. >> tonight the bay will be moderated by former nbc anchor tom brocaw. that is the latest reporting live in san rafael, christie smith today in the east bay. >> the debate will air tonight right here on nbc bay area and you can also see it on nbcbayarea.com. we will have live blogging from the site and on air our coverage starts at 6:00. debate at 6:30 and after we will have indepth analysis. >>> rapes, robbery, and domestic abuse are three of the biggest crimes plaguing oakland. a plan that tries to curb crime against women. as today in the east bay, cheryl hurd reports measure bb has people talking. >> because some people are for bb and others are against it. women who live here in the city of oakland are paying close attention because some are calling it the crime-fighting bill. >> at the moment i feel safe. >> safety is a major issue for kathy who lived in oakland for five years. >> i'm a homeowner and it would help my immediate neighborhood and probably all of oakland to have more police available. >> police staffing a major issue for oakland. some

tom brocaw is actually injured.oke his ankle, but none the less will be moderating the debate. we will have reporters anda anchors throughout the debate from the green room to the spin room. full coverage tonight on television and nbcbayarea.com. >> we look forward to it. jerry brown of course is a very seasoned politician and meg whitman, former ceo of ebay used to addressing large crowds. the public speak suggest tough for a lot of people. it's the greatest fear even over death. kimberly hill is the associate professor of santa clara university and joins us this morning to talk about ways people can get over that fear. thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> are people born with the ability to just be able to speak in front of others or is it more of a learned behavior? can you get over that fear? >> there things that you can do. with children you watch children playing and a lot of them are very exuberant and gregarious and through experience as we grow up and sometimes in our classroom when is we have to do

. >> tom brocaw will moderate and playing hurt this morning. scott continues our coverage with that. >> you talk to folks and his leg is over there on the right up on a table. he is not being casual. he broke his ankle. the former nbc news anchorman said he is fine. he will be asking very tough questions of the candidates. he will have questions he said he will not necessarily ask the same question of each candidate. they may be very different. he will try to knock them off script. there is a lot of criticism particularly of meg whitman of sticking to talking points and someone has to knock both jerry brown and meg whitman a curveball to get the real answers that voters want to hear. we have full coverage tonight on nbc news and on nbcbayarea.com as well. >> thanks a lot. it will be important to keep them on track. the debate will air tonight. predebate coverage starts at 6:00 and the debate at 6:30. stay with us for indepth analysis after the debate. you can see it live and participate in live blogging at nbcbayarea.com. >> the giants are back

at christmas i got a check from tom brocaw for a hundred dollars. i sold my car a buick for 500 dollars in a seedy area in oakland. by spring i raised 200 dollars. my marth was a principal at an elementary school. she invited me to talk to the kids. when i was leaving a fourth grader looked me in the eye and said, i have a piggy bank at home and i will help you raise money for the school in pakistan. i didn't think anything of it. 6 weeks later the school is raised 65,000 penes. >> main stage's loud efts performance was about bief the detroit native high strung. they had an energyic performance. the concert was a plash back to the kinks and the who and tv shows like hala blue. ladies and gentlemen. the high strung. [music] >> hope you enjoyed this look back at some of the entertaining guests that graced the stage of the main library. you can watch more highlights from main stage on you tube and new episodes on sfg. org. watch for more readings, speakers and performances during the next year. we leave you with a bonus performance from the high strung

nbc bay area will host it and tom brocaw will moderate. we will have pre and post debate analysis on air. you can get debate informs and details in the november elections by logging on to nbcbayarea.com and search prop zero. >> we are closer to having a state budget and not there yet. mike is live in sacramento to tell us more. good morning. >> it's quite a scene in the capital right now. lots of coffee and long faces. we have even seen mcdonald's happy meals being delivered. the senate has been going all night long. let me give you a live look in the chambers and it's pretty much a ghost town because both the democrats and the republicans are in individual caucuses because we are exactly one vote shy of getting a budget, a main budget passed out of the senate. they have tried this roughly four times at least. the latest effort was about 5:15 this morning. a big swing and a miss as they came up that one vote short. just moments ago, i talked with the leader and said what's the sticking point? what is the thing that is keeping this one vote

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tom brocaw will moderate. coverage is at 6:00 and the debate at 6:30. we air that live. post debate analysis begins at 7:30. for more information on the governor's race and all the races that matter to you. you can go to prop zero blog at nbcbayarea.com. >>> new this morning, the first of the 2010 nobel prizes handed out hours ago. the medicine goes to britain's robert edwards, it is man who developed in vitro fertilization. he developed the method in 1988, but is only just getting recognition. a big stumbling block in rahm emanuel's run for mayor. two of the city's top election lawyers say the state's law said the candidateses for mayor must live in the city for a year before the election. emanuel announced in a video that he is preparing to run for the post. >>> you can hear the roar of the jets overhead. the navy angels will arrive here for fleet week. fleet week starts on thursday? san francisco with an airshow, that is if the weather cooperates. last year's performance was called off because of fog. >>> 6:35 and mike inouye helps you get around the bay area. >>> wat

tom brocaw will moderate at 6:30. electric for exclusive preand post debate analysis. for the issues that impact your family, logon to nbcbayarea.com and click on prop zero. we have the plate cal blogs that have a one-stop shop. >> i want to take a look at nax. >> we have the chopper over the road. out of the tunnel and approaching the rest of the streets, that's the reason they closed. the accident with the two cars involved clearly blocking both lanes and no way to get by. that would cause a problem for the tunnel itself. the tunnel has not been damaged as a result of the accident. you see this was on the roadways or approaching industry streets. this continues for another hour or longer. we will watch the impact to oakland and folks over towards 880. if you are heading out off the off-ramp, you might find a distraction. 880 itself as a result of needing to go over the volume itself. we will follow it. it's getting crowded out there. >> getting cool too. i can certainly feel it. >> it's fall weather and 55 degrees in san francisco. not much wind this morning. gusty w

. >> the debate will be moderated by tom brocaw. the debate starts at 6:30.e will have preand post analysis on air. logon to nbcbayarea.com. >> in the race for oakland, one candidate spent almost $600,000 in the quest to be the next mayor. his opponents are upset saying he passed the spending limit. kaplan 20 about $125,000. they both requested stricter regulation of candidate spending limits. you are going to hear from all of the mayoral candidates tonight in a forum at 6:00 in the oakland city hall. election day is 26 days away and you can always logon to nbcbayarea.com and search prop zero for all of your election day information. >> the wall of toxic sludge we told you about continues to move through europe. we have more from the newsroom. >> the latest we have from the news wires is this sludge has reached the danube, the second largest river in europe. this happened yesterday from a metals plant where the stuff turns into aluminum got loose from a vez voyeur and started flowing into the danube. we think it's going to cross into croatia, serbia and roman

it will be moderated by tom brocaw and it starts at 6:30 am we will have preand post debate analysis on air and online for all the news on decision 2010, logon and search prop zero. >> we will take a peek at the morning commute. >> we will take you to the south bay where we had the earlier accident that has been cleared. northbound 101 with all lanes cleared of the accident. that doesn't mean the slow down cleared. that's about the time when things slowed down anyway towards 680. that's the reason why we have speeds. this one registering at 23, but we have a more accurate 30 miles per hour heading north. we will find more slowing as more folks head over there and highway 85, any time you hear about an accident in this corner, folks are heading over to 280. that could disturb the flow. expect to see 280, 87 and 85 with a heavier volume of traffic. head out to the roadways earlier. sunol slowing as you approach the express lane. we have seen slowing off and on moving smoothly all the way down toward this is scene before you get here, you will see sleing starting now and in the bay brid

tom brocaw will moderate between brown and mittman at 6:30. you can look for preand post debate analysis on nbc bay area. for developments and news that might impact your family, logon and click on prop zero. we have exclusive blogs and a one-stop shop for all your election information. >> green energy is a growing industry powering parts of our life and lots of businesses in the bay area. bob redell has more on how the technology is revving up. good morning, bob. >> good morning. we're not talking about the aa or-volts powering the microphone. we are talking about technology that is more advanced. did i call you the founder? >> i'm one of the organizers. >> fair enough. what was the idea of the battery show? >> the battery industry is changing and there billions pumped into it. with different changes and applications from electric vehicles to pacemakers. this is the opportunity to bring everyone together. >> beautiful. you being from england and the originators of the english language, i have been mispronouncing battery? >> we say it as you s