with clouds, we will not see clouds all day long. let's get a look live at at&t park as the seagulls fly around picking up what's left over from last night's game. if you're going there, highs in the mid-60s and sunshine and light breeze. if you go to the sap center it's going to be in the low 70s as we celebrate and head into the shark tank all clear skies, great weather for a lot of sports around the bay area. we'll plan out the rest of your week and the weekend. mike says there's still more problems for contra costa county. >> early this morning paving work for 880, but that cleared up but not before big backups, from san jose to san francisco, easy drives right now. over here across the bridge that paving cleared and then a crash happened at sunol valley road. two left lanes are blocked what i just learned involving

motorcycles there. at least a very big distraction coming out of vallejo and in towards richmond. that's a very slow drive and you can get over to the venetia bridge or highway 37, down closer to the bay. because that traffic that was held up in hercules and sunol, lighter backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's better nouz for folks and easy drive for oakland. slowing down at high street. not a whole lot of problems and south bay we're going to end with this shot of san jose, how light it was -- >> 6:01 right now. they plan to build tunnels and transport water from here to southern california. could end up costing you. petesuratos is live and all of us water in some capacity. how will this affect our wallets? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus, contra costa county water district discussing it in a meeting rater this evening but the big news will come out of

santa clara's water district where they take a vote on exactly how they are going to fund that project you just mentioned and it do mecould mea an increase in water bills for residents in the south bay. when it comes to that vote, according to a staff memo with the water district, bills could go up as much as ten dollars by the year 2033. that's if the board votes tonight to allocate more than $200 million to fund that twin tunnels project. the multibillion dollar project which governor jerry brown supported for many years would include two 35-mile long tunnels to supply water to not only the bay area but san joaquin valley as well as southern california. this was first reported in the san jose mercury news that the district is taking this vote not too long after the water commission recommended more than $400 million in funding for the pa chaco pass. kret i

critics calling the timing of this vote suspicious but officials with santa clara county water district say that insinuation is false but the water district is tset to take vote at 5:00 p.m. tonight. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks, pete. 6 6:03. oak all land school children will have access to clean drinking water thanks to a city council vote. the story we told you about last summer in oakland. the district discovered elevated lead levels at several campuses, the city council is now installing hydration stations at all 110 schools in time for next fall. perhaps ironically most of the money will come from the new sugary drinks tax. you're going to start seeing some major changes on the social media network. kris sanchez is live in san jose with the new features the company is launching and kris, we saw great things yesterday. what can we expect today?

>> reporter: we expect to see developers talking about a lot of different things, there are 45 different breakout sessions but certainly privacy will still be front of mind just as it was yesterday during the day one key note address, mark zuckerberg taking on the elephant in the room and talking about privacy right off the bat and promising to reearn the trust of users and reopen the app review process to make sure developers are considering privacy as well. app developers will say that they are eager to talk about privacy but they also want to talk about some of the other exciting items as well. facebook rolled out a dating feature. they also talked about enhanced sharing options for facebook and instagram stories. today some of the topics include facebook login, a greater privacy access and greater controls for users as well. a lot talk about virtual reality and artificial intelligence which developers told us they were eager to talk about

yesterday. the oculus platform will be a big topic today. there is there are session dedicated to weeding out fake content. you may see folks wearing these the new oculus head sets, they are getting before leaving the conference. mark zuckerberg made that announcement to a very enthusiastic crowd during that key note address. if you are not a developer and not here, this is a sold out event. you can get them there, they are on market and they are sub200 and very proud to say that which basically for you and i mean $199. in san jose, kris sanchez, quts today in the bay. 6:05. a san francisco couple facing millions in fines accused of kicking out tenants from buildings they own and renting units on air bnb, facing a $5.5 million penalty. city attorney dennis herrera says they use the ellis ablgt to

kick out tenants in pacific heights and turn into short term rentalsfined for the same things several years ago but appears they never stopped. this morning new questions following the release of the official autopsy. those new findings contain critical differences with the private autopsy conducted earlier at the clark family's request. official autopsy maintains clark most likely moved towards officers before being shot head on. the privacy autopsy found they shot clark in the back. clark's grandmother did not read the new report but folk using on the officerss who fired. >> how do you sleep? >> a thorough investigation and we want our community and the public to have are the information on this autopsy just as we do. >> according to the coroner, officers shot clark seven times and not eight. the official autopsy also lists

five drugs in clark's system and also says that clark was legally drunk. today some bay area police departments will recognize and remember officers who died in the line of duty. san jose police and authorities in san mateo will hold ceremonies this morning. national police week starts may 13th. we all remember those fires ripping through the north bay last year. some firefighters already trying to get you ready for this year's fire season. the marin county's chief says the crews started telling homeowners to clear out the brush and vegetation. the marin fire department doubled its employees to more than 80 because of last year's wildfires. maybe you have questions how to get yourself ready for the fire season. tonight napa county will hold a meeting to answer those questions. it starts at 6:00 and brown valley high school -- elementary school. >> it is 6:07. a live look at the sap center for sharks fans, must win circling around their brains most likely because losing game

four tonight would put the team in a huge hole against the vegas golden knights. let's not even mention it. vegas leading two games to one after back to back thrilling overtime games and the problem is the sharks only won one of them. game five in sin city on friday. go sharks. as we get up and out the door to this morning and trying to make it through the week. we are at wednesday afterall and we'll have amazing weather as we go through concord and the school day forecast. 70 -- we'll be at 70s later today but we'll start out in the 50s and mostly sunny skies. a cool start, warm finish. here's a look at the highs in oakland today, 67 degrees and 62 in san francisco. 74 in palo alto and 75 in san jose. overall another beautiful day and we should make plans to get outside. we'll break it down and i'll have a look at today's temperature trend coming up. mike, now you have two crashes for cocoa county?

>> i do, we'll start with the one on the upper east shore freeway. there are two motorcycles involved in this crash blocking the two left lanes. one of those riders was at one point laying in the roadway, hopefully that person was able to dwget up and move to the shoulder. we're checking for details on that. we didn't quite recover from the morning paving work was late to pick up, still slow across vallejo and jammed up through rodeo and hercules, over here some folks might head across the venetia bridge, more slowing through concord and it's the northbound side where the second crash is. it's a distraction for the commute heading south because it's very close to the center divide. the crash is northbound in counter commute, southbound we have the build out of bay point and concord down 242. we show a pretty smooth drive. anywhere south of the bay bridge, an easy drive for the peninsula. the south bay doesn't have a build and over at 238, the crash is clearing to the shoulder with

a big rig as you approach 880 on the shoulder again. here's fremont, 880 shows a smooth light drive indicated by the space between the cars, that's a good flow. across the san mateo bridge, still very pleasant for 92. back to you. >> looks good. thank you, mike. >> we know that college can be expensive. how about getting your degree for free? the plan moving forward today to help people in the bay area get a bachelor's degree without breaking the bank. >> plus, websites that deal in love hate the idea of a facebook dating app. >> it vibrated so it made me aware that there was something wrong either with my heart or something -- >> tracking your life and saving it. we'll introduce you to the teenager who says she would not be alive without her apple watch. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:13, another great day getting started. we're going to have a beautiful sunrise but still some clouds rolling by as we take a live look outside over san jose. let's go just a little bit fa g farther south to santa teresa, nice warm comfortable afternoon with 70s and light breezes all across the bay area. we're going to continue on with our amazing weather. we'll talk about it coming up in less than five minutes. >> we're talking about this as

well, the easy drive for your approach towards the bay bridge. the big backup is before you get to highway 4. i'll give you an option there. no options necessary for the bridges though. look at that. bay bridge, nice drive across. >> happy wednesday to you. tesla reports profits today and i guarantee that's going to be big news one way or the other. facebook's developers conference continues today. you saw kris sanchez krocoverin that for us. yesterday they announced they are moving into dating. that caused stocks to plunge. i do like the snarky message to facebook, come on in, aia said to facebook, the water is warm, the product could be great for u.s./russia relations. apple says sales of its iphone x were healthy as it reported profits to investors

and announced a $100 well stock buy back thanks to the big tax wind fall. that is a lot of money. and apple is spending on essentially nothing. not research, not buying another company, it's buying up its own stock. now when a company buys up its own stock, the shares it buys back from investors cease to exist. they are torn up which makes the remaining shares worth more. it's a way of goosing your stock price economists warned lawmakers this is what was going to happen. the companies would not invest their tax cuts in research or in jobs as congress promised. they just enrich their shareholders. republican marco rubio in an interview said companies bought back shares but few gave out bonuses, but there's no evidence whatsoever that the money has been massively poured back into the american worker. rubio aside, it is super

important to the republicans to paint these tax cuts as something that benefited middle class americans. mike pence was in arizona tuesday wupushing that message voters at the rally. many americans are dissatisfied with president trump but the republicans want to say, listen, we did this, got you this tax cut. we're not seeing the evidence aside from thousand dollar bonuses last year, i'll give you that, we're not seeing the evidence that americans are benefitting from it. >> interesting to keep track of. it is 6:16. one leading san francisco mayoral candidate wants to take the free community college plan a step further. how about two years of free university tuition? former state senator mark leno plans to push it out on the steps of san francisco university and the plan would only apply to city colleges of sf graduates who then go on to earn their bachelor's degree. 6:16 right now.

a new push for soil testing in contra costa county landfills all o related to the scandal at the naval shipyard. our investigative unit has been looking into this story and the navy says a private company may have faked years of data in the collection of radioactive soil. supervisors fear some of the soil ended up in its keller canyon landfill. yesterday they demanded additional testing and the company insists gad lines were properly followed. it is not what you want to s see. look at the size of this giant tornado touch down in kansas yesterday. a meteorologist was in the right place at the right time or wrong place depending on how you look at it. the weatherman in the area was tracking a storm cell when he shot this video showing the moment that monster tornado touched down. if you look closely there you can see flashes of light inside the tornado as well. look at the size of that.

>> massive. >> isn't it though? wonder if he saw that on radar and said i'm going to storm chasing and actually -- >> wow. that is definitely amazing. >> called a wedge tornado. it causes a lot of damage too. look, i'm so glad we don't have to deal with anything like that around here. in fact it is all quiet. we cannot complain. here's a look at what's happening as we look outside in dublin as you're heading out to work, going to school, let's get the kids ready for school in the tri-valley this morning. as we go to livermore and it's going to be a chilly start. only upper 40s walking or driving to school. and then it warms up nicely with all of that sunshine and upper 60s at lunchtime and 70 degrees at the last school bell rings. that morning commute through the peninsula will be a touch cooler than the tri-valley but still very nice with sunny skies and then as we go into the early afternoon hours, maybe you'll have a lunch hour outside. you'll have temperatures in the

upper 60s. we're heading in the mid-70s for the south bay. gilroy expect a high of 74 and we'll be up to 78 in antioch. in oakland today, 67 degrees and low 70s for redwood city. 62 today in daly city and 60 on the embarcadero, mid-70s in sonoma and may be kicking off your wednesday night with a first wednesday in walnut creek. this will be a good event because the weather will be perfect. we'll have upper 60 aegs and low 70s and skies staying mostly clear. as you make weekend plans, maybe you're going to monterey this weekend, we'll talk about more places to go and events going on. it's going to be nice there too. few more clouds in the mix on saturday. let me know where you're going. you may see where you're headed or your event right here coming up in about 20 minutes. but that 7-day forecast looks gratd ov

great over the next few days. some 70s for the inland area and 60s along the coast. mike, you have an update for the crash in concord. >> not what you want to hear. we'll talk about that in one second. i want to let everybody know, overall the bay shows a great drive. silicon valley, light build right now, south of here only slowing through san martin, predictable for northbound 101. over here show you that concord crash -- i'm sorry, first we'll show you this. westbound 80 over at the road, two left lanes blocked and jam across the bridge. as we zoom out, we'll show you there's slowing for the upper east shore freeway and this is the concord crash, updated location is southbound 680. your commute direction and the jam right there. let's get to the waze system. that involves one of the other crashes as well. from vallejo in towards the san francisco across the bay bridge, you have a two and a half hour drive if you take it through the big backup past pinol valley road. over here across 680 and cutting

through pleasant hill saves you an hour. nbc bay area wazers is the team you want to be on, folks. a quick look at the berkeley curve, look how light this is approaching bay bridge. there is a backup but only to west strand in towards san francisco. back to you. coming up here, kanye west under fire for bizarre rant caught on camera. >> do you feel that i'm stealing, being free and thinking free? >> it didn't stop there. his comments about slavery that have a lot of people angry this morning. a student heading home to visit family gets a nasty surprise charge at the airport. what you can do if you run into similar travel trouble. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. mike made a new friend but he doesn't say much. he found a mannequin sitting by his desk.

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airline owed her more than 800 dollars! 6:24 right now. nbc bay area responds to a livermore woman who believed an airline owed her more than $800. >> chris chmura explains her case and three letters that might help any frustrated traveling. >> good morning, daria book her son christopher to fly home from

state college, pennsylvania but there was a delay. so the airline added an extra leg on a different airline. that happens from time to time. but here's the problem. when christopher got to that connecting flight, the new airline said no one had paid for his ticket and $835 was due on the spot she tried to plead her case but ended up paying the 835 bucks to get her son home. now airlines usually make changes like that free but daria said the two airlines were pointing finger s at each other. we referred daria to the d.o.t., u.s. department of transportation. it has an office of consumer protection that has more power frankly than we do. for example, airlines are required to respond to the d.o.t. within 30 days of getting a complaint from a consumer. the d.o.t. received more than 18,000 complaints about airlines last year.

we're not sure how many were successful but we know at least one consumer prevamed in 2018 and that is daria. the original airline refunded the extra $835 she had to pay. we put a link to the d.o.t.'s complaint form on our consumer web page, nbcbayarea.com/responds. look for consumer resources. while you're there, you can send us a tip like daria did or call us, 888-996-tips. >> 6:26 right now, kanye west keeps making headlines this morning. last week we talked about how he supports donald trump. well now his comments to tmz has everyone talking. >> you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. like you there for 400 years and it's all y'all? it's like we're mentally in prison. i like the word prison because

slavery goes direct to the idea of blacks. >> those comments there no surprise made a lot of people upset. tried to clarify what he was saying on twitter writing that, my point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we are mentally enslaved. went on to write, once again i'm being attacked for presenting new ideas. 6:27 right now. florida teenagerer's mother says an apple watch saved her daughter's life. >> listen to this. >> it vibrated so it like made me away that there's something wrong either with my heart or something -- >> so that girl's mom right there, a registered nurse. at first she didn't believe the watch was right but she says she still worried about what service saying and her daughter's heart rate. >> when i showed my mom, seek medical attention, i thought time 190. they went to the hospital and turns out the girls kidneys were

failing and she needs a transplant. her mom wrote a thank you note to tim cook responded by writing, stories like deanna's inspired us to dream bigger and push harder every day. it's 6:28 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," a fremont family focusing on sex education. parents reacting as the school board considers a change. the controversial lesson in question and what kids across the bay area are already learning. >> plus, he's back. how steph curry is feeling after returning to the court for the dubs playoff return. 6:28, you're watching "today in the bay." right now at 6:30--

we )re off to a cool start, and then it should be a beautiful, warm day today. taking a live look outside from we're off to a cool start but make way for a beautiful day. a live look outside from san carlos, the sun already making a grand appearance for this wednesday morning. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. let's go to kari hall for a better view what to expect with the weather. we saw the beautiful shot there seconds ago and now -- >> love that. we're going to see a lot more sun through the day. los gatos, it's going to be cool as you get ready to head out the door, low to mid-50s and we'll be at 55 at 8:00. noontime, it will be 67 degrees or go for a nice long walk. low 70s for the afternoon. here's a look at all of the high temperatures for today like antioch and concord, you'll be

up to the upper 70s and 74 in livermore and 75 in san jose. 74 today in santa rosa. low 60s for san francisco and mike, you've been tracking a lot of issues still mostly in the east bay? >> that's right, two crashes in the same county, contra costa county, the first one we're talking about presents the most problems, vallejo across the pinol valley road, hercules, rodeo all jammed up. and highway 4 slowing to the scene of the motorcycle crash. no updates, two lanes blocked. over here 680, some folks are heading towards the venetia bridge and jammed up in concord. one possibly two lanes blocked by a crash there. the build for concord in towards 242 and down towards walnut creek, that's what we're seeing right now. very pleasant, one quick live and show you san jose with lighter flow traffic north 101. back to you. >> a lot of kids learn about sex

education at school but parents in one east bay school district say the curriculum is going too far. bob redell explains why parents think it's inappropriate and what they are doing about it today. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, the bottom line, they don't think it's age appropriate. later this afternoon, the fremont unified school district board of education will vote on whether or not to approve the sex ed curriculum that to be taught to fourth and fifth and sixth graders in their schools. there are already 6400 who signed this change.org petition trying to get the school district to stop the curriculum from being taught. the fire is as i mentioned, it's not age appropriate and could lead to the quote sexualization of their children. now when we first reported on this story back in march, the district questioned how many of those signatures at a time were from people in the community versus other parts of the country. the associate superintendent says the curriculum does follow state standards which requires

that the curriculum require comprehensive sexual health education, hiv prevention education and among other things, be age appropriate. parents can let their child opt out but critics argue that would subject their child to ridicule. >> i am against the existing sexual curriculum. i feel that they need to have a total comprehensive health education and even if it is sex education, i think the current curriculum it's not appropriate for the age level. some of the material is a little too explicit. >> i'm okay for it. you know, it's -- the kids need to know what it is. i'm sure the district knows what they are doing. >> reporter: you think it's too young of an age for an fourth or fifth grader? >> i think they need to know. they are going to find out anyways. >> reporter: the district is expecting a lot of people at today's 4:30 board meeting. they will open the doors here at district headquarters at 3:45.

they'll be handing out tickets, one per person. there will be no saving of seats and once the board room behind me is at capacity, they'll have an overflow room so people will have to go in there, again, i'm braying it up because they are expecting a lot of people. if you do want to speak before a board, you'll be given two minutes. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:35 right now. a murder investigation centered at sfo and investigators believe a romantic obsession may be the motive here. san mateo county district attorney says prasad wanted a romantic relationship with a co-worker but she rejected him. he then on her last day of work, investigators say that prasad and his friend donovan rivera followed her to her fiancee's and shot and killed mangaccat. the victim's mother says the 2-year-old daughter is heart broken. >> why did you have to take my

son away from us? he's a good man. >> prasad and rivera will be in court for first time next week. 6:35. things are finally starting to get back to normal in downtown concord. traffic flowing once again after last week's massive fire at a luxury apartment complex construction site. closed down many streets. took a week for crews to clean the debris from willow pass road and concord boulevard. atf investigators are examining the area. last week we told you the van ness construction is delayed yet again. today we'll find out why exactly and it has to do with what they are finding under the ground. this probably is not a dinosaur but you may remember back in 2012 when crews found a mammoth's tooth under the new trans bay transit center. they are explaining the history they are digging up. the road improvement project is expected to wrap up in 2020. >> a live look at or ra ka arena. the warriors taking care of business, up two games to none in the playoff series against

new orleans. for warriors fans what could be better than that. >> how about the run of steph curry and happened last night, came back with serious swagger here. warriors fans went wild when steph took the court last night after being out for five weeks with the knee injury. steph wasted no time playing like a two-time mvp. that was the first couple of seconds in the game. the three-pointer right there, he finished with 28 points last night. and fans quickly realized that curry is in playoff form. >> going to be okay, is he going to be okay? then boom, he's okay. >> came out blazing. blazing. whoa! let's go dubs. >> good to be back on the floor. for the game i love, great teammates and big win for us. >> glad to have you back, steph, the dubs won by five. game three is friday night in the big easy and guess who else wasty warriors game last night? >> hey, so my mom is in town and

she has me out on a school night but with that said, i think it's pretty cool why we're out on a school night. look at this. >> what's that. marcus and his mom at the warriors game last night. she's too young to have a baby as old as you. >> she's not secret about her age. she's 60, be 61 this year. >> they looks fantastic. >> she'll like to hear that. she's watching so it was great -- >> look at that smile. you've got her smile. >> i do. i like it so i say yes. i get it from my momma. >> nice. you're not too tired today, that's a fun game to watch. >> it was a great experience. >> they are on a roll. hope traffic is moving out there too. >> i don't know if people at home know this, when the crowd goes like this, it's because it's w for washington.

saying hi to your whole family. glad you're here as well. south bay, we're starting to see the traffic show up there as well as the tri-valley and east bay like yesterday, we have a lighter build but not the case for contra costa county. southbound 680 recovering from the crash but pin ol westbound 80, still has a couple lanes blocked by a motorcycle crash. chp didn't have an update on condition of the riders but it doesn't sound like there are any complications, it's trying to clear the crash. the east shore freeway very clear from berkeley not a problem. that's a great drive. because everybody is held up by the crash -- >> all right, thank you very much. wednesday, clear path to the weekend. >> got that mapped out. >> a lot of people do. >> we're going to have a great weekend. lots going on around the bay area. let's get right to it. it's still going to be cool for the coastal areas, we'll be up to 63 degrees. the bay will be at the comfortable 70 degrees on saturday and 70 degrees for the

inland areas. sunday not much of a change here. we keep the sunshine and it's going to be a nice and cool breezy as well. kentucky derby party is going to be a golden gate field and we're going to have beautiful weather for that for the big hat. you'll get a lot of sunshine and highs in the low 60s and if you can't go there or some of the parties, you can watch here on nbc bay area. then on sunday, we can end the weekend being akive, going to silicon valley, history park checking out the cool bikes there. we'll have low 70s and sunny skies. if you're packing up the car, you'll want to head to squaw valley and parts of the sierra. highs in the low 60s and more clouds on saturday but still staying dry. there's little bit of more snow left on the ground. you want to get there soon. we're looking at russian river valley and the forecast there will be in the upper 60s to low 70s. once again the clouds increase on saturday and it will be slightly cooler but overall a

nice weekend. let me know what you're doing @kari hall weather on twitter. we'll look at today's temperature trend in three minutes. >> sounds good. 6:41. pushing for net neutrality. the new ads you'll see around the bay area starting today. and something rare out of washington, the justice department is standing up to president trump. and right now taking a look at the stock market, you can see the dow is down right there, down some 45 points right now but the nasdaq actually opens higher as apple jumps on strong earnings. the time for you right now, 6:41. you're watching "today in the bay."

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new this morning it is 6 time 44, few clouds here and there but overall a great start to our wednesday morning. here's a live look outside. let's go to campbell, 63 degrees at 8:00 and upper 50s through 10:00, a few clouds rolling by but all clear skies the rest of the afternoon as the highs reach in the low 70s which is about normal for early may. we continue on with this weather heading into the next several days. we'll check out our giants and also all of our bay area sports forecasts into the weekend as well. that's coming up. this live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. 580 across the bay is pleasant. i guess a backup in the fast track lanes. also show you alternate traveling from the north bay into san francisco, they have a

pretty big problem. >> 6:44 for you right now. new this morning, new accusations against a man charged with indecent exposure. this is near two north bay schools, napa police arrested donald fryer last week. they say he exposed himself and acted out as children were walking to school. this is near highway 29 in old sonoma road. police now say officers also uncovered large amounts of child pornography at the suspect as home. they also believe in the past he reportedly molested other children. police plan to request new criminal charges. quarter to 7:00. the fight to protect net neutrality rolls into b.a.r.t. stations, you'll start to see ads starting today. they say things like connect without limits and internet freedom for all and fiber to the people. santa rosa bay provider sonic is partnering with bud snow to bring the ads to b.a.r.t., the fcc ended net neutrality

protections for charging more for access. heritage during the month of may and this year marks 40 years since jimmy carter signed the recognition into law. >> happening today in san francisco, late mayor ed lee will be honored for his service, it's tonight at 5:30 at the herbst theater in van ness. there will be a reception at city hall after the event and it's sold out you about you can sign up on the waiting list. >> 6:46 for you right now. president trump has been put on warning. the justice department will not be extorted. >> there's been a lot of talk around washington that trump might fire deputy attorney rod rosenstein. he may be the deputy but he's the top guy in the russian investigation after attorney general sessions -- jeff sessions recused himself. rosenstein there on the right has been a frequent target of rumors he'll be fired.

for first time he spoke out. >> the department of justice is not going to be xoextorted we'l do what's required by the rule of law and any threats that anybody makes are not going to affect the way we do our job. >> now, understand what you just heard, it's really the first time anybody has stood up to the president over rumors that he will fire people investigating him. jeff sessions hasn't done it. and mitch mcconnell didn't do it. speaker ryan sort of has said the president shouldn't do it. san francisco's nancy pelosi has told the boston globe that she will run for speaker of the house if the democrats win a majority of seats in the mid-term election. pelosi the first woman speaker in history. this may not be good news for democrats. republicans use pelosi as a -- in the ads to convince people not to vote for democrats and not wrong. we might like nancy pelosi in the bay area but america

doesn't. things that are more popular than nancy pelosi, acourting to an nbc/wall street journal poll, nra, current speaker paul ryan, even donald trump among all americans, donald trump is far more liked than nancy pelosi. other news, president trump will make his very first trip to the state department to give mike pompeo the oath of office. he got a big welcome on tuesday. his first visit to the state department after he was confirmed by the senate. the state department has been suffering from low morale after big cuts by the previous secretary of state rex tillerson. we examined the president's tweets and speeches and oaths of office for that matter every day for "today in the bay." you can reach me @scottmcgrew. the man people have called the waffle house hero talks to ellen today. >> his name is james shaw jr. and fought the gunman last month taking the gun away from him.

here's what he said what's going through his mind at the time. >> you see him reloading and you think that's my chance to go at him? >> yeah, i had a voice in my head, do it now. do it now. >> not only did shaw help save his life and others but he actually raised more than $200,000 for victims and their families. ellen starts today at 4:00 here on nbc bay area. you can tune in to watch that interview. you know, it's nice when you honor just every day heroes like that, someone who steps into action with that gut feeling. >> no everyone could have done that. >> that's true. >> the fact he raised money for others even after that so -- zpl the giving continues. >> and waffles. >> paying it forward. we're going to continue on with beautiful weather around the bay area today. it does start out cool as you're about to walk the kids to school around oakland this morning. we've had temperatures in the low 50s. the school day forecast shows it will be at 52 degrees at 7:00 and then some sunshine as we go

through the rest of the day making it in the low 60s, going to be very comfortable there. our high temperatures just a little bit warmer for those inland areas and spots like antioch and concord, upper 70s today and 77 in ukia today. upper 50s for half moon bay and in san jose, 75 degrees. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen, not much of a change for san francisco but other areas will get in on warmer air and we do start out with a cool morning so you do need a jacket as you're getting dressed and also short sleeves to keep you comfortable for the afternoon, especially as we warm in the 70s. you'll probably keep the jacket on if you'll be out at at&t mark and we'll have sunshine. we'll have much more comfortable weather and mid-60s at first pitch and some sunshine still temperatures stay in the 60s throughout the game. and later on tonight at the sap center, it will be in the upper 60s and once again clear skies

and some comfortable weather. watching a couple of things out there in the pacific but overall our weather stays dry. even as that swirl that you're seeing out there moves closer, we'll have an increase in cloud cover for the weekend, bringing our temperatures down a couple of degrees but overall we're looking at a beautiful forecast, morning temperatures in the 50s and highs in the 70s and san francisco stays in the 60s. mike, what's happening on the roads? >> we're still looking at the slow down from the north bay in towards the bay bridge and san francisco. everything else is looking smooth. we'll outline this big backup coming across the carcenas bridge. still have two lanes blocked by the motorcycle crash. there's a minor crash on the shoulder west 37 and there's slowing coming across the ven venetia bridge that's recovering. i'm worried about 680 and 37. look at the waze system. that blue route takes 2:20. the two other options i'm showing here take 20 to 30

minutes less but involve 680 and highway 37. you can track this on nbc bay area wazers, back to the maps, quickly the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive and south bay begins to slow because of the volume. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> a quick look at the top stories coming up here on "today in the bay." the governor's plan to build water tunnels and bring water to southern california is moving forward. the impact it could have on your wallet. zpl but first happening now, be wear of bugs illnesses from ticks and mosquitos and flea bites tripled in the past years. 640,000 cases from 2004 to 2016 and nine new germs discovered during that time. women may be setting down wine glasses and switching to pot. talked to thousands of women and say they are nixing the extra calories from wine for

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california. the water district will get a new dam and new reservoir in return for investing in the project. it could mean your water bill goes up. contra costa water district also discusses this project today. all oakland school children will have access to clean drinking water. you may recall that story we told you about last summer. the district discovered elevated lead levels at several campuses, the city council is installing hydration stations ats all 110 schools in time for next fall. perhaps ironically, most of the money will come from oakland's new sugary drink tax. >> will will facebook say today. it's day two of the company's developer's conference. on the agenda, virtual reality and ai, the oculus head set and news. mark zuckerberg will let us clear our history after the big privacy scandal with the feature that got everyone talking, facebook dating.

sex education, what many families are focusing on right now. maybe you've had that talk or kids aren't old enough. either way you're probably likely thinking of what to say and when to say it. tonight the school board is talking about the lessons that spark controversy. we first reported this story in march. many parents told us that the new curriculum is not age appropriate. >> a lot of people are wondering what is next for the so-called migrant car avan. these people now seeking asylum in the u.s. to escape violence in their homeland. a few are in the united states but the white house is promising to turn everyone else away. experts say whatever happens will likely be out of public view. and today we'll learn more information on the death of that ohio teen trapped by a folding seat in his van. kyle plush died last month used voice commands to call 911 several times but police were not able to finds him. his father found him dead in his

van in his high school parking lot. six hours after he called police to report the location and to warn dispatch he was dying. cincinnati city council will discuss plans to improve 911 operations to this does not happen again. >> very sad. more students say they'll walk out of class today. this time they are protesting in support of the second amendment. it follows multiple walkouts in support of gun control. for sharks fans, the words must win probably circling around their brains right now because losing game four tonight at the shark tank would put the team in a huge hole against the vegas golden knights, they had leading two games to one after back to back thrilling overtime games. the sharks only one one of them. let's take it back tonight. >> taking a live look outside. this is san carlos this morning. since 4:30, it's going ab a

beautiful day and this picture is delivering. >> a beautiful sunrise. we're looking at highs today with reach in the upper 70s and mid 70s tomorrow. and that's the kind of weather we'll see continue into the weekend for san francisco, a lot of 60s here and as you can see, nothing changing as we go into saturday and sunday. >> all right, three is my favorite number but not when it comes to tough spots for the morning commute. >> only three tough spots. look at the map, we're talking about green for most of the bay, south bay starting to build for silicon valley. northbound 880, an earlier crash at a street, a big rig on the shoulder. it's out of lanes but a distraction. that's the problem heading towards san leandro. and south 680 towards the walnut creek interchange, burst of traffic and crash still active at pinol valley road. >> we'll have more in about half

an hour at 7:25. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00, news as well as weather. we'll see you then. enjoy this hump day. good morning. breaking overnight -- forced to court? reports robert mueller is ready to subpoena president trump to get answers in the russia investigation. could the president be forced to plead the fifth? will the fight go to the supreme court? we're live at the white house. the doctor is -- out. in an nbc news exclusive, the president's long-time former physician accuses trump staffers of raiding his office. >> raped, frightened, and sad. >> this morning, why the white house says it was all standard procedure. tornado outbreak. >> oh, my god -- this thing is freakin' huge! look at this thing! >> more than a dozen twisters in kansas alone as powerful storms