this june day looks more like january. rain greeted many. what is next for the unusual weather? also a serial arsonist may be on the run. the fire that has investigators worried. but first a nation hanging over word. james comey tells his side of the story. good evening, everyone. we're on early because of the stanley cup playoffs. >> and we begin with news from capitol hill. the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in decades. for nearly three hours, fired fbi director james comey sprained why he kept uncomfortable around president trump. blayne alexander has more tonight. quite show tthe show he. >> reporter: yeah, people have been waiting to see it for quite some time. and comey said that he had a gut feeling that he might need to keep those memos to defend himself but the fbi. with countless cameras and the world watching, james comey explained why he kept detailed notes. >> i was concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. railro wr . >> reporter: comey says he ordered the leak to the press. >> i asked a friend of mine to

shart comment share the contents of the memo. >> reporter: president's personal attorney claiming victory after comey confirmed that the president is not under investigation. >> the president never in form or substance directed or suggested that 3mr. comey stop investigating anyone. >> reporter: comey said that he was not fired because he lost the confidence of the fbi. >> by saying that it was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies plain he and simple. it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. >> reporter: a focus for republicans? the president never explicitly told comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn. >> i took it as a direction. >> but that's not what he said. >> correct. >> reporter: and regarding the president's tweeted threat suggesting that their

conversation may have been recorded -- >> i've seen the tweet. loredy, i hope there are tapes. >> reporter: and comey zed sasa russians are still coming after america and will try again. and trump's attorney said he never asked for lyoyalty or to end an investigation into michael flynn. >> for political junkies on the west coast, watching the comey hearing meant being in front of the tv by 7:00 a.m. horseshoe bar serve heedd a ste stream of bloody marys to watch the political history in the making. and kamala harris, seen as a rising star in the democratic party, senator harris did not hold back from questioning comey even just you after yesterday

when she was prepare eprimandedr question can go in another hearing. laura. >> well, there is no doubt c kamala harris is getting a lot of national attention lately and she has a large following on twitter at the so-called champion of resistance. yesterday harris made national headlines when she was silenced by a republican committee chair and today she came out swinging. >> yes or no? independence- >> the chair will exercise its right to allow the witnesses to answer the question. >> less than 24 hours after california's junior senator was repry mabded and silenced during a senate hearing, ckamala harri showed no signs of staying quiet as she questioned james comey. focusing her first comment on comey's testimony that the president once stated that he hoped the fbi could let the flynn investigation go.

>> my experience of prosecuting cases when it a robber held a gun to somebody's head and said i hope you will give me your wallet, the word hope was not the most operative word at that moment. >> and a legal analyst says harris' statement was effective. >> if a bank robber says i hope you turnover that money, you're not going to think twice about it, you will turn it over. i think that brought it home for a lot of people watching. >> reporter: seen as a raising star in the democratic party, harris was still near the last in line as a junior senator for the noncontrolling party asking questions that couldn't be answered mainly to get them on record. >> even if i remembered clearly, that is not a question that i can a little in an open center. i have to give you the same answer. >> reporter: still hair writrri her job. >> she seized whatever opportunity she could. >> reporter: analyst hes suggest

harris' questions were to set the stage for a possible future questioning of testifyiattorney jeff sessions. >> and we continue the coverage of the comey testimony on our website. just click on the top story box. it will take you to raub video of the session. new to a developing story in the east bay where a family is mourning the loss of their son tonight from about a bee bee gun shooting. police say they responded to a call in antioch about on 10:00 this morning, found a 15-year-old boy with a small wound in his chest. police say a friend of the boy had accidently shot him with a bee bee gun. the boy later died at a hospital. let's talk about the weather now. june gloom, the weather taking a drastic turn today. a live look outside from our hd cameras in san francisco. rain falling for the first time in a long time. and the rain brought slick condition to the bay area during the commute. jeff has a look at the time line

of the storm. and is it moving out yet? >> it definitely is starting to push on out. at least the biggest portion of wet weather that we had throughout today is now moving off toward the south. in terms of rainfall, some spots picked up what we should average for the entire month of june. again, in this 24 hour period which puts us at.23, and in oakland, .02. a look at doppler radar shows the cloud cover across the bay area. a few spotty showers in the east bay and san francisco. and a little bit of action be lingers throughout vallejo. and i'll have details on the weekends in 15 minutes. and app is tailored to track the forecast near you. just go to the weather tab to get updates for your neighborhood. one of the men investigators say is responsible for the

deadly ghost ship fire appeared in court today. derick almena faces 36 counts involuntarymanslaughter. jody mai hernandez is live with story. >> reporter: that's right, and we learned that max harris, the second man charged in that deadly fire just arrived here to the jail from los angeles. and he is being booked as we speak. meanwhile the lease holder of the ghost ship warehouse appeared in court today. and some of the victims' families made sure that they were there to see him. >> i wanted to see his expression, see if he had any remorse. >> reporter: the parents of a victim came to see for themselves one of the men prosecutors say is responsible for last december he'd deadly fire. derick almena appeared in court for the first time.

>> are this case is one of the most profound tragedies to strike the bay area in living memory. >> reporter: almena's attorney da calls the charges a miscarriage of justice. >> despite the strong emotion, we don't feel that the public good will be served by prosecuting our client. >> a lot of emotion. >> reporter: and this victim's parents say seeing the mansecuo trap was tough. >> i think what he said was nonsense. >> reporter: almena will appear in court with max harris next week. again, we just learned that harris just arrived here to the jail. he is the man investigators say was the creative director of the ghost ship and helped almena

collect rent. he is expected to be in court sometime next i hernandez, nbc a news. two fires in the same building have been ruled as arson. a six figure reward is being offered to help find the suspect. the department complex burned for the second time last month. today agents and police officers say arson is the cause. and they released photographs of someone they believe may have started the fire. fire destroyed the housing but the city says they will rebuild. >> we believe we can make ourselves in to a more liveable city by growing our population. and this won't call into question our overall direction of the city. >> the atf himself says the previous fire at that same building last july with was also arson. but there is no suspect for that fire. it's offering a $50,000 reward for information on the fireds an

offer matched by the building's develop. if but know anything about how the fires started, contact the atf or emeryville police department. a woman files a lawsuit against her former employer saying there was a his tore his of harassment. the holiday gift that she says took it too far. and a series of fires in the south bay have investigators worried a fire bug may be on the loose. the search for a possible arsonist is on. and still a few drops of rainfall here in san francisco. i'll let you know when it clears out and now a change to the weekend forecast and when we could see a few more showers.

company is being sued. it was a christmas gift she did not want. and now a former employee of an east bay construction company is suing. she claims she was harassed by

her boss. christie smith mass what she ha endured. >> reporter: she complained about how she and another female were referred to and it all came to a head after she got a gift. she says that a company holiday party co-workers were allowed to select a gift. hers was specifically given. >> is it made me sick to my tomorrow being a. and i felt like dirt. >> reporter: with her attorney, they outlined a lawsuit against her former employer southland construction management incorporated. and the owners also showed the gift. >> my boss dressed up and took

picture s in front of a confederate flag and put those pictures inside of a -- sorry. and gave it to me as a gift. the only black girl that works there. this is not a joke, this is very serious. >> reporter: we reached out to the company but did not get a response to these accusations. the complaint alleges racial and gender discriminationn and harassment. she says she was subjected to comment and when she complained, there was retaliation. >> our client was treated poorly, sworn at, denigrated, made do jobs that others weren't because she's a him would, because she's african-american and because she said this is not okay. >> i want people to know that they do not have to stand for anything like this. >> reporter: the lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. reporting live from n. san francisco, krilsi ichristie smi

bay area news. concerns about a possible fire bug after at least six small fires all in the same neighborhood just east of willow g glenn. and now the effort to catch the says pe suspect. >> reporter: this fire called in about later in the morning and if about it is related, it would make it 1e6it seven fires in ei hour in the same neighborhood. this is the largest of the seven, a liquor story in the washington district. >> we don't know anything at this point. they are all open investigations. >> reporter: the owner got a phone call just before 5:00 this morning saying that his building was on fire. >> abofirst time in my life and don't know why twhoewhoever did. >> reporter: officially there were six smallover nig overnigh

roughly within a half mile of each other including this twon that charred a car and this dumpster fire. >> i wake up and it was right there. bruh i didn't habut i didn't ha what was going on. >> 24r is always a concern when you have simultaneous fires. >> reporter: and later this morning, we spotted firefighters mopping up the seventh fire, four blocks from the dumpster fire. and investigators are still trying to determine if it is related to the others. >> it is kra. i don't thinks the normal person would do something like that. >> reporter: they will be looking at surveillance video from several of the fire scenes for evidence. arson investigators are asking anyone who lives east of willow glen to see if perhaps they may have captured the cullle pretty.

dami damian, nbc bay area news. and very interesting drive. it was raining in june. >> yeah, about a quarter of an inch which is near record rainfall for parts of the bay area. a lot of us want to get into the sunny dry period. but even a chance this upcoming weekend. and with the most recent rainfall, this is extraordinary. how well we're doing for the water year. of course the heaviest rains come in january, february and march. but the totals to date now for the water year, up to 60.32 inches in santa rosa, that is an all-time record for rainfall in santa rose. san francisco at 32.33. and san jose has had just over 18 inches. in temps of the wet weather right now, we are starting to

see things dry out. but tomorrow morning we are expecting sunshine to build back in. 55 for the tri-valley. peninsula, 57 #. a little bit of drizzle for the coast. and as we get a look at the east bay, we'll have overcast and 57. but at least partly cloudy sky there to start and 56 in the north bay. by the afternoon on your friday forecast, everyone gets the sunshine building back in, temperatures will warm up. and this will bring us to 70 in cupertino, 75 in gilroy. east bay also a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky. 66 in oakland and then a warmer 74 here in concord. 71 in palo alto. san francisco remains in the 60s right down towards the mission. and in the north bay, 75 in

napa. so tomorrow, definitely looks sunnier for us as we head throughout the day. it will be that classic june weather that you have been kind of waiting for now that we have the rainfall out of wait. but don't put the umbrellas away just yet. i want to let you know about a change in the weekend forecast. not a big storm system, but we are looking at a slight chance of wet weather in san francisco. by 10:00 p.m., a chance of maybe some showers developing. and then on sunday, a slight chance of some scattered rainfall. really on sunday i don't expect anything at this point, but models are trying to bring something in. and throughout next week, we'll have the sun return and temps in the 60s. for the inland valleys, a chance on saturday and slight risk as we head into the afternoon on sunday. really the bottom line, i wouldn't cancel any plans over it. you may just get a little bit on the windshield and it's like that activity when somebody in front of you in the car is

cleaning their window. it will be like that. >> okay. a little spritz. thanks. what can be done about a troublesome spot along a highway? the latest efforts to deal with eroding shore line.

activists. ===take vo=== for a couple years now, the bay area has welcomed dogs rescued from asian kennels. the humane society has been actively involved in working to end the farming of dogs for th the bay area has rescued dogs rescued. and they are working to end the farming of dogs for their meat. and chinese americans in the bay area have formed a group to assume those in china work to go take domestic animals off the table. a prominent beach area in san francisco continues to slowly erode and now city leaders want to take steps to make sure that stops. we're talking about ocean beach. the city wants to close part of the great highway.

they say this will protect the shore line and tunnel. public works plans to break ground early next year. have you recovered from the warriors win? the team has recovered and looking forward to game four. we'll have a report from cleveland when we come back. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event.

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in 3 years... ==janelle/2shot== they can finish off the cavaliers tomorrow night and if they do so, the warriors will sh warriors one win away from the championship. >> if they finish off the of came, they will have the greatest run in postseason history. here is collin pressure from chi colin resch from cleveland. >> reporter: hundreds of media are gathered on court in between days. but on this in between day, there is only one topic that matters. >> try to finish it up 2078 so we don't give them any life. they were down 3-1 last year, so still fresh in our mind that we have the opportunity to close.

>> reporter: and it would add one more notch to their belt. with wednesday's he win, they became the first in all of the four major u.s. professional sports leagues to win 15 straight playoff games. and now here they are on the precipice. and draymond green is willing to concede. >> there is a la jit possibility, i think you should think about it because you want to win that game don't want to proceed honk tlong the series. so realistic goal and i think it's something that you should push for. >> people can talk about it in historical context, but just get it done, win the series and let everybody else talk. >> reporter: in cleveland, co collcolin res resch. >> keep firngs crossed. series, "bay area revelations"

... we )re profiling the stories and people who lived and survived the "summer of love".

==jan/vo== this weekend, we are profiling the stories and people who lived and survived the summer of live. >> it's been 50 years since that event. many bands came out of san francisco in the '60s including the grateful dead. >> you really had to watch out for the grateful dead, particularly their road crew. they would have acid arntd lip around the lip of a coke can or a hype determinic needle into a bottle of wine. >> you can check out the stories on the summer of love 50 years later. it airs saturday june are 10th at 8:00. >> a great series. and rain on the lens. >> a little bit of activity. light trdrizle and mist, but we expect things to reclear out

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