on your morning commute. 56 right now san jose. look at the wind southeast at 7. so cooler air out of gilroy this morning. 50s across the board for the morning. as we head toward lunch time we'll see 70s inland but mild for july. 83 in livermore. upper 70s around san jose. low 60s today around san francisco. laura? >> thank you very much, rob. oakland is in a budget bind and it is now trying to process on pot. the city's controversial plan to cash in on marijuana sales. nbc bay area's kristin smith is live in oakland with what the city is proposing and the big vote set for tonight. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning. oakland is moving toward approving four medical marijuana farms. you would think those in the industry following this, those that benefit from this or could benefit would be all for it but, no. in fact, there is pretty intense opposition growing here in oakland from those who worry that this would put small mom and pop growers out of business. in the media it's been called

the walmarting of weed. for instance harbor side health center, this is a dispensary in oakland, their medical marijuana comes from hundreds of small and mid sized growers. they want the city council to make sure they fold them into this plan. >> these people put their lives on the line for many years and if there is going to be people who reap financial rewards in the future it should be those people who took the risk to provide patients with medicine when it wasn't such a safe thing to do. >> but other growers like i grow, a hydrouponic store here in oakland, they support the medical farm idea. they'll be applying for one of the four permits and they think they could actually lead to more jobs, local jobs here in oakland. the city also looking at the upside of this cutting down on the number of burglaries and fires tied to small growers here in the city. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area

news. police hope to have a better understanding this morning about why a man would drive more than 130 miles to oakland loaded with guns and body armor and get into a shootout with police. byron christopher williams is still in the hospital. investigators say he drove from groveland sunday armed with a shotgun, a high powered rifle, a handgun, and lots of ammo. he was also wearing body armor at the time and got into a gunfight with chp officers after they pulled him over for dangerous driving. his mother says he was angry at the left wing in congress. if he is convicted williams could be behind bars for life. police offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two men who killed a google job candidate. 45-year-old jinghong kang flew to the bay area from virginia for an interview. he was in a parking lot on 19th and wester streets in oakland last night when two men tried to rob him. one of the men ended up shooting and killing him and then took off with $17.

kang and his father, a father of three, he planned to move his family to the bay area if he ended up getting the job. >> no problems in walnut creek in the wake of a rally to support johannes mehserle. they held the march outside a courthouse yesterday. supporters of oscar grant were there as well. they headed for a nearby b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. briefly shut the station down as a precaution but nothing came of it. both sides promised to stay peaceful and they kept the promises but emotions were high. >> i think they're supporting a murderer, they feel like it's okay for a person to kill another person as long as you wear a badge. >> he's sorry for what he did. it was an accident. i know it cannot be undone. >> oscar grant's uncle told nbc bay area he thinks mehserle's attorney orchestrated the demonstration. a tragedy for a family during a sight seeing trip to muir woods. their teenage son fell to his death. that family was visiting from

pennsylvania and was walking on the trail near the muir beach overlook when the 17-year-old fell off the cliff monday afternoon. by the time rescuers got to the young man they could not revive him. investigators say there is no evidence of foul play. two dogs that attacked three people in golden gate park are now dead. animal officials decided they were not fit for adoption so they were euthanized. the park attack happened july 1st. it sparked an extensive summer police patrol in the area targeting spots known to have illegal activitiy and cracking down on leash laws. a rally against smart leaders will be held in san francisco today. organizers want pg&e to stop using the digital meters until they look at the environmental impact. they also want the company to provide the radio frequency radiation that they admit is not harmful to humans. that rally starts at noon on van ness and mcallister. a small majority of california voters now support

guy marriage according to a field poll out today. 42% are opposed. 7% have no opinion. these are roughly the same numbers as two years ago. proposition 8 passed anyway banning gay marriage in the state. the center of the cell phone universe of course right here in silicon valley and it's drawing even more companies in. >> this huge gravitational pull like a black hole. there's news this morning that chicago-based motorola may send its cell phone division out to the west coast at some point. now, motorola is actually the oldest cell phone company. they had the very first one. they just sold part of its business to the finnish company nokia and analysts suspect it will spin-off the handset cell phones into its own company and move it to california. motorola makes the new droid phone and has a resurgence ever since. now, apple is not the world's largest cell phone company. darned close though. technically research in motion is quicker.

watch numbers relating to its i-pad sales and also analysts get on a conference call and ask a company official very tough questions. there is a press conference on friday. some questions were asked. the really tough ones come from the stock analysts that follow this company very carefully and that will happen after about 2:00 our time. >> see what they say. scientists and engineers continue to keep an eye on the new containment cap. oil and gas are leaking from that cap on bp's ruptured oil well but the man in charge for the government says so far the leaks are not a major concern. >> we do know there is some seepage around the base of the blowout preventer in terms of gas bubbles coming up and that's what we're focusing on right now. it does not appear at this point it's a consequential problem. >> bp has a new plan for killing the well. it's called the static kill. it's basically a new version of the top kill pumping mud into

the blowout preventer. they say it could work now because the cap is on and there is less pressure on the pipe. more than 200 national guard troops will start protecting the california/mexico border starting next month. they're part of the 1200 troop force that will start taking up positions along the southwest border of the u.s. on august 1st. the obama administration is trying to show a commitment to stopping cartel violence and illegal immigration by clamping down along the border with mexico. kidnappings, extortions, and thousands of deaths are blamed on drug cartels in mexico and the u.s. >> we're seeing a building on past efforts but also an increase in the resources devoted to the southwest border in an unprecedented way. >> troops will be stationed in california, arizona, new mexico, and texas and help the border patrol watch for smugglers and other people trying to cross the border illegally. time now is 5:07. we want to check your morning commute with mike. >> good morning. we'll take you up to the north

bay at this time. we have a little more construction sticking a round. this is southbound 101 at the off ramp. it's scheduled to be closed possibly another hour so local city areas know about the detours and as you're coming off the richmond center field bridge, 580, no major issues. you see speeds lifted up there. the issue though may be some of the fog you encounter coming across that bridge down toward the golden gate bridge and like this looskt bay bridge getting a look here but the fog preceded us enough to see the lights moving from the oakland side into san francisco. pretty light volume. the bay bridge toll plaza shot shows you how light it is right now but starting to see more steadily flowing headlights coming out of the maze right now. we'll watch for any delays and send it back to you guys. >> all right. should be a pretty nice week on tap. >> should be a nice one. nice and comfortable as we wake up this morning. a lot of low clouds, breezy conditions in san jose, 56 degrees. southwest at 13 in oakland right now. 56 with overcast skies. as mike has been showing you bay bridge out there in the fog you

can see 55 degrees and a southwest wind at close to 10 miles per hour. we do have pretty strong winds blowing into fairfield this morning out along near interstate 80 commute. you'll find that waiting for you probably throughout the day today. enough low clouds to cause some drizzle along the coast and we're going to stay cloudy and cool on the coast. inland temperatures by july standards pretty mild for this time of year. so 50s to start your day. we'll get clearing sky mid to late morning inland but look at the temperatures. thanks to that ocean air conditioning as we like to say, low to mid 80s at best inland, mostly 70s around the inner bay including the santa clara valley. staying mild thursday but a bit warmer for the upcoming weekend. back you to. >> thanks a lot. the fun is on hold in kentucky. a powerful storm ripped through parts of the central part of the state damaging a fairground. take a look. the blue grass fair in lexington had to close early after strong winds toppled several tents with people inside. three people did suffer minor injuries but the fair leaders say the weather is gone. they hope to have things back

open again tonight as they clean up a little bit. it is 5:09. a bay area man is trying to make history in the nba. we'll show you how. and it never is too early to get started on your holiday shopping. we're going to tell you why now could be the best time to get your gifts. >> i guess there could be some deals. president obama meets with britain's prime minister and they have a lot to talk about. a preview, next. a live look outside this morning across the golden gate bridge. not much traffic there and not much kind of coastal fog hanging around either so a nice, smooth drive right now. ched weckheonour r trafanc coatwemiher coming up.

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5:13 right now. live look from los angeles this morning. l.a. county jail where lindsay lohan will be reporting for her sentence. we'll of course keep you posted all morning long. 5:13 right now. >> see how long she actually spends. vice president joe biden is in the middle of a breakfast meeting right now with the british prime minister david cameron. the two will have a working lunch with president obama later on today. they'll talk about a wide range of topics including the war in afghanistan, the global economy, and the gulf oil spill. meanwhile, u.s. lawmakers including senators boxer and feinstein are demanding to know what role bp played in the freeing of the convicted

lockerbie airline bomber. cameron says that decision was wrong. >> he was convicted of being the biggest mass murderer in british history. i saw no case whatsoever for releasing him from prison. >> the prime minister has also agreed to talk with senators who have tough questions about bp. meantime, there is a new message on the internet from osama bin laden's number two man. he mocks president obama and the war in afghanistan. he called the president poor obama and makes fun of his promise that the taliban will not return to power in afghanistan. this was his first message since march when he praised two al qaeda leaders who were killed in iraq. >> today could be a day of financial relief for more than a quarter million californians. the u.s. senate will likely vote to extend the federal unemployment benefits. for 147,000 jobless workers here in california, the extensions won't help because they've exhausted their 99-week maximum. a new extension of benefits

would cost the government $34 billion. republicans say the treasury doesn't have the money but the president says people need the help. retailers all across the country are getting into the christmas spirit a little early. many say christmas in july sales are the new black friday. for instance target is offering deals online for one full day. it's this friday. >> okay. expect price reductions on toys and electronics. >> i think we're seeing what kind of business we can get online. >> sales are on toys and electronics not shoes. all week toys r' us is promoting deals. sears is in on it too offering an entire christmas section on the web. >> i need to do what i can to help the economy. it's all for the good of america. >> all for the good of america. you know, two-thirds of the american economy is the consumer and washington pushed that. remember after 9/11 vice president dick cheney said the

way to help support america was to keep shopping. this is the weak point in the american economy though because in order to keep shopping many americans have to buy on credit and of course easy credit was the problem, one of the problems anyway that led to the current crisis. now, the data we are seeing show americans are actually keeping their heads, paying down credit cards while spending less just like your parents advised you. that's good for you. it's bad for the economy. we're buying fewer books from amazon.com but buying more electronic books. the washington state based company says not only are kindle sales up but for the first time it sold more e books than traditional books. now, amazon is a bit hazy about exact numbers but it is sort of a notable shift that the first time people watched more cable than broadcast or the first time people had more cell phones than land lines and now in the case of amazon more people than

regular books. >> interesting. >> i don't know. americas cup boat race could be bringing more than a billion dollars to the bay area economy if it's held in san francisco. a study by the san francisco chronicle says the americas cup could bring in about $1.4 billion with most of it benefiting san francisco. the event would generate about 9,000 jobs. the americas cup is seen as being far more lucrative than even the super bowl, which typically generates between $300 million and $500 million. >> the giants are going to try to keep their hot streak alive going into l.a. again tonight. if you tuned into nbc bay area last night you saw them take on their rivals in l.a., made sure hopefully this nice two-run home runs for the giants in the fourth inning and san francisco went on to win it, 5-2 is the final score. the giants have now won 10 of their last 12 games. they are in second place, just four games out of first in the nl west. meantime the as host ed their

rivals, red sox going at it. they'll play again tonight. last night davis with his fourth home run taking a 1-0 lead early in the game but that's about it for the as offense. they couldn't muster much more so the red sox came back. they won it. 2-1 was the final. a bay area athlete is on the version of making history. he could be the first asian american to play in the nba for years. he is from palo alto. he made a big splash in college basketball at harvard and just wrapped up a stint in the nba summer league. now he is negotiating for a contract with several teams. >> your attitude going in, to be humble and to be loving and to be patient. you know, there's numerous different ways to approach the game of basketball in a godly fashion and that's what i try to stay focused on. it is 5:18 and we'll update you on the morning commute as well. looked good when we showed the golden gate bridge a while back. besides congestion you have to look out for construction.

>> slow for the cone zone. always a reminder, folks. a lot of folks clearing up though. it's still going on. the northbound 101 at third avenue, that off ramp there is closed for the next few minutes and also the zone between 3rd and broadway. you may still find a lane or two over the next half hour with some active construction specifically in the southbound direction that may be lagging a little bit longer because -- i'm sorry the northbound connection because of the commute at this point in the morning. really it's not a good commute this morning on the peninsula because things are very light right now. let's just look at the times. looking at northbound 101 and 280 coming off 92 into sp san francisco. close to the speed limit. no major issues for fog but we're watching as it creeps across the san mateo hills. we'll take you for a look across the san mateo bridge. highway 92 coming off the high rise, off 101, and the peninsula side and the headlights heading over toward the haley side.

that's your commute direction. the westbound one no delays at the toll plaza, no delays off the 880. a nice, easy light drive southbound. northbound equally as smooth with the tail lights away from us. through downtown without delay. you saw the glowing lights of the san mateo bridge. the bay bridge we see a little mist and drizzle there as well and rob has the forecast to let you know what things are going to look like for your drive as well as the next few days. as lightning strikes one woman we will hear from the wh .eople senitngha it edppen r her wh it happened.

good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside this time overlooking downtown santa fe. >> as you walk out the door this morning you might notice it was a little cooler than it has been to start the day. rob has a look at your forecast. >> i think you probably would need a jacket this morning at least a light jacket due to the fact we got the winds and some cool temperatures this morning, southwest winds at 13 into oakland at 56 degrees. 55 san francisco. with some overcast and even some fog along the summit of highway 17 dropping some mist in a few spots. san jose also breezy as well. the southeast breeze at 9, 56 degrees this morning. those onshore winds will keep the temperatures running pretty mild this time of the year. it does have a little bit of a benefit where air quality is concerned relatively moderate

along the coast and peninsula but with the all day seabreezes expect most of the air quality actually looking pretty good. if travel plans include st. louis and chicago you will see delays today. we're tracking pretty severe weather about to make a beeline into st. louis. nasty weather in the midwest. here we don't have any thunderstorms in the sierra. that's good news. thunder out toward phoenix. if you're heading out to arizona that's where the monsoon moisture is for now. a bit of a trough hung up across the west coast which has helped encourage a stronger seabreeze late yesterday. we'll feel it throughout the day and more or less over the next few days warmest places inland, mid 80s. this will be out towards livermore and the tri valley maybe down toward morgan hill and upper 70s next couple days in san jose and lots of 60s around san francisco and the coast. heading out to the sierra should be gorgeous with highs in the 80s. look at the overnight temperatures. cooler air aloft. drier air coming in with those lows in the upper 30s and low 40s around south lake tahoe. highs around the bay area today mid to upper 70s for san jose. 80s inland around morgan hill.

backville up to 85. 70s around petaluma with low clouds lingering for the morning and your seven-day forecast looks mild as you wrap up the work week. trending a bit warmer for the week ahead. >> thank you very much. talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time a missouri woman is recovering after lightning struck her. it happened while she was at work yesterday afternoon. a co-worker says she and other park workers were sitting on the back of a utility truck when the lightning hit. >> the next thing i saw her water fly up in the air. then the employee that was on the ground said i've been hit. i can't feel my legs. my feet are burning. >> frightening. >> if it was lightning or secondary lightning it may have left behind damage in the pavement. the woman who was hurt is lucky and is expected to be okay. that is scary. a 13-year-old has quite a story to tell when she goes back to school in a few weeks. a shark bit kendal parker when she was in wait deep water at a

beach in north carolina. she felt something bite but says she never saw it coming. >> that five-foot shark was right in front of my face. that was scary. i didn't even see it. he first asked me because i wasn't crying or anything. he said was it a shell or anything? i said no i got bit by something and he unwrapped the wrapping and told me it was a shark. i was like, whoa. really. i got bit by a shark. that's a story to tell. >> she's telling it. experts think it was likely a four or five-foot sand tiger shark. kendal may need surgery to repair a damaged tendon. an illegal drug used by teens could help war veterans. we'll show you what's being said about ecstasy this morning. pg&e's new smart meters? we'll tell you what they're doing coming up. >> there is a push to get farm workers overtime pay. we'll show you what's happening today in a live report. another live look outside this morning. the east bay. 880 this morning looks like

traffic moving very smoothly right now. we'll check as volume begins to pick up a little bit. mike has your traffic and rob has your forecast all morning.

oakland could defy federal law and turn to marijuana to make money. we'll tell you how. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. time now is coming up on 5:30. it's tuesday, july 21st.

we'll want to check with mike to find out what's going on with your commute this morning. >> thankfully not a whole lot. ease it back in. travel times heading up to and through the maze are looking really nice. highway 24, the caldecott tunnel close to the limit. no dels in or out. d 580 westbound through oakland nice, 880 also moving very smoothly. so things are moving smoothly. i was going to show you the upper deck but i can't show you that because the fog has rolled in. rob, that is my talk to you. the fog is impeding my view from san francisco over to the bay bridge and it's not like it's going to stick around. >> highway 17 right at the summit running into the cloud layer and probably some mists on the west side of the santa cruz mountains this morning, misty skies, clouds actually all the way inland to livermore this morning a clear sign that the marine layer has deepened up and it's going to lead to a cooler day today. the onshore wind will see highs, low 80s around livermore, upper 70s san jose but only 60s around oakland and san francisco. >> thanks, rob. the warm summer weather may have you watching your power bill a

little bit more closely, especially if you have the new pg&e smart meter. now, one group says being overcharged is just the latest in a growing list of problems with those new meters. nbc bay area's chris sanchez is live at pg&e headquarters in san jose with what's behind a new protest set for today. >> good morning, present. unless you live completely off the grid you know that the controversy over the pg&e smart meters largely centers on the issue of accuracy but as you said one group will make the point today, a different point that they are also not good for your health. a protest is being organized by a group called teens turning green. they say the meters put out confiden constant radio frequency radiation and the impact of which does not have an unknown impact on human health. they say there are no long-term standards on what people can do to avoid being exposed to it and there is no way for people to opt out if they are concerned

about that radiation. so far pg&e has installed about 6 million meters in the state of california. this is the latest wrinkle in the rollout of the smart meters which are intended to better track consumption and encourage people to use efficient -- energy more efficiently. the teens turning green rally is planned for the steps of the california public utilities commission building in san francisco. the smart meters will also be the hot topics in communities like scott valley and capitola where the city council will take up the issue later this week. in capitola there is an unnamed group encouraging residents and renters to put out signs like this one that says to the name of the utility, pg&e in this case, you don't have permission to be on my property or to install a smart meter. now, there is no way for people to formally opt out of the smart meter program. but putting this up we'll have to see how it pans out for the folks in capitola. already we do know big communities like san francisco

and smaller ones like capitola and fairfield, fairfax, had asked the pnc to put a moratorium on these smart meters until all of these wrinkles are worked out. pg&e has said only 1% of them malfunctioned but in a state as big as ours with smoem smart meters 1% is a lot of people. in san jose, chris sanchez, nbc bay area news. oakland is facing a cash crunch so considering turning to marijuana to make money. the city council will decide tonight whether to approve licensing for production plants to take care of all the cannabis growth, packaging, and processing. harbor side health center, a medical marijuana dispensary, has concerns the push will send many of its 400 small and mid sized growers out of business. >> if you had four huge factories that were producing medicine for the oekds dispensaries, what role would be left for the smaller master growers who have spent years perfecting their techniques? >> i grow, a hydrophonic store

in oakland says it will apply for one of the four permits and the owner of i grow says the city's proposal will make money for oakland as well as create new jobs. police are trying to figure out why a man drove more than 130 miles to oakland loaded with guns and body armor and getting into a shootout with officers. 45-year-old christopher williams is still in the hospital this morning, shot several times. investigators say he drove from groveland sunday armed with a shotgun, a high powered rifle, and a handgun as well as lots of ammo and he was wearing body armor, got into a shootout with chp officers after they pulled him over for dangerous driving. his mother says he was angry at the left wing in congress and if he's convicted williams could face life in prison. >> nearly a dozen people from teenagers to senior citizens are accused of having child pornography in the south bay. 11 people are now facing porn possession charges. police caught them after a week-long sting. their mug shots on view with the

hopes more victims will come forward. >> if you choose to abuse our children by exploiting them through the internet and sharing photographs of them that are demeaning and vicious and violent, we will come after you and we will put you in prison. >> one of the arrested men who is registered sex offender roger schultz, police say they found two rooms in his home decorated for children. the report is the suspect's wife told police they were preparing to adopt a child. the suspects were booked on charges of downloading child porn. some are also facing drug charges. san francisco firefighters, police, and city workers will meet today to talk about pension reform. they oppose the ballot initiative from san francisco public defender jeff adaci. it would make city workers pay 10% of their salaries into pensions and force them to pay for half of their depend ents' health care benefits. it is 5:35 right now.

netflix seems to be growing. >> it does. >> not only have they added millions of subscribers they're now moving into canada. the company says it's not going to actually offer the dvds by mail in canada but it will offer streaming movies to canadian users. now we often forget there are things we have that canada doesn't like hulu.com and until now netflix in canada just got satellite radio recently. you know who tony hawkings is the american skate boarder? he says he was not allowed to bring his skate board i don't know a plane leaving barcelona in spain so he hid it behind a trash can outside the terminal and then he posted this to twitter. can't carry my extra skateboard on the plane so i left it here. barcelona airport, easy jet terminal, finders keepers. >> no way. >> apparently he does this fairly often. he leaves skateboards behind and other people find it which is cool.

>> cool. >> cool stuff. >> that would be totally cool to have one. thanks a lot. no sign yet today of a second stickout for ac transit bus workers. ac transit apologized. pretty kwi net freemont. more than 100 bus operators called in sick yesterday morning because of labor disputes. the union's contract expires the end of june and talks between the union and ac transit have stalled. to make sure things are kept running ac transit imposed a new contract on drivers that went into effect over the weekend. that's when the drivers decided to call in sick. the transit authority is facing a $56 million deficit. the contract saves the agency $16.7 million by changing overtime rules and implementing a two tier pension plan. >> we want to see if that is going to affect your morning commute. >> yesterday about half the buses that typically travel over the dumbarton bridge stopped over the peninsula and those

went into effect. that's haft route for there. look at the maps. the east bay commute through city streets may get heavier but really the bay bridge, one of those routes you would think that would be a heavy effect but if you can't get acransit we still have this entire system. the b.a.r.t. system is still an option. all of these trains can take yoy from the east bay over to the city and of course vice versa. now, we have more effect probably to the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. there are no good alternates for folks traveling across at that point so you either have to head north and catch b.a.r.t. or you have to head south down toward 237 maybe and to the area, catching other rides with other people. they may decide to drive and take alternate routes and that may have forced more folks onto 880 as well. keep that in mind. the san mateo and dumbarton facing more surface street traffic if that does happen. yesterday we had about half the service across the dumbarton bridge. >> we'll watch for it.

>> watching for a little cooldown, it feels nice after some of the hot temperatures passed. mid 90s over the weekend now. the downward trend with the low clouds, actually well into the morning. you'll find then even after the altamont pass. 56 degrees san jose. a little bit breezy. southeast wind at 9. there you see san francisco with overcast skies, fog, and mist across the mid span of the golden gate bridge. 55 degrees, southwest wind at 10. there you see the gusty winds all the way into fairfield this morning. that's good news for air quality but notice as we go hour by hour your temperatures, the warmest places inland today, talking fairfield, down toward morgan hill to the south. some 80s but mainly 60s and 70s. same story as we head toward thursday, the weekend, not too hot but more july like. >> not bad at all. >> thanks a lot. the time is 5:39. a bay area company plays a part in a possible aids breakthrough. we will tell you about the medical discovery that could save lives coming up. plus a drug taken by some to increase good times could help

war veterans through some of the worst. we'll explain. >> oil is leaking from that cap. we'll find out what engineers plan to do now in a live report. e

for the first time in days it appears there is oil and gas leaking out of that well in the gulf of mexico. but just a small amount and not enough to stop testing on the new cap system. nbc bay area'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, they say they don't think that is related to this well so that's a little bit of good news. they continue to monitor the situation. at some point they have to decide between leaving the cap on or closed or opening it back and going back to containment. there is new word from bp about what they're calling now the static kill and they say that might be an option to permanently kill this before the relief wells are done. yesterday was the first time we heard anything about that from them. it is similar to the top kill procedure. they would put mud and cement down into the well from the top. they think this might work better this time around.

they have the cap in place and also some lower pressure so they say this is just an idea they are starting to look at and starting to think about. the government so far has said it thinks the relief wells are the ultimate solution. those will be done sometime toward the end of the month. so once again, laura, a lot going on. we're trying to get to the most updated information but won't hear from bp today until 3:00 p.m. eastern time. >> all right. we know you'll keep us updated though. thank you very much, kristen. new british prime minister david cameron is having breakfast with vice president joseph biden at the white house right now. the two will have a working lunch with the president a little later and there is a lot to talk about. one of the major topics will be what role did bp play in getting the convicted lockerbie airline bomber out of prison? the scottish government released the libyan last august. doctors claim he only had three months to live. that bomber is still alive. cameron was opposition leader at the time of the release. he agreed to meet with four

senators today who will ask him tough questions about the release. seven californians died in the lockerbie bombing in 1988. a foster city company is playing a part in an aids breakthrough. it is a vaginal gel containing an aids drug and is the first hope of protection for women whose partners do not use condoms. in tests the gel reduced the risk of hiv infection by 50%. experts say even partial protection is really important especially in poor countries. time now is 5:45. you're watching nbc bay area morning news. >> we are going to check traffic and weather in just a few minutes but first are we beginning a new era when it comes to medical marijuana? today oakland city leaders could approve a plan to set up marijuana factory farms. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in oakland with what is behind the controversial move. >> reporter: good morning.

well, you have to remember here that the city just laid off 80 police officers and also they're facing a huge budget deficit. so what caught the city council's attention is the number of jobs that could be created and also taxes that would be paid if medical marijuana can be big business. so allowing four medical marijuana factory farms in an above board way would benefit workers and the people of oakland according to the city council. last year oakland's medical marijuana retailers raked in about $28 million. under this plan operators would pay about $211,000 a year each. the problem is as opponents see it that this is a steep price for mom and pop growers who have been fighting to legalize this all along. there is another obstacle here, the fed, but still oakland is moving forward. council members say there would still be room for small growers but this would establish what they're calling, quote, the only

legal model here if you want to weigh in on this the council meets tonight at 5:30. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. governor schwarzenegger might get a hand delivery today, a bill that would give farm workers the right to overtime pay. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is live in san jose with why now and why the governor is going to sign that bill. kris? >> reporter: good morning, brent. for about 70 years now dairy farmers and ranchers and growers have been exempt from paying overtime to workers unless they work more than ten hours. that is something that could change today. senators and farm worker advocates will try to hand deliver a bill to the governor as you mentioned. right now farm workers only get overtime after ten hours of work in a day or 60 hours in a week. the bill which passed the assembly and senate would entitle them to overtime like the rest of us after eight hours or a 40-hour work week. the united farm workers union says it is time to treat farm workers the same as we treat

other workers in our state. farmers, though, say they can't afford this and some have said they will get around it by hiring additional workers at regular pay, thereby hurting the very people that the bill is meant to help. many growers say they will put the pressure on the governor to veto this bill although the governor has not made his position clear. once he gets it in his hands he has 12 days to either sign it, veto it, or just let it become law without his signature. we'll have to wait and see. he has not made his position clear as i mentioned. in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot. a common but illegal drug that couples use to increase their sex drive and pleasure could turn out to be the best medicine for war veterans. a new study in the journal of psycho pharmacology says 80% of patients treated with ecstasy no longer show signs of post traumatic stress disorder. and there are no side effects. researchers say that drug puts patients at ease letting them talk freely about the events that haunt them.

an iraq war veteran from san jose says he would use the drug but only after more tests. >> they say it might help and i say that's a good thing but i think more trials need to be done on that. i wouldn't really use a street drug, you know, to treat somebody. that's pretty bad. it's illegal number one and not necessarily good for a person. but if it might help, i think it would be good. >> the study followed 20 vets with chronic ptsd for almost two decades. researchers hope to get the drug approved by the fda in order to help treat the condition. we've known for a long time the relationship between at&t and apple has been a bit uneasy. details are emerging about just how uneasy. >> "wire" magazine looked into this fairly deeply and said there were screaming matches but the most bizarre thing they've found is that at&t has suggested to apple that ceo steve jobs wear a suit to meetings with at&t's board. now, at&t was told apple

employees don't own suits. we actually know he does. take a look. he owns a suit back then when he introduced the mcintosh. we have file video. but we have not seen that suit since. something called the american customer satisfaction index, which i got to say i've actually never heard of, says people think of online social networks the same way they think of cable companies and airlines and the irs. they use them but they don't like the way they work. it is the first time this index has included social networks. now, actually this index measures every business in america pretty much and there is some interesting stuff. the best fast food restaurant according to customer satisfaction index is papa john's pizza. the least favorite is mcdonald's. people like barns and nobel more than they do borders. it doesn't explain why. but there you go. now you know. >> interesting. that's their survey. >> survey says.

hey, there is another benefit to eating fish. a new study says older adults who eat fatty fish at least once a week may have a lower risk of serious vision loss from age-related macular degeneration. researchers at the john hopkins university in baltimore conducted the study and they say the results support the theory that omega iii fatty acids found in fish may affect the progression of age related macular degeneration. nothing fishy about it. there is a new way to measure kids' body fat that might make the ordeal a little less embarrassing and easier to do. doctors usually measure body fat by calculating the body mass index or bmi using their height and weight. but some doctors say the measurement is not always accurate. studies show that neck thickness and obesity are also related in adults so a new study from the university of michigan says instead of checking the waist line measure the thickness of the neck.

that might be a better way to see if your child is obese. >> lots of people can do it. it's easier to replicate. it doesn't require the child being undressed. >> doctors say the study is promising since the process of measuring a child's neck is much easier to do. >> can you do it for adults? i'd like you to turn toward each other and measure each other's neck. >> yeah, nice. >> throttle. is that the word? >> too much work. that's real work. out to the roadways we have one issue. this is southbound 101. as you're coming to the area approaching santa rosa, a little bit to the north, reports of a motorcycle accident and the ambulance has been called but no details on the injuries or whether there are any. but a motorcycle is involved. so we're watching this and actually the accident itself is blocking two lanes. i thought there were only two lanes at that point. chp updates say there are two lanes so the third lane is

slowing and the shoulder able to get by. a lighter volume of traffic through the area and no major delays through santa rosa south through novato and approaching san rafael. the northbound side off the richmond bridge is a little slow but it's your typical morning adjustment that goes on about this time every day. in the area just north of there you're back up to the speed limit. we'll watch this and let you know but so far no issues approaching the richmond bridge. then down toward the golden gate bridge. you can't see the north bay hills. that might be a problem for some folks as well as the fog goes so remember to keep these headlights on low beams because you switch them on high it's harder to see, actually harder to see the fog. keep that in mind. no drizzle reported. we're watching but no windshield wipers yet. we'll track that. meanwhile the san mateo bridge a nice, smooth drive across the water again from the east bay side. you can't see the peninsula because the low clouds and fog aren't starting to play a part in the morning commute. back to you guys. >> checking it out with rob, the forecast, talking about how the cooling starts the day. people are feeling that.

we didn't see a lot of the coastal fog. >> it's out there. once you see the city cameras light up you can see san jose, overcast skies through the santa clara valley and enough low clouds, sfo airport having arrivals being delayed for some flights up to about an hour due to the low cloud cover so call ahead if you're heading out to sfo expecting friends and family heading into town. 56 degrees right now. san jose, oakland. look at the wind southwest at 13. we do have low clouds and misty skies around the golden gate bridge this morning. good air quality for most of the bay area. mod other than the the coast but for an all day long seabreeze i don't think air quality will be much of a problem. good air quality and a trough hung up across the west coast has cranked up the seabreeze. we saw it late yesterday and it is going to continue today which means inland temperatures cooling off. in fact, below average temperatures for a change. only mid to upper 80s in the warmest places and i don't think we'll get there today. maybe toward thursday and friday we'll see those temperatures rebound some as we head toward the end of the weekend. get into the weekend.

travel forecast, into southern california, 80 around los angeles. the heat continues in the central valley. but even those temperatures starting to drop off around fresno and bakersfield. look at sacramento now down into the low 90s so the cooling effects being felt a little further inland today. lake tahoe looking pretty good at 85 degrees. 76 for san jose. low 80s inland today with low clouds lingering through mid morning even for some inland spots in the north bay we'll see patchy low clouds at times through lunch time and there you see the mild seven-day forecast and as we head into the weekend we'll see a rebound of the inland temperatures saturday and sunday. back to you. >> thanks a lot, rob. california will honor president ronald reagan next february. governor schwarzenegger signed two bills monday aimed at paying tribute to the former california governor. the first designates february 6th as ronald reagan day. that was his birthday. the second bill establishes a commission to plan for the celebration for next february. it would have been reagan's 100th birthday. he died back in 2004. one small step for man, one

giant leap for mankind. those are the famous words from astronaut neil armstrong, 41 years ago today. millions of people watched on television as the crew of apollo 11 became the first ever on the moon. they splashed down in the pacific ocean four days later. president kennedy hat seat goal to get a man on the moon by 1970 and the famous steps happened six months ahead of schedule. lindsay low hanns getting read -- lindsay lohan is scheduled to start her jail sentence today. there is some confusion on the details. after rumors started swirling that her newly hired attorney robert shapiro quit overnight. last night several people packed up her belongings at the southern california rehab clinic where she was staying. >> one attorney was fired and the other one quit so now she is like on number three? okay. wedding plans are in the works for the clintons' one and only daughter. chelsea is set to get married in

less than two weeks. she is now 30 and is marrying marc mezvinsky an investment banker whose parents were both democratic members of congress. the bride and groom first met as teens but didn't become a couple until several years later. the vows are now set for the last day in july. word had leaked this month it's going to be held at a secluded versailles style mansion about two hours north of new york city. the proud mom secretary of state hillary clinton who is in pakistan right now said her daughter knows who she is and what she wants on her big day. >> my daughter has really taken hold of it. she knows what she wants and how she wants to have it come off. >> see, i told you. president bill clinton says his role is just to sign the check. chelsea has asked him to slim down a little bit too. by the way he has lost about 15 pounds. it is 5:57 right now. imagine noticing a crack on the wing of your plane and seeing it grow throughout t se e e thurpictneht.hees o see the pictures one man tk

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