>> later this evening. most of the day is looking good for plans getting out there out and about. as we head after that evening commute, it's going to start to get a little soggy here as we see a round of rain moving through. yesterday's system fell apart before it moved across much of the bay area. don't think that will be the case for this one today. a little stronger and bringing in cooler temperatures and looking at the time line of the rain by about 6:30, it moves in the north bay and approaching san francisco and oakland moving into the south bay and east bay by 8:00 to 9:00 tonight. i'll be tracking that and talking about how much more rain we may see in the forecast coming up. mike is saying the drive is slow in milpitas. >> because of overnight road crews dispatched around the bay. over here exceptionally slow over the last ten minutes, northbound 680 starting to jam up out of milpitas. if you join north of mission towards the tri-valley you're just fine.

we have lanes open and there's slowing and may be crews to clear them in the next half hour. no slowing in gilroy through morgan hill for 101, 17 over the summit and santa cruz into los gatos, easy drive. no problem getting there through the maze. back to you. thanks, mike. at 5:01, we're following breaking news in the south bay. a live look near the san carlos street overpass. this is above royal avenue. that's where police say a driver of a stolen car lost control and plunged into a homeless encamp. ment below. the driver of that car driy die. two passengers in the car survived, no update on their condition. the car burst into flames after the crash. we'll have a live report at the bottom of the hour. >> at 5:01, to the big story on capitol hill, round two for mark zuckerberg, he's back in the hot seat facing more questions about

privacy and election interference, this morning we have an idea what today's grilling might look like after he spent five hours yesterday answering senator's questions. scott mcgrew has been watching the testimony very closely. he's got more on what we can expect from the testimony today. he's got some hours underneath his belt here. >> that's exactly right. i think that's going to bring confidence, laura, things went really well for zuckerberg yesterday before the senate. he has the house energy and commerce committee today. zuckerberg was poised as he testified before the senate judiciary yesterday morning, well prepared. i'll show you a couple of highlights, everyone seems to be talking about one of them in which zuckerberg seemed to hint it there would be a paid version of facebook some day and orrin hatch didn't seem to know how they made money. >> there will always be a version of facebook that is free. it is our mission to help connect everyone around the world and bring the world closer together. in order to do that we believe

we need to offer a service that everyone can afford and we're committed to doing that. >> if so, how do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for service? >> senator, we run ads. >> i see. >> there you go. this is not first time facebook has gotten into trouble, of course with the federal government and not first time facebook testified before congress and not first time certainly that mark zuckerberg apologized for violating people's privacy. here's another look at wednesday's testimony. >> would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night? >> no. >> if you've messaged anybody this week, would you share with us the names of the people you've messaged? >> senator, no i would probably not choose to do that publicly here. >> that may be what this is all about. your right to privacy and the

limits of your right to privacy and how much you give away in modern america in the name of quote, connecting people around the world. >> senator dick durbin there. in five hours of testimony we didn't learn very many new facts but did learn one thing yesterday. facebook has now said messages were part of the data given to cambridge analytica, facebook told us that in the disclosure that it sent users telling them whether or not their data was taken. cambridge said it didn't look at your messages even though it had access to them. we're talking about not your post -- >> private messages to people. >> which honestly if you're going to send private messages to somebody, don't use facebook, regardless of who may be selling the data too. reminder, facebook has told you whether or not you were affected by the cambridge analytica situation. i posted on both twitter and facebook how to get to that information. >> okay, good deal.

a lot of people could check it out. our coverage continues throughout the morning right here on "today in the bay." nbc news will have more as the testimony begins. we will take that live in a special report. it's expected about 7:00 this morning. 5:05 and now to the latest syrian crisis. president trump is responding overnight after russia says it will shoot down any u.s. missiles fired at syria. now president trump tweeting this morning, russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. get ready, russia, because they will be coming nice and new and smart. shouldn't be partners with a killing animal who kills people and enjoys it, end quote. they are accused of attacking civilians with poison gas, dozens of people, including children were killed. as mr. trump considers military action, he appears to have support from the international

community. here's australia's foreign minister a few hours ago. >> i'm not going to comment on u.s. military operations but if the united states does carry out an air strike in response to this illegal use of chemical weapons against citizens, australia will support any action that is targeted calibrated and proportionate. >> in an unverified video shows a canister in a rubble of a home bombed by syrian aircraft. some claim that's the canister used in the alleged poison attack. at 5:06, happening today, the next step in the lawsuit against president trump when it comes to sanctuary cities. oral arguments start today in san francisco. pee pete joins us with what we can expect today. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. you'll have the trump administration officials appealing that federal ruling if you remember back in november, you had a federal judge blocking the president's executive order

that would strip federal funding from the so-called sanctuary cities. really this back and forth between counties here, san francisco, santa clara county and trump administration dates back to last year. that federal judge in san francisco came to the conclusion that they deem that executive order to be unconstitutional. but you have a department of justice saying this executive order only applies to what they consider a small amount of money for the cities and counties not abiding by the federal immigration laws as they see it. all this is happening as cities deal with controversies regarding cooperation with the city and immigration ens for enforcement officials and have the justice department deciding this last month to sue california over three state laws including one that requires a state review of -- >> sounds like we lost the audio with pete there in san francisco. but of course we will continue

to follow the sanctuary city and what is going on in these san francisco courts today. in the meantime, search continues this morning for a missing southern california family heading to the bay area. they were supposed to arrive in san jose on april 6th but they never made it. now relatives are converging in mendocino county and friends say the last contact was from redwood national park and multiple agencies now searching south of garberville where witnesses saw a maroon suv slide off 101 and into the eel river during last friday's storm. the suv matching the description of the family's car. family members and neighbors of course are understandably concerned and one neighbor showed video showing the family of four driving away at the start of the road trip. >> very lovely people that would be surprising if something like that happened. >> on the video that i have, they got home from school and took the trash cans and left at 3:00 on the 30th and that was

the last we've seen of them. >> chp has not located a suv in the eel river and so far not confirming the vehicle seen plunging into the river belongs to the missing family. a 5:09, we're learning new video from last month's deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in sacramento will be released within a week. the police chief says the new video will come from body cameras worn by other responding officers and squad cars in addition to this video that we saw a few days after that shooting. stephon clark was shot and killed last month. officers say they thought he had a gun but turned out he just had a cell phone. it's 5:09, new this morning, people in san jose have been getting calls asking whether they would support a soda tax in the city. mercury news obtained audio which went out last week and it's a poll by a research group and claims quote, san jose will vote to approve a tax of one cent per fluid ounce. no such measure has been announced. the research group is not saying who funded the poll.

san francisco oakland and berkally and albany have all soda taxes. >> we've gotten one of those calls before. right now at 5:10. we start out with clear skies looking live out there in san jose. and i wanted to tell you about the temperature trend in willow glenn, it's going to be a nice and cool start at 9:00 we're in the low 50s and mix of sun and clouds. now most of your day is going to be dry. i will be tracking that rain as we go into this evening. overall we're looking at a cooler day with some highs in the mid-60s for the interior valleys upper 50s for the coast and parts of the north bay. i'll break down the trend for palo alto coming up in four minutes and mike, there's really one slow spot. >> we can pick -- can you find it. i'm standing in front of it. northbound 680 out of milpitas towards fremont. the rest of the bay -- except for the altamont pass west 580 always slow through the area and north 680 we have up to two

lanes blocked and three if you include the shoulder over there, northbound is slowing through the construction zone as you come up north of 237. they may have those lanes affected until 6:00 a.m. but likely they'll clear those over the next 20 to 30 minutes. we'll continue to track that. 880 heading towards mission, fine past the truck scales, good volume of traffic out there to greet you in the usual spots. here's the north bay southbound 101, no major problems, no issues for highway 37 either. the north bay is clear. back to you. >> 5:11. a bump in the road, changes coming to a senate bill that would increase housing near public transportation. >> and first the super bowl now college playoffs. the announcement we're expecting today at levi stadium that could mean big bucks for the bay area.

good wednesday morning, it is 5:14. before you step out the door, it's a cool start, grab the jacket. here's a live look outside in palo alto with a dry start. we will go through most of the day without any rain, although we know it's in the forecast. a mix of sun and clouds and our temperatures reaching into the mid-60s today, a little bit cooler than normal. rain moves in tonight with another cold front. i'll talk about the time line and also what else is ahead in

the weekend forecast coming up in less than five minutes. >> for this one driver, nothing much ahead across the bridge, an easy drive there. towards the bay bridge, travel times look great. you're at speed and backups starting to form once again, a few folks paying cash. bay area transportation leaders get an update on long term financing plans for a new b.a.r.t. cars along with upgrades across the trans bay corridor. they have plans to add 300 brar cars and with a to improve i am from infrastructu infrastructure. a follow-up now, state senator scott wooiner making changes to the bill that calls for an increase in public transportation hubs in the

state. he is amending his bill to include affordable housing, his original bill exempts developers from certain local rules such as height restrictions. that part of the bill actually still stands. happening today in san francisco, an l.e.d. light bulb give away handing out 10,000 light bulbs and happening at 10:00 this morning on the rooftop of the tenderloin development corporation on eddie street. that give away is organized by the city and san francisco public library. so all you need is your library card to get yourself a lightbulb. football season may still be months away but for one bay area group the clock is ticking. for first time levi stadium will host a national college playoff ch championship and host committee unveils events leading up to the game. today's news conference happens at 10:00 a.m. and hall of famer ronnie lot is among those

attending. things are really heating up, happening tonight, the st stanley cup playoffs, and sharks gn thi again their series against anaheim. game three happens next monday at the shark tank as you may already know, nbc will cover stanley cup games through the final on "today" show you can see savannah and hoda get an up close look at one piece of hardware everyone is playing for, most recognizable in sports, we're talking about the stanley cup there. there you have it. >> >> spill proof? >> you may need one. >> we were standing in front of the copy machine and i was chatting with one of the co-workers and talking about how you need coffee to help warm you up in the morning when it's this cool and get you going. >> yes. >> i'm going to get you tea in a minute. >> i know, i can't go backwards, come on, here. >> we start out with a hot tea

or coffee with these cool temperatures this morning and later on this evening you'll need the windshield wipers on after that evening commute as we get a live look outside in san jose. it's an all clear start. the seven-day forecast for the south bay is coming up at the bottom of the screen. i want to get you through that morning drive in the south bay. does start out cool with upper 40s and making it in the mid 50s by 2:00. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and at times the sunshine comes out and you'll need the sunglasses and then it kind of hides behind the clouds. we're at 62 degrees, our high temperature today up to 64 in san jose. and 63 in cupertino, up to 60 degrees in oakland for the high temperature and in pleasanton, 65 degrees. upper 50s for half moon bay and mostly cloudy skies there. redwood city a little more sunshine and 63 degrees. and the outer sunset at 58 degrees and north bay up to 59

in santa rosa. it will be breezy with winds picking up as we go through the day because we will have another cold front approaching. right now it doesn't look all that strong. a lot of clouds and rain just offshore and starting to move into the northwestern corner of the state. we'll see this system dipping in the north bay first and making its way southward into this evening and during that evening commute for the north bay, it does look wet and some bouts of very heavy rain just briefly. as it moves farther south, we'll see some of the downpours by about 7:00 to 8:00 for the east bay peninsula and the south bay. tapering off tonight but there may be lingering showers through noon tomorrow for parts of the north bay. the rest of the bay area looks pretty dry but also very chilly with breezy winds. this round of rain doesn't look that heavy. once again barely measuring anything for parts of the south bay. the east bay up to close to a quarter inch and then for the

north bay that's where the highest rainfall totals will be about a quarter inch of rain to a half inch. and very cool tomorrow, our 7-day forecast for san francisco, upper 50s and then drying out, warming up for the weekend and saturday looks so nice, up to 70 degrees, but there will be a slight chance of rain late sunday into monday morning and looks active next week. it's good to see rain chances here in between the nice and warm weather. now mike, you were saying there's not much of a change on the map. >> no, the backup starts at the bay bridge, triggering a few slower spots along the cash lanes and northwest of just shy of mission, those are borders towards sunol. they'll move those crews the next 15 to 20 minutes. a nice drive into morgan hill. 101 at 25 there's a disabled

vehicle, we're tracking it all. both directions across santa cruz summit, 17 moves nicely. san jose we skipped over that part of the map, moving nicely here northbound 101. no concern for visibility. dublin we can also clearly see westbound 580 through the interchange and the windy road over 238, you're at the limit. the north bay no delays. these travel times look great. highway 37 just shows a little bit of a slowdown right around traditional. coming up next, arming teachers but not with guns. >> we passed them out with the goal being we wanted every room to have one of these. >> the unique way one school district is trying to protect staff and students from active shooters. plus, new this morning, how much did our devastating wildfire season impact your health? we'll have a new study just released coming up. around the n

all options .. to welcome back, everyone, it's 5:24. here's more proof schools around the nation are exploring all options to fight the threat of school shootings. maybe you've purchased your own miniature souvenir bat at the baseball game. 500 teachers in one pennsylvania school district will have them to use. they got them after attending an

in service day on school shootings, they are mostly symbolic but perhaps the last resort in a worst case scenario. >> way may need to use them to protect ourselves and our kids. >> the bats will be locked in each classroom and kept in all school district offices. the district is also looking at more plausible security measures. new this morning, there's new evidence that wildfire smoke can be dangerous. according to a new study out this morning, researchers found an increase in e.r. visits during wildfires and people not only suffered from breathing problems but also heart failure. researchers say wildfire smoke has pollutants that can be dangerous for the heart. san francisco scientists have discovered a unique way of studyingal himzer's. researchers have been studying the brains of men and not mice which is standard practice. they've discovered the cause of the primary risk factor for alz

himer's and might have a way to erase its affects. scientists have to work with pharmaceutical companies to test correctors on human patients. 5:26. new this morning, mariah carey is revealing for the first time that she is battling bipolar disorder. until recently i lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me. it was too heavy a burden to care and i simply could not do it anymore. carey says she has suffered with the disorder for a long time but she's now getting treatment and medication. >> it's 5:26 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," breaking news in the south bay, chaotic scene in san jose, a stolen vehicle crash turns deadly. we're live at the scene. >> plus, breaking international news, more than 200 people are dead after a plane crash in algeria, the search for survivors this morning. francisc

no rain just yet.. but come evening commute live look outside of san francisco on this wednesday morning. clear right now, no rain just yet, come the evening commute, that could certainly change. we're tracking a storm moving into the bay area. there you see it. tracking the radar. we'll check in with kari in just a moment. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> we were talking about it earlier, it feels like tuesday -- not wednesday.

>> it is wednesday, it's hump day. kari hall is taking us over the hump with a look at the forecast. >> it's not friday? >> bummer. >> just kidding. we're going to see rain later this evening. we'll track that, over all though your day looks pretty good. san francisco up to 60 degrees and then by tomorrow, we'll start to dry out and sunshine in the forecast, heading into the weekend. and for the inland area, 63 degrees on the cool side, especially for this time of year and then the rain lingers in the north bay during the morning but we're just going to talk all about that weekend forecast and one event i'm excited about coming up in about seven minutes. mike gets you out the door with an early look at the morning commute. >> i think i know what you're going to talk about for the weekend but i'll let you break that news. a smooth drive and no big surprises, a little bit more slowing, we have a slowing northbou

northbound 680, they perhaps opened one or two lanes. plan on a little slowing but these speeds are starting to improve as we speak here. the bay bridge toll plaza, a little slowing up the incline and at the toll plaza itself, the metering lights were turned on. it was a gradual build over last ten minutes but it is filled towards grant avenue as you would expect. now for breaking news at 5:31 in the south bay. the driver of a stolen car is dead after plunging off of a bridge and into a homeless encampment from overnight. roz plater is live. >> reporter: lots of questions what led to the crash. police still on the scene just behind me a couple of tow trucks have arrived. looks like they are going to lift the car up from the bottom of the overpass. in that direction from the evidence markers earlier it crossed over the line and went

over the enbaenbankment where t truck is parked there. let's show video from the scene and show you -- tell you what we know so far. this was a single car crash and happened around 1:15 this morning and for some reason, it appears that driver lost controlling and krark ecrashed n the guardrail in the overpass and plunged into the homeless encampment below. firefighters waged a race against time to get the driver out of the car. his legs were pinned in. they got him out finally to a trauma center but the driver did not survive. we're told two other female passengers in the car did survive. they were taken to hospital but we don't yet know their conditions. police did not initially know this was a stolen vehicle. now, investigators again are still on the scene here. when we get an opportunity, we're trying to get from them their working theory how this exactly happened, what led up to it? was the speed a factor in all of

this? police have also not released any information about the victims. again, a couple of tow trucks arrived and flat bed trucks. it looks like they are about to try to retrieve the car from under the overpass there and as soon as we get more information about all of this, we'll let you know. one more note, this section of west carlos street from bird avenue to the other side of that overpass, still shut down at least for now as this investigation continues. for now we're live in san jose, roz plater, nbc bay area news. it's going to be a long investigation. thank you. 5:33 right now. breaking news in north africa. this is brand-new video just into our newsroom. more than 250 people killed in a military plane crash in algeria. the country's state radio says the crash happened here an air base. it is not clear what cause the crash or if there are any survivors. officials say they are starting the process of trying to identify the victims.

at 5:33, new details this morning in the arrest of a contra costa county sheriff's deputy accused of having sex with two jail inmates. internal records obtained by the east bay times show the deputy may have committed rape. the detective stated in an affidavit -- affidavit that 26-year-old patrick morseman committed multiple violations of rape under the color of authority. he was arrested earlier this month. at least one woman said the sex was not consensual. so far no comments by the sheriff's office on why the deputy is not facing more serious charges. former football star aldon smith is scheduled to appear in court in san francisco. being held on a half million dollars bail and deputies arrested him after they say he violated conditions of his original bail agreement and failed to appear in court. smith faces domestic violence charges against -- police say at

least a month he assaulted his former fiancee. he was then charged with violating the protective order. smith played for the niners and raiders until 2015. and closer to selling. alameda county is making a significant move to simplify the sale of the oakland coliseum site. this is a hot piece of real estate that has several notable bidders, now offering to sell its share of the land back to the city of oakland. right now there are three possible bidders including the a's and tesla and a private developer from walnut creek. the city of oakland will review the bid and for the past 0 years allah immediate ameda and oakla and operated the complex. it is 5:35. making public transit more affordable. today the metropolitan transportation commission will consider a 20% discount to low income riders. bob redell is live with how it could impact really thousands of

families. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, let's say you're a low income rider traveling from b.a.r.t. here in dublin to the embarcadero in san francisco. you' your savings could be $3 a day, $15 a week, $45 a month. later this morning the metropolitan transportation commission will discuss this proposed 20% discount for riders with the four agencies which have so far shown interest in this program. namely b.a.r.t., caltrain, golden gate transit and muny, you and your family would have to make less than twice the federal poverty limit, which for single people is just over 24,000, almost $33,000 for couples -- over $50,000 for a family of four. you would have to use a clipper card to be eligible for this discount. ac transit and samtrans will not be participating because they are afraid they might not be able to afford the program. if it were approved, they would

provide close to $25 million in reimbursements for the other four agencies, most of which would be split between b.a.r.t. and muny, they'll discuss this today at 9:30 and most likely approve in may. the four agencies would have to approve over the summer and if all this goes as planned, this new 20% discount would be in effect by the summer of 2019. reporting live here outside dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." big help for a lot of people out there. new this morning, a national honor for an east bay educator, principal of oakland's roseville middle school is receiving a leadership award from the coalition for community schools based in washington. cliff hong is being cited for his work in creating connections through the academic program. absentee rates are also down. hong will be honored in baltimore, maryland next month. >> good for him, congratulations. >> outstanding work.

looking over here towards the south bay, getting to your job, easy or not, we're looking at the pretty smooth drive, we're tracking this. this slowing for north 680. that construction zone does indeed look like they are clearing a couple of off ramps that were closed overnight. the freeway itself, crews should be on the move and completely gone over the next few minutes, speeds are improving north of 237 up towards mission boulevard. westbound out of the altamont, a little slowing, pretty typical and no problems through dublin. over here the berkeley curve and despite a backup at the bay bridge, look how smooth the traffic flow sen all of the cars traveling through the maze. >> puzzle out there. >> the weekend weather, it's going to be a nice one. >> it's going to be a great weekend. really excited about the events going on around the bay area. there are so many but of course there's one i'm excited about. let's get a look at saturday's

forecast. coast 72 degrees and 76 for the bay, inland at 78 degrees. for sunday more clouds and that rain starts to move in late sunday evening. most likely as you're winding down from all of the events you tried to check out for the weekend. i'm really excited to host autism speaks walk, that will be happening in san jose at history park on saturday and during the morning, the weather of course is going to be really nice, low 50s and then it does warm up as the day goes along. with the walk happening in the morning, we've got sunshine and also temperatures at about 63 degrees during the middle of the walk. if you're hitting the road it's going to be warm, especially on saturday. reaching up to 80 degrees and then a few more clouds on sunday and we'll bring those temperatures back down to 73. if you're going to monterey this weekend, maybe going to make it a beach weekend, it's going to be at 63 degrees on friday and then saturday 65 degrees. sunday once again the rain holds

off until later that evening and that's something else i'll be tracking. i'll break down the temperature trend for san jose coming up in three minutes. >> we will look forward to it. thanks so much. coming up next on "today in the bay," easing congestion across the bay area. there's a push to add another bridge. the new colony of bees coming to happy hollow zoo and they are bringing more than just honey. president trump says get ready russia as he promises missiles in syria. we'll look at the latest when "today in the bay" continues.

it's 5:43. i see the clouds stashtirting t move into the north bay but till clear in san jose. it's not going to be an all clear day. we will see a mix of sun and clouds out ahead of this next quick moving cold front that will be moving in. the rain holds off until later this evening. we start out in the upper 40s, cool temperatures and low 60s for early afternoon. we'll talk about when that rain arrives and how much rain we may measure. that's coming up at about 5:49. >> all right and a slight increase towards both directions on the san mateo bridge westbound, away from us, reports of a change in the roadway somewhere across the flat station. hopefully clear that up quickly. minor impact to your drive time across the bay. the bay bridge toll meertiterin

lights are on. a live look at four bay area bridges this morning as our commute gets under way. come rush hour traffic is sometimes at a stand still. the problem seems to be getting worse and leg legislators are looking for a solution to the traffic woes. it could mean a new bridge in the bay area. dianne feinstein and congressmen are asking the metropolitan transportation commission to conduct a comprehensive study to find a solution. >> one thing we're going to look at, a whole new crossing, traditional sense bridge across the bay. >> the general location for the southern crossing would connect 238 on the east side of the bay all the way across to 380 to highway 101. the pricetag on the project is $10 billion. the president is warning russia this morning how missiles

will be launched at syria. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. the russians have said they'll shoot them down. >> we are talking about direct military conflict between the united states and russia. certainly sobering news on a wednesday morning. the president tweeted directly at russia this morning, get ready russia because our missiles will be coming, nice and new and smart. tuesday russia vetoed a united nations security council measure to look into who was responsible for the latest chemical weapons attack on syrian civilians. russia is a permanent member of the security council so despite the fact 12 nations voted yes, russia's no was enough to stop it. >> here's nikki haley. >> history will word on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people. >> so it would appear we are striking syria. the president said so and russia says it will defend syria.

the last time mr. trump ordered a strike almost exactly one year ago, we used missiles fired from a navy ship. it's reasonable to assume that's what we'll do this time again around -- around again this time, manned aircraft, shooting at each other directly which would launch us into uncharted territory. then warned president obama not to get involved in syria. don't attack syria, if you do, bad things will happen and from the fight the u.s. gets nothing. direct conflict between super powers may be ahead. that's a reason to watch twitter and of course we will blast news alerts from our nbc bay area app. thanks, scott. >> well, it's 5:46 and some of the less known victims of last year's flood in san jose are the thousands of bees drowned at happy hollow zoo. >> today they are set to unveil

a new colony of honeybees. we're getting a brands new look ahead of that unveiling. located in 38 boxes on the back side of the park. and there will be 50,000 bees per box. stay away from those. we did the math, that's almost 2 million buzzing insects, they'll replace the thousands of bees who sadly died during last year's devastating coyote creek flooding. >> pollinators are an important part of our community. we kneel pollinators to keep our plants happy and keep us healthy. so these hives here help us raise money for conservation. >> the zoo will actually sell the honey to help save the remaining mountain gorillas in the congo. the new colony was made possible with $15,000 from the county and another 7,000 in private donations. pretty cool. today is a very important day.

it is national pet day. and if you have a pet you know every day is pet day. these are some of the pets that belong to our "today in the bay" family. a few pet facts, a survey poll finds 71% of people say their pets are the best tv binge watching partners. and another poll of millennials found that 70% say they would take a pay cut if they could actually bring their pet to work. >> really? >> yep. >> also, 42% would rather snuggle with their pet than their romantic partner. >> that could be going a little too far. >> that's our producer sara's chinchilla. >> isn't that cute? >> adorable. >> we love our pets around here at "today in the bay." >> i also want to know if there's a follow-up survey for the romantic partner. >> exactly. >> former romantic partner.

>> you said every day is pet day and we're trying to make plans again, a walk before you go to work this morning or maybe take the pay cut to bring your pet to work, i don't know, but it looks really good today. going out for a walk this morning or maybe taking your pet to the giants game. you can't do that, can you? here's a live look outside at at&t park. we're getting ready for an early giants game that will be at first pitch at 12:45. now, the temperature is only going to be at about 59 degrees and holding steady throughout the game. and it's going to be partly to mostly cloudy. no worries about rain as of yet. we will see our high temperatures a little cool for this time of year reaching upper 50s, 64 degrees in san jose and livermore and anty of course, 62 degrees. showing the peninsula. you see the rain icon but once again the rain will be later this evening. we do start out with clear skies

and let's get you dressed. grab the jacket because it's chilly but much of the day you'll be comfortable with light long sleeves. there will be another front moving in. the cold front we had yesterday, the rain fizzled as it moved farther south. i do not think that will be the case with this one today. we will start to see the rain first moving in the north bay and working into the rest of the bay area in time for the evening commute and shortly there after. at about 5:00 or 6:00, we see the rain moving into santa rosa and approaching san francisco. in the east bay, light showers and into the peninsula by 7:00 and then the south bay by 8:00 to 9:00 tonight. there may be some brief heavy downpours but then it all quickly clears out by tomorrow, still light spotty showers lingering for the north bay but the rest of the bay area will stay dry with cooler temperatures back behind the cold front moving through. the rainfall totals very light.

south bay barely measuring anything. then about a tenth of an inch for much of the east bay, about a quarter inch or more for the north bay. up to a half inch in ukia then it's going to be cool and drying out and looking nice as we go into the weekend. mid-60s for san francisco on friday. 70 on saturday and inland areas will be slightly warmer and rain returns late sunday into the start of next week. and mike, you're tracking a change on the roadway. >> that was the report. i'm assuming it means heavier gauge -- not a neck chain over here. west 92, that's where it was reported as we look around the bay, a big look shows a smooth drive and early signs of the commute. we're almost at 6:00. 5:51, looking here towards west 92. no problems towards the high rise and i haven't seen the traffic. we'll track that. hayward a little slowing for southbound 880. let's look at our waze system, the slowing northbound 680, that construction zone still not completely clear north of 237.

you might want to take the green route and it takes another three minutes. why do that? if you get back to the purple route, you're still at 17 minutes from over down here in milpitas up to mission. join nbc bay area wazers, no delay past the coliseum and over on the other side, palo alto, 101 is great. back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. >> 5:52 right now, next an all new pg&e tax scam. the warning the company is giving to customers, the letter that you're now being advised to ignore. but first, 5:52, happening now, congress is preparing for four committee hearings on the opioid epidemic today. lawmakers in the house and senate are set to discuss measures fighting the crisis. teachers cosign a wave of protests across several states, arizona teacher's union is threatening a strike.

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their social security number. >> and live to at&t park where the giants are celebrating this morning, even despite veteran pitcher johnny cueto being put on the dl. tyler beatty made his big league debut filling in for cueto who injure d his ankle. he gave up to runs, fast forward to the bottom of the ninth and the game is tied. andrew mcclutchutchen giving up the name mcclutch. it's his second game winner in four games. giants win 5-4. they host the diamonds backs for the final game of the series today at 12:45. breaking news in the south bay, the driver of a stolen car died after an early morning accident. what led up to that crash. plus, round two, facebook

ceo mark zuckerberg is back in the hot seat on capitol hill this morning for the second day of testimony in the cambridge analytica scandal. tough questions he could face from congress today. >> and the crisis in syria escalates the tweet from president trump overnight that appears to threaten russia for helping the syrian government after the devastating suspected chemical attack. "today in the bay" continues right now. heart broik breaking video there. >> on this hump day as we head over the hill to the weekend, we're going to stay here and enjoy the day. >> we're going to enjoy the day. it's going to be nice and rain in the forecast too. much of that rain holds off until this evening. you can get out there and get most of the chores done and get home before the rain starts falling. here's a live look outside in san jose. we have a clear start but the clouds will start to move in as we check out sainta clara's temperature trend, mid-50s

throughout 9:00 and mid-60s for later today. you can see the clouds rolling by on those icons there. we'll see the rain once again this evening. we'll talk more about that and what's ahead as that rain arrives that might get you out the door with a look at what's happening in a relatively mild commute. >> relatively, which means you have slower spots but you can expect them. one that may be unexpected we're tracking over here is northbound 680 as you look at the big view, we're going to zoom in towards milpitas towards fremont. we're still looking at slowing for northbound 680 but because of the way the fringes look the slower drive approach and after the construction zone we've had all night, i think they are moving crews and cones and that may be a great sign. 6:00 was the expected clearing there. northbound 101, a little bit expected slowing there as well for san jose because the volume with traffic from the live camera, it tends to build right about now. it builds in through the rest of the next half hour you really see slowing towards silicon ll