on getting answers. draymond green's indefinite suspension over his recent incidences, putting renewed focus on athletes and anger, what causes it and more importantly, how to deal with it. also california's

primary is less than three months away and the race for control of the house of representatives runs through california. we'll look at the key races to watch. but first, the storm doors fly open in the bay area. heavy rain yesterday and into today. some areas could be getting as much as five inches. you're watching getting answers. i'm karina nova. some areas are seeing a slight break in the rain right now, but that wasn't the case overnight. heavy downpours caused some localized flooding. freeways on ramps and streets under underwater air like this in oakland likely due to blocked storm drains. joining us live now for a look at this rainy weather and what lies ahead for the rest of the week. and christmas, of course, is abc seven, spencer, christian and spencer. we were just looking out the window a little while ago, seeing the downpour here in the city. >> yeah, we've got some scattered downpours right now. karina. of course we had steadier, more widespread downpours early this morning. as you pointed out right now, we

generally have a showery pattern, but some of these areas, some parts of the bay area, are receiving downpours right now. here's a look at live doppler seven. and you can see that the rainfall is not very widespread. but there are some areas right now getting steady. rain over in the east bay. now we're talking about locations right now like san leandro and hayward down to union city and eastward out to san ramon, out in that area again, these are isolated downpours that are fairly steady rainfall here. but fairly light compared with what happened this morning. now, there are some heavy rain falling in parts of the santa cruz mountains right now. this is generally one of our wettest locations when we have a wet weather pattern. so let's pull back, take a look at the satellite radar image. you can see the counterclockwise circulation around this low pressure system. that's the center of our storm. notice we're getting a flow of warm, moist air from our southwest. so that's feeding into the system here and producing rainfall here. but very little in the way of snow in the sierra because the air associated with the storm is relatively warm. in

fact, how warm is it? well look at the 24 hour temperature change. you can see very virtually every location in the bay area is several degrees warmer right now than at this time yesterday. so that's the effect of that flow of warm, moist air. now, the storm that we have right now and going into tomorrow and wednesday is a level one. we had a level two this morning when we had the most intense rainfall. but today through wednesday, showers, scattered downpours, winds gusting at times up to 35mph. slick roadways and of course, the chance of some localized flooding. here's a forecast animation taking us into the nighttime hours. more scattered showers and lines of uh- or waves of rainfall. same picture tomorrow morning. not so intense as this morning was, but going into wednesday morning we expect some more heavy, heavy downpours, much like what we had early this morning. so on top of the rain, we've already had, we're looking at additional rainfall estimates of over two inches in parts of the north bay and generally about an inch to an inch and a half across the

remainder of the bay area. and it's going to be gusty. it is already gusty with winds from 20 to about 30mph across the coastal areas from sfo over to hayward and livermore, and the wind gusts over the next 24 hours will continue to be relatively significant until tomorrow afternoon. we'll see the winds easing up a bit and it will be breezy but not gusty. one of the advantages of the storm activity we've had right now is the cleansing of the air. we've got good air quality all across the bay area right now, and as we take a look at current temperature readings, you can see it's mainly in the low 60s, low to mid 60s. looking across the embarcadero from the rooftop camera see temperatures up in the north bay, mainly in the mid to upper 50s. a little bit cooler there than in other parts of the bay area, and these are the forecast headlines through tonight. scattered showers tuesday tomorrow through wednesday. more beneficial rainfall along with downpours wednesday morning and as the weekend approaches, sunny and seasonal overnight low temperatures mainly in the mid 50s. that's relatively warm for

overnight conditions and highs tomorrow. low to mid 60s and i'll step away. give you a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. two more days of level one storm activity and thursday we start to dry out a bit. interestingly enough, thursday's first day of winter. but it will be warmer on thursday than on the final day of autumn. so that's what we're looking at right now. karina and it's been a very interesting spell of weather these last couple of days. >> yes, it has and more to come. of course, the national weather service has been forecasting a strong el nino this winter. spencer, do these storms fit that bill? >> they do in an el nino pattern. we have warmer than average sea surface temperatures on the pacific, and that generates more moisture into the air, allows these storms to pick up more moisture. and that will generally trigger a higher than normal rainfall totals going into the winter season. in an el nino pattern. that's that's precisely what we have right now. notice how much warmer it

is today than yesterday. so during an el nino pattern, we not only have the likelihood of higher than average rainfall totals, but higher than average temperatures. ours makes sense. >> yeah. and a lot of people go skiing for the holidays. are we going to be getting much snow this week? >> well, not from this storm because this is a warmer than average storm. >> so the rain that's reaching the sierra right now is, is, you know, accompanied by relatively warm air. so the only snow falling right now in the sierra is at the very highest elevations, plus this storm that we have right now, karina is traveling southward. so it's not moving eastward out to the sierra, as many of our winter storms do. so this the rain we're getting now will be hitting southern california over the next well, certainly by thursday, thursday into friday. but as we get later into the winter season, uh, we expect the storms to bring more cold air with them. if we get a storm early next week, where it's certainly going to be much

cooler here next week than it is right now. so if next week's system moves eastward and over to the sierra, it's likely to produce the kind of snow they expect there this time of the year. okay >> and looking at the long range forecast, how are things looking . we're going to see anything like last year. you know last year so many people homes flooded and we had a lot of issues. so what does it look like for this winter. >> well considering how this this season is starting uh- a little bit late with the rainfall much later than we started last year. um, i would we're venturing a guess here. just an educated guess, because, as you know, long range forecasting is not very reliable . but given the fact that the rain this season started later in the year than it did last year, we're unlikely to approach last year's near record levels of rainfall and the widespread flooding and all that. but having said that, anytime time

we get a storm, the storm can stall and rain longer than expected. and if that happens, of course, there is a greater potential for flooding. but i doubt that we're going to have the kind of rainy season with all the flooding and mudslides and the associated issues that we had last year. >> and real quick, before we let you go talking about the holidays and travel, we've seen the delays at the airports today. >> should we expect that for the rest of the week? here locally? and of course, on the east coast too? >> yeah. well they've had some really powerful storms in the east coast with lots of delays that the airports there. >> the sfo has had delays today, not just because of the rain, but because of the wind gusts that have picked up in the midday and afternoon hours. it's likely to remain gusty into to at least the early part of the day tomorrow. so combine that with the continuing rainy pattern that we have, we're likely to see airline delays through tomorrow at least. if not, and then on wednesday. by

the way, wednesday morning i mentioned another round of heavy rainfall that's likely to produce airline delays as well. so next couple of days i wouldn't count on flights, uh, arriving and departing on schedule. >> and did you say christmas might be impacted? >> uh, well, we expect the temperatures to drop over the coming weekend. it's going to be dry this coming weekend leading into christmas, but it's going to be much chillier than it is right now. and it looks like next monday, which is christmas day. we're going to see a little bit of an increase in clouds and a chance of some drizzle, but it doesn't look like that. that system next monday, christmas day, is going to be nearly as as rainy as the current pattern, so i think it'll be relatively calm . uh, chilly, seasonally chilly. but i don't think we're going to have the kind of weather conditions that would contribute to significant airline delays. next week. >> we'll go with it's going to be decent. >> yeah. how about that? >> decent seasonally cool. uh a little bit of drizzle. lots of

lingering clouds. we don't expect it to be gusty. next monday, christmas day. so again, flights. uh arriving and departing next monday are likely to be relatively on time. >> okay. good to know. all right. lots of good information. you prepped us for the week and next week. thanks, spencer. okay. just ahead, the status of warriors star draymond green new reporting today on the counseling he's getting when he might return to the warriors. plus we'll speak with a stanford sports psychologist on the issue of anger in sports. the causes and treatment surrounding myself with a great team. but not just for me. for them. for all that is me, for all that is you, kaiser permanente.

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athletic, citing unnamed league sources, they're reporting that green has started counseling and is expected to remain suspended for at least the next three weeks. the nba indefinite suspended the 33 year old forward last week for striking phenix suns center jusuf nurkic in the face. the league based its decision on a, quote, repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts. green was suspended for five games earlier in the season for putting minnesota center rudy gobert in a choke hold. that kind of behavior has been seen in other professional sports by other famous athletes, but what's behind such volatile actions? to talk about anger issues in sports? joining us live now is doctor francesco dandekar, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at stanford university. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. first, tell us a little bit about your expertise in this field. what kind of work do you do with athletes and their mental health?

>> um, i'm currently on, uh, on staff at stanford. um, our team takes care of the varsity athletic program. so the ncaa, uh, athletes, um, so i've seen them for many, many years, uh, have also seen various pro athletes, um, various sports, various areas. um, essentially sports psychiatry is the application of general psychiatry principles, treatments, interventions, uh, to an athletic context. so essentially it's psychiatry just geared towards, uh, athletes who perform at a high level in a specific context. >> gotcha. i know you can't talk about draymond green's specific situation, but we know sports is very competitive and emotional. we've seen it just recently with patrick mahomes after the controversial call in last weekend's chiefs bills game. we've also seen players throw helmets, fights break out at games and even a bat thrown at a pitcher at a baseball game. can you tell us what causes athletes to react? this this

aggressively? is it just the heat of the moment, or is there something going on psychologically for these high achieving athletes? yeah it really hard to give a summary statement of, you know, what causes people to exhibit behaviors that we would call aggressive. >> um, obviously, what you're showing on the screen, if someone chucking a baseball bat is pretty aggressive, the interesting thing, though, is that we value aggression in sports. um, and in certain sports, particularly contact sports, we value it a lot. uh, it's celebrated, uh, except up to a certain point. and obviously the rules are known to all participants. everyone who's playing a sport knows what they can get away with and what they can't. um, we do forget that we're encouraging people, encouraging these athletes to exhibit aggression. uh, in a lot of ways, to, to be successful. and they're celebrated for that. >> right. but then how do you tell, you know, in your expertise when this person is

going too far or they're just being an athlete and they're competing at that level. >> so i guess it's all relative, right? wherever we decide to set the rules, uh, for a given sport. um, so, you know, in football, if you hit someone when the ball is not, not live, then now it's considered not it's not okay anymore. right? the aggression is fine as long as the ball is in play. and now that it's not, it's not fine. um, so we're kind of setting the lines, um, you know, we being people who support the sport, we being people who govern the sport, who set the rules. um, so out of line, really, you know, we can talk about moral and ethical standards of what one should and shouldn't do. but just in the context of the sport, um, you know, inappropriate and appropriate is defined by the rules of that particular sport. >> and what are treatments like for athletes who may need help in these situations? once you figure out, okay, they're not just being competitive or just a little bit emotional. it's not part of the game anymore. there's something more going on. what are the treatments like for that? >> it really does depend on

what's going on. um, you know, exhibiting aggression or anger. um, there are a lot of different reasons that, i mean, really, any of us can exhibit anger or aggression in any context. um, it's kind of figuring out what's going on, you know, what's leading to that? sometimes aggression. anger is actually a, you know, proxy for some other emotion or some other struggle. um, we know that the more stressed any of us get, the more things that we feel like are on the line. um, the more we feel personally attacked, the more our brains sort of go into overdrive and we lose the ability, uh, to use our frontal cortex to, to kind of manage, you know what? we're what we're doing and what we're saying. so you see that the baseball fight on screen, i would assume a fair number of those folks are kind of in a different part of their brain. um what that means for intervention and treatment. i mean, i think psychotherapy can be very helpful, um, kind of figuring out, hey, what's going on? and also, what do i do about it? um, i don't think that people change behavior just by insight, necessarily. i think there are a lot of skills that

we can all work on, just like shooting a jump shot. um, working on. hey, when i notice my emotions start to get out of hand, what can i do to help myself out when i feel myself tracking towards a situation where i might exhibit a behavior that's gotten me in trouble? um, what can i do to help myself out there? if someone pushes me or plays dirty on a play, how do i get myself into a physiologic state and also a psychologic state where i'm not going to react in a way that's, you know, problematic and problematic being according to the rules of the sport. >> and we have, um, we have seen some high level athletes. >> they focus on their mental health recently, you know, finding that balance with mental health and physical capability. are you seeing that more and more the focus on both the physical training and the mental health awareness and training the brain, as well? and is that a part of some of their success? >> absolutely, absolutely. um, i think it's probably always been present. um, i think it's just a

lot more talked about these days . um, it's a lot more accepted for people to talk about mental health struggles. um, you know, you see, and it's been phenomenally, um, useful for athletes. other high profile people to come out and say, hey, here are the struggles that i've had. um, i think you're seeing it a lot, both from a performance side and from a quality of life side, because, you know, we all sometimes forget that after an athlete leaves the pitch or leaves the field, they're still a human being. i mean, they're a human being when they're competing, they're also they go home. they have lives that you know, we all kind of have to we it's really hard sometimes to just deal with day to day life. um, so, so really, i think people are going at it from a, a performance standpoint, you know, in a game, in a situation. how do i handle my emotions? how do i try to improve my decision making? and then also, hey, how do i deal with, uh, you know, a spouse or a family member or a death in the family or my children or finances or any of the other things that, you know, a human being has to deal with. um, you

know, at the end of the day, athletes that we see on tv, they're you know, hyper capable in a, in a realm that we publicize and televise. and they also have to do all the other things that we have to do, too. >> yeah. >> well, thank you, doctor dannecker so much for shedding light on this. and thank you for the work that you're doing at stanford. we appreciate your time. you're so welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> well, control of the house of reps could run through california. up next we're going to speak with political analyst paul mitchell on t key races, including the candidates trying to repla

recent resignations, retirements and representatives running for other offices. the balance of power could come down to how california votes next fall. joining us live now to break it all down for us is paul mitchell, vice president of political data, inc. thank you so much for being here.

>> thanks for having me. >> first, let's talk about the republican slim majority in the house. how do we get there? >> well, we already started with kevin mccarthy taking the speakership with a slim majority. and since then they have even reduced their ranks with him retiring. and jorge santos being kicked out of congress. so right now, they're really on a knife's edge where if they were to have, say, two more vacancies in the house on the republican side, democrats could actually, uh, obtain control before the next election in uh. but 2024 election cycle is really expected to be a deciding factor in whether or not democrats can regain control or republicans expand their numbers in the house. >> so democrats could have a chance of taking over the house. so again, what would need to happen nationally? we'll talk about that first before we get to california specifically. >> well, nationally, as few as 2 or 3 flips, uh, democrats gaining control of seats currently held by republicans could do it. and in california,

we have about we have five seats. really that are the most competitive, uh, for democrats where they could flip those currently republican held seats. and then they also have one seat that they have to defend. and katie porter, who is a member of congress in a very competitive orange county seat, she's running for us senate. so that's one republicans could pick up. so we have this going on all around the country where a number of key states will really decide the control of the house. >> let's talk about california's role in all of this. we know, of course, uh- palo alto democrat anna eshoo is retiring after 30 years. what will that race look like? >> well, that's an interesting race. it's interesting. even more so because she didn't announce that she was going to, uh, retire until really somewhat recently. and so a number of candidates have gotten in. joe simitian, a county supervisor, former legislator, he already had $600,000 tucked away for over a decade, uh, to run for this seat. uh, assemblyman evan

low, uh, who is, you know, once was the youngest assembly member elected. uh a openly gay asian candidate, former mayor in the area is running. and then sam liccardo, who is the former san jose mayor until about two years ago, those three are the main democratic candidates. there are a few others, probably ten candidates in total will be running in this race. but those are the three candidates really to watch. >> and just recently, as you mentioned, california representative kevin mccarthy announced he's leaving congress at the end of his terme. that is california's 20th district in the central valley. republicans missed a deadline for that. can you tell us a little bit more about that situation, evan? >> yeah, again, this was a late announcement and he might actually leave before his terms expires. he's talking about retiring before the end of the year, which could mean that there's going to be a special election to fulfill the remainder of his terms. republicans were expected to have shannon grove run in that district. and essentially the

race seemed to be cleared for her in the last moment. she decided not to run. uh, and as a result, vince fong, uh, decided that he wanted to run for the congressional seat. he's a current assembly member and is backed by kevin mccarthy. the only catch is he had already filed for the assembly seat, and under california law, you can't file for two races at the same time. so kern county accepted his filing. the state rejected it. there will probably be a lawsuit to determine whether he can actually be on the ballot, and he is the only real front runner in that race. if he doesn't run, it will be down to a handful of relatively unknown republicans, but it is one of the most safe, uh, republican seats in the state. >> okay. and it's not just the open seats. uh, we have 15 known representatives nationwide who are running for other offices. that includes, as you mentioned, representatives barbara lee, adam schiff and katie porter, who are running for dianne feinstein's senate seat. i mean, how could those openings impact the national picture?

>> well, those openings, the katie porter one really could impact the national picture scott baugh ran last cycle, got very close to beating katie porter. now she exits and it will be one of two democrats running against uh- scott baugh in this cycle. so republicans do have a real chance to pick that seat up. the adam schiff seat will be held by democrat. it's a very safe democratic seat that spans from the hollywood hills into glendale, pasadena area. um, and then the, uh, oakland seat, the barbara lee seat that also will be, uh, won by democrat. so it won't really affect the national house picture as much as that orange county seat. that is a competitive area. >> all right, paul mitchell, as always, it's great to talk to you. i'm sure we'll be checking in soon. a reminder you can get our live newscast breaking news, weather and more with our abcvea area streaming tv app

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