right now at 6:00, strong winds, flooding, road closures, falling trees. the latest storm leaving a huge problem across the bay area. and it's not completely over yet. lightning is still a concern with showers moving through. we're tracking how long it will last. plus, the niners arrive in vegas. they're probably glad to be gone from this weather here. we're going to take you to vegas and show you how sin city is rolling out the welcome mat at the start of super bowl week. this is "today in the bay." thanks so much for joining us on this monday morning. i'm kris sanchez in for marcus. >> i'm laura garcia. we're going to get to the

microclimate weather alert, everyone is talking about the weather. ginger conejero saab is tracking delays and cancellations that we're seeing at sfo this morning. first, let's check in with kari and mike. it's messy on the roads, and another wet morning. >> a wet morning for some of us. we're still seeing lingering showers, but that widespread heavy rain we saw has now moved on and we can see it's hitting southern california. but this is the strongest area of low pressure and those highest wind gusts that we've had in about 14 years here across the bay area. so it was definitely one where a lot of people were taking notice because of high winds, and we're getting moisture coming in today in the form of heavy rain, pockets of it. i am seeing lightning strikes just off the coast of santa cruz. if that energy makes it over the santa cruz mountains, that will be coming into the south bay with a possibility of thunderstorms, some lightning, rumbles of thunder, along with

brief, heavy rain in the next couple of hours. so as we get a closer look, still pouring rain in morgan hill, san martin this morning, and the lingering showers into san jose as well. we also have had the high wind warning extended until 8:00, and the flood watch for the entire bay area up until 10:00, as we still track some isolated thunderstorms and some rain in the forecast off and on for today. mike, you were checking in on highway 92. >> yeah, because you were talking about calmer on the rain, but wind is a factor. chp is giving wind advisories for travelers across most bay area bridges. we're watching a smooth drive on the span right now, but the volume builds. then getting there from the hayward side, reports of a large pothole causing problems. that's the note around the bay. watch for the aftereffects. there will be potholes and puddling and debris. a smooth drive through the tri-valley. south bay is starting their build.

back to you. >> thank you. this morning tens of thousands of people are still without power throughout the bay area. just moments ago we got an update from pg&e. so the vast majority of the outages at this hour are focused in the north bay and the south bay, as you can see from the map here. that's where about 72,000 customers are in the dark. on the peninsula, more than 56,000 homes and businesses are in the dark, in the east bay about 29,000. in san francisco, a little better, a little less than 5,000. if your power is out, you can count on storm updates 24/7 on our nbc bay area app. airports, travelers are also feeling the impacts. "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab joins us live at sfo this morning. hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled yesterday. is it looking any better today? >> reporter: we're hoping so,

laura, but it's off to a some dl what of a not so great start. we're already seeing dozens of flights delayed, 45 at this hour, 27 flights canceled at sfo. the faa is reporting that a probable ground stop or delay will happen here at the airport. that will happen after 7:00, so we're going to keep a close eye on that. but the impact on flights, of course, still a consequence from the weather we've been seeing. last night here at the airport, the airport said that some flights were delayed up to five hours in landing because of the weather. we're also seeing the impact of the weather not just here at the airport, but also, of course, on the roads, as many of us have experienced. take a look at this video in the north bay. this car was absolutely crushed and it took rescuers 30 minutes

to free the man who was driving the car. now, he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, he is expected to be okay. dozens of trees toppled in and around san francisco and on the peninsula as well. this one in daly city also fell on a car. falling trees adding to the long list of obstacles for drivers on the roads, as the downpours and mighty winds cause widespread outages across the bay area. at one point yesterday, nearly 400,000 pg&e customers were without power. now, as we mentioned, many neighborhoods still waiting on their power to be restored today. sonoma county has already announced school closures for today. you can see those schools or school districts on your screen. one school, sun ridge charter, does have power, and it does plan to open. we will have a full list of closures on our website. you can check that out on nbcbayarea.com on the trending

bar. and just a quick update as well, i checked out oakland airport and san jose. those airports reporting fewer delays and cancellations, but sfo already up to 45 delays, 27 cancellations, so we may be seeing those numbers steadily increase throughout the day. we'll keep an eye on that. back to you guys. >> sounds good. could be a long day for travelers. thank you so much. you can keep track of what's going on with the weather on our website and free nbc bay area app. the qr code you see on your screen right there to the left will take you to our radar. if you have a phone, point it at the code to get to the weather page. the app is free to download. the countdown, switching gears to super bowl lviii on this morning, and we have a live look in las vegas where the niners and chiefs arrived yesterday. football fans also arriving for a week full of fun ahead of the game. >> "today in the bay"'s anthony flores touched down in vegas this weekend and joins us now

with more on the week ahead. >> reporter: good morning. i'm anthony flores from resorts world las vegas. it was a very busy first day in las vegas, but what do you expect? it's vegas, this place is always going. the 49ers in town to take on the kansas city chiefs next sunday in super bowl lviii. the party kicked off last night when the team arrived around 6:15 p.m. kyle shanahan waving to the crowd. there were loud cheers for quarterback brock purdy. there is no playground quite like las vegas, but the niners say this is a business trip and their focus remains on super sunday and not on the super parties that will be happening this week. four years ago they had a double digit lead in the fourth quarter, only to lose to the chiefs in super bowl lvvi. >> the pain of the loss still sticks with them. >> we're up by ten points and

i'm thinking, hey, we're about to win a super bowl, and things switched pretty quick. that scarred me for life. to this day, it doesn't matter if it's preseason, a regular season, playoff game, i never start getting excited until the clock is zero. that's got to be the mind-set, playing all the way to the very end. they've got a pretty special guy back there throwing the football, and we've got to do our best to stuff them. >> reporter: as for the defending super bowl champs, they arrived in vegas before the niners. they touched down around 5:15 p.m. this is nothing new to kc. this will be their fourth super bowl appearance in five seasons. they won two, including last year. even though they are the defending champs, they come into the game as a slight underdog. >> we get it and understandably so. we might not be the prettiest bunch, but we're going to battle and that's kind of been the

personality of this team. i don't think it bothers -- it doesn't bother us. we understand. it is what it is. >> reporter: while we saw the coaches and players yesterday, today we will hear from them. it is opening night, which is basically a super bowl media day for the players and coaches, for the fans, and really the rest of the world to see and hear their favorite players on the 49ers and the chiefs. of course, we will have you all covered on later editions of nbc bay area news. from resorts world in las vegas, i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. turning back now to our weather coverage, this is a live look at l.a.x. this morning. we saw ginger at sfo. governor gavin newsom is declaring a state of emergency for counties, and evacuation orders are still under way in santa barbara.

the airport is shut down as much of the area is dealing with serious flooding. the video on your screen shows the water flow from mission creek in the heart of the city, which at times was spilling over a bridge and nearby streets. >> i think everyone has been affected somewhere in the state. >> it's still raining there. i was looking at some of the rainfall totals in southern california, and near santa barbara, they had over 10 inches of rainfall. when you combine that with the wind, and it's still pouring rain, they are getting their tenth wettest day on record for l.a. county. >> no mudslides yet. >> that's still a possibility and it could happen days or even weeks after all of this heavy rainfall. we're watching for that possibility. you can see a steady extreme of moisture still rolling into southern california with the atmospheric river. we're closer to the center of the storm and what's pulling all of this in, and we are also

going to have the possibility of thunderstorms over the next couple of hours. the national weather service in socal posted this with a 93-mile-per-hour wind gust at big pine mountain in southern california. and we are now dealing with the expiration of the high wind warning, so that's good news. winds have calmed down enough for them to let that go. take a look at how windy it was yesterday. we had a 102-mile-per-hour wind gust in marin county at pablo point, and the road to ranches had a 99-mile-per-hour wind, also in marin county. that's where we had close to 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts. thankfully it's starting to calm down. mike has been tracking gas prices dropping. >> exactly. just a bit down to start the week. vallejo and concord continue to lead as they did last week, $3.59 at vallejo, the north bay's bon fair on sacramento

street. same price in contra costa county, calling out concord's vallejo on willow pass road today for this $3.59 as well. finishing in silicon valley with $3.83 at cupertino car wash on north de anza boulevard. $3.83 for gas, maybe you can skip the car wash for now. you're going to need it after the rain clears out. ransomware the roadways, watch debris, there will be trees oop and you see the radar. we're looking at slower drives developing because of the volume of traffic, and, again, some surface street flooding likely as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:12 right now. paris making pre-olympics push to go green. but in this case it also involves cash. still ahead at 6:25, the all new fees set to greet some drivers about the time the summer games begin. back here at home, it may be soggy outside, but sunny skies for the economy. let's go out to the futures this

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good monday morning. right now at 6:15, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we track the storm with stormranger, some of the heavier rain moving through the south bay. also tracking some lightning that's just off the coast of santa cruz. we will have a chance of thunderstorms throughout the morning, into the afternoon. so a look at our hour-by-hour microclimate forecast is coming up. we're looking at oakland, a nice sparkly drive, some of that sparkle from the damp roadways. watch the pavement. slicker conditions. really watch the debris. we've got branches and trees down, probably some trash cans blowing around as you're leaving the house. we'll talk about the freeways coming up. good morning, on a soggy monday. there's lots to be sunny about. america produced more oil last

week than any time in history. the head of the fed is talking about interest rate cuts. more about that in a second. boeing says it's discovered a contractor misdrilled holes in some of its new 737s, which is bad, but it's also doing much more intensive safety checks on its plane, which is good. elon musk went on a tweet storm over the weekend with more than 100 anti-immigrant posts or replies to posts, including repeating the so-called replacement theory, which is seen by the adl and southern poverty law center as the language of white supremacists. at one point elon musk clarified he was anti-illegal immigrant, but went on to claim things that weren't true, saying every deportation was a lost vote for democrats. non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections. head of the fed, jay powell, was on "60 minutes" last night. it's extremely unusual for a fed chair to sit down for an

interview. the main thing everybody wants to know, when will the fed cut interest rates? powell said the prudent thing to do was to wait to make sure inflation continued to fall toward the fed's 2% target, and so far, so good. powell and the open markets committee have steered the american economy into a sustained recovery without new inflation, which pretty much everything -- everyone, rather, thought was impossible. now, the interview was recorded the day before the blowout report on friday, the jobs report, showing an unexpected 353,000 new jobs added to the american economy. i called up president biden's chairman of the council of economic advisers right after that number came out. >> it's a big number in terms of monthly job gains. typically around this time of expansion, you might see job gains that are half that large, and of course the expectation was that we would have something under 200,000 jobs created in

january. so the fact that we have this big upside surprise, 353,000, what that tells you is that the job market across this country is just very strong. the u.s. unemployment rate has been under 4% for two years now, and that has not happened since the 1960s. as you'll remember from friday, the same thing happened that happens every month, and that is economists guess this little number and then we get a gigantic number. wall street is still trying to figure out what to do with it. warriors star steph curry is creating some buzz not for his play on the court, but for his special gift to actress lindsay lohan on saturday night in atlanta, revealing that they do have a very special bond. curry gave lohan and her husband the signed jersey he wore with a big hug. she later posted images of the jersey on social media. curry wrote a note on the jersey to the couple's son who was born

last july, reading your god parents love you. a curry spokesperson later confirmed steph and his wife ayesha are god parents to lindsay lohan's son. >> i didn't know they were so close. >> i didn't either. women dominated last night's grammy awards, the afterglow of the music night is still settling in, especially for artists who took home their first award. >> victoria monet won four categories, including best new artist. miley cyrus took home the first two grammys of her career, that include record of the year for "flowers." latin pop star karol g took home an award and lainey wilson won best country album. the night certainly belonged to taylor swift, who won album of the year for "midnights," her fourth time winning that all-important category. she's now the only artist to have won in the category four

times. swift announcing she's going to be releasing a new album this april. it's really truly a night of women. they had tracy chapman singing, sza gave a great performance, miley cyrus did as well. >> i missed all of it. we had no power. >> fun fact, victoria monet is a california girl. she's from sacramento. >> it was great to see. unfortunately, a lot of people did miss it because we were without power last night and we still have a lot of people dealing with that this morning, trying to get ready in the dark. we are seeing this storm system starting to taper off for some of us. the heavier rain is now moving through l.a. and san diego. we're seeing still some lingering showers, and the possibility of thunderstorms over the next couple of hours. but we're not seeing the high winds and that widespread heavy rain. in fact, much of the north bay is not seeing much activity, with the exception of some light

showers moving through. the heavier rain now moving through the south bay and continuing to move off toward the south and east. still getting some very intense rainfall for parts of the east bay, with some lighter showers over livermore. that's moving off toward the east. and waves of heavy rain now pushing through los altos into san jose, and some of the heavier rainfall over morgan hill. so far our storm totals have made it over an inch for all of the bay area, with some spots like in the santa cruz mountains getting over 4 inches of rainfall, we've had over 2 inches of rain in mill valley, in napa about 1 3/4. there's additional light rainfall we're expecting, but what we see today will be the possibility of the storms popping up, heavy downpours just briefly, and the rumble or two of some thunder. we could have some lightning moving through. once again, the trend is to get a bit more of a break for today, with slight rain chances in the forecast again on wednesday, and

then we will see some dryer conditions toward the end of the week into the weekend. so if you do have saturday plans, sunday plans, it is looking much better than the weekend we just had with all of those high winds and heavy rain. we are looking at chilly temperatures, once the cold front passes on wednesday. look at those temperatures. our morning lows will be in the upper 30s and our highs in the 50s. so get ready for more very chilly weather throughout the week. mike was saying the chp has a note about the high winds. >> we go with your numbers because they're from the weather service, but chp has a report saying overnight they had gusts across the bay bridge, for example. we have the buildup, the warning for these folks across the span itself. but no major problems as a result of the weather this morning. although you will have slicker roadways until the sun dries many of them out. the rain is continuing to visit the bay area. a smooth drive, the south bay

has a mild drive right now. back to you. it is 6:23 right now. paris changing the rules of the road, long before the olympics arrive. supporters say the problem starts with fuel emissions and safety. ahead on "today in the bay," the added changes now

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new at 6:00, paris is taking new steps to help our climate in crisis ahead of the olympics this summer. voters approved new rules aimed at making it more expensive for

suvs to park on city streets. paris' mayor pushed for the passage, citing concerns about pollution and traffic accidents. suv drivers will have to shell out about $20 per hour in the city center. the new fees take effect shortly after the end of the games. in a similar move last year, paris voters decided to ban electric scooter rentals as well. we've got a lot more ahead, including tracking power outages across the bay area. this is in walnut creek, where it's pretty dark out there for a lot of drivers as they're hitting the roads. we go one on one with pg&e with get an update on the work under way to restore per towo

right now at 6:30, the worst of the storm may be gone, but the impact continues. we're tracking the continued threat of thunderstorms and strong winds. plus, hundreds of thousands of customers across the bay area are still in the dark this morning. the latest timeline for restoring power perhaps where you live. and surging creeks lead to the dramatic rescue of many. a live report on the rapid response from south bay first responders. this is "today in the bay." good monday morning. 6:30 right now. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. we want to get a look at that forecast because at this point

we just need to know what to expect, kari. we've seen so much already. >> yes, we have. and this was a very intense storm that moved through. and now the long line of that rain and the high winds is now hitting southern california, while we're getting a bit more of a break there's still some lingering showers and the potential of thunderstorms. we are going to be tracking the potential of some lightning strikes for us for today. and as we take a look at stormranger that's tracking that rain coming in, definitely many more breaks now and not as windy as what we had yesterday, even through the evening, as we are seeing scattered showers in the north bay and moving through the tri-valley as well. it's really the south bay getting more widespread and heavy rain this morning. as we go into today, the wind warning allowed to expire a little earlier, but there's a flood watch and there will be rain at times with the potential of isolated thunderstorms. not seeing, once again, the widespread heavy rain, but you

do want to still keep that umbrella somewhere close by. mike, you're still finding slick roads for the commute. >> over at the richmond side you see a lot more traffic heading toward san rafael. look at the bottom of your screen. shiny, a reflection of the lights on the wet roadways. the pavement is slick in many parts of the bay and there's still radar activity, of course. we're watching for this crash in the middle of the roadway westbound 24, approaching the maze. so that is slowing things down from highway 13, the warren freeway. that's your slowest spot, your biggest congestion of the morning. lighter traffic flow, i think a lot of folks with -- are wary. the local roadways, you'll find traffic control. watch for branches down. we turn to the latest on hundreds of thousands of pg&e customers still in the dark. as of 5:00 this morning, the vast majority of outages were focused in the north bay and in the south bay. in the north bay, about 73,000

customers in the dark, in the south bay about 72,000. on the peninsula, we're talking 56,000 customers. in the east bay, about 29,000. in san francisco, fewer than 5,000. we are seeing pg&e crews across the bay area working very early this morning. >> that's right. everybody wants to know, when is my power coming back? "today in the bay"'s bob redell joins us live from walnut creek where pg&e has been on the scene of just another power outage. how is it looking, bob? >> reporter: the power is still out at the intersection here at homestead. you can see the traffic lights. in the back ground, you can see a power pole that snapped in half and that is leaning over traffic. what you can't see, there is a pg&e truck, they've got a cherry picker up and they've attached the power pole to the cherry picker so it doesn't fall down. the workers are on scene. we assume they're waiting for

sunlight to come up, waiting for equipment or a combination of both. but they are aware the power is out here. people are obeying the rules, they are stopping at this traffic light and treating it as a four-way stop. unfortunately, this is a familiar scene throughout the bay area after yesterday's storm brought lots of wind and took down a number of trees. for instance, in the south bay, a tree fell onto the light rail tracks at 2nd and santa clara in san jose. some vta stations lost power yesterday. it's not clear if those will be re-energized in time for this morning's commute. rain also a major issue yesterday. the water rose so fast in the guadalupe river in san jose that two different groups of three people, so six in all, along with their dogs, they became stranded on little islands and had to be saved by a swift water rescue team with the san jose fire department. >> they were screaming and, unfortunately, everybody -- we can't really help because the

storm is getting big, the water is getting huge. you step inside, the current is really strong. >> reporter: take a look at your screen. the east side union high school district in the south bay has closed five high schools and two other locations today due to power outages. we're also waiting to find out if the los gatos union school district will hold classes today. it depends on whether or not pg&e was able to restore power to schools. i did check with their website. they were supposed to have an update at 6:00. it's 6:30 and still no update. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. my house, one of the ones in the dark this morning. i was wondering, when is the power coming back on? joining us is denny boyle with pg&e. it's a busy time. we saw a lot of crews. some customers have been without power for 12 hours or longer. what's the current status of some of the restoration efforts?

>> good morning. thanks for having me. obviously this was a very damaging storm. as of this morning, we have about 3,000 employees who are in the field working to assess damage, make those repairs, do what we need to do to get our customers restored. we saw it evolve yesterday, very similar to what our forecast models told us. it hit the coastal areas, communities closest to the coast first, and then we had the brief lull. then we saw the very damaging winds arrive in the early afternoon, and that really told the story of the storm for us. one of the top three damaging storms in our history for single-day outages. what that translates to for customers, unfortunately, it has taken us a little longer to assess all of that damage, make all of those repairs. but that story is getting better hour-by-hour now as we get a better look at what the storm did to our equipment. >> so 12 hours plus is a long

time. i know in my family, we had just gone to the grocery store. even if you can keep the kids out of the fridge, things aren't going to stay cold. so people who have food that might have spoiled, what's the recourse there? >> unfortunately, in a storm, it's a situation that's not in our control in terms of why the power goes out and then the effect on customers. we understand completely the inconvenience and it really goes beyond obviously lost food. many of our own employees are in the dark this morning. we're shifting around to make sure that we're doing what we need to do and they're able to take care of their families. i would say our message to customers is we really appreciate the patience, we're working safely and as quickly as we can to get everybody's power back on. >> it's also concerning for people that have medical issues and devices and whatnot. the latest storm really packing a punch, knocking down trees, power lines. i saw it as i was driving around.

i know pg&e tries to be as prepared as they can. what steps do you take? you've already got 3,000 crews out there right now, to prepare for the next storm? >> well, so we did quite a bit in advance of this storm. we actually sent one of our high-level incident management teams to monterey county to have extra resources in that area. it's an area that historically sees a lot of damage from this type of storm. and we learn from every event. every department here, our forecasters constantly adjust the models based on the previous storms, right now we're in that recovery mode, when it's over every department here will look at how the storm response went, see what we can do better next time. our goal is always to have our customers' power on, and when it does go out, to do what we can to get it restored as quickly as possible. >> we know a lot of people are waiting and hoping theirs comes back soon. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you.

it is 6:38 right now. and let's take a live look at interstate 80 near donner summit. chains are required east of truckee as the sierra is getting a huge douse of snow from the storm system that moved through the bay area. some 5 feet expected to fall before it's all over. for drivers yesterday, the brunt of the storm had not yet arrived, but strong winds were still making for some challenges. anyone headed there is expected to plan ahead, hopefully. let's turn to meteorologist kari hall. >> i just love how we so casually say five feet. that's my height in snow, right? and all in one storm. and this one is a lot colder than some of the previous storms we've had. so some of the other ones started out as rain, changed over to snow. this has been all snow the entire storm. we've also had the extremely high wind gusts that creates low visibility, almost zero visibility at times. we do still have the winter

storm warning up until 10:00. after that point, we should start to see some better travel windows, and also some better visibility as well, not as much wind. as we get additional light snowfall over the next several days, we may get anywhere from 6 to 17 or 18 inches of snow and we'll see the storm system winding down. it's going to be off and on spotty rain today. the best chances will be in the east bay, the tri-valley down to the south bay, where we say see some very heavy brief downpours, as well as some rumbles of thunder. but we are looking much dryer for today and tomorrow compared to over the weekend. so we'll talk more about what to expect coming up. mike, is the toll plaza looking a little lighter? >> it is. i'm stepping away. you can see all the space behind me, mild back up at the bay bridge, much different than 20 minutes ago. here is the reason why. great at the toll plaza, not great if you're heading on 24

and through the maze. there is still a crash approaching 580 on westbound 24. the latest report was it's in the middle of the roadway. the latest update says no major injuries. that's great news. a tough drive out of the caldecott and toward the bay bridge. there's a mild build for the rest of the bay, so it indicates a lighter flow of traffic. shouldn't be a major issue if they can clear that in the next 15 to 20 minutes. vasco road to marsh road 25 minutes now. rain, wind, and watch local signals. we just talked to pg&e. there's a lot of outages. back to you. >> thank you. 49ers have arrived in vegas. good thing they got out of town. the fans there are certainly getting hyped. this morning, a warning to those who plan to do some online betting. coming up next on "today in the bay," the scam many are falling for as we inch closer to the

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but we are trending dryer. i'll have more on this and a look ahead in a few minutes. over here, fremont, we're looking just fine, southbound 880, with headlights. a little sheen over the road. you see the water kicking up. there's leftovers from the rain that just traveled through over the last hour. a smooth flow of traffic reinstituted. we'll show you the backup and changes we expect near the maze coming up. president joe biden is urging congress to pass a bill that would give him the authority to close the southern border. >> that same deal would set aside money to help ukraine and israel as well. scott mcgrew, can it pass? >> that's hard to say. i think it's going to be a tough road at best. republican leaders in the senate wrote big portions of the bill, but republican leaders in the house say not only are they opposed to it, they won't bring it to a vote at all. let's start with what's in the bill and what it means and what's inside. it would give the american

president authority to close the border if an average of 5,000 asylum seeking immigrants per day cross, and that's pretty much every day. it would add $20 billion in border protection as well, and make it harder for immigrants to ask for asylum. the bill also has billions for the defense of ukraine and israel. now, remember, most of that money actually stays here. the "washington post" estimates 90% of the money we spend on ukraine stays in the united states, spent in americans weapons factories staffed by americans. it's the weapons that go to ukraine. house leaders do not like the border security bill and quickly worked on their own bill that did fund israel, but did nothing else. as for the senate bill, republican steve scalise said on social media over the weekend, quote, let me be clear, the senate border bill will not

receive a vote in the house. candidate for president nikki haley was on "saturday night live" over the weekend in what they call the cold open, a skit pretending to be a cnn political town hall. >> we have time for one more question, and it's actually for ambassador haley. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, i was just curious, what would you say was the main cause of the civil war? and do you think it starts with an s and ends with lavery? >> yep, i probably should have said that the first time. and live from new york, it's saturday night. >> haley was badly criticized for her gaffe at a new hampshire town hall in december where she hemmed and hawed about the causes of the civil war. weather permitting, haley will be at a $13,000 a table political fundraiser on the peninsula tomorrow. there's also a luncheon at

$3,300 a plate hosted by venture capitalist tim draper. i asked him, what's that like? >> describe to me what that's like. what do i get for my $3,300? what are you serving and what do i get to do? >> the food is not that good. but the candidate, you're really doing it for the candidate. you're doing what you can to attract an extraordinary president. she's delightful, straightforward, honest. >> now, haley has not won a caucus or primary yet and some are pressuring her to quit. but so long as she has funding, she says she'll stay in the race. now, tomorrow we're going to talk to draper about how long that funding, laura, may last. >> how many fundraisers they have. thank you, scott. let's talk a little bit football this morning.

super bowl lviii now just days away. fans are gearing up for the big game. fraudsters are expected to try to game you in order to scam online some of those gambling websites. >> so this, a sunnyvale tells us that scammers will use a synthetic i.d. using parts of real identities like a photo or personal information from a data breach and then they fraudulently obtain a credit card in your name and use it to gamble online. the gaming institutions bear the brunt, but the scams can affect your credit worthiness or maybe your child's. >> a young person who at a particular time isn't really -- doesn't have a credit history and won't actually see that their credit history has been impacted until maybe they turn 18 or 21. and so frequently the fraudsters use the social security numbers

of the young. as i said, they'll use them in the dozens, if not the hundreds of cases. >> as always, protect your social security and banking information. if you gamble online, set up that two-factor authentification. match a selfie of the person with a government-issued i.d. well, the niners are not the only team getting ready for the super bowl. >> the gold rush cheerleaders as well. >> they are hard at work. >> the cheerleaders will no doubt be leading the charge at allegiant stadium and also their day jobs, they're putting those on hold. one cheerleader who doubles as a neuroscientist tells the "today" show, the life of a cheerleader these days is a lot more than pom-poms and dance routines. >> it is incredible to have that energy of game day and finding out we're going to the super bowl, and then to be at work at

8:00 a.m. the next morning ready to go like nothing happened. it's just unlike anything. >> wow. we are teaming up with the "today" show to host a niners pep rally. we want you to join us. we'll be out friday at 4:00 a.m. at the lot at city center bishop ranch in san ramon. be sure to dress up in your niners gear and you might just get on the "today" show and you'll be here with us on "today in the bay" as well. >> we're working, we're not going to be cheering at the game. just at home. >> cheering, though. >> oh, yeah. i mean cheering. >> oh, i hear you. >> like the cheerleaders. it's not rocket science. it's neuro what science? >> neuroscience. can you imagine being that one boss that has to say no, i'm sorry, we can't cover your shift. >> the spreadsheets are due. >> less than a week ago. >> somebody has to make the doughnuts. good thing they weren't playing here yesterday. >> such a mess. we were dealing with power issues, very high wind gusts,

and now finally things are starting to quiet down. we're still getting some lingering showers this morning and we're tracking the chance of thunderstorms. here is the way the satellite and radar looks now. not nearly as busy as it was yesterday, but we are still seeing some lingering rain, and we've also had some lightning strikes just off the coast of santa cruz. as of the past few minutes, i haven't seen any new lightning strikes, and we will be watching out for a chance of thunderstorms today. some of the heavier rain moving through los altos into san jose, and down to morgan hill and gilroy, with the possibility of more additional rainfall on top of what we've already measured. take a look at morgan hill's rainfall totals, 3 3/4 inch of rainfall over the weekend and in the santa cruz mountains, 4 inches. in san francisco, it's nearing 2 inches, but we had more than that in half moon bay. in some of our inland valleys, from danville to livermore, it was more like three-quarters to

an inch of rainfall, pretty decent amounts. this is what really made the storm. the high wind within parts of ra minute county, pablo point had 102-mile-per-hour wind gusts. and also in marin county, the road to ranches had a 99-mile-per-hour wind gusts, and we also saw that in the santa cruz mountains. so extremely gusty winds there that brought down a lot of trees, and now that we are seeing that heavy rain moving away, the wind is relaxing. but we're still watching these little individual cells into the afternoon for the possibility of some thunderstorms, as the center of this storm still remains very close to the bay area. we're going to keep rain chances in the forecast through tomorrow, with a new wave of rain and a cold front sweeping through on wednesday. so more active weather ahead. we are looking at no major storms coming in, just some off and on showers, and look at how cold it will be once that cold front passes on wednesday. our mornings will start out in the upper 30s for the middle to

end of the week, with our highs in the lower 50s. mike, you're still tracking that crash near the maze? >> i am. i saw the bay bridge toll plaza fill in for all lanes over the last few minutes. i thought that indicated the lanes were clear on highway 24. the speed sensors just change. perhaps they've opened another lane. multiple lanes are impacted by the crash west 24 approaching 580, that includes 24 where the build is out of the caldecott tunnel. the rest of the contra costa county drive is moving slowly, as is the rest of the bay. happening now, car insurance costs are skyrocketing this year. a new report from bank rate shows the average for full coverage is $2,500 over that per year, more than 3% of the median household income. that's up from just over $2,000 last year. bank rate says insurance companies are rethinking risk models to account for the lies

in -- rise in contracts following the pandemic and the elevated cost of car repairs. the latest storm may be gone, but it is having a big impact on the bay area. thousands and thousands of people are waking up in the dark still this morning. up next, the latestimeline for t

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welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories on "today in the bay," starting with the hundreds of thousands of bay area residents waking up in the dark this morning. >> there's a lot of frustration going on. yesterday the strong winds knocked out power in neighborhoods across the bay area. in fact, take a look at this latest outage map. all that yellow and orange

represents outages. as of 5:00 a.m., the majority impacting the north and south bays, where outages are exceeding 70,000. on the peninsula, it's more than 55,000. in the east bay, about 30,000 are without power. san francisco, it's less than 5,000. some south bay schools are closed today because of the storm, that includes the east side union high school district, closing five high schools and the adult ed programs on two campuses. closures in the north bay include all of the schools on your screen here for sonoma county, and there are more than ten districts canceling classes. we know one school, sun ridge charter, does have power, and plans to open. we have a full list of closures on our website. you can find those on our trending bar at nbcbayarea.com. a little break in the storm, but what's coming up next? >> we're still seeing lingering showers moving through and the possibility of thunderstorms. as we take a look at

stormranger, some of the heaviest rain as you get ready to step out in the south bay down to gilroy. we're also seeing some off and on rain in parts of the north bay. despite all of this wind and rain, things are pretty calm on the freeways. the crash the biggest delay, west 24. as you approach 580, we have a couple of lanes blocked. those who are familiar with the drive time, it's 17 minutes from fish ranch through that mess. the "today" show is moments away, but we continue "today in the bay" on roku and other streaming platforms. our storm coverage continues, plus more on the all-star game you can catch tonight in the south bay. watch our 7:00 a.m. newscast, go to nbcbayarea.com. >> and a dangerous storm hammering the west coast. >> and it just won't stop. good morning. it is february 5th. this is "today." under water. flash floods. landslides and dramatic rescues in california.