right now at 5:00, experiencing even more turbulence. more trouble coming out of that door plug blowout during alaska airlines flight. the impact it's having on dozens of bay area flights as the boeing 737 max 9 remains grounded. and using artificial intelligence to improve traffic congestion. a live report on the new technology one city is already using, and also the calls for proposals from tech companies to help ease our california

commutes. plus, more rain is on the way. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the new round of wet weather, taking aim at the bay area, and the strong waves it may bring. this is "today in the bay." >> the team is back together for the new year. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get a look at that commute with mike in just a bit. first, we were talking about rain in the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. i saw rain on my car this morning. >> a little mist this morning. the heavier rain coming in later this morning. so as you get ready to head out, we may need the windshield wipers for a bit. but it's another chilly one, with our start in the upper 40s and low 50s. we're at 47 right now in san jose. then taking a look at the wide view of what's happening, a lot of storms have been lining up and this atmospheric river is starting to make its way closer. but it is a very weak one. as it moves in, it's going to move fairly quickly, starting

out with light rain around ukiah, and we're seeing that starting to make its way closer to lakeport. as we go throughout the morning, that will move from the north bay eventually into san francisco and the peninsula by about 9:00. much of the east bay before noon, and then into san jose. notice that by the afternoon it is already clearing out. but we will see some more rain coming in tomorrow morning, so the active weather pattern continues. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking a potential hazard in san jose. >> a couple of reasons to slow down. southbound 17, reports of a disabled vehicle, possibly in the middle of the roadway. i did see that chp had cleared the scene southbound, should be okay, no problem for the speed sensors. you do see a lot of slowing for highway 87. there's an over-nye crew working on waiving work, but just before we started the show, it did go green. they cleared the crew. watch for a little delay and some equipment as you're passing

by. no major problems. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. something new is popping up over the antioch bridge. back to you. >> we'll check back with you. we are covering breaking news. a u.s. national is being detained in russia on drug charges. robert woodland is a dual russian and american citizen. they say woodland will be detained for two months as a pretrial restriction. according to woodland's facebook profile, he lives in a suburb north of moscow and has worked as an english teacher. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. this comes as evan gershkovich is being detained and awaiting trial. his detention is extended until the end of the month. turning to decision 2024, with less than a week to go until the iowa caucuses, the campaign for the gop nomination is hit ago split screen moment.

the front-runner, former president donald trump, heads to court while his competitors are hitting the campaign trail. >> brie jackson joins us live this morning and this case is in regards to the federal election interference accusations. >> reporter: that's right, it is. good morning. a three judge panel of the u.s. court of appeals will hear oral arguments in the case of former president trump's claim that he has absolute immunity from prosecution because of his status as president at the time of the 2020 election. former president trump returning to washington d.c. today, where his legal team is arguing that mr. trump is immune from prosecution for his role leading up to the january 6th attack. >> he made that same argument about immunity from civil lawsuits and the d.c. circuit told him he was wrong. >> reporter: this will be the former president's first trip to the capital this presidential election year, and it comes less than a week before voters have

their say in the first in the nation primary. >> hello, iowa. you're going to win this election for us. happy new year. >> reporter: president biden blasting his political foe. >> he's a loser. >> reporter: while condemning false claims about election fraud in 2020. >> they lost in a court of law, the challenge, 60 losses in courts of america. it's one thing they don't have, they don't have respect for the 81 million people that voted the other way, voted for my candidacy. they voted to end the presidency. >> i'm with the trump campaign here in iowa. >> reporter: despite his legal troubles, supporters in iowa stand firmly behind the republican front-runner. >> we want to do anything we can do to see him get back in office where he should be right now. >> reporter: trump making his case in the courtroom and on the campaign trail this week.

and former president trump is scheduled to participate in a town hall in iowa wednesday. on thursday, there's a court hearing for his case, and all of this is ahead of the critical iowa caucus next week. marcus, laura. >> so much to follow. thanks for the latest. this morning, travelers across the country, right here in the bay area as well, are set to face more setbacks. here is a live look for you inside sfo. now, this comes as hundreds of 737 max 9 aircrafts are still grounded, meaning major delays across the country. ntsb officials are still investigating the alaska airlines flight, which lost a door plug mid-flight. investigators announced last night the plane had fractured guides and missing bolts which could have been lost as the door plug fell off. the faa is inspecting 171 of the plane models and the investigation could take anywhere from 12 to 18 months.

all of those planes will stay grounded until every inspection is completed and any correction measures are taken. our ginger conejero saab is live at sfo this morning. she's taking a deeper look into what happened on that plane and how it could impact passengers. that's in our next half hour. it is 5:06. police in el cerrito are hoping you can help identify a weekend protester they say took things too far. it happened saturday when palestinian supporters stopped traffic along san pablo and carlson boulevard as a small group of counter-protesters gathered nearby. things were already heated when witnesses say a masked man who had been taking photos pushed a pro-israel supporter to the ground, tearing the israeli flag from her hands and eventually burning the flag. the woman suffered minor injuries, but police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. if you know anything, you're asked to contact el cerrito police. a live look out at the bay

area commute this morning. we are moving you forward on what may be the next frontier for artificial intelligence, reducing traffic congestion. >> governor gavin newsom certainly thinks so, and points to other states already putting ai to work. "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez joins us live from san jose with a look at how it would work. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning, laura and marcus. we know our state agencies, local agencies, have a lot of data to sift through, they have road sensors and traffic cameras and whatnot. ai could help them go through all of that and put that information to better use. in fact, google already has a project they call project green light in 12 cities around the world, including in seattle, using google maps and ai to use stop light timing to improve traffic flow, as google's climate ai lead put it, it can, quote, create waves of green lights, allowing cities to improve traffic flow and further reduce stop-and-go emissions.

as i mentioned, seattle is experimenting with three intersections in their city and drivers seem pretty receptive. >> the vehicles get better mileage when they maintain a rate of speed. so if you could keep the flow of traffic at an even rate, yeah, you would definitely reduce emissions. >> reporter: as he said, fewer accelerations at red lights mean fewer emissions. at intersections about half of the emissions are from accelerating after a stop and that fowl air is at intersections. now, caltrans also wants to use ai to reduce traffic fatalities here in california, helping workers focus on corridors with lighting conditions and traffic patterns and bad driving that create the greatest danger. governor gavin newsom signed an executive order to explore the benefits of ai back in september, tech companies have until january 25th to get proposals in. we'll see how that looks.

i think we can all agree, if we could flow a little better, we would all be a little less cranky. >> hello. >> reporter: kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> that's one perk of getting up early. much lighter traffic. >> that is so true. thanks, kris. look, if you're anywhere near the coast today, you may notice some higher waves. starting tomorrow it should combine with king tides, leading to possible minor flooding in some of those low-lying areas. the waves today may surpass 7 feet. the king tides return tomorrow and will last until friday. >> wow, those are actually taller than marcus. that's when you know. [ laughter ] >> mike was saying that they are closing the park and ride in the north bay, the lower manzanita parking lot. we are going to start to see the impacts of the king tides coming back. those are the astronomical tides that happen during the winter. we also at times see the waves get churned up by storm systems in the pacific and that creates an even higher king tide as we go into the next day, a couple of days, we'll see the impacts

of that. so the high surf continues, but i think thursday and friday will be the peak of that, as we see bigger waves building up along the coastline for today. and then we'll be watching out for the weekend as well. but once again, we talk about the gravitational pull of the moon, and, also, the sun is at its closest point to the earth. so with that, it brings that water farther inland, and so we see the low-lying areas along the coastline, as well as the bay shore deal with issues of flooding. we'll be watching out for that for the next few days. we'll be talking about the incoming rain as well. mike has been watching gas prices going down. >> we hope they're not being pulled up like the tide. we're starting in the north bay, $3.87 for royal gas on tennessee street in vallejo at the top here. we'll check in with contra costa county for the next price, which is $3.95 in concord at diamond gas and mart. the one on oakland grove road. and finishing out on the bottom price, here is santa clara

county, $3.98 at kwik serv. thanks for sharing these prices at gasbuddy.com. we'll get on the travel sensors as well and green, we like that around the bay. a crash i did see popping up over here is on highway 4 westbound heading toward 160, which will take you to the antioch bridge. no major problem, but we're tracking that incident. i told you i would check that out. a smooth flow of traffic on highway 4, 37, 580 toward the richmond bridge. these are areas that will show some of your first slowing, but right now it's all green. >> thanks, mike. it is 5:12. one bay area tech company announces new job cuts. coming up next, the reason it's deciding to let go of a quarter of its workforce. america is finally doing something -- >> scott is talking about women who lead. who lead. we'll check in with him and get

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flowing, taillights moving away from us toward the curve and then to the right, that's the bay bridge toll plaza. smooth, easy drive right now. we'll talk about what i see ahead coming up. good morning. happy tuesday to you. hewlett-packard enterprise looking to buy juniper networks in sunnyvale. probably no surprise, but shares in boeing fell more than 8%, after all that trouble with its 737 max, down $20 a share. not only is boeing worried about the doors on the 737 max 9, its deal with the government over two previous crashes could be in jeopardy. boeing got immunity from criminal charges by american authorities after the crashes of 737 max airplanes in 2018 and 2019, partly through a promise to up its safety practices.

the ceo of jetblue says he's stepping down for health reasons. it comes in the middle of an attempted buyout of spirit airlines. now, second in command will become the first woman ceo of a major american airline. women have run international airlines for years, austrian airline, ireland, west france, tap out of portugal, just to name a few. back here at home, unity is going through another round of layoffs, this one is big, 1,800 or about a quarter of its staff. they cut 600 workers in may. last week we were talking about record empty offices. according to commercial real estate cbre this morning, moody's analytics is saying the same thing, the most empty offices ever. though moody's says the biggest problem is in texas where they overbuilt for workers that never

showed up. the streaming office peacock has made a deal to run the chiefs/dolphins game on saturday, the first time a playoff game has been on a paid service only. it will run for free in miami and kansas city only. the chiefs are one of the most popular teams in the nation. we should point out, our parent company owns peacock. a set of air jordans actually worn by michael jordan going up for auction, expected to bring in $10 million. they're called the dynasty collection. all worn during championship games, including jordan's first against the lakers in 1991. laura, i'm going to say dynasty collection and, could you say dynasty? dynasty collection -- >> dynasty. >> $10 million. >> i do have an appreciation for that shoe more after seeing that movie "air". >> that was an interesting movie. >> not $10 million appreciation. >> you probably don't want to wear those outside today,

because we are anticipating some rain. taking a live look outside, san francisco. kari, i'm assuming it's going to start north and head our way? >> yeah, it's got its usual pattern and we are starting out with cool weather. we're starting to see things really get quite active out there with several waves of rain that's coming our way. so we can see the first wave now. we're going to get a push of more energy for tomorrow, and then we have a bigger storm out there that will be heading in for saturday. so once again, we are tracking some light rain first, starting in the north bay. we can see those showers on storm ranger, although as you head out, it may be sprinkling. but more measurable rain is set to arrive for parts of the north bay around 7:00 to 8:00, and then continuing to move down the peninsula into the east bay by 9:00. so that's when a lot more people are up and out the door. and then we'll see that rain continuing to push to the south around lunchtime, it's in san

jose and fremont, as well as livermore. but then clearing for the evening commute. we have a dry overnight, but then early tomorrow morning we start to see some spotty showers moving in once again, and the rain will linger a lot longer into the day, starting early in the morning, continuing into the afternoon. even at 6:00 we're seeing rain over the santa cruz mountains and extending toward the south bay. so with that lasting longer, we're going to see additional rainfall totals. what we see for today is going to be about a tenth of an inch of rain or less. and then tomorrow we could potentially in total see about a half inch of rainfall for parts of the south bay, the east bay, and then lighter amounts of rainfall just where we do see that rain, not lingering as long. and then the weekend, we'll see heavier rain that clears out on sunday. as of now, we are seeing decent rainfall totals that may reach over an inch for the coastline and parts of the north bay, and where we see purple, that's over

2 inches of rainfall. also beneficial snow for the sierra between now and friday, we could see another foot to possibly foot and a half of snow, additional snowfall coming this weekend. if you are traveling there, friday and sunday are your travel days. do not try to make it to tahoe saturday. it's going to be very tricky getting there, and also around the bay area. mike, you're seeing so far, it is a smooth tuesday commute? >> it is. but as you're looking ahead, i'm looking at what we have here. on the golden gate bridge there's some mist. kari talked about maybe some drizzle, low clouds. it's low volume of traffic right now. i believe right now they may be running a traffic break. we see slowing coming down the area. traditionally they'll start clearing one of the crews toward the golden gate bridge. highway 37 shows a little slowing for the north bay. that's it. none for highway 4 or the rest of the bay. >> thanks, mike. 5:21 right now. the threat of school shootings

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>> experts point out the added anxiety is actually a natural response. last week's shooting happened at a secondary school outside of des moines. an armed student shot and killed a sixth grader. four other students and a school administrator were injured before the shooter eventually turned that gun on himself. of course the ripple effect from school shootings can be felt far and wide. experts say there are things you can do, including addressing the issue with your children, but making sure to keep the conversation age appropriate. tell them what to do to stay safe and validate their feelings. we spoke with an expert that offers free support groups and other services. she says while teenagers may tell you they're fine and don't need to talk, parents can still offer up their own feelings of vulnerability. >> i think i'll try to reflect some of my own internal experiences in a way that's age appropriate for them, and then

they can open up. i think sometimes teens, kids, want to not have to feel like -- they want to feel strong, and like they've got this. >> she also advises any parent who feels their child is struggling or perhaps capable of hurting themselves or others, to reach out for help early. >> it's scary to navigate that and it's scary to have fears as a parent of, like, is my kid okay, and maybe they're really struggling and they're in dark places, and there are places that can help. >> as of january 1st, california's department of public health now offers free resources for children 12 and under through its app bright life kids, and the app soluna for ages 12 to 25. each includes coaching and support, as well as educational content and podcasts addressing behavioral health concerns. next, the top stories we're following on "today in the bay," including detecting a spike in

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for answers. the sealed door panel that blew off on an alaskan airlines flight is now in the hands of investigators. we're live this morning with the new data it's already providing and the potentially lengthy impact the investigation may have on bay area flights. a big day in washington, as an appeals court decides whether simply being president gives donald trump immunity. also, funding the fight against retail crime. the symbolic show of support san francisco leaders are expected to provide today, and how the money is already boosting safety in the city. this is "today in the bay." happy tuesday morning to you all. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. thanks for joining us. let's start with a look at the forecast, because change is in the works. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. keep the umbrellas handy? >> yes, you will need the umbrella at some point today and the windshield wipers for parts of the commute this morning.

as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge, you can see the sheen on the roadway and the cars in front of you may be kicking up water. we've gotten a little bit of some light rain. but what we're expecting through late morning into the afternoon is still to the north of us, as we zoom in to get a closer look at the rain that's approaching the cloverdale area and 101. it's making things pretty soggy and a wet start this morning that will continue to push its way from north to south, with late morning showers in san francisco, the peninsula, into the east bay, but it does start to clear for the north bay at noon, while then gradually clearing for the south bay in the early afternoon. that's round one of rain. there's more coming our way. mike, you were starting with a couple of things in san jose. >> yeah, we'll start with highway 87, there was slowing and a late pickup for the crew. it took a while for the sensors to clear. 17, southbound at camden,

reports of a disabled vehicle, perhaps in lanes. i think it's off to the shoulder. we see a tiny bit of slowing south 17 at camden. slowing out of the altamont, pretty typical. 84 shows a build, the second arrow toward the bottom of the screen, so there will be a build toward sunol. no major concerns as we look toward the bay bridge and across the bay, the golden gate bridge, the slowing looks like it's cleared heading southbound on 101. back to you. we do have some new developments this morning surrounding the alaska airlines flight that blew out a sealed door panel mid-flight. some of the biggest questions continue to really puzzle investigators. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live for us again at sfo. as i understand, ntsb is now saying that that investigation may last up to 18 months? >> reporter: and that can really mean that there's a longer impact for airlines, for passengers, and for the future of those max 9 planes. good morning, marcus and laura. now, the ntsb said that their

investigation could take up to a year and a half to complete, and this comes as boeing is set to hold a company-wide meeting today in response to the incident. now, at this point ntsb officials do believe they know what broke, after an examination of the panel that blew out in friday night's alaska airlines flight. it shows the door moved upward and then out, with all 12 stops becoming disengaged. the investigation is finding signs of fractured guides and bolts. airlines technicians say they're finding loose bolts on the same model plane. >> we need to first and foremost figure out what happened here on this aircraft. if we have a bigger systemwide or fleet issue, we will issue an urgent safety recommendation to push for change. >> reporter: now, the faa is

grounding boeing's max 9 planes, which is leading to hundreds of cancellations and disruptions across the country. dozens of them right here in the bay area. as of this morning, united is expected to have significant cancellations today, but for now, according to flightaware, they have 23 cancellations, while alaska airlines is expecting 27, around 27 cancellations. but alaska is saying that no airlines will be back in service until the investigation is complete and they're inspected. also overnight, indonesia is grounding three of those same boeing planes. >> have to take those precautions. thank you, ginger. well, san francisco leaders later today, they will vote on a controversial resolution calling for a cease-fire in gaza. now, dozens of palestinian supporters yesterday attending the supervisors committee meeting, demanding they pass the proposal. the meeting included hours of public comment, similar to when

the measure first was introduced last month. if san francisco approves its measure, it would join richmond and oakland in approving similar resolutions. also today, san francisco leaders will retroactively sign off on the million dollars in grant money recently received to fight retail crime. last september san francisco received about $15 million in state grant money to support the police efforts. now, police say that money is already being put to good use. they say thefts are down about 50% over the recent holiday season, compared to a year ago. and the added funding boost covers a four-year span through mid-2027. in washington this morning, donald trump's attorneys will be in an appeals court looking to win immunity for their client. >> scott mcgrew, donald trump says that he will be there as well? >> yeah, he doesn't have to be there, marcus, and he won't be testifying. so being there is certainly totally voluntary. it's an important case, though. trump's lawyers claim federal prosecutors can't charge trump

with the four charges of conspiracy against him in washington related to january 6th because he was president when he did it. that sitting presidents are immune from prosecution, they'll say, and when the alleged crimes took place, trump was indeed president. he's making the same argument in georgia in the criminal case there. prosecutors say presidents may be immune from some things like civil cases, but they're not immune from everything, pointing to richard nixon, who was pardoned for crimes committed when he was president. why would nixon need a pardon if presidents can't commit crimes? trump's lawyers argue this is double-jeopardy. they say trump had already been found innocent during his second impeachment trial where he was accused of many of the same things following the january 6th attacks. but impeachment is not a criminal trial, so most, pretty much every legal expert says that argument is weak.

the prosecutor in the case, special counsel jack smith has said through court papers, presidents can be found liable for crimes. a judge in that case agreed, saying that being president is not, quote, a lifetime get out of jail card for any crime you want to commit. it was smith's side who brought the case from the lower court where he won to the court of appeals, because smith is trying to hurry this along. he wants to keep the march court date with no more delays. trump faces four major criminal trials, conspiracy in washington, racketeering and conspiracy in georgia, the classified documents case, and the business records fraud case. >> a lot to keep track of. thank you very much, scott. it is 5:37 right now. uc berkeley leaders are promising to have all street closures surrounding people's park reopened by 6:00 tonight. more surrounding streets are already open again after police helped crews clear the park last week. crews then closed it off with

shipping containers in preparation for a long anticipated development project that will include new student housing. activists are still vowing to fight those plans with more protests in the surrounding area. while uc is now allowed to secure the site, the legal case surrounding the housing plan is still playing out in court. new details this morning in the criminal case tied to the deadly shooting of an oakland police officer. the "east bay times" reporting that authorities this week released the mother of the suspected gunman, who police sources claim may have tried to assist her son in leaving the state and destroying evidence. the suspected gunman, mark sanders, is being held without bail in the shooting last month of undercover officer tuan le. three other suspects are either charged or facing charges. alameda county district attorney's office did not respond to the request for a comment. it is 5:38. new data further confirm the recent winter surge in illness across the bay area. it starts with some of the highest levels of covid

infections in local wastewater surveys. data from the public health company aggregated by the "chronicle" finds virus particles present most everywhere in bay area sheds, with levels tripping in cities, including san francisco. san francisco also just reported the season's first flu-related bay area death involving a person over the age of 65. as for the covid spike, the cdc says the jn.1 variant is most prevalent, responsible for more than 60% of new cases, spreading about three times as fast as a month ago. at the same time, while the rate of covid hospitalizations is more than 20% higher since november, it is still nowhere near pandemic levels. cases in general are also less severe. how about some fresh air this morning? >> yes. >> taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. a little wet out there on that pavement. probably misty, i would imagine,

by the bridge. >> yes, we're getting some fresh water that's going to be coming our way. the rain covers much of northern california, and approaching the bay area. by the time it gets to union city, it should be at about 11:00 to noon. a cloudy start and also a chilly start to our day. we're in the upper 40s right now and a light southeasterly wind. we'll continue to see the rain off and on through the morning and into the south bay for late morning into the afternoon, and then clearing for the evening. but we'll also see another round of rain starting to ramp up as we go through tomorrow morning, first starting out very spotty, but then becoming more widespread around lunchtime. we're going to see some soggy weather in our forecast for the middle of the week. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend in a few minutes. mike, you're seeing metering lights turned on. >> they are active over here at the bay bridge, a very light backup, starting to form. folks are slowing down toward the edge of the screen, toward the toll plaza. and then after the toll plaza, the metering lights do cause a

little bunching up, clearing whatever slowing was going on towards san francisco. so that's great news, a smooth flow out of the maze, a little build out of richmond, highway 37 at the top of your screen. highway 4, a mild build through concord and toward pleasant hill, walnut creek. no major issues through contra costa county. the build is on for vasco road, heading south. and then a note for the weekend, the closure. i'm going to keep telling you about this all week. full closure for 680 through this stretch, from the dublin interchange to highway 84. right now 84 picks up the volume for the commute. this weekend it will be much more crowded as folks will head this way, heading through 580 through castro valley. right now there is a crash on 238 and that is a concern off the castro valley y. back to you. >> thank you, mike. i hate to remind you all, but time to gather all the paperwork and the receipts, because it's time to prepare your taxes. in california, we got a long extension after the winter

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and what to expect, it's going to be cloudy throughout most of the day, and we're starting out in the upper 30s, low 40s, and only making it into the low 50s for today. we're also going to see a quick round of rain, but then it does come back for tomorrow. so we'll talk more about that, what's ahead coming up in the full microclimate forecast. we knew this was coming, the first burst of traffic we see for san jose. a little bigger than we've seen for the last few weeks. some folks coming back to work, others still have kids on vacation. my kids have got a couple more days. we have slowing and we'll check out how widespread it is coming up. the big announcement, not necessarily a big announcement, but nevertheless, it is information that the irs is saying that americans can start filing their taxes on january 29th. the deadline is still april 15th. irs expects to receive near 129 million returns by then. the tax season will include new developments, including the irs effort to launch its own direct

filing platform, which would be a free alternative to sites like turbotax. it will be available in dozens of states, including california to start. where will the tax money go? that's what washington is trying to decide. >> scott mcgrew, a lot of it will be going toward defense. >> a lot of it. it's our biggest expense. let me rephrase, it's our biggest optional expense. paying social security, medicare and interest on the debt, that's all of our biggest expense. then defense. once you get rid of all of these, you get $886 billion for defense and then you're left with $770 billion, give or take, for the rest of the government. the big news is that washington republican speaker of the house mike johnson was able to make a deal with democrats to spend those billions and keep the government open, assuming they hammer out the details before january 19th. much of the deal rests on the

previous deal former speaker mccarthy made with democrats at the white house. remember, mccarthy lost his job for making that deal, which raises the natural question, how is this any different for johnson? and the answer seems to be, it's not. conservatives appear to be just as angry at johnson for making the deal as they were angry at mccarthy. president biden was in south carolina on monday. remember, democrats kind of no longer care about iowa the way they used to. south carolina will be their first official primary. biden at the very same charleston church where a white supremacist murdered nine churchgoers after they invited him to bible study. >> the word of god was pierced by bullets of hate and rage, propelled by not just gunpowder, but by a poison. poison that's for too long haunted this nation. what is that poison?

white supremacy. >> biden's speech was interrupted by pro-palestinian protesters. mr. biden continued his speech shortly thereafter. the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is out of intensive care. why he was in intensive care, we still don't know. for a while, the white house was out of the loop. the commander in cheap unaware the top civilian leader of the military was in the hospital at all. even austin's second in command didn't know right away. the "washington post" editorial board saying the fact that no one in the white house appears to have noticed the secretary's absence for several days amid heated conflicts unfortunately implies mr. austin, though an able man, is not as central to national security decisionmaking as his counterparts. finally, a few minutes ago, we touched on former president trump's legal hearings today in washington, an appeals court there is going to consider a ruling from a lower court that

presidents aren't immune from being charged with crimes just because they were president at the time. not a get out of jail free card, as the lower courts put it. >> so interesting. thanks so much, scott. well, new this morning, new findings showing how hard it is to maintain lower eating levels after stopping weight loss drugs like ozempic. deutsche bank surveyed hundreds of people who had taken the drugs, including ozempic and wegovy, and most people confirmed eating less when they were taking the drugs, but once they stopped, the calorie consumption increased. and for about one-third of those surveyed, it grew beyond the amount consumed before ever starting their weight loss treatment. deutsche bank conducted its study as a way to look at investments in the food and beverage industry. >> interesting. 5:49 right now. trending this morning, set your alarm. you have your first chance to snag tickets to this year's bottle rock music festival today.

♪♪ >> oh, yes, that is the mexican rock band among the headliners for this year's event. at 10:00 this morning, three-day tickets will go on sale. general admission starts at $456. i guess some people say that's a good price for the bands you'll see. single day tickets will go on sale closer to the event. pearl jam, ed sheeran, stevie nicks, mana, kaliuchis and many more will be performing. get ready, because bottlerock takes place memorial day weekend in napa valley. >> so many people buy tickets before they even know who will perform. but they always deliver. >> everybody is going to be happy. >> memorial day, it seems very far away right now, though. >> yet so close. it starts to warm up and

we're thinking about summer and all of that stuff. we're in the middle of winter and dealing with what we should see, rain. and we're going to see lots of it over the next few days. as we take a live look outside across four of our microclimates, it's in the upper 40s with our current temperatures, we have a light wind. we have clouds overhead. and every now and then we're seeing sprinkles, definitely along the coastline and san francisco. and then as we take a look at our high temperatures for today, very much like yesterday. staying in the 50s, even mid-50s for those inland areas. and then going into tomorrow, also, a cooldown, with our overnight temperatures really dropping. so we actually have a cold front coming our way and there's another one behind that, and there's not a lot of moisture with this. so what we're looking at here is mainly some light rain. and it's moving into the north bay, we'll continue to push to the south, and this front is moving fairly quickly. we're not going to see rain impacting a big part of our day. in fact, by the early afternoon,

it's already cleared the north bay, and just starting to wrap up inth bay. the evening commute is all clear. we are back to the sunshine, but temperatures will be dropping and then we'll see another round of rain coming in early tomorrow morning, and then that looks to linger a lot longer throughout the day, off and on showers from late morning into the afternoon. here we are at 3:00, we're still seeing some lingering showers at 6:00 to 7:00. it's still raining in spots. and not everyone is seeing it raining all day long. but we are going to see the hit-or-miss showers continue. today we're looking at less than a tenth of an inch of rain for most of us. and then into the day tomorrow, in total, we could see about a quarter to half inch of rainfall. so just depending on where we see some of the heavier rain. but we're really watching this weekend. saturday is when we'll see more widespread rain, and it looks to be quite heavy as it taps into some deeper moisture. this could be a quick-moving

atmospheric river. on sunday it's already starting to clear out. then we'll see more rain in the middle of next week's forecast. so we're looking at quite an active storm pattern here, with a couple of rounds of rain for today, tomorrow. we are dry on thursday and friday. but if you're making plans around the bay area, getting out saturday is not going to be the best day. not only will it be raining, but it will be windy and we'll see heavy sierra snow coming down. and then for sunday into monday, that's your day to get back outside and enjoy the sunshine. we're only headed up to 60 degrees, so we do have some more cool weather ahead. mike, you've got more slowing in the south bay. >> we do, more slowing than we've seen for the last few weeks and the volume increasing as folks are returning from scattered vacations throughout the last month. we're looking at 101 northbound, i do see more slowing into san martin, into morgan hill. that means for traffic into silicon valley. we'll continue with the build over the next hour. we're looking at this build that's happened over the last 15

minutes, westbound 580 now on to northbound 238. a crash, minor injuries reported. this is the transition to southbound 880. that will be an issue out of the castro valley area and the backup builds at the bay bridge. happening now, state senator scott wiener is proposing new legislation aimed at cracking down on car break-ins statewide. that would help close the locked door loophole that requires prosecutors to prove victims' cars were locked at the time of the break-in. we sat down with the state senator, who spoke with us in-depth about his proposal. you can watch that full interview coming up at 7:00 a.m. on "today in the bay." you can watch it on our streaming show that's on roku and other streaming platforms, as well as nbcbayarea.com. this morning we are following breaking news, the u.s. citizen arrested in russia and accusations he is facing. also ahead at 6:00, using ai to cut down on your commute. a live report on california's new push to invest in the

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welcome back. you are watching "today in the bay." well, the recent school shooting in iowa is the latest to raise some big-time fears everywhere about deadly school violence. >> experts point out the added anxiety is actually a natural response. last week'sint a secondary school outside of des moines, an armed student shot and killed a sixth grader. four other students and a school administrator were injured before the shooter eventually turned the gun on himself. of course the ripple effect from school shootings can be felt far and wide, but experts say there are things you can do, including addressing the issue with your children. making sure to keep the conversations age appropriate. tell them what to do to stay safe, and validate their feelings. we spoke with an expert from lightfully teen, which offers free support groups and other paid services. she says while teenagers may tell you they're fine and don't need to talk, parents can still offer up their own feelings of vulnerability. >> i think i'll try and reflect

some of my own internal experiences in a way that's appropriate, age appropriate for them, and then can kind of start to try and see if that can open up. i think sometimes teens, kids want to not have to feel like -- they want to feel strong and like they've got this. >> she also advises any parent who feels their child is struggling or perhaps capable of hurting themselves or others, to reach out for help early. >> it's scary to navigate that and scary to have fears as a parent of, like, is my kid okay, and maybe they're really struggling and they're in some really dark places. and there are places that can help. >> as of january 1st, california's department of public health now offers free resources for children 12 and under through its app bright life kids, and the app soluna for others between the ages of 12 and 25. each includes in-app coaching and support, educational content

and podcasts addressing behavioral health concerns. >> good information there. well, a quick reminder this morning, nbc bay area is streaming 24/7. you can watch us whenever you want. we're on roku and other streaming platforms. right now at 6:00, donald trump facing a federal judge, as the presidential hopefuls hit the campaign trail in iowa. we're live in washington with what's expected to play out in the courtroom, with voters set to caucus in a matter of days. experiencing more turbulence. new revelations surrounding the midair scare involving a blown-out panel on an alaska airlines flight and new estimates on the continued impact to grounded boeing 737 max 9 jets. using artificial intelligence to improve bay area traffic. the new call for tech companies to help ease the commute and where the technology is already being put to use. this is "today in the bay." and this is tuesday morning. want to say good morning to you all. i'm marcus washington.