>> a live look at sochi this morning, the olympic flame going the last few miles on the way to fisht stadium in the background for the opening ceremonies. the flame will light under that live sign there. janelle wang is in sochi. she'll have the latest coming up next. >> another exciting thing, really, the rain that is coming to the bay area. christina's got a look at that as we take a live look outside. it's friday, february 7th, this is "today in the bay." good morning everyone. happy friday to you. as we see the live shot of san jose here. rain is returning. >> it certainly is. this is they say the calm before the next storm. meteorologist christina loren is tracking the weather for us. we're going to get a report from her coming up in about five minutes. >> well, the world anxiously

awaiting the opening ceremonies. >> while the kickoff to the winter games is tonight competition is under way and team usa dominated on the slopes but failed on the ice. >> janelle wang live at olympic park with more. good morning. >> reporter: good afternoon, laura and scott. it is 5:00 in the afternoon here, opening ceremonies set to begin in just a few hours. you can see the park not very busy but it will get busy soon. the athletes are so excited about opening ceremony. but as for the competition, it got off to a rocky start. did it not go well for team usa in the new figure skating team event. the pairs team struggled. in the men's short program jeremy abbott crashed hard. after last night team usa is in seventh place in this team event. they still have a chance to medal if ashley wagner pulls off a stellar performance on saturday.

but in the other new event that debuted, team usa rocked it. snowboard slopestyle. jamie anderson and karly schorr did so well they can skip the semifinals and go directly in the finals on sunday. for the men, no u.s. rider advanced directly to the finals but tahoe's chas guldemond will compete on saturday. more athletes are arriving in sochi. the half-pipe free skiers arrived in time for the opening ceremony and we caught up with them. their event is new to the winter games, basically what snowboarder shaun white does but on skis. three members are from northern california and those three are stellar on the half-pipe. the entire team took the time to meet with me today one on one. they can't wait to compete in their first olympic games. >> honestly i came in with as few expectations as i could f. you have a ton of expectations you are bound to be disappointed

or put off guard. i'm here to enjoy the experience and it's been pretty amazing so far. >> the opening ceremonies are tonight. i've been waiting for that all mot. i'm really excited. yeah, i think it will be a great way to kick off the games. >> reporter: britta's friend and competitor, mattie powman is here and getting her hair done as we speak. they are also roommates here in sochi. david weis and world champion is the favorite to medal. so a lot going on. they don't practice until next week and their event doesn't start until the 18th but they are here soaking it all in. a lot street begin kicking off with the opening ceremonies tonight. >> it looks like the pictures you're soaking it in as well. >> reporter: yes, i'm kind after fan of theirs. >> great. it's kind of cool to see our

local favorites there. thanks so much. opening ceremony will air here on nbc bay area. matt lauer and meredith vieira will have full coverage starting at 7:30 tonight. if you want to watch with a group check out our viewing party. just meet down at stanley's restaurant inside sharks ice in san jose. it's over on south tenth street. >> the delegation hand piblged to represent the united states in sochi is the other part of this story. peggy bunker joins us with you details. >> good morning. it really is cool russia is quite infamous for anti-gay laws and google standing up for gay rights the message of tolerance from the united states to russia is clear. president obama will not be attending the games but this morning september team usa a message you'll only see here on nbc. take a listen. >> inspire us. we're going to be watching and

we are going to be rooting for you. so, on behalf of all your fans around the country, including everybody in the obama family, good luck and go team usa. >> that's right. the president appointed uc president janet napolitano and openly gay athletes including brian boitano to lead in the ceremonies. napolitano arrived wednesday and boitano says he is honored to be part of the delegation as an athlete and also openly gay. >> i'm so proud to stand with you, the country, your message and my fellow athletes who are out and i want to promote the message of tolerance, diversity and equality for everyone and this is a great opportunity. >> he's one of my favorites. fantastic figure skater. also you'll see that the google doodle is adding their voy to many company who is have spoken out against russia's policy a. rainbow graphic with athletes

can be seen against the rainbow. also this, along the bottom of the google doodle a line that is part of the olympic charter. the practice of sport is a human right, every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport without discrimination of any kind. it really seems like that the united states message to russia. back to you guys. >> and for everything you need to know about the sochi games including a look at local athletes visit our website, church sochi 2014. >> 5:06. we need to check in with meteorologist christina loren. there is another system headed our way. >> yeah, we're talking about four consecutive days of rain. this is a live look at san jose. the calm before the storm. and yeah, you really want to gear up. if you live in one of the flood prone areas across the bay you want to make sure you're ready. we're talking about the potential for maybe 2 1/2 additional inches of rain on the

valley floor. i'm talking about san jose. we picked up an inch yesterday. half moon bay over an inch for you and the winner up at guerneville. as we head throughout the next couple days we have heavier rainfall on the way. we're not going to have that long of a drying out period. we're getting light showers throughout. remember, seven-day forecast is there at the bottom of your screen. that can let you know right there, that tells the story. showers at least for the next four days with saturday the heaviest day. that's tomorrow. right now, though, tracking light showers across the bay area. that activity will ramp up throughout day and i want to give you an indication of what's coming. we started this alley over. this is fresh to the bay area. potential for about 1.5 inches of rain in monterey but for us in the san jose area we could accumulate 2, 2 1/2 inches, talking about potential for five inches over north bay over 72

hours so. we're talking about flood danger. i want to bring in bob redell. bob, how are residents there gearing up for this record rainfall? >> i think they are like all of us, happy to see the rain, of course with another soaker on the way it's possible that we could see some ponding. if you live in a low lying area, that has poor drainage, you might want to check with your water you tilt see if they provide sandbags like the santa clara dikt which does this at this location. the district maintains this site year-round. it's hard to tell if this is a normal stash or they boosted the number in anticipation of the storm expected this weekend. yesterday a storm dumped about an inch of rain on the area. the drought the state has been struggling with, was not enough, this weekend's storm, won't be

eenough to get us out of this drought. it could take several series of storms to significant lay improve our water. right now the bay area received about 20% of the normal amount of rainfall for this time of year. after this weekend we could be at 30 percentage, improvement but nowhere near we need to be. even though you see all of this rain and awe get several inches, not even half is going to run off pause that ground is so dry. it sucks it up. it's going to take a out of rain to get ground saturated. >> you know bob, that is such great information. if the you are headed out and about today, count on the rain coming in after lunch time and once it starts it is going to go on and on. we'll keep you updated. mike inouye joins us. the roads haven't had a long

time to dry out. >> no. my concern is the roadways, they cleared most of those. this might soupt like conflicting, all of that rain quickly it has to reduce the water store but coming down quickly we may have a championship for rug sides or rocks. right now we're looking at the east shore freeway which sounds smooth. yesterday late in the morning as the rain eased up we had fog and clouds. now we can make that out. a smooth drive down off the carquinez bridge toward this area for interstate 80. enough of interstate 80 where there is a report around. i saw slowing until about 10 minutes ago. clear for the last 10, that's good out of sirk lease for goks getting off the benicia bridge.

the orange blob you see as just west of vacaville. watch for patches for the time being. here the tri-valley moves out of the altamont pass. smooth from livermore to the dublin interchange. we'll look at fremont and south, 880 an easy drive past the truck scales down into the south bay talking about the potential for includes as the rain comes in. >> the nbc bay area weather team tracking the storm. they are going to be here all weekend bringing you team coverage of the rain that is on its way to the bay area. you can see live weather radar on the website nbcbayarea.com.dom. >> new details about the deadly shooting. police found the suspected killers in part because of youtube. the "mercury news" reports that the alleged gun man and his

accomplice bragged in a rap video hosted to youtube. brassa was shot and killed working the counter of a 7-11. police say jerry a ka kneel and warner travis shot and killed risa and took off with cash. the gold necklace and cigarettes. >> 5:12. police are looking for a man they say forced his way into a home and grabbed a baby. it happened last night at about 8:00. police say a woman and a man with a knife and bandanna pushed their way into the victim's home and demanded money. been the victim said she didn't have any the man picked up the baby and demanded money again. she recognized him as an acquaintance from san jose. the suspect ran out of the house with the victim's cell phone. the baby was not hurt. >> it is 5:12. in a move that could change the

way that facebook operates. >> san jose fire department recently reprimanded by the county. our team digs deeper. find out how bad things are.

we are just a few hours from the start of the opening ceremony in sochi. that's a live look at fisht stadium this morning. things starting to get crowded down there as spectators actually expected to file into the stadium where the opening ceremony will be held in a few hours for them. ceremony really a highlight for many athletes, so it's unfortunate that four of our local ones won't be there. the sharks play at home tonight against the columbus blue jackets which means they won't make that ceremony. they have work to do at home.

about 150 nhl players in all are headed to sochi playing for their respective countries. the league has chartered direct flights to get all of the players to sochi safely. three charters set to leave newark on sunday. one set to leave atlanta, play starts on wednesday. sharks forward joe pavelski won't just miss the opening ceremony but his own day in his town of plover, wisconsin. he says he still has a lot of family in the area who will be. >> in an unprecedented move facebook decided to give a grieving dad access to his late son's facebook page. john berlin posted a video, a plea to facebook to allow him to create a look back video featuring his 21-year-old son who recently died.

these are the new videos that highlight your history on facebook. facebook normally disables the account of people who died but gave berlin access. as a result of berlin's story facebook is considering changing its policy when it comes to users who died. the san francisco stock dropped 24% thursday, now over $50 a share. investors abandoned the stock after the quarterly report showed the number of new users is slowing much more quickly than expected. and we're keeping an eye out for the january jobs numbers. economists expect about 170,000 jobs added. the numbers come in about 15 minutes. we'll bring them to you when they do. >> right now a look at the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a little calm before another storm? >> yeah. we're talking about heavy rainfall, scott and laura, that's going to stick with us.

so i'm going to tell you you want to make indoor plans for this weekend. you'll notice on the seven-day forecast we're in the thick of it for four days. here's what we're working with. light showers, mostly moving through the south bay and the east bay. this is it until about 10:00 a.m. and the heavier rainfall starts to push in. we're mostly in the 50s, as we head throughout this afternoon, sticking with the 50s, 56 in san francisco, 57 in the south bay. bring your jacket and umbrella and be ready for what could be a dangerous commute home. you can see the deeper green moving on shore, stop it again by 630 check. some of the heaviest rainfall along the coast line in the north bay and down here in the south bay. we stop that clock again after an inch, maybe two inches of rain in the north bay we're going to get another round of really heavy rainfall,

especially in the north bay. this is where you want to take it easy as we head throughout the next 72 hours. it does not stop. i stopped the clock at 5:00 a.m. we're still getting that heavy rainfall. i got the tell you something. the distance between santa rosa and san francisco, 100 miles f. this swings to the south we could get soaked. right now i believe the heaviest rainfall will be in the north bay. we're going to talk totals and keep you updated on what else is to come after the storm passes, there is more rain in the forecast. so stick with us, i'll have the report coming up next. right now let's say good morning to mike inouye. >> wait there's more. looking here, though, right now. we're happy with the roadways starting to dry out. they are damp still. all around the bay nothing unusual as far as traffic for this friday. we have a little slowing northbound 101.

see those green patches here, talking about our rogue weather index. we have seen slick on and off ramps. no problems but we have the report at south 880, can't stop that, continuing to work on things there. a slower drive out of the altamont pass. 680 moves as well. we'll give you a live look. look at this, folks coming toward me, westbound, as you approach, there is the volume of traffic. some of them are slick. let's get back to the maps. san mateo, dumbarton, dry. flows smoothly as well and toward palo alto where a nice drive past university. >> now to a preview of an exclusive report. if you ever need to call 911 for a medical emergency you expect help to show up and fast.

but we've heard it for week, the san jose fire department not meeting response times for its county contract. our unit found the numbers could be even worse because of a time game. sources inside the department along with thousands of internal e-mails tell the story about san jose's fire response times and reveal a bigger problem about the numbers you've been told. >> i think it's important to be accurate in what we say. >> for six months out of 2012, the department reported the county that it met the 90%. are those numbers going to be lower now? >> looking back at the data i would say that yes, those numbers are going to be lower. >>ant at 11:00 we reveal the fire department's fire chief explains e-mails and what he is doing to feign public trust.

>> jay leno with stars coming out to say good-bye. >> among them the queen of talk herself, oprah winfrey. ♪ if you were me yould buy them all a car ♪ >> she was among a number of stars taking part in a musical tribute. it was led by billy crystal. leno had tears as he signed off but didn't say what was in store for his future. jimmy fallon takes over on "the tonight show" in just ten days. >> more history. time now 5:22. opening ceremonies start in a few hours. action on the slopes today. we'll tell you how the defending gold medalist bode miller did. >> the fight to get yogurt to the athletes tonight continues.

good morning to you from russia, a live look at the olympic plaza, the big story this morning. the opening ceremonies. the nations starting to gather as they prepare to enter the stadium before today's big event some of our athletes took to the slopes to get another feel for the downhill course. this is the defending champ bode miller. he's looking good for a repeat. his first run was the fastest of all of the races in training. >> julia mancuso sent out this picture from the starting line. you remember training on the course was halted as some complained they were getting too much air at the bottom of the hill. workers softened the turn to try to limit some of that danger. >> meanwhile, local snowboarder

chas guldemond is psyched he says for tomorrow's slopestyle. >> they tweeted throughout photo saying me and the boys will make the final tomorrow. stoked to see everyone kill it. >> for some reason sending yogurt to russia is an international incident. they are stirring it up getting the fruit off of the bottom a. shipment of chobani got held up. the u.s. government says it's russia's fault. russia says the u.s. hasn't provided the proper paperwork to get yogurt into the country. this is the official yogurt of the olympics, russia doesn't allow the import of american yogurt because of concerns about with american dairy products. chobani will only ship to americans in the olympic village. so far nothing. >> they need their protein. come on. stray dogs remain a problem in sochi. russian website posted this video of a stray dog barking at

cross country skiers. get off my snow. officials have been working on getting rid of dogs in the city and they euthanized hundreds so far. hundreds have been rescued and moved out of town. officials say many of the dogs are vicious and worry one might bite a zbleext no yogurt, stray dogs. the monthly jobs report just what, two minutes away from being released. best indicator of how our economy is doing. >> and we're still tracking some very heavy rainfall on the way to the bay area. you want to make those indoor plans. we'll tell you how much rain we're expecting where you live coming up. >> plus, bank of america apologizing to a local woman this morning after sending her a derogatory letter. what she is saying. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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hill teen sierra lamar. >> dealing with hate crimes, what san jose state may do to make sure an alleged recent campus incident never happens again. >> and we just got light rainfall on the radar now but the heavier periods of rain are expected as of tonight. i'm going to time out the next system to your doorstep and let you know how much rain we're expecting and you might be plon away. stick around for that. >> still some damp roads as well. the big u, the latest, is heading to the nimitz freeway. we'll sort that out and my language coming up. >> a live look outside at the embarcadero, we have the whole weather team ready for all kinds of rain. it's friday, february 7th and this is "today in the bay." a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we also have a live look at palo

alto this morning. we are all over getting a break between the systems now, but there is potential for flooding in the near future. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. we saw pretty rapid rise out there when it came to our local creeks and streams yesterday. we're counting on more of the same as we get into this weekend. so if you know you live in one of the flood prone areas you do want to make sure you're ready for this. starting tonight continuing into tomorrow, sunday and monday we're talking about rainfall. so this is what we're expecting. our average rainfall for this time of year in santa rosa is about eight inches. right now because of yesterday we're up to 1.5 inches. by the time we get through the weekend we are talking about really making up that deficit up to five inches of rain by monday of next week. look how close we'll be to average by monday. up to three inches of rain. we still desperately need that

water and it's going to take a series of storms to get us out of the drought. i'll show you how much we are expecting. stick around. every storm will get timed out in a few moments. back to you for now. >> we look forward to that. as we look forward to the opening olympic ceremony we've got a live look at olympic park. we're 2 1/2 hours from the start of that opening ceremony there. gates now opening up letting people into fisht stadium. we know that nordic skier tom lodwick will carry the flag. did you know he has rules to follow. most nations will dip the flag as they pass by russian president putin but if lodwick does it, he would break an american law. the u.s. flag code forbids the stars and stripes being dipped to any person or thing. the flag bearer in the 2012 games says she didn't dip the flag even when she went by queen

elizabeth. there is no formal punishment if you do not dip the flag. many wondering what's going on with bob costas' eye. he took a moment. he said he woke up yesterday with his left eye swollen shut and, quote, a as red as the soviet flag. it's a minor infection that should clear up but until then he will wear his glasses. in less than 10 minutes we go live to sochi. our janelle wang will give us a peek at tonight's opening ceremony. >> and breaking news for you in the unemployment numbers out for the month of january. released seconds ago adding 113,000 jobs in the month, that is less than expected, far less, but so much better than we did the month previous. unemployment rate 6.6%. >> bank of america is apologizing this morning after a

bay area woman received a shocking piece of mail from the company. christie smith is live in menlo park. we all get junk mail but this one had a surprising tone about it. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you. happy friday. this one is kind of a head scratcher. we get that junk mail we look at and toss away. then there is another kind that a woman from san francisco got that made her wonder what in the world did he she do. this is a credit card offer envelope she says the bank of america sent her. it says lisa is, then an offensive middle name, mcintire. she tells the times that her mom saw it first, it was sent to her mom's home and then there was a text from her mom. it went like this. interesting piece of junk mail addressed to you, lisa, she responds what, no kidding.

that's how it's addressed. the offer was tied to her membership in the golden key honor society. they did apologize and they are looking into it. they tweeted back at her too saying we're incredibly sorry this happened and are researching so we can take the appropriate action. later the name was inserted sometime it appears between 2004 and 2008. she has been tweeting quite a bit saying in one of them that she would really like to understand who she made mad during those years that would change her name on an honor society data base. i'm sure this is not the last we're going to hear of this one. reporting live in menlo park, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot, christie. >> 5:35. new information on the search for a missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar. authorities searched the bottom of a south bay lake yesterday. we won't reveal the exact name of the laying but divers used

new powerful sonar that lets them better locate a body in murky waters. it was for training they said but sources say indeed divers were looking for evidence. lamar disappeared almost two years ago on the way to school. though authorities have not found her body garcia torres is being held in jail accused of her murder. >> the teacher accused of sending pictures to a teen boy will make his court appearance. police say harland thought he met a 17-year-old boy, sent him inappropriate pictures and planned to meet up with him. but the 17-year-old was really an undercover detective. edelman worked in the school district from 1995 to 2013, most recently at the academy of arts and sciences in diamond heights. >> all san jose state students may have to go through diversity training, one of the possible recommendations of an 18-member

task force. they met last night in response to four students charged with a hate crime accused of bullying a black student for weeks. the group will look what time rules, policies and procedures need to be changed. student who is attended say while they are glad the task force is working to make change, they think san jose state has a long way to go. >> san jose and the bay area's diverse population but i think as far as having knowledge about the different cultures is very different from just having statistics. yes, we're diverse but you know, with our knowledge of the different cultures i think that could be worked on. >> it includes students, faculty and alumni. recommendations are due by the end of april. >> let's get to the woman of the hour, meteorologist christina loren, with quite the forecast. >> yeah. you know, it's one of those rain events we do not usually get over the course of a winter. in the bay area.

i have only seen this happen one time. the totals all of the models are forecasting are much higher so we do have the potential for flooding. the forecast shows you not just rain today, tomorrow we're seeing the heaviest downpours and then through sunday and monday still getting heavy rainfall especially in the north bay. right now is your dry break. even if it's getting the fail it's going to be easier. because we have heavy rain on the way. let's dive into the forecast, time out what we're expecting. you saw the clock for you. tonight at 7:00 p.m., these are fresh starting from scratch. not including yesterday. almost .4 inch at that point expected in santa rosa. that ramps up to three inches at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. you can see here it's not just the north bay that's going to get hammered. we expect high totals as well. stop the clock as we continue the rain showers into your monday at 2:00 p.m. the potential for about five

inches of new rain in santa rosa. we're going to see high totals in the region. you want to make sure you're ready for really, really wet weather. and i know that they are gearing up which brings in bob redell. this is going to be one of those events that hey, flooding definitely likely. how are people preparing? >> reporter: good morning to you. we know there's the possibility of flooding, ponding more likely. if you live in one of those areas with poor drainage you may want to pick up sandbags. there is a sand bag at this location. this is not to suggest that they put these out here in anticipation of this weekend. it's hard to well whether they did or this is their normal tash. you might want to check with 4 local water location is. the storm dumped about an inch

of rain in the bay area, much needed considering the drought that the state has been struggling with. unfortunately nowhere near enough. we're still at roughly 20% of the normal amount of rainfall with this weekend soaker if we get those several inches. maybe we can see that number jump to 30%. yes, that's an approved but nowhere near where we need to be. when you see this rain coming down saying wow, that's a lot of water. not necessarily the case. that ground is very dry, acts like a sponge. it's got to be more saturated before it starts going to the reservoirs, we see the water levels rice. bob redell. >> we're going to be watching the streams and the creeks as we get into this weekend in the santa cruz mountains. and yeah, it starts up as we

head throughout tochblt you really want to keep it handy with you for today and yeah, if year tracking that system i'm going to time it out. let's check your drive. here is our mike inouye. >> smooth on the traffic flow past the coliseum. not a major issue. you see the glow of lights, moisture in the air. right now the roads are damp. the off ramps are wet. we'll see a smooth flow for 880. 580 and off 238 we have slowing at the castro valley y, a stalled vehicle moved to the shoulder. could be worse over the morning. we're looking at the tri-valley, right now smooth out of the altamont and no problems through livermore, slowing before you get in toward the central livermore area. a live look shows you the volume of traffic we're talking about. good spacing between the cars

and a lighter volume for this friday we have a later build. a look at san jose. back to you. >> mike, thank you. >> you can count on us as the nbc bay area weather team is tracking this storm. they are going to be here all weekend bridging you team coverage of the rain on its way to the bay area. you can see live weather radar on our website, it's very interesting, check it out. nbcbayarea.com. >> 5:42. back out to sochi next, fisht stadium, people are getting ready to head into the opening ceremonies. janelle wang is in sochi getting all of the details about what we're going to see. and she'll have a live report up next.

you may have to go to work. the olympic athletes get a day off so they can take part in the thrill of olympic stadium.

our own janelle wang joins us with a sneak peek. good afternoon to you. >> yes. exactly, scott and laura. the opening ceremony just 2 1/2 hours away. today we're learning new details russian pop band tatu will perform a bit of a surprise since they clearly are pro gay rights and russia is clearly anti-gay. we also learned that a famous russian opera singer will be performing the olympic anthem. 230 athletes from team usa will walk through fisht olympic park. 40,000 people can watch. their families are also in the stands. there will be cool special effects as well as a big fireworks show. for the olympic flame it's moving through sochi today an american held the torch. she won four olympic medals including a gold medal in nagano

with the women's u.s. hockey team. the flame will soon be reaching olympic park and lighting this cauldron and like i said two days ago that we heard reports that a russian gymnast will light it. we hear that is vladamir putin's girlfriend. she did win a gold medal in 2004. we'll have to see what happens. you can see behind me since the last hour, picking up a little bit. people are filing into olympic park. it's going to be exciting night here. >> i can't imagine. it's got to be filled with excitement there. >> right there where janelle is. tremendously exciting. of course you can watch the olympic ceremony here on nbc bay area including the lighting of the olympic cauldron, all of the excitement at 7:30 right here on nbc bay area. >> and tonight nbc bay area will host a watch party in sharks ice at stanley's restaurant on south tenth street.

rob will emcee that event. >> the delegation hand picked by president obama to represent the united states is the other part of the story. peggy bunker is talking about that this morning. there are a number of athletes that are headed over there, a number of executives and administrators as well. including the ambassador to russia is one of them. and our former head of homeland security as well. peggy, a lot of folks that are going to represent america this morning. >> you got that right, scott. this is the first time since the summer olympics in 2000 in sydney that the president, the vice president or the first lady has not been there. however t president chose who would go in his place in order to send a very strong message to russia. this morning the president sent out this video to which the athletes well, saying the country will be watching and rooting for them. on the ground in sochi representing the u.s. during opening ceremonies is uc president and former secretary

of homeland security janet napolitano, the president also purposely chose gay athletes to walk in the delegation including brian boitano. he won the 1988 gold medal in figure skating, chosen by the president to represent the u.s. and he realized when that happened though uncomfortable for him, he said it was time for him to come out. >> and i just took it as an opportunity and you know, and i knew that it was going to be an uncomfortable move for me but to come out for that reason it was something that i sort of took the bull by the horns and i stepped forward. >> a wave of support has come under all of these athletes in support of their cause this morning you'll see google, the google doodle adding their voice to the many companies who have spoken out against russia's anti-gay laws, a rainbow graphic represents their support of gay rights. all of this outrage over

russia's gay propaganda law. corporate sponsors and athletes have been outspoken in opposition to it. it does appear that russian officials in recent statements are starting to change their tune. back to you. >> thank you. for everything you need to know about the sochi games including a look at our local athletes you can visit our website nbcbayarea.com, search sochi 2014. >> we have been paying close attention to the weather, finding rain coming to the bay area, much-needed rain. another big storm headed our way. this could affect your nighttime commute. let's take a look outside. pretty clear out there. warmer because we've got the cloud cover but tell us about what's coming our way. >> we're still actually on the warm side of the system as well. good morning to you, laura and scott after yesterday, i think it's safe to assume what we already have accumulated and what's coming our way. we are going to see localized flooding and especially if you know you live in one of the flood prone areas you really want to stay alert.

we're going to keep you updated. we're with you all weekend long. starting tomorrow morning at this time i'll be here. it's a potent storm. i want to talk about what we're expecting in terms of showers. starting to ramp up the activity throughout the evening commute. then as we head throughout saturday we get slammed. you can see even as i stop the clock for you on sunday morning, we're still getting that heavy rainfall. what we expect is potential for two inches of rain in san jose. over the course of 72 hours. and you may know our roads are not equipped to receive these rain rates so you want to take it easy and your best bet is make those indoor plans and yeah, why don't you stay home and watch the olympics here on nbc bay area. 52 in san francisco, 51 in the east bay, laura is right on point it's mild out there but you need your jacket and you will need your umbrella throughout the day today with the showers moving in by about lunch time. we're going to talk about tahoe coming up. because there's a lot of

snowfall on the way. if you are going to be headed there you want to be ready for anything up there. bring those chains. you could get stuck. here's mike inouye. >> good morning. chains are required for 80 and 50 even if it wasn't snowing or they weren't required we'd say bring them up. that's a hint for the forecast. looking here toward the rest of the bay. a smooth drive, this being friday we'll see a later build. a little lighter, but we have slowing north 101 as you head toward 680 up to 880, that's our first we see before 6:00. it will calm down. 87, 280 not a problem. the flooding yesterday has cleared. keep that in mind as you get off of freeway speed. here we're looking at a smooth drive for the speed through livermore. about 50 miles per hour as you head through livermore. and 40 out of the altamont pass. on average you're about 50 miles per hour through that stretch. no problems here but north of there on 238 we have the disa e

disabled vehicle. it's off to the shoulder. a distraction enough to cause slowing early for this friday heading there. let's see how things are shaping up the peninsula side. 101, no slowing through san mateo or palo alto or san francisco tor 101 as well as 280. 880 through fremont, see the volume in the east bay. it's starting to build. in the north bay we'll end with our shot through san rafael. we see these cars, we have misty conditions. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. 5:52. new this morning a police officer in palo alto found himself staring at the wrong end of his own gun. the officer confronted 3 tour-year-old ryan goodson. he matched the description of someone who had tried to break into businesses. one of those businesses was the huka spot. the police officer caught up with goodson near the

intersection and investigators say he attacked the officer and ripped his holster off his belt and tried to pull the trigger. he couldn't get the gun out of the holster. good son hit, kicked the officer until backup arrived and another officer tased him and took him into custody. >> lawmakers will outline a proposal to help deal with smart phone thefts in california. many of the officials calling it an epidemic, senator leno and the district attorney will join other local leaders to talk about implementing a bill that would require all smart phones to come with kill switches. the switch could be activated remotely. the hope is the bill will deter thieves. >> steve wozniak made surprising comments about apple. details next.

welcome back to you. surprising comments from apple co-founder steve wozniak at the apps north america conference. he thinks apple should make an android phone. android google's operating system. in an interview wozniak says there is nothing to keep apple out of the android market. it could compete well. no apple gadget has been built to run third party software. >> let's talk olympics this morning. the opening ceremony is tonight we've seen some of the competition. the first runs of slope style in the books, if you saw the competition you may have seen a little bit of russian culture. >> check this out. snowboarders getting air with

that russian doll. it's one of the large dolls that the courses jump leading to need photos. >> adds some character. it's 5:57. we're going to check back in with janelle wang live in sochi where the opening ceremonies will start very soon. she talked to some of the american athletes who have just arriv arrived. >> a lot more about jay leno's tearful good-bye. >> the end of an era. good morning to you. the end of our dry spell as well. we've got a lot of rain headed toward the bay area. specifically the north bay, but even in san jose we could accumulate two inches over the course of the next 72 hours. we're going to detail the changes in your forecast when nbc bay area comes right back.

this morning the official start of the 2014 winter games as we give you a live look at sochi, russia. the sun is about to set into the black sea. that means we're hours from the opening ceremony. a very good friday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. good morning to you. right now all eyes on fisht stadium in sochi where the olympic ceremony will be held. this is what it looks like at night. crowds ever people arriving at the stadium to take their seats, russia preparing to put on a grand spectacle on the global stage. >> janelle wang is live outside the stadium in sochi. janelle, exciting today. what's the atmosphere out there now? >> reporter: it's picking up. the sun is setting. i put on my jacket because my lips are getting n