bob redell, we kid you not, is at the north pole helping out. we'll take you there. >> and a live look at 5:00 a.m. you are watching "today in the bay." >> good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm vicky nguyen in for laura garcia-cannon this morning. >> and i'm sam brock. it's been a sad morning after

two police officers were shot and killed this weekend. rafael ramos and wenjin liu were in their police car when they were gunned down. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam. the unions here are sending officers to new york city in a sign of solidarity, to show support. there's no evidence of any imminent threat to any law enforcement officers but the brazen killings of those two

nypd officers -- the gunman posting on social media he would put pigs in wings. >> all 10 and 12 hours you have to stay on your toes. you always have to be looking over your shoulder. that's a constant. >> reporter: and police departments in major cities like san jose are on alert to wear bullet proof vests. the san jose police officer's association have been ambushed in the past but that is not a common occurrence. now coming up in half an hour, you understand this of course has a psychological toll on people in this field butch we hear from an expert on what exactly that means. live from our san jose police

department, stephanie chuang. >> be sure to stay with us through the "today" show. we'll have a look at the rising tensions between brooklyn police officers and those they serve. >> the rock slide that could potentially affect the morning commute for you. it happened at the southbound 101. the chp reports two southbound lanes are now affected. >> and check out this video. a surveillance camera in san francisco's valley caught

someone stealing packages on video. >> perez fell 11 stories on to a moving vehicle while washing windows last month. we're told his wife and daughter will address the media today about his condition. >> santa's helpers are arriving just in time to help those hit hard by the big storm earlier this month. ayer sheet metal organized a toy drive with community members and they were given to kids yesterday.

>> i go home to a warm bed and they go home to a wet house or wet trailer homes. when you see that, that really hurts inside. >> the company provided free males to mobile home park residents the day after the flooding. >> every donation of each toy makes a big difference. we have our very own antly as we take a look at the map, santa rosa is down to 3 miles. this is the route most of us use coming through oakland. you can see down to less than a quarter of a mile. it is really fogged in there, especially across 880. and elsewhere you'll notice 10-mile visibility. half moon bay looking at 5 miles

visibility. there is patchy fog out there. you can see this is oakland, what i was talking about, down to less than a quarter of mile. make sure you have extra time in the morning. if you do want to see some of the independent con being. >> we do have rain in the forecast that's set to arrive for christmas eve. i know. if you're staying here, the good news is it not going to be a big system. . let's get things over to mike to see how the traffic is holding up. >> a lot of my friends out of

town for the weekend, at least that's what they told pee when i asked them what they were doing. let me get you out of your shot. we talk about southbound 101. right there a live look just before you get to the tunnel just south of rodeo tunnel. up see the sill owe the latest we heard is 10:00 a.m., five hours from now. this could be a huge issue for the north bay and the morning commute. we're not looking at a low the slowing because of the light volume of traffic. another major concern is the fog in the east bay. we have a imagine this is a

concern but look at the very light volume of traffic. >> we're going to tack another kind of trip right now, to the north pole. that's next.

>> bob redell is live at the north pole right now. you're covered, you have that hat on, you must be staying kind of warm. good morning. >> reporter: kind of. the fellas making the flight happen, we've got five of them right behind me, doing what they should be doing, resting. the reindeer know within 48 hours they're going to have to pull off this tremendous feat.

when you think of all those toys, that sleigh and santa, they have a lot of weight to be pulling on wednesday evening. >> come on, boys. remember, we're ready to go. >> santa's sleigh, main means of propulsion, they're primed and getting ready to go. their speed looks good. only one problem. >> most trouble right now is with donder. >> reporter: what's up with donder? >> he's oos to join all those boys and girls personally delivering the last-minute wish list. >> what do you want for christmas? >> xbox 1. >> it's about 70% electronic ipads, iphone, laptop, tablet.

it go on and on and with kooef. is there time? can it be done? >> oh, it can be done but better hurry up. >> hey, donder, he's talking to you. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas! >> sam and vicki, i have this feeling this is going to be an extra special christmas. this is our 11th year coming up here and it was the first time the other night that we've ever seen the northern lights. up see those green colors and the night sky. it was absolutely amazing. and the conditions were right. we've got these temperatures. i know it looks cold but it's not as cold as it's been. it's actually minus 15, which for around this part of the world is relatively warm, which

is why i'm wearing my hat, coat, jacket, boots and absolutely nothing else. >> did you catch the last line of that? i'll tell you what -- >> you like that visual? that is my christmas gift for you. >> thanks for leaving us with that, bob. >> you know who else is naughty, not just doner. >> "the interview" is back on, this after president obama said it was a mistake in the first place. >> now a new twist? >> it's very unlikely to be in theaters. maybe small, private. sony has pulled the movie of course after threats it would be targeting. this morning north korea is

denying it was behind those attacks. this morning mike meyers made a surprise return to call out kim young young. we went upon. let me put it this way. he's not with it. he still watches laser disbe. >> stocks look to build on last week's gains. the dow rising more than 2% thanks in part to the fed's decision to be patient about raising interest rate the. look for data on existing home sales and consumer sentiment later this week. the nasdaq up nearly 17 to 4765.

back to you. >> thank you. the russian ruble rallying a little this morning. we were talking about how russians were just buying whaef they could in stores. the point is, trying to get rid of their rubles ma. >> laura, because we want to bring you up o speed on the 2,99 2,995 ruble red chair. >> what is that about. >> anthony slaughter is sitting here with us. >> you got any money? >> what is that, something from zelda? >> if you nail this weather forecast, you get $50.

>> score! >> in pennies. whatever you prefer. . how do you like that? i'm going keep it going. let talk about this king tide forecast. sunday, yesterday, it started here across the bay area chase by the so this is a town where you can actually see the waves splash up on to the embarcadero.

this is our trouble spot this morning. mike will talk more about our traffic. it's going to be foggy for at least the first half of the day. then we'll see sunshine for 500 rupe save and even for wednesday we'll get a few peeks of sunshine. wednesday night diving down from is not going to be a huge storm system it could also cause a few more headaches, especially if you're traveling by air. if you're staying local, no big issues. otherwise the weather will stay dry for the next few days.

let talk to the man who is tracking some very interesting stuff on the roads this morning. mike, how are those roads looking in north bay? >> the north bay we talked about that interesting term, land slip hp and lower traffic is what we're expecting pretty much all week because of christmas and hanukkah starting. we will zoom to the north bay. i'm hoping there's only half as much traffic this morning because you only have half your lanes on rodeo avenue and this is sausalito. this light pole fully on, still fully powdered. it's blocking two of your left lanes. let look at the live shot here. we see they've taken the power away from the pole. and there's some sort of vehicle as well. this is slowing the traffic down. it just starting to build.

and we have some emergency crews there as well. we're told 10:00 a.m. before they can reopen the freeway there. we'll look at the map given and we're going to talk about a lot of slowing heading south toward that waldo tunnel. the fog is an issue as well. right now we can't see the roadway from our rooftop camera. you see a light volume of traffic coming off the bridge and a clear view. anywhere north of that san mateo bridge is an issue over on the east bay and of course southbound 101 continues with two lanes closed down near sl t sausalito. it's a huge issue. >> the governor recently signed into law a little requiring day care inspections to be posted

online so parents can compare facilities. this comes about a year after our investigative unit teamed with the center for investigative reporting and exposed very little information is known to parents. so we posted all the inspection reports for napa county and santa clara. >> it's significant. it's really significant how much has changed in a short amount of time. >> tonight at 11:00, we'll take you inside the system to show you how children are better protected but child advocates say more needs to be done.

>> rye now on nbc bay area. if you have a tip, give us a call or you can e-mail us. >> we have new video to show you this morning of a water main break and it severely flooded a home in washington, d.c. investigators say a high pressure pipe below a fire hydrant broke, sending water shooting into the air. crews still on scene trying to cap that water off. >> the time now is 5:22. it's official, elton john is no longer a bachelor. a look inside his wedding coming up next. >> it's been a long time coming. >> closed captioning provided by frontier ford, san jose.

sir elton john is no longer a single man. after years together, he and his long-time partner have officially tied the knot. >> elton john and david furnish shared their special day with everyone on social media, showing off a bed of red roses. both grooms posted photos throughout the day. one was of their youngest son acting as ring bearer. the couple has been together since 2005 but same-sex marriage was just legalized in england this march. >> always not just about the event but who is at the event. 5:25 right now. >> there are only a few shopping days left before christmas, sam. take note. and if you're stumped on toy possibilities, experts have advice. >> cnn released a list of tech oriented toys, each under $50.

>> it's a small device you attach to a paper plane and it lets you fly your paper plane with your cell phone. >> and the $40 cyber boxing robot. take it out of the ring and under control of a remote jab punch poa. they harken back to the rock 'em sock 'em robots, which were one of the hottest toys back in the 1950s. >> i think we just saw that robot get his block knocked off. >> yeah, we did.

anthony, it is a special occasion. we're coming up on a holiday week here. you've been tracking tons of fog and not too much rain right now. if you're visiting town, you will see sunshine, even in oakland. later on temperatures will be comfortable, back into the mid to upper 60 with, given, a little bit of sunshine. back to you guys. >> we are take a live look -- i think that was the golden gate bridge. coming up, the police looking for your help this morning, trying to identify the man killed by a cal train last week. >> and santa helped pull a man from a burning building.

local police officers on alert this morning after two police officer were gunned down. >> later this afternoon, we'll see plenty of sunshine. your full forecast coming up in just minutes. >> definitely patchy morning fog and patchy morning hillside. up in the north bay, half your freeway is blocked for 101. >> plus coming up, bob redell makes his annual trip to the north pole, 11 years checking in on santa claus and his reindeer. we get the inside scoop from bob coming up. >> and a live look outside this morning, a picture that resembles the north pole not a bit. but we do love our modest temperatures here in the bay area, tracking the fog and potential for rain coming up down the road. it is monday, december 122nd and you are watching "today in the bay."

a very good monday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm vicky nguyen in for laura garcia-cannon this morning. the memorial is growing this morning for rafael ramos and wenjian liu. tracie potts has more. good morning. >> president obama touched base with the police commissioner in new york from his vacation in hawaii. >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence. >> reporter: now more protests, another vigil for nypd officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu,

shot to death by a man who referenced eric garner and michael on social media. >> let's bring the temperature down, have more dialogue, more reflection and less emotion in general. >> so that we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful co-existence. >> reporter: we've learned that the suspect who killed himself, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley

shot his girl friend. she is in the hospital in critical condition. we learned this alert of the threat to shoot officers didn't get to the police in time. >> we have a press conference coming up right after "today in the bay." sam? >> law enforcement officials right here at home are on high alert. stephanie chuang joins us outside the san jose police department. they say they're always on their toes but this is exacting a psychological toll on them as well. >> reporter: absolutely, sam. good morning to you.

t they are warning officers to be vigilant, to wear bullet proof vests. there's no evidence there are any imminent threats to police officers. >> i'm sure the emotions are high. it does seem exka latory but it's also understandable. you have the police force under siege in a way, the least emotionally. >> the san jose police officers association, the unions here meantime, says its response is to show solidarity and support

of the men and women of the new york police department. president-elect paul kelly tells us the union has been working with police officers to send several officers to new york city. i mentioned a directive to police officers is to not place inflammatory remarks. that hits close to home here in san jose. we'll have more on that in 30 minutes. >> a very upsetting series of events here. vicky? >> new video this morning of an apparent road rage incident that led to a tasing by san jose police. officers say someone reports being targeted. police found the vehicle and they say the suspect took off on a slow speed chase. when he didn't comply with police order, officers tased him. police say the man was brought

to a hospital for observation. no word yet on charges. south bay medical examiners need your help in solving a mystery. last friday a caltran baby bullet train hit and killed a man on the tracks. the man didn't have any personal information and after running his fingerprints, authorities were still unable to identify him. the man is between 25 and 35, he's probably hispanic or white, has a shaved head and brown eyes. he does not have any body tattoos but was warying a black back pack. >> let's shift gears for a second. 5:36 on your monday morning. in for christina this morning, anthony slaughter, who is braving the start of the morning with rubles, i believe. >> i had to go back and look at

russian currency. >> rubles. >> all right. >> glad we got that all cleared up. >> exactly. this is the fog we were talking about in san francisco. you can still make out some of the city lights. there are some spots completely fogged in. in oakland, this is 880. you can barely make out the fog below. with all this fog you may be thinking major headaches, delays at the airports but look at this map. we don't have any delays, not even across the rest of the country, nonetheless here at home. if you're traveling by air, right now you are good to go. as this continues to thicken, do i think we'll great few delays at sfo. today's highs will be very comfortable. we're talking about finally seeing sunshine, even in the south bay. back to 55 there, 56 in the peninsula, even in the east bay where we're looking at dense fog

now, we'll see sunshine later on. we're going to talk about rain headed our way for christmas eve. let's talk to mike and see how the road are looking. >> we do have a tough view over at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's impeding our view of the toll plaza itself. here for the bay bridge down toward the oakland area for 580 and 880. we have half your freeway blocked southbound 101 by the waldo tunnel. there's the light poll that was down there. it was fully lit. here's part of the hill that has come down over your right two lanes. you only have two lanes getting by. you see crews are on scene. they can fully do the clean-up until they assess the integrity of the hillside. that light that's gone, they need more daylight until they can assess what's going on here. that will be an issue until 8 or 10 p.m.

we'll talk about the altamont area. we'll send it back to you. >> we thought mike could have been on scene there for a second. he is, in fact, in studio. >> we'll be back with 50 minutes of nonstop news and weather right after this break. stick with us.

bob, you've had some feisty

reindeer. he's seens northern lights finally so, bob, you're good to go, right? >> reporter: i'm very good to go. good morning to you, by the way. santa has posted me outside his reindeer pen to keep an eye on these guys. typically they're very rambunctious, some of them try to take off early. i don't but rudolph does. they're doing the smart thing now, getting a lot of rest. one hurdle santa is having to deal with this christmas season, something he hasn't had to deal with before, hackers. so he's given us this exclusie n inside peek into his cyber command to ensure no one will be able to break in and steal his secrets. of course -- wait a minute. guys this has never happened before. it appears someone is trying to hack in right now. they're launching the

counterattack. it didn't work. hit control-alt-delete. oh, come on! hit the escape key. again. again! wow. >> phew! >> that was edge of the seat there. >> good thing you have that little elf guy there. >> who was that? was he an elf? >> reporter: he was a real elf. what do you mean? you saw him. he just needs a little bit longer legs. if there were 3 inches on the legs, you would have been able to solve it earlier. when in doubt, power down and power back up. that's what they always tell us, right? >> reporter: i just say take a hammer to the keyboard.

bob redell, thank you very much, sir. it is 5:43. i imagine the conditions where bob is located a bit frostier than what we might find here. it is clearing up? >> we're going to see some sunshine today. it took a long time to finally come out p out today. this morning we still do have the fog and we have the cloud with us. just hang on. i think after 11:00 we'll see bold sunshine across the bay area. it's going to come very slowly, though. you can see from our san bruno cam it is very patchy now. in oakland this is where we're seeing the worst of our visibility, down to less than a quarter of a mile. if you're traveling on 880, through oakland, i think by about 10:00 this will clear up. you'll notice those temperatures will be really nice. the east bay and san francisco back into the 60s. once we get rid of the fog, we

will see sunshine for the bay area. the fog will be with us for the first half of the day. our weather headlines do tell the story, christmas eve showers set to arrive here across the bay area. i don't think it's going to be a huge storm system but nonetheless, more rain is a welcome sight. high pressure in control for the next couple of days, pushing all of our forms to the north. we're going to be in the clear for any storms at least for the next two to three days. by wednesday night into thursday, there is going to be a storm system that dies down from the north. it's not going to be huge and most of the heavy rain will stay to our north and over toward the sierra. i'll show you that, tuesday into wednesday. this is wednesday night 11:00, you'll notice sierras looking at some snow. even the bay area, by 7:00 are 8:00 on thursday, the rain is out of here. it's going to be a very quick shot of rain and very light rain. i don't think we'll look at anything heavy.

it will feel like christmas oncy hit thursday. even in san francisco while we will see sunshine today and tomorrow, cloudy skies expected for wednesday and by thursday the mention that chance of rain does push in. looks like most of that will be in the morning hours. that rainy travel is expected for santa's sleigh as he moves across the bay area. those rainfall amounts really lig light. we don't need a huge storm system. we track this all week long. the guy tracking the roads right now, that's mike. >> let's look at this view from josh, our photographer showing you the traffic on south 101. do not be alarmed. i'm going to step. >> jack: the screen here and show you what's going on. these officers are looking at this light pole that was down as a hill slide it was mounted to came down. look at all this rock and debris. crews are here. they want to clear this.

they have two lanes closed and two lanes open. we're told they can't open it until at least better lighting happens because they have to assess what's going on here for the hill side. they don't want to clear it and have more and more keep coming down. they have make sure they can clear it. we're on a slower drive right now. southbound across the waldo tunnel. but then the advisory shifts from the landslide to the fog crossing the bay. the golden gate bridge, the bay bridge. foggy through the oakland hills as well. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the situation. the clouds building here, the metering lights turning on. as we get back to the maps we're talking about a smoother drive but a slower drive for west highway 4, typical pattern there. someone has died as a result of

this crash so there's local traffic control if you're cutting through heading over towards the 580 area. a live look at the san mateo bridge. >> 5:48 right now on your monday. people living in san francisco's castro neighborhood are on edge this morning after yet another car fire. many residents are worried because the most recent incident happened yesterday on hartford street, firefighters responded to this scene along with arson investigators and put out the

fire. these fires have many worried because at this point all of the incidents were random. it all started last wednesday. firefighters had to put out another fire but an hour later they had to return to the same place where the very first incident happened because another car was burning. firefighters contacted the police department because they believe to be dealing with arson. now are wondering whether it's one person or a group of people. police are asking anyone with information to contact police immediately to prevent any more incidents from happening. >> thank you very much. >> the man accused of setting more than a dozen fires in san jose is set to enter a plea today. patrick brennan was arrested in january. investigators say he set 13

fires including several at homes where people were sleeping, one that destroyed a warehouse. brendan is already a convicted arsonist and sex offender. he faces ten felony arson charges and three attempted arson allegations. if convicted he could face more than 300 years in prison. >> police in castro volley looking for a giant menorah stolen from a jewish organization over the weekend. the rabbi says their nine-foot menorah was taken from the front of the synagogue on saturday night. the menorah had been out there since the first night of hanukkah, which was on tuesday. they filed a report with police in hopes with anyone with information will contact the department. >> a san jose charity will begin giving out gifts today but it is still more than 4,000 kid short. they're coming up short, especially with presents for teen needs. you can drop off gifts all day

to go to nbc bay area.com and search sacred heart.

even the fbi hedges its bet when accusing north korea. analysis says the hacker or hackers did some of their hacking from an upscale hotel in thailand. north korea says it wants to form a joint task force with washington to find the real hackers. at the same time, it is threatening to blow up the white house so they're a bit off message this morning. >> google has been dogged by a state attorney general from mississippi who has been investigating google for linking to various naughty things like canadian pharmaceuticals, pirated movies, that kind of thing. many of the letters were found to have been written by someone else. there's a picture of mr. hood we

right there. wall street had its second best day of the year after wall street said it would raise interest rates but not any time soon. half day trading on witness, no trading on thursday. >> thank you. 5:53. new this morning, parts of l.a. county were battered by powerful wind last night. gusts clocked at 86 miles an hour in montecito hills, -- it knocked down trees and powerlines along i-5 as well. high winds are expected to continue until around 9:00 this morning. the largest tides of year, king tides are bringing threats this

morning. they're large waves and will stick around through tomorrow and they return again in about 28 days in both january and february. >> let's bring in anthony slaughter now for a look at the forecast and lead up into our christmas vacation here. good morning, anthony. >> good morning to you both. we have a little fog out there this morning, especially across oakland coming through 880. >> a bug note for fox traveling south. look at our map here. no slowing through san rafael bridge. approaching the waldo tunnel is

where this red patch shows up. we only have two of your four lanes open. i did want to make sure you saw all the slowing starting to build here. a light pole down and we're looking at 10:00 a.m. so they could reopen those lanes. we have fog across the golden gate bridge. the rest of your bay despite a lighter volume of traffic we still have slowing at 101 for san jose. typical pattern. back to you. >> mike, thank you. a heroic rescue by none other than santa class and there's video to prove it of course. favorites in australia were handing outs treats to local school children when they smelled smoke from a nearby home. a neighbor shot the video. crews did find one man unconscious inside the home. santa is credited with helping to save that man. we have a better idea of when the 49ers will part ways with jim harbaugh.

harbaugh has one year remaining on his contract. his alma mater, michigan, has reportedly offered him a six-year, $48 million contract.

>> bob redell is checking in on santa's reindeer. >> we also continue to keep an eye on sausalito where a slide is affecting the morning commute. mike is keeping an eye on the roads.

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>> look at this going on right now. we're hoping to know when the lanes can open coming up. >> and a live look outside of san bruno mountain today.