but former board president aaron peskin said his staff asked him to find him another job. peskin said mirkarimi agreed to step down if he agreed to be the under sheriff. >>> president obama delivered some tough talk at the united nations this morning addressing the rioting in the muslim world. he called for a deeper look at the causes. nbc bay area steve handelsman has more on the president's remarks. >> reporter: laura, thanks. good morning. gorgeous day here in new york. president obama came here as a candidate in a middle of a tough re-election fight. president obama aimed his u.n. speech at u.s. voters to reassure them he is handling the twin middle east crises. >> the attacks of the last two weeks are not simply an assault on america. >> reporter: chrrisis one is th attacks in libya. then the made in america anti-islam video. >> there are no words that excuse the killing. >> reporter: but he urged understanding. >> if we are serious about these ideals, we must speak about the crisis. >> reporter: crisis two is iran. still working on nuclear capability. the iran presid

according to peskin, mirkarimi agreed if he was named undershaefunde undersheriff. said lee refused. >>> we are almost to october but christina loren tells us it feels like july, august. >> 6:34. this is mt. diablo. look at all this fog. the low clouds settled right to the surface. above those clouds just some high, wispy clouds. that's what we're expecting for today, lots of sunshine, a little bit of cirrus out there. eight miles of visibility in san mateo right now. we're looking good in terms of visibility everywhere except for gilroy. so travel really cautiously between morgan hill an gilroy and over the pacheco pass as you head east. it's getting pretty thick out there as well. so 50 at oakland, we're at 53 to start you out in sunnyvale and 54 degrees in san francisco. highs work out like this today. we'll be at about 89 degrees at 4:p.m. inland, 76 bayside and 69 at the coast. we have much hotter days ahead, triple-digit heat on the way for parts of the bay area. we'll tell you exactly when and that that means coming up. first let's check your drive. >>> folks

to keep -- they are required -- look at that. 2 water meters. >> they are required to -- in 2004 peskin introduced an ordinance and adopted the ordinance to also include these metal covers that you see pretty much in a lot of the older parts of the city. most of of them are elevator hatches for subsidewalk basements. but in certain cases like this one there is a utility under there. >> if you are on a steep hill with one on ask its raining boy can you take off. >> what is the new requirement >> the new requirement is the property owners are required to bring these into compliance. get tests run. if they won't site them if our inspector feels this is too slippery. we don't have instruments to determine that. yeah. there are things you can do. you can sand blast it to roughen it, epoxy coatings and things you can do to adjust it. certain things are exempted. the exceptions are the sewer vent covers. 4 inches 4 inches. those are exempt [inaudible]. one other thing before we leave this we have seen 2 fire hydrants the new fire hydrant, an old fire hydrant and across the street, laurence. th

peskin says a member of lee's staff approached him and asked if mirkarimi would be willing to step downsheriff and take another job. mirkarimi agreed if he was named the undersheriff. peskin said lee refused. >>> right now we have good news, very good news regarding raiders wide receiver darrius heyward-bey. it looks like he's going to be okay. he was released from eden medical center just yesterday and he's at home resting comfortably. actually has a concussion and a little bit of a neck strain. he is expected to make a full recovery following that brutal hit. he was injured during a helmet-to-helmet hit on sunday. as he was being carted off, he managed to give that thumbs up. he's getting a thumbs up from doctors. slowly recovering, but good news. >> just 13 years old, a san francisco boy serving as inspiration of beating the odds, not to just his piers but everybody, including his mom. he was awarded a medal of courage by general colin powell. at two weeks old he was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart complex that makes it very difficult for blood to circulate in and out of the l

peskin says lee refused. >>> self-driving cars could soon find their way to bay area streets. >> governor jerry brown all set to sign a new law which creates new rules for autonomous vehicles. >> bob redell is live in mountain view with more details on the new car law. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and jon. here outside google headquarters, which has pioneered the early stages of autonomous cars and later this afternoon the governor will be here to sign the bill, which is officially known as sb-1298, better known formerly as the robot car bill. it would allow companies like google to test self-driven cars on the road as long as a human is in the driver's seat monitoring the car's operation. the bill would require the dmv to come up with rules governing these cars. google has been testing the cars for years now but it needed special permission from local authorities to do so. starting next year, no permission necessary with the signing of this bill. this bill is not without its critics. there are privacy concerns because in the future autonomous cars would have