tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. >>> turning to health news briefly, we have noticed this week a new sponsor on this broadcast is a certain type of replacement knee. knee surgery is suddenly a multi billion dollar a year business in this country, especially among us aging warriors. a new study out that followed some amateur soccer players with acl injuries says they fared no better with acl surgery than they did with rehab and physical therapy. >>> new guidelines out tonight from the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists are out to reverse the old expression "once a cesarean, always a cesarean." it says most women who have had a c-section, and many of them who have had more than one, should be allowed to try labor with their next birth. by the way, c-sections now account for about a third of all births in the u.s. that's an all-time high in this country. we'll put both stories on our website tonight. >>> when nbc "nightly news" continues in a moment, the fight to save one of the giants of the water threatened by the oil in the water and now threatened altoget

mark potter, nbc news, pensacola, florida. >>> when "nightly news" continues in a moment, both sides getting ready for arizona's tough new approach to immigration. ♪ hey, we're going swimming ♪ swimming in the swimming pool ♪ >>> you're looking at the aircraft carrier, "the uss george washington" patrolling today off the coast of south korea, part of the u.s. joint war there temperatures have been rising on the korean peninsula since south korea accused north korea of sinking one of its warships in march. >>> all eyes on arizona closer where this is a critical week for the state's new controversial immigration law. it will go into effect on thursday unless blockeded by a federal judge. in the meantime police and opponents of the law are getting ready for what some see as a test case of a new approach to immigration. nbc's kristen welker has our report. >> reporter: protesters turned out at this weekend's diamondbacks game, calling on major league baseball to move next year's all-star game out of arizona. this just one sign the whole state is bracing for the start of arizona's tough n

nbc news correspondent thanh truong has spent days trying to find out. tonight from louisiana, he has our first pictures of the oil disposal. >> reporter: in an industrial lab 15 miles west of new orleans river birch landfill is filling up with waste, byproducts of the leak in the gulf. it's a scene repeated at landfills throughout the gulf region where bp says close to 27,000 tons of collected oily solid waste from gulf and beach cleanup is being stored. this truck is unloading hundreds of yards of oiled boom recovered from hope dale, louisiana. the bulldozers will eventually take this boom and move it on top of that ridge. by the end of the day it will be covered by a foot of clay. >> it is not hazardous material. the oil that was actually collected from the oil spill was sent to laboratories and tested. that oil came back from the reports as nonhazardous based on epa and state definitions of hazardous waste. >> reporter: vic culpepper is the technical director here. he says in the past month and a half they have taken in more than 2,000 tons of oiled b

ron allen, nbc news, rhinebeck, new york. >>> to alberta, canada, now. and a very close call after a spectacular crash. it happened as a canadian air force jet was training yesterday for an air show. the pilot was practicing a low-altitude, low-speed maneuver when the plane suddenly dove to the ground and exploded into a fireball. the pilot managed to eject seconds before impact. he suffered only scrapes and a sore back after being dragged several hundred feet. >>> up next, a happy ending. to a sad tale from the gulf with a little help from our friends. >>> finally tonight, we return to the disaster in the gulf and to a story we first told you about here last week about hundreds of families facing hardship in the gulf region forced to give up their pets. so many good and faithful animals suddenly without homes. not anymore. here is nbc's michelle kosinski. >> reporter: they are the victims that can't explain how it feels, that don't know what suddenly happened to their families or their favorite pillows. but marley and lesley and unstoppable georgia have

thanh truong, nbc news, new orleans. >>> fascinating story. now to another big topic on the minds of a lot of people -- the u.s. economy. consumer confidence plunged to the lowest levels we have seen in almost a year according to new numbers out today. the stock market went down along with it. the dow lost more than 261 points on this single day of trading. cnbc's senior economic reporter steve liesman is with us. steve, it's been a while since we spoke last. as you know, these figures that are coming out lend fuel and credence to the fear that we are going to have what's called the double dip recession. you're coming up near a recovery only to fall down again. how real is it? >> i think the fear is very real right now on the street. not a lot of optimism on the economy, although most economists, including those at the federal reserve, say that's probably not what's going to happen. although looking at the consumer sentiment numbers today, it was the eighth biggest drop we have had. the kind of drop we have seen for example around 9/11 and con

mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back here tonight, something even more unusual than christmas in july. now there's video of one couple's up close and personal encounter with a huge creature of the sea. >>> you may recall we showed you this breathtaking photo the other night, a whale crashing right into a couple's sailboat right into a couple's sailboat in the waters off capetown, south africa. some skeptics wondered if the photo could be a fake, but it turns out there's video of it recorded by another boater nearby. the quality's not great, but you sure can see, this was a close encounter. >>> in washington tonight, a retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal, the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, whose storied career came to an abrupt end after he and his staff criticized and mocked the civilian leadership, including the president, in a "rolling stone" article. in his last form elect, mcchrystal saluted the troop at fort mcnair for the final time. >>> longtime journalist daniel schorr has died. schorr reported and broke stories at home and abr

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. because of two separate stories tonight on two separate fronts, this was a dark day for many of those who proudly wear army green. we learned today about the extent of mismanagement on some hallowed american ground -- arlington national cemetery. this involves the remains of those who gave everything they had to this country. and something else, the number two ranking general in this country, a man fresh from the battlefield himself, came out with a tough report today on the toll of our dual wars. multiple combat tours, multiple wounds and deep troubles for the proud ranks of the u.s. army. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. based on this new report, the army promises to fix its mental health problems and put its soldiers first, but it's got a long way to go. as a specialist in the army jennifer crane was sent off to afghanistan. >> two weeks after we landed there, we were attacked for the first time.

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> there's never been anything quite like it. a mountain of secrets, some big, some small, dumped into the public domain by a website, leaked by somebody on the inside. distributed by the news media. all of it having to do with a long war still in progress, and now half of washington is still pouring over 90 plus thousand separate documents and more may be on the way. we are among those still going through all of it. we begin tonight with our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in washington. andrea, what is it we have here, really? how damaging is it? what does it change? and what's this website all about? >> reporter: those are all big questions. 24 hours later, brian, everyone, soldiers in the field, top security officials are trying to figure out if this is a game changer. the release of so much raw intelligence on a website, with a war in progress. even as tonight the house voted to fund the president's troop surge in afghanistan. tonight i talked to the central player in this drama. julian assange has the who

shapiro declined commenting on the situation to nbc news monday evening, but he indicated earlier he would only represent lohan if the actress agreed to comply with probation regulations and serve her sentence. >> there's no special treatment at all. >> reporter: lohan slated for the same detention center where nonviolent offenders like paris hilton have served abbreviated sentences because of overcrowding. >> if she were lindsay smith and not lindsay lohan, she'd do about two hours. >> reporter: the actress has spent the past several days at the pickford treatment center that shapiro founded five years ago following the drug overdose death of his son brent. but monday afternoon and into the evening, associates of lohan were seen removing suitcases and other luggage from the facility. the actress offered one twitter comment about her impending incarceration monday evening, saying, quote, the only bookings that i'm familiar with are disney films. never thought that i'd be booking into jail. eeks. lohan will likely face that reality later today. mark barger, nbc news. >> bill, there's

. >> reporter: kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> the spca offers free spaying and neutering for pit bulls. for programs in your city, contact your local spca. >>> this mourning the death of an 8-year-old girl after a fire in san jose. it started in an apartment complex near hamilton and meridian. 50 firefighters responded to the scene. they weren't able to save the girl. she was visiting relatives. ten other people were hurt in the fire. >> i mean, bad. i've never seen nothing like that in my life. bad. >> they said get out, get out, there's a fire. just chaos everywhere. >> investigators are now trying to determine how that fire started. >>> two other fires broke out over the weekend in san jose as well. one started just before 3:00 sunday morning at a duplex on witten avenue near highway 101. no injuries were reported there. but also sunday morning around 4:30, cruise were called to the miranda villa senior citizen complex near o'connor hospital. the building was evacuated for about two hours no one was seriously hurt. >>> today could be the last day on the job for the embattled b

nbc news, new york. ♪ >> you know who that is. that is the queen of soul.d she's with former secretary of state condoleeza rice. they put on a royal show for 8,000 fans. aretha and condee performed together in a rare duet for charity. if you didn't know, rice is a classically trained pianist. the goal is to raise money for city kids and awareness about music and the arts. there you have it. jamming. >> i think they got some respect. >> i think they did. you bet they did. >> they got the goods there. >> what is coming up in sports? >> are you ready for football? >> yes. >> the raiders are ready for respect. they're ready to go in napa. today the team wasted no time announcing the new starting qb. plus when the giants bat, they only have one thing to do, cool off the baseball. we have highlights from a wild one on the way. >>> and the a's take another season ending hit to the starting rotitaon. the latest from texas coming up in sports. >>> good evening, i'm jeff ranieri taking a book at the bay bridge. we're fog free now. is that a sign of waretails. .? . >>

meantime, the effort to permanently seal the leaking well in the gulf has a new timeline. nbc bay area's jay gray has the latest on that. >> reporter: tropical storm bonnie may have fizzled but remnants of the system, winds and rains still pushed across the spill site spreading the oil. there's evidence now at least some of that mess has washed up on the white sands along the gulf coast. >> we're running a number of aviation sorties this morning trying to make sure we know which shoreline areas are impacted so we can get assessment teams out there. >> reporter: teams and equipment are also making their way back out to the broken riser. the containment stack still firmly in place. by tomorrow, crews should resume work on the primary relief well, along with preparations for the static kill using the cap to pump in mud and cement. >> generally the next week will be preps. making sure everything is ready to go and then the week of the 1st of august is when we'll attempt to do the static kill and move back and finish the top kill. >> reporter: which means for the first time in more

news this morning. a man is under arrest after he pulled a gun on a hospital worker. >> it happened at oakland children's hospital about 3:30 this morning. nbc bay area news just got off the phone with oakland police. they say a mentally unstable man walked into the emergency room at children's hospital with a gun. he grabbed an employee. officers arrived quickly on scene and they say within nine minutes, they were able to get that begun away from the man. he is now under arrest. thankfully, nobody was hurt but certainly, a very scary and unsettling night for the folks at oakland children's hospital. we have a crew on the way there as well, trying to get more information on what is going on there and we will update you throughout the course of the morning. >> most definitely. >>> rob has our first look at the friday forecast. good morning. >> lots of low clouds this morning and drizzling around the coast at san francisco, you will notice today's temperatures right in line of yesterday, that means mid-70s, san jose, mid-80s inland, livermore, morgan hill, a sneak preview of your weekend weather as well. i think it will trend warmer sunday int

lee cowan, nbc news. >>> spectacular. that's our broadcast for this monday night. k you for being here with us as we start off a new week. i'm brian williams, and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, an abrupt announcement from the top cop in the bay area's largest city. good evening, everyone. >> he spent three decades on the force. tonight san jose's police chief says that's enough. chief rob davis tenured marked with both controversy and achievement. a conversation with the chief. a lot

news conference. apple will not announce a recall but they're not debunking rumors. apple knew about antenna problems before the 4g's release. nbc bay area's george kiriyama has a preview. >> reporter: good morning. what will apple say about the news conference while they've been predicting what apple is likely to say most expect a to come out swinging in defense to buy phone four. one thing iphone 4 users will be watching is if apple will acknowledge there is a problem with the phone's antenna. some tech analysts don't think so. >> i think they're going to start off and defend the design. they've got very smart people there, very smart engineers. let's make a phone that just doesn't work. so there was a reason that i believe that they did this. i think they're going to defend the logic and engineering that went into that. >> reporter: expect to hear a lot about the bumper case like this one. when you use the bumper with iphone 4 it will stick with the antenna issue. >> they will say, hey, you can get one of these cases that you need or give you a credit of your choice. >> reporter: you may hear something about a special coating

lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >>> when we come back here this evening, something a bit lighter, a new look at one of hollywood's biggest stars when he was just a kid. but five minutes ago, i took symbicort, and symbicort is already helping significantly improve my lung function. so, today, i've noticed a significant difference in my breathing. and i'm doing more of what i want to do. so we're clear -- it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. my doctor said symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. my copd often meant i had to wait to do what i wanted to do. now i take symbicort, and it's significantly improves my lung function, starting within five minutes. symbicort has made a significant difference in my breathing. now more of my want-tos are can-dos. as your doctor about symbicort today. i got my first prescription fr

nbc news, new orleans. >>> as for the investigation into the explosion that caused that spill, a panel learned today the alarm system on that rig was partially shut down. a technician who was on board testified the alarm system had been shut off because the company didn't want a false alarm waking up people at night. >>> storms in the midwest are causing trouble as a sinkhole swallowed up a suv after a powerful flooding in wisconsin. witnesses estimated it 20 feet deep and 15 feet wide. the store,s have caused serious flooding in milwaukee. the airport was shut down after runways were flooded. more rain is predicted as thousands of homes are without power. >>> a gay national guard officer who has been one of most vocal critics of the military's don't ask don't tell 'policy has been honorably discharged. the lieutenant anounlds last year that he's gay and since then he's been a vocal critic of the pentagon. he's been arrested several times most recently this week at a rally in las vegas. he was discharged from the new york army national guard and said the decision was infuriating and pa

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, christie. >>> city leaders about to change lightbulbs along san jose city streets. today people who live in the south bay can share their thoughts on the streetlight conversion plan. nbc bay areas's kris sanchez is live in san jose and joins us now with the details. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning, laura. we're getting a lot of natural daylight since the last time we saw you. wouldn't it be nice if the streetlights could adjust for that? that's one of the features the city of san jose is looking at as they consider replacing the yellow lights you see on one side of me with the bright, white l.e.d. lights on the other side. energy efficiency and using our money more efficiently in the city of san jose is what they're talking about. the city's department of transportation is going to finalize the recommendation that they will make to the city council to switch those more energy-efficient l.e.d.s. the city worked really hard to get people involved. they invited folks out to see demonstrations and the

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> that's a cool car. kind of cool outside today, too. >> absolutely. 70s and 80s. no 90s on the map. >> that's weird for this time of year. >> we're going to continue that this week. let's show you the highs for everything. 60 in san francisco. the wind is howling right now. coming through the golden gate. only 82 in livermore. one of our warmer spots. 81 in los gatos. sometimes those pockets across the south end of the bay manage to get close to the 90s. not the case today. in gilroy, only 77 degrees. give you some live shots right now. we'll start off with san francisco. look at that flag just going. the wind is blowing through the golden gate anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour at times. and then as we head off into the inland valleys, sunol, see the trees on the lower part of your screen howling as well. just kind of blowing around as the wind is coming through. as we head into the south end of the bay, san jose, clear conditions. wind coming out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. the wind for t

kristin dahlgren, nbc news, new orleans. >>> we'll get another update from bp later this morning. >>> and floodwaters are flowing in eastern iowa. this is an aerial view of the 30-foot-wide hole of the dam triggered by heavy rain and floodwater. homes are threatened in several hundreds, and hundreds of homes have been evacuated. know a south african couple struck by a whale are being investigated for harassing the creature. the 40-ton mammal breached and landed on their boat. the couple escaped unhurt. >> reporter: it's every sailor's worst nightmare. a 40-ton whale leaps and slams on to your boat. the real-life moby dick tale unfolded as they were watching for an hour. the skipper and his girlfriend are unharmed, but in shock. >> blow me down. suddenly, i saw this huge monster come up out of the water on my port side. and, yeah, that's it. i mean, it just happened in an instant. >> reporter: the dramatic leap was captured on camera by a nearby whale spotter, and those pictures have made headlines around the world. >> we were sailing on a course for robin island, and this was on our p

cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. rallies took place all across the bay area today. protests in phoenix turned heated today with police making dozens of arrests. riot feels were in place, as protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse, where the judge issued yesterday's ruling. demonstrators also showed up at the maricopa county jail, and at the office of sheriff joe arpaio, a key player at the forefront of the law. >> we're not going to let protesters hold this sheriff in my office hostage because they don't want us to book people into the jail. >> sheriff arpaio has moved to go ahead with the sweep of undocumented immigrants. >>> one man says today he's pleased with the judge's decision, and he says immigrants here who abide by the law should not fear the police. >> if you are not victimizing others, if you're not committing other crimes other than the unlawful crossing of the border, you're not going to have prob m problems with the san francisco police department. if you're selling dope and victimizing othe

nbc news white house correspondent savannah guthrie has the story. >> reporter: it's the video that became an overnight cable and internet sensation. posted on a conservative website, it shows shirley sherrod, a georgia-based official with the u.s. department of agriculture and obama administration appointee, at a naacp dinner in march of this year describing her initial reluctance to help a white farmer who came for aid. >> i was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland, and here i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: sherrod says the incident she was describing occurred more than 20 years ago, before she worked for the usda, a story she told as an example of overcoming her own prejudices. >> that's when it was revealed to me that it's about poor versus the people who have. >> and telling that story, how i changed while working with him, i used that to help others to see it's not about race. >> reporter: but the reaction was swift and certain. the usda asked her

lisa kim, "nbc bay area news." tom? >> the san francisco police department is looking to lighten its loads by hiring a few civilians. the city wants to hire 15 full-time civilians to respond to crimes like burglaries. the hope is the civilian officers will free up police to respond to higher priority crimes. the department admits it will be cheaper to hire civilians, but insists that's not what this is all about. >> we want to reduce the workload for our sworn members in the department so that our victims that are victims of a burglary per se, they are victimized already, and we don't want to have them feel that they are victimized a second time by when you call the police, and it can be hours before an officer is available to -- to respond to the call for service. >> once the civilian officers are trained, they could be on the street by the middle of next year. the city will begin choosing those civilians in january. >>> a bay area fire fighter is in the hospital this evening after his pickup truck rolled nearly 200 fe

and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. war file secrets. did the wikileaks founder put soldiers at risk? he talks live with meredith. >>> and where's kyron? police say they're making progress in the case of missing 7-year-old kyron horman. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one.

jay gray, nbc news. >>> well, the u.s. military says hundreds of american troops are searching for two navy sailors who disappeared in a taliban stronghold in eastern afghanistan friday. yesterday the taliban claimed they killed one of the sailors and took the other as a prisoner after both were forced from their armored support utility vehicle. nato officials have not confirmed the reports and so characterize the unidentified men as missing. they're also conflicting reports about whether the body of one of the two has been recovered. nato officials refuse to say what the men were doing in such a dangerous part of the country. >>> the obama administration is condemning yesterday's release of more than 90,000 classified field reports from the war in afghanistan. the sensitive military records made public by an organization called wikileaks span from 2004 to january of this year and contain previously unreported killing of afghan civilians by coalition forces. they also describe u.s. fears that pakistan's intelligence servic

that could lead to a new fix it problem. nbcrea christie smith has a look at what the new problems could mean for drivers. >> reporter: good morning, caltrans blamed earlier problems on vibration that they say was tied to wind an cars going across the bay bridge. but they also say that there was a problem with the original fabrication that was made even worse by all the wind related movement on the bridge in is, of course, all fresh on the mind of bay area drivers who remember a crack in the i-bar on the eastern span of the bridge in september. emergency repairs were made. the bridge reopened. but then the repair failed. it came crashing down on the upper deck into traffic. since then caltrans has been inspecting the i-bars every three months and they are finding problems. several nicks in the steel. >> you could see a small indication in several of the i-bars. indication itself is not a crack. but it is an opportunity, like a small crack in the windshield, to aeceventually grow and pop gt into a crack. >> reporter: cal tran is

george kitiyama, nbc bay area news. inch salary going down by 90% in a suburb after city leaders got an earful from angry residents outraged by salary gains. that's the anger from some of the council members. the council voted unanimously to lower salaried. $8,000 is what one councilman earned. the city manager has already resigned after it was revealed that he made nearly $800,000. really shocking given that 17% of the city's 40,000 residents live in poverty. >>> you know, i know this is it for me. >> now he's back in the game. and tonight michael vick is breaking his silence. >>> you want to biologically rebuild your knee so you can exercise it. >> bionic versus biology. a new discovery. one bay area doctor using technology to help your body rebuild itself. a new knee repair that's replacing the replacement. >>> brad pitt is in the area and we've got your chance to meet him plus make money, too. >>> how a new tv show is helping bay area police catch the bad guys. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meterologist jeff ranie

nbc bay area news. >>> and there is danger at some daycare centers. a new study shows more than half of california childcare centers are not telling parents when they use potentially dangerous pesticides. researchers at the uc berkeley school of public health say that about 90% of california daycare centers have pest problems. nearly half of them use potentially harmful pest sides to deal with the problem. 24% of those say they've never told parents about the pest sides and 35% say they did not post warning signs. state law allows daycare centers to uss pesticides but they are requires to tell the state and parents how much they use and how pfrequently. >>> oakland police nab the suspect. today police revealed surveillance video record aid few feet from the crime scene that clearly shows a young man and woman who detectives believes may be responsible. tracy grant is live to show us the video. tracy? >> reporter: lisa, the surveillance video came from this area right behind me and it shows a good portion of webster street. in the minutes right before

erika edwards, nbc news. >> interesting. this research did not take into account the quality of relationships and researchers say the benefits may be even greater with closer friendships. thank you, lisa for being my friend. >> any time. >>> logon to weight loss. the key to online weight management programs might be using them frequently, researchers saying people that logged on to an interactive website for once a month for two years maintain their weight loss better than those that logon less. participants entered their weight and how much they exercise each time they logged on to the program. the experts say findings are important because maintaining weight lost is harder than losing weight in the first place. >>> he's always colorful. that we can say about jeff ranieri. and tonight, even more so because -- we -- >> we told him, go fly a kite and he took us literally. >> he's out at berkeley, jeff? >>> you tell me that all the time and here i am. did you have something to do with today's live shot? >> always, jeff, always

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> 91%. that's not bad. the honesty test is traveling to different cities throughout the country. so far, boston it turns out is the most honest place. they got 93.3% followed closely by washington, d.c., just about 0.03 off. about 90% in new york and atlanta were honest. los angeles, uh-oh, you can't trust the guys down there, 75% of them. a quarter of the people there -- >> they're going to start to hate you. i can't believe the lady who made the motion. come on. >>> courtney reagan is always honest about what we'll see from investors on wall street. does it look like two green arrow days in a row? we'll see. good morning. >> hi, good morning. things are looking up for the green arrows at least right now futures are slightly higher ahead of the opening bell and following yesterday's rally. you can kind of call it the earnings relief. investors cheered positive results from 3m and caterpillar and at&t. asian markets were higher overnight. europe mostly positive right now and there's no economic data out ton

one group says being overcharged is just one in a growing list of problems with the new meters. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is live this morning at pg&e headquarters in san jose with what's behind the protest set for today. >> reporter: good morning, brent. unless you live off the grid so to speak then you probably know the controversy over the pg&e smart meters largely centers on the accuracy of the meters. well, there is one group today that is going to draw attention to the fact that they can also be bad for your health. we're talking about a group that goes by the name of teens turning green. they're calling for a moratorium on the pg&e smart meters because they say the meters put out constant radio frequency radiation the effect of which is unknown on human health. they say there are no long-term standards on what it can do to people exposed to it and no way for people to opt out if they are concerned. so far pg&e has installed more than 6 million meters in the state. this is the latest wrinkle for those meters which are intended to better track consumption and encourage more e

reporting live here in oakland, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, gob. the bay area has a new park to enjoy. a kickoff celebration for the dublin hills park just orth north 580. it's a 520-re park. it gives hikers a gorgeous view of san francisco, mt.52 tam and just about everything in between. rails are openeto hikers, bikers and equestrians. more than 100,000 acres of parkland so enjoy the new one. >>> a coup whole decided to spend the day whale watching got a whole lot more than they bargained for. a 40-ton whale was in south african waters twhen crashed into their sailboat snapping the mast in half. take a look at the sooifs this. the whale left barnacles and pieces of blubber on the deck but swam off and seemed fine. they talked about the on-deck ordeal. >> i saw this huge monster shape come out of the water. and that's it. i mean, it just happened in an instant. it was quite frightening. >> blow me down, blow off my top siders. you can catch the rest of that interview coming up on the "today" show. >> and he is going to chase that whale around the

news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the bad news is this. it's now tropical storm bonnie. it's spooling up, gaining power and momentum south of florida. sadly, the latest forecast models show it going in a bad direction -- right toward louisiana, all that oil in the water. and so already tonight the governor of that state has declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm. the good news? while oil cleanup workers will have to get out of there, the cap on that well will stay on unlike the last storm, and it won't mean more oil spewing into the water, or so they tell us. that story is where we begin here tonight with our own anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a big vote of confidence for the sealing cap and bp and good news for the people here in the gulf who could be in the crosshairs of this storm. boom, the gulf's symbol of defense, is hauled away this morning at mexico beach on florida's panhandle. put out to protect, it can become a danger if picked up and pushed inland

joe rosato junior, nbc bay area news. >> it looks nice. mayor newsom says the city will redesign caesar chavez street and 19th avenue next. >>> from san francisco let's head to mountain view where jeff ranieri is at rehearseal of a japanese festival. have you learned to play the drums yet? >> reporter: i tried, but it's a highly skilled thing. right now as you mentioned, we're out here in full rehearsal mode for this truly unique event happening in the bay area this weekend. it is the o bone festival, part japanese tradition and part buddhist tradition as well. as we're panning over, what you're looking at is the bone adore dancing that's happening. it's all a cultural mix of many things happening here throughout the bay area. again, a lot of people coming out to this event in mountain view this weekend, and one of our own actually coming out today. mike, thank you so much for setting this up. you're our traffic man in the morning. and by night you are our o bone man here. tell us a little bit about what's happening this weekend. >> this w

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new "dateline." and the latest here on nbc bay area news. >> this weekend only, a free-for-all, one of the most popularttractions is on the house. controversy is coming along with it. ♪ baby ♪ baby >> legacy went from youtube to front and center stage. we talk one-on-one with the singing sensations hours before their big debut with -- i cannot say his name again. tonight after the giants game. >> come on, baby. french scientists say they uncovered new secrets behind leonardo da vinci's mona lisa. they analyzed his use of ultrathin layers of paint and glaze which gives his work a dreamy quality. they discovered up to 30 layers of paint so fine they added up to half the thickness of a human hair. it is believed da vinci took four years to paint the mona lisa. we still don't know is she smiling or smirking? still don't know. >> generous golfers are in the clubhouse after a lucrative cancer fund-raiser. the sixth annual have a ball golf tournament at sunnyvale's municipal golf course today and raises money for 20 different cancer organizations. it is a personal mission for the organizer bob hammer. set up

live at castle rock state park, nbc bay area news. >> let's hope it stays that way. >>> sfan francisco's iconic skyline will look different tomorrow. the signature span of the bridge, a 525-foot tower is going up early tomorrow afternoon. now, construction crews will slide in a 1,000-ton beam, just one of four 150-foot supports that i'll eventually connect to the foundation. the new eastern span is scheduled to be open by the end of 2013. getting across may be the easy part. driving around san francisco might prove tougher and costlier. a controversial congestion pricing plan has a battle over access to the city streets shifting into high gear. see, traffic planners say something has to be done to ease the bottleneck. nbc bay area's jean elie is live in san francisco. really it's kind of a pay to play and work plan, jean. >> reporter: jessica, here's an example of what the city is thinking about. say you have dinner reservations here at the ferry building at 6:00 during the week and you plan to drive to get here. prepare to pay for that drive. drivers in downtown san francisco have a lot

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> a painful loss. we posted the raw video of that interview online. go to nbc bay area.com and search jailhouse interview to watch yourself. >> a reminder. a earthquake struck the bay area today. it hit offshore from daly city 2:30 this afternoon. the depth of 4.2 miles. some people as far away as sacramento say they felt the quake. there were no reports of damage or injury. >> the body of a napa soldier killed in afghanistan last week arrived home tonight. 21-year-old army specialist chase stanley died july 14th. when the vehicle he was riding in triggered an ied. three other soldiers were also killed in that blast. stanley's body arrived at the napa airport about an hour ago. his family invited the public to pay their respects. by lining the routes the hearse took. >>> the mayor runs the bases around major league baseball. mayor chuck reed announced he will ask the city council to put a ballpark measure on the november ballot. team owners have not voted on whether to he allow the oakland as to move to

but just a small amount and not enough to stop testing on the new cap system. nbcrea's kristen dahlgren continues to lead our team coverage of the crisis. kristen, is the new -- is this the new normal oil leaking but not really gushing? >> reporter: well, it may be, laura. you know, i was hoping again to have more information for you. bp holds these technical briefings every day at this time we were on the call waiting for someone to come in and check in with the operators and then we got word they had canceled it again. they're not giving us the latest information this morning. what we do know is that they've been watching for these bubbles of gas and oil around the leaking well since sunday when they first noticed them. admiral allen, the incident commander, says that he doesn't think they are consequential and so it doesn't appear like it's enough, that it's a big enough problem for them to try to do something about it to open up the caps. the testing continues, the cap remains on. the seepage we talked about yesterday that was two miles away from the well site,

he's already looking for a new car because it costs too much to maintain the pricey porsche. >> that is pretty amazing. >>> now to an nbc bay area exclusive. optimistic new information about the bay area real estate market. sales are picking up so fast, we are now home to some of america's hottest housing spots. we're talking about homes selling over the asking price. 97043 in berkeley is the place where you'll pay the most over the asking price in any place in america. and 94621 and 94603 in oakland, 94572, and 59122 in san jose, where both the east bay and south neighborhoods are selling fast. why? >> because it's affordable. because you can purchase a very nice home here in 95122 for less than $500,000, something that was absolutely impossible to do just three years >>ou could be a show, 95122. neighborhoods in atlanta, las vegas, and southern california round out the top ten. zip realty is releasing the entire survey today >>> apple's earning helped move the worldwide markets and stocks up, but we'll take a look at what could help your 401(k) today. julia boorstin is live at cnbc headquarters with a market preview.

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, christie, hopefully, like you say, everything is okay there it can be tense and scary moments. >> very. just two weeks ago, police shot a mentally unstable man carrying a knife on the street near a fruitville bart station. continue to cover this story all morning long. >>> the meantime it is friday, the weekend upon us, check in with rob, the forecast and a cooling trend again. >> we can't shake out of the pattern, know the story, wake up in the morning, lots of low clouds, this morning, seeing fog in san francisco and the coast, highway 17 commute this morning, now forth afternoon, 70s and 80s inland, 62 san francisco, 68 oakland. mike, some of the fog could be slowing the commute in spots. check out the live view of the golden gate bridge. you see -- the cars go by, you see the road has a little sheen on t you and i were talking about that does look like moisture on the roadways, may be indication how much moisture is in the air. you can see the lights across the north bay. your drive, turn the map south to the north bay, this is the directi

michelle kosinski, nbc news, violet, louisiana. >>> good dog. if you want to help, as so many already have, or to see our original report, please go to our website nightly.msnbc.com. >>> that is our broadcast for this monday night as we start a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> duelling protests over the b.a.r.t. shooting verdicts sparked by a rally to support johannes mehserle and new pictures just into the newsroom show us what happened at the b.a.r.t. station in walnut creek. supporters of oscar grant led the counterprotest to the mehserle supporters outside the

jay gray, nbc news, venice, louisiana. >>> border security is being beefed up. today, federal officials announced 1200 national guard troops will begain taking up positions along the southwest border on august 1st. the obama administration is trying to show a commitment to stopping cartel violence and illegal immigration. cla clamping down on the border, kidnapping, extortn,nd a thousands of deaths are blamed on drug cartels not only in mexico but in the u.s. >> it's increasing in the resources devoted to the southwest border in an unprecedented way. >> reporter: troops will be stationed in california, arizona, new mexico and texas they'll help the border patrol watch for smugglers and others crossing illegally. >>> hillary clinton is in afghanistan where she's expected to flow through on the country's pledged and make things more responsive. the international conference is going on and will be attended by senior officials from 60 countries. u.s. troops are scheduled to pull out of afghanistan next year. >>> a new study finds that a premiere vent could bring in

and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. nbc chief white house correspondent chuck todd goes one on one with president obama about the economy and the midterm election. and the plaza heats up as enrique iglesias performs in the summer concert series. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one.

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reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right.s developing news we'll watch and see how this pans out. thanks, christie. >>> white lights may soon get the green light in san jose, and that could mean easier nighttime and early morning driving for you. kris sanchez live with a recommendation that could change the way the city looks in the dark. >> reporter: good morning. if you've driven around san jose at all after dark, then you know the yellow lights you can see over one of my shoulders can make things a little bit difficult in terms of driving. sometimes i've slammed on brake as i think i'm approaching a yellow light and it turns out not to be the stoplight, just a streetlight. the plan is to replace them with more efficient and brighter lights like the one you see over my other shoulder. they're bright white l.e.d. lights. the final recommendation for the plan will be presented at a community meeting tonight. the city has worked really hard in san jose to try to get people involved, hosting demonstrations of the different ligh

for "today," nbc news, short hills, new jersey. >> dr.academy of pediatric, and dr. fanpeed. good morning. i don't know, how do you feel about this policy? >> i was surprised. there's going to be a lot of push back. scientifically it makes perfect sense. by the time you find a nit, it's probably been there for a month. the reality is taking perfectly healthy kids out of a learning environment. since head lice don't transmit any disease at all, it probably has been an overreaction to the icky part of it. >> i get not missing school. but if they can be spread not only by head of a pillow type thing but close proximity, wouldn't we want to err on the side of caution. >> they've been there for longer than you see them, so they're already jumping from one head to another. >> and it does cause a lot of anxiety for parent but as dr. snyderman said, it doesn't cause disease in children. so you just need to treat them and they'll be lice-free. >> if you're the parent of a child that doesn't have head lice and you find out another child is going to

hillary clinton told nbc news the guests would be chosen very carefully. >> it is hers and it's a familyng and the people coming are her friends and people that have been meaningful in her life. >> reporter: tonight some of the guests have been spotted and parts of the invite list have leaked. >> it seems to be maybe a little less high profile names and more actual god for bid friends of marc and chelsea but still some a-listers here. >> reporter: who exactly? well, mignon moore is reportedly in. moore was the director of white house political affairs under bill and a senior political consultant to hillary clinton for the white house. the guy who beat hillary for that job, president obama told the ladies of "the view" he didn't get an incite and he didn't mind. >> it would tough enough to have one president at a wedding. you are don't want two presidents at the wedding. the secret service and everybody is getting magged. >> in, huma abedin. hillary's right-hand woman. intemped at the white house and with her through her 2008 campaign. bill even presided over her wedding. out, kathleen ke