british airways is launching the new route, sjc to heathrow. the inaugural flight leaves a couple hours from now. it kicks off a daily non-stop flight each way aboard that 787. they haven't had a direct flight to europe since 2001 from sjc. >> it was a little london-esque, overcast. >> i'll clear the weather path for it. you guys just get the tickets. >> we're in. >> we do have large weather changes coming our way over the next 72 hours. that does include the possibility of rainfall. i know it's been slow going today, but it's still in the forecast. as you get a live look at doppler radar and scanning satellite, you can see we have instability across the sierras with lightning also in northern california as well, mainly offshore. nothing really too much for the bay area, just a few spotty areas in marin, sonoma and napa county. 73 in the south bay, east bay at 71. the north bay where we've been clouded in all day long with the coolest temperatures at 65. you can see from our mount tamalpais how cloudy it is at that time current moment. as we he

on that, recommending it not be built because of the very same issues we raised about the safety at sjc. >> the concerns are there. the layering of risks are there. somebody better decide given the layering of risks whether they are a cumulative risk worth taking. >> in your estimation, it's not. >> it's not. >> despite the protests from ridge and the faa, the new rams stadium project proceeds right off l.a.x.'s runway. we sent an e-mail asking the rams about all this, but we never heard back. a faa spokesperson refused our repeated requests for an interview or to answer our questions. instead he sent us a written statement saying in part, quote, the faa has the authority to review proposed construction. the agency's review authority does not include stadium lights or score boards. the faa will continue to express its concerns to both stadiums about any future complaints we receive. you can read the entire statements from the faa, the 49ers and the earthquakes. plus, you ask see an exhaustive timeline showing all these e-mails, when they were sent out and when they came in. go to our we

sjc had 21. and san diego had four. live at sfo, i'm kiet do, kpix 5. >> kiet, has sfo done anything to improve security? >> reporter: yes. so they say they have increased patrols, added closed circuit tv cameras and also beefed up the patrols as well and also added an electronic security gate that opens and closes by mechanics. >> thank you. >>> a different angle on a massive blaze. the santa clara fire department is looking into the cause of this fire at a strip mall on el camino real. crews used a drone to help them finally get the fire under control yesterday morning hours after it started. a wall of flames ripped through the mall before dawn yesterday. the roof collapsed. it was a five-alarm fire. six businesses were destroys. no injuries. >>> in san leandro, a new theory on why an amtrak train slammed into an suv with a woman and toddler inside. we have learned traffic may have been unusually heavy due to pg&e work near the crossing. drivers could only use one lane instead of two when the deadly crash happened tue

mike will update you. >> that's right, kari, 101 spreading itself out, capital expressway to that sjc. the airport there, also 87 and 85, as you'd expect on schedule, lighter than most wednesday, slipping in towards that summertime commute. no changes over here, san mateo bridge westbound, slow off hayward, you will see that build, the peninsula not seeing this slip down. we have a slowish drive and we'll go to dublin, westbound 580, that itself the traffic away from us from this camera. look how light it is compared to where i show you. for some reason, traffic starts to speed up after that overcrossing, over to the dublin interchange. a great idea, back to you. >> it sounds like you got some investigating to do, thank you very much. >> coming up, a smash and grab all caught on camera. the item thieves got away with, that could put it at risk. >>> google has a big conference today. we will tell you what may they made, a live i look live at the big board. >>> a facebook face-to-face, what will likely be a trending topic today. chris sanchez here in the newsroom with what we know about

new at 11:00, lilian kim is live at sjc with the story. lilian?reporter: ama, nonstop service to london was the number one request here for some time and now it is finally here. >> with the beatles music playing in the background british airway flight arrived at mineta san jose international. it is the first time an airline has flown non-stop from london to san jose. passengers gave it a big thumbs up. >> it has had a bigger impact in the united states of america. >> half of silicon valley and london businesses there is no doubt the new service was key. willie walsh is the ceo of the international airline group. with more than 400 silicon valley companies with offices in the uk and 118 british companies with offices in silicon valley, the new route made sense. >> it is a high-tech community and it has always wanted a direct flight to san jose. >> now that it is here, passengers are giddy. >> at this time of day to get to sfo, it is wonderful to have it out of san jose. >> london is the first of four nonstop international flights. service to vancou

at sjc, san jose firefighters keep stockpiles of foam within reach. >> this is one of our storage facilities use. >> it laooks like dish soap. but when mixed with water, foam is a powerful tool to fight fire. >> the foam will smother and kill the fire. >> the fire departments now buy environmentally friendly foam. but for decades they used a triple s that contains toxic chemicals. bill walker heads the bay area office of the environmental working group, a nonprofit that's investigating pfcs. >> once it gets out into the environment, it almost never breaks down. >> pfcs were key ingredients in teflon, scotch gouuard and hundreds of other products. the chemicals have been described as virtually indestructible. walker says we've all been exposed the fa exposed. >> the fact that it was used to heavily for so long means it's a really big problem. >> certain pfcs are linked to delays. now scientists and the government are becoming increasingly curious about pfcs in water. >> it eventually runs off it washes off, it get into the bay, it gets into drinking water. >> they say detections at treatment

. >> at sjc, san jose firefighters keep stock piles of foam within reach. >> this is one of our storage facilities that we have for our foam that we use. >> it looks, honestly, just like bubble path. >> foam is a useful tool to fire fire. >> it's noun as aqueous film forming foam or atf. for decades, airports, refineries and military bases used afff that contained toxic chemicals containing pfcs. >> it's extraordinarily long lived. >> big walker heads the off the of the environmental group. >> once it gets out into the environment, it almost never breaks down. >> manufacturers started phasing out toxic pfcs 15 years ago, but the chemicals have been described as virtually indestructible. >> it was used to heavily for so long means that it's a really big worldwide problem. >> certainly pfcs are linked to learning delays and changes to the environmental system. >> now scientists and the government are becoming increasingly curious about pfcs in water. >> it phenylly runs off, washes off, gets into the bay, into the drinking water. >> researchers recently found the chemicals in runoff water

new at 11:00, lilian kim is live at sjc with the story. lilian?reporter: ama, nonstop service to london was the number one request here for some time and now it is finally here. >> with the beatles music playing in the background british airway flight arrived at mineta san jose international. it is the first time an airline has flown non-stop from london to san jose. passengers gave it a big thumbs up. >> it has had a bigger impact in the united states of america. >> half of silicon valley and london businesses there is no doubt the new service was key. willie walsh is the ceo of the international airline group. with more than 400 silicon valley companies with offices in the uk and 118 british companies with offices in silicon valley, the new route made sense. >> it is a high-tech community and it has always wanted a direct flight to san jose. >> now that it is here, passengers are giddy. >> at this time of day to get to sfo, it is wonderful to have it out of san jose. >> london is the first of four nonstop international flights. service to vancou

fly sjc tweeted this picture of the board showing the flight.t's a 10-hour trip from san jose to london and takes off at 8:00 tonight. >> president obama took a drink today to show support for residents of flint, michigan. >> can i get some water? i did need a glass of water this is not a stunt. >> the president took a sip of filtered water and during a briefing on the federal government's response. the president got to meet 8-year-old molly, known as little miss flint she wrote the president and got a response and a hug. >>> a san francisco family is waiting a life changing donation for their 20 month old toddler, hanna. last november hanna was diagnosed with a large heart. doctors have put her on a heart pump. the average wait for a heart transplant is 6 to 8 months. her mom talked about the importance of being a donor. >> etc. almost hard to say in words, it's overwhelming to think some day she's going to be able to live a normal life. and i hr have so much gratitude for the family that from a tragedy will give her gift of life. >> doctors sa

fly sjc tweeted this picture of the board showing the flight. it's a 10-hour trip from san jose to london and takes off at 8:00 tonight. >> president obama took a drink today to show support for residents of flint, michigan. >> can i get some water? i did need a glass of water this is not a stunt. >> the president took a sip of filtered water and during a briefing on the federal government's response. the president got to meet 8-year-old molly, known as little miss flint she wrote the president and got a response and a hug. >>> a san francisco family is waiting a life changing donation for their 20 month old toddler, hanna. last november hanna was diagnosed with a large heart. doctors have put her on a heart pump. the average wait for a heart transplant is 6 to 8 months. her mom talked about the importance of being a donor. >> etc. almost hard to say in words, it's overwhelming to think some day she's going to be able to live a normal life. and i hr have so much gratitude for the family that from a tragedy will give her gift of life. >> doctors

. >> reporter: at sjc, san jose firefighters keep stockpiles of foam within reach. >> this is one of our storage facilities that we have for our foam that we use. >> it looks like dish soap. >> it looks like bubble bath. >> but it's a powerful tool to fight fire. >> the foam will smother and take the oxygen out of the fire and put it out. >> it's known as afff. the fire departments by environmentally friendly foam but for decades airports and military bases used afff that contained toxic forms of chemicals known as pfcs. >> it's extraordinarily long lived. >> reporter: bill walker from the environmental working group, a nonprofit investigating pfcs. >> it almost never breaks down. >> reporter: key ingredients in teflon, scotch guard and other of hundreds of products. manufacturers started phasing out toxic pfcs a decade ago but walker says we've all been exposed. >> it's persistence, the fact that it builds up in your blood and the fact that it was used so heavily for so long means that it could be a worldwide problem. >> reporter: linked to developmental delays and changes to the im

here is sjc going real quick. you are not going to see this.the new york times" says this morning, 600 passengers missed their flight in charlotte when the security line went past three hours. i looked it up. the wait for space mountain at disneyland is 50 minutes. two stocks to watch. yelp was up big yesterday. there were hints the company could be sold. apple is in trouble. down eight straight trading days. we haven't seen that since 1998 and days of the imac. a judge in brazil ordered the shutdown of what app. it's not turning over data in a criminal investigation. this is only in brazil. the creators says the company doesn't have the information. it can't have the information because it's encrypted end to end. it cannot read what you text. this same judge jailed a facebook executive in march though he was released after a few days. >> at home finger pointing over the failure of theranos. they are thinking banning holmes from their own labs after discovering irregularities. investors pored billions of dollars. they begin finger pointing with

recommending in this report it not be built because of the same issues we raised about the safety at sjc. >> concerns are there. the layering of risk there. given the layering of risk where there's a cumulative risk we're taking. >> in your estimation it's not? >> it's not. >> reporter: despite the protests, the new rams stadium project proceeds right off l.a.x.'s runway. we never heard back. an faa spokesperson declined our repeated requests for an on camera interview or to answer any of our questions. instead he sent us a written statement saying, quote, the faa has the authority to review construction. it does not include stadium lights or score boards. they will express concerns about any future complaints we receive. you can read the entire statements from the faa, the 49ers and the earthquake plus an exhaustive time line showing all the e-mails and when they were sent out and when they came in. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigative unit. nbc bay area news. >>> president obama tried his happened at stand-up comedy one last time during his final white house

. >> at sjc san jose firefighters keep stockpiles of foam within reach. >> this is a storage facilitye. >> it looks like just soap. >> it honestly looks lieb bubble bath. >> when mixed with water, foam say powerful tool to fight fire. >> the foam will smother and take the oxygen out of the fire and put the fire out. >> it's known as film forming foam or asss. the fire departments buy environmentally friendly foam. for decades, airports, refineries and military bases use -- known as compounds or pfcs. >> it's extraordinarily long lived. >> bill walker heads the bay area office of the environmental workinggroup. a nonprofit investigating pfcs. >> once it's out in the environment, it almost never breaks down. >> they were key ingredients in teflon, scotch guard and hundreds of other products. manufacturers started phasing out toxic pfcs 15 years ago. but they've been described as virtually indestructible and he said we've all been exposed. >> the fact that it was used so heavily for so long, means it's a worldwide problem. >> certain pfcs are linked to developmental dpee lachlts decrease

the first nonstop from sjc to london. british airways is launching that new service.he last time san jose had direct service to europe was in 2001. >> it is fantastic. it saves going up to san francisco. i just left campbell 20 minutes ago and here i'm getting on a plane. i would have had to leave at 2:00 p.m. to catch a flight from san francisco. >> british airways will offer daily nonstop flights to heathrow airport. >>> stormy weather delayed spacex's latest rocket launch in florida. they planned to launch the falcon 9 today and will try for early tomorrow morning when there is a less than 10% chance weather will be a problem. the rocket is scheduled to carry a japanese broadcasting satellite into orbit. spacex will try to repeat last month's history-making landing on a ship in the atlantic ocean. they'll try to stick the landing there. when elon musk is not launching rockets, he's building cars. >> tesla may ask for more money to meet demand. >> it may not be enough money there. tesla has huge expenses as it builds these new assembly lines. capital expenditures. t

the airline will offer one daily nonstop flight each way aboard a 787 as sjc last had direct serviceto europe in 2001, the first flight takes off at 8:05 this evening. >>> well, the donald stands alone. many republicans were reeling about ted cruz suspending his presidential campaign. john kasich decided to quit, too. at least that's what we're hearing. we will tell you what this means for the presidential race going forward. =reopen omni!!= ==kris//2 shot== we are following breaking news on the campaign trail. =omni= republican preside >>> we are following breaking news on the campaign trail this morning. republican presidential candidate john kasich dropping out of the presidential race. >> he plans to make an official announcement this afternoon in his home state of ohio. kasich's decision will come one day after he finished a very distant third in the indiana primary. yesterday ted cruz who you will recall formed an alliance with kasich also suspended his campaign. that leaves just one candidate in the republican race, donald trump. >>> for the democrats bernie sanders beat hilla

. >> this is part of a new wave of international flights being added at sjc. new routes are also being added to vancouver, frankfurt, shanghai and seoul, south korea. >>> a bay area startup is taking flight, vacaville company has created the icon a- 5, there is. a towable ultralight composite aircraft that runs on premium gasoline. the plan costs about $250,000, it is limited to daytime playing under 10,000 feet. and under 140 miles an hour. a pilot's license is required but you can get a license with just about 20 hours of flight time. >>> a weak jobs report helped send u.s. stock markets lower today, the dow fell 99 points, nasdaq lost 37 and s&p was off 12. payroll processor adp says new hires by private companies were lower in april than in march. >>> the huge recall of to cut airbags group today, and now involves nearly 64 million cars in the u.s. it is the largest safety recall in american automotive history. when the defective airbags inflate, they can send out metal shrapnel. 11 deaths worldwide have been linked to them. federal safety officials say it

sjc last had direct service to europe in 2001. the first flight takes off at 6:05:00 p.m. >> coming up next, keep the umbrellas handy. it could stick around for the next couple of days. your complete forecast and a look at the roads in two first half minutes. >> and i'm live in san francisco, where today's supporters of rec united nationsal pot say they want to get this in front of voters. what this could mean this year coming up in a live report. >> a very good now wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> we are wide awake at 6:30 on your wednesday, mike is going to help you get through your commute. >> that's right, rain in the forecast. >> grab the umbrellas, moving across parts of the bay area, mainly the north bay, we will be watching out for some light rain across san francisco and parts of the peninsula within the next couple of hours. but the radar showing we will see batches of rain. we will see some more of that into the next couple of days. i will have details coming up in the next microclimate forecast. let'

there's sjc, the airport runways. slowing should recover nicely offer the next ten minutes.rive through oakland. and the wind mark right here, the yellow highlighting, windy through san francisco. hold on tight for the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and benicia bridge. >> we have more local news in a half hour. ♪ >>> 8:30 on friday morning. it's may 20th. the city concert series is about to get under way for the summer. puff daddy and the family, moments away from taking the stage. >> one of those commercials. wait, there is more. we're talking 112. >> family. >> singing along at home we want to see your fan photos, here's what you do. #puff daddy today. before we get to the music one last check of the weather. >> a lot this morning. let's see what we've got going on. as far as your weekend weather, we are looking at showers and thunderstorms making the way through the southeast. also wet weather in the pacific northwest tomorrow. going to be a mess in the northeast. then as we look at sunday, sunday, more rain in the northeast new england, a risk of strong storms in the plain