>> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> michael brown. >> peaceful protests turn violent overnight, thousands from cities across the country showing their support for michael brown. >> good morning, 4:30, wednesday, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. more on that story in a moment. a lot of you heading out of town today, the big thanksgiving holiday weekend, a quick check of the forecast with christina. >> good morning, everybody at home. we are finally here. i can tell you it's going to be nice for holiday travels, but

getting back home could be problematic. three powerful storm systems on the way to the bay area between now and monday. a lot to go over. overall, getting out of town today, looking really good. as far as weather goes. let's go to mike inouye. >> it's going to be different all over the place today, though. hopefully getting to work will be easier because like yesterday we expect a light volume of traffic. today and the rest of the week, bay bridge has overnight road work going on. down a couple of lanes as you travel westbound across that span. we don't see flashing lights. light volume of traffic, a couple of cash lanes opening up on the bottom of the screen, lanes 3 and 4 still closed. towards the maps, no problems for the maze or the approach. construction on san francisco side may slow you. south bay and tri-valley, moving

at the limit. we'll track changes if they occur early morn, but they will occur eventually. breaking news out of san francisco. right now, police investigating a shooting that injured six people in the city. four victims taken to the hospital in ambulances, two others showing up at hops later on. two of those victims are seriously injured. investigators say their lives now are in danger. all of this happened before 1:00 this morning near mission and 13th street. at this point, law enforcement says it happened at a music hall but not sure what kind of event was going on or what led up to the shooting. developing news in oakland, overnight, police with chp officers from nine bay area counties joined forces to tame hundreds of protesters causing problems. dozens of small fires lit up dark, city streets. most dumpsters, couches.

>> not only fires but looting and vandalism going on. the chopper caught several people breaking the window of this t-mobile store in oakland. looters run in and grab items before taking off. the kelly moore paint shop was broken into too. several left the building with gallons of paint. we saw them to dump the paint and write vulgar messages on nearby buildings. you can see several people kicking in windows, shattering glass, running inside. no word if anything was taken there. before all of this, a crowd managed to shut down traffic on the bay area freeway for a second night in a row. 580 near 980 at oakland 9:00. taunting drivers, making it a serious situation for a lot of people. people were able to get them off the roadway and get traffic back

to normal. >> quite hectic in oakland last night. a team monitoring the situation here and across the country. "today in the bay's" new development out of ferguson, missouri. >> let's start with bob redell in oakland with city workers who spent the second night in a row cleaning up. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. last night the night before i should say, mostly broadway. last night a lot of businesses on telegraph. we're al telegraph and 46nd in frents of the paint store you were talking about. take a look inside and get an idea of what the people did, they took paint out, spilled it on the floor, broke windows, and took that paint and splashed it all over the intersection. we drove up and down telegraph, you can see they took that paint and put it on other businesses and whatnot. this is what the scene looked like from chopper, people coming in and out of the store, this

was in the evening as they made their way down telegraph. and a bit earlier, before 10:00, we saw looting and vandalism elsewhere. that t-mobile store on telegraph and 49th had its windows broken, chopper catching people running inside the store and running out. i counted a dozen businesses that had windows broken, that's not an official count, it's what i observed this morning. many came in peace and called for justice for michael brown shot and killed bay ferguson police officer. >> darren wilson should have been indicted, should have. a trial at least. >> they want to tell you elections is where your power is, but your vote doesn't matter. but here your voice matters. this is what democracy looks

like. >> reporter: the night before, roughly 43 people arrested by opd. there were arrests last night but the police department has yet to release those figures. live here in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. in new york city, tourists forced out of times square, while hundreds of protesters took over. they forced streets and bridges to close down as they weaved through traffic. los angeles, protesters brought the 101 to a standstill. officers moved those protesters off the road but marched through town. >> act test continued in ferguson, protesters returning to scarred streets for a second straight night. the national guard helped police contain protests while destructive. officers had to use tear gas and pepper spray, all continuing into a second night. for the latest, kris sanchez. what is there left at this point with the continued outlet of

frustration? >> you mentioned fewer, violent incidents. fewer arrests in ferguson overnight as well. 44 compared to 80 tonight of that grand jury decision. still, no less frustration in ferguson in other cities. crowds turns out in force, some turned to violence, looting, setting a police squad car on fire. met with police and national guard in full riot gear, someone threw tear gas back into a line of police officers. protesters threw another assortment of other things as well, rocks and bottles. amid the voices, some repeating what michael brown's own father urged all along, protest with violence is not the way. >> i understand why our city's angry, it's obvious, but it's not the right way to go about it. >> our nbc news crew on the

scene learned some peaceful protesters even helped police identify the people who were causing trouble in the crowd. officer wilson and michael brown's father spoke publicly for the first time since the grand jury decision. we'll show you some of that next at 5:00. >> so much going on. stay with us, we're continuing coverage of the protests. a live report from the center of the unrest in our 5:00 hour. anytime we're not on the air, nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com, where you can get the latest information. turn it over to christina loren. many folks are excited about the prospect of a break, time to see family. san francisco on the left side, san jose on your right. started off on the right foot. >> good morning. so close to thanksgiving. hope you're excited as we are.

also kicking off the music, 24 hours nonstop holiday music, live at 11:00. that's a really good time. we'll see you then. but for today, getting out of town, no problem. it's trying to get across the country, flight delays expected. we'll go over that with you all morning long. right now looking good. hit 70s later today. 76 for the south bay. 72 north bay. beautiful day, hold tonight lovely conditions throughout thanksgiving. and then the rain comes in heavy. i can't wait to show you your forecast. first, here's mike. >> can't wait to see the forecast. nice, easy drive. can't wait to get through this and then to thanksgiving tomorrow we're look at san rafael, 101. just a little bit of traffic. hit the headlights, past the trucks on the right. you see at the top of the screen, upper left, san rafael, mill val le, easy drive, that's

clear, golden gate bridge. east bay, an issue, reports of a crash, off of 24. car went off the edge. some folks in that car have made it safely out of the area. looking toward a slowdown, eastbound 24. now no crashes involved there. no construction, but it has been sticking around for ten minutes. we'll track the slowing off the warren freeway. the cause, eastbound 850, incident, a crash, car reportedly hit a garbage can in the middle of the freeway. bad news it may be, the car may be in the slow lane. we'll track that as welcoming through oakland. rest of the bay, smooth as far as traffic flow. no incidents for the south bay or peninsula. 580, commute direction in the tri-valley, stream of light, light volume, but a lot of company on the roadway heading to work today.

probably early out of town break for folks heading through the same area through the sierra or central valley. >> next, protests in ferguson spotting new movements what some are calling for ahead of the busiest shopping day of the year. protecting holiday packages after you buy gifts or receive them. keeping your delivery out of the hands of thieves.

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>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning to you. cal students, unhappy with recent beehives, plan to ban their occupying of weaver hall temporarily. students camping out since last week when uc regents approved a series of fee hikes. it's a question of whether students would remain through the holiday. they issued a statement, they no longer feel the need to inhabit the area at all times. statement suggests some types of action would resume after the holiday weekend. lines forming for one of the busiest shopping days of the year, in many places it starts earlier. die-hards pitching tents to fet the best black friday deals. best buy in san jose, black friday starts 5:00 p.m. thanksgiving, making it black

thursdayish. 140 million americans expected to shop over the weekend. some believe there are larger priorities and people use this as an opportunity to make a statement. >> instead of violence, instead of protesting, something we can do to affect the economy to know this is wrong. people don't care unless their pocket are hurting. >> movement boycott black friday and black owned friday have sprung from the ferguson protests. organizers encouraging people not to shop at all or only at black-owned businesses. what the holiday shopping rush comes thieves. criminals looking to cash in on packages left on your doorstep. >> doorman can prevent that. cu customers have packages shipped to the company. doormen deliver the package at night when the customer says he

or she is home, $4 a package or $20 a month. >> our attempt to modernize the last broken ease of e-commerce. >> now doormen only serves san francisco but other parts in the bay area could try amazon locker, an after-hours pickup location. you ship through postal service, ensure your package to make sure the box or envelope has to be signed for. >> millions of americans will have to work over the holidays, too, but many are not in the retail industry. for that, the rest of the news before the bell, landen downey. there are no breaks over the holidays. good morning. >> that's right. you can relate to that yourself. millions of americans will be working over the holidays, and not all are in retail. they work in travel, law enforcement, trucking, health care and utilities.

a quarter required to clock in on thanksgiving, christmas, new year's. at least a chance to work one of the holidays. cnpc learned twitter held takeover talks with shots. it may be attracted because of the 3 million users, two-thirds women under age 24. twitter expanding its reach into commerce with a new offers tool. it allows advertisers to post promotions and discounts in a user's feed even if they don't follow that store. users enter credit or debit card information to redeem offers. in september twitter added a buy button, allowing users to purchase items or donate to charity. futures are higher and slightly low or on tuesday. investors reacting to mixed data as the economy grew more than expected in the third quarter, but americans are weary as consumer confidence dipped this

month. a lot of reports on unemployment, durable goods, income and spending, new and pending home sales. dow slipping three points. nasdaq edging up three to 4758. have a great thanksgiving. back to you. >> you, too. we'll get a good pulse of consumer sentiment here in the next few days. pack that patience. today is one of, if not, the busiest travel days of the year, whether by plane or car. 46 million people will head out of town over the weekend, making things difficult. major storm ready to pound the midwest and east coast, leading to delays and cancellations across the country. something to be thankful for, the military opening up restricted airspace so more commercial flights can use it. >> more highways in the sky we can move planes through to get people to destination efficiently. >> highways in the sky. major airlines waiving ticket

change fees for passengers trying to avoid the storm. >> getting preview of laura's holiday carolling. >> more important. christina. >> what's the first song? >> i don't know. it's up to santa. i don't have a lot to do with it. he's going to make what he wants. >> santa baby. >> maybe. san jose looking good. i can tell you, a great looking day for holiday travel. coming into work this morning, ache light drive. lighter than on a normal wednesday. i can tell you now, as we head throughout the day, you know that's going to pick up. mike inouye will have all of the details in just moments. it's cold but not too bad. upper 40s to 50s. we don't have 30s out there. on our way to 70s. temperatures really lovely for the next couple of days. and then they drop as we get the first in a series of storm

systems. this looks like the kind of rain that we need to make a mark here in the drought. i can give you an idea of what we're expecting. this is computer generated. i do believe we'll get higher totals in places like ukiah. in the south bay, we are looking towards over two inches of rain potentially with an atmospheric river tap. this could hamper holiday travel for people trying to get back into the bay area. some of the rain is going to make it into southern california, where they really need. i'm going to show you the timing and what we're expecting from the three systems throughout the next few days. it's going to get active here. but looking pretty good throughout thanksgiving. changes come in thanksgiving night. and, yeah, a football game right here on nbc bay area. we'll have the forecast coming up as well. back to you. >> thanks. new york city, excitement in

the air ahead of the most popular parade. >> filling the air, balloons and floats. talking about the macy's thanksgiving day parade. snow and strong winds in the forecast today and tonight. weather's expected to improve midtown manhattan by the time the parade starts. a live preview tomorrow morning on "today in the bay." of course watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade right here on nbc bay area starting at 9:00. nice tradition that we can latch on to. >> that's right. while cooking the bird. pablo sandoval isn't the only fan favorite to leave the giants this season. >> 880 moving nicely, scatter as far as volume of a lighter commute, barring any big incidents.

we'll be remiss that we didn't mention the giants lost a big bat. gearing up to nab one of the hottest arms. >> the team appears to have turned the page on panda. the club will meet with jon lester next week. the giants are looking for another front line start somewhere lester's the lead. he notched 6 wins in 11 starts with oakland after a midseason trade.

several other teams in the running for lester, including the chicago cubs and the atlanta braves. >> red sox win a couple of titles. on that note, panda is wearing red and black. he's at a news conference, was yesterday, donning the uniform of boston red sox. giants offered him a comparable deal but after winning three world series with the giants, he says it's time for a new challenge. >> great career in san francisco. i'm going to have new one here, new challenge, going to start like normal, helping scoring. that's what we're going to do. feel great. we'll have boston red sox. >> looks a little weird there, panda. >> yeah. that doesn't work. looks like a cat. >> is that a cow? five years guaranteed is the deal, ballpark about 100 million bucks. >> he better watch his sciatic

nerve with all of his money in the wallet. another member of the giants family leaving. tim flannery retiring saying he's physically spent. known for things he's done off the field. he and his band have been a big force behind benefit concerts for victim bryan stow. he's been with the giants for eight years and pro baseball for more than three decades. >> panda may have the trade but mike never will. >> whatever's on the roadway, palo alto, traffic moves nicely for 101. light drive. you have company. down in san jose, looking at about the same volume of traffic, north 101, north of 680, overall look, south bay, no problems coming over santa cruz mountains. you see northbound 85 slows down toward highway 17. no road crews and no incidents. the rest of the bay, light, easy drive around the approach toward the bay bridge. looking at 24 eastbound, slowing off of the warren freeway, that

has cleared up. like we said, a blip there but things have cleared up. easy drive westbound. >> thanks, mike. >> no blip going on in many cities across the country. new protests in oakland and ferguson. we'll show you damage coming up next. travelers might not be so thankful this holiday. what's on the way that could make things difficult.

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work, many still do. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll see who's joining you on the roadways, places like the bay bridge toll plaza. >> mike, we are happy to be celebrating with our family this week. a live look outside now, bay bridge, those brave venturing out are crossing in the early 5:00 hour. it's wednesday, november 26th. you're watching "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. breaking news out of sfrans san francisco, police investigating a shooting that injured six, four victims taken to the hospital, two others showing up in hosts later. two victims considered seriously hurt. their lives may be in danger. all of this happe b