russia investigation. what comey is expected to say. also, rain back in the forecast as you see from our radar right here. the impact showers could have on your morning commute. and closing in on the championship, the warriors just one win away from winning the nba finals. the dubs' epic game three comeback, all coming up as today in the bay continues right now. thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. the rain starting north and moving downtown. >> i was checking on rainfall totals in parts of the north bay. we have a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain near san jose and we are going to see that moving to the south but rainfall amounts becoming lighter. we can see rain moving to san rafael, vallejo, napa, and it continues towards antioch and concord.

you're seeing rain starting to move in there and as we get a look at san francisco, some spotty light showers. we've seen it throughout the morning and it continues to move from berkeley and oakland so we'll be tracking the rain that may impact your morning commute and those slick roads will be a factor. >> because as you talked about the north bay saw up to a quarter inch in some areas. this is san rafael. there's slick conditions. if we look at the map farther north i did hair a report, chp filed a complaint -- not complaint but an issue says hydroplaning was involved in one of the crashes up there, 101 south at railroad. a smooth flow of traffic throughout most of the map but you see the green highlighting where the road weather index does talk about the fact you will have slicker roadways, it moves towards the walnut creek interchange. we are also looking at a build over here, typical for heyward. ing folks we're looking at a

smooth ride anywhere south of the bay bridge but we have the rain that will affect the roads. we're looking at the timing for bart because if there is enough rain they'll lowell is the trains down for safety's sake but no delays, 46 trains on the rails. back to you. >> looks good. thank you, mike. live to washington, d.c. this morning where it is expected to be a pivotal day in the russia investigation. fired fbi director james comey will be testifying less than an hour from now and we at least know some of what he is going to say. you see him here minutes ago lying his house, getting into that suv and heading to the capital. scott mcgrew is live in the newsroom with the insight we're expected to learn. >> reporter: comey will detail three meetings, six phone calls with president trump that took place before he was fired. it's expected that he will address reports about his interactions with the president regarding the agency's probe into former national security

adviser michael flynn as well. comey is expected to say that he considered it inappropriate for the president to pressure him into dropping the fbi investigation of flynn. the senate intelligence committee released prepared testimony and opening statement by comey yesterday afternoon. in it, comey says he told president trump he was not personally under investigation but he did not want to say that publicly in days mr. tru-- unle mr. trump came under investigation later. trump demanded loyalty and said i hope you can see your way to letting this go, talking about president trump. democrats have criticized president trump, republicans, on the other hand, treading lightly. >> it was inappropriate to so obsessively hound him about making the case against flynn go away. >> my job is to make sure we don't pre-judge anything. >> our search is the truth. i just want to know what happened. >> now, the white house is said to be preparing a massive response this morning.

this could theoretically include president trump live tweeting during comey's testimony today although he has a number of speeches as well. we'll have live team coverage. >> that's right, we're going to be covering it all day and the networks covering it as well. bars across the country, including right here in the bay area, some opening their doors early so people can watch comey's testimony. >> and have a drink while they're at it. today in the bay's bob redell joining us live at the office bar lounge in san jose. they might need that drink, bob, the office opening up much earlier than usual. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. we know of three bars in san francisco that will be opening early and here in the south bay the office lounge behind me here in san jose's willow glen will be opening up two and a half hours early so patrons can watch james comey testify before the senate intelligence committee starting at 7:00 our time. senators will be questioning the fired fbi director about his conversations with president trump.

at issue is whether the president tried to influence the fbi's investigation into russian meddling in last year's u.s. election. political analyst larry gerston says this could be monumental which is why it caught the attention of people not usually into politics. >> this situation is not an instant turn on and turn off like your television set. this is more what we would call a drip, drip, drip. unfortunately, all the drops right now are going the wrong way against the president. >> they're going to want to watch what's going on and we'll have it on for them. as long as everybody is behaving themselves and having a good time, we'll keep the sound on. >> across the country, interest in comey's testimony has touched off drinking games in some bars. well know of one bar if washington, d.c. that promises to buy a round of drinks every time president trump tweets about the hearings. online, a comey hearing bingo game has been created based on anticipated key phrases. reporting live from san jose,

bob redell, today in the bad ni >> thank you very much, bob. you can watch comey's testimony without interruptions on nbc bay area. our live coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. on the "today" show. savannah guthrie will be in washington, d.c. it's 6:06 this morning. more than a dozen elementary students in fremont and their families are closely awaiting the results of a critical blood test. those students were poked by another child who found a discarded medical device on the street. it happened eight days ago at cabrillo elementary school. the poking tool is a listen set used by diabetes patients to prick their fingers to test their blood sugar levels. the school said one student ended up poking 14 others. we spoke to a second grader who was a victim. ! it was purple and he poked me in the arm right here. >> he was poked with a needle

and from now until who knows when if brian may come down with something and this is scary. >> reporter: so right there you're hearing from the second grader's grandfather. the school says it took them five days to figure out what happened because the student in question denied poking anybody. these families say they didn't find out for a couple weeks. all 14 poked students were tested for hiv and hepatitis. right now they're awaiting on the results. new details to share this morning. it appears the mt. diablo school district issued a response for plans for a splinter school district in walnut creek. a much smaller school district is in the works that would cover a handful of schools in part of walnut creek. a lot still has to happen for the idea to become a reality but the mt. diablo district says planners must further refine their requests because it does not meet legal requirements for established countries. next fall, more hearings are planned. this morning, a live look at

oracle arena which still had plenty of people inside despite the fact there was no game in town because the warriors did play in cleveland and they may not return to oracle after another thumping in the last few minutes. warriors fans proved last night at oracle you don't even have to be at the game, have it live in front of you to have the championship-level intensity. [ cheers and applause ] they were watching it on screens and look at them. 15,000 or so fans that packed oracle for last night's game three viewing party certainly went nuts. this went beyond standard playoff atmosphere with pretty much everything but the players and a lot of excitement. >> sweep! >> we're so excited. you know why? because last year we were robbed. >> well, it doesn't appear to be a repeat of last year. here's how it went down. cleveland up by as many as seven points late in the fourth

quarter. they seemed to have things under control, kd took this game over. that was the dagger over lebron james, a defining potentially career-defining three with 45 seconds left. the warriors came up huge when it mattered including big defense from andre iguodala. the final score 118-113 as the warriors end the game on an 11-0 run. >> they played extremely well but i just think we stayed in front of them late in the game and, you know, got good shots and we got the basketball but they had it going on all night, you have to give them credit. >> warriors just one win from another nba championship. game four is friday in cleveland and another watch party planned for oracle. ticket there is cost $20. you know these parents are just beaming with pride. everybody pumped up after last

night's win, that includes steph curry's family. that was steph's mom there with a huge yell at quicken loans arena. you can see steph giving a big hug to his dad dell curry who used to play back in the day. kevin durant's mom also there living it up last night after a huge win. it's 6:10. we are talking about not only the warriors winning but rain moving into the bay area. it's all cloudy as we're getting a look at three micro climates right now. these are the conditions as you head out the door. it's humid and mild. temperatures starting out in the low 60s for the south bay peninsula and tri-valley. in the north bay rain coming down, temperature at 55 degrees and light showers in san francisco and 58. we'll see the rain moving from north to south, temperatures reaching into the upper 60s to low 60s. feels cool for this time of year. in three minutes, i'll have a look at the radar and where the

rain is coming down the heaviest and mike the tracking a crash in fremont. we just heard a crash on the nimitz freeway southbound your commute direction where we see a little slowing. it's at least contributing a small factor because as we look around the bay a smooth drive. looking toward alvarado boulevard with activity on the shoulder and slowing which ends up right about there easing up past the dunbarton bridge. we look at the golden gate bridge and anywhere north of the bay bridge or the golden gate bridge we have mist and drizzle. i was watching this the last couple minutes, i saw a couple wipers but things are moving farther east as kari has been tracking. back to you. >> thank you, mike. asleep behind the wheel. coming up in three minutes, the new technology a major automaker is working on that would allow drivers to take a nap while on the road. >> here's a live look outside as you're hopefully waking up and getting out of bed from our emeryville camera. you are watching toad ining tod

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we'll take a closer look at the radar in five minutes. >> as kari tracks the rain, we track the affect on your traffic. minor effects. the tri-valley just seeing a typical slowdown coming out of the altamont pass. we'll show you more coming up. >> mike, kari, thank you very much. a developing story from the east coast and dissushing video that we would like to warn you about that is raising questions about how police responded to a fiery crash following a change. a video shows a man on fire after a car crashed into a pole. as the man tries to get away from the flames you see approaching officers walk up and kick the man right there several times. it turns out the man was an innocent bystander who happened to be near the scene of the crash and he was not the chase suspect. this happened in jersey city on sunday night. right now the mayor of jersey city is calling for those officers to be fired. it's 6:15. tesla, gm, now honda jumping into the self-driving race for automakers.

honda's ceo says the company is working on self-driving car technology that could allow passengers to sleep on the road. honda also aims to launch self-driving cars that can run and switch lanes on highways by 2020 in time for the summer olympics in tokyo. so you could nap, i don't know if it's -- >> right now my passengers can nap. >> they do. >> it the yahoo's last day. shareholders expected to approve the company's sale to verizon. >> finally happening. scott mcgrew, that means layoffs. >> reporter: it does and we expected it and at yahoo they expected it. lots of people have been looking for work. cnbc estimates the cuts will be around a thousand jobs from the combined companies, some from yahoo, some from verizon. yahoo has been a silicon valley fixture since it was founded in 1994 as jerry and david's guide to the worldwide web. this is a defeat for marisa

meyer because she failed to get it sold. analyst believe that verizon paid way too much so in this says meyer is the best thing that could have happened to yahoo investors. uber in trouble again. the head of uber's efforts in india was fired after it was revealed he obtained the medical records of a woman who said had been rained by an uber driver in india. our sister blog recode was the first to report that eric alexander showed the medical records of the woman to uber's ceo and uber vice president emile michael a year ago. uber has been on a firing spri trying to get rid of the bat apples that has come to define uber as a company. wall street will be watching the comey hearings with the rest of us. you have the election in great britain. we assume we know who's going to win that one but we said that before. the dow gained 37 points

wednesday, nasdaq up 22. sam and laura i wanted to show you a little clip. the state capital in sacramento, that's a fellow named ian from san francisco, comcast, our parent company, giving away scholarships to hundreds of california kids. they were kind enough to invite know take part in the ceremony. a lot of kids got money but $10,000 each went to ian chang from balboa high school in san francisco, he doesn't know where he's going to college yet. but mary lee, another student, is going to santa clara. helping bring the tuition down a little bit. >> a little bit. >> good for them. congrats. by the way, we're talking about races, this is a local race. a washington state teenager isn't old enough to vote but he's running if political office. 17-year-old jordan sears wants to be elected to the school board. he lives in a town just northeast of seattle and says he wants to give teachers and

students a louder voice in the issues that affect them. he attended a school board meeting last year to speak in favor of a school bond issue, the bond failed but he says the experience inspired him to run for office. >> i want to make a difference in this world. middle and high schoolers make up 18% of the population but they make up 100% of the future. >> get it straight from the source. sears is not turning 18 until next month so he had to register as a write-in candidate. he's facing two challengers this november. >> good for him e. he has a great perspective. >> someday he'll be in washington, d.c. hopefully changing things. >> we'll see. >> very mature young man. more beard than i've ever had in my entire life. >> and only 17. >> you have baby skin, mike. not a fair comparison. >> no credit card test this morning but umbrella checks. >> yes, grab the umbrella. it's been so long since we've had to say that so don't forget it before you walk out the door, we are seeing showers coming down in parts of the bay area. let's check out the radar where

it's covered in most of sonoma, napa county marx written county with pockets of heavy rain moving through and then it continues to extend off to the east at fair field, vallejo and the sacramento valley seeing rain moving in now. san francisco you're dry but roads may be wet after early morning showers move through and there will be more rain on the way. it's moved over towards oakland, san leandro and san lorenzo and approaching the tri-valley. tracking rain moving into the peninsula that will move closer to palo alto within the next eight minutes and moving across the by a to newark within the next 30 minutes. so we'll watch as that continues to move through. hour by hour, pretty good coverage of rain here. looking at showers by 1:00 still moving into the east bay, it becomes lighter as it approaches the south bay later this morning into the early afternoon.

and looking at san jose, not expecting much there and our skies will be clearing as we go into tonight and rainfall totals may reach what we normally see during the whole month of june, the possibility of getting about five one hundredths of an inch for palo alto and san jose. if you see weather happening, send me your pictures. this came from alvin mcmanus in san martin showing clouds yesterday. this there kari lynn showing clouds rolling by ining by. mike, you're tracking what's happening now as you head out on the roadways. >> we're getting help from alvin on the roadways. he often treats about traffic. no problems from san martin towards the south bay. we are looking at the road weather index showing green, that highlighting on the map means you will have slicker

roadways and coming down toward -- well, let me talk about the dumbo in a second. southbound 101 a crash may block one lane. we'll track that. >> lets get back to waze. the dunbarton bridge which may see rain over the next half hour so just a note but if you're going from hayward toward palo alto, here are your three routes. they've chosen your time. options are available on your phone, check our team as your. option, join that on your profile. click on the magnifying class and name and select nbc bay area as wears. 6:22. wild mushroom warning. coming up on today in the bay, the reason there's been a spike in mushroom poisonings and the step you can take to stay safe. >> he waits five months to get his new sofa fixed, then he calls us, i'm chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. there's a place like no other...

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to a san jose man who says he couldn )t get his broken it's 6:25 right now. nbc bay area responds to a san jose man who says he couldn't get his broken furniture fixed even though it was under warranty. >> chris chmura joining us with how he took action. >> reporter: darren wicker called us about two sofas he bought from living spaces in fremont. just six months after buying them, darren says the recliner part of the sofa broke.

they were still under manufacturers warranty so darren called living spaces to get them fixed. living spaces sent out a technician who told them he wasn't operating the sofas correctly but went ahead and said he would order a new part and fix the sofas. darren says he never heard from the tech again. he says he repeatedly called the store and couldn't get any help and this went on for five months. we contacted living spaces and it invited darren to exchange the two sofas which he did. living spaces didn't respond to our request for a comment. if you have a complaint let us know on nbc bay area.com/responds. the california poison control system says 14 cases have been reported in five different counties since last december. it says usually it sees only a few cases of so called death cap

mushroom poisoning every year. experts say lots of rain made the wild mushrooms more available. doctors advise not eating wild mushrooms unless you are professionally trained to identify them. 6:27. up next on today in the bay, the new smart train service in the north bay hitting a roadblock. the reason it could still be a while before riders can hop on board. >> reporter: one of two men facing charges in connection with the deadly ghost ship fire is expected to appear in court later this morning. you're watching today in the bay. right now at 6:30...

the rain is back... we )re tracking some light rain for the morning commute, but then it dries out heading into the rain is back. we're tracking rain for the morning commute but it dries out heading into the weekend. a live look outside, a beautiful sculpture there in fremont. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. rain, rain, go away. it's coming for at least one day but kari hall is tracking the latest for us. >> this is the rain we see as we head through the forecast. it's nice to get something different in here to make things nice and green again. we haven't seen a lot that. looking at a lot of green on the map. the rain at this point and that's where we see the yellows and the red indicating that the

rain is really pouring in that spot. it's moving over towards vallejo and fairfield. expect pockets of rain to move there. san francisco, you've taken a break but it's rolling right back in as it moves towards the east and we are seeing that rain just south of oakland toward hayward, union city, fremont. and we are seeing the rain that will move closer toward the tri-valley. for the peninsula, expect the roads to get wet. 280 seeing showers now. mike, you're seeing more slowing for the east bay. >> that's right, kari. let's show you the map, the green blobs here and there, that's where we're seeing the road weather index. it's continues to move across the dunbarton bridge to the newark and fremont side. we have a crash southbound 88

off to the shoulder but it causes enough slowing down towards fremont and we see travel time hovering around a half hour so that is slower than you'd like at this time of the day. slicker roadways so be careful. we'll show you the other side of the bay, palo alto and traffic on 101 by university, no problems. this is northbound but southbound has no delay between the city and silicon valley. back to you. happening later today, it's been six months since the ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. in a matter of hours the master tenant of the warehouse is going to face a judge. 36 people were killed when the warehouse caught fire a party. >> today in the bay's pete suratos is live outside the jail in dublin where derek almena is being held. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. as you mentioned, the master warehouse tenant of the ghost ship warehouse derek almena is behind bars at the santa rita jail in dublin but he's expected

to enter a plea during the court hearing in oakland. almena was arrested a few days ago in lake county alongside warehouse tenant max harris who was arrested in los angeles county. both men face criminal charges in connection to the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire that took place in december. following a six month investigation by the alameda county district attorney's office, both men face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. 36 people died in the warehouse back in december when the building went up in flames during a party being held at the site. as i mentioned, harris was arrested in los angeles county and remains in custody in los angeles. he will be brought here to the bay area but that court hearing for almena will take place at 9:00 a.m. in oakland. live in dublin, pete suratos, today in the bay. happening today, we're expecting to learn more about a suspicious fire in emeryville. the five alarm blazed engulfed the building under construction last month.

investigators are holding a press conference at 2:00 this afternoon to give an update on suspects and a possible cause. luckily no one was injured in the fire. the woman accused of drugging a two-year-old child at a berkeley park will be in court. sayyadina thomas faces felony child abuse charges for allegedly placing drugs in the mouth of a toddler who was playing at people's park in berkeley monday. according to court documents, thomas told police it was a tootsie roll but later admitted it was methamphetamine. we have learned thomas is not a stranger to police, court records show she's been arrested or cited more than 20 times since 2002. authorities are hoping a new reward can help solve the murder of a young high school football player in the east bay. 16-year-old lamar murphy died on january 23. someone shot him as he road his bike in unincorporated hayward not far from city hall. he attended hayward high school. the alameda county sheriff's office announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. his own family is offering a

$25,000 reward. >> for any parent this would be some awfully scary moments and it happened at a north bay supermarket where police say a man is behind bars accused of inappropriately touching a 15-year-old girl. police arrested the man, james stratta, after he allegedly accosted the girl tuesday night at the whole foods. investigators say that stratta, who is homeless, touched the teenager's arm and proceeded the grope her inside of the store. the girl was able to break free and get to her father who confronted him. the victim's father tried to detain stratta with the help of a witness but he was able to get away. police eventually tracked him down and arrested him. he faces sexual battery charges. new details, all dressed up with nowhere to go may be the best way to describe the smart train transit service that will connect sonoma and marin counties. agency leaders met yesterday to talk about why there's still no firm start date from welcoming riders on board. one holdup involves the wait for

top to bottom audit that must be done by federal administrators. smart leaders are planning to offer free preview rides in the near future perhaps as soon as next week. a warning right now to anyone taking their family to santa cruz. sometimes 17 can get bogged down but if you have a trip planned there, plan accordingly for a longer wait. caltran is warning of long delays along highway 17 as crews make emergency road repairs next week. one southbound lane will be closed from summit road to vine mill road monday through thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on friday a southbound lane will be closed from sims road to pasa tiempo road. crews will be repairing roads damaged by the winter storms. >> just as the last of the school districts are getting off for the summer break, that's when you do the road work toward the beach. okay, whatever the case, we're

glad they'll fix it. highway 17 no problem, the south bay and peninsula looking great. rain kravling across the dunbarton bridge. we see the slowing clear up for southbound 880. there was an earlier crash at alvarado that should be out of the way. slowing 680 pleasanton to sunol your typical pattern. ear's where the green highlighting indicates wet roadways. we go over toward fairfield as kari has been talking about -- sorry, just took her report but we're talking about the roadways. highway 4 saw a crash where there will be slowing through the area because of a crash between 680 and the east shore freeway. travel time, a smooth drive over towards the bay bridge, just 22 minutes down the east shore freeway and we're looking at mass transit, although there are no delays right now, bart has a weekend closure so saturday and sunday they will have the closure. >> when is that?

>> that's the weekend. >> the weekend. it's finally almost here. friday eve. and by the way, mike hint the nail on the head, these kids are getting out of school but now you have to figure out what am i going to do with them? >> we have so many events going on, as always, around the bay area and we're going to have nice weather. we have to get through this rain today. we're seeing showers rolling through the bay area. as you head out the door, be mindful, you want to grab the umbrella before you step out. then it clears out for the weekend looking at the coastal areas feeling cooler temperatures in the low 60s and morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. upper 60s for the bay and inland areas up to 71. very nice for a sunday. more of the same. mid-60s for the coast, bay 69 and 72 inland. we have the sand sculpture contest. this will be a great event to take the kids to. it starts at 9:00 in alameda, it will be at 59 degrees so wear long sleeves and bring sun block

with that sunshine and comfortable temperatures throughout the day. the san mateo fair kicks off saturday. it starts with a parade at 10:00, nice weather for that, not feeling like summertime just yet. we'll see the highs into the mid-60s. enjoy that because we will have, of course, warmer weather ahead. if you want cooler temperatures, take a live look outside at heavenly this morning, a few clouds across the sky, absolutely gorgeous. and if you are planning to head in that direction we will have rain moving in between today and tomorrow. temperatures this weekend will only be in the up 40s to low 50s and on saturday i think that will be the best day to get out there for recreational activities. kirk wood, i want to show you more because the weather different here and look at this, we'll start out the morning with snow showers and then it changes to rain. it will be very cool and on sunday more showers moving in,

rancho river valley looking at comfortable weather, a mix of sun and clouds, low 70s and then 60s for the rest of the weekend. a look at san jose's temperature trends in three minutes. >> maybe you want to go for a weekend drive. one of the most scenic routes in san francisco cut shutting down. the reason a stretch of the great highway could close. >> it's v-day in washington as james comey testifies. we'll tell you everything to watch for. we're seeing markets flip-flop between negative and positive as everybody wants to know what james comey is going to say. the dow jones turning positive a second ago. it's up nine and a half points at 21,182. all kinds of happenings on this thursday. back in two minutes

it's 6:43. we're looking at some cloudy skies over soeds aan jose but i still dry here. we have showers to the north. it will be in the upper 60s later this morning, only hitting below 70s today and not a lot of sunshine here. we'll have a slight chance of rain in the south bay. meantime, it's coming down farther to the north. we'll look at the radar at 6:48. looking at these travel times, the red shows up here southbound 889. unusual but outstanding this morning because traffic flows

well. other places will show you how the commute is shaping up. >> sounds good. 6:43. happening today san francisco planners will consider sloogss in the battle against erosion along ocean beach. one idea includes closing a segment of the great highway where there are serious concerns about rising sea levels. the segment stretches from skyline boulevard. supervisors on the california coastal commission will have to approve any proposed change. new this morning. when it comes to car thefts, northern california has some of the highest rates anywhere. >> the new vehicle annual hot spot is out from the national insurance crime bureau. bakers field and modesto ranked third and fourth nationally, merced came in seventh. the metro area including san francisco, oakland and hayward ranked eighth while san jose came in 19th. if you're wondering, albuquerque, new mexico, ranked first. new video from an intense fire fight in oakland with a very interesting perspective. this is footage from a

firefighter's helmet cam. this is the wall of flames overhead on the roof inside a home. this is a view from outside, firefighters on the top of the roof as the fire is eventually controlled. it's smoldering in these shots. it happened at a home on 59th street near martin luther king way. no one was hurt. firefighters suspect an appliance started the fire. a man is in critical condition after gunfire erupted inside of an east bay gas station. san leandro police say somebody walked into the convenience store at the chevron washington avenue and pulled out a gun on the clerk. the clerk did what he was asked, he opened the cash register. he was cooperating when the man shot the clerk anyway. the gas station is taking extra security precautions, the store is open but the door is locked and employees are offering window service only. >> gavin newsom's lead in the race for next governor is shrinking. former l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa is gaining ground.

polls show 22% of likely voters support newsom, down from 28 in market. villaraigosa is now at 17% climbing six points. 37% of voters are yet to decide. californians pick their new governor next year. has beening today, the woman charged with leaking a secret national security agency report is expected to plead not guilty in court. the government contractor reality leigh winner could be released on bond today. the air force veteran works for a private contractor in georgia where she was arrested saturday. the federal government charged her with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news out let. today is the day james comey testifying about his meetings with donald trump before the senate select committee on intelligence. >> all major networks plan wall-to-wall coverage. scott mcgrew, we've heard it called the super bowl of politics. >> reporter: and this is just one of several investigations.

a special counsel investigation just getting started, you have the house and the fbi, there will be the world series of politics, the stanley cub of politics in the days ahead. as for today, all eyes will be on the former fbi director james comey as he goes before the senate. we're looking at live pictures as they get ready. comey will be talking about their peculiar meets with the president. meetings comey carefully documented with memoranda after each encounter. again, live pictures from the senate hearing room as we wait for mr. comey to arrive. we know comey will confirm he did tell the president several times that he was not under direct investigation. comey will talk about the dinner where the president asked him to pledge his loyalty and the moment where the president asked him to back off the flynn investigation. in his written statement, he recounts the president as saying "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go.

he is a good guy and i hope you can let him go." comey then says this in his testimony "i understood the president to be requesting we drop any investigation of flynn in connection with statements about his conversations with the russian ambassador in december." so this raises a number of big questions, number one, was that obstruction of justice? two, why didn't comey tell anyone the president of the united states had asked him to quash and investigation? and, third, who's telling the truth? here's the president saying his request to end the flynn investigation never happened. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? around also -- >> no, no. next question. >> reporter: but that's something comey will square under oath did happen so let's be frank, somebody is lying to

you, either the former director of the fbi or the president of the united states. the same committee that comey will face today asked other intelligence leaders if the president asked them to quash any investigation. each one declined to answer directly, though mike rogers, the director of national intelligence, said he didn't feel pressured to which republican marco rubio followed "but were you asked? that's the key. the men declined to answer. listen to the frustration of the head of the committee who is also a republican. >> at no time should you be in a position where you come to congress without an answer. it may be in a different format, but the requirements of ouror sight duties and your agencies demand it. >> reporter: testimony gets under way in just 11 minutes with the reading of the seven-page opening statement. then questions will begin. that is the meat of it. we'll have live gavel-to-gavel

coverage on nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com. >> scott, thank you very much. there's a lot of buzz around august's solar eclipse considering the last one happened almost 40 years ago. this oregon couple has been getting ready for the event since an overcast portland sky ruped their experience in 1979. since then they have up and moved 65 miles south to an area near salem. they built their house just right in order to be in line with the eclipse. that included putting in a high-tech seven-foot-dome telescope. >> we've been planning for all these years to be ready for the big great american eclipse. >> i roe the dome control software and attached it to the scope software. >> all of this work for two minutes? yes, of course. never a question. >> quite the dedication. they'll enjoy the solar eclipse august 21 with close friends. the salem area is a great spot to see the solar eclipse at its

fullest. in the bay area we only see a partial eclipse. monday night at a holiday inn express is going for five hundred bucks for one night. >> do you get breakfast? >> you better. >> i hope there's no cloud cover. >> all of that for two minutes. i sure hope it's worth it for him. >> dedication. >> so we've been waiting on the rain. we are seeing showers moving from north to south. grab the umbrella as you get ready to hit out the door. some showers starting to clear, some parts of the north bay, san jose, you're taking a little break with lighter showers moving in but still a lot of green on the map as the system moves ahead of a cold front. getting a closer look, still seeing pockets of heavy rain near sonoma moving toward napa and down to san rafael so wet roads there and it moves over towards fairfield in the sacramento valley and to the

delta as well. antioch seeing heavy rain moving in there and for the marin county area, some showers moving through and moving over toward oakland and union city and fremont you're seeing showers moving in. rain moving from pleasanton over towards livermore. as you're looking out the window in the south bay and it's still not raining yet, grab the umbrella and rain boots or maybe shoes you don't mind getting wet or stepping in puddles through the day, the showers will be fizzling out as it continues to move elsewhere across the bay area as we see showers moving in to the east bay still at 10:30 this morning, also for san francisco moving into the south bay with some lighter or spotty showers. the chances of seeing the rain near san jose and farther to the south very slight. if you're seeing weather happen, send me your pictures. this came from alvin mcmannis in san martin.

thank you for sending those clouds you saw yesterday. also on facebook. this one from latisha showing me santa teresa park. a beautiful scenery there. looking at showers in the forecast for san francisco today clearing out in time for the weekend, slow 70s for the inland valleys and we stay in the 70s for the next several days. mike, is traffic building? >> i'm looking at hayward because of an earlier crash. we have wazer, as weer midnight sky 91 sent us the note about 880 when it happened over an hour ago but we see a smooth flow of traffic. the green glochs show you the highlighting for the road weather index. there's the tri-valley and there's the eat shore freeway. let's check with waze. no major issues. from san jose toward cupertino that's a popular commute that starts now. this isn't perhaps the most

obvious route but waze suggests a more circuitous but quicker route. it saves you five minutes. join our team, make i can give you a shoutout or you can shout nchgts to me. join in the profile, click there and your name and select a team name right down there. the team you're looking for nbc bay area wazers, with the rainbow peacock. we'll be waiting for you. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories on today in the bay, that includes a scary incident at an east bay elementary school where more than a dozen students with poked with a discarded medical tool. the reason parents with not immediately notified. and breaking news out of somalia, terrorist extremists have killedless to to 70 and wounded dozens. officials call it the region's deadliest attack in years. plus a bus crash in zimbabwe has killed 45 people. it happened about 100 miles north of the country's capital. many people who live there travel by bus daily to trade

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san francisco also opening early to show the testimony. also happening in washington, d.c., new york city, other places across the country. americans getting ready for what is being dubbed as the most anticipated congressional testimony in decades. coverage of the comey hearing continues all morning long on nbc bay area. the "today" show will pick up team coverage in just a few minutes right after today in the bay. more than a dozen elementary students in fremont are awaiting results of an hiv and hepatitis test. the students were poked with a medical device found on the street by a student. the poking tool was a lancet which is used by diabetes patients to test their bld blugar level. the school says one student poked 14 others. the school says it took about five days to figure out what happened because the student in question denied smoking anyone. overlooking lake elizabeth in fremont, we're tracking light rain in parts of the bay area

but it will dry out into the weekend. weekend? yes, i said weekend. it's almost upon us. >> sign us up, what do you have going on? >> it looks great. we have to get through the rain before you get out the door. let me show you the radar. scattered showers, heavier activity offshore that will move into san francisco within the next few minutes. light rain extending toward berkeley and oakland and also other parts of the east bay where we're seeing the spotty rain activity moving in making those roads wet. make sure you have a heads up about that. grab the umbrella before you walk out the door. >> excellent advice. we see the green on the map. you were calling this your green blob. >> green blobs on the map. that's the road weather index. we see more now for the tri-valley, castro valley, liver more that kari showed the rain coming through. the santa cruz mountains, not raining but slow because of a crash north 17. >> good to note there. that's what's happening today in the bay.

we'll be back -- actually we'll be covering the james comey testimony. you'll see it live in just minutes this morning. >> senator dianne feinstein. we pick up our coverage with the "today" show right now. this is an nbc news special report, the comey hearing, from washington. here is lester holt and savannah guthrie. >> good morning, everyone, on a day of high drama here in washington. we will show you a live picture of the senate hearing room where in just a few moments the fired fbi director james comey will begin his testimony. we are waiting to see if he will be sworn in in public or in a back room as he had at another appearance. >> this is a packed hearing room. high anticipation for this testimony. comey expected to tell the senate intelligence committee about his interactions with president trump in the months leading up to his firing. >> of course, we got a preview yesterday in t