a major funding deal is reached on capitol hill. the senate passing a critical $95 billion foreign aid bill. a live report from washington breaking down what it includes and the next steps.

an east bay park at the center of a murder investigation. the concerns neighbors are raising about safety. and an overnight sit-in. students at stanford are demanding a cease-fire in gaza. what the university is saying they can no longer do and how those students are responding. this is "today in the bay." thanks so much for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington has the day off. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll get to the forecast in just a moment. first, let's check in with mike. he's been checking breaking news in the east bay. >> it looks a lot more dramatic than it is as far as the impact on traffic. let's take a look of the video. there's an overturned vehicle. very dramatic. there's no one in the vehicle, and i hear somebody left the scene, fled the scene, perhaps. the police are there, chp have shut down the on-ramp from northbound 66 to -- or from 66 to northbound 880. there's the on-ramp. you can get onto the southbound

side. let's take a live look. there's flashing lights that first got our attention, just over the hill is the on-ramp to 880 northbound. the over-crossing, you see people are fine getting to the southbound side, and that's the on-ramp you saw where the northbound access is closed off. things are moving smoothly on the freeway, but there is a distraction by the coliseum, so that will be a distraction with no slowing. we're following that incident. there is some slowing over here in concord. highway 4 does have a car fire, two lanes are blocked, and there is slowing. i'm going to get more detail and i'll bring that to you. the rest of your commute is moving smoothly. kari, today seems like it's going to be calm, but you can confirm or deny that. >> it is clear around the bay area, and as we get a live look outside, temperatures are in the upper 40s for san jose and oakland. in dublin, it is 39 degrees. so it is a cold start and we are going to have another day very

much like yesterday, where our temperatures will reach into the low 60s. hayward, as well as mountain view, reaching 62 degrees. 59 in san francisco, with some low 60s for concord and down to the south bay. we'll be tracking this. rain comes back tomorrow, so i'll have more on that coming up in the full microclimate forecast. breaking news right now out of washington, with a live look at the u.s. capitol. that is where the u.s. senate a short time ago passed a bill to provide critical new aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan. the lack of funding for border security likely means this bill will be dead on arrival in the house of representatives. >> "today in the bay"'s brie jackson is live in washington. brie, this vote followed hours of back-and-forth debate. >> reporter: that's right, we were watching this overnight, senators pulled an all-nighter. we saw republicans going to the senate floor, giving hour-long

floor speeches before lawmakers did vote and pass the aid package through the senate. it faces a showdown in the house where house speaker mike johnson has warned that this bill has no future. >> the bill, as amended, passes. >> reporter: on capitol hill, senators worked through the night to pass a roughly $95 billion emergency spending package that includes military and humanitarian aid for israel and ukraine. >> with this bill, the senate keeps its word to ukrainians in desperate need of supplies and ammunition, to innocent palestinian civilians in need of relief, to israelis in need of support, and to u.s. service members on patrol in the indo-pacific, the red sea, and around the world. >> reporter: the measure faces an uphill battle in the house as fighting continues overseas. israeli forces rescued two hostages in the southern gaza city of rafah monday.

a reunion families have waited months for. >> it was very emotional to see them, to hug them, to feel them. it feels almost unreal. >> reporter: efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages continue. president biden sending cia director william burns to egypt to work on negotiating a deal. >> we don't know how many are still alive. the anguish their families are enduring week after week, month after month, is unimaginable. >> reporter: the president met with the king of jordan monday. he's calling for a cease-fire. >> we cannot stand by and let this continue. we need a lasting cease-fire now. this war must end. >> reporter: the u.s. urging israel to change its military tactics in gaza and protect civilians. the palestinian health ministry says more than 28,000 people have been killed in gaza since

the war began. back to you. >> brie, thank you for the very latest there. 5:05 right now. a desperate plea for justice in the east bay as a family in the community mourns the loss of a father, husband and friend. >> ginger conejero saab is here with more on that crime. ginger, this was a janitor found stabbed to death at a park. he was very popular in that community. i can't imagine what it's like for his family. >> reporter: kris, laura, you can really hear the pain of grief and loss when alejandra speaks about her husband, the widow of santiago jacobo. she is also asking the public desperately for their help in finding justice. >> we want justice for him. if anyone saw anything, please let the police know.

>> reporter: her husband was a dedicated father and family man, supporting his wife and two children with two jobs. he worked as an overnight janitor at a popular park in pleasant hill. it's in the parking lot of that park where alejandra found her husband's lifeless body saturday morning. >> i tried to wake him up, but i was too late. he was already dead. >> reporter: pleasant hill police are actively investigating this homicide, and while the city's parks and rec department put out a statement saying they are shocked and saddened by santiago's death, calling him a dedicated worker. there's a makeshift memorial, and among those messages, kris and laura, words of love from the two children he left behind. very moving to see that. there is a gofundme set up for the victim's family and the police are asking the public to

share any information that may aid in this investigation. kris and laura. >> tragic. i can't imagine. >> heart-wrenching for that wife. there are a lot of lingering questions after four people were found dead in a home on the peninsula. police made the discovery at al media de las pulgas in san mateo. they were called for a welfare check and when they went inside, they discovered the bodies of a man, woman and two young boys. police say there's no evidence of forced entry and there's no word on the connection between the four people inside. police say there's no threat to the public and they're not looking for any suspects. palestinian supporters staging a lengthy sit-in on the stanford campus face disciplinary action for camping during overnight hours. we have a live look at stanford's white plaza where activists have been gathered since shortly after the start of

the gaza conflict. school leaders warned them to start vacating at 8:00 p.m. the rules took effect last night. but many stayed. others showed up last night to support the sit-in, as did pro-israeli students hoping the school starts enforcing the new restrictions. >> jewish students adhered to policies because we didn't want to get in trouble. >> the university is threatening us with discipline action and that's scary as we're trying to stand up for what we believe in and participate in this national movement. >> in its most recent letter, the school warned violators' names would be submitted to the office of community standards. the school says overnight camping compromises the safety and well-being of everyone in the community. 5:09 now. let's take a live look at sfo, one of 30 or so airports across the u.s. where flight attendants plan to picket today. most major airlines are being named by organizers in what's build as the largest action of its kind ever.

leaders say globally about 100,000 flight attendants are part of four unions now involved in contract talks of one kind or another. today's picket is planned for an area between terminals 2 and 3. it's not clear how many flight attendants will take part. to a live look in philadelphia this morning, as wet weather returns to the bay area this week. a powerful winter storm in the northeast is expected to wreak havoc. snow is expected to make its presence known in eastern pennsylvania and also parts of connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, new jersey and new york city. some areas are expected to see up to 3 inches of snow per hour. >> oh, my goodness. i mean, 3 inches is a lot. 3 inches per hour, that can be really dangerous. very dangerous. they've really been dealing with a snow drought there. they haven't had as much snow as they normally do. it's been a while since they've had a storm like this. some parts of the northeast could see snow up to about 5 to 8, to possibly up to 9 inches of

snow. and now is when we're seeing the heavy snow coming down. most of this is expected to wind down as we go into this afternoon, into the evening. the next few hours will be critical. a little closer to home, we are seeing some clouds increasing, some very light, spotty sprinkles as we get ready for a bigger storm system that will be coming in for tomorrow and then bringing us some rounds of rain just in time for valentine's day. rain will be back starting around noon for the north bay, and continuing to make its way across the rest of the bay area into the afternoon, and tapering off in the evening. we'll talk more about this with an atmospheric river in our weekend forecast. i'll have more in a few minutes. mike has been watching gas prices going down. >> yeah, the right direction. solano county, we're looking at the best list there, dominated by vallejo. but i did find one outlier in fairfield, standing strong with

$3.79. solano county has some of the best prices overall. superior price in san leandro at superior gas, $3.85 on washington avenue. and then san mateo county, on average the prices there are all higher, above 4 bucks, but your best deal is in san carlos, $4.09, ana gas on holly street. on the roadways, i need to call out highway 4. we talked about the earlier car fire. it's still reported blocking two lanes, westbound highway 4 at willow pass road. important point, willow pass road is one of your cut-throughs down to 242. there's also bailey, kirker pass road. you see toward walnut creek, locals know the area and maybe they can get out of the backup. lower gas prices could affect inflation. coming up, news on inflation and we'll help you lasso a good housekeeper. plus, highlighting the achievements of women in sports. the new book one author is

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good tuesday morning. the time is 5:15. we take a look at san jose where it is a partly cloudy morning and temperatures in the mid-40s right now. we're going to have a chilly start, and overall a cool day. but at least we will enjoy another day of sunshine before rain comes in tomorrow. i'll have more on that and

looking ahead to a rainy weekend coming up in a few minutes. we're taking a live look. 880 and fremont, the over-crossing, access is no problem. a similar shot in oakland, but there's police activity that continues to have the on-ramp shut down. we'll get a look and talk about what's happening over in the east bay coming up. good morning. happy tuesday to you. 16 million americans coming back to work today because an estimated 16 million americans didn't go to work yesterday. some of them called in sick with a mysterious something. others took an honest day off work after the super bowl. but bottom line, a significant portion of the american workforce slept in yesterday. we're going to talk about cisco in just a minute. arm is that british chip company that went public recently. that stock up nearly 30% in a day. one of its biggest investors made $4 billion in just a few weeks. now, i have talked about him

before, he's the guy or was the guy handing out tens of millions of dollars at a time on startup companies here in the bay area. i compared him to the monopoly man with just dollar bills flying out of his pockets. those easy money days are gone and we are seeing the effect of that with layoffs. cisco systems reports its profits to investors tomorrow. over the weekend, some very good reporters at reuters caused a stir with a prediction that cisco would lay off thousands. now, this article is single sourced by an anonymous cisco employee. we don't know how high up he or she is. we're going to wait for cisco on this. but there has been worry for some time that cisco has serious bloat. it often buys up other companies and ends up with duplication. now, as we get these layoff numbers, if we get these layoff numbers, san jose will likely be hit hard. but cisco is a worldwide company. slightly more than half of cisco's employees work outside

the united states. we get the important consumer price index in about 15 minutes. we expect good news there. prices on goods have come down, putting pressure on services like haircuts, tax prep, car repair. those prices may show declines as well. do you recognize this neighborhood? richmond green. it's in london and any ted lasso fan can tell you just up the alley is the pub. well, this house is for sale. four bedrooms, 4.5 million pounds, slightly under $6 million in american dollars. just past the structure is the alley where ted lasso lives in fiction. but there is a real door there. >> do you get yelled at by the grumpy old man? >> absolutely. with a word we can't say, yeah, that one. >> very cool. >> thanks, scott. fresh off covering the super

bowl, one sports reporter is making a big move off the field. she is releasing a new book called "in a league of her own" that highlights female firsts in the world of sports, including billie jean king, danica patrick. she started her sports career as a professional cheerleader for the golden state warriors, later becoming a sports reporter at nbc bay area. she also broke barriers as the first female scout in the nba. we asked her for advice for women who want to work in the industry. >> take any job you can at the beginning. take internships, be able to start to network. networking is so important. going to events that you think you're going to meet people and taking their names and emails and just trying to be as resilient as you can to try to find your niche and being very versatile. i think that's very important, to be able to write, edit, shoot, produce, to being on air

and very knowledgeable. >> you get challenged at every turn, i would imagine. it will be released a week from today. it is available now for preorder. >> there's good advice there, too. >> you do that on the morning team. >> yeah, jack-of-all-trades. >> good for her. we're enjoying this clear weather we've been having. a little foggy yesterday. >> it was foggy yesterday. it's not as foggy right now, but we are still starting out with cold temperatures all around the bay area. we're in the upper 30s right now in livermore and it's 41 in napa, sonoma, santa rosa. we're going to have a chilly start with some patches of fog here and there. it's not as widespread and not as dense as what we saw yesterday at this time. i do expect the fog to continue to develop as you're traveling through marin county this morning. we're starting out with dry conditions and we will have a dry day, but this is a look at the rain coming in tomorrow,

starting about the noon hour for parts of the north bay, continuing to pick up as it moves in through late morning into the afternoon, and then for the east bay, the south bay, the peninsula, we'll start to see rain ramping up around 4:00 to 5:00 in the evening, continuing for the south bay until about 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow night. and then we get another break before we get more rain for the weekend. temperatures are not changing much. so we're looking at some low 60s for today. very much like yesterday, and also a repeat tomorrow as well. and then looking at that round of rain that's coming in on valentine's day, it will bring us about a half of an inch of rain, but it may be up to an inch in mill valley. it's going to be a soaker for some, we are dealing with this rain on wet ground. but there's more rain coming our way for the weekend, for friday into saturday we have this wave of widespread slow-moving rain coming in. and then there may be a brief

break before another atmospheric river comes in on monday, so we're entering into another very active storm pattern. while we get some rain, sierra gets the snow. we're going to see between now and thursday about 9 to possibly 18 inches of snow. if you're going there this weekend, heads up that it's going to be really difficult to travel with all of the rain we're getting. we could see in total about 37 inches of snow for kingvale. that's going to help build that sierra snowpack. i know with it being a long weekend, people may be making plans to head out of town. but it's going to be very slippery here, and also potentially low visibility and hard getting to the sierra. mike, you're tracking the delay coming through concord? >> yeah, highway 4 because of that car fire. it was very slow, jammed up almost back to kirker pass road. you notice we've changed the sensors from red to orange and now closer to yellow.

i believe the car is still in lanes, but i also believe the fire must be out and less distraction, less caution as folks travel by at a higher rate of speed. so watch for this delay into concord out of pittsburg and bay point. the car fire activity is still there. willow pass road, cutting down to 680 is just fine into walnut creek. outside of that portion of contra costa county, everything else moves smoothly. we do still have the activity over the over-crossing, 66 at the nimitz. we'll show you that coming up. >> thanks, mike. 5:22 right now. after three seasons, one nbc original tv series is coming to an end. next, the way

happening tonight, nbc's "la brea" is wrapping up its third season, with the show's series finale. the unfortunate folks who fell through the sink hole into prehistoric l.a. have one last chance to return home. shows don't always have a chance to have a final episode to provide closure so it made the final months of filming special for the cast and crew. >> we got to complete a show in the way it should be finished. we knew we were lucky enough to do a finale. that made it really exciting because you're building toward something tangible.

and i think there was liberation where the show was just so much bigger this year and, because it's the end, we all had so much fun. >> good for them. check it out. "la brea" airs tonight at 9:00, followed by "quantum leap" at 10:00 and you can get your news and weather right here at 11:00 on nbc bay area. >> i hate when shows just go away. >> there's your closure. next, top stories we're following today, including getting things out of hand -- things getting out of hand onboard one flight. the plane was flying from oakland to hawaii, but forget aloha. the new video we have and the welcome awaiting those two men involved once the plane landed. slamming the brakes on robotaxi expansion in the bay area. we'll have more

right now at 5:30, regulating robotaxis. leaders in one county preparing to debate a new ordinance and how it could halt the possible expansion of autonomous cars out of san francisco. senate contenders square off. the four top choices laying out their vision for california's future. and their strategies to help those struggling to make it in the bay. this is "today in the bay." good tuesday morning.

5:30 right now. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is off. we want to start with a look at the forecast because we know we have a small window to get out and enjoy before the weather changes. >> we have some rain coming back to the bay area, and today will be nice and dry. we are starting out chilly with temperatures in the upper 30s right now in dublin, with upper 40s in san francisco as well as oakland and in san jose. it is a mostly clear start for us this morning in livermore. we are going to see a mix of sun and clouds today. from 8:00 until noon, we're going from mid-40s to mid-50s, and eventually just briefing touching 60 degrees before we see temperatures coming back down. it is a cool day, but once again dry. we'll talk about the rain in a few minutes. mike, you're following police activity in oakland. >> you see the last of the vehicles over the 66th avenue over-crossing. you can cross over the freeway, you can access the southbound

direction. the northbound direction off of 66 still has that activity. let's look at the video of what exactly happened here. there's a car that's flipped over. what led to this, still not clear. it sounds like people fled the scene. there's no injuries associated with this overturn as far as i understand, but the on-ramp to northbound 880, as you see right here, is still closed for the activity. getting back out to the maps, not really an impact anymore. there's not as much flashing lights and distraction. there is still slowing for highway 4 at the top of your screen coming toward willow pass road. there was an earlier car fire. we'll check on that coming up. 5:32 right now. happening today, peninsula leaders will try to slam the brakes on a plan to expand robotaxi service outside of san francisco. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live this morning. this is a debate about who should have the power to decide where autonomous cars can

operate. >> reporter: a lot of people are listening to this debate, kris and laura. currently autonomous vehicles are regulated by the california public utilities commission and the dmv. the resolution on the table for today for the san mateo board of supervisors would change that and they would also put local communities in the driver's seat instead. this comes after waymo recently requested from the cpuc approval to expand service beyond san francisco into san mateo county. the san mateo county board of supervisors vice president is introducing a resolution later this morning that would say, not so fast. the board will consider adopting a resolution in support of a state senate bill introduced by state senator dave cortez, who said they have always had a say in local traffic control.

>> cities like san francisco and los angeles, it's becoming common to glance over as you're stepping off the sidewalk and see a car without a driver. it's unnerving and it should be. local traffic control has always been in the jurisdiction of local communities, always. >> reporter: waymo is also requesting approval to begin operating in parts of los angeles. that's where more than a week ago senator cortese stood with teamsters union members, and other community organizations, to say robotaxis risk safety and they also risk jobs. san mateo's board of supervisors will consider the resolution later this morning. we will keep you up to date on how this all rolls out. kris and laura. >> a lot to follow. thank you. it is 5:34 right now. an east bay widow is speaking out after her husband was killed working an overnight shift at a popular park.

37-year-old santiago jacobo died of stab wounds following his shift last friday night at pleasant hill park. relatives describe him as a family man who worked several jobs to support his wife and children. that included working part-time as a janitor. his wife said they lost contact and she drove to the parking lot on gregory lane and found him next to his own car, dead from stab wounds. >> i tried to wake him up, but i was too late. he was already dead. >> that incident is raising safety concerns because the park is a popular gathering spot and nearby youth sports leagues often schedule games there. pleasant hill police so far are not commenting on this investigation. now to decision 2024 and the race to fill dianne feinstein's u.s. senate seat. the candidates had another chance to sway voters in a debate last night in san francisco. at times, the front-runners,

adam schiff and steve garvey made shots at each other. barbara lee stood by her call to up california's minimum wage to as much as $50 per hour. katie porter addressed the current economic realities. >> you're talking about $20, $25, fine. but i've got to be focused on what california needs and what the affordability factor is. >> we need to be focused on our future as a state, how we can bring down cost of living and make sure people can afford to live here and raise their families here. >> packing the court, doing away with the filibuster, these are things that deconstruct democracy. >> and donald trump packed the supreme court, which is why millions of americans lost their right of reproductive freedom. >> in recent polls, garvey is in a virtual tie with porter, who represents orange county. lee right now is lagging far behind. the top two vote-getters next month will face off in the

general election. next week the candidates will face off again. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. the debate begins at 6:00 p.m. one week from today. it's hosted by our nbc station in los angeles. authorities in hawaii now have questioned two men flying from oakland who got into a midair fist fight. the video is posted on social media and show the pair squaring off before several other passengers and flight attendants separated them. the southwest flight took off yesterday from oakland and when it landed in kauai, police were waiting. it's not clear why they started fighting or whether they face charges. southwest says in part, quote, we commend our crew and customers for their professionalism in diffusing the situation. new video to show you some flooding near san francisco's civic center b.a.r.t. station. the fire department says a public work employee in a pickup truck hit a fire hydrant, causing the flooding. the closure of the 7th street

exit as well at market, and muni ran shuttle buses. it lasted a couple of hours. firefighters were able to close the hydrant and b.a.r.t. reopened the station just before 7:00 last night. >> so dramatic. taking a live look right now in san jose, and it was a mild start to this morning, kari. things are going to be changing. >> yeah, we do have some rain coming back our way. so we want to make sure that we're taking a little bit more time outside, taking in that sunshine, enjoying the quiet weather while it lasts. yesterday it was super foggy in the north bay, we've seen things improve there as well, with visibility at about 3 miles, so not too bad. we're also starting out with cool temperatures, but headed for the low 60s again today. oakland, a high of 60 degrees and 62 in novato. so we'll have more on what's ahead. mike, you've been tracking what's going on now as you head through the delta. >> kari, highway 4 speeds

suddenly slowed, still had registered a car fire. we just got the clear. chp just seconds ago cleared the report, westbound highway 4 at willow pass road. the earlier car fire, speeds were improving and then i believe the fire was out. i think the extra slowing is because they've just cleared the vehicle. so i think they had to slow traffic to clear all the activity. you should see some improvement coming in out of pittsburg and bay point toward hayward. the rest of contra costa county looks just fine, easy drive, just starting to slow for highway 37, the bay bridge on and off, a little bit of slowing shows up as well as the volume builds. the metering lights should be active right now. we're looking at a smooth flow of traffic coming out of oakland. the maze moves smoothly as well. looking ahead, this weekend, on the schedule -- we've had this for a while, scheduled for this long holiday weekend, a closure for southbound 680. looking at kari's forecast, there should be enough rain

they're probably going to have to call it off again. second time in the last six months. northbound 101 is showing a typical slowdown and that one we always predict. >> maybe they should just wait until spring. 5:39 right now. sorry, tax season is here. there are plenty of changes to keep in mind before you file. coming up next on "today in the bay," the reason some filers may be in line to receive a bigger refund and how you may qualify. senators pull an all-nighter. yes, they had pizza, and, yes, they passed that critical bill to help other countries. >> senators, they're just like us. so maybe the faithful came home brokenhearted, but the game home brokenhearted, but the game will be remembered

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good tuesday morning. the time is 5:42. we take a look at our planner for gilroy and we are starting out with a clear sky and temperatures in the low 40s at 8:00. as we go throughout the day, not bad. we're in the low 60s for a high. it will be partly cloudy into the afternoon. i'm tracking rain. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. a great drive across the golden gate bridge. notice at the top of the screen less traffic coming out of the robin williams tunnel. they may have had a quick pause for traffic as they cleared some of the crews throughout the

north bay. 101 has no problems coming down, novato all the way toward san francisco. we'll show you where things are building up and hopefully changing in the east bay. we'll see recovery for highway 4, i hope. >> thanks, mike. 5:43 right now. we're learning new details regarding the shooting at joel osteen's church in houston texas. the shooter has been identified as genesee moreno. moreno was shot and killed by two off-duty officers after she walked into lakewood church carrying an assault-style rifle. nbc's morgan chesky is following the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: it was a sunday service cut short when a gunman's bullets rang out inside houston's lakewood church. what we're learning is not only did the suspect act alone, but had an extensive criminal

history. authorities also identifying her as a 36-year-old who lived not far from houston and brought in her 7-year-old son when she started to open fire. coming up, what one witness saw when those gunshots rang out, later on "today." >> thank you, morgan. 5:44 right now. we are following breaking news, overnight the senate passed a bill to send aid to israel, taiwan and ukraine. >> scott mcgrew, republicans, democrats coming together to support u.s. allies. >> at a very critical time. good morning. it passed with 70 yes votes, 22 of those yes votes were republicans. senate minority leader republican mitch mcconnell among the senators supporting the bill. it sets aside $95 billion to aid israel, ukraine and taiwan. senators pulling an all-nighter, passing the bill just before 5:00 a.m. washington time. >> today we make vladimir putin

regret the day he questioned america's resolve, and we make clear to others like china's president xi not to test our determination. and we send a clear bipartisan message of resolve to our allies in nato. >> the bill that passed this morning is fundamentally the same bill the senate was considering last week, but with money for the u.s. border security removed. and why would they do that? well, because speaker of the house mike johnson didn't like the border bill, despite the fact it was written by a republican, and was the strongest border bill in decades. and he doesn't like this one, either, saying the bill should, quote, include real border security provisions that would actually help end the ongoing catastrophe. this sets up the house with an excuse to vote down money for israel, taiwan and ukraine because there's no money for the border. the border, therefore, continues to be a campaign issue, where

politicians say it needs to be solved. former president trump's lawyers have asked the supreme court to consider a lower court's ruling that presidents do not have blanket immunity. the appellate court ruling presidents have to follow u.s. law just like everybody else. trump wants the high court to change that. mr. trump has two court cases on the same day this week, a hearing in new york over business fraud, and a hearing in georgia looking into allegations the woman prosecuting him had a relationship with one of the other prosecutors. now, he's not required to attend either hearing, but he's indicated he would like to, but they're on the same day in two different states. as you know, over the weekend trump indicated if he were president he would not only not defend nato allies in certain cases, he would encourage russia to do, quote, whatever they want to an american ally. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff talked that over with our lester holt last night on

"nbc nightly news." >> it's part of your role to reassure nato, despite what they may hear, that the u.s. is still committed? >> the u.s. is committed and that's the message i communicate, that's the message that's been received. >> the latest data on inflation a few minutes ago was bad news. prices running hotter than expected. the consumer price index up 3.1% year-over-year, far less than its recent high of 7%, but bad news, nonetheless. we'll talk more about inflation as we talk business in about 30 minutes. >> thank you, scott. 5:48 right now. u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is doubling down on efforts to ensure airplane safety. he appeared in portland yesterday to visit an airport terminal and talked about last week's preliminary ntsb report on the scare involving the blown-out sealed door panel. the panel on the 737 max 9 plane was missing four key anchor

bolts, likely removed and never reinstalled during final assembly at boeing's factory last september. while there are many unanswered questions, buttigieg is working to sort through how it happened. >> how can an aircraft go into service with passengers getting onboard when bolts are missing that need to be there for obvious reasons? that is part of not just what ntsb is looking at, but something that informs the investigative process. we've got boots on the ground at spirit aero systems and boeing itself. >> buttigieg called out boeing, but also called out the supplier that provided the fuselage. he said the report should also serve as a guiding light for the ntsb and faa investigators. this year's tax deadline is two months away but there's good reason to file right away. refunds will be bigger for a lot of people because the irs made inflation adjustments, raising tax brackets by 7%, clean energy credits were expanded and the

lifetime limit is now gone. used electric cars now qualify for a credit, not just new ones, a turbotax cpa tells us one reason not to wait is if you're hoping for a change to the child tax credit. >> file now. we don't know what's going to happen yet, and the irs commissioner did state, if changes are made, that they would make adjustments automatically to people's tax returns. >> a reminder, child tax credits did not go away, but were reset to pre-pandemic levels. the deadline to file taxes is april 15th. trending this morning, great matchups, some of the nfl's top superstars and maybe a dash of taylor swift, helped turn super bowl lviii into the single most watched event in television history. >> a dash? it was more like a douse. we knew going into the game that if you decided to watch, you were not going to be alone. it turns out the total number of viewers shattered records.

nielson said more than 123 million people watched on cbs or one of the other platforms, including nickelodeon and paramount+. last year's game held the previous record at 115 million viewers. this marks a 7% increase in just one year. meantime, fresh off of the halftime show, usher's music getting a big boost on spotify. the service says between 6:00 p.m. sunday and midnight monday, streams have caught up, the first song he performed during the performance surged 20 fold, 2,000%. streams of three other songs "you don't have to call" had more continue ten times the typical number of streams. >> and roller skate sales are up. >> everybody wants to be an usher and they don't quite understand. >> they're showing up without

their shirts on. >> my kids think that's funny. look, mom, i'm being usher. >> did you see the part where he's tapping himself? all the memes are, like, to say me looking for my batteries and my camera pack and making sure i have my keys and glasses. don't want to be shirtless tomorrow. it's pretty chilly out there. let's get started with a look at what to expect. we do have temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. overall a mostly sunny day. get out and enjoy it. tomorrow, valentine's day, rain will be coming back and we'll see it moving through fairly quickly, and then we have a bit of a break before we get more widespread rain and gusty winds for the weekend. so this is a look at what's coming our way as we're already getting some spotty sprinkles here and there. and then the next system, a cold front that will be moving through from north to south for tomorrow, late morning in the north bay, and then most of us

seeing it during the afternoon for tomorrow. here we are in time for the evening commute and it's pretty widespread, and then we'll see it gradually tapering off tomorrow night. and then looking at what's ahead, how much rain we could see, this is going to be a pretty good amount with the potential of about a half to possibly three-quarters of an inch for parts of the north bay, even up to an inch in mill valley, while san francisco will see closer to an inch of rainfall. it will be more like a half inch of rain for livermore. there's going to be more storm systems, we're entering into a more active storm pattern for the weekend, with not only one, but possibly two storms coming our way, tapping into that deep subtropical moisture, making it an atmospheric river, especially with the storm we're going to see on sunday into monday, it looks to continue through at least the beginning to middle of next week. i know it's going to be a long weekend. you're making some plans. unfortunately, the weather is going to be very soggy. our temperatures not changing

much, with highs in the low 60s, but there will be a few breaks in the activity between thursday and friday. san francisco will see that rain as well tomorrow, lingering into early thursday morning. but then a bit of a dry break from thursday afternoon into friday, and then we'll be prepping for a potentially big storm for the weekend. mike, you're seeing a backup at the bay bridge? >> it built up pretty quickly. i was going to say subtle build, and three minutes and this filled in. we have tuesday traffic flow, a little heavier than monday, especially post super bowl monday. folks are probably going to compress to the middle of the week because many do get monday off and sometimes that spreads into friday, and for some lucky few, even thursday. we are looking at more slowing, even though the crash or the car fire cleared from highway 4 in concord, it wasn't before we had that buildup coming out of antioch and pittsburg. we're seeing the backup start on

the west side of the slowdown and then it eases up. we'll see that continue to be slow pretty much for the morning commute. vasco road also built up, it's 26 minutes now and building coming out of contra costa county down to alameda county. back to you. happening now, vta is announcing the addition of 92 eco-friendly buses to its fleet. the move is aimed at helping with our climate in crisis. the transit agency is working to eliminate its older diesel buses as well. nasa's newest satellite is in orbit. still ahead, how it could answer critical questions about how fossil fuels are affecting our planet. then ahead at 6:00, the race for mayor in san francisco getting crowded. the familiar face set to make an announcement later today. and a quick reminder, nbc bay area is streaming 24/7. you can watch us whenever you like on roku or other streaming platforms. a lot more

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." turning to our climate in crisis, nasa is launching a new satellite dedicated to studying climate change.

it's called pace. for the next three years it will scan our earth every day. right now satellites can see only about eight colors, but pace can spot 200 colors. this will allow scientists to study environmental changes like hurricanes, harmful algae blooms and pollution. pace will also be able to provide a full spectrum of a view of plankton and aerosols. >> moving to a bigger box of crayons. darker particles are absorb, how clouds form and where they form depend in part on that. what we're trying to better understand is the different types of aerosols. there's sea salt, smoke, minimal dust. we'll better understand that and how it translates into clouds. >> pace is the most advanced mission launch ever to study ocean biology. for more stories like this, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com, and click on the climate in

crisis tab. the bill, as amended passes. >> breaking news right now. a major funding bill is reached on capitol hill, after an early-morning vote. the senate passes a critical $95 billion foreign aid bill. we are live in washington breaking down what this deal includes and the next steps. an east bay park at the center of a murder investigation. we speak with the family of the man killed as the search for a killer continues. and three back-to-back storms are headed our way here in the bay area. we are tracking when the first round of rain could hit and how long that wet weather will last. this is "today in the bay." thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. i'm here for marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check the morning commute with mike in just a little bit.