live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on tuesday, december 9. very busy morning again. we are facing a storm coming our way. >> if you have our app and a watch or a warning coming out you will hear me. or you will hear sandy. a couple of people on facebook said you had to pool me -- peel me off the ceiling when i heard your voice. if you are not watching us we can still get you life saving information. we have raid acal fog in the north bay, but nothing in the south bay. shut partly cloudy over 87. the next 12 hours a few sprinkles and it will be mainly cloudy and mild and humid with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's, record warmth. >> what is it like on the

freeways. >> amazing. lovely. looking at the san rafael, the commute along 101 is foggy and socked in. when you get to the golden gate bridge it is looking wide open and clear. we had early construction there and it looks like we still have cones to be picked up. i will show you when that happens. we have something in the roadway on 880 and oakland. i will tell you about that in a few minutes. thinking of th nature of mike. a lot going on with i-80 and amtrak both opened now through berkeley. protests shut them both down. demonstrators turned out in the largest numbers yet over alleged police brutality cases across the country. amy hollyfield is in emeryville with latest.

the biggest problems were on interstate 80. officials managed to coral the protesters to a parking lot. they were arrested. c.h.p. says it arrested 150 people last night. they are being booked into the jail in dublin. they block the interstate 80 in berkeley in both directions for an hour and a half. according to the c.h.p. some of protesters threw rocks at officers. this was a woman who was stuck in traffic who was in labor. an ambulance came and took her to the hospital. on the city streets, police made nine arrests and say there was no property damage from last night's protest, no destruction, no looting. officials estimate that 1,500 people showed up to protest last night in berkeley and it was mostly peaceful. another protest is scheduled tonight and organizers hand to

target the berkeley city council meeting. >> the st. louis county prosecutor has released new documents from the investigation into the death of unarmed black teen michael brown at the hands of a white police officer. according to the "los angeles times" documents include dramatic police radio clips and a recording of the gun slots and includes partly redarked transcripts of f.b.i. interviews with witnesses and the federal autopsy which matches two other autopsies released earlier. >> showing solidarity with protesters over the deaths of michael brown and eric garner, leave leave and others wore "i can't breathe," t-shirts last night before the big game. the players were not face fines for a uniform violation. the most powerful storm of the year, possibly in several years, is headed to pay area.

you still have time to get ready. we are in san francisco with more on the storm preparations. nick? good morning, this is a popular sight in the mission and throughout the bay area because people are getting ready for the heavy rain and wind headed this way. this is video from last night. people were preparing for storm headed this way. this is an area that is prone to flooding. business owners are fought taking chances. many started to prepare. the manager for the online clotting company is moving merchandise off of the floor because more than $20,000 of damage was caused to equipment and merchandise after water got inside. >> it is not ideal. we have a ton of stuff here, this is the warehouse and we need to getting off the ground.

in san francisco, the city is lending a hand, the department of public works filled sandbags and in past delivered them to businesses that have flooded. they have also cleared storm drains and trimmed low hanging branches that will fall during the storm. we checked around the bay area and spoke to different averages and they are asking the people sweep away from the door, sweep your drives, doors, anyway any of fallen tree branch and looks that may drift into the drainage and cause the backup because it is the backup that is hitting the homes and businesses. we can all survive this storm together if you do your part. thank you for that. you can track the storm where you live with the weather app that mike was talking about by downloading it on apple app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/app. in response to the on going drought there will be recommend

dayses to period of federal water and raise rates. the acknowledge will consider the second purchase of water and 14 percent sir charge and an increase called for customers to serve. the acknowledge call on people to cut back water use by 10 percent. they will raise that to 15 percent in january. >> in washington, dc, house of representatives republicans will vote on a drought relief bill for the california farms that would allow agencies to divert water from northern rivers and reservoirs during the rainy season and send to the farms. the bill faces a battle to be considered in the democratic-controlled senate and white house advisors have recommended the president veto it. >> american embassies and military are policing for possible violence and security threats this morning. it is all over a report on capitol hill today that details the c.i.a. torture used against al-qaeda detainees in the years

after 9/11. we are in washington, dc, with the details. good morning, the report is being called a blockbuster and it is already making waves around the world. >> a top secret report sparks an urgeent wanting to united states interests around the globe. the senate intelligence committee will released report today and it is described as extremely graphic with shocking detail about waterboard and other methods of interrogation the c.i.a. used on al-qaeda detainees during the presidency of george w. bush. the white house is reporting the release as a step to transparency and says security concerns have been addressed. the administration took steps. >> embassies and military units are bracing for what could be a violent backlash to techniques.

waterboarding, all was halted years ago but the senate intelligence committee concluded that the c.i.a. misled the bush administration about the methods and results conducted at black sites outside of the united states. >> these are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base. >> the c.i.a. maintains that waterboarding was key to stopping future lots against america but in finding osama bin laden. had will be disagreement at the end of day about the value of information. the president has said that the use of torture was unwar rapped and that it did not enhance american national security. thank you, susan. there is still dispute whether that information led to the whereabouts of osama bin laden. right now, meteorologist mike nicco is checking out live doppler hd.

sprinkles across the not bay so do not be surprised if it is wet. the rest of us have moisture hanging in the air in follow of humidity and fog. this is just too much moisture being pumped into the atmosphere this morning where the democrat and the dew point are close enough that it is ringing out the moisture but when the storm comes up and the temperature responds that subside and we will have mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon. your temperature is 60 at san rafael and napa, and mid-to-upper 50's elsewhere so normal high temperatures. we have 52 at san ramon and brentwood and 53 in lafayette and cupertino which is as cool as it gets and 59 in san francisco, and 59 in alameda. in walnut creek, it is changing a little and before we could see one or two cars and now we can see more with the fog moving in, inland neighborhood and limited sunshine, hazy, and above average and it feels warm outside and that is due to the humidity. low-to-mid 60's at the coast and

mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of the us. moving forward tomorrow, we will be dry until sunset and let the storm door open for thursday and less are extent on friday. i can feel the humidity with the againing rain in the bay area if you are making travels into the mountain areas and you are headed up to lake tahoe be prepared to bring chains or snow tires because you are going to be driving through pretty nasty weather as you make it to the mountains. >> at home we have a fog advisory over the cartinez bridge so from american canyon up to 680 you can see the traffic could slow down. we have an obstruction in the lanes northbound 880 at oakland, at 23rd avenue trying to move out of the lanes but it is not slowing things down. berkeley, 80, making the drive to university after and to the maze traffic is loading up a little bit but we are still looking clear and this is how long it will take you albany to the maze is four minutes and 880

subfremont to san jose, 14 minutes and 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes and mass transit, we have bart on time, ace train 1 and 3 are rolling and muni has in delays. now 5:11. honda is expanding an airbag recall. again. the america's money report is next. >> a vote that will clear the way for a pay raise for thousands of workers in the bay area. >> stay on top of weather and traffic by keeping tabs on your screen as you look at san francisco just a little bit foggy. foggy in the east bay shot and mike shows up a few minutes ago. be careful. back with more news and weather back with more news and weather and

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covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> it is tuesday. a look from our east bay hills camera looking west across to san francisco you can see clouds and fog and very humid ahead of the big storm that is making a comeback on thursday. we will talk to meteorologist mike nicco in a moment. >> an arbitrator has upheld the firing of former bart police officer for his role in the 2009 shooting of unarmed train rider oscar grant curing to a van chronicle. bart fired the officer in 2010

after investigating how he detained grant at the truth veil bart station on new year's detail in 2009. ones say after grant got into a fight on the train the officer pulled him to the station platform and need him before another officer shot grant in the back while trying to arrest him. >> the santa clara board of supervisors is expected to approve an ordinance to increase the living wage which will require employers doing business with the county to pay their welcomeers $19 an hour. if passed it take effect in july. santa clara county is getting more and more expensive. the living wage is designed to help workers pay bills. >> first time home buyers get a break on downpayments. >> here is america's money. >> a potential boost if housing market. >> a program from fannie mae and freddie mac, home buyers with good credit but little cash

could qualify for down appeals as low an 3 percent. >> and airbags made by takata have been linked to five deaths and honey da has 2.6 million vehicles being recalled for a total now of 5.4 million vehicles. >> finally, general mills is bringing back french toast crunch. >> it debuts in 1995 but was discontinue asked now the company says it is coming back because of the overwhelming demand of fans on solve -- social media. very excite. i am looking forward to blue berry crunch. that is america's money. >> he are just making everyone hungry. >> i was thinking of count chocula. >> don't let the next storm

"blueberry," you. we have a couple of days to get the storm drains and gutters and everything taken care of. >> you can see the satellite, with high pressure that will be dry and mild today and tomorrow with the high in its clockwise flow pumping in a lot of the warm tropical air so it is human this morning. we are already at our average high in the mid-to-upper 50's ander going to go to record levels in the upper 60's to nearly 70 in some areas and this is steering this front to the north. the fiscal year front is coming in and this is going to stay here for a second and wait for these two chunks of energy to spin up as they ride along the 175 miles per hour jet stream and the difference between the especially cold air to the north and the warm and humid air to the south is driving or giving the energy to the jet stream and the reason why this next system will have so much potent

moisture and winds as the two waves of energy engage, increase and energyze the cold front. >> sun will set at 4:51 with sprinkles until 7:00 and you can see tomorrow evening at 7:00 moderate-to-heavy rain in cloverdale with the heaviest rain in the morning hours so you will have waves of rain during the overnight and nothing like the oranges and reds which is moderate to half rain dug the morning rush. so the hard of the place to get around thursday morning will be the north bay with gusty winds. we will have the winds and the flood rain in the forth bay through most of the rush hour and it starts to pull to the heart of the bay around 9:00 and 10:00 and lining up on interstate 80 and red everywhere along the front and into the south bay with red and rain shadow, sure the santa cruz mountains will get more but you

will get 2" and the rest of us will get up to 3" and possible up to 6-8" in the north bay. headed to thursday afternoon the strongest of the storms with the cold front are moving away but we will still have more strong storms behind the front and rain showers with that. that is how it will look. the seven-day forecast shows rain and wind late tomorrow, stormy on thursday, accountered showers and thunderstorms on friday and our next chance of rain is sunday night into monday. our active pattern conditions and all eyes are on thursday. the fog is something else and as you drive through walnut creek, coming in from highway 4, that drive is going to be socked in and you can barely see the tail lights on 680 southbound direction. we do have construction in the northbound direction northbound 680 from treat boulevard to monument boulevard and as we climb the north you can see the orange is an indication of where

the fog is affecting the commute and c.h.p.ing forking 680 you will find benicia bridge is soupy, too. 101 san francisco to sfo and other areas of the bay area at top speed 8 immediate northbound from 1238 to the maze is 14 minutes and 101 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport is 11 minutes. straight aheads seven things it know as you start your day. >> how the bay area's biggest sport stars came out to help at-risk children. >> you can keep up with weather and traffic throughout the commercial break with abc7 news now. this is a picket of the bay bridge toll plaza with thing you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing.

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been arrested following another night of demonstrations over alleged police brutality. the demonstrations were in the east bay. the c.h.p. says up to 1,500 people marched through the streets of berkeley and stopped traffic twice on interstate 80. unlike previous nights no damage to businesses was reported. bay area residents are being advised to get homes and businesses ready for a big storm headed our way from sandbags to cutting back trees and cleaning gutters people are taking steps for the storm which moved into the north bay tomorrow night. three, here it is, the warm before the storm, record highs today and tomorrow and coming up in the seven-day forecast, we will talk about a high risk of urban flooding, wind damage, high surf and moderate rock and mudslide risks. >> it may not be the rain that is troubling the commute but the fog with advisories across the bay area and socked in

conditions and travel along 101 through the authority bay and across the cartinez high fog advisories issued. >> five, a big storm tomorrow, across the country they are getting hit with a increase -- with a nor'easter today with possible flooding from delaware to massachusetts. >> warm warm is not to blame if california's extreme drought and lower resip station. some scientists are criticize this say it does not say how the report warm the worsened the drought. >> the royal couple went to an nba game last night and met president obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton. we will have a report on couple later in the second half hour. >> now, something that was fantastic, at-risk children in the bay area have more funds

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on tuesday, december 9 at 5:29. i am eric thomas with meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen. you have time to prepare for the storm. >> i heard a lot of lawnmowers and trimers and leaf blowers and i heard my neighbor's sprinkler going this morning... >> here are the sprinkles coming down right now cross the north bay. you have a little bit of fog there and inland east bay. but that is the only play that really is going to get wet this morning with the sprinkles. walnut creek 680 southbound headed into the san ramon valley and toward 24, our day planner for today the fog will list and haze and like yesterday a lot of cloud cover and less sunshine

than yesterday but we will make a run into the low-to-mid 60's at noon and mid-to-upper 60's near record highs in the afternoon and very mild evening so even if you cannot do anything now in the evening can you be in the yard and temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's. >> it will be a tough commute on thursday. >> you may want to think of other lands if you can commute from him, telecommute, as we look at the san mateo bridge we can see a few more cars from hayward to if step city but in fog. as we look at the bay bridge, no fog but traffic is building with fog over the cartinez and c.h.p. issued fog advisory and thick through walnut creek so use the low beams offer the altamont pass. no accidents so far but treacherous conditions. >> and the day is young. >> you there were more protesters but viewer acts of violence on the third straight day of demonstrations marching

and blocking traffic in anger over fatal confrontations between unarmed blackmen and police. amy hollyfield is in emeryville. yes, if you were stuck on interstate 80 here is why. the c.h.p. says protesters blocked interstate 80 if you were in either direction and arrested 150 people. they put them in a parking lot and took them to the jail in dublin. one woman was stuck in traffic in labor and they had to get an ambulance to her to get her to the hospital. police say some threw rocks and items at them when they tried to clear them off the freeway. in berkeley police made nine arrests one a juvenile. they are still processing the arrests so the offenses are not then. the streets of berkeley were peaceful with in businesses

damaged or looted as in previous two nights. 1 11 -- 1,400 people showed you. >> amtrak service is running as scheduled despite an effort to stop trains. dozens lay down or stood on the tracks near the berkeley station. this was taken by evan with the san francisco chronicle and here is a look from sky showing protesters on the tracks. some climbed on the safety gauge and signals. amtrak put trappedded passengers on buses and other trains. >> a woman trapped in the backup went into maybe. firefighters met her on the side of the freeway in berkeley at 10:30. an plan was called. she was put on a stretch are and taken to the hospital. we are devoting a full week of programing to report on race

and justice in america. watch if coverage on "good morning america" and "world news tonight." tomorrow, george stephanopolis will moderate a session on facebook. bay area residents are preparing if substantial storm headed our way later this week. some are conditioned about keeping christmas decorations attached to the house others want to protect their home so cutting back trees that could fall and many are preparing for possible flooding that could affect local businesses. five emergency calls if eight days and if the forecast homes with this rain it will be off the chart. >> the residents need to be airwith of the weather and understand during certain circumstances high tide couples with heavy rain there is significant chance if flooding. >> if we have 3" of water, we will have to get rid of the mud. >> barricades are up at this

park-'n-ride lot where more flooding is likely this week. nick will have a report at top of the hour. the highway patrol officers this advise: avoid drive the outside lanes of the freeway where the water pools. never drive in standing water because you do not know how deep it is. replace the windshields now. when your wipers are on your headlights shut be, too. that is the law. >> you will find storm tips on our website with a safety checklist in the event of a major disaster and a list of supplies such as blankets and batteries if there is a power outage. >> don't forget to charge your cell phone. track the storm where you live by downloading the with the app on the apple store or google play with more information on our when at abc7news.com similar

apps. interstate highway 680 in san jose is become open after a suspected jumper crippled a commute for hours. the freeway fully re-opened after midnight nine hours after c.h.p. received a call a woman climbed over the overcrossing at alum rock and threatening to jump. traffic was stepped in both directions and san jose police were able to talk the woman down. she now is undergoing evaluation. >> a former uber driver faced vehicular manslaughter in the delegate of a six-year old on new year's eve. he hit and killed a six-year old on polk street in san francisco and he injured the mother and brother. he turned himself in yesterday and posted bail. he will be arraigned tomorrow. the family were in the crosswalk when police say they were struck. uber say the driver was not covered because he did not have a passenger but since then the

ride service has changed their policy and covers drivers even when they are not carrying a fare. the san jose city council is expected to approve an agreement to bring tax dollars to the city through whom sharing with airbnb qualifies home sharing with he tell renting room and is taxed 10 percent. the hosts are permitted to make deals with people on the web sites for short-term residentials and airbnb collects the the tax and turns it over to the city and is thought to bring in $150,000 a year. >> more detail on the fire in downtown los angeles that was breaking yesterday morning. flames shot across the 110 freeway as scaffolding collapsed on the northbound lane of the highway. the fact that the fire video so quickly has arson investigators looking into the possibility

that an arsonist could be to blame. federal visit -- vest investigators have joins the investigation. >> we want to turn our attention to the weather. meteorologist mike nicco is checking out a live picture. >> behalf do do you think this? >> dallas, texas. >> i recognize that familiar landmark. the bottom of the screen. >> i knew it was not this time zone. >> it is still dark here. >> i walked into that. >> dallas, texas, what are they doing? who do they think they are to have beautiful going like that that is more like our fog than of texas? texas always trying to take everything. >> everything is bigger in texas. >> we take your fogs too, all is

better in texas. >> it is a beautiful shot. back here at home, you can see we have fog in the central valley slipping into the san ramon valley and radiational fog is developing and it is hard when it is cloudy identified. mid-to-upper 50's in the north bay valley and all of us are in the mid-to-upper 50's and our temperatures are at or close to our normal high. san rafael has the fog there and not bad but a mile visibility with temperatures in the low-to-upper 60's and mid-to-upper 60's inland and mid-60's to 70 around the bay and record highs are possible in a couple of areas. tomorrow is like today and a touch cooler. more details in a minute. we will start by using our waz. app to track this, 580 in oakland is tracking a minor

accident at 980. we have not received words on the details of the citizen. we have heavying for over the pass and along 205 meeting with 580 so fog and this is reported by anonymous but thank you to wazers for tracking our traffic. you can central with apple app and google play by downloading this for free. and highway 85, northbound, from 101 to cupertino, that is a short five help minute commute. now, over to kristen and eric. joe montana has hit a snag and is being forked to push back construction of a human and human health

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covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. written william and his wife kate are going the final day of the united states visit. so far the couple have met the american versions of royalty in sports, politics and entertainment. we are in new york with the latest on the royals. good morning. good morning, eric. it could seem as if the royals are just enjoying a holiday in knock but each stop along the tour has served a purpose. >> the duke and duchess were in brooklyn to show their support but that support did not get but that support did not get specific at the net and calf

beyonce and leave -- james. >> identified, hundreds marched in profits in the eric garner case. prince william and kate's visit has included several politicians including a visit to the white house. >> this morning, the day starts more solve employ paying respects at the 9/11 memorial before hosting a fundraiser at the art museum. >> the eye has been on kate who has been feeling very good at five months pregnant and adding to her packed agenda. thank you. hall of fame quaterback joe montana, the own version of royalty in the bay area will receive an extension today for the construction property across from levi stadium.

this is the second extension from the city council, with a main delay being funding. montana has lost the development partner it will feature hotel, offices and apartments and will not begin construction until 2016, at least. a clearly tradition to help children in need is underway in san francisco. >> at look, the postal service will kickoff the "letters to santa" program in the city. people are invited to go to the post office and pick a letter written by a local kid and fulfill the guest request. wishes include basic necessities or something for a relative. if you would like to make a wish come true on this christmas, swing by the san francisco post office between 11 o'clock this morning and 1:00 o'clock p.m. to adopt a letter. i would recommend you get the umbrella out but you are saying the rain will be sideway on thursday but that will not help. >> it could be if do have but it

will not keep you dry like a nice steady rain. you could be going mary pop pin on us very quickly. on us very quickly. high surf advisory. high surf advisory shows at 10:00 this evening through 4:00 a.m. on friday, look at the wave highs at 20' across the north bay coast. right now we are at ten at bodega bay and 11 in half moon bay. winds are an issue. they will kick up at 10:00 tomorrow evening and last through 10:00 thursday evening and it is 24 hours of sustained wind at 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts at 40 to 60 so trees will come down along with power lines. flooding, too, is what we will have great wednesday through

thursday, a 24 hour experience of significant rain and that will increase our chance of flooding especially streets and creeks and parking lots, everything like that. a lot of run off. we could have mud and rock slides across the north bay mountains. most of the storms are headed north with a reprieve as the high pressure is establishing doll nance over -- establishing dome unanimous. we will be try for today and tomorrow with a lot of cloud cover. you can see the fog moving across san francisco. from the east bay hills you can see it. we have record highs. clouds and fog the next couple of nights gusty wind and high surf for thursday. the high pressure is steering the storms to the north and cold air from siberia with temperatures contrasted with the warm temperatures running at 175 miles per hour will keep the two areas of energy hooked up with the cold front and energize the

cold front so officially before the energy is there we have showers, sure, through thursday evening and the energized cold front through the north bay on thursday morning at 7:00, rain and flooding. the rain and flooding moves into the heart of the bay by 10:00 and the rain and flooding moves into the south by by noon and by the evening commute most of the heavy rain should be over but light-to-moderate rain and we will turn to showers on friday. still thinking of we 6" -- of 6" in the in the bay and 1-3" for the rest of us much the seven-day forecast shows a break on saturday and sunday but another chance of rain on monday. after we get the rain, there will be a ton of snow so dangerous conditions up to the mountains for the weekend. break out the chains and snow tires. you can see macarthur maze to

580 traffic is building. the metering lights have been turned on. we are now seeing a collection of traffic slowing down as you make the approach to the tolls. we do have this new accident westbound highway 4 at 242 in concord and look at all of the orange that is an indication of where fog is affecting the commute and looking slow through bay point and spotty through pittsburg and antioch and pulling away from 160 at 14 membership. under foggy conditions at quarter mile visibility. highway 4, 30 minutes from antioch to concord. over the altamont pass is looking good and tracy to dublin 18 minutes from san rafael to san francisco, foggy there, as well. >> spotting cancer in women dense breast deash use breast tissue can be difficult.

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making it tough to find cancer in a mammogram. they undergo an extra ultrasound after the mammogram but research finds that the extra tests does not necessarily help with diagnosis. scientists are trying to determine if 3-d mammograms are more effective by viewing the tissue from more angles several streets near the approach of the golden gate bridge in san francisco are closed because of a sinkhole. workers have been rushing to plug up the crater before the rainstorm tomorrow evening. it opened up last week when a water main ruptured. workers are replacing part of the old main. they hope to re-open the street tomorrow. >> they are racing against the rain. >> yes, like the rest of us. this graphic shows the capability the people affected. here is the flood watch from

tomorrow or thursday at 4:00 a.m. to friday at 4:00 a.m., there are 15 million people in the flood watch area. what is your feedback on this? let me know. outside right now, look at the near record high temperatures in the upper 60 to 70 in oakland with a high record. we are in the 70's around los angeles and san diego and 82 in palm springs. from thursday morning to friday evening do not think of trying to get to the sierra, 1-3' of snow. the golden gate bridge seconds ago the lights were out and it was pitch black from marin. very dark conditions. the lights have slowly come become on again. you should be safe. as we look at the drive crass highway -- across highway 4, we have a crash leaving a backup from pittsburg with heavy fog.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> new video shows the highway patrol taking protesters into custody. coming up, the number of arrests, the impact of traffic and the vow the demonstrators are still making. tomorrow evening, meteorologist mike nicco says there will be something different coming on with the weather. >> and the report on the torture

by the c.i.a. is causing worry in the pentagon. it is 6:00 on tuesday december 9. thank you for joining us. leyla gulen is here and meteorologist mike nicco is over there, and we will look at the profit and how much time before the rain. >> we have 24 hours -- no, 48 hours. in 48 hours the heavy rain will move into the north bay so we have flash flood watches. they start at 4:00 a.m. on thursday morning to 4:00 friday morning. that is what will happen initially with the storm. this morning, live doppler hd shows plenty of fog in the north bay and the east bay develop. this is how it looks over san francisco. we have our own fog starting to roll in the exploritorium showing low visibility. the next 12 hours are mild, mid-to-upper 50's close to the normal high in the low-to-mid 60's at noon and mid-to-upper 60's at record high at 4:00