spiraling to new heights-- over the sentencing of broturne >>. >> anger across the globe that's spiralling to new heights overt sentencing of brock turner. new court documents tell us how the former stanford student tried to justify his actions. the sit down meeting that could put an end to the power struggle over the democraticy. bernie sanders heads to the white house. the question on everyone's mind, will he finally bow out of the race? warriors come out flat, fall short in cleveland game three. lebron james and his fellow cavs finally show up to the party. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning and welcome on this thursday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia-cannon has the day off. it's going be to a beautiful day. >> it will be just like

yesterday. we'll have the morning clouds in the afternoon. sunshine, still comfortable weather. it is now 60 degrees in the east bay and 54 in the north bay after those clouds once again roll out of here. we'll have mostly sunny skies and temperatures in a low to mid 70s. san francisco is up to 64. not bad at all. i'll let you know how long this lasts and if it continues into the weekend. the bay bridge is well lit this morning. >> we have good lighting. no metering lights on. i just mean the lighting for these cars. good lit up green all over the bay. we'll not worry about the speed sensors. in san jose, interchange 280 at highway 87, a couple of trees reported on fire alongside the freeway. no lanes are closed. there is activity just off the downtown jan jose interchange. we are hearing from brock

turner for the first time. at least his own words. he's the former stanford swimmer at the center of a sexual assault case that sparked international outrage. newly obtained court documents paint a different picture of the athlete convicted of sexually assaulting a woman on campus. >> more on what turner had to say to the judge before he was sentenced to those six months behind bars. good morning. a letter to the court, brock turner the former swim star here appears to blame his criminal behavior on way calls, quote, the so-called party culture on campus. he goes on to write to the judge, "the swim team set no limits on partying and drinking. i saw guys take full advantage of these circumstances while i was shown to do the same. i witnessed countless times the guys i looked up to go to parties, meet girls and take the girls they just met back with them." turner was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail

for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman by a dumpster on campus after a late night fraternity party. >> there are plenty of people on campus who drink and don't rape other students. >> he takes very little responsibility. this is i'm sorry that you're hurt letter. >> in that same letter to the court, turner wrote he was from a small town in ohio with little partying experience. that apparently misleading. investigators sayç they found text messages indicate turner drank, smoked marijuana, dropped out back home in ohio and during his time here at stanford. live at stanford university, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you. this issue has gone all the way to congress now. congresswoman jackie schweir. members of congress will take parts of the letter the victim wrote to brock turner. this will happen on the house floor. total anarchy are how some

describe a san francisco police commission meeting last night. they were supposed to discuss use of force by officers but then protesters took over. >> they want two minutes to keep going. >> i don't know how you sleep. you all have blood on your hands. >> things got worse from there. more rowdy. the meeting was eventually postponed. two more meetings are planned for later. the trial begins today for another baltimore police officer implicated in the arrest and death of freddie gray. officer caesar goodson is one of six officers who is charged in gray's death and the only officer who is facing murder charges. goodson was the driver of the transport van where gray suffered spinal injuries last april. the judge will rule on the case instead of a jury. it's a bench trial. another officer was aconvicted by the same judge last month.

to decision 2016. bernie sanders heads to the white house but not the way he wanted. he is going to meet with president obama. the white house says the president will congratulate the senator on his hard-fought campaign. the question remains if and when bernie sanders will support hillary clinton. the president was asked that question by jimmy fallon. >> is bernie going to endorse hillary? >> well, i'm sure they are going to have a conversation. >> is he ever going to drop out? >> you can watch the rest of that interview on "the tonight show" tonight. president obama is expected to endorse hillary clinton formally, the presumptive democratic nominee very soon. searching for more suspects. right now you're looking at a picture of a man wanted by san jose police in connection with that violent donald trump rally last week. he is one of several linked to the attacks on trump supporters. seven people have been arrested.

many arrested are minors. it was a disappointing night for the warriors and dove nation. this sums up the night in cleveland. dre' mond green delivering a mouthful to his teammates. 120-90. warriors lead the series two games to one. game four is tomorrow night. we'll preview the sharks later in the show. they put up one of those graphics how many points steph curry scored and at that point it was two in the third quarter. i thought by and misread it. >> steph curry and clay thompson struggled to score in the series. they are still up 2-1. cavs show pulse.

you look at the weather coming our way. it is looking good the next couple of days. we are going to start out with temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. mostly cloudy skies. then that sunshine breaking out later on today. the same weather we've seen all week. it will be a touch cooler in some spots. 57 degrees in palo alto, livermore, concord and napa, with highs reaching to the upper 70s and low 80s for the south bay. palo alto 74. 64 at at&t park. santa rosa 75. oakland 68. danville a high of 76. not bad at all. we'll talk about this weekend when it starts to warm up. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is tracking activities on the san mateo camera. >> i just saw flashing lights. this is right past the toll plaza. looks like chip left the scene. we are looking at sensors not showing up there with a period of time where part of that slow lane was blocked for a very

short period. having caused a disturbance across the bay. we see the tiniest bit of slowing from the altamont pass. up next, we'll tell you the reason why bay area oil refineries are fighting to throw out a series of air pollution rules. >> do you know this woman? why her shopping spree has gotten the attention of several bay area police agencies. daly city police say a woman

robbed a storage locker at a public storage facility last friday and then went on a daly city police say a woman robbed a storage locker at a public facility, then proceeded to go on a shopping spree. she got away with sports memorabilia and the store owner's credit card. she allegedly used that credit card at stores in daly city, san francisco, antioch and brentwood. police in the east bay rescued a teenage girl who was kidnapped in a possible case of sex trafficking. police swarmed the area near 65th and alcatraz in oakland yesterday where they say that man took a 14-year-old girl hostage. they were able to rescue the girl and then arrest the man. the family tells nbc bay area that the girl told them other victims were inside that home. police will only say that the investigation is not over. at 4:41, bay area oil

reneries are trying to overturn a series of air pollution rules adopted following the chevron oil fire back in 2012. according to the east bay times, five refineryies sued the rules aimed at reducing emission by 20%, chevron, shell, valero, tasoro and phillips 66. they argue the new rules are unfair and possibly unjustified. they were created after the fire at the chevron refinery four years ago that sent thousands of people to hospitals with eye and throat irritation. happening today, controversial new law goes into effect here in california. terminally ill patients will be able to end their own lives legally. the law is expected to triple the number of patients nationwide who can get a lethal dose of effects from their doctor if their pain and suffering becomes intolerable. there is strong religious

opposition to the law but strong supporters say it will end the suffering to people who need it the most. sharks we hope are ready for game five. saying good-bye to boxing great muhammed ali. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x.

to keep their hopes of a championship alive. the situation is urgent for the sharks. they have to win tonight if they want their hopes of a championship alive.

in the past five years, pittsburgh has blown two playoff series when they had a 3-1 advantage. >> game five is tonight in pittsburgh. but you can watch the action right here nbc bay area. tune in early for a special edition of nbc bay area news at 4:30. then after the game, stay with us for more news followed by bay area revelations. i tend to be more as a pessimist. last time a team was down 3-1 and came back to win, 1942. >> last time the sharks were in the stanley cup finals was never so great as the present. >> we are already in unchartered territory. >> exactly. >> are we streaming out into the territory of the ocean today? will it be hot enough to do that? >> with a wetsuit, you know. it will still be comfortable. the water temperatures are only

at 58 degrees. at&t park toward the embarcidaro. san rafael 58. 60 in vallejo. as we break it down, take it hour by hour. livermore 56 for the next several hours. then the sun starts to come out right at about 8:00 behind those clouds. then bright sunshine by 9:00. as we go through the day it will feel nice and comfortable. looking at the fog forecast. we start out with low clouds. there may be mist and drizzle in spots. then it starts to roll back toward the coast as we go through the day. it just stays there all day long. that keeps those temperatures in

check. we'll see the same thing again tomorrow. looking at all the microclimates. up to 75 in san jose. 74 palo alto. at&t park 64 with mid 70s for the north bay. antioch 82. 68 in oakland. danville high of 76. seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen shows our temperatures will be going up for the weekend. here is part of the reason why. this area of low pressure to the north of us giving us a strong onshore flow will start to kick off to the east, then high pressure will be more of an influence. will give us more of a northerly wind. we won't have the ocean breeze to cool us down. that only happens for a couple of days. starts out sunday. continues into monday. then we start to see temperatures coming back down. as far as high temperatures all across the bay area, looking at 70s and 80s. it will start to feel a little toasty on sunday. i'll have another look at the forecast coming up. let's head over to mike.

>> golden gate bridge, that pick-up truck is facing the wrong way. they clear them for the truck to move the lanes. we'll show you the maps. no slowing toward any bridges. smooth flow up and down the peninsula. east we are looking at slowing out of the altamont pass. there is a new crash reported. don't know which direction for 580 through livermore. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, a well-little to plaza. yesterday we saw them working on the light. it's a brighter light. back to you. developing story now. hamas militant group that rules gaza praised a terror attack in israel. four israelis were killed after two palestinian gunmen opened fire near a popular outdoor market in central tel aviv

yesterday. three other people are badly hurt. some attackers have been captured. some are 21-year-old cousins from a palestinian village in the west bank. while hamas welcomed the attack, it did not claim responsibility for it. safety here at home. house speaker paul ryan says he has a plan to secure u.s. borders. he is expected to spell out that plan later today. reports say that the house speaker is proposing overhauling the immigration system and installing other defenses. the plan calls for, quote, high fencing. steers clear of a plan to build a wall which is what presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump specifically called for. the immigration plan is part of the national security strategy. developing story. hundreds of people fled their homes as a wildfire rages near the arizona town of yarnell. if iéç sounds familiar it's because it's the same town where a fire three years ago killed 19 members of an elite fire

fighting crew. this morning firefighters on the ground and in the air are battling that wind fuel tender foot fire. it started yesterday afternoon but burned more than 700 acres. 300 people are evacuated. and emergency shelters are set up. >> i hope everybody's safe. >> we do lose our house in 2003 with that fire. just don't want to do it a second time. >> you never know what can happen with the fire and wind. >> of those 19 firefighters killed three years ago were trapped by a fire near yarnell. it marked the deadliest strategy for u.s. firefighters in several days. an islamic funeral prayer service will be held for muhammed ali. it will be held at louisville, kentucky's freedom hall and will be open to the public. funeral procession and public memorial will be held in louisville friday. tens of thousands of fans

expected to attend that service. the three-time heavyweight champ died last friday at the age of 74. we move to business news. online shopping continues to rise but who is behind that interest? >> who is clicking that button? millions of twitter accounts may have been hacked. for those stories we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. good morning to you. wall street could give back some of wednesday's gains. rising yesterday with the dow up for a third straight day and closing above 18,000 for the first time in six weeks. that's partly due to oil prices which rose above $51 a barrel the first time in nearly a year. look for data today on unemployment. dow rising 66 points to 18,005. nasdaq up 12 to 4974. a new survey finds consumers are making more than half their purchases online.

that spike is being driven by millennials who buy 54% of everything online. news comes for traditional retailers including macy's and kohl's reporting disappointing earnings. 32 million twitter accounts may have been hacked. it received data about a breach from an alleged hacker. many users appear to be in russia. we will take you to the real center of san francisco. just four decades ago there are only a few handful of these mexican wolves in the world. they are most endangered wolf series on the planet. we'll show you where you can see them in person. ==reveal== the sistood of e traveling prom to honor one of their best friends after she passed away from cancer --- four girls wear her ar the sisterhood of the traveling prom dress to honor

one of their best friends after she passed away from cancers. four girls wear her sparkly blue prom dress. you can see their pictures on our facebook page. how sanitary is your food? new claims about unsafe food at cisco, the largest food distributor. if you live in san francisco you

may argue your neighborhood is the center of the city... but you'd likely be wrong. >>. >> if you live in san francisco, you may argue your neighborhood is the center of the city, but probably you would be wrong. >> the public works department set up to find exact geographic center. they landed around 750 corbet

street near twin peaks. they bolted down a two-inch medallion to commemorate that find. some argue it is the center of the universe. wolf canyon is open at the sf zoo. it features three mexican gray wolf brothers. the exhibit has heated rocks for them to warm up on san francisco nights. they are the most endangered world subspecies and there are about 300 in the world. in 1976 there are only five. we have clear sky here at the san mateo bridge. clear view toward foster city. a teenage girl found safe and sound this morning in oakland after police say a man

tried to kidnap her off the street in broad daylight. bob tease

=kris/vo= plus- a contrersial newaw takes effect here in the controversial statements of the stanford student convicted of sexual assault made to a letter to the court. controversial new law takes effect here in the golden state today. details on the new act that will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctor.

the hunt is on for more suspects connected to last week's violent protest outside a donald trump rally in san jose. new developments next. "today in the bay" starts right now. good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. if you liked yesterday, you'll like today, as well. >> we are that much closer to the weekend. we'll have nice warm weather. looking at what we are expecting today, a lot of clouds to start out. there's sunshine this afternoon. a look outside now. 60 in the east bay. 59 in san francisco. highs today reaching mostly into the mid to upper 70s. it feels very comfortable as we go through the day. san francisco mix of sun and clouds and high of 64. this weekend though, starts to get more stuffy and uncomfortable. warm weather headed our way.