elizabeth cook is at sfo with that story tonight.. >> reporter: dana, the price for a first class ticket on the lesa airline is 5 1/2 times more than the economy ticket. the airline says they are responding to customers who say they pay too much to sit next to a crying baby. baby on board? not if you're flying first class. have you ever sat next to a crying baby? >> yes, i have. it's so annoying. >> considering i have two children of my own, it's something that comes with the territory. >> ceo confirmed that babies are booted from first class. the airline received complaints from first class passengers that they spend money for first class, but can't sleep due to crying infants. >> i want to be able to enjoy my flight and not have a crying baby, you know, just try to relax. >> for leeanne, that's something to cry about. >> it makes me feel dediscriminated against. it's the way of the world. there are crying babies and you have to deal with it. >> alexander is a travel law attorney and sued malasia twice for sexual harassment. >> i ar

. >> so elizabeth cook shows us that this is not sitting well with some parents. [ screaming baby ] >> reporter: baby on board? not if you're flying first class on the malaysia airlines. have you ever sat next to a crying baby? >> a crying baby, yes, i have. it's so annoying! >> considering i have two children of my own in that position, it's something that comes with the territory. >> reporter: the ceo of the airline confirmed that babies are booted from first class. he tweeted that the airline, quote, has received complaints from first class passengers that they spend money for first class but can't sleep due to crying infants. unquote. >> wouldn't be able to enjoy my flight and i have a crying baby, you know, just had to relax. >> reporter: but for leanne who usually travels with her 2-year- old in first class, that's something to cry about. >> it makes me feel discriminated against. it's just the way of the world, you know? they are crying babies and deal with it. >> reporter: alexander anna lick is a travel law attorney and has sued malaysia airlines

elizabeth cook is at sfo tonight. h, just what is fashionable according to the airlines at 30 ,000 feet these days? >> well, u.s. airlines did issue this statement following deshawn's arrest. while u.s. airways does not have a specific dress code, we ask our customers to dress in an appropriate manner to ensure the safety and comfort of all of our passengers. so, we asked travelers at many bay area airports just what is appropriate? >> welcome aboard. >> it wasn't too long ago that people dressed up to fly. women wore dresses and their finest jewelry. men wore full suit and tie. >> traveling used to be an exotic adventure in which people used to dress up and treat it as something special. >> today, traveling is a necessity. you never know what you're going to see at the airport. >> i think everyone has a right to wear what they want and it's a freedom of expression. >> as deshawn's mom points out. >> there's nothing in the rule book that says you have to dress to board the plane. >> so what is appropriate? >> everyone

we are all pink inside. >> in san francisco, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >> and you can find a full list of pride events on our website, cbssf.com. >>> well who pays the governor's rent? not the governor. we're learning it's been that way for decades no. private contributions it turns out have paid for brown's sacramento $3,000 a month apartment. there's a nonprofit that takes donations to pay for the governor's living expenses. brown spokesperson says governors since ronald reagan tapped into that. everyone except governor brown. he was so frugal about his ceremony, he had $39,000 in contributions left over. >> he took excess funds that were left over from the inaugural fund and put them into the governor residence foundation. >> i don't see him paying for my rent. he is getting paid $165,000 a year. let him pay for his own place. >> governor brown's rent is far cheaper than the penthouse where schwarzenegger stayed. that cost about $8,000 per month. >>> the department of homeland security putting a few of its own gang experts to work at the san jose police department. officers say there h

elizabeth cook in heyward. thank you elizabeth. >>> a good samaritan trying to break up an attack on a woman was attacked by her assailant. it happened in pittsburgh at the intersection of harbor street. juliette goodrich on how it went down. >> reporter: this is the trail in pittsburgh. curfew is at 10:00 and goes until 5:00 in the morning. here's what we've learned about the recent attack. police tell us that past curfew at 10:45 at night, a woman was held against her will by three suspects. a good samaritan tried to help the woman and the suspects then told him quote, don't try to be a hero, just go home. the suspects then grabbed the good samaritan and kicked him several times and even stabbed him. and just last month, a 19-year- old pittsburgh man was shot along the trail. the victim was reportedly approached by four men on the trail. words were exchanged and the victim was shot. what happened to the trail in your mind? is it just not safe? >> yeah. i wouldn't recommend anybody walk on it. >> like so long,

elizabeth cook on niles canyon road. thank you. >>> it's a surprise move by the white house. president obama tapped into the emergency oil stockpile. he ordered the release of 30 million-barrels from the country's strategic petroleum reserve. the white house says it's trying to make up for supply disruptions from the middle east and the weakening economy. but with gas prices already falling, some republicans say the president is only playing politics. >>> a federal grand jury is now hearing testimony in an east bay police corruption case. in the meantime norman welsh, christopher butler, steven, and lewis lombardi pleaded not guilty to charges brought by local prosecutors. they face 38 criminal counts including conspiring to sell stolen drug evidence. and in an unusual twist, their lawyers say they are actually glad the fbi took over this case. >> federal conspiracy law is, you know, was designed to get some deeply embedded people in organized crime. to do that, they have some very liberal, expansive conspiracy laws. >> any federal charges would super cede the state prosecuti

elizabeth cook reports. coming up next. the state for the day, after a third employee was killed on the job in l >>> caltrans put highway maintenance work on hold after a third employee was killed on the job in less than two months. 52-year-old richard gonzalez died yesterday when a car hit him while on the job in san diego. he was picking up litter along interstate 15 at the time. well today caltrans announced a so-called safety stand down to reenforce safety procedures for workers. the agency is reminding drivers to slow down and watch for caltrans employees on the roads. >>> getting the light to change may soon become easier for bay area cyclists. sensors can detect when a car pulls up to the light. san jose secured a grant to install and try out devices that sense when a bike is at the intersection. state lawmakers passed a bill four years ago requiring these kinds of sensors when the new signals are put in. but the mercury news says the state hasn't developed guidelines on the best way to go. >> san francisco taxi driv

elizabeth cook has more from hayward. >> reporter: dana investigators say they believe they have enoughdence to conclude that michelle le was murdered. and they believe that somebody on purpose went after her. the family left the police station in tears after learning of new developments. michelle has not been seen for 11 days since leaving the parking lot of kaiser permanente in hayward. her abandoned car was found nearby. now the police returned to the home of michelle esteban, who is considered a person of interest. giselle had a falling out with her, she had been friends with her since high school. she said that michelle had an affair with her ex-husband. >> because michelle had an affair with her ex, and that was a cause of grief for her. she didn't say grief, but that is what i interpret. >> reporter: he also said that giselle told him she didn't have anything to do with michelle's disappearance. other people in the area say the police left with a few grocery bags filled with items from her apartment. police won't go into any specifics, but they do say that they have come to the c

whether or not he will be formally charged. >> elizabeth cook at s.f.o. thank you. >>> a new face at the top. the next leader of al-qaeda has been named. what we know about the man stepping in to fill osama bin laden's shoes. >>> it is a yearbook recall why anyone who holds onto it could be charged with a felony. >>> 20. 20 degrees cooler today in some neighborhoods than yesterday. now the areas that will continue to cool forever your friday with the pinpoint forecast. >>> the low cost high tech tool developed right here in the bay area. coming up next. ayman al- zawahri, who spent en's deputy, >>> osama bin laden's successor has been announced now. he spent decades as bin laden's deputy is now the terror group's new number 1. he appeared in a video last week eulogizing bin laden and calling for a worldwide muslim rebellion. he is considered the brains behind al-qaeda but intelligence officials say that he doesn't have al-qaida's organizational skills. >> he will try to keep the group cohesive, focused on its strategic goals and certainly focus on attacki

elizabeth cook on why some feel they're not part of the community. >> i just had legally my name changed, my gender changed through the court. my birth certificate i received, i'm full female now. >> it was a sea of color along the streets of san francisco as thousands of transgendered men and women march from delores park to city hall. >> i'm trying to put the t in front of the lgb. >> this is like one of the biggest gathering of transgender people like anywhere in the world i think. so it's pretty magical. >> i came out a year ago and so it's very important to see as many of us as possible. >> they marched to show other transgendered people they are not alone. >> especially younger people, you know, because they have a better chance. me, i had to wait until i was old. >> i feel that this day is a part of something that will give me more strength to carry on. >> this parade kicks off a series of lgb pride events this weekend. although many of the people we spoke with today feel that transgendered people are marginalized within the community. >> invisible compared to the gay and lesbian

elizabeth cook on why religious leaders are outraged. >> reporter: you've heard of batman, spiderman of course superman. now a new super hero has joined the league of comic book heroes. foreskin man. he is blond, buff and handsome. his mission is not so typical. saving baby boys from circumcision by battling the villain did you observed as the monster moyle. in the jewish community a moyle is the person trained to perform circumcisions. >> this was a very dramatic way to look at it from the other side of the knife, so to speak, than the person who is actually receiving the surgery. >> reporter: lloyd is the man behind the ballot measure to outlaw male circumcision in san francisco. he says the it reflects the trauma baby experiences when he is circumcised. >> when you come from the standpoint of the person who is having their genitals cut intent it doesn't matter. and the pain and the dissfigurement does. >> it doesn't make it right. >> reporter: nancy from the anti-defamation league feels the comic is anti-sematic. >> they show stereotypical orthodox jews as evil in their facial fea

elizabeth cook shows us what started as a flight back to school ended up with the guy in handcuffs. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after deshawn spoke at the funeral for his best friend high school football star david henderson who was shot last month deshawn finds himself behind bars. after donna doyle dropped off her son at s.f.o. she got a frantic phone call. >> i'm in a police car and i'm going down the freeway. for what? why? they said they arrested me because i wouldn't pull up my pants. >> reporter: police escorted him off a u.s. airways flight because he refused a flight attendants request to pull his pants up so no one could see his underwear. >> they told him to step off the plane and he refused. and that's where everything just kind of got blown out of proportion. >> reporter: the crew ordered everyone off the plane. but police say when deshawn got off he refused to be put in handcuffs. a scuffle ensued and an officer twisted his knee. deshawn was handcuffed and restrained. >> had he pulled up his hands when the lady said pull them up i probably wouldn't be talking to you.

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elizabeth cook has details. >> reporter: this is the same contract they agreed to but the bus drivers and train operators voted down. it went to arbitration and he says the contract stands. this is what the workers were up set about, the use of part time drivers and train operators, no more raises and tougher disciplinary procedures. they may strike over the new contract but the sense i get tonight is that they are not going strike for now but that doesn't mean some won't stage sickouts or slow down. >> we want respect for the work we do in the city and we want to basically be in a position to do our jobs without people looking over hour shoulders. >> reporter: the agreement will save more than $41 million over three years. even with the contract the average driver will still make $109,000 a year and that includes benefits. >> thank you. >>> and now this from muni. another operator caught breaking the rules. one of our viewers posted this on youtube of a driver smoking on a train. we contacted muni, the agency told us it has a strike no smoking policy and it will issue a reminder to d

elizabeth cook on the baby ban that might not fly here in the u.s. the price of a first class ticket is 5 1/2 times more than the cost of an economy ticket. now the airline says they are responding to customer complaints who say they pay just too much to sit next to a crying baby. baby on board? not if you're flying first class. have you ever sat next to a crying baby? >> yes, i have. it's so annoying. >> considering i have two children of my own, it's something that comes with the territory. >> ceo confirmed babies are booted from first class. he tweeted the airline received complaints from first class passengers that they spend money for first class, but can't sleep due to crying infants. >> i want to be able to enjoy my flight and not have a crying baby, you know, just sort of relax. >> but leeanne who usually travels with her two-year-old in first class, that's something to cry about. >> it's the way of the world, there are crying babies and you have to deal with it. >> alexander is a travel law attorney and has sued malasia airlines twice for sex

i'm elizabeth cook. and i'm ken bastida. about a third of the 100,000 u-s troops in afghanistan right now, will soon be coming home.. that declaration from the president tonight, as he announced the beginning of the effort to wind down don knapp shows us [ no audio ] [ no audio ] >> end of the war in afghanistan ordered the withdrawal of 30,000 troops by the ends of next summer. 10,000 of them by the ends of this year. the drawdown equals the 30,000 troops be ordered to afghanistan for the surge of 2009. >> when i announced the surge at west point we refocused objectives and trained afghanistan to retrain their soldiers. >> it has cost $44 billion claiming the lives of 1500 service men and women and estimated 8000 afghan civilians. the president did thought say mission accomplished but said the united states was fulfilling its commitment. >> our mission will change from combat to support. by 2014 this process of transition will be complete. and the afghan people will be responsible for their own security. >> reporter: cbs5 m

. >> i'm elizabeth cook.he fbi has nabbed one of its ten most wanted. >> a mob boss on the run for 16 year its, the feds finally caught james bulger. he played a role in 19 murders. he was the inspiration for the departed. the bust came from a tipster who saw a campaign that the feds just launched. >> these photographs are from the early 90s. she wanted for harboring james bulger, a fugitive on the ten most wanted list. >> reporter: the campaign was focused on his girlfriend. the adds ran during the daytime in cities where the couple was believed to have linked. he led the violent winter hill gang a largely irish mob that ran in the boston area. he. he also ratted out rivals to the fbi. he fled poston in 1995 when he got a tip that he was about to be indicted. the feds were offering a two million dollar reward for information leading to his arrest. he is expected to be in court tomorrow. >> and the other big news, tens of thousands of troops in afghanistan will soon becoming home. the president went on nation

elizabeth cook has the skinny on fatter paychecks. >> it's not a number most of us want to talk about. our weight. it seems we are either trying to lose it or gain it. but now a new study shows it doesn't just affect how we look, pounds can impact our paycheck. >> all the way in. all the way out. >> folks with boot camp sf stay fit and trim for more than just the health benefit. >> you only have one chance to make a first impression. >> the journal of applied sky cooling said skinny women take home more money than their overweight couldn't parts. men made more money if they were overweight. the study shows skinny women took home an additional $15,572 a year and skinny men took home $8,437 less. >> what do you think about this study that overweight men actually make more money than a skinnier guy, do you think that's true? >> well, i think they probably spend more time at work and less time working out. so that would help their career a bit. >> everybody is feeling pressure to change their body and feeling intense reward or punishment based on that. >> maryland calls herself a fat acti

i'm elizabeth cook. >> they gave their lives to protect the public and tonight they are in their final resting places. two san francisco firefighters remembered as friends, brothers, and role models as thousands today paid their respects. sharon shows us the city's biggest funeral of its kind in decade. sharon. >> tonight they are buried side by side earlier today they were remembered as heros. in flag draped caskets, lieutenant vincent perez and tony valerio -- say good-bye to the men who died last week battling a house fire. >> tony and vinnie died together and they will be buried together. >> winston churchhill said we make a living by what we get. we make a life by what we give. vince and tony gave it all and for that we will be e tenderly grateful. >> committed to public service. >> my brother vinnie died doing what made him come hay live. he got a great deal of joy and fulfillment from being a man of service. >> to my brother, now you are free. i will see you again, but not yet. not yet. >> valerio, the friendly world traveler, athlete, and urban chicken farmer with a sense of hu

elizabeth cook on what happened when he said no. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after deshawn spoke at funeral of his best friend, david henderson who has shot last night he found himself in jail. after donna doyle dropped off her son so he could fly back to college she got a call. >> i'm going down the freeway in the police car. why? he said she -- they arrested me because i wouldn't pull up my pants. >> reporter: police escorted him off a flight because he refused a request to pull his pants up so nobody could see his underwear. >> where they told him to step off the plane and he wouldn't. that -- that's when it a blew up. >> reporter: the crew order everybody off the plane but when deshawn got off he wouldn't be put in handcuffs. a fight ensued and an officer twisted his knee. deshawn was handcuffed restrained. >> he pulled up his pants when the lady said pull them up i probably wouldn't be talking to you, the sagging of the pants. i don't like it and my sons know it. >> we should be able to come anywhere as we as long as we isn't disrespectful. >> reporter: deshawn has a full sc

elizabeth cook on who is getting the fatter check. >> it's not a number most of us want to talk aboutr weight. it seems we are either trying to lose it or gain it. but now a new study shows it doesn't just affect how we look, pounds can now impact our paycheck. >> all the way in. all the way out. >> folks with boot camp sf stay fit and trim for more than just the health benefits. >> you only have one chance to make a first impression. >> found that skinny women take home more money than their overweight counterparts. however, men made more money if they were overweight and less money if they were underweight. how much more? the study shows skinny women took home an additional $15,572 a year and skinny men took home $8.437 less. >> what do you think about this study that overweight men actually make more money than a skin year guy. do you think that's true? >> well, i think they spend more time at work and less time working out, so that would help their career a bit. >> everybody is feeling pressure to change their body and feeling infence reward or punishment based on that. >> marilyn

elizabeth cook shows us the real winner in the battle of the bulge. >>> reporter: it's not a number mostf us want to talk about our weight. it seems we are either trying to lose it or gain it. but now a new study shows it doesn't just affect how we look. pounds can now impact our paychecks. >> all the way in... all the way out. >> reporter: folks with boot camp sf stay fit and trim for more than just the health benefits. >> you only have one chance to make a first impression. >> reporter: skinny women take home more money than their average or overweight counterparts. but men made more money if they were overweight and less money if they were underweight. how much more? the study shows skinny women took home an additional$15,572 a year and skinny men took home $8,437 less. what do you think about this study, that overweight men actually make more money than, say, a skinnier guy. do you think that's true? >> well, i think they probably spend more time at work and less time working out. so that would help their career a bit. >> everybody is feeling pressure to change their bodies and feeli

elizabeth cook on what is being said. >> reporter: suspect number one, giovanni ramirez on his way toecond lie detector test. >> i'm sure this is going to disappoint everybody but this is our agreement with los angeles police and the da, we aren't going to announce them. >> reporter: the attorney and da agreed the results won't be released, with very only been told was that ramirez was calm and confident during the test. >> you can tell us without give away the store how did he do? >> that would be giving away the store. >> reporter: ramirez may be connected to a shooting in henderson nevada two months before brian stow's beating. he is listed as the suspect with a y but with the same birthday and description as the ramirez in a los angeles jail cell. the report said ramirez and another man went to this home in henderson and shot a man several times in revenge for the death of ramirez's daughter. >> complicated case and this ramirez has a complicated life. >> reporter: ramirez's attorneys are only focusing on the brian stow case. >> nobody wants to ever really wants to prosecute someb

as elizabeth cook calls us it is the villain causing an uproar. >> reporter: you've heard of supermanan and of course others. foreskin man. his mission not so typical. saving baby boys from circumcision. in the jewish community the person that is trained to perform circumcisions. >> other way to look at it on the other side of the knife so to speak, from the person actually receiving the surgery. >> reporter: he is behind the measure to outlaw male circumcision in san francisco. he says it depicts the trauma a baby experiences when he is who has had a circumcision. >> having their genitals cut. >> doesn't make it right. >> reporter: antidefamiliaration league feels the comic is antisemattic. >> orthodox jews as evil in their facial features. as blood thirsty. as determined to try to do harm to this innocent child. >> reporter: she feels the most offensive part of the comic is the monster moyle character. >> couple of fingers in the panels look to sort of have claws on them. there is even spitlle spittle coming out of their mouths. >> reporter: but criticses say that's what they are do

elizabeth cook shows us what's noticeably absent from that proposal. >> reporter: what a difference 11 days make. after vetoing the budget, governor brown said yes to a plan democrats say will help close a $9.6 billion budget gap. >> it's a good budget but it's not the budget i started within january and the democratic leadership wanted and that was a budget that had revenue. >> reporter: brown had a change of heart after he realized he didn't have the four republican votes for tax extensions and the state was on track to receive an uptick in tax revenues. >> revenues are up $4 billion so far this year. that's actual money in hand over and above what we thought. going forward, we do expect more revenues in the budget year coming up, but in case we're over optimistic, we have severe tiger cuts that will be triggered and go into effect. >> reporter: those cuts could impact public schools, higher education, prisons, and in-home care for elderly and disabled people. >> the one thing noticeably absent from the budget, tax hikes. a small victory for republican connie conway. >> we are protec

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. the raw chilling emotion of a grieg mother poured out this afternoon after police arrested a teen suspected of killing her baby boy. the gunman opened fire on a family driving home from a baby shower on wisteria drive in east palo alto yesterday. len ramirez on the terror, tears and breakthrough in the case. >> reporter: east palo alto police say they brought in every last officer available to investigate the case and several officers in the case. it resulted in the arrest of a 17 and 16-year-old suspect. officers admit they were emotionally affected by the case because of the victim. hobbled by gunshot ruined and crushed by the loss of her baby, yvonne garcia lopez came to a news conference to say she is thankful for one thing. >> really grateful to all the people who have helped for the apprehension of the perpetrators and i'm so grateful for the police department, everyone that has helped for the capture of these people. -- that killed my baby. [ crying ] >> reporter: early this mo

elizabeth cook shows us what's noticeably absent from the new proposal. >> reporter: what a difference1 days makes. after vetoing the budget on june 16th, governor brown said yes to a plan democrats say will help close a $9.6 billion budget gap. >> it's a good budget but it's not the budget that i started within january and the democratic leadership wanted, and that was a budget that had revenue. >> reporter: brown had a change of heart after he realized he didn't have the four republican votes for a tax extension and the state was on track to receive an uptick in tax revenues. >> revenues actually are up $4 billion so far this year. that's actual money in hand over and above what we thought. now, going forward, we do expect more revenues in the budget year coming up, with but in case we're over optimistic, we have severe triggered cuts that would be triggered and go into effect. >> reporter: those cuts could impact public schools, higher education, prisons, and in-home care for elderly and disabled people. the one thing noticeably absent from the budget: tax hikes. a small victory for

. >> reporter: the matter goes before a judge wednesday and elizabeth cook will be there to let us knows. >>> michelle obama was in south africa, she arrived in the city of pretoria for the start of a week-long trip. her focus, youth leadership and education, she also plans to meet with key players in the antiapartheid struggle. she is traveling with her two daughters, sascha, maleah, and other family members as well. other family members as well. this is the first lady's ,,,,,,, brought to you in part by your honda dealer, see and discover the great values now being offered. >>> it is the last evening in spring of this year. officially, tomorrow, summer arrives and, with it, we're going to be seeing some summertime heat. officially at 10:16 is our summer solstice. tonight people are out and about north bay after highs 65 degrees for the coolest in pacifica to 98 trees in livermore. mid-90s in san jose, up from the mid-90s, tomorrow morning as you get ready to head out the door grab your sun gas glasses and brace yourself for the hottest day of the workweek. with the heat on the flipsid

. >> that was elizabeth cook doing situps there. [ laughter ] >> a little reporter involvement there. >> and it's not just about the pay apparently. the study also says average weight people are seeing as more able to get things accomplished and influence others. guy on the left there is going to make a ton of dough. >> i was reading for men it's not just about regular weight. it's about muscular weight. >> o >> you can't just eat a bunch of doe nuts and think you're going to make money. >> i'm long and lean. i guess i'm in trouble jewel be okay. >>> actress natalie portman is a new mom. "people" magazine reports she just had a baby boy. the academy award winner met her fiance choreographer during the making of the "black swan." they announced in december that they were expecting a baby. so far, though, no word on a name. is it. >> they will probably go off the wall. most of the actresses do. >> apple. >> first one that came to mind. >>> 4:56. from banning circumcision to outlawing pets. the bay area city that's now going after goldfish. >>> and the man and his wife were robbed coming

elizabeth cook has some late details. >> ken, this is the same contract that management and the unionders agreed to but the rank and file bus drivers and train operators voted down saying it just was not good enough. because a voter approved composition g it went to arbitration and that arbitrator says the contract stands, this is what the workers were upset about. the use of part-time drivers and train operators, no more guaranteed paid raises like before and potentially tougher disciplinary procedures. so now the question, what will the workers do? now there was talk last week they might strike over this contract but the sense i get from talking with many of the workers tonight is that they are not going to strike for now. but that doesn't mean some drivers won't stage slow-downs or sick outs. >> all we said is we want respect for the work we do in this city and we want to basically be in a position to do our jobs without people looking over our shoulder, treating us like children. >> the city says the agreement will save more than $41 million over the next three years. now even wit

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good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin.g to go straight to chopper 5 pictures now where after a long emotional day, the miles-long funeral procession has made its way southward from san francisco to

. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >> of course san francisco voters will get the chance to make theiron the male circumcision this november. supporters are not shying away from controversy, especially if it helps keep their cause in the headlines. >>> defense secretary robert gates in afghanistan now, on a surprise visit. he's meeting with marines and soldiers, also planning to hold talks with president hamid karzai. the afghan leader has been vocal lately about civilian deaths by airstrikes. he promised wider u.s. military presence in asia. this is gates' last overseas trip before stepping down from his post on june 30. >>> around here, top story certainly the weather. the rain came down all night and it's going to continue all day. >> looks like on and off through the weekend, as we are looking at a very atypical, active, wet pattern for the bay. cloudy, wet and cool right on through the weekend. i'll have all the soggy details, coming up for you in just a few minutes. >>> check out that live camera outside, awfully gray. >>> we'll be talking live with the organizers behind the aids

here's elizabeth with traffic. >> we're cooking at 99. i like it. all right, thank you, erika.. just checked, everything continues to run on time for bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain. now to the roads. the roads are doing well this morning, too. we have not seen many problems since we got on the air at 34:30 -- at 4:30 this morning. live conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza, nice into the city. they should have wrapped up that lower deck roadwork here or they should be wrapping it up here right now. san mateo bridge westbound 92 in the commute direction, you will notice -- i'll get out of the way -- 13 minutes is your drive time from 880 towards 101. now, heading towards hayward off the high-rise, traffic looks good in those eastbound lanes, as well. the nimitz 880 through oakland, this camera is right there by the coliseum. by the way, the as take on florida later on tonight. 7:05 is game time. so you may find a little extra crowded conditions later on this evening. for right now, though, north- and southbound traffic, headlights are moving southbound toward hayward, nice