. >>> also -- >> i'm laurence scott in san francisco at the america's cup where it was a wild day own the water. the kiwis really showing their stuff. we got a report for you coming up in just a bit. >>> and we saw a pretty nice finish to the weekend in terms of our weather today, still near 90 degrees, warmer spots, inland, 61, san francisco. turning breezy outside right now the seabreeze ramping up, but what we are really watching here is subtropical moisture that could bring a chance of some rare july showers our way. a look that the in the forecast when we come right back. >>> san francisco firefighters worked on their skills today, practicing fighting a large-scale fire in a high rise building two drills, one in the morning and in the afternoon, were conducted on kearney in downtown san francisco today. officials say a high-rise fire is much different than a residential fire because of the multiple people to evacuate as well as transporting equipment. >> it is as close to the real deal as possible. we are grateful to the building owners and management association to use this buil

here's today in the bay's laurence scott. >> the summer of racing is officially off and running withthe first head-to-head match race of the louis vuitton race in the cup. matching up with the luna rosa team. and here at the start, it's important to start there's. no doubt the starts of the match races on the bay will be critical all summer long, and the kiwis with a masterful start, emirates team new zealand dean barker leading his team to an early lead that would hold up for the entirety of the race. >> they start to develop under different parts of the playbook and more that we can get out of it, keep developing and learn what the different options are with each boat. >> that lead would grow with speed measured in knotts. 1.15 miles an hour. a run crested to a sizable lead that luna rossa could not overcome. >> i think the kiwis are the class act right now, you know. >> emirate team new zealand takes the win. >> when it was all said and done, it was a dominant win for the kiwis. one more point in the standings in the bag while coming in over five minutes ahead of the italians, onl

i'm laurence scott at the america's cup. >>> we'll get to weather in a moment. >> a bay area moment is about to be awarded the medal of honor. his father talks to us about his son's heroic acts during a six-hour stand-off in afghanistan. >>> a bay area man just found out he's going to receive the medal of honor. ty carter will be honored at the white house next month for his decisions during one of the most intensifier fights in afghanistan. his father spoke to nbc bay area from ante og. janelle huang has the story. >> this is just unreal. very enjoy abable. i'm so proud i can hardly stand it. >> ty's father can't be more proud of his son, and more grateful he's alive. on october 3rd, 2009, a battle in northeastern afghanistan. 300 insurgents attacked the army post. carter runs for cover in a humvee. >> my son was apparently in one of those, to roll down the window when you see insurgents. he rolls down the window, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. it hit the bulletproof glass, where he had just been shooting at, so he described it as they were well funded, well trained. >> during the firefight

laurence scott joins us from pier 23 in san francisco with the latest. hello, lawrence. >> it's windy out here today. so windy, in fact, that there was a brief moment where they thought the races wouldn't go. it's a good thing they did. our first head to head racing. if you think this should have taken place last weekend, but the italians were protesting, and perhaps instead of protesting they should have been practicing a little more. it really showed today. >> the summer of racing is officially off and running. emirates team new zealand matching up on the bay with the italian luna rosa team. here at the very start, it's important to note that there's no doubt. the starts of these match races will be critical all summer long. and the key leads with the masterful start. dean barker leading his crew to the early lead that would hold up through the entirety of the race. >> team new zealand takes the win. >> when it was all said and done, it was a dominant win for the key wes. coming in over 5 minutes ahead of the italians, it's only the start of what's to

laurence scott has the latest from america's cup. >> with their next two ventures out on the bay set to be against the emirates team and new zealand they've used time on the race course to work. >> you have so much power that you can manage. it's about managing that. and having good systems at work to be able to stay on the bay. >> watching the ac-72s fly on the water is one of the atractions. tucker thompson explains how the foiling is the fuel of the competitions to come. >> effectively, what the foils are, very much like a water ski, when you get towed behind a motorboat they go slow. when you increase speed, you will lift up and start moving on the water. >> it's expected to be a couple days before what will be a much followed entry into the louis vuitton challenger series we're seeing on the race course. >> with artemis soon to join the racing, sunday and tuesday are both scheduled match racing days with the italian luna rosa team and team new zealand going head to head. we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> a gorgeous day in san francisco. let's check in with rob mayeda w

. >> laurence scott has more on how the full day went in san francisco. >> reporter: many promising developments on the america's cup racecourse heading into what will be the fourth weekend of louie vuitton action on the bay. for starters, the swedish team on for practice. as artemis targets august 6th for their entry to the competition, luna rossa's skipper -- >> it was a good day. obviously our goal is to close the gap between us and new zealand. we'll be the next team to try to be in the semi finals. >> reporter: and the triumph for return at artemis racing is impressive on a variety of fronts. launching big blue, their second boat. >> i don't think i could put it on a scale of one to ten, but the fact that we've got the boat on the water and we're happy with how it was flying. >> reporter: all the while, the defenders of the cup, oracle crew member -- >> as a defender, you're always watching the on circumstance seeing how they're progressing. and i think, too, at the moment, we're just starting to come into our race action. we've been in that mode for a long time. >> reporter: so the defende