 6:00. not quite the usual phenomenon for an unusual looking night light. the recall sparked by a potential hazard. and latest disaster to hit california hits movie theaters today. separating fact from fiction. the blockbuster earthquake movie klt san "san andreas." the water hike that is

causing confusion. forecasters predict drought relief may be on its way this year. we want to welcome our new edition to "today in the bay," family meteorologist terry ham. we're going to see more of you. >> yes, good morning. it is great to be here. >> wonderful to have you. >> thank you. >> you are saying actually a second ago that this could be a very prosperous year rainwise for the bay area. >> yes, i'm bringing rain for the east coast. el nino is strengthening. what does that mean for us? in the pacific, water temperatures are getting warmer, near the equator. and historically for california that means we get an extra 2 1/2 more inches of rain during moderate to strong el nino events. sounds good but a lot of rain may come with its own problems like flooding triggering landslides and if it falls too quickly, it cause a lot of problems there. now, noaa predicts 80% chance of el nino continuing into the winner of 2015 and 2016.

this winter the strength, strong to strongest. what does that mean for us? we've had four strong el ninos, two are wetter, two were dryer. there was an average of 2 1/2 inches of extra rain in san francisco. during the strongest el ninos, incredible 47 inches of rain fell. you may web that wibt ef of '97 to '98, it was wild. so for us that could mean bay area mudslides and northern california could see some river flooding which, of course, could cause major concerns and heavy sierra snow. just to put in perspective. what it means from a strong el nino to the strongest, during an average year we have about 23 inches of rain during a strong el nino. we have 26 inches of rain if we get the strongest of strong el ninos. 42 inches of rain. and we've only once again had two of those. so for us if we're trying to put a dent in this drought, the stronger, the better. but of course we don't want it

all at once. >> exactly. because then that could lead to flooding and other problems. >> we may start to see the impacts starting late fall into the winter. >> okay. >> what a difference even a couple more inches of rain would make on average. certainly hoping for that. we have a loving family here, a warm family and happy that it's getting bigger as you join us now. >> thank you. great to be here. >> it's going to be great to have you part of the team. waking up early with us. >> yeah. >> thanks. if you are already awake right now, it's something you probably did last night. charge your cellphone while you were sleeping. but here's something to think about. investigators say the cellphone caught a bed and pillow on fire while charging overnight. all this happening in hamden, connecticut. kimberly johnson says the fire started in her 15-year-old son's bedroom. he had his phone plugged in and lying on the bed. they put the fire out before it caused any serious damage to the home. officials say that batteries need some room to breathe. >> it is recommended that you leave these types of device on a hard surface so the heat can

dissipate. the batteries heat up, they could melt. they could explode and cause a fire. >> as a reminder officials say you should always unplug chargers that are not in use because they use electricity even when that device isn't charging. you probably had a favorite baby sitter when you were a kid, radio snith. >> definitely. my older sister. maybe one you absolutely dreaded. scott mcgrew, even big companies have baby sitters they don't like. >> apple. apple cannot stand its baby sitter, laura. so why does apple have a baby sitter? because it was accused of conspiracy to artificially raise prices on electronic books a few years ago and agreed to a court appointed monitor, a baby sitter, as part of that court case. apple doesn't like its baby sitter so it went back to court saying it's monitor costs too much money, a thousand dollars an hour, and asks too many interviews with company executives. in the latest court filing, apple asked the courts to disqualify antitrust monitor

michael and the court said, no, the baby sitter is going to stay. gookle io, annual developers conference start the second day in san francisco. wednesday we heard more about google's plans to update the google pay system that will help it catch up to apple. we heard youtube is going to start hosting virtual reality videos with 360-degree images. google entering a partnership with gopro which makes this guy, these are all gopro cameras. gopro does the shooting out of this virtual reality rig. google will codo the math necessary to then stitch those videos together and get them on youtube. so maybe some day coming to a helmet near you that giant ferris wheel of cameras. >> yeah. interesting. >> do we need of get the new 3-d glasses and, by new, the decades old? >> those are coming for less money than you would expect. google working on that. they call it project cardboard. it's that cheap. animated cardboard. >> fashion from cardboard.

thank you. napa getting ready to rock like it never has before. this year's bottle rock starts a few hours from now. currently in the third year. big difference this time around. after last year's damaging earthquake, the demolition of three structures at napa valley expo means there's more space to move between the four stages. also double the amount of food vendors. the three-day events starts at noon and tonight's headliner on the main stage is man jinlg dim dragons. find out where your demons lie. we like imagine dragons and a whole bunch of good bands will be out there. >> the weather will be nice. maybe on the cool side this evening and we'll see low clouds moving back in once again. right now, see san francisco in the mid 50s. misty skies for you this morning as we head into the afternoon. you're going to see the temperatures climbing into the low 60s around san francisco and 76 in san jose. but by livermore today highs near 80 degrees. mike? >> rob, you showed us in your

east bay shot but this is the same stretch of 880. slow down to marina boulevard. that's the stretch that's the problem for oakland. late road work is clearing there. two lanes were blocked overnight at davis. that's still the issue. looks like they should be clearing hopefully soon. saw it pick up earlier a couple days ago. the rest of your approach to the bay bridge, no problem. metering lights are on at the toll plaza. a little tiny bit of slowing out of the altamont. northbound 101 the pattern shows volume build there. 280 northbound at 17. let's look over there. reason for slowing is there's a crew clearing. if we can lock at that live camera. northbound we just saw that crew with plashing lights. just about cleared that connector. now traffic slows should be restored. light volume, guys. back to you. i-t-t-e. >> correct. >> n-u-n-a -- >> correct. >> correct. not one but two champions at this year's national spelling

bee. this is the second year in a row the bee has ended in a tie. the trophy winning spellers will each receive $35,000 among other prizes. the winning words, you see them there. now could you spell it? the art of paper cutting design and the nunatak which is a hill that has been completely encircled by a glazer. >> i think we need the pronouncers for scherenschnitte. could i get a country of origin, please? >> can you spell it? more dramatic rescues in texas still going on. despite efforts numerous people missing.

a chaotic scene. dozens of people rushing in to lift a bus off a man pinned underneath. dozens of overnight rescues

as people trapped by rising flood waters in the southwest. once again seeing a lot of low clouds this morning as you can see as we check out here san francisco. bay bridge is out there somewhere this morning. got misty skies right now. temperatures in the 50s. mid 70s in reach this afternoon and san jose, look at your forecast coming up. >> if you're expecting friday night, well, oakland not so much. look over my shoulder, steady stream of head lights crawling southbound. we'll talk about that coming up. a very good friday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it has been such a tough couple of weeks in texas where we begin right now with a developing situation. this is new video overnight showing just how bad the flooding is in dallas. that suv trying to maneuver through rising flood waters over night. you can see the vehicle ultimately just started floating away. sc