south bay hospital. the reason first responders also had to be treated after helping a patient. >> if you can't trust gavin with his best friend's wife, how can you trust him with your state. >> and those politics getting personal, the jabs and major takeaways from last night's gubernatorial debate. >> it's hard to look at. you're looking at the golden gate bridge. you can see the cars moving through right now. we're tracking some drizzle this morning as you head out the door "today in the bay" continues right now. >> good morning to you and thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to look at your commute because we saw the fog, we want to know about that. but the fog in itself and low lying clouds, that's something that -- >> it's not just the golden gate bridge, it's all around the bay area as you get ready to head out this morning. that will be the difference that will keep temperatures cooler

today but we'll get sunshine later this afternoon. let's look outside in oakland. as we get ready for the a's, that game will be at 12:35 today, first pitch at the coliseum and it will be at 63 degrees. lower 60s and a lot of sunshine, make sure you have the sunscreen if you're going to be out there. today we're going to see those highs in the inland areas coming down to 75 in concord. 72 in san jose and 60 in san francisco. we'll talk about what's ahead as our temperatures heat up this week and mike has been tracking the morning commute. so far so good? >> so far so good but we did hear about a crash at the bay bridge. i swung our camera in emeryville to a different view to see cars approaching the toll plaza. all of the lanes are filled, slow off the berkeley curve, what was reported as a crash, i don't see lanes blocked and don't seeny unusual patterns here. the approach out of the maze, hiding towards where that report came in, it's moving fine and off 880 off the east shore freeway, a good drive. behind me we have a disabled

vehicle reported for highway 4 into concord out of bay point. we get more details and let you know if it does affect the traffic flow but so far it's lighter there and concord and walnut creek. the south bay all close to your typical patterns right there. there's an issue, south 680, a crash did move to the shoulder, it's clear. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:02. breaking news this morning, the three american detainees held in in north korea are heading home. president trump tweeted in the last 30 minutes saying, i'm pleased to inform you that secretary of state mike pompeo is in the air and on his way back from north korea with the three wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting. they seem to be in good health and also in good meeting with kim jong-un, date and place set. these are pictures of the three u.s. nationals who were released. they are accused of hostile acts against north korea. one was held before president trump was elected, the other two were arrested after the election as nuclear tensionsed.

the president tweeted they'll land at andrews air force base late tonight and he'll be there to meet them. >> we're just learning about shots fired at the caltrans worker on highway 24 near the tunnel. police tell us a driver pulled over to the center median west of the tunnels and caltrans tow truck driver tried to help but there was an argument. the driver pulled out a hand gun and pointed it at the caltrans worker and fired several rounds into the air. a friend of the driver arrived and both fled the scene. officers were able to track the driver to his home and arrested him. the caltrans worker was not work. >> also new this morning, usually go to the hospital after an emergency, but overnight, the south bay's largest hospital had to deal with its own emergency. a hazmat scare. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the medical center. what did they do to try to get this under control?

>> reporter: well, fortunately, laura, san jose fire department says all it took was soap and water to decontaminate the people exposed to the chemical. it started 11:45 last night a medical helicopter was bringing in a patient and this was a man who had been exposed chemical a workplace. he had a respiratory issue, sounds like he was coughing and ended up exposing a number of first responders to the same chemical. the hospital did call the san jose fire department to identify the substance and assist in the decontamination, ten medical staff and flight medics were exposed. the fire department was able to identify the chemical though they have not told us what it was. and we do know that the fire department and hospital were able to clean it up as i mentioned with just soap and water. the cleanup included the gournny that the patient was wheeled in on and interior of the hospital. the people who were exposed are all okay. no other patients were exposed.

as far as the condition of the initial patient who was brought in, his condition is unknown. now bmc did have to modify their operations for a short time last night but everything is back up to normal running operations here. reporting live here, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> frightening sight there. thanks, so much, bob. this is a really sad story to tell you about this morning. live now to danville where a memorial is growing. students there are returning to school at san ramon valley high school. a freshman was found unresponsive in the school's pool and pulled out by a staff member and rushed to the hospital, sadly he did not survive. memorial for him at that pool growing with the students gri bringing flowers well into the night. we're not releasing the name out of respect for the family. some of the students are having a hard time coping with what happened. >> i just knew it was him at that time and it just kind of in shock and it's weird because

some guy i know almost all your life won't be there the next day. hard to process. >> sometimes life can be hard and these boys, known each other since kindergarten and we really want them to know we're here for them. >> just hearing one of the mothers of the students there. grief counselors will be at the school today to help the students. meantime, police are investigating to find out an exact cause of death. >> a live look at the california theater in san jose this morning. a lot calmer than it was last night when the major candidates for governor took the stage. it was the first and last debate before the election of these six candidates and there were plenty of fireworks. >> this morning we've got you covered with the highlights and we're fact checking everything those candidates said. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez sifted through this overnight. what should voters take away from this heading into the primary. >> i will say the moderator chuck todd said it was a pretty civil engagement and definitely

touched a lot of different topics. they talked about issues affecting the bay area but also the entire state. as you might expect, housing was a very hot topic. how much we need to address the affordability crisis and the role that the california environmental quality act is playing in development. take a listen. >> the politicians here have driven up the cost with impact fees and regulations and litigation, the delay -- >> i would bring back redevelopment agencies and take money on a yearly basis from the state funds to use it for tax credits. >> i intend to lead that effort with an aggressive effort to change to connect local government and get them to do their job and better behavior and to be hun pif where we must. >> you don't have to get rid of environmental quality kirnz tco to do this. you have to streamline yes, but we're not giving up a clean environment, not on my watch. >> i was able to get a vigorous environmental review shortened for a football stadium.

why can't we do it for affordable housing, homeless housing and workforce housing. >> we cut taxes and excessive regulation and stop the excessive lawsuits being put out there underneath the california environmental quality act, this law was passed with the best of intentions and now turned into a weapon against development. >> all right, so we know that the housing issue is lgs often interlinked with education funding and affordability for teachers as well. that was definitely a hot topic as was immigration. coming up at 6:30. we'll look where the candidates stand on that topic. thank you, kris. >> who impressed you last night? do you know who you'll vote for? did you change your mind? share your thoughts and tweet us this morning, @ lauragarcianbc and @marc@markusnbc. today the uc medical worker strike wraps up and unions represent service workers and yesterday nurses and technical

workers joined the picketing. one professor says this recent wave of strikes nationwide including the headline making teacher protest could really be the start of something we'll see more often. >> unionization rates are pretty low right now and it could be that they've reached the bottom and it's kind of waking people up to the fact that workers do need to organize. >> as for this specific strike, at issue, service contracts, the union wants among other things a 6% raise. the university of california says that it can't justify the increase and counters with a 3% raise. right now at 6:09, you wake up and head out on this wednesday morning to cloudy skies and as we take a live look outside in dublin, let's head up to livermore to get the kids ready for school. it's going to be in the upper 50s and low 60s through about 8:00. as you walk to school, nice mild start, we'll still see clouds in the mix through 10:00 but as they head out for recess,

mid-60s, eventually hitting low 70s. checking out the campbell temperature trend, upper 50s as we start out, more people out and about and reaching upper 60s there for early afternoon as well. cooler day ahead but then we're getting ready for a warm-up. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike, how is it look forge drivers and commute? >> we're taking a look out there. we'll show you how things are shaping up overall, really good, a little slowing developed for the south bay. we may have a crash 101. we'll get more details from chp and let you know if lanes are blocked. southbound 680 slows through pleasanton. the crash over here, it sounds like everything should be mostly off to the shoulder. might have one lane affected and that's why we see a little more slowing, south 880, there was an earlier crash and everything is on the shoulder. it sounds like everything is moving smoothly. you see the sensors slowing there as well as union city. that is typical as you pass by the san mateo bridge.

north away from the area, 880 shows a smooth drive past the coliseum. the a's played midday today and light flow of traffic just building as we saw on the map. >> coming up next, a story you'll want to hear before you book your weekend getaway. we investigate the lower safety standards for air bnb rentals. wall street tries to figure out what this means for your money and gas prices with the iran deal apparently over. >> later a happy ending for a bay area woman whose sick pug was stolen from a grocery store. how the community helped reunite her with her dog. you're watching "today in the bay." i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message.

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it is 6:14, cloudy start and we're seeing that all around the bay area. don't expect it to look like that all day long. here's a look at the live camera in fremont. a little breeze as you step out the door. we'll have temperatures in the low 60s and then it warm up in the low 70s today. great day for just wearing some light long sleeves. we'll have warmer weather and breaking ought the shorts by the end of the weekend. i'll have a look at that forecast in less than five minutes. >> east shore freeway, 22 minutes from highway 4 to the vul backup at the bay bridge when you come off the maze. that's where things slow down.

north bay, no major problems, mild slowing for highway 37 out of vallejo and in towards the island. >> and have you happy wednesday to you. oil prices are near three-year highs after president trump pulled the u.s. out of iran deal. remember, all of the other countries are still in so that may prevent enormous spikes in energy prices. boeing lost its ability to sell airplanes to iran with that deal. tesla back in the news after another deadly crash. this time two people were killed. both of them teenagers, this happened yesterday in ft. lauderdale. there was a fire after the crash as well. similar to what we saw after the deadly crash here on 101 in california. now, obviously cars crash. if you build cars people are going to crash them. and witnesses said speed may have been a factor in the florida crash. but the tesla safety situation has been under a microscope because tesla has had a rough

relationship with safety investigators, the ntsb tells bloomberg elon musk hung up on them on a phone call after the 101 crash. google starts the second day in the io conference. there are no blockbuster announcements but lots of upgrades and improvements. making a concentrated effort on artificial intelligence or a.i. speaking of, leaders in ai will meet with president trump for a summit on artificial intelligence today. facebook and oracle and intel are all going. very vocal trump supporters, video of a past tech summit with the trump white house. they had a number of these. the one i was most interested is shortly after the shooting in florida, they had a video gamesogame summit. >> i remember that. >> president trump wanted to know more about video games and invited executives, we've never heard anything since, no white paper ozs or or follow-up.

>> we never found out anything about it. >> ever brn een to the meeting talk about a meeting? >> thanks, scott. new for you this morning, a reminder that the next time you book your air bnb rental, it doesn't actually meet the same standards as hotels. re researchers studied 120,000 bnb, 80% had smoke detectors but only 66 had carbon monoxide and just over a hithird had a first aid kit. >> more americans using their vacation time set the highest rate in seven years. according to new research from project time off. state of america vacation study, workers took an around of 17.2 vacation days, half a day more

than 2016. still, more than half of us had unused vacation at the end of the year. and get this, about a quarter of workers haven't had a vacation in more than a year. let's get going. >> everyone, let's go. >> you get a vacation, you get a vacation. >> i saw you shaking your head, i had unused vacation. >> you really don't have to go far here in the bay area. you can go to santa cruz or find somewhere close by, yosemite or the sierra and if you're just making plans even for the weekend, i've got you covered. receipts get out the door. here's a live look outside. you can see patchy clouds and fog have settled into the try valley. look at this view from belvedere, you can see that layer of fog at about 1,000 feet drifting across san francisco. and also across parts of the city. it's starting out with some mild temperatures, you're out the door temperature in oakland and

san francisco, 56 degrees, it's 60 now in san jose and if you're planning to go to the hiking trails in the peninsula today, we keep the clouds through about late morning. cool temperatures and then we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. we'll stay in the mid to upper 50s there and it's going to be windy. we'll also feel the breezes for the inland areas south county up to 75 in gilroy today. east bay 71 in livermore and walnut creek, 73 degrees and hayward at 67. once again upper 50s at half moon bay and redwood city, 70 degrees and 62 today on the embarcadero. north bay gusty winds at times and temperatures in the low 70s. we have a weak disturbance passing by. won't bring us any rain. as we head into the day tomorrow, it's going to be nice, if you're already planning to bike to work, we will have those free breakfast energizer stations set up and we'll have more on that but you can make plans, it will be a cool start and plans for the weekend. santa cruz is going to be cool. if you're taking mom there for

mother's day, it's going to be chilly, mike you're seeing slowing in the roads in concord. >> i am and a lot of folks in contra costa are saying it's concord genius, it's 6:20. one reason why we have more slowing, over all the map looks pretty good. south 680 slows, the crash on the shoulder. it's a distraction out of sunol and towards fremont. hayward looks standard and getting over towards the bay bridge, no surprises, slowing down through berkeley. highway 4 on willow pass road, there's a disabled vehicle blocking one lane and that's why additional slowing out of bay point and in towards concord. by the time we get to 242, 680, smooth down towards the walnut creek interexchange. the backup over on the richmond side. a quick check on wiaze, south bay, around tully and here north 87 in san jose, that person not

a wazer we want to thank them. this wazer does not have a team. join nbc bay area wazers, you get a cool icon. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," dramatic new video, a young girl jumping out of a moving car. we'll explain why she did it and the video you've got to see to believe. >> a contractor takes a payment but does absolutely no work. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. preciation week! on twitter right now: i )m sharing an inspirational message. and did you know it is teacher appreciation week? on twitter right now i'm sharing an inspirational message. so what are you doing to celebrate teachers in your life? let me know. you can do that by following me on twitter @marcusnbc or @ lauragarcianbc. >> i'm trying to finds a picture of my old teacher. >> let's share.

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patio cover. mike paid $1,000 down and waited five months. mike tells us no one from the contractor reached out during that time period. by march, mike's patience had run out and he requested a refund. mike says the company ignore the him so he turned to us. >> contractor did not return our messages but about a week after we got involved, mike says he got a full refund. so what can you do when a contractor doesn't keep up their end of the bargain. always do your homework. research contractors online. and ask for personal references before hiring. be like mike, get everything in writing as well. mike's contract included detailed descriptions much pricing and work to be done and estimated start and finish dates. mike tells us he also did file a complaint with the contractor state lie sencensing board. you can do that too if you're

contractor isn't keeping their promises. whether it's a dead beat contractor or any other business, give us a call. 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. 6:26. good news to report on this wednesday morning about the stolen dog we've been telling you about. phyllo finally back home. you may remember us telling you about him. stolen outside of a whole foods last month. the dog's owner says she went to homeless encampments and handed out flyers and thanks to the community and social media she tracked the dog down in oakland. the 12-year-old pug is deaf and blind in one eye had been resold twice. >> a new video you want to see. you can see this 11-year-old girl jumping out of a moving car. you see her there running away. the girl was escaping a carjacking. this in illinois. you can also see her dad on the hood of that different car

trying to stop it. then they embrace each other as those cars sped away. police say an accomplice was in the car the dad tried to stop. they are still looking for that man. they did find the carjacking suspect. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," no topic off-limits as candidates for governor faced off in the south bay. >> a monument to stupidity. >> from immigration to housing, we have all of the highlights from the big debate and what you need to know before you head to the polls. >> rolling into the future, the major step forward for b.a.r.t. as it gets more trains up and running, you're watching "today in the bay," 6:27. marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools,

raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

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he cleaned up pollution at the port of l.a. and created more good-paying jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. these piktsz just coming into the news roomg this morning the three detainees from north korea are free and on that plane. it just landed in japan and making its way to the united states. we'll have more coming up. big morning here, big announcement for president trump. 6:30 right now. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's go to kari hall for a better look at what to expect today. >> clouds and fog starting out this morning and gradually clearing and it's going to be a nice start around the bay area. but we do have to deal with the drizzle and mist for a little while longer and san jose will be at 58 degrees as you're taking the kids to school then

it's going to be a beautiful sunny day. a little bit cooler than yesterday too. then we check out the 7-day forecast with breezy winds as we go into the later parts of the day and look at the warmest day on friday, low 80s then it starts to come back down. san francisco also in for a warm-up as well. we'll talk about the weekend forecast as you make plans that's coming up in about seven minutes and mike has the morning commute. >> plan on the commute. look -- what we're not planning on is a crash in albany. you typically find slowing around the albany exit. we have reports of a fender bender. chp will confirm that and let me know. i'll pass it on. the bay bridge and maze, the backup pretty typical about this time, 631, the south bay does have a slower drive northbound 101 at actually, the crash still on the shoulder. here we see slowing through san martin but southbound, reports

of a motorcycle involved crash. may be a distraction. temporarily walking around in the center divide waiting for help. from the south bay to north bay, there's the sun breaking through. traffic just starting to build. thank you. >> 6:32. it was a huge night for politics. taking center stage right here in the bay area. the six major candidates for california governor debating in san jose making a final pitch to voters before that june 5th primary. very different scene this morning. this is live outside the california theater where the big debate was held. no rolonger lit up or full of people. >> we're talking about housing, immigration, today in the pay's kris sanchez joins us in the studio to break all of this down for us. kris, what were some of the big moments for us? >> we talked about housing already this morning. we talked about the affordability crisis and also education, right now we want to tell you what the candidates had to say about sanctuary city

policy, sanctuary state policy as well. and here we go. let's listen to the candidates. >> he was 89. >> that policy fundamentally is about public safety. it's about community policing and creating an element of trust with the diverse communities and keeping people healthier and educated. >> i believe in states rights but when federal law is given privacy, federal law should govern. >> we talk about people come here and play by the rules and ought to be given the chance to become the same people that we are. >> i think it's important that california provide leadership and exercise jurisdiction not to allow president trump to triumph here in california. >> a lot of diversity in opinions, we'll remind you that there are four kacandidates who are democrats and two who are republican and that seemed to be the divide in the sanctuary state stances last night. we did a full wrap up and you can find that on nbcbayarea.com.

whether you vote with your pocketbook or vote based on where the candidates stand on education, it's all there. >> it's interesting to hear people's thoughts as well. who impressed you last night? do you know who you'll vote for. share your thoughts and tweet us @ lauragarcianbc and @marcusnbc. happening today, in oakland teachers continue to demand higher pay and more school funding. later today teachers will rally before the school board meeting. that starts at 4:30. meantime, where are your tax dollars going? a new report finds that oakland schools are losing moneys to charter. these according to the think tank in public interest, oakland unified lost more than $57 million while san jose's east side union high school district lost more than $19 million. oakland's unified superintendent this is kayla johnson tremmel

tells us in a statement, we hope this report and others like it will hip inform decision makers as they create or reform public school policies across the state. >> this should come as a relief if you ride b.a.r.t. it's rolling out more of its new fleet of trains. pete suratos joins us at the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station. what will we see trains rolling out fresh and clean too? >> yeah, very soon, in fact we just confirmed that in our newsroom confirmed with b.a.r.t., they are going to roll out the new cars, 10 of them starting next week. that's good news for folks riding b.a.r.t. around the bay area. if you remember, it wasn't too long ago back in january they rolled out ten cars but there were some issues with doors. so they got that all fixed and now with the new sets of cars they've gone through a systemwide testing by public utilities commission. they've got the green light. they'll be on track next week. now for the new cars currently b.a.r.t. has ten of them running

from richmond to fremont. as far as what makes these different from new ones, they have three doors and wider aisles and auto mason. i did get a chance to speak with passengers here at pleasant hill b.a.r.t. this morning and shared thoughts about the new trains. >> and anything that improves b.a.r.t. is great because it's getting worse as far as like everything so it would be -- it would be nice. as long as prices don't go up. >> i like them. they look like they'll be more comfortable. >> we're looking forward to the new cars just because hopefully things will run more efficiently, more smoother and faster. >> the plan by b.a.r.t. is to have 80 of the new cars by the end of this year and have 176 by 2019. we're live in pleasant hill, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks, peete.

>> we're onto the conference finals, golden state warriors celebrating today, a live look at oracle arena. inside that building last night, the warriors beat the pelicans to win the series. >> the final score, 113-104 but you know the dubs, no time for rest with houston rockets on deck. kd says let steph be steph. >> we let that dog off the leash and what happens and we want to continue too be aggressive and we'll live with anything after that. >> we want to live with wins. >> i let the dog off my leash. >> game one monday in houston, the series comes back to oracle a week from sunday. this is the fourth straight year in the western conference finals, it's a franchise record. >> go dubs. >> go dubs, a little chance to get rest, and sleep well. >> bay area sports, right.

>> towards the south bay traffic shows a build north 101, still got the crowd going on. you hear them building northbound through san jose. the rest of the bay shows a pretty smooth drive but the big alert southbound 880 at 23rd as you come down in towards oakland off the bay area -- maze in the bay bridge, we have a crash blocking your lee left lanes. that's the initial report from chp. they immediately issued a sigalert, that means it expects a major problem. east 580 is an alternate. look at this beautiful view. it's slower and we have more traffic heading underneath those clouds to the sunny side over on the other side of the high rise which is like wednesday, over the high rise and little more pleasant. >> it's the weekend. it's coming up. >> a warm-up. >> it's going to warm up for part of the weekend and be windy on saturday. it's going to be really nice for

mother's day. let's start out with the saturday forecast. it will once again be gusty and warm, land areas up to 86 degrees. and 76 for the coast. notice on sunday, if you're planning to take mom to the beach, it's only going to be in the mid-60s the bay at 71 degrees, very comfortable and a beautiful 78 degrees for the inland valleys, we also have the taiwanese american cultural festival happening in san francisco. it's going to be great weather for that, a little warm for the afternoon as we reach into the 0's with sunshine and it starts out at 63 degrees. on sunday, you'll be able to check out the allah meet da spring festival all day and it's going to be cool during the morning at 58 degrees and then quickly warming up. make sure you have a jacket and then you'll be able to take it off and put on some sunscreen as that sun warms things up. then for russian river valley for the weekend, upper 70s for friday and saturday and check out sunday, 64 degrees with partly cloudy skies.

we'll get a look at today's temperature trend for palo alto coming up in three minutes. >> sounds good. we'll look forward it it. 6:38. still in danger. the concerns about another possible volcano explosion on hawaii's big island. >> all kinds of news out of washington, the detainees free, out of the iran deal and a confrontation in the senate. >> and we do it every morning here on "today in the bay," taking a look at the stock market, look right now you can see the dow is up some 30 points and dow actually rose 100 points as oil rallies after iran deal fallout. the time for you right now, 6:40. you're watching "today in the bay." (time check (

take a moment and look at this! good wednesday morning, we're starting to see the sun break out from the clouds in palo alto. we did start out with fog. and you're driving up 101. it's going to be in the low 60s through about 10:00 and mix of sun and clouds, up every 60s today early afternoon. it's going to be cooler than it has been but we're in for a warm joup. a look at that in the forecast in about five minutes. >> a traffic alert southbound 880. three of the lanes are blocked at 23rd, there's an overturned vehicle and a lot of slowing, we're talking about traffic getting away from the bay bridge and also through oakland towards san francisco, we may now have a crash on the span itself. i'll check with chp and bridge

crew and bring you what i have. >> i want you to take a moment to look at this. this is molten lava across hawaii's big island right now. every image like this one dramatic. there morning there are more dangerous and new concerns, experts worry that the volcano could blow again at any moment. a series of those violent eruptions already destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to flee. there's new evacuations as the toxic gas danger grows, the governor declared a disaster saying the damage in the millions. >> a follow-up for you at 6:44, it's looking like the man acquitted of killing kate steinle is not getting his federal gun charges dropped. a district judge says he is skeptical at a charges against jose garcia zarate are solely because of politics. federal officials charged him with illegal gun possession five days after a jury found him not

guilty in steinle's death. he was released from a jail e l earlier despite a request to detain him for deportation. it became a hot bed issue in the 2016 presidential campaign. the pld triumphantly tweet, three detainees from north korea are free. >> free from north korea and safe in american hands. >> safe in american hands, great news this morning, heading back to america to washington, d.c., due in before midnight our time. the three americans were prisoners in north korea. the man on the left of the picture, kim hock song and tony kim, teaching agriculture at the north korean university. the other man allegedly stealing north korea nuclear secrets. a few moments ago we saw the plane carrying these detainees land in japan and we have heard from the secretary of state that

all three men were able to board this plane by themselves under their own power. they will be of course medically checked out. this plane is going to refuel then will head on to washington, d.c. in the meantime, some of the other big news as you wake up, the president tweeted the date and location of the summit with kim jong-un has been set. we don't know the expects. of course you know president trump pulled the united states out of the iran deal, that prohibited from building an atomic bomb the iranians were complying. the u.s. will re-establish sanctions against iran but remember, the iran deal involved many countries and these other countries are still in the deal, they are not going to sanction. in fact, iran's leader has said iran will stay in the deal. so the iran deal or more properly the joint comprehensive plan of action still exists. we're just not in it.

conservatives in the iranian parliament eager to see the deal collapse and burned an american flag more accurately sort of tried to burn an american flag. gina has pel will face very tough questions this morning before the senate. about her involvement in torture and destruction of videotapes. has pel has strong support from the intelligence community. donald trump tweeted he may media credentials away from network television. there's so much going on i had to tack that onto the end of the report. i'm tweeting about it, all kinds of things going on today. >> really, it's been a big couple of days here. thank you very much. take a look at this, so cute, a little kitten, flying back to southern california starting a new life after getting stuck in a well. the kitten was trapped 43 feet underground for at least a day

and a half but that was in south carolina where a homeowner heard the little kitten crying for help and reached out to rescue her. they ended up calling a los angeles based rescue group because they couldn't get to this kitten. hope for paws spent an hour using a looped rope to rescue the kitten. rescuers say it couldn't have happened soon enough. i think if it tough us another hour, we already had him out, he already he was failing and i was like i can't believe we took him all the way -- made it so far and he's going to crash now. >> the crew came from los angeles just to save the kitten and he's out, doing well, named jessie, going to find him a home i don't know if anybody would go that far to help me. >> we would. >> sky ranger.

>> very cute. make you feel good, time to get up and out of bed. we start out with clouds this morning. we want to show you where visibility is the lowest. a look at the golden gate bridge, it's in there somewhere, i promise and the cars are just making it on across. with some drizzle coming down in san francisco. and we'll get clearing as the day goes along, especially for spots like concord and further inland in the mid-60s by 10:00 this morning. overall it's going to be a beautiful day as we reach into the mid 70s but it's going to be windy for the afternoon. hold on to your baseball hat if you're going out there to the coliseum, the a's game first pitch at 12:35, 62 degrees, bring some sunscreen, nice and comfortable with highs up to 72 degrees and also 72 in palo alto and 73 degrees in santa rosa and livermore expect a high of 71 degrees. and as we get a look now at our

camera in san jose, the sunshining right into the window, we're getting breaks in the clouds, good day for a hat especially if you're dealing with the fog and drizzle and also, long sleeves will keep you comfortable because it will be a touch cooler as winds pick up today coming in from the north. the wind speeds will be especially gust inny san francisco and along the coast, wind speeds 15 to 25 miles per hour and we may have higher gusts even for areas inland, breezy as this weak disturbance passes by. still no rain and we'll have another strong wind gust or two heading into friday night and early saturday morning as our temperatures heat up. we'll be in the low 80s on friday and cooling down for mother's day. san francisco mid 60s after feeling some low 70s on friday sean saturday. mike, now you're tracking a crash that may affect the bay bridge. >> and may affect the span, the crash reported on the san francisco side which we cannot see, look at that, from emeryville, looking at the low clouds and fog impeding our view of treasure island.

and the treasure island tunnel. you do see traffic flowing smoothly through that area and as we show you on the map, closer towards ninth and exit there. we don't see slowing but there is a crash reported and bridge crew will let us know if it's a problem. the other alert we're following is here, southbound 880, three of the five lanes are blocked heading away from the bay bridge and throw downtown oakland. around 23rd, distracting the northbound side as well. as you look at the waze system, the slower drive coming through the area, this is in the section with the red and so i do want to show you the times that are mapped out. as you come away from the bay bridge and towards hayward, it takes 40 minutes to go through the backup but waze will save you less than half of the time to take 580 eastbound. you kind of knew that but waze will walk you through it. nbc bay area wazers, that's the team that should be showing up on your profile. you'll need to select that. back out to the maps, both

directions towards 23rd, rest of the commute looks pretty good. saj recovering from crashes 101 to 87. back to you. >> a look at the top stories here on "today in the bay," including the hazmat scare at the south bay's biggest hospital overnight. how first responders were exposed to dangerous chemicals. >> first happening now at 6:52. southern california city might be fighting against california sanctuary state laws and the law limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. santa clarita will soon vote on a resolution. >> lawmakers for nfl cheer leaders will discuss possible changes with the league after reports of sexual harassment last week the "new york times" reported several washington cheerleaders were required to be topless in the photo. we'll have more news after the break. in the bay--

live pictures from valley medica the time 6:55, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> live pictures from valley medical center where ten first responders were exposed to a dangerous chemical overnight. it's all clear now but let me walk you through what happened, a medical helicopter landed before midnight. there was a patient inside exposed to some sort of chemical. medical workers in the helicopter were also exposed and somehow several other first responders were exposed as well.

firefighters haven't said what the chemical was but they were able to wash it off with soap and water. we don't know the patient's condition this morning. also breaking news, we just learned about shots fired at a caltrans worker that happened at 2:00 this morning near the tunnel. police tell us a driver pulled over to the center median west of the tunnel, a caltrans tow truck driver tried to help but there was some sort of argue mtd. the driver pulled out a hand gun and pointed at the at the caltrans worker and fired several rounds in the air. the friend of the driver arrived and both fled the scene. officers were able to track down the driver to his home and arrested him. the caltrans worker was not hurt. >> grief counselors will be at an east bay high school this morning after a freshman is found unxponsive in the school's pool. these are live pictures from san ramon valley high school in danville. staff members pulled the student out of the pool yesterday and rushed him to the hospital he did not survive. we're not releasing the name out

of respect for the family. police are trying to figure out how he ended up in the pool. at california theater we heard a lot from six candidates running for california governor last night. if you watched the debate on nbc bay area, they talked a lot about education, housing transportation and immigration. first thing i'll do is reverse gavin newson's california state law. >> we don't tolerate our diversity and do celebrate thedy verty. the problem has been created by an open border policy of the california democrats. >> you think the anti-immigrant hysteria began with donald trump, it's been happening since the end of the mexican war. >> reacting to daca for the border wall that president trump rejected. a small part of the whole debate. it was still a good one. if you missed it, we've got you covered, we posted the entire debate on the website,

nbcbayarea.com. i'll tweet it out as well. >> b.a.r.t. riders, some of are getting an upgrade, a second round of new b.a.r.t. cars will start returning next week and officials tell us a new ten-car train passioned a readiness test twice but the new trains have three doors instead of two and wider aisles and brighter colors. you may find yourself in one of those new cars on the richmond fremont line and warm springs daly city line. >> a major freeway will be closed overnight while crews work on a pedestrian and bike bridge. according to the weekly caltrans crews will close southbound lanes between university avenue and embarcadero road. full closure starts about midnight. the freeway opens again around 4:00 in the morning and the bridge should be done by next june. >> this morning as a lot of people get out the door, low lying clouds this morning but hopefully it will clear out

later today. >> it will be a little while before it clears in san francisco. it's going to keep us cooler for the afternoon with breezy winds and highs in the low 70s today and then it will rebound into the low 80s. it's a big warm-up in time for friday, san francisco low 60s and windy but 70 on friday and saturday, a nice weekend ahead. >> traffic is a lert continues in oakland. >> oakland is the single sort with the slowest drive. we're looking at northbound away from us up to the top of the screen at the coliseum, you're jammed solid past high street all the way to 23rd, augmenting the typical backup because of the crash on the southbound side. south 880 at 23rd, three of your five lanes are blocked up on the center divide. still trying to find out about injuries but definitely the commute is damaged. use eastbound 580 from the bay bridge or to the bay bridge. 580 clear to the minimum its. >> we're back at 7:25 with a

live local news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. so much going on. we'll have that and weather. it is wednesday, another great day. enjoy it. good morning, breaking news -- released. three american detainees freed from north korea. returning home right now on a plane with secretary of state mike pompeo, after an overnight meeting with kim jong un. president trump's own summit with the north korean leader now set. death to america -- anti-u.s. chant inside iran. protesters burning an american flag after president trump makes good on his promise to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. >> the united states no longer makes empty threats. follow the money? an explosive allegation from stormy daniels' attorney, claiming russian money went