good morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. new this morning, officers shoot and kill an armed man near a high school in the east bay. plus, a surfer slammed by waves at a bay area beach notorious for powerful and unpredictable waves. the weather warning he may have ignored and the forecast. and otters under attack. why scientists say these critters are dying by the hundreds. and why divers are calling off the search for a missing 4-year-old boy in a murky canal. this is "today in the bay."

here is a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. you can see, no clouds in the distance. it is supposed to be a beautiful weekend the rest of the weekend and a beautiful week. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez with rob mayeda in our brand-new studio. we hope you like the looks. let us know either way. right? let's talk about the beautiful forecast. it is nice. yesterday, santa rosa, 74 degrees. that was a new record high, san jose had 72. today, probably not quite that warm but still we'll see those temperatures starting to warm up into the maybe near 70 later on. 53 right now, san francisco. it's a little chilly outsid we have some breezy conditions around the hilltops, some temperatures around the bay area right now. the numbers, at 37 in santa rosa, 44, san jose, and as you saw, 53 in san francisco. so the weather stories of the day, some fog inland ind you're heading out toward sacramento, breezy in the hills and relatively warm temperatures for january. as you can see here, hour by hour, by lunchtime, most likely in the 60s. we'll see partly cloudy skies today and, boy, look at those

numbers. this is the equivalent of a january heat wave because record highs for the bay area for this date pretty close to 70 degrtss. so coming up, we'll let you know if this warm weather sticks around as we head back to the workweek coming up a few minutes from now. kris? thank you, rob. we begin in oakland where a man is dead, fatally shot by oakland school district police. an oakland unified school district spokesperson says two officers were on patrol near skyline high school at a community center near butters drive. that's where they spotted a parked car around 9:15 last night, they say. the school spokesman says that's when officers approached. one of the two people inside of the car stabbed one of the officers. then the other person in the car allegedly pulled a gun and aimed at the officers. one officer shot the suspect who later died at the hospital. now, fortunately for the officer who was stabbed, he was not injured because he was wearing a bulletproof vest. oakland police tell us that the actual shooting happened about a half-mile away from that high school dance so no students were

hurt. however, the dance was cut off early because of the shooting and oakland police are now investigating. to san francisco now where this morning a woman's clinging to life after she was shot by a daly city police officer in san francisco. investigators say the officer pulled the woman's car over near the border between daly city and san francisco about 7:00 last night. the officer reportedly shot the woman after she backed her car into a building near the officer. her male passenger was not injured but was arrested. also in san francisco, a 9-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound this morning, and police are still trying to sort out who pulled the trigger and why. people in the western edition called 911 around noon yesterday to report that shooting near turk street and laguna. when police arrived, they found the boy shot in the stomach. he was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. san francisco police say they're not sure whether that boy was targeted or whether he was hit by a stray bullet. for the first time in days,

crews will not search a stanislaus county canal for a car linked to the kidnapping of a 4-year-old boy who was ripped from his grandmother's arms. so far divers have found five cars in that canal but not the silver toyota corolla they've been looking for. this all began on tuesday with an amber alert for juliani cardenas, who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother's ex-boyfriend. a few hours after the abduction, a farm worker says he saw a car matching the description in the amber alert and that it went into the canal. but now the search is called off while divers rest and crews let watter into the canal again so they can use sonar in the search. the divers will go back into the water early in the week. >> we're going to continue to look. we're going to continue to search. we're going to continue to follow up on every lead and tip that we get in this case. again, we continue to hold out hope that we're going to find juliani alive and be able to reunite him with his family. that's our goal. >> the latest of the five

vehicles pulled from the canal was a pickup truck that matched a description of one that was stolen in 2009. it was about a mile and a half from where the witness reported seeing the suspect vehicle plunge into the water. this morning a surfer is in serious condition after he was slammed by a wave at mavericks off the coast near half moon bay. a viewer took photos of the rescue. rescuers say fellow sur if fers found 30-year-old jacob trent face down in the water and brought him to shore where emergency crews were able to revive him. he is in a medically induced coma at stanford hospital. this was trent's second time surfing mavericks while a high surf advisory was in effect. the spokeswoman for the surf contest says trent is not a competitor and says the conditions at mavericks are powerful and unpredictable. >> i can't speak to the experience of the surfer that was out there that was injured this morning. what i can say is that mavericks is known for some really dominant waves, anywhere in the 20-foot-plus range, so certainly surfers of great experience are

the ones that are out there. and they're risking their lives every time they go out there. waves are unpredictable. >> the beachgoers who rescued the surfer told rescuers that the wave that hit him looked to be about 20 feet high. scientists are trying to figure out why a record number of sea otters died along the california coastline this year. more than 300 otters were found dead in california last year, which is about 11% of the total sea otter population in our state. in 2009, roughly 230 otters were found dead. scientists say a freshwater bacteria toxin is responsible for two dozen of those deaths and some researchers tell the chronicle they suspect sharks, likely great white sharks, may be to blame for the spike. this morning a fire-damaged cruise sthip arrives in san francisco for final repair, this time without the pop starts. the carnival "splendor" will pull in about 8:30 this morning after leaving san diego on

friday. it lost power on its way to the mexican riviera in november with nearly 4,500 people stranded on board. passengers spent three days without electricity, hot food and perhaps most importantly without working toilets. everyone on board got a full refund and a voucher for a free future voyage. the carnival spokesperson says the cruise liner should be shipshape and back in action by february 20th. carnival cruise lines is is pulling the last of the ships out of san diego. the 2,500-passenger carnival "spirit" ship is moving to australia by april of 2012. the port of san diego says the move will cost the local economy about $54 million in annual spending. many cruise operators are pulling out of southern california because of sagging sales and tourist fears over traveling into mexico. much more ahead coming up on "today in the bay." coming up at 7:30, a court date for the suspected shooter in the tucson rampage. also a deputy suspected of

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good morning to you. a live look from our san bruno mountain camera bouncing around a little bit. it's a breezy start but a nice blue day throughout the bay. forecast in a few moments. new video shows a utah state trooper allegedly punched a woman in a face after a high-speed car chase. this is video from the dashcam and shows police surrounding the 59-year-old driver after the chase ended last august. one officer reaches into the back window and uses a stun gun on the woman. then another officer goes to the driver's side and appears to punch the woman several times. the officer says he hit the woman to stop her from driving

off. that officer is now under investigation. and tragedy in southern pakistan where a passenger bus overturned after crashing with an oil tanker. officials say that more than 30 people died and nine were injured in the overnight crash. survivors said the bus and tanker truck burst so fast that many passengers didn't even get a chance to escape. in pakistan, bus accidents happen often because of poor maintenance, reckless driving, and tired workers who work long hours. haiti's president is defending a former dictator for returning to his homeland but with a catch. haitian president rene prevalue speaking during a visit to neighboring dominican republic says that ex-district jean-claude duvalier, also known as baby doc, has every right to set foot in haiti. but he says the former leader must now face justice on allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. duvalier arrived in haiti a week ago saying he wanted to help rebuild the earthquake-ravaged

country. romney for president 2012, the word from a straw poll taken this weekend in new hampshire. he pulled in 35% of the vote in the first-ever straw poll out of the state's republican party committee. the vote is getting lots of hype because new hampshire holds the country's first primary, of course. he was followed by texas congressman ron paul with 14%, former minnesota governor tim pa len ti with 18% and sarah palin with 7%. >> meantime, former new york city major rudy juliani says he is more likely to run for president if sarah palin wins. on an interview with cnn, he said running against palin for the 2012 gop nomination would show him as a moderate republican. he dropped out of the 2008 republican race for president after finishing third in florida. and google will reportedly give $100 million to outgoing ceo eric schmitt. "the wall street journal" reports that the sum will include stocks and options.

he will now become the company's executive chairman to work on partnerships and government relationships. google co-founder larry page will step in as ceo. coming up on "today in the bay," surf's up in alaska. surfers brave the cold for a wave that keeps going and going and going. you have to see this one to believe it. pretty cool video. our camera from the golden gate bridge. a foggy start for fairfield.

good morning to you. a live look at p pavilion, the sharks celebrating a win over minnesota so we are all feeling good inside. and i'm kris sanchez. thank you for joining us this morning. rob mayeda is across our new studio with your weather

forecast. we've got one of our new big screens on the new set this morning, 50 degrees currently in san francisco. ice an interesting start to your sunday morning depending on where you are. you've got some thick fog in a few areas and breezy conditions across the hilltops. in san jose, there's the shark tank, 43 degrees. the wind is relatively light in san jose. still a little gusty at times across the hilltops around the east bay. right now our temperatures are ranging from 33 in fairfield where we have thick fog, visibility down to a quarter mile there, 41 at livermore, 43 as you saw in san jose and 43 around santa rosa. things running a lite chilly outside. breezy around the hills, on the coast and around our inland areas around the south bay we will see warm temperatures for january standards. there you see the fog inland out towards places like fairfield this morning. as we show you the weather headlines, which you're going to see here, we've got breezy conditions in the hills, more mild sunshine and really we're going to be staying dry with no rain in the forecast, i think,

until probably the first week of february. needless to say right now the radar scans not showing you any rain, and there you see offshore a lot of moisture, but it is going to move towards the pacific northwest, missing us here in the bay area. today the tenth dry day in a row and we'll at least have another week, i think, of some dry weather around the bebe area. 60s and 70s. if we can get to 70 degrees, that would be close to breaking records around the bay area. today, maybe san jose south could see a few more 70s popping up as we move towards the afternoon. here's the story as we go through monday and beyond. those storms are going to stay way off to the north as high pressure holding its ground, so no sign of rain and temperatures will stay prettyly mild through the middle part of the week but as more fog starts to spill in from the central valley, that's going to lead to a bit of a cooldown. places like fairfield and concord and san rafael today, you're going to see a cooldown today as the east winds pump in low clouds and a little fog. 70, though, to the north around

ukiah, gorgeous finish to the weekend, 65 around petaluma. we'll round out the weekend with some pretty warm temperatures, could break some records today, trending cooler through the week with more fog but still staying dry. at this point, still looks like february 5th, the next chance of seeing rain coming back to the bay area. that's quite a ways from now. >> far off. rob and i have something we want to show you. we've been looking at it. a five-mile wave that's been online for a while. whether or not you're a surfer, you have to check it out. videos show surfers on the cook inlet in alaska's southern coast riding waves for five miles. >> incredible. >> it's really cool to see. how does this happen? >> that's a 45-minute ride, by the way. that is one long wave. if you can see that video, you can see them just kind of wade ryding the wake ahead of the wave. this is literally a tidal wave, not a tsunami, but this is something caused by high tide, as we go over to the maps. i can show you moving in towards the cook inlet, which kwha you'll see is we have, again,

this -- we have the high tide coming in. so what happens is the leading edge of that wave comes inland and rushes across the top of the water, and it can go for miles, as you said, for five miles there. it's that high tide that causes that interesting sight in alaska. around here, well, the way i surf, i'm lucky to be up for six seconds. but a 45-minute ride inland. incredible. >> a paddle board. >> i need to work out more. >> thanks, rob. much more ahead on "today in the bay." afc and nfc championship games, new york mayor michael bloomberg's terrible bet and how much cheese is on the table in a friendly green bay wager. good morning, everybody. players were bawling last night on the hard wood. warriors in l.a. taking on the clippers. and blake griffin was off the chain. he had one of the most incredible dunks we've seen. plus, we had a thriller on the hilltop. u.s. f taking on one of the most well-known teams in the country.

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nub nub nub nub has your morning sports. >> zero. that's how many games montae ellis has missed this season, but after last night's win, it seemed likely he would miss his first game. ellis a-game-time decision against the clippers saturday night. ellis cleared to play, and he didn't take it easy, playing 42 minutes. he had 17 points. blake griffin, he had an incredible game so, much hype about this rookie, and for good reason. take a look at this 180 dunk. incredible. warriors kept it close. fourth quarter, stephon curry had 32 points, here behind the back, and the warriors were in this one, but the clippers and griffin a little too much.

just give him the rookie of the year award. 30 points, 18 rebounds, and 8 assists, here with the triple. clippers beat the warriors 113-109. to the ice. sharks looking for a season-high fourth straight win against minnesota. first period, couture, what an incredible rookie season he's having. the team's leading scorer lighting the lamp for his 22nd goal of the season. san jose up early. second period, on his game. had two goals in this one. here's the first. his 13th two-goal game. the sharks win it 4-3, the final. college hoops. st. mary's has been streaking since december 1st, winning 11 straight. but their streak came to an end yesterday as they lost to vanderbilt 89-70. up next for st. mary's, gonzaga on thursday. and speaking of the zags, hasn't been a good week for them. they were in action against usf, and this one went into overtime.

tied at 91-91 with seconds left, cody taking care of business. usf goes on to upset gonzaga for a second straight year. the fans rushing the court. party time on the hilltop. the final in this one 96-91. stanford was on the road against ucla at pauley pavilion. after a strong first half, the cardinal starts to unravel. ucla's malcolm lee, three-ball, corner pocket there. the bruins erase a 14-point deficit and went on to beat stanford 68-57. cal was across town taking on usc at the galen center. second half, harper camp had 19 points. he scored 10 of those late in the game. the bears squeaked by the trojans, winning 68-66. baseball. willie mays and giants' catcher buster posey were in new york showing off their world series hardware at the hilton in

midtown. many fans came to celebrate, some who remember when the giants left the big apple back in 1957. mays and giant' management were also on hand to celebrate posey's nl rookie of the year award. hard to believe that spring training's going to start here in just a couple weeks. i'm christine nubla, that's it for sports. have a wonderful day, everybody. usually when big games are on the line, it is tradition for local lawmakers to wager friendly bets with one another. usually something like sending over local food or wearing the other team's merchandise. but when it comes to the afc championship between the new york jets and the pittsburgh steelers, that friendly bet is getting serious if new york city mayor michael bloomberg loses he'll have to put a steeler terrible towel on the city's landmark. if pittsburgh's mayor loses he'll put a new york fire department helmet on one of his city landmarks. the losing mayor has to wear a

winning team's jersey during a service project. the mayors of green bay and chicago are also betting on the outcome of the nfc championship game. richard dailey is wagering pizza, corned beef and per pro gis and the mayor of green bay is offering up a 12-pack of local bear, an autographed football and a case of bear steaks, and he's stepping it up saying he'll send dailey a pound of cheese for every point the packers win by. much more ahead on "today in the bay." students sent home early after officers shoot and kill a man near a high school dance. and bloodshed on the dance floor. why the party may be over for a popular south bay nightclub. [ female announcer ] why choose between delicious

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gorgeous. you see the bicycle riders enjoying the nice summerlike weather for january. >> it is. january. >> i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda here in our beautiful new studio. we're going to take you outside for the weather forecast. >> that's right. one view of the golden gate bridge. another perspective looking far away from downtown san francisco, sunrise, gorgeous start to the morning. 50 degree, fog free in san francisco, but to the east, solano county, if you're watching us in fairfield, you know about the thick fog that is pumping in from the central valley. 43 in san jose and we'll continue to see breezy conditions in the hills with dense fog into solano county this morning, for the afternoon, places like fairfield, napa, san rafael, probably concord, running a few degrees cooler today as the fog starts to try to sink on in. still near 70 today in san jose. the question is this summerlike or springlike weather going to stick around for your workweek. it's starting to look like it. we'll let you know what changes lie ahead in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you very much, rob. tomorrow the 22-year-old man

charged with trying to kill congresswoman gabrielle giffords in a shooting spree p in tucson will make his second appearance before a judge. jared loughner could enter pleas on three counts of attempted murder of giffords and two of her aides. further charges are expected in the killing of six others who di died, including a 9-year-old girl, christina green. on his first court appearance, he did not enter any pleas or gave motive. this morning a man is dead after he was shot by oekt school district police on patrol near a high school dance. a spokesman with the oakland unified school district says two officers were patrolling the area around skyline high school dance which was being held at a community center last night when they spotted a parked car. that car was near the intersection of joaquin miller road and butters drive. a school spokesman says one of the two people inside the car stabbed an officer, and that happened around 9:15. the other person in the car allegedly pulled out a gun and aimed it at the officers.

the officer shot the man who later died at the hospital. the officer who was stabbed was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time and was not seriously injured. officers say the actual shooting happened about a half-mile away from the school dance so no students were hurt. however, the dance was shut down early because of the shooting. tomorrow for the first time in recent history, san jose leaders will try to permanently shut down a nightclub. the city attorney will ask a judge for an injunction to shut down club wet on south first street. a city leader accused the cub's staffers of covering up violence on the dance floor. on new year's eve, club security reportedly refused to call an ambulance for a woman who was choking on her own blood after her cheek was stomped by a stiletto. in another case, police reportedly found club staff cleaning up blood after a fight in which someone was allegedly stabbed. we'll be on that one for you tomorrow. this weekend, the city of san jose is stepping up patrols after seven homicides in just three weeks. the latest happened friday night

when san jose police say an 18-year-old was gunned down while he was riding his bike near the intersection of story road and east capital expressway. police say a suspect has been arrested and they believe that this shooting is gang related. at the city's annual gang prevention summit, which was held this weekend, mayor chuck reed told us that the city has a plan to crack down on violence. >> we had a spike in the first few weeks of the year, but we know what to do. we have a plan. we have a great program in san jose dealing with these kinds of issues. >> by comparison, oakland has had nine homicides this year. san francisco has had eight. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." an american car giant adding a third shift. we'll show you how many jobs will be added to the assembly line. and bob redell shows us the new museum taking us back in the day to a game of pong. d this idea. to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food.

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good morning to you. take a live look at the transamerica building, absolutely gorgeous out there, blue sky, and rob says it's more like june-uary than january. a glimmer of recovery for general motors. the automaker is adding a new shift to its production line in flint, michigan, and that means they'll have to hire about 650 people. workers who were laid off will get first dibs on those jobs. right now, about 2,000 people work at that plant in flint, making the fast-selling gmc sierra and schef vi silverado pickup trucks. we expect a formal announcement from gm tomorrow. and general motors is doubling production of its chevy volt, the rising star in the hybrid vehicle market, and that's for the 2012 model year. this will offer more customers an alternative in hybrid fuel efficiency and technology. car analysts predict that the higher output will reduce the

cost of the hybrid's drive and battery systems in the future. you can plug -- you can own a volt plug-in hybrid for about $34,000 but only while supplies last. later in the week, we will get a first look at the strength of the economy in the final quarter of last year. some economists are predicting as much as 4% growth in gross domestic product, the gdp. federal reserve policymakers meet to discuss interest rates and to lay out their stimulus plans to keep the recovering economy moving in the right direction. earnings season marches on and it looks like a mixed bag ahead. winners could be caterpillar, netflix and a streamlined yahoo! on the flip side, profits at microsoft, dupont and boeing may see a big drop. meantime, comcast, the nation's biggest cable company, is expected to button up its $13 billion purchase of our own parent company, nbc universal. the seller, general electric, will still own 49% of the company. and for the first time in year, when the international government and business leaders

gather from around the world for the world economic forum in switzerland, they will likely talk about global economic recovery. that meeting is scheduled for this week. and have you seen any good movies lately? the academy award nominations are announced on tuesday. the oscars will happen february 27th so there is still plenty of time to catch up on all of those movies that you missed. at least i did. the computer history museum in mountain view recently renovated and expanded some of its exhibits. bob redell has a look at the new old stuff or the old new stuff. one of the two. >> a revolution the first 2,000 years in computing, i'm bob redell here in mountain view at the computer history museum, where the museum has just reopened with more than double the exhibition space than they had before. 1,100 -- msh than 1,100 computer artifacts on dinse play, including this right here that has what you might call a minor role in the history of the

internet. alex is the curator and this is -- >> that's a google server rack. when google moved into the data centers in '99, they built very inexpensive pcs into this rack. about 80 pcs here. it's the software that made google what it is today. it's not the hardware. it's very cheap pc hardware. >> jerry rigged it, is that what you're saying? >> you could say that. >> only weighs a few pounds, has a lot of computer power in it, but if you can go back, let's see, about 30 years, actually exactly 30 years, this is what you would have been carrying around, this being the predecessor, one of the first laptops, an osbourne, weighs 24 pounds. this thing probably about a thousand times faster than that. as you walk through the museum, you're able to see some of the predecessors of the pcs and of course some of the pcs that we grew up with at home. and i think that's the one thing that strikes me the most is that usually when you go to a museum you expect to see ancient history, things that predate our lives, and of course that's not the case here.

>> right. that's the challenge we have, dealing with contemporary technology. a lot of these things, people don't think of as arty facts. some of these people may still have in their attics or basements but we want to preserve them for future generati generations. mcintosh classic 1984. and this right here, this predates space invaders, doesn't it? pong. i believe it does. this is one of the original prototypes of pong. >> that's a 1972 pong prototype built by l.l. corn. he's the person that actually still had it. he let us show it on exhibition. it was put in place at andy capp's fwhar sunny vail. people couldn't figure it out, started to play it, and by the next day there was a line. within a couple days atari got a call saying it was broken but the coin slot had just overfilled, it was so popular. >> alex, thank you so much. get more information at computerhistory

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on tuesday, president barack obama will deliver his state of the union address, so that's why political analyst larry gerston joins us this morning. first, you know, i would assume that in difficult times perhaps it is not that attractive to have to address the nation. but is the president required to deliver a state of the union? >> yep. and you're right. people say, oh, gosh, the economy, the kids, blah, blah, blah. but the state of the union is actually required in the constitution. it's in there. i know. a lot of people don't know. it's in there. article 2 of the u.s.

constitution states that the president shall from time to time give to the congress information on the state of the union, why, to recommend for their consideration such measures of whatever you might think is necessary. that's in article 2 of the constitution. so there you have a little tidbit. the president with can say anything he wants, kris, about the state of tunion, what's goig on, the opportunity to i guess set the nation's political agenda over time. it's become of course this annual i vent. so from time to time it's become an annual type of event. you know, technology has a lot to do with this, as well because, you know, originally he just talked to congress. often they just sent a little message, you know, written to congress. but with radio, it was broadcast, then more recently of course with television it's been broadca broadcast. it's been an evolution. but now when times are tough, as you say, wow, people are gripped. >> no chance to duck it. what do we expect to hear from the president? the last couple days we've heard

other analysts talk about, you know, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> yep. >> then, you know, this return to civility, as well weather a lot of the lawmakers choosing to sit not as their own party separately but together with one member of the other party. >> this is a different year. every year seems to be different for one reason or another, but this is a different year. nobody knows for sure. you know, they try to keep it buttoned up. but here are some of the issues that have been mentioned. cutbacks in government spending in areas such as federal employee salaries, some defense projects and areas of what we would call redundancy where more than one agency doing the same thing. spending is an issue, too, but in the other way, infrastructure such as roads, water projects, power lines, areas where the united states has some serious problems. our infrastructure is extremely weak. of course that creates jobs along the way. also spending on education to prepare our garage walts with the skills that match our needs. the president's going to point out that the nations in the

earliest stages of economic recovery were beginning to feel that a little bit, and that cutbacks should not be too severe lest that recovery be shortchanged all together and we go into what they call a double dip, that type of thing. >> right. i've been doing this long enough to know that of course there will be a gop rebuttal. so what do we expect to hear? and how do they go about choosing who's going to deliver that? because this year it's someone who might not know. >> you're right. for me the rebuttal is the most interesting part. why is that? because you really get to see where the clashes are. it's fairly recent. you know, since 1966 the opposition party has been giving a brief rebuttal, 10, 15 minutes to the president's state of the union address. this year, for your question, the republicans have chosen this really sharp guy, paul ryan from wisconsin. he is the chair of the house budget committee and the author of "the road to the future," a very controversial paper, by the

way, that would vastly reduce government by privatizing social security, scaling back medicare, some interesting alternatives. ryan is articulate, smart, good looking, which doesn't hurt, and no matter how superficial that might sound, it really makes a nice package. one other note, by the way. by reaching a huge national audience, the rebuttal speaker has the opportunity to gain position on the next presidential race. >> so i suppose we should learn his name. >> learn his name. he's 40 years old. he's not about to go away. >> okay. so, now, what do you expect to see in terms of difference? because this time the president is not talking to, you know, his own people. this is a house that is divided. >> oh, boy. yeah, i'll tell you, speeches, you know, over the years take on their own meaning depending on what's going on. this year we're looking at tone. tone is very, very important. the last couple of years we've seen a tone of a very try dent president, president barack obama. why? he can do anything he wants

because he had majorities in both houses in congress. now a different tone. no more. with the republicans capturing the house, the president has to be more accommodating, more solicitous, if you will. and republicans better watch out, too, that they don't overreact as well. so this of course occurs in the shadow of those very tragic tucson events, and because of that, everyone is going to have to be on their toes in a very different way. you mentioned sitting next to each other. >> right. >> republicans and democrats. it's going to set the tone for a very different thing this year than the past two years. >> one more question. something that is a little different this year, there's going to be another rebuttal, a tea party member delivering a rebuttal, and that one, of course, is going to be on. what dough you make of that? do you think the gop should be concerned they're branching off or is it a representation of the republican party? >> republicans right now have a very tough choice. you know, do they go with the

flow of the tea party -- because the tea party folks say we put you in there -- or do they go ahead and stay more let's call it mainstream. the more they go to the tea party folks, the more they are losing that vast middle. oeshd, if they ignore the tea party folks, the tea party folks are tleening to dislodge them next year. >> and rudy giuliani saying he'll only run for president if that's there. we are going to be covering the state of the union address live tuesday night starting at 6:00. you can watch it here. i'm assuming you will be here as well. >> yes. >> thank you. see you in a little bit. much more ahead on "today in the bay." meteorologist rob mayeda has a look at your weekend forecast. california should be proud.

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good sunday morning to you. right there and the golden gate bridge, off to a clear start this morning as we see no fog around san francisco. but we do have fog further inland out towards fairfield this morning. let's show you, san francisco right now, the bay bridge, this is a pretty shot but also pretty bouncy right now around san bruno mountain. southeast wind at near 5 miles per hour. chilly in san jose looking at 43 degrees, temperatures ranging from 33 in fairfield with some pretty thick fog this morning and 50s closer to san francisco. weather headlines, fog inland around fairfield, breezy around the east bay hills and to the coast and portions of south bay, warm temperatures for january, record-breaking temperatures, past 70 degrees, a few spots today close to that. breeze kwa conditions around the hilltops, mainly elevations above 1,000 feet, more mild sunshine for the afternoon, highs from the 60s to near 70 today. for the rest of the workweek, things are looking dry. as things stand right now, we

may not see rain perhaps even into the start of february. radar viewer not finding anything out there. we have some clouds off to the north and some high clouds will drift in from the afternoon. but with high pressure holding its ground, today is the tenth dry day in a row, and chances are that's going to be getting up into perhaps two or maybe three weeks of dry weather as that ridge of high pressure holds on. today we'll see 50s and 60s towards concord and the delta but still near 70 inland around san jose, mild sunshine with a few high clouds through the afternoon, and from monday beyond, storm track stays off to the north, high pressure holding its ground, the only item to watch will be how thick the fog gets as some of that tries to spill back in into the central valley that will lead to cooling especially around the north and east bay valleys. san jose near 70, liver, month 67, cooling today up towards fairfield and concord where we'll see the fog kind of set up for the morning and towards some hazy sunshine for the afternoon, 63 around san rafael. off to the north bay, look at ukiah, getting up to 70 degrees,

67 in hillsburg and 65 in petaluma. a look at your seven-day forecast, today will likely be the warmest of the next seven days. reason why we'll start to cool off a little bit is that patchy fog will slowly start to get a little thicker over the next few mornings. i think we're going to see a cooldown today, kris, in the north and east bay valleys and the rest of us stuck with fog for the middle part of the week. dry weather will follow us into next weekend. very dry stretch ahead, but january, very pleasant outside today. >> we're used to, those who celebrate january birthdays, celebrating inside. a friend of mine is going to celebrate hers along the embarcardero. >> perfect day for it. "meet the press" coming up in a couple moments. draifd gregory as a preview. >> good morning, kris. how will republicans exercise their new power in congress? i'll sit down with house majority leader eric cantor for an exclusive interview to talk about the gop strategy.

that's up next on nbc bay area. and here's a story that got rob's attention. the joker, the riddler, the penguin, batman's existence, but now a new villain by the name of bane. >> yeah. >> yeah. amazing. all right. here's who it is. who is it, anyway? a guy who was born in prison and develops muscles like the hulk and eventually goes on to break batman's back. >> played by tom hardy, who was in "inception," and the other story -- there he is right there -- and bane very popular within the more recent comic books with batman. but maybe what's stealing headlines is the other one. >> there she goes. anne hathaway is going to be cat woman to the delight of many people. robin colludeincluded, i think. >> i'll be watching. present company excluded. >> thanks for joining us this morning and making us a part of

your morning. we will have local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. have a great day. see you next weekend.

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