a live look at san jose this morning, round two of the rain has arrived. it's creating major ponding on the roadways. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we have another live look outside, this time over in fremont. our crews are in the middle of the storm, mike is watching the roads but our microclimate weather team coverage starts with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. if you are just joining us stick around. bob redell has a live report coming up where somebody drove into four feet of water this morning so that's a good way to preface what i'm about to tell you. we have a lot of rainfall, it's coming in heavily for the next few hours, that will be the case. the chance for urban flooding increases as we continue to pile on more heavy rain across the bay area. i want to zoom in and show you where. all throughout the tri-valley along the east shore, that's where the heaviest rain is moving. you can see it form as "j" around the bay. we have heavy downpours coming

down here in the south bay so. you want to take it easy out there. rain rates to the tune of an inch per half hour. that's what you're getting in the yellow. more like an inch per 15 minutes in the area where you see the red. this is going to be a factor. the roads aren't equipped to receive this. more rain on the way, heavy rain the next few hours. you want to take it easy, reports of flooding this morning. when you get off the off ramp, go down the decline take it easy. localized street flooding as well f. you can't detect the depth of the water, stay safe. you want to watch or downed limbs and branches on the roadway because the winds are fierce out there as well this morning which is why we bring in anthony slaughter, you're out there in it this morning. what can you tell us from kael bell? what does it look like? i had to drive in from campbell. white knuckled the entire time this morning. >> it was very intense driving here earlier this morning.

the winds were so blustery and the ponding on the road intense, i wanted to show you here we are getting some ponding on some of the gravel area. not too deep. not life threatening. the thing i want to bring to your attention. again ponding this is how it starts a. little bit of water t drains get clogged. that's when you get wager flooding like we saw earlier. we're going to track this. as you can see nothing about where i am is life threatening so we're going to continue to track this. the thing to note, though, even though it doesn't look that bad in some locations, throughout the day thunderstorms are possible and colder air moves in, winds will continue to gust so. continue let your guard down. back to you, christina. >> thank you very much. i came in from campbell. it was dangerous. people need to take it easy this morning. thank you very much.

we'll be sending our live reporters to any sort of area where we have theses in kents throughout morning hours. you can see from our radar this is ghoting to let up any time soon. why are we bringing mike inouye. what can you tell travelers even though it's friday. >> first it's friday but focus on the right here and now. hydroplaning could occur with low levels of water depending on your tire wear almost no water but also at low speeds. it doesn't have to be at freeway speeds. as you slow down and approach spots like this. give yourself a lot of extra time. a light flow of traffic. still an issue around the bay. we're talking about the green on the maps mean wet roadways t blue died in with the weather snem says ponding and puddling, flooding in many of those spots. we have west 580 which had a couple of spots reported coming into livermore and at the dublin

interchange. no lanes are closed but water creeping over. stay to the middle, there is typically a bow. here the smooth drive through, to the south bay we see blue to green, that means lighter on the roads but that doesn't mean you have to release volume control. you are closed at taylor and a couple of cars got stuck. the northbound side the main commute slow approaching taylor as far as i heard one lane was affected for a period of time likely to slow down because of the ponding there. a live look at 101 shows you how things are, we'll continue to show you shots like this zoomed in so you can't see the context this far but it's about this volume. the water is what we're concerned about. on the highways but also bob, you're not far from s.a.p. center and we see a lot of water. this could get folks in trouble. you have a warning and some of

the results. what's up? >> reporter: good morning. two drivers got in trouble. this is a railroad center on santa clara that goes over santa clara. this flooding was deceptive enough that two drivers drove into this. it's moments ago the wrecker took away the cars. one driver was heading in to work, driving at the limit. he said it was too dark to realize this was deep. in the middle there when he got stuck, the car started flooding. he says it was up to his chest. four feet deep in there. he got in there, he called 911, said hey, what am i supposed to do. he had the smarts to roll down his window, it's electric, 911 said stay in the car, stay calm, someone will get help. he was telling us as the car started flooding you know, i'm going to get out of this situation. he was able to get out and help with somebody driving by. when he got out another car

ended up driving in and he ended up helping get that driver out. both drivers are doing okay. >> i'm in there and the water started flooding in, into the cab. i'm on the phone with 911, i'm asking do i climb out, do i push it out, and they are telling me to remain calm, to wait for the fire department, to wait for someone. but the water's pouring in so the last thing i was going to do is stay in there. >> reporter: we spoke with sj p, d in touch with public work. this section of santa clara between cahill and stockton is shut down. this is by the s.a.p. center. they have been in touch and public works is going to try to pump this water out. do something f there is a drain in there that's clogged. from what we can tell it's the water seems to be standing still. so if you have business in this area, mike, trying to get to the

alameda or between downtown, this could be shut down for a while. another area we saw, cars getting stuck 18 similar situation, flooding not as bad but enough that the cars got stuck. if you are throughout you might want to watch your speeds and if you see slickness, shininess on the roads be aware it might be deeper than you could imagine. >> i'll take it from here, bob. thank you. our microclimate weather team tracking the storm all morning long. our coverage will continue in a few minutes. >> we're keeping an eye on the developing story in ukraine. any moment now we could see viktor yanukovych for the first time since he fled the country. he is supposed to hold a news conference in russia. back in his home country, there are concerns that russia's military may be poised to take over part of you crane. overnight dozens of armed men

patrolled the airport. a russian news agency says it denied that its forces were involved. 150,000 russian troops and hundreds of tanks and planes are lined up at the border. it's a prescheduled training exercise. many think it's the military invasion. >> we continue to follow our other big story this morning, the storm, rain hitting all over california. this is southern california, glendora, als azusa. there are mandatory evacuations, 1,000 homes evacuated. they are worried about mudslides b. 2,000 acres left bare in january by a fire means no vegetation to keep the dirt in place. in the bay area, no mudslides, but there is 7y flooding, a live look at san jose. reports of deep putling and cars trapped. >> the first of many.

let's check with with what else is ahead. >> it's really rough out there. and i've been in the bay area for a good amount of time now. this is the kind of storm system that rolls through maybe once every five years impacting the south bay very, very hard this morning. you'll see los angeles not getting their rain. they are expected to get heaviest moisture out of this system now pushing into the bay area. you'll see from san francisco on south. especially along the east shore and the south bay. this will continue to be the case. this is the main front which is starting to lift and push into the central valley. we're going to get out of the woods throughout the morning hours f. you can postpone travels for the next couple hours. i want to show you the south bay. you can see lots of rainfall coming all the way in south of 92 all the way into the south bay and yeah, the east shore, san leandro. a lot of rain coming in at once.

let me show you what to expect. we stop the clock at 9:00 a.m. showers lightening up. except for in the south bay. by noon looking good. we have another wave of moisture on the way. not until tonight. we'll stay mostly dry. good news for those who want to get oum safely before this next wave. between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and then we'll be out of the woods throughout the second of ha of the day. so split wound ahead. better conditions on the way for you on sunday. you got to work to get to the weekend. mike knows it's going to be rough getting there. good morning to you. >> yes. plenty of work getting there. look toward the bay bridge, we had a couple of minutes where things would clear and the water is back. now we do have wet roads to contend with. the bay bridge toll plaza, puddling, ponding.

88 the camera shakes, gusty winds. be careful and slow down folks h. is someone senses, we have a slower drive in spots. lee look at maps, northbound 880, the green slicker conditions and again, slower speed, weigh can do that because it's a lighter volume of traffic. you have to think about it, with clearer roads we bring the speets up a bit. west 580 still have ponding and puddling reported. we have a slow drive westbound out of the altamont pass. a steady flow there. in the south bay closing south 87 at taylor a. live look to show you -- seniorry, a live look coming up. back to you guys. >> our ponding pundit. openly gay player jason collins met with the family of the boy

who inspired him. >> yahoo! makes changes after the latest rememberlation by second leaker edwin snowden. what the company is promising. >> the rain continues over the bay area. inthis is earlier this morning, the wind really making those palm frons move.

welcome back everyone. take a look at the radar this morning. look it is a all of that red, green, yellow, all over the bay area. taking a live look outside in fremont. not just the rain but the wind you're going to need to watch for this morning. our team tracking the storm. we'll get an update in a few

minutes. >> yahoo! promising changes after the latest revelations from edward snowden. the guardian newspaper reporting snowden, according to snowden, british intelligence has stolen screen shots from the webcam of yahoo! users. the effort called optic nerve reportedly intercepted video chats from almost two million users. but it's unknown how many images were actually taken. yahoo! is responding saying if this is indeed true, it represents, quote, a whole new level of violation of user privacy. ceo marissa meyers says yahoo! will encrypt its products by the end of march. confusion around the google barge. the agency leasing the space says the ship is moving to the port of stockton. the problem is the port of

stockton says it never agreed to that. last month google was ordered to leave treasure island because it did not have the proper permit. so for now the barge will sit on the dock of the bay watching the ships roll in. fremont-based men's warehouse at acquiring joseph a. banks. we turn to hampton pearson. good morning. >> how you doing, yeah, joseph a. banks says it's willing to meet with men's warehouse even though it rejected the latest takeover bid. offering 63-50 a share. turning to futures poised for a negative open after the s&p 500 closed at a record level yesterday, nasdaq ending the day at 14-year high. major indexes are on pace for a positive week. back to you and have a great weekend. >> you too, hampton. thank you kindly. >> the latest storm helping

california's water supply but experts say don't let your guard down. the situation is still critical. the snowpack survey found the snowpack is 24% of average for this time of the year. the good news is sierra will get a little more snow with the current storm that is moving over california. most of california getting hit by this rain today. down in malibu there are rock slides on the highway. a section of the highway closed for safety. a fire last spring burned about with 24,000 acres of land above the highway, and that really erodes the soil up there, making it easy for rock slides and mudslides to happen. >> it's a mess all over. let's turn to meteorologist christina loren who behind the scenes has a huge team in place watching all kinds of radar scopes. but you tell us what's going on. >> i have the fortune, i'm fortunate i have a strong team behind me. and that means we're able to cover the entire bay area, it's a big bay area as you know and

most of which is getting slammed by the heavy rainfall so let's show you where the heaviest rainfall is coming in right now as my teammates continue to collect data and also in addition to all of the meteorologists we have this morning we have live reporters placed all across the bay area wherever we get the storm reports that are significant we're there and we're going to bring that to you live. lots of rainfall coming in, along the east shore and the south bay, a little break. you notice is the general nature of this storm system. it's coming from the south and pushing to the north. it's a warm system which is why it has so much moisture with it. we're not expecting a lot of snow, in the lower elevations in tahoe but this could produce pretty good snowfall above 7,000 feet once the system races up that way throughout day. the live radar shows you concord, danville, hayward, fremont on the east shore and into the tri-valley we have the heaviest downpours. san jose got slammed and we're going to see high rain rates

throughout the next couple hours. by about 9:00 a.m. we're looking toward improvement. if you postpone your travels until then do so. later on you have to account for the rain coming in all day long. keep that up wrel with you. showers and thunderstorms that's what we focus on. then another wave of moisture as we head into tonight and tomorrow morning getting a break for sunday, monday and tuesday, then more rain returns on wednesday. we want to bring you out live to christie smith in fremont. christie, how are people dealing with the rain out there and how are you feeling? is it coming down hard on you? >> you know, it was coming down cats and dogs a while ago. that's what we're seeing, rain heavy, then lighten up. the thing is it has been steady all morning long. we're right along interstate 880, if you look at the headlights you can see all of the rain, is the spray kicking up from tires. already this morning we're hearing about trees down,

accidents on the freeways, minor street flooding. strong wind advisory signs up on san mateo bridge. we drove across it and it is pushing around the high procedure file vehicles as you cross over high points. we saw some of the signs moving around in the strong wind. i just got off the phone with the chp. what they tell me they are seeing it all from spin-outs to fender wenders but the number one problem they tell me that they are seeing is minor street flooding and ponding and people just not slowing down until it's too late and they are in it. that's the latest from here in fremont. christina, back to you. >> stay warm and dry out there, christie. and yeah, please, please, be nice to drivers on the road. you don't want to kick up all of that rain into your neighbor's face. always a good idea to be courteous. we're out of the woods when it

comes to the heavy rainfall about by 9:00 a.m. we'll track this system as it moves into the bay area. bob is calling it florida rain, gives you an idea how unaccustomed to this rain rate we are here in the bay area. i want to bring in mike inouye, he's joining us and yeah, we'll put you to work this morning, sir. >> but i'm not going to blame you. everybody blames the meteorologist. you have a great team. i want to thank the team. join me -- we're looking here. look at this. this is the deal. you know what here's the deal. talking about water kicking up. these folks can't help it. the water is spraying up in their weak causing an issue for the tokes behind them, next to them f. you catch a puddle or two it will pull you to the side and that will be an issue that contributes to spin-outs. we'll look at the maps. again back to the maps if we can, we got to get through this. 880, stevens creek and

approaching 101, saratoga in the northbound direction. here this is 87 as well. the green shows wet roads t blue likely to have ponding and flooding. south 87, still closed at taylor. expecting 45 minutes for the closure so they can reopen. another vehicle from the roadway. the northbound side slows as well. i have to imagine with the center divide the water gets under and it's going to be flooding at taylor northbound 87 as well. that will be an issue. the peninsula, a smoother flow no. problems except for the wind advisories. but that is a good advisory. use caution. the tri-valley, typical build for 580. no lanes closed there. we're going to stop here, you see the water on the lens as you head into the murk. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:22. jason collins that made

headlines when he came out as gay met with the family of the boy who inspired his jersey number. collins tweeted throughout image, he with matthew shepherd's parents and brothers. shepherd is the boy who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. collins wears 98 in honor of the year shepherd was killed. shepherd's family drove from their home in wiming to meet with collins in ken ver. collins gave the family a signed jersey but not one he wore in a game. >> could the sharks play at at&t park with the giants. >> we continue to keep an eye on not only the roadways but the weather. it has been hitting the bay area. the rain hard. s the

good wet morning to you. a live look at palo alto this morning. heavy rain coming down, the storm moved in overnight starting in the south bay working its way north. we'll have lots of details from meteorologist christina loren in just a few minutes. now, the storm here, good news for snow borders and skiers. a fresh dusting of snow. after the big storm. this is what it looked like. the resort in the tahoe area say they got 6-13 inches of snow. >> the bay area not expected to see snow soon, it could see outdoor hockey. they are talking with the sharks and the hockey league about bringing a game to at&t park. over two months nhl officials will be in the bay area to look at the park as well as levi stadium as possible venues.

while the nhl has not said the sharks will have an outdoor game the organization is optimistic it will happen. this season the nhl hosted six outdoor games, one at dodger stadium in los angeles. >> if you can do it in l.a., probably do it here. the woman of the hour is christina as she checks our forecast. >> good morning to you, scott, laura, everybody at home. if you are just joining us maybe you're not aware of the heavy rainfall the past few hours. we have localized flooding across the bay area and what could be a treacherous drive for you. we'll have an update from mike now covering a deadly crash this morning. we're going to have the full report on that and show you when this rain will let up when nbc bay area "today in the bay" comes right back.

just amazing picture this is morning out of san jose. this may tell it all as far as your morning commute goes.

a car, driver didn't know how deep the water was, got stuck. firefighters rescued him. he just talked to bob. good morning. thank you for joining us. on this rainy and dangerous friday. i'm scott mcgrew. >> it really s. take it easy out there. i'm laura garcia-cannon. i was white-knuckled driving in as well. it's a mess, take your time t wind, the rain all causing problems. we have team coverage and it starts out with meteorologist christina loren. >> can you imagine how scary if you had those three triplets in the car with you. it's one of those mornings you don't want to mess around especially if you have to take the kids to school. i want to show you where the heavy rainfall is coming down along the east shore into the tri-valley through the south bay the heaviest bouts of rain. this will continue for the next few hours. live pictures do the talking which is why we want to bring in bob redell live in san jose this morning where we have reports of heavy flooding and somebody got stuck driving into that water. good morning to you, bob.

>> reporter: good morning. two drivers got stuck. they are both okay. we're here on santa clara and you're under the railroad overpasses. as you see henry walk in the water you get a sense of how deep it is right there. good six inches. if you go into the middle you're looking at four feet in the center. so, around 3:50 this morning one gentleman was on his way in to work, as you look at the video he was the driver of the red car on the way in. he tells us he was going the limit but because it's dark out and the way the lighting is, he just could not tell that this water was as deep as it is. >> driving in you couldn't see the water. just basically drove in there. called 911 right away. luckily a pedestrian saw me, helped me climb out the window. a couple minutes after the first cop arrived and just as he was arriving and talking to him that

white car was headed in the opposite direction and he basically drove in there as well. >> reporter: the driver of the red car, and police officer helped the driver of the white car get out. both drivers are okay. the driver of the red car, the man you heard from, he said he got into the middle of this, that water started flooding into his cab. when he got out it was chest deep. again about four feet deep but as i mentioned, both men are doing okay. this is a prime example of we've got this rain, we're not used to it unfortunately because of the drought situation we're in. but we've got this deluge. you want to be careful, watch your speed. he says he was going the speed limit which is around 35 miles an hour here on santa clara. still that was too fast or it wasn't enough for him to be able to get out. both being taken away now. i'm sure they got water damage. we heard that this section of road is shut off, mike, between

stockton and cahill. by the s.a.p. center, they are thinking that maybe the city t public works department able to get this open around 6:30. i don't know if you hear anything other than what i'm hearing. >> no. on the surface streets you are the man on the scene. that's a great warning because there are a lot of surface streets affected that one of them but we know that's right by s.a.p. center. we know that underpass so stay away from it. here we have wet roads on 101 north of 680. i want to show you this video of 87. there is a tow truck in the middle there. southbound 87 is closed by a crash, and another car that got stuck in this flooding on the highway itself. southbound is counter commute. but the distraction and the water creeping under the divide is an issue so. be prepared, look at all of that water there. let's get you on the maps.

blue ponding and puddling starting to reseed as well as the amount of blue. flooding at times for 880 and down toward stevens creek over to saratoga. they have to do pumping work, remove the car, sounds like both had been pulled from the roadway and we have more water coming into the area so keep that in mind. northbound slowing because of the distraction with all of that activity. we look over toward the bay bridge. the bay looks pretty smooth. across the bay, san mateo and the dumbarton moves smoothly. we have a deadly crash reported for highway 24. someone died as a result of a crash there with a rav4 involved. we have all lanes currently closed. you'll find a lot of slowing approaching 580. you'll find a lot of folks coming out of the tunnel. hearing about this or seeing it. they may try ashby avenue.

that's not a great choice because it will be crowded and it's going to slam down the streets, basically going to crawl. you know a better route go for it. you can take 13 to the south and route back around. 580 at least you won't be stuck in that mess. westbound 24 at 580 a deadly trash. look at the bay bridge, soupy conditions, water on the lens, on the roadway, though it's not raining where you are. allow a lot of extra distance between you and a person in front of you. we've seen spin-outs. traction is a big problem. so is visibility. back to you. >> thank you. our microclimate weather team tracking the storm all morning long. we have crews on the way to a number of problems. our coverage will continue throughout the morning. >> new this morning passengers headed to australia had to spend

the night. officials say the wing tip of the two planes clipped while the aircraft were towed out of the hanger. no passengers on board. one flight as canceled so the plane could be assessed. >> three people are in jail in connection to the shooting of a bouncer at a nightclub. they were captured in part because of this surveillance video. this happened in october in the parking lot of the spot nightclub. the bouncer survived. two of the suspects are from morgan hill. the third from gilroy. all three charged with attempted homicide. >> five san francisco police officers indicted on conspiracy of civil rights violations will face a good this morning. the five officers as well as a former officer were indicted yesterday following a lengthy investigation. the alleged violations are tied to raids on hotels where some of the officers were reportedly caught forcing their way into highway rooms without if you

havecation, stealing money, property and drugs. >> the sek day in a row a thief has thwarted a store robbery. the clerk decided to fight back in the video. you can see a store employee scuffling with an armed man. he's got a -- vincent carter is accused of walking in with the shot gun and demanding money. the work could have none of it. he and another man got the man on the groud, sat on him. pretty much the same thing earlier this week at richard. >> not so okay when it comes to the weather. rain we were wishing for. >> everything that we lack for the past year or so coming in at once. good morning to you. i can tell you we're going to have totals out of this. maybe to the tune of three inches plus, possibly four inches along the east shore.

as you can see these showers are starting to let up a little bit off the immediate coast along the peninsula at the coast line a little break at this point. but this is more on the way. let's take to the futurecast. most of that rainfall is going to be moving into southern california where they have not received over an inch of rain from one storm. in over three years in los angeles. so they are gearing up for us today everything starts to find down by 9:00 a.m. that's when you want to have your umbrella with you. this rain is going to come in slower. by about lunch time we'll get a little break, a little bit of sunshine, then a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, tonight another waive of moisture comes through and will impact you early saturday. then a nice break. it is the weekend. if you are heading outdoors make the necessary changes to make sure to accommodate for all of the rain. we saw construction workers had to put up a tent. working in the ray is not easy

when you work outdoors. in combination we have gusts to 50 miles per hour t wind increasing. breeze we pop-up thunderstorms, then tonight count on a dry commute home, but the roads we'll be dealing with the aftermath. then we get a break as we head throughout sunday. as we head throughout sunday, monday and tuesday, dry, then by wednesday next week we're talking about a return of showers on the radar. we need it. we're not mad at it. coming in all at once not a good time. how was your drive? >> it was a rough one. >> we're going to talk about 87. >> 5:37. the figure story is all of this rain coming down hard on many parts of the bay area. a live look from the south bay, this is highway 101 in east san jose. traffic look how people are slowing down. they are he'ding the advice that

is out there. allow and watch for ponding and flooding. stay with us. a lot more ahead.

more on the weather, microclimate weather alert this morning. right now take a look at the radar. the second of two strong storms slamming the entire bay area. this is a look at where the heaviest rain is actually falling right now. that radar just lit up like a christmas tree. we're going to take you live outside this morning. this is overlooking the south bay. we're hearing reports of people trapped in their cars. this is happening on a lot of different places including highway 87 in the south bay. peggy bunker is at the scene gathering information as crews try to take a lot of the people out of these cars. we've seen that situation as well in other parts where people are driving into areas where the water is overtaking their cars. >> it's very serious this morning. there's a lot of danger out

there. serious danger. let's turn to christina loren. >> you know when it rains a little it's a rough drive. people forget how to drive in the rain. we're not just talking about a little rain. we're talking about serious rainfall at rates that our highways are just not equipped to receive this morning which is why we're getting all of these storm reports and we have reporters out there headed to locations to show you what it looks like. we really want to keep you safe. the best way to stay safe this morning is have your mind set on what you have to drive through or go ahead and postpone the travel plans until the heavy rain subsides. it's the heavy rain that produces the flooding. starting to let up a little so it's not as dangerous here, but in the tri-valley and the south bay, that's where you really want to travel ourocautiously. we're going to get a break. the heaviest rainfall is expected through about 9:00 a.m. which means the urban flooding

is likely as we head into this afternoon, things are going to start to improve but the wind will pick up once the rain starts to drop off. that's the give and take we have to deal with and also there is enough instability for the chance for thunderstorms to fire off especially at the coast later on today. and through our mountain region. there is a better chance in sacramento valley of seeing tornadic rotation. there is a light chance here in the bay area. i don't like to say that unless it's there. we're going to be on high alert all day long in the nbc weather center. that gives you an indication of how powerful the storm system s. your future cast, we stop the clock at 1:00 p.m. showers lightening up. then a wave of moisture overnight. you'll notice in the seven-day forecast more rain on the way as of next week. now mike has a deadly crash he's following g. morning. >> it's horrible news we report that in addition to the dangerous conditions, i'm not saying this is weather related because we don't know that for a

fact but the conditions are that you have to exercise a lot of caution. look at this shot. the bay bridge toll plaza we're starting to see a build. typically friday shows a later build. rainy overnight, has caused a lot of problems through the area. this the ponding and puddling. we'll watch for reports of flooding. we have a deadly crash west 24 at 580, right this at the interchange. all lanes reported blocked by a deadly crash. that's all i know about the vehicle. we don't know what was involved or what caused it but it's causing a huge backup off 24 westbound slow out of the conditions. it's going to force folks toward ashby avenue. that's going to be crowded through this area. other folks as you see more stops, that's the better route. it's a highway. smoother know and get you

around. take 13, 580 up past that incident from what i understand. that route's okay. we'll keep that in mind. stlik conditions cause caution. the blue on the maps as opposed to the green, the blue means ponding and puddling. a couple reports over the morning. the lanes are now clear to livermore bought slow drive out of the altamont pass. slowing through -- a smooth flow through 101 starts to show slowing around capital expressway past 680. we have flooding 880 here over as you approach 101, more flooding at the 880 interchange, i heard the connector may be closed so i'll check. here 87 the southbound side is closed. due to an earlier crash and flooding. our own peggy bunker is out there. it's horrible to send you out

but what do you have going on right now? i hope we didn't lose her. >> looks like we did, mike. >> it's just a signal we're having a problem with. there we go. peggy, can you hear us? >> looks like that's a tough one. what's happened on 87, though, is that there's a huge amount of ponding in both directions. mike was mentioning southbound closed but northbound is a disaster as well. there is a lake just south of the taylor street on ramp or off ramp rather and you need to take it incredibly slow. it is deep, deep, deep. back to peggy in a minute. a former student suing her old school district claiming school officials knew a janitor was acall itting kids but did nothing to stop. she complained about edwards touching her inappropriately when she was a student in 2001. no action was taken against that

janitor. nearly 10 years later investigating another complaint contacted pay droxt he was sentenced to nine months in jail. the case uncovered what pedro and her attorney call a pattern of looking the other way. >> they could have prevented it. so maybe it would have not happened to me. >> people we named were principles, superintendents, officials when roxanne was abused, incidents never reported to the police. >> pedro wants it to admit it didn't do enough. the superintendent wrote a three-page let tear parents asking them not to jump to conclusions and letting them know the district has hired a spokesperson to talk to the media but that person has never returned our calls. >> as you commute big problems along 87 this morning. i want to check in with peggy bunker live on the scene.

looks like traffic is slowing behind you. i know there is been problems. >> normally wow wouldn't catch me dead covering the news on the side of an active highway. the traffic that is passing by me south 87 left the owe veer pass. it's very slow and the reason for that flares, cones set up bringing this down to a slow one-lane pass. see what. look at this lake that has accumulated on southbound 87. you can see unpassable for any of the cars. so the cars that are getting by going show, there's a hot of plofrs on the other side that are making sure the flow is slow so nobody drives into this lake like two young women did earlier. in fact we caught these women sitting in the car. they didn't know what too do. you see this body of water on the road. they drove right in and this you

go. gets into the engine, the car is shot. we caught the girls as they abandoned the car. they called a tab, a taxi. they were embarrassed, didn't want to talk to me but this is what they said. >> it looks like you were in the water. are you snook >> yeah, we're okay. >> did you drive in the water not knowing how deep? >> yeah. >> and call a cab. gladys you're safe. >> reporter: you can see perhaps they were coming from a fun night. almost looks like a bit of marpty gra beads. but any sort of good time they had was ended quickly by this lake on 87 south. you can imagine for the commute this morning this is going to be really difficult for people that travel this road and need to get to work. the slowdown, it's on the other side of taylor. that's why you see yus a couple of cars on this highway. this should last for some time. also the rain coming un.

put boy, hit pretty hard here as wev been campaign finance reforming this story. good to see you guys. >> great to see you out there. thanks for heading out there, peggy. amazing. you call a cab. can you pick me up in a sled? we're going to keep peggy out there a lot going on. 5:51, an appeals court is backing a morgan hill high school who punished students for wearing american flag shirts on cinco de mayo. five boys showed up to live oak high school on the holiday wearing the american flag shirts. school leaders who say there has been fighting told the boys to turn their shirts inside out. they were sent home. several of the students' parent who is sued said they will push the case to the supreme court if they have to. >> it's now legal for drivers to pick up the phone and look at a map but the state's not happy

about. if it appeals the case could land in the california supreme court. the rule change comes after the fifth district court of appeal reversed a man's conviction for using a map on his iphone while driving. the court ruled that it dent cover looking at a happen, only talking without a hands free device and texting. the chp will continue to crack down on drivers. >> it's about to get more expensive to dros golden gate bridge. the toll is expected to go up a dollar to $7. then it will rise by a quarter every year, eventual hi reaching $8 by 2018. this applies to any driver not using fast track. officials tour vote on this today. the added money will the deficit

of $150 million. >> our team coverage of this rain continues. there's all kinds of things going on a. live look at the weather radar this morning. there is rain everywhere. some is moving eastport. parts are seeing heavy activity.

>> good friday morning to you. we're finding out if the politician who is promised to give back some of their salaries during last fall's government shutdown actually followed through. "the washington post" released a report showing at least 116 of the 244 lawmakers who said

they'd return their pay or donate to the charity, actually did. together they donated almost half a million dollars to charity or back to government accounts. here's the look at what some of our local leaders did. representative john garamendi donated $11,000. >> jackie speier $3500 to several food banks. eric swalwell had his pay withheld and barbara boxer donated an undisclosed amount of money to the red cross. dianne feinstein gave $10,000 to the consortium of catholic academies. >> if you are headed out the door maybe hold on. let's talk about with weather and traffic. it's gotten quite dangerous out there. let's join christina loren with the latest. >> good morning to you. yeah, it is treacherous out there this morning. this is not a typical storm system, we're getting slammed with heavy rainfall right in the heart of the morning commute.

right now we're starting to see a little improvement at the immediate coastline. as i zoom into this batch of moisture you can see the tri-valley getting hit hard. you find the ponding, the flooding the next couple hours and even in the south bay it's still coming down heavily. we want to bring in mike inouye and check your roads. >> that radar shows us, the tri-valley, 680 corridor. over here we have wet roads for the south bay, a slowdown, the arrow marks where the camera was. north 87 shows the build. southbound better news, peggy gave you that live report. one lane at taylor is open but there is a lot of flooding, be careful. watch the surface streets, watch the blue areas. we'll be back after this break.

right now a microclimate alert as we give you a live look outside. san jose, dublin and san francisco. early this morning, a powerful storm started to push through the area starting with the south bay where it's packing a wet and windy punch. now we're seeing severe flooding. and water rescues including this driver stranded earlier this morning in san jose. it's a tough start to the friday morning. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. here's what we're talking about. new video shot overnight in san jose. you have wind blowing, whipping flags around, rain soaking the streets but as the morning has gone on, things have gotten worse. they have gotten dangerous. this's waist high water on 87 in san jose. tow trucks are working overtime trying to handle this. we have live coverage on all of these. obviously we're going to begin our coverage now in the weather center and meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, yeah,