israeli president shimon perez was cheered in washington before he spoke to the american israel public affairs committee. the speech comes on the eve of president obama's meeting with israel's prime minister, and iran will be the focus. perez appeared to set a tone for the monday meeting. >> -- so it can control a major part of the world economy. it must be stopped! and it will be stopped! [ applause ] >> reporter: perez is expected to be in san francisco this evening, an historic occasion. >> over 2000 people are going to go to temple emmanuel at san francisco to hear president perez speak. >> reporter: with the diplomat's tone, he says the u.s. and israel are on the same page on iran. >> all the options are on the table, but we call for tougher sanctions and more diplomatic activity of the international community to make iran stop its nuclear program. >> reporter: but the tone is tougher coming from perez. >> this is always our first option, but if we are forced to fight, trust me, we shall prevail! >> reporter: president obama has been under pressure from israel backers, who urge a

. >>> lisa washington is in washington park where shimon perez will visit facebook. >> reporter: the 88-year-old israeli president says the focus is innovation and that continues in menlo park where he will meet with the ceo of facebook mark zuckerberg and the coo sheryl sandberg to launch his official presidential facebook page. in addition, he will also participate in an interview that will be broadcast live through facebook's streaming service. already the israeli president visited ibm research and development in san jose and he was the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by the ceo of cisco. as for facebook, perez says he wants to create new social networking to create a dialogue with young arabs in countries that don't have diplomatic ties to israel. >> facebook introduced introduced social change more than politics -- [ indiscernible ] doesn't have a country, army, [ indiscernible ] that's it. he had an idea. look what he did. changed the world. >> reporter: later today, president peres will speak at san francisco's temple emanuel this evening. he will be greeted by governor brow

the launch conference in san francisco is the latest stop in shimon perez's first trip to the bay areast night he spoke before a sold-out crowd of 2,000 at san francisco's largest jewish place of worship, the temple emanuel. tomorrow he tours google's headquarters in mountain view. the 1994 nobel peace prize winner is hoping to use technology to connect with young people, especially those in arab countries, to advance efforts to bring peace to the middle east. >>> mitt romney was the big winner on super tuesday. but the victory does not mean he's got the nomination locked down. he narrowly won over rick santorum in ohio, which is the crown jewel of super tuesday. nbc bay area's brian moar joins us live from washington. he may have real weakness when it comes to the most conservative voters. >> reporter: absolutely, laura. ohio really pointed this out in stark relief. romney is the front-runner, no doubt about that. but he's still trying to convince conservatives that he's a winner. and the storyline that we've seen all along is that romney is really, really struggling to win over the c

at 10:30 eastern, we'll have live coverage of remarks by president obama and israeli president shimon perez. and monday at 9:30, remarks from benjamin netanyahu, mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi on c-span 2. housing secretary shean donovan thursday said the federal housing administration will be able to meet its requirements for the fund it uses to back its portfolio of government-backed home mortgages. the fund,

. >>> and shimon perez is the first president of israel to visit the bay area.e will be here until thursday on a trip to focus on innovation. perez will visit several silicon valley leaders. >>> traffic and weather after n- just a minute. -- in just a minute. ,,,,,, >>> good morning, the bay bridge is pretty backed up. because we have two separate stalls on the up deck, one on the incline, one closer to treasure island. they're working hard to clear them. stacked through the macarthur maze. the east shore freeway, 37 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. pretty foggy. dense fog advisories at the carnlg bridge and one for the gold -- carquinez bridge and one for the golden gate bridge. southbound 880 by el vrorado. sluggish. farther north up and down the nimitz, 880 oakland, looks good. and that is traffic. for your forecast, here is lawrence. >> elizabeth, that fog a very important clue that we're seeing weather changes. the sea breeze is kicking in. very interesting seeing the fog. over the russian hill, you can see the patchy fog. and

shimon perez will be in the bay area. addressed the public affairs committee holding a three-day conference. the main subject? the threat from iran. >> iran is an evil cold morally corrupt regime. it is based on destruction. it is a front to human dignity. they are a part of world terror. iran is a danger to the entire world. >> while he is here in the bay area, perez is expected to focus on innovation, especially in the tech sector. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the u.s. as well meeting with the president and speak about the growing tensions with iran. israel has threatened to use force to defend itself. and over the weekend, president obama said that the u.s. will not rule out a military strike to convenient iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >>> occupy oakland protest terse are waking up -- protesters are waking up at uc davis and in a few hours will join a massive rally at the state capitol and marching for the past several days hoping to send a strong message to lawmakers about cuts to educa

shimon perez arrived last night. he will be here until thursday. aeli president has ever come to this area and security is tight. today president perez will tour i.b.m.'s research and development center in san jose. >>> eyes on bay area weather after a beautiful weekend. now the fog rolling back in through the golden gate with live looks here from san francisco. let's get more on that workweek forecast with james fletcher. >> good morning. here's the live look we have from the james fletcher freeway where traffic is light. other parts of san francisco not so lucky. we're seeing rather foggy conditions along the coast and up in the north bay. as we switch the maps, you'll see we have dense fog with visibility under a quarter of a mile near point rays and a good bipt of the peninsula -- bit of the peninsula line. it gets heavy near petaluma and san to rosa so keep that in mind. also on the cool side. i'm going to have a closer look at the rain we're expecting tonight and the winds we'll get tomorrow as a result of that storm system coming up in a full

president shimon perez will open the launch conference at the san francisco design center today. affic after the break. > >>> 10:28. high pressure is taking control of our forecast making for calm conditions. the warmup is on starting today. bringing temperatures up five to ten degrees. tomorrow up into the 70s. mid-70s and 80s as we head into your friday. don't forget to set that clock ahead one hour. we spring forward saturday into sunday. a few stray showers monday. we get rain on tuesday. let's check your drive with mike. >> i know you never really lose time. but we lose an hour. we're looking over here to northbound 101. we're gaining a nicer commute, at least. but still slow northbound 101 from 237 up past shoreline. making its way up into palo alto. earlier accidents have cleared as well as highway 85. nice flow through the rest of the south bay and meridian off ramp reopened. we'll look at the bay bring toll plaza with the backup still going on there and around the berkeley curve. pretty late for the bay bridge slowdown. they may have slowed those meter lanes for the winds

shimon peres arrived. his trip focuses on innovation. john chambers will host a dinner attended by tech leaders. tomorrow perezisits facebook where he launched his face book page with the help of the ceo. >> he's going to visit and tighten up the relationship between israeli high tech and american high tech. >> in his only public appearance, the 88-year-old president will address the sold-out crowd at san francisco's temple tomorrow night. >> jury selection in the domestic violence trial of san francisco's sheriff is set to begin this morning. a poll of 125 potential jurors will head to court. a separate hearing will continue on whether to allow ross mirkarimi's former girlfriend to testify. the san francisco sheriff pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor charges stemming from an argument with his wife on new year's eve. the trial is expected to last two weeks. >> the oakland teen accused of killing his adoptive parents is expected to enter his plea today. 15-year-old moses kamin will be charged. his parents were found dead in their car. investigators say frustration over the teen's recent suspension from sch

shimon peres continues his historic bay area visit with a stop at facebook headquarters. stephanie with now social networking can bring piece. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. perezwith mark zuckerberg. he's also the 88-year-old will be expected to launch his face book page. >> friend. >> reporter: that was yesterday when perez connected with ibm leaders and tour add research lab, is planning hope to strengthen the relationship with the tech industry. the visit is to lea more about social networking and how to use to the reach out to young arabs in places where israel does not have traditional diplomatic. when he speaks at the congregation, demonstrators are expected there. the facebook event is closed to the public but will be streamed live on facebook. >> 6:53 now. what started out as an investigation into stolen ipads is turning into one of the biggest drug busts in u.s. history. agents busted a giant meth lab hidden inside the war departments of snell in san jose. more than 750 pounds of meth worth $34 million were seized. three people who may have ties are under arrest. they face child endangerment charges. there were two mirn children inside. that has neigh