for mass production is starting prices under $50,000 after a federal tax credit. >>> ready for racing nascar fans during up for a big weekend in racing up the cinema raceway as nascar takes over the wine country. >>> things are ramping up here in sonoma. the no. 17 car the name of a lot of folks are familiar with big- time nascar driver and its big- time racing here this weekend as 100,000 people are going to pack the race with to catch a glimpse of really good nascar racing. and this is a road course for the first time this season is cars are going to drive to the right. up close and down those of course is challenged even some of the greatest drivers of all time but some do really well here. jeff gordon winning five times and they think he could be a very likely pick to win the race this weekend and the weather is supposed to be exceptionally good it despite the cloud cover keeping the track cold and drivers like that. officials said tickets are still available and have family pricing as well and when you come here often you can do a lot closer than you might imagine so great family event

nascar sprint cup series events. >> he is a big racecar fan. he likes kyle busch. so we love to come out and camp and enjoy the raceeporter: they are amongst the more than 100,000 expected at the raceway this weekend in sonoma. >> nascar sprint cup racing is our spirit piece and we'll have everybody from dale earnhardt, jr., tony stewart, jeff gordon out on track, but we have food trucks and a ferris wheel and all kinds of fun activities for folks. >> reporter: in the field was a 19-year-old driver from hayward, jessica brunelli. >> it's one of my favorrity tracks. >> reporter: she was the only woman in saturday's nascar proseries west race. she finished 12th. >> i was always the only girl, but i'm appreciative i haven't really been treated differently. >> reporter: her season is now over, but tomorrow she will get to watch from the stands and take in all the action on the racecourse. in sonoma, carra lew, ktvu channel 2 news. >> . >> a death investigation at the beverly hilton hotel and the circumstances surprising the death of two people before the start of the daytime emmys. of a rescue mix in china and what tri

nascar back in town. should be exciting stuff. road race specialist barely beat five time winner jeff gordon for the pole position in the 350. finished 13th in each of the last two sprint cup races, this time aj is driving the number two dodge or the penske team. it's the same car that rolled to victory last year. he knows what it takes to win on this ten turn course. >> for 90 laps it's just all about trying to make the least amount of mistakes as possible and becaused track is so important when it comes to track position if you can be up front you can keep the car clean and it's once you get back in the on back range everybody is gouging each other. it's a fun place to race but it's really about trying to attack in the racetrack at the right time but being conservative. >> this race car won this race last year so i feel like we will have a good chance to run up front. >> germany has been bailing out greece during it's financial crisis but in today's cup quarter final the germans sent the greek itself to soccer bankrupt is he. they tried t

nascar this weekend. before this weekend's big race, nascar officials announced today in san francisco that they're teaming up with bay area base hewlett-packard to try to involve the fan base just a little bit more. the racing organization plans to work with hp to launch what they're calling a fan and media engagement center in charlotte, north carolina. the center will be staffed 18 hours a day with people searching the web for fan feedback and media reports. that information would then be given to the race teams so they can better interact with fans. >> it's another step in the evolution of technology innovation. and allows us to have a place where we can hear what fans are saying, and also monitor what the media is saying, and react to it. >> the center is scheduled to open in october. >>> tens of thousands are expected at that nascar race in sonoma, and 1 million people are expected for pride weekend in san francisco. how will the weather hold up. >> going to be crowded. let's check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> looks like we got the worst of the wild and wacky weather out of the way fo

race. only one of two road courses on the nascar schedule drivers tried to navigate tighter turns. something has to get >>> most of the wrecks happen from people being idiots. you cannot be the guy who run 17th and expect to go in the past six rows of cars and that's what happens every year. >>> whenever you have a restart somebody does something silly. know where you connect up that much ground. >>> has are trying to be patient and do the right thing and the guys try to take advantage and a geyser in bad spots. >>> if a dead wrote courses every week will agree to disagree. >>> which brings as to the nationwide in wisconsin. danica patrick, no. 7 gets a kiss and she is he knocked out and finishes 12. let's look out at the a's and giants game in oakland. the a's lead 4-tune in a fifth para a ground ball to brendan phillips and with as perrin's gets his man reds over minnesota and 6-0. to soccer and the euro cup in spain looking at their first major win against france. france and white, no defense in the 19th minute first goal of the match. spain winds 2-0. a hot shot up and coming d

. >> rick: in sports, bay area native is getting revved up for the big nascar race in sonoma, and after losing a tough one the giants last night, the a's are >> alan: an 11-year-old florida boy kept his cool when three people broke into his home while he was alone. he called 9-1-1. >> what did they yell? >> i don't know. i'm in any room. i'm under my bed. >> do you know how they got in the house? >> the breck the glass. >> the thieves tossed a hammer through the window, they ransacked the house, taking jewelry and tearing up the boy's school certificates, police arrived and pull the boy and his dog to safety. three teens were soon taken into custody and all of the jewelry was recovered. >> ama: wow, scary. a new study finds gastric bypass surgery will reverse diabetes but the disease returns within three to five years. researchers examined the records of 72 obese people. they had type 2 diabetes and underwent a bypass proceed hugh. and the sooner the obese people with diabetes, the better. >> fertility drugs could affect height of children. there's a difference of height among children

when his first nascar race in four years sony comes here next weekend they'll will be the defending nascar winner. let's hear from the champion >>> the galt leader board looks like this: tiger woods not good today. will be the opening hole. he finishes eight over. jim furyk is the leader web simpson is the clubhouse later at you guys have tide and fighting for the championship. tiger woods not a factor today. can i tell you about the giants? felix hernandez the mariners' ace and he struggled he is not won since may. sam case for tim lincecum parent angel pagan delivers the to base it. one-zero san francisco. madison bumgarner are allowed three hits but the double and sets up a sacrifice fly. same-store, bases loaded top of the ninth, tom wilkinson strikes out. with two out nate schierholtz grounds out. stranding three runners. a liner to left kerberos throw and scores to give seattle the 2-1 victory. seattle goes to los angeles to play the angels. the linemen and throws out the first pitch with his daughter and his other armed. brandon phillips and fields and an flips the ball to start a d

. >>> and road rage can happen, you don't wanna be on the wrong end of a nascar race part of the gameted during sunday's cup race in sonoma. this is tony stewart's view and he was pushed into law during last year's save marts 350, road rage is becoming common in the race, this is one of two road courses on the nascar schedule they will navigate tighter turns and drivers can get annoyed. >>> most of iraq's that happen from people being idiots you cannot be the guy who ran 17th all day and expect you're going to pass six rows of cars and that happens here every year >>> everytime you have a restart >>> somebody does something silly he will not make up that much ground. >>> pastor trying to be patient and do the right thing of the guys try to take advantage. >>> marcos ambrose have the pole the save mart 350 gets under way at noon. how is your san jose earthquakes the save mart 350 gets under way at no[ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's

to be looking at big events at the request of sonoma, it is this a marc klaas with a 353 of the nascar race always draws big crowds of the north bay. plan on a wine country excursions, for fear for extra heavy traffic. a lot of traffic will be coming from the sacramento lee did, from the area northeast of the place life. remember, as we talked about, to get to the events in sentences, bart is a great oxen. >>vicki: a sunny day around the bay area. this is a live from san francisco earlier today. much improved from yesterday's fall into a light rain. >>brian: it is looking good for tomorrow. clouds early on. as with all morning, the sunshine will be out ears. >>brian: this system stays in place the next few days. sunday-tuesday before it finally the cards to the east. in that time, temperatures will remain below average for the bay. as far as the fog goes for tomorrow morning, we will have it early on. 7:00 a.m. in the northeast and around the bay with fog and low cloudiness. it is forecasting for it quickly. by 9:00 a.m. it is out of year. you will see some of the crowded is clearing at the

bay area nascar fans are in for a treat this weekend as the toyota savemart 350 invades sonoma raceway. before racingth the big boys, most of these professional drivers got their start on the miniature circuit. damon andrews has more. >> reporter: before nascar drivers like jeff gordon and jimmie johnson ever dreamed of hitting sonoma raceway on the sprint cup series, they began their need for speed driving an inch off the ground in a high-tech cart. >> it's just as action packed as being on the big track in a nascar race car. >> i grew up racing with a.j. allmendinger, mamo gidly, michael mcdowell, a lot of big-name drivers who now, you know, make a career for themselves as racing professional cars. >> reporter: gives beginners their first real taste of racing offer classes from those ages 7 to 70 and graduates move on to the red line oil carting series that showcases nine races in a season for those with an eye on a much bigger prize. >> it's a very competitive form of racing, it's some of the most pure racing that you'll see. so, it's not really about spending years at it to get really good. it's

try it racing is offering a 51% discount on the nascar racing experience. $29 will get you the ride package. you'll have five laps at top racing speed. the closest track is the old dominion speedway in manassas. two other race packages also available and you can find this deal on gilt city. how about 58% off a one-hour massage at antonio grandez massage therapy in bethesda. this is a $42 deal and can be found on google offers. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> the u.s. antidoping agency plans to bring formal charges against retired cyclist lance armstrong. armstrong won the tour de france a record breaking seven times but he has been facing ak saixes of using -- accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. now the antidoping agency says it has uncovered new evidence against armstrong. showing that he used a variety of substances from 1996 through 2004. agency officials say ten former teammates testified against armstrong. >> really no difference between

with rain on the way, could see some impact out in sonoma for the big nascar race friday through sunday. check the forecast closely because rain on the racetrack is not good. we will not get into the 90s and eliminate the triple digits the next 15 days. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> coming up, raising taxes on the state's wealthiest people. the governor's proposal to fix the state's budget passes a key hurdle. >>> police on the scene accident where a person has been killed at a bus stop. they were hit and killed by an out of control driver. it happened at the corner of california and esqualla between shore line and san antonio. we are told the drive of the car ran off the road and into a person standing at a bus shelter. the person hit died at the scene. the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. there are streets closed in that area as a result of continuing police investigation and we are told they will be closed for several hours. >>> three tax measures have qualified for the november ballot including one led by governor jerry brown. his initiative would hike the

nascar's up and comers. she is 19 years old. caxias straight out of hayward. she racesent saturday at the incident. she will be the only female in the race. she has been competing since she was 7 years old. we asked her if it is tough as a young female when all your competition is man. >> i have met some amazing people racing. they are almost all the meat. i did not think i have felt any discrimination. they have taken me seriously because i can prove that i can drive. >>gary: what made you know this is what you wanted to do? >> i did not know right away. when i turned 12, when it was my last year in go-karts my dad asked me if i wanted to keep going. >>gary: your dad was a razor as well? >> yes. i have now passed up my dad. >>gary: de have a live away from the track? the dateless >>mark: absolutely have a life away from the track. i do a lot besides raising. we go boating, i snow ski, i have a ton of friends that have been really supportive of my racing even with the move to north carolina and coming back. when i came back i definitely felt like i had a lot of amazing

. >>> fans flocked to the nascar race. >> first off, it's extremely competitive. >> it's the only event on the nascar circuit that comes to northern california. so the fans come out for their only chance to see live nascar racing in the bay area. >>> 7:48. pixar's first princess is absolute royalty at the box office. "brave" is the story of a feisty scottish and took in $66 million. that catapulted it in the top top. >>> an east bay man is the winner of a $2 million lottery jackpot thanks to a second chance drawing. hugh lieu did not win the first time and resubmitted. this will be paid out for $100,000 annuity. >>> ten minutes before 8:00. don't be cooled police in fairfield say some tickets are fakes. we'll tell -- we'll tell you what to watch out for. >>> you will hear from the northern california man whose sailboat man. >>> a waterspout captured on camera as it was forming off florida's coast of the all of this as tropical storm debby triggered tropical tornadoes in central florida. forecasters are still not sure where debie will go next -- debby will go next. >>> max young is now h

into sonoma, the nascar races happening this friday, saturday and sunday.nst the coast, we deal with 60s. on the three of day forecast, it stays on the mild side to this upcoming weekend. by friday, showers to the north. in a could bring a sprinkle into the north bay. as we head throughout saturday and sunday, we'll stay with mid-70s. and we start to warm up next tuesday and also wednesday. it's fair time, raj. >> so much fun. you're going to love the pig races. >> i name one after you. one after jessica. >> and i won. >> that was my pig. >> conveniently changed the ending to that story, isn't i? >>> let's transition to this picture. one of the bay area's most popular fund raisers of the year, our own nbc colleagues. we're happy to help. at the a's game for the annual root beer float day. >> i have done it. >> we scoop ice cream for the root beer floats. thousands of fans show up. the a's raise $24,000 for juvenile diabetes research. >>> up next, a song by grammy awardwi er, adele, they have saved a young girl's life. >>> she was in deep sleep after a coma,

it's not going to change too much as we head throughout saturday and sunday, even for the sonoma nascar raceoming our way this upcoming weekend. all right. there's that prize seven-day forecast. it's been like a roller coaster ride. temperatures going from the 90s yesterday all the way down to the 60s and low 70s today. we're going to keep in that trend through this weekend. there's even a slight chance we'll see a shower north of santa rosa as we head into the upcoming week. that's the very latest down here from the alameda county fair, celebratinge ining 100 years th. are you all ready to have some fun out here? >> the man club right there. >> they're excited. >> how can you not have fun. >> i know. thanks so much. >> thanks, jeff. >>> the best places to work in the bay area, next. >>> nbc is a good place, but apparently there are better places to work in the bay area. today in a ceremony put on by the bay area news groups, pet companies, universities and nonprofits were all honored as the best places to work in the bay area. among the winners? tivo, vm ware and stanford university. many o

. >> that nascar race. they get a lot of people up there for that. >> they do. it's the one stop, they fill that place all long the hillside and that's coming up this weekend. >> want to hear more from fred about that ride. thank you. >> thank you. >> we are live where flames have gutted a home, firefighters at the scene say they will be there all night john. >> we have a news crew and will bring you the latest at ten. thank you for trusting us. >> this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪

then for sonoma the nascar race is this saturday and sunday. we'll look at temperatures topping out in the mid 70s and not expecting any rin. but we will have that fog to start off. and as we head throughout monday of next week those temperatures will be gradually warming up into wednesday, thursday, and friday. with low to replied 80s. a lot going on here in the bay area. >> thanks so much. i'm happy with it. >>> all right. when we come back, it's being called the apple of the auto world. it's tesla's s. model s. and it rolls off the assembly line. we'll show it to you, coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >>> critics said it couldn't be done. >> but tonight the ceo of tesla proved them wrong. the electric car maker rolled out the model s. after a federal tax credit the base model sells at $49,000 and it can go 160 miles on one charge. >> and what makes the model s really important is that it breaks the spell. it breaks the illusion that the world has

was a positive social movement and you know nascar race cars are covered top to bottom in corporate advertising well not too distant future that may be what your town looks like corporate advertising taking over your park school busses and even your fire hydrants i'll tell you why and it's daily take. in screwed news the presidential campaign has now turned to the issue of outsourcing american jobs president obama's team recently released this ad attacking mitt romney's record of shipping jobs to places like china and mexico take a look. i'm barack obama and i approve this message running for governor mitt romney campaign this a job creator i know how jobs are created but as a corporate raider shipped jobs to china and mexico as governor he did the same thing outsourcing steve jobs to india now he's making the exact same i know why jobs come and why they go to outsourcing jobs run the economics of it didn't work there and didn't work. or it didn't work then and it won't work now unfortunately many democrats in congress and president obama himself never got that memo that outsourcing jobs americ

. >>> and full speed ahead, nascar races at sonoma and we're there. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> san francisco police are looking for a missing 22-year- old man days after he met a stranger through a social media app on his phone. ktvu's lorane blanco reports, after this new social media is growing. >> cyber space is like the wild wild west, there are no rules. >> reporter: police have not said what phone app flanery was using but earlier this month, skype suspended their use after three teens say they were sexually assaulted after using this dating app. >> i got my news, linkd in. >> reporter: here at dolores par

company's first tv ad ran during the pocono 400 nascar race.econd clip features nascar racer bradfá keselowsk d and -- he's telling viewers he can see what -- they can see what he sees by logging on to twitter. that's what he's doing there. >> he's a young racer. so they are appealing to the young crowd. he's a rookie out there. why not get the young guy to promote twitter. that's who is on it. >> all right. moving on. this is important, folks. a kitten became a social media sensation down inçó tennessee. finally safe and sound tonight. kitten was trappedçó in a pipe underground in memphis for days and while she was stuck she, got her own facebook fan page and a twitter handle. and maybe a tv ad. finally yesterday plumbers and about a dozen volunteers finally got her out. one of the plumbers -- >> how does she tweet with her paws? >> i don't know. but they did rescue her and the plumber is going to keep her and they've decided to rescue her piper. get it? >> i like it. >>> coming up next, traffic jams aren't usually this entertaining. you have

nascar. before this weekend's big race, nascar officials announce they're teaming up with the bay area based volve the fan base more. the racing organization plans to work with hp to launch a fan and media engagement center in charlotte, north carolina. the center will be staffed 18 hours a day with people searching the web for fan feedback and media reports. that information would then be give tonight race teams so they can better interact with their fans. >> this is another step in the evolution of technology innovation. it allows us to have a place where we can hear what fans are saying and also monitor what the media's saying and to be able to react to it. >> the center's scheduled to open in october. tomorrow's race starts at noon. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a preview of the pride events in san francisco, a rundown of road closures. that's coming up at 7:00. we'll see you then. >>> we are back now on a saturday morning, june 23rd, 2012. this is the first official weekend of summer. and we're actually expect iing some nice temperatures out there in new york city. i'

. >>> the only nascar race ended with clint bowyer, holding off the defending champ.ed the is 10 last -- 110 laps and ended up third after being passed by tony stewart on the final lap. >>> right now 5:47 we want to check in with sal on the commute. it sounds busy over there. >> i always try to do two things at once. in fact let's did out there, i want to explain what is going on. the fire department apparently did not get the word. i think that is what ch dash so much a -- chp is -- chp, and you will see some activity as you come down the freeway and come to the hall of justice but northbound 101 traffic still looks good but if you see a fire truck northbound 101 coming through know it will be coming home soon. let's move along, look at the bay bridge, no problems as you come to this morning's area. and also we have a nice looking place, that looks good approaching the submit. here is more. . >>> this low is finally moving and as it does, temperatures will stay about the same and fog is increasing from especially around san francisco and parts around san mateo coast

well, here's something to tweet about the twitter aired its first commercial yesterday during a nascar race. the 15-second ads featured drivers or their wives, and ended with the hash tack "nascar." it's to entire companies to embrace hashtags. >>> it took him longer than he wanted, but rafael nadal still made history this morning at the french open. nadal wasted no time upending novak djokovic. he also denied djokovic the chance to be the first player in 43 years to win four straight titles. >>> home alone british style. david cameron left something pretty important behind at a london pub recently, his daughter. 8 years old nancy cameron reportedly spent about 15 minutes before -- the camerons had been eating with their three children and another family. after lunch mr. cameron went home in another car and thought nancy was with his wife and their other children in the other car. well, he was wrong. so home alone. >> yeah, home alone. at least she wasn't drinking a pint. it could have been worse. >>> coming up on "news4 at 4," a university community in mourning today after a weekend party

he's never been to a nascar race but he has friends who own nascar teams. nfl.own nfl teams and it goes on and on. the latest is -- well, let's give you three examples. first of all dressage. you know about dressage, don't you? it is a form of sex that only the french practice. >> get outta here! >> bill: dressage. that's what it sounds like to me. [ laughter ] >> bill: then there's dressage. does have that anything to do with cross-dressing? >> perfect. >> bill: it sounds like a sex act. it really does. so anyhow, here is mitt romney. ann, of course is into dressage. she's first told sean hannity in -- this was supposed toly an off the mic conversation but the fox mole released this. he and hannity are talking about what their favorite sports are. >> we've not been home in four weeks. christmas was the last time we were home. she said i have to get some time in on the horse. >> february is -- what kind of horses you got? >> she has us us austrian warm bloods. it is a dressage horse. for the sport that she's in. me i have missouri foxtrotter. mine is like a quar

the bay bridge, we will tell you why it is extra busy coming up >> clint lawyer when yesterday's nascar race sonoma raceway. last year's champion bush eclipsed the tire stand damaging his car. he would keep going but he would not be the same threat. now for the play of the day. take a look, a dramatic ending yesterday. the a's were down 2-1 with runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth inning. the final score was 4-2. a woman named rose but card went skydiving over the weekend which might not sound like a big deal but we should mention that she is 90 years old. that is her in the skies above lexington. >> i wanted to go on a hot air plan and i got to do that on my 70th birthday. i wanted to go on a cruise and i wanted to go to paris and i did that in '95. >> what an impressive landing. it was the last item on her list but she says she is still interested in future adventures. coming up, health care decisions due out this week. the changes that might be on the way if the supreme court strikes it down. a pending legal battle connected to the future home of the forty-niners. >> re

i think every presidential candidate should be required to wear a nascar racing suit. you know why? >> no. >> well, that we -- it will show who owns them. on nascar, they always have all the patches for who their sponsors are. that way, us, as the voters, can look at their self and realize who owns them. >> you see, that's actually a very -- >> who they're going to favor and that would make us more informed voters, then. >> it's actually a pretty good -- >> well, jesse, it's a brilliant idea. the only problem is absolutely nobody would ever do it. let's have a short break. i want the come back and ask you why it's the new land of promised for the independents. why you, as one of america's great independent politicians, isn't going to throw his hat back in the ring. so think about a good answer for me on that one. >>> we're seeing weaknesses in our economy. >> he wants to know the stimulus. he wants to hire more government workers. he says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back

his fifth win of the season in the nascar nationwide race. >> joey logano wins it at michigan. >> good job, guy, good job. >> thank you, buddy, you're the man! >> we keep winning races. this is fun. thanks. >> that was the first time. >> it is their first nationwide win at this track. >> they have sprint cup wins here. in fact joe gibbs racing, took both series at this track a year ago. a race that's been dominated by chevrolet. with a healthy dose of ford thrown n-even a couple dodge. today it's toyota going to victory lane, and joey logano continues to be the man in this series. when he's in the field, he's been up front. this is the fifth win of the season. >> he had to fight off james buescher, though, he made a real run on him in turn one in the last lap. >> you and i had a lot to say about the horsepower here. >> it does. >> it does, doesn't it? >> he's got a lot of practice at this celebrating thing. >> he sure is. and let's take a look from up here on the pit box. 20 races here. all chevy. now one toyota. how does it feel? >> it feels great. i cannot tell you what a weekend thi

if you are heading to check out the nascar racing, no major heat in fact, this area last saturday washt around 100 degrees tomorrow. only forecasting a high of 68 degrees by about 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. here's a look at those numbers once again berow -- below the average. oakland 63, warmest locations right around 70, san jose tops out 68 and san francisco the overcast and the drizzle tomorrow morning, temperatures 60 by about 2:00 or 3:00. your weekend always in view and your weekend almost here. a little bit warmer for your sunday but no big changes. we gradually grow those numbers into tuesday and wednesday of last week. a few days ago i was getting complaints that it was too hot. now there's complaints that it's too cold. i can't get it right. >>> a new movie by emeryville's pixar called brave hit the big screen across the nation today. it's the story of mereda. she's a feisty teenage girl who tkupt want to follow the rules. she-- who doesn't want to follow the rules. she also the oldest daughter of a king but she's not the pampered princess. >> she is a teenager so she's trying

. >>> that nascar race is not until this weekend kristen don't try to use that as an excuse should you i'll try to remember that. >>> next, miami is partying this morning. the nba has a new champion and king gets his crown. >>> big movie opens for pixar. a preview of "brave." hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> good morning. baseball scores. a's swept dodgers beating los angeles 4-1 yesterday. a's get to stay home to take on giants in the bay bridge series this weekend. lincecum starts for the giants against parker. first pitch 7:05. a lot of fans on both sides of the bay. >> that's right. >>> manic named the king has his crown. lebron james and the heat beat the thunder to win the nba championship. last night heat fans celebrated outside the arena after miami closed out the series in five games at home lebron had a triple double for 26 points to go along with 13 assists, 11 rebonds named the mvp. >> -- rebonds named the mvp. >>> it is everything an

and this weekend twitter launched a first television commercial based around the nascar race.witter hope to attract major branldz to the services idea is that though will find out more about the advertiser or certain products. there are stunning details about what exactly nasdaq ceo was up to on the day the ipo went. he got on a plane back to new york around noon despite the problems already plaguing the company's first day of trading. he says he believes he could handle problems better from headquarters. "wall street journal" is reporting the air phone doesn't work and his plane had no internet access leaving him out of touch until landing in newark at 5:07 p.m. eastern time after the market closed. he miss aid phone call from the sec dhairman who wanted an explanation for the technical glitches. and there is a down day for spain's bank bailout plan. early gains were wiped and your bloomberg silicon valley index down more than 1.5%. in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> thank you. >> and we are in certainly a warm up phase here. >> it's cooking. >> and the

. >>> the nascar race in sonoma has a history of instability and today was no different.oing the honors. gordon is a five time winner and as grabbing the lead was passed by boyer. curt busch and the unsponsored red car was aggressive all day. on lap 73 gordon ran out of fuel. gordon fell from second place back to 15th. late in the race, boyer was getting a steady challenge from bush and able to hold off another charge and stay in front with 13 laps left. now four laps to go and the other bush kyle gets into the back of benard. boyer is able to stay in front of busch and keep his lead. back behind the leaders all kinds of contact at the end of turn three. in the middle of the dust and swerving cars, dale earnhart jr. faced some contact from roma. green white checker tony stewart moves past bush. but stewart doesn't have enough to catch boyer. moves up to seventh place in the over all standings, top spot still longs to kenseth who was 13th today. it had a special feel. >> he and i just looked up. and jeff gordon is on the wall. i just passed him, i just beat him. to have th

if you are heading to check out the nascar racing, no major heat in fact, this area last saturday wasorrow. only forecasting a high of 68 degrees by about 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. here's a look at those numbers once again berow -- below the average. oakland 63, warmest locations right around 70, san jose tops out 68 and san francisco the overcast and the drizzle tomorrow morning, temperatures 60 by about 2:00 or 3:00. your weekend always in view and your weekend almost here. a little bit warmer for your sunday but no big changes. we gradually grow those numbers into tuesday and wednesday of last week. a few days ago i was getting complaints that it was too hot. now there's complaints that it's too cold. i can't get it right. >>> a new movie by emeryville's pixar called brave hit the big screen across the nation today. it's the story of mereda. she's a feisty teenage girl who tkupt want to follow the rules. she-- who doesn't want to follow the rules. she also the oldest daughter of a king but she's not the pampered princess. >> she is a teenager so she's trying to reconcile who he is w

i think every presidential candidate should be required to wear a nascar racing suit. you know why? >> no. >> well, that wie, it will show who owns them. on nascar, they always have all the patches for who their sponsors are. that way, us, as the voters, can look at their sut and realize who owns them. >> you see, that's actually a very -- >> who they're going to favor and that would make us more informed voters, then. >> it's actually a pretty good -- >> well, jesse, it's a brilliant idea. the only problem is absolutely nobody would ever do it. let's have a short break. i want the come back and ask you why it's the new land of promised tunt for the independents. why you, as one of america's great independent politicians, isn't going to throw his hat back in the ring. so think about a good answer for me on that one. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. oc

getting showers in sonoma for the big nascar race. they will be in town all weekend. to impact the race likely because once that raceway gets slick it's very dangerous, so we might have to see late starts out there. nonetheless we'll have full coverage. you get the tag team with comcast sports net bay area, another event, 66 degrees at 8:00 p.m. the county fair, you can ditch it by tomorrow. 74 degrees, sprinkles today, by tomorrow we're talking about mostly cloudy skies, full sunshine in the afternoon. 72. then we warm up next week. here is mike. >> a look at the south bay, we have the build. i'd say finally like i wanted it to happen. i didn't so don't say that at home. looking at 101, still slow from 680 up to the airport. and then as you come through mountain view into palo alto, covered it up, bottom of the screen. clear by the time you get to menlo park. so smoother drive in that portion of the 101 stretch. looking at 201, out of the altamont pass. 34 there. and then over to pleasanton and dublin t slowing continues to move toward the interchange but not there y

track and field shocker that couldn't get a bay area ehet bt in nascar race in sew none nome ma hmm,says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> happening right now. want to give you a live look at tahrir square in egypt where the crowd is awaiting results of last weekend's presidential election. now, it was supposed to happen at around 6:00 this morning our time, but has been delayed. in fact, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel just tweeted from the scene, a painfully long announcement of results still under way, going through complaints in detail, 35 minutes and counting. of course, we're waiting to see if a representative of the muslim brother hoot or the former prime minister will take over that country. we'll give you that news as soon as it is available. >>> a dead heat could lead to an limb shakeup. in the 100 meter women's race at saturday's olympic track and field finals, allison field on the left and san jose native, jennifer bartomo crossing

races. the commercials also ended with a #nascar.ess analysts say these dmerms are used to embrace companies to embrace hash tags in their power to bring information to people. >>> we are very lucky today, because we have a new book out that a lot of people are talking about right now about sargent shriver shriver. the american diplomat made a name of himself in the american history as a founder for peace xor corps and ran for president and vice president. he died last year at the age of 95 after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. his son mark shriverer is here to talk about his new book entitled "a good man: resovring my father." many of us who worked in washington for years know your dad and the wonderful things he does and know him from a member in the community and being out and doing lots of things. what did you discover that you didn't know about your dad? >> a lot of people said when he died he was a great man for creating the peace corps and run president johnson's war on poverty and creating head start and wroshged with

race. commercial ended with hash tag nascar.iness analysts say these commercials are to entice companies to embrace hash tags and their power to bring information to people. interesting. some people said the ad experts said that twitter ads were kind of boring. you would expect twitter to be hipper. they were not so exciting apparently. >>> they are watching the skies in paris this morning. >> tennis fans hope rain does not continue to dampen an historic showdown at the french open. exciting sunday's final was postponed but not before both novak djokovic and rafael nadal lost their cool. nadal tossed a tennis ball at an official to show him how wet the ball was. no guarantee things will be resolved today since there's a 70% chance of rain again in paris. you can catch the rest of that match at 7:00 this morning on the nbc sports network. here's a list of channels you can find that channel on sports network depending on your television provider. we'll have them listed on "news4 today" facebook page. the final will not air here on

his fifth win of the season in the nascar nationwide race. >> joey logano wins it at michigan. >> good job, guy, good job. >> thank you, buddy, you're the man! >> we keep winning races. this is fun. thanks. >> that was the first time. >> it is their first nationwide win at this track. >> they have sprint cup wins here. in fact joe gibbs racing, took both series at this track a year ago. a race that's been dominated by chevrolet. with a healthy dose of ford thrown n-even a couple dodge. today it's toyota going to victory lane, and joey logano continues to be the man in this series. when he's in the field, he's been up front. this is the fifth win of the season. >> he had to fight off james buescher, though, he made a real run on him in turn one in the last lap. >> you and i had a lot to say about the horsepower here. >> it does. >> it does, doesn't it? >> he's got a lot of practice at this celebrating thing. >> he sure is. and let's take a look from up here on the pit box. 20 races here. all chevy. now one toyota. how does it feel? >> it feels great. i cannot tell you what a weekend thi

that you'll laugh at, piers, i think every presidential candidate should be required to wear a nascar racing suit. you know why? >> go on. >> you know why? >> no. >> well, that way, it will show who owns them. on nascar, they always got all the patches for who their sponsors are. that way, us, as the voters, can then look at their suit and realize who owns them. >> that's actually a very -- >> who they're going to favor and that would make us more informed voters then. >> it's actually -- >> if they'd wear nascar suits. >> jesse, it's a brilliant idea. the only problem is absolutely nobody would ever do it. let's have a short break. i want to come back and ask you if it's the new land of promised opportunity for the independent, why you as one of america's great independent politicians isn't going to throw his hat back in the ring. so think about a good answer for me on that one. [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solutio

talking about the republican from georgia, referring to jack kingston, he hasn't even been to a nascar racet rate? >> that one gets a true on the truth-o-meter and the background here is that kingston's amendment, as you mentioned, would prohibit the defense department from sponsoring nascar teams such as dale junior's national guard car and there are a couple others that are sponsored by the military, and the national car drivers obviously not happy about that, but dale junior is right, kingston has not been to a nascar race so he gets a true. >> let's take a look at this from first lady michelle obama. she said, quote, only 2% of public high schools in the country offer physical education classes. is that true or false? >> no, that one -- that gets a false. this was in an interview on npr, and a listener heard it and wonder fd it was true. she's just way off on that one. it's actually the number is more like 95% require p.e. in high school. what she should have said is daily. is the 2% offer daily pe. her office acknowledged she misspoke on this one. she earns a false. >> you kind of unde

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i think every presidential candidate should be required to wear a nascar racing suit. you know why? >> go on. >> that way it will show who owns them. they have the catches for who their sponsors are. that way us as the voters can look at the suit and realize who owns them. >> who they are going to favor and make us more informed voters. if they wear nascar suits. >> that's a brilliant idea, but nobody would do it. let's take a short break and i will ask youed the r, think abod answer for me on that one. i never thought to use aspirin for muscle pain. but i tested it out, and bayer advanced aspirin relieved my pain fast. it helps me get back in the game. but don't take his word for it. put bayer advanced aspirin to the test for yourself at fastreliefchallenge.com. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been yea

also, the sonoma nascar races begin prequalifying stuff friday. and going on through saturday and sunday. temperatures in the mid-70s. on that seven-day forecast, temperatures expected to be in the 70s through this weekend. by monday, tuesday and wednesday, we are expecting the temperatures to gradually warm up. back out here live, the seven-day forecast is live and in person. like no other time. all right. friday, how bad is it going to be here friday? >> it's only going to be partly cloudy. and it's going to be in the low 70s. >> that's not too bad. you've been talking mr. -- or mrs. what's the goat's name? >> well, her name is luna. >> luna's getting shy, jess and raj. what's up with that? >> because she knows you don't know she's really a goat. that's why. she's like, i'm a goat, mister, i'm a goat. >> we'll bring you back some corn dogs. >> bring back the flintstone turkey leg. >> our favorite city slicker, jeff ranieri. >> so cute. >>> i don't know how he can top this, but he'll try. >> impossible to top that. especially that turkey leg. we

i dare to you make this brave comment before the anthem is sung at a nascar race.s really brave, threatening mob violence against one person. brave. then john writes in. you are a disgrace. you are from california. time to saw the state off the rest of the country and use it for nuclear practice. go to hell a-hole. have a nice day. yeah, because that's terrific. i love america so let's nuke california! logic not required. finally, and there are plenty of these, a lot of people do not like our national anthem for loft reasons, but it was chosen as selected for one main reason, to represent the greatest country in the world where we have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. if our national anthem embarrassessers you, then don't listen to it. but don't trash it because you don't like it. that's right. we have freedom of speech. we're the greatest country, shut up. logic not required. bill press is the host of "full court press" 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. every day, and he joins us now. bill, the first question to you how dare you!