>> wet weather on the third day of summer, causing delays at sfo. live coverage on the conditions

and the problems. >> >> a little rain didn't stop nascar for long we are there for the last day of today's races in the north bay. >> >> nelson mandela's health deteriorates. what doctors and family is saying about the condition of the former south african president. . >> good evening, i'm ken wayne >> and i'm heather holmes. cool and cloudy weather made its way through the bay area i want to give you a live look. from our emeryville camera looking towards san francisco. >> much the same story in the south bay. here's the san jose camera. not quite as dark in the is of san francisco, but there are rain clouds out there. we have live team coverage on this unusual weather system. how much more of this rain can we expect? >> we begin with kara at sfo where passengers are seeing major delays. kara? >> reporter: the delays have been going on all day long because of this low ceiling that you see behind me. folks trying to put a little more space in between the planes for safety, but we are hearing more flights have been canceled. 47 arriving flights and 36

departing he flights have been canceled. >> visibility poor on highway 1 near pacificka >> a little uncharacteristic for summer. >> reporter: nearly everyone we saw going to the movies were bundled up. a few even had umbrellas. >> it's a little crazy. we were in the pool yesterday. >> yesterday, we were wearing shorts and shore sleeves, now, we are bundled up like the winter. >> reporter: scattered showers today, followed by more rain expected early this week will help with fire danger. >> it will make a short term difference. there will be a respite for the sun baking all of the grasses, drying out all of the trees. >> reporter: and at sf o, lines were long and passengers weary. >> 2 1/2 hours in this line, but it was all the way back there. at the very end. >> delayed, canceled again,

today, delayed from today at 1:45 to 3:10. and then they canceled that one. >> reporter: airport duty manager said a low ceiling from clouds and light rain forced airlines to cancel dozens of flights. many more arrivals and departures especially short flights along the west coast were delayed anywhere from 3-90 minutes. >> those delays are expected to go on until 1:00 tomorrow morning. let find out where the rainfall is is right now >> let's check in with our meteorologist -- a little green on radar >> a little green. lots of cloud cover, a few light showers showing up on the radar, nothing too expansive. a lot of this not reaching the ground. even if you are not covered, you can have spotty mist and

drizzle a little activity parts of the east bay, livermore, 580. tracey be as we move the maps, a little more activity around 101, this is all on the light side, but this is all just the beginning of what will be a strange weather pattern nor tomorrow and tuesday as we expand the view out here in the pacific. this is the satellite and radar loop over the past three hours. in fact, we'll go a little more and you will see more development and rain chances fairly good bet for monday and tuesday. i should say we will have waves of rain with breaks in between. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, scattered showers in parts of the north bay, north of the golden gate bridge, but still a chance for everyone across a good portion of the bay area. we'll take our forecast model at 7:00, drizzle showing up, a few light showers. and then for the overnight hours, a lot of cloud cover, early tomorrow morning. 6:00, you can see the coverage up here in the north bay. this is the best chance, but still a chance ever hery where

across the region at 6:00 and . clouds, passing rainshowers for your monday morning commute and more rain chances as we do head in tuesday, coming up more on that and a big range as far as rainfall expectations here in the bay area. >> >> you can pull up mark an the rest of the ktvu weather team live on twitter, they are posting even when we are not on the air >> new developments on the health of former president nelson mandela >> eric rasmussen with more on what doctors an the south african government are saying. >> this was scene earlier showing you earlier outside of his hospital in johannesburg where the south african president said he man dell will is doing everything possible and they are insuring he is

looked after. 94-year-old mandela entered the hospital june 8th. because of a recurring lung infection. try the era. y role in guided mandela's father asking for privacy as the family tries to come to grip grips to what could be his father's final illness. >> i would expect the world to really back off and leave us alone. >> you might remember mandela visited the bay area in 1990 shortly after his release from prison on a fund-raising tour for the african national congress. a crowd estimated 50,000 people jammed into the coliseum to hear him speak. four years later, he became the

first black president of a country with a bitter racial history. we are monitoring reports coming out of south africa and we'll have the latest on this condition tonight at 10:00. live in the newsroom, eric rasmussen, channel 2ktvu news >> family and friends of a man who went missing last month, police believe he vanished either in or around golden gate park. he is considered at risk due to a receipt brain injury. relatives want his status changed to medically disabled to increase the priority among law enforcement. they say doctors have told him he could die if he isn't found soon. new information on the deathly mini van crash in san francisco bay after week. police say there were several inside that managed to get out safely. the medical examiner identified the identity of the woman with who died.

police say she was behind the wheel when the mini van jumped the curve and plungenned into the water the cause of the accident is under investigation >> san jose man recovering from burns he suffered in a house fire. san francisco fire department got a call before 3:45 am. three people were asleep inside of the home. a man, his fiance and their child, investigators say they were awakened by the smell of smoke. >> the officer stated they smelled smoke in the house, went to check the garage, saw the garage was on fire and yelled for everyone to get out. >> flames spread from the garage, through the house and onto the roof. it took firefighters hours to get it under control. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> >> continuing -- coverage now on nascar racing into the bay

area and the roar of the engine sounded extra special today. today is the 25th anniversary of nascar taking to the road core at the sonoma race way. tens of thousands were there. kristin christian, there was a brief delay. >> >> reporter: it got off to a slow start because of rain at race time. you can see the winner of today's race. the winner of the sprint cup race took his spot right there in the winner's circle. with a rumble from the engines and a squeal from the tires, today's toyota sprint cup race got underway at sonoma race way. the three day racing festival brought out and estimated 100 thousand fans, but a little rain stalled thing aion for a few minutes an then it was on.

andre hamilton, family rooting for jenna's favorite nascar champion. >> she is cheering for danicka. we are here -- excited to spend this time together as a family. >> reporter: informal motto is think outside of the oval because of the track's twists an turns, don said he had firsthand experience with this road course. >> good track. i used to run my motorcycle down here. i love it. >> reporter: what is it about it that makes it so challenging? >> because it's a road course, challenging to all racers. >> reporter: on the track, race teams adapted to the constantly changing weather conditions. top qualifier jaime macmurray's jackman was last said his team loves coming to this challenge track. best fans in the world. this is awesome. we love coming here.

>> reporter: and your winner -- back with our live shot. he is still here in the winner's circle, posing for photographs. a big exciting day here. nascar packs up the big traveling circus, as we speak, they are packing up. hitting the road tonight, making their way toward kentucky. >> >> sure looks like fun. our ktvu sports team was following today's big race and they will have more highlights coming up. >> >> santa rosa police say a man coming to the aid of a female bartender was stabbed in a where fight. it happened last night at the wagon wheel bar. police say another customer, 52- year-old brian teager tried to intervene and the suspect stabs him three times. te, ger grabbed a paul cue and

began to hit the suspect in the head. none of the injuries sustained were life-threatening. the suspect was arrested. . cal-tran's specifications gall for galvanized steel -- according to the san francisco chronicle two other manufacturers refused to bid. one company said they weren't comfortable making the parts because they were prone to failure. cal-tran has not announced if the bridge will open up over the labor day weekend as plan planned. >> >> the supreme court rules on california's ban on same sex marriage. >> >> nsa leaker, edward snowden on the move. he left hong kong, where he is landed and where he is is expected to ask for asylum >> more drama for paula deny,

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a wildfire near yosemite that prompted evacuations an burned more than 70-acres has been contained. it began along highway 140. evacuations were lifted on thursday, but some roads remain closed and residents need identification to get into the area. crews say the fire started from an unattended camp fire and spread quickly because of dry grass and winds. >> >> a community meeting set for tomorrow to set up the closure of a pittsburgh fire station closing it's scheduled to close july 8th. another pittsburgh fire house is likely to close next january. that location has not been disclosed yet. tomorrow's meeting is set for 7:00 p.m. at pittsburgh city hall

>> investigators trying to determine what caused a crash in martinez last night that killed a 70-year-old man. it happened 10:45 on westbound highway 4. authorities say the man was driving abby saturn when for some reason, the car left the roadway. it crashed right into some bushes. there is a chain link fence before going down an embankment. investigators say the driver was wearing a seatbelt. his fame has not been released but authorities say he lived in bay point >> a driver is recovering after a 60-70-foot tree fell on her car in san jose. it happened after 7:30 near the winchester mystery house. an emergency crew responding to another call happened to see the car under tree and called for additional help. the female driver was taken to the hop, but we are told her injuries are nonlife- threatening >> new developments on nsa leaker edward snowden, today, left hong kong and flu to

moscow. he won't be there for long. elizabeth reports on where he is is expected to go next. >> reporter: escaping u.s. efforts to have him sent back home to face charges, he left hong kong for moscow. the contractor is is accused by u.s. officials of leaking information related to government programs on phone surveillance. that amounts to espionage under federal law. news he was in russia and not on american soil in and cuffs drew immediate ire from some lawmakers. >> allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways. putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the face of the united states. >> reporter: snow den plans to seek asylum in ecuador. >> latin america has shown in the past 10 years that it is really pushing forward in human rights. >> reporter: purported online

postings, snowden said president obama has allowed government surveillance programs to flowerrish instead of curtailing them like he promised as a candidate. meanwhile,nas leadership is questioning what is to stop others from doing this? hong kong claims extra dickion request from the u.s. for snowden did not meet their requirements. >> >> more details on the snowden case. today, we learned the u.s. revoked his passport and the u.s. government is asking other countries to block him from entering other countries. wiki leaks advisors accompanied him into russia and will help him get to ecuador

>> more problems for paula deen, now reports that her deal of selling cookware on qvc is is in jeopardy. they reportedly said they are reevaluating their relationship with deen. deen admitted in a recent deposition that she used racial slurs in the past. she has since publicly apologized. >> serena williams apologizing to her rival a day before they compete at wimbledon. >> i personally talked to maria at the player party incidentally and i said "i want to personally apologize to you if you are offended pie being brought into my situation." >> she apologized to maria during a news conference today for what appears to be a criticism of her and hero man's with another player. comments were made in a rolling stop article and prompted a

sharp response from sharipova. >> an air show goes on in ohio one day after a deadly plane crash. the display, today that was similar to yesterday's accident >> a week of calm in turkey ends with a violent clash between protesters on police. >> >> the body of actor james gandolfini heading to the united states. the plans now for his burial . .

anory show resumed in ohio a day after a pilot and a wing walker died in a fiery crash. crowds were back at the air show in dayton. today, it included the pyrotechnic show as you see here, there were huge flames and plumes of plaque smoke. that scene wasserly similar to yesterday's real fiery crash. the witnesses say the world war

ii airman was flying too low when it crashed into a field right in front of spectators. no one on the brown was hurt >> taliban claimed responsibility of -- a dozen gunmen wearing police uniforms shot to death. including an american. the local branch of the taliban said the deadly attack was to avenge the death of a leader killed in a may 29th u.s. drone strike other news of the world, turkey, a week of calm ended this weekend as police an anti- government demonstrators clashed on the streets of istanbul. as you can hear, officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the demonstrators. protesters say they were beaten by police with batons. violence erupted in other cities, including turkey's capital. widespread anti-government protest began late after month

when turkish police cracked down on demonstrators trying to stop the destruction of an is is stan bull park. in china, investigation is underway after a rollercoaster malfunctioned leaving 11 people stuck about 100 feet above the ground. firefighters were called to in to rescue the strand passengers, but the operations with slow going and it took two hours to get people off the rides. no injuries. >> >> vatican, pope francis spent the week encower ranking the active participation of the disabled in society. the 250 children blessed by the pope came from all over the world. catholic church said their trip to the vatican is part of a larger effort to expose them to what they call the beauty of the world. >> >> the body of james gandolfini is in transit to the united

states he collapsed and died in rome on an vacation with his teen-age son. an autopsy confirmed he suffered a massive heart attack. family members are planning a funeral in upper manhattan next thursday. >> the fate of prop now in the hands of the u.s. supreme court. we await the ruling on california's ban of same sex marriage >> unusual project and why time to see it is running out. >> >> say say it ain't so. hotel perks, the reason room service is being eliminated. goodnight.

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now to our continuing coverage on the fate of prop. the u.s. supreme court is set to decide on the constitutionality of california's ban on same sex marriage. >> debra joins us where people are anxiously awaiting the ruling. >> reporter: this is the home stretch, the last week of june as we await the supreme court rule. tremendous anticipation here in the castro. >> my life is not going to change very much. we are happy and are a couple. >> reporter: ron and mike met here at this corner. prepare to celebrate they proclaim as the ruling nears.

>> yeah, it will be fun. definitely and the weddings will start, i guess, after that. >> >> reporter: county herbs are bracing, but in fact same sex marriages would not resume for a few weeks should the high courts clear the way. and a decision this week whether for or against will bump up against san francisco's gay pride weekend. >> there will be more people. so, can't complain about that, you know? >> reporter: already pride festivities merchants know a ruling could put crowds over the top, even if prop 8 stands >> i think pride will just be pride the way it has been for years. it will be exciting if it goes our way, but we'll keep fighting. >> reporter: here's a look back at the 2008 celebrations when the california supreme court held that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to mary. now, five years later, this