i'm spencer christian with a live weather update. widespread rainfall across the bay area. much of it light but a good deal of it moderate to heavy right now. look at the oranges and yellows showing up here in parts of the north bay and down into the east. from vallejo to lafayette, livermore and 86 to 85, highway 4 and all the local streets as well. farther south from fremont to san jose to camel, down 880, 101 to highway 82, a lot of wet pavement there. the afternoon and evening commute will be a wet and slippery and likely a slow one. the storm ranks one on the impact scale. tomorrow to motomorrow morning,

most expect a quarter of an inch the an inch of rain. possibility of an isolated thunderstorm and it will be breezy along the coast. here's the forecast. 4:00 p.m. and the rain will still be widespread and still continue to be widespread throughout most of the evening commute. it will begin to let up a bit after 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. at which case it will start to break up into widely scattered showers but for now, the evening commute likely to be a challenging one. ville a clo-- i'll have a closek at nbc news 4:00 p.m. >> today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive [ cheers ] >> happy birthday! >> oh, my god! >> she was surprised. >> she looks like she won the showcase showdown or something. >> what did she win? >> she won a whole bunch of love for her 60th birthday. about 60 of her friends and family showed up to celebrate

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don't light up until they're ten feet from the back of the truck. you see the back of the car lift up off the ground. >> how are the people inside? >> if you keep watching the video, you can see the driver disoriented, limping, conscious, they sit down against that concrete barrier and gather themselves. >> somebody was going to hit that truck. this next video, this will make nick wince. it's a helmet cam from this guy riding his bike down the street. something catches his eye. >> oh! >> he got distracted for a second. >> exactly. >> glanced away for a second. when hgoesackhtov t top of that pickup truck. >> you all right, buddy? he was quite badly injured. a broken and the bike is broken.

>> after a gray day, when the sun was really low on the horizon in victoria australia's east coast, this came together. everything lined up to create this lake of fire. lewis haskins and his buddy were out there on a three-day camping and kayaking trip. they spent a lot of time in their tent. finally the wind was still, the rain stopped, the sun was setting. lewis sent his roommate out on the kayak and put the drone up in the air. they woend und up with this mom. >> magical. stunning. >> mother nature was like all right. >> came all this way. >> it's amazing they came to experience it. how many people don't know this magical, beautiful moment happened. they had the kayak, the weather, the drone. put those things together, you wind up with this perfect cherry

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>> a coes flyg in.rst eversounds you caniding >> even after multiple surgeries, he had complication, and eventually endured something called compartment syndrome, which meant his muscles also began to deteriorate. this story is being told in a documentary titled unbreakable. it was produced by steve and dan price. to tell us more, we have both of them via skype "right this minute." welcome to the show. >> hey. >> so the movie premieres this saturday, february 9th in seattle. tell us what it's like for you to be able to tell this story. >> just finding a way to tell an

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relationship now with the man who tackled you? >> my first game back was against the same team and the same players. i had forgiven him right away, not because i am such a great person, if i didn't, i would have never gotten back on the pitch. >> what do you hope kids take away from your film? >> whatever storm you go through, there's life after it. my bones were broken but my spirit was never broken. >> that's awesome. thank you very much for skyping with us. one last thing -- >> happy birthday! it's his birthday tomorrow! ♪ a youtuber is on a super shopping spree with a slight twist. >> you bite it, you buy it. >> see the picky parrot calling the shots next. >> we should dry that. >> no, no, no, and no. and guy's got a golden idea. >> who does that. >> how it makes for one epic high line coming up. >> show off.

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so that way the potatoes don't get stuck. >> that's cool. >> this video comes to us from neptune beach, florida. this cat is his owner said olli cannot resist this cheese board. they even put cheese on the board to tempt him. >> he doesn't care about the cheese. >> olli, you're letting down the name.

the cheese. we love cheese. >> so weird. >> maybe it's enjoying the infused flavor of the collective cheeses that board has maybe seen over its life. >> if you notice, on the right side, that's the dry side. that other side is all shiny and nice, that's the side he has been licking. >> get a room, homey. >> look at him. >> he is too slick. what is up? are they rubbing cat nip on this thing? >> apparently olive wood secrets something irresistible cats like like catnip. >> i'll tell you what you can put that on, "right this minute." >> we show videos like this, emily. our viewer, emily, uploaded this to our "right this minute" page, and she is not the only one who has video to share. this comes from michelle martinez, she wants to know if you notice something different

about her cat tree. her neighbor gave her that as a gift. that's talula. there is tim-tim. next up -- >> what? >> hey, what's up? >> that's misty. and then right there at the bottom, that's roseanne roseanne danna. you notice anything different about that cat trip? >> one of those cats is weird looking. >> this cat is a chihuahua mix who she adopted from animal rescue. she said when she first got her, she was not a fan of cats. now -- >> she's got no choice. >> if i want play time i have to hang with the kitty cats. >> adorable. ar cat? >> adorable. ar cat? >> tatl for now.nert

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tonight several developing stories as we come on the air. federal prosecutors are now involved after the bombshell allegation from amazon ceo jeff bezos accusing the publisher of the "national enquirer" of blackmail. he says they threatened him with compromising photos. the company responding tonight. the high school shooting. an armed man walking into the school shooting the hall monitor. what happened next? that school on lockdown. the plane crash and the search and rescue operation off south florida tonight. the fiery showdown on capitol hill. the acting attorney general matt whitaker is grilled. did he talk to the president about robert mueller's investigation? temperatures set to plunge overnight. single digit windchills across much of the country. rob marciano is here.