i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay," detainee or prisoner of war in north korea? more on this developing story as reports surface that 85-year-old merrill newman was actually involved in a top secret mission during the korean war. and breaking news out of new york, more on the train derailment that's killed four people traveling on this last day of the holiday weekend. and why protesters say they will be out in force at this building in redwood city tomorrow morning. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza and the fog that was there yesterday has lifted. nice, cool temperature to start

this last day of the holiday. thank you for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda who says a cold snap is coming down the pipe. >> wait until you see the changes coming up in the seven-day forecast. right now a view of oakland airport. 43 degrees. we are waking up to 30s in parts of the bay area up around santa rosa and napa, mid to upper 30s. concord also 39. 44 degrees in san jose under mostly clear skies for now. you might notice a little patchy fog around the north bay into fairfield. at times visibility down to less than five miles. hour by hour of the forecast today, just a few high clouds coming in. south bay temperatures around noon, 65 degrees. peninsula also approaching the low 60s around lunchtime. back into the 50s as we head into the evening. san francisco should see numbers in the mid-60s around 2:00 this afternoon and the north bay and also out towards the tri-valley, a couple locations once we pass lunchtime should see numbers near 70. as we head through wednesday and

thursday, highs may not get near there. highs in the 40s and 50s. big change in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. breaking news out of new york this morning where a passenger train derailed early this morning killing at least four people and injuring at least 48 other passengers. the metro transportation authority says four of the train's seven cars derailed just after 4:00 this morning near the hudson river as the train traveled between the bronx and poughkeepsie. 130 firefighters are now on scene. the crash was reported by the engineer but it's not clear if any crew members are among the injured. we'll bring you more updates as we get them this morning. of course, we're monitoring live pictures out of that train crash. now a developing story with bay area ties. why north korea may have detained a 85-year-old palo alto man. this morning news reports citing military documents reveal that merrill newman served in a top

secret u.s. army unit known as the white tigers during the korean war. a video released by north korea's state-run media shows the korean war veteran reading an apology asking for forgiveness for allegedly willing north korean soldiers and civilians during the war. because the peace treaty was never signed, they say the war is not over, thus newman is technically a prisoner of war. >> you can understand from looking at the way in which mr. newman was treated that for the north koreans in some sense the war is not over. it may have been over for mr. newman, but not for them. we have a very tense relationship given north korea's nuclear program. the tense relationship between north korea and south korea which is our ally, and all those things impact the situation to which mr. newman walked in. >> newman's family says in a statement that the 85-year-old reports he's being treated well and that the food is good.

newman has been detained since late october when north korean officials took him off a plane as he was getting ready to leave the country. the white house is asking north korea to release mr. newman as well as another u.s. detainee who has been in custody since last year. officials releasing a statement that reads in part, quote, we remain deeply concerned about the welfare of the u.s. citizens held in the custody of the dprk, the democratic people's republic of korea. kenneth bae has been in custody for over a year. we continue to urge authorities to grant him amnesty and immediate release. bae is a missionary and a tour operator. north korean authorities sometimes see missionary work as a threat to their government. bae's sister in seattle say right now he's being held in the hospital and needs treatment. >> our worst fear is they will ship him back to a labor camp and he has chronic conditions that require treatment.

ultimately, we haven't given up on kenneth or the u.s. government. we place our hope and faith in them to bring kenneth home and mr. newman as well. we were heartened to see the statement from the white house. >> since 2009 six u.s. citizens have been detained by north korea, including two journalists based in the bay area at the time. we're following this story on air and online and we have video and interviews with newman's wife and son at nbcbayarea.com. it is our top story on our front page. campbell police are investigating an apparent murder/suicide this morning involving an elderly couple. officers responded to an apartment on union avenue around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. a family member found the 89-year-old husband and his 92-year-old wife dead inside from apparent gunshot wounds. >> any medical issues that were going on, but we're looking at all possible angles and making sure we do a comprehensive investigation. >> detectives have not yet

released the identities of those victims. and now to an nbc bay area follow-up out of vallejo where a 2-year-old boy is still in critical condition after he nearly drowned. fire crews responded to reports of a child in the water near the vallejo fairgrounds around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. it took them a few minutes to find the boy and pull him out of the water. they say his grandmother was with him at the time. >> report of a child approximately 2 years of age that was in the water, was fishing with his grandmother over here in the culvert. grandmother took her eyes off of the kid for a short period of time, 2-year-old fell into the water. >> the boy was rushed to kaiser where doctors managed to get a pulse before sending him to children's hospital in oakland. new surveillance video today may show the face of the man who horrified people who watched him throw two cats into the san francisco bay this week. police say they believe this is the man who threw the cats into the bay on monday. the man reportedly walked up to

a woman who was carrying several items, including a cat carrier with two cats inside. he took all of her items and threw them into the bay. both of those cats drowned. >> these are helpless beings this man -- it looks very random. we still don't know the relationship between the suspect and the victim, but it looks and appears to be extremely random, which makes it even scarier. >> san francisco animal control says they found the video of the alleged suspect after collecting surveillance footage from nearby businesses. the suspect is described as homeless, about 6'1" with shoulder-length hair. protesters say they will be at the opening of a new planned parenthood clinic in redwood city. planned parenthood has not commented on when it plans to open but there's a property management notice at the site of the building on el camino real. it lists planned parenthood as the organization taking over that property. anti-abortion activists told nbc bay area they plan on holding

rallies outside of that clinic which they believe is opening monday. they have circulated a petition against the new clinic saying nearby residents and businesses may be negatively impacted, and they say in a week and a half, more than 1,500 people signed that petition. planned parenthood operates more than 30 clinics in northern california. the obama administration's self-imposed deadline to fix the health care website has come and gone. the white house wants to ensure the healthcare.gov website with handle 50,000 users at any given time. a top government official blogged the site is performing well with low overall error rates and response times despite heavier than usual weekend traffic. officials say they have made technical enhancements to produce fewer glitches. the site has plagued with problems since launching on october 1st. coming up in about a half hour, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us. we'll talk about the launch of

the site and where we go from here. the american express marketing campaign small business saturday has caught on and caught the support of some pretty big names as well. the day is aimed at helping independent stores compete with the big chain stores. in san francisco small business saturday brought lots of customers to the stores at the ferry building. the book passage bookstore had one very well-known supporter. >> and when i learned that the nation has begun to celebrate the existence of small business, i really wanted to be a part of it, and i particularly wanted to be a part of it in this bookstore. this bookstore, you know, there are not too many free-standing book stores left in america, let alone in san francisco. >> how former san francisco mayor willy brown is, of course, not the only book lover. president obama and his daughters dropped by a washington, d.c., store to buy a long list of books, including "the kite runner." people spent more money so far this holiday weekend

compared to last year. shopper track is reporting that people spent more than $12 billion on thanksgiving and black friday, a 2% increase over last year. what's interesting though is that black friday numbers are down from last year, which may be because more stores were open on thanksgiving this year, so two days combined show that increase but not an increase for black friday all by itself. still ahead on "today in the bay," an idea good enough to get you sued. the patent battle that is running rampant in silicon valley. and celebrities speaking out about the death of actor paul walker.

you are watching "today in the bay." paul walker, the actor best known for his role in "the fast and the furious" franchise died in a fiery crash in southern california overnight. he died in a porsche of a friend

after attending a charity event for his organization reach out worldwide. kate larson from our sister station in los angeles has more. >> reporter: paul walker, actor, heartthrob, and car enthusiast, killed when he and a friend were going for a ride in his sports car which crashed into a tree and burst into flames. >> we responded and found the vehicle fully engulfed. it appears speed might have been a factor. >> reporter: the coroner says the two bodies in the car are too badly burned to identify. but nbc news confirmed with walker's publicist that he was killed in the crash. walker's team posted on its facebook page that they are stunned and saddened beyond belief. >> we smelled the smoke and didn't pay much attention to it because of the fact that this street on friday and saturday nights, a lot of the guys come up here with their fast cars and drift around this corner here. >> one of my favorite actors. >> reporter: daniel took these photos three weeks ago of a car that crashed, a porsche carrera,

belonging to a high end racing shop around the corner. >> this is a guy i grew up watching his movies. >> reporter: paul walker skyrocketed to fame in 1999 co-starring in "varsity blues" and "she's all that." two years later he made a name for himself in "the fast and the furious" playing brian o'connor, a los angeles police officer involved in the underground street racing world. >> i can't believe it. >> reporter: the movie evolved into a $2 billion franchise, with seven movies and a cult following. >> how can this happen? because he just released a movie. i was just watching it the other day. next thing you know, he's gone. >> and that was kate larson reporting. dozens of celebrities reacted on twitter and instagram sharing their sadness over walker's death. his "fast and furious" co-star vin diesel wrote, i am absolutely speechless. heaven has gained a new angel, rest in peace. paul walker was just 40 years

old. still ahead on "today in the bay," overcoming the odds. one woman's journey from a terrible tragedy and broken neck to fulfilling a life-long dream. and outside this morning, we're still seeing a little patchy fog though we can see san francisco clearly this morning. coming up, some big changes in the seven-day forecast as a winter blast heads towards the bay area. a look at that when we come right back. ♪

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you are watching "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. the holiday weekend is wrapping up. maybe you finished your shopping, maybe you're just getting started. if you're headed outdoors you might want to bring a sweater either way. rob mayeda has a look at a weekend forecast and get used to carrying the sweater for the next week. >> you will need more than a sweater towards the middle part of the week. we'll see a big drop in temperatures. this morning it's a little chilly outside. you can see 40s and 30s around the bay area right now and the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen really begins to

drop off as we head towards wednesday and thursday. we'll show you the reason why in a moment. right now in san francisco, 49 degrees. first little bit of sunlight hitting the downtown buildings there. no worries about fog this morning, but a little patchy low clouds there off towards the north bay where we have seen visibility at times briefly less than about five miles. but around the north bay out towards fairfield and concord, here is where the coolest temperatures are this morning. upper 30s and mid-30s around santa rosa. closer to 50 in san francisco and 44 degrees in san jose. so some hazy skies to start right now. we'll see a few high clouds drifting in through the afternoon and then, yes, more low clouds sweeping back in as we head towards the evening. mostly sunny finish to the day and then by this time tomorrow morning we'll be waking up to more low clouds than we're seeing this morning as the sea breeze starts to pick up. we'll see fog for your monday morning commute. the weather story moving forward will be at least a chance of seeing some showers coming in not today, not really tomorrow, but later tomorrow night into tuesday.

you can see the system working down the coast, but by the time it arrives in the bay area, look how most of the moisture is off to the east. tuesday morning a slight chance of showers. you see the blue on the map. that's snow for the sierra and snow levels really dropping down. maybe as low as 3,000 feet. chilly air following that's going to drop the temperatures down in terms of daytime highs. we've been enjoying 60s and 70s the last couple days. low 50s to near 50 for a high on wednesday and thursday. it's going to feel quite cold with that north wind. some canadian air conditioning spilling into the bay area and freezing temperatures very likely for some of our wind sheltered valleys for thursday morning. a sneak preview to some of the temperatures by the time we get to thursday will reveal that places like napa and livermore on thursday morning will be in the 20s. take a look at san francisco and oakland, we should see some mid to upper 30s, even near the water. and san jose will likely also be slightly below freezing by

thursday morning. so freeze watches will likely be issued in the next 24 to 36 hours as this cold air starts to sweet closer to us. today, nothing like that though. we'll see highs close to 70 in santa rosa. east bay temperatures, oakland, 68. 72 in pleasanton. walnut creek nice, close to 70 for today. take you over to san francisco, mid-60s today before the sea breeze picks up and pushes the low clouds toward the coast as we head towards sunset tonight. and the game weather for the 49ers taking on the st. louis rams, we'll be looking at numbers in the mid-60s through the game, maybe some low clouds approaching by late afternoon. otherwise some pretty nice weather. south bay temperatures near 72 in morgan hill today. you can see a few others there. willow glen near 70. 67 degrees today around mountain view. if you head out to the coast, also looks pretty good. 70 in santa cruz. lake tahoe, 57, but get ready, wednesday and thursday snow showers and highs in the sierra, kris, in the low 20s to wrap up the week.

so the cold is coming pe gcomine and in the sierra. >> was i just being optimistic with the sweater? >> you will need at least five. >> thanks, rob. the ironman triat lo athlon grueling challenge. "today in the bay's" joe rosato, jr. introduces us to one bay area woman who overcomes even bigger odds just to compete. >> ever since i was a little kid, done sports. running was always my big thing. >> reporter: there's rarely a day when naomi isn't running, biking, or swimming. >> i exercise probably six times a week, sometimes multiple times a day. >> reporter: earlier this year she was busy training for an upcoming grueling ironman triathlon but her plan skidded off the pavement on march 3rd when her car hit a patch of black eye near tahoe. >> the car flipped and rolled and landed on the roof twice and came to rest upside down. >> naomi landed in the hospital with a broken neck and two badly

damaged vertebrae. she eventually wound up at ucsf hospital in san francisco. >> with that accident she could have been completely paralyzed. she could have been quadriplegic, lose both arms and leg function. >> reporter: luckily she didn't suffer a major spinal cord injury. still her doctor was surprised by the question she posed just before undergoing delicate surgery in may. she wanted to know when she could resume training. >> i'm like, okay, i'm still going to be able to do this race, right? he was thinking, you know, crazy. >> to make sure she can run. i told her maybe we should postpone. >> reporter: for three weeks after her surgery with her surgeon's blessing, naomi started training. last week she ran, biked, and swam in the ironman triathlon in tempe, arizona. >> my goal for this race is just to savor the day. the highs and the lows of it. >> reporter: in the end she

savored coming in 435th out of 2,500 athletes with a time of 11 hours and 4 minutes. her doctor said he wasn't surprised, and soon he'll have a reminder on his wall of perhaps his most determined patient yet. >> i would love to get one of my photos from the race and sign it for him so he can have it in his office. >> joe rosato, jr., nbc bay area. >> coming up, getting a patent for the idea of alitime is a dream come true in kill son vsi valley. the growing trend that's creating road blocks in silicon valley.

silicon valley is, of course, the land of innovation and entrepreneurship, but what happens if somebody steals your idea? it happens more often than you might think and smaller companies usually pay the price or are driven out of business. "today in the bay's" stephanie

tran has more. >> reporter: from apple versus samsung to microsoft versus google, the smartphone wars continue. a battle to grab as much as the estimated $300 billion market. >> we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. >> reporter: and it often boils down to who owns the right patent. >> the patent system has been like the wild west with no sheriff in sight. >> reporter: a fight that can cost millions forcing product redesign but for startups. >> it's just devastating. >> reporter: it can cost everything. >> this could put us out of business. >> reporter: forcing the end. >> i'm worried about shallows. >> kate got her mba from stanford in 2011 and launched ditto.com less than a year later. if features technology that allows users to virtually try on eye wear. >> we assess we did not infringe on any issued patent that

existed out there. >> reporter: the startup raised $3 million in venture capital. >> over 100,000 people have come to our website. >> but one of those users was not the typical ditto customer. >> the management team from 1-080 contacts and glasses.com came to our website to use it. a month later they went out to acquire a patent that they're now using to sue us with. >> wellpoint which owns 1800 contacts and glasses.com slapped ditto with a lawsuit. in a statement, a company spokesman said wellpoint bought a patent in 2012. they added ditto could have licensed or purchased the same patent but chose to ignore it and launched their website with an infringing virtual triumph feature. >> they purchased it. if you purchase a patent, you have a weapon the same day you

filed it. >> reporter: it takes an average of two years to get approved and the startup would not survive a court battle. >> it would take $2 million to $3 million to win. >> reporter: even settling might take $100,000 or $200,000. >> i can remember days going home from work where may husband was going it's okay. >> just two weeks later they got hit again from lennon image technologies, a company that does not have significant assets nor create products. if filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against dit tto an 12 other companies. >> we decided to make noise. >> reporter: they decided to fight fire with fire partnering with eric, founder of ip nav. kn a report by a patent risk management provider said ip nav has help eed clients sue more tn 1600 companies in the last five years. the deal with ditto, $1 million

equity in the company if eric could get the two lawsuits to go away. a brand new venture and tactic using a patent troll to fighters. all it took was two phone calls to the company to drop suit. >> we got the case in east texas dismissed without kate having to pay any money. >> reporter: chris cho, attorney for lennon image technologies said kate didn't walk away for free. >> right now there's very little a startup can do. >> reporter: robin feldman is director of the institute for innovation law which opens pro bono help for startups hit with patent claims. >> there are m millions of patents outstanding. it's difficult to know what any patent covers. it will cost you between $1 million and $6 million in litigation fees just to find out. >> reporter: and it's the smallest companies that make

less than $10 million in annual revenue that are hit the hardest by these patent claims making up 55% of unique defendants. for kate dirkson, the damage has already been done forcing her to lay off her friends, but she says fighting is the only option. not just for her startup, but for all of the little guys. >> that's worth fighting for. >> reporter: stephanie chuang, nbc bay area. >> the claim against ditto is ongoing. one study by boston university school of law found that in 2011 alone, patent suits drained companies of $29 billion in direct costs. still ahead on "today in the bay," we'll take you back to new york city for the latest on that derailed commuter train this morning. plus a silicon valley company told by the federal government to stop selling its product and what that may mean for your health.

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from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. waking up with a pretty picture out our window on this last day of the thanksgiving holiday weekend and the first day of december. my, how time flies when we're having fun. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda who is having a little fun in the weather department with an interesting forecast. >> it is going to get very interesting. the good news, wrapping thing up with another nice day. cool start to the morning with sunshine in san francisco, 49 degrees. appropriate for today with the rams in town. we should see beautiful weather for that game later on, but this morning we're still seeing 30s around santa rosa, napa, and fairfield. concord, 39 degrees. patchy fog in the north bay. as we move through the afternoon, we should see temperatures climbing pretty nicely. by lunchtime around san jose, mid-60s. around san francisco and the peninsula, low 60s around noon. as we take you off into the north bay, mid-60s and around

the tri-valley by noon we should see 70s around santa rosa today, pleasanton and out near livermore. by wednesday highs only near 50 degrees. morning temperatures could be in the 20s and 30s. we'll talk more about that polar plunge in our seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. kris? >> thanks, rob. breaking news out of new york city where a passenger train derailed just after 4:00 killing at least four people and injuring more than 60 other passengers. officials say as many as 11 of those injured are in critical condition. the metro transportation authority says four of the train's seven cars derailed near the hudson river. as you can see from the aerial video, you can see investigators are arriving now to try to figure out why this happened. the crash was reported by the engineer, but it's not clear whether any crew members were injured in the derailment. the cause of the derailment now

under investigation. the ntsb likely to arifrive on e scene very soon. the man north korea says is a prisoner of war. this morning news reports citing military documents reveal that 85-year-old merrill newman of palo alto served in a top secret u.s. army unit known as the white tigers during the korean war. a video show the korean war veteran reading an apology asking for forgiveness for killing soldiers and civilians during the korean war. officials say because a peace treaty was never signed, the war 60 years ago with north korea and south korea and the u.s. is not over and, thus, newman is technically a prisoner of war. >> you can understand from looking at the way in which mr. newman was treated that for the north koreans in some sense the war is not over. it may have been over for mr. newman, but not for them. we have a very tense

relationship given north korea's nuclear program. there's a tense relationship between north korea and south korea which is our ally, and all those things impact the situation to which mr. newman walked in. >> newman's family says in a statement that the 85-year-old reports he's being treated well and that the food is good. newman has been detained since late october when north korean officials took him off a plane as he was getting ready to leave the country. and we are following the developments in this story both on air and online. we have video and interviews with newman's wife and son at nbcbayarea.com. it is the top story on our front page. campbell police are investigating an apparent murder/suicide this morning involving an elderly couple. officers responded to an apartment on union avenue around 2:30 yesterday afrnoon. a family member found the 89-year-old husband and his 92-year-old wife dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

>> any medical issues that were going on, but obviously we're looking at all possible angles and making sure we do a comprehensive investigation. >> detectives have not yet released the identities of those two victims. and now to an nbc bay area follow-up out of vallejo where a 2-year-old boy is still in critical condition this morning after he nearly drowned. fire crews responded to reports of a child in the water fear the vallejo fairgrounds around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. it took them a few minutes to find the boy and pull him out of the water. he was with his grandmother at the time. >> report of a child approximately 2 years in age that was in the water, was fishing with his grandmother over here in the culvert. grandmother took her eyes off of the kid for a short period of time and the 2-year-old fell into the water. >> the boy was rushed to kaiser in vallejo where doctors did manage to get a pulse before sending him to the trauma unit at children's hospital in oakland. on thanksgiving day 62

iphones flew off the shelf at a sprint store in fremont, but the problem was that story wasn't open for business. fremont police detectives say someone stole those 62 iphones from the sprint store on christy street totaling about $42,000 retail. police are waiting for the phones to be activated and hope that will lead then to the thieves. police are asking for anyone with information to call the police department in fremont. a high-profile silicon valley startup got a lot of attention and funding, even from google, but this morning the company is scrambling after a federal agency said that company must shut down. our business and tech reporter scott budman has this story. >> reporter: with health care and data is red hot gingcombina these days, 23 and me has made a name for itself in silicon valley giving you via a $99 test a slew of results about your dna. in an earlier interview, company

co-founder and ceo ann told us her company's goal. >> with that information, especially on the health side, you could potentially take actions that could substantially improve your life or even potentially save your life. >> reporter: the firm started in 2006 just got bad news from the food and drug administration which told 23 and me to stop selling its dna kit for failing to prove that its technology is supported by science. >> for most of the tests they give you, they have absolutely no value at all. >> reporter: dr. david magnus runs stanford's center for bioethics. >> they're no more informative for you than your next door neighbor's results. >> reporter: 23 and me admits that it has not met fda expectations and says it will work with the fda and that the relationship is very important.

it's an intersection of technology and medicine that has, at least temporarily, run into a stop sign. scott budman, "today in the bay." how is this for a creative solution? libraries on the peninsula will let you pay your library fines in canned goods instead of cash for the food bank this holiday season. this is the second year they are doing their food for fines programs and it goes through december. all of the food collected will go to the second harvest food bank. last year the library collected more than 30,000 pounds of food and cleared fines for 4,400 library patrons. i'm hoping our library does that because those books are sitting in the car right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," the sharks play for the first place title, and it is being called one of the greatest finishes in college football. that's this one. you don't want to miss it. >> no, returned by chris davis.

you are watching "today in the bay." >> first place was on the line last night at the s.a.p. center. the anaheim ducks came into town tied with the sharks atop the pacific division, and second period san jose scores giving them a 3-1 lead but the ducks aren't going away quietly. lovejoy scores his first goal of the year and just like that anaheim ties the game at three in third period. the game would go to a shootout. sharks win 4-3. number eight stanford hosting stanford. the cardinal leading by eight. wilkerson rumbles 20 yards into the red zone and the irish would make a late push but stanford holds on for a 27-20 win.

the cardinal now takes on arizona state next saturday in the pac-12 championship game. the winner will move on to play in the rose bowl. and here is a finish you have to see to believe. number one alabama versus number four auburn. they hate each other. with one second left in the fourth quarter. the kick calls short and this is what we're watching now. auburn's chris davis runs the game on an improbable 109-yard return. the crowd storms the field as the defending national champions are left just in shock. and will the obama care rollout see a similar kind of finish? we'll talk with nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston about what happens next with health care.org. [ wind howling ]

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obama administration promised a revamped health insurance site under the affordable care act, a full two months after that online site first went up. but will 2.0 be better than the original version? let's get the latest from nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. so obviously people had their fingers crossed, people who want insurance and the dgets aemocra republicans, they're all waiting. >> anything you can cross, these guys are just holding their breath. that's all there is to it. if you're part of the obama administration, you are really hoping that today works out the way you have been promising it over the last couple of months. there's no question about it. if you look at these things, two presidential campaigns, obama's, have really been something. after spending several hundred million dollars for the last two years to develop this user-friendly health insurance site, something he promised all along, the administration now says, okay, we tell you that

today 50,000 americans will be able to enroll simultaneously. there's a lot on the line here. >> and now, i say that the republicans also crossing their fingers because if it doesn't work out, they really get a strong toehold for the next election. how badly has this hurt the president so far? >> oh, gosh, there's no way to sugar coat this, kris. that's all there is to it. let's remember, this is the president who embraced high-tech like no other, and that gets back to those two presidential campaigns where he used all the high-tech bells and whistles available for everything from voter outreach to campaign fund-raising, you name it, and the disconnect between what he did to get elected and this abysmal health care delivery system is hard to swallow. meanwhile, the failed delivery system has been one that has led us to the point where republicans now have a huge opportunity to score big in next year's congressional elections

and you know they're waiting to see how it works just like you said. >> and yet california seems to be kind of the darling of the whole thing. >> yeah. how often do we talk about that, california being the darling in anything? absolutely. let's remember that the affordable care act, that whole operation of the site, was designed for those states who have relied on the federal government for program management. that's the thing that's been falling apart left and right. now you go to california along with a couple other states. they have gone their own way. so the obama administration plowed $500 million into this state, and you say why? for site development, for outreach, for enrollments, and guess what? the system has worked nearly perfectly. as of last week, california was rolling along, enrolled more than 80,000 new members, and that's a 30% of the entire national total in the state with 12% of the population. this site now is processing more than 10,000 applications per

day. on the what i to generating as many as 2.3 million enrollees. so, yeah agree t, the enrollmen met expectations with more than expected people paying full freight. they must be rolling their eyes, why can't we be doing this nationally. >> so now, you know, the focus has been on the kind of systems, where the system is going to work. now we get to find out whether the affordable health care act works. >> yeah. fingers crossed all over again. we'll know a lot more in a week. there's no question about it. a very long week, i might add for the obama administration. if the site performs well after this long, clumsy rollout process, there's no way to get around it, if it performs well, the president and their team can go on to promote important objectives like they'd like to talk about, immigration reform, budget reform, job creation. these are the things they have been wanting to talk about, and

they have all taken a backseat to this whole thing. why? because tof the disastrous healh care rollout. if the problems persist, the republicans can seize it as an example of inept leadership and roll it no 2014. a lot on the line, not just this week but really for the next year. >> and the president feeling pressure not just from the republicans but from his own party saying, please. >> a lot of them are just saying, president obama, who is he? it's amazing about politics. you can get fickle pretty quickly. >> thank you very much, larry. still ahead on "today in the bay," these green sea turtles have made an incredible comeback from the brink of extinction. what's being done now to make sure they have a fighting chance. >> and we're seeing most will i sunshine this morning. cool temperatures to start but

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good sunday morning to you. off to a cool start. mostly clear, less fog than we saw yesterday morning. right now 40s and some 30s around the bay area as we show you some of the cooler temperatures we're seeing right now out there around the north bay into santa rosa and napa. fairfield, 37. 39 in concord. 50 in san francisco. that's the relatively warm location for you this morning. 39 down in gilroy and 44 still in san jose. so the trend as we move ahead is going to turn much cooler. we'll see a chance late tomorrow into tuesday of seeing a little bit of rain as this cold front drops out of canada spilling south, but by the time that cold air arrives in the bay area, notice not a lot of moisture. into tuesday morning, a chance of seeing a few showers as snow levels drop close to 3,000 feet. the main impact of the system that's going to set things up monday into tuesday is much

cooler air which will arrive in the bay area along with some gusty winds out of the north, so it's going to feel quite cool midweek. highs going from the 60s and 70s today to mid-50s on wednesday and freezing temperatures very likely for the wind sheltered valleys especially around the north bay. as the winds begin to back off, by thursday morning these temperatures you see here,en l will be in the 20s in napa. snoz cou san jose could get close to freezing thursday morning. freeze watches may be issued fofor parts of the bay area. over the next three days you will see daytime temperatures drop a good 10 to 15 degrees for monday into wednesday. you will see highs in the mid-50s from the south bay peninsula, also into san francisco, and the north bay will see the numbers in the mid to upper 50s towards the middle part of the week. but then by thursday we're talking highs close to 50 degrees. that's 20 degrees cooler than

today's high in santa rosa of 70 degrees. so some cool mornings and a nice finish to the day in santa rosa. around the east bay, numbers in the upper 60s near oakland with hazy skies. tri-valley skill looking pretty good. warmer than yesterday. 70 in livermore. 72 over towards pleasanton and san francisco mid-60s today before the sea breeze picks up. game time weather, candlestick looks pretty nice. we'll see numbers also in the mid-60s through the game, but the sea breeze picking up towards 3:00 and a few other temperatures around the south bay today. willow glen, 69, and south of downtown san jose we're talking numbers close to 72 around the almaden valley and pretty nice heading out to the coast before the bill chill arrives wednesday and thursday. the highs drochipping into the for the sierras. a remarkable comeback. the green sea turtle is returning to the florida coast in record numbers just 30 years

after it was placed on the endangered species list. 1979, one year after they were put on the list, there were only 62 nests. this year there are about 35,000. it can take 20 to 30 years or more before green sea turtles mature and can begin building their own nests, but the turtles still face other threats such as fishing lines, nets, aggressive viral tumors but at least for today it is a celebration. and we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. just to remind you, we will continue our coverage of the train that derailed in new york headed from upstate into new york city. we know already four people are confirmed dead. 48 others are injured. at least 11 of them in critical condition. investigators there on the scene trying to figure out what happened. you can find coverage all day long online, nbcbayarea.com. we'll link you there. also, we will have the latest in our newscast this evening after "sunday night football night in

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this sunday, the race to fix the president's health care plan takes on new urgency as a key deadline is reached. >> there are thousands of people every single day who are getting health care for the first time. and by the way, the website is continually working better, so check it out. >> but is it working as well as it should be? with president obama's promises to fix healthcare.gov, will the website be fixed well enough to handle the millions of people that could sign up this month? and what will be the impact of obama care on the 2014 elections, and even perhaps the 2016 presidential race? plus, an historic week for pope francis with his first major statement, attacking what he calls, quote, the