>> 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.

>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm vicky nnnguyen in nor laura garcia-cannon. >> two officers were sitting in their cruiser when a gunman ambushed them.

>> reporter: the braze i don't know -- brazen killing of the two police officers has become a reminder of the risks the officers take every day on the job. police officers are being told to wear bullet-proof vests and to avoid posting inflammatory remarks on social media. this happened with an officer here.

>> so sad. thank you very much, stephanie. >> we're going to be checking back in with stephanie coming up later in the newscast. at 6:30 we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. with how the president is reacting to this deadly ambush. >> we have new video to show you this morning of an apparent road rage incident that led to a tasing by san jose police. someone reported being targeted near highway 87. police got to the scene and found the suspect's vehicle. that's when police say he took off on a slow speed chase. when he didn't comply with police orders, officers tased him.

>> look at that beautiful sky. good morning, anthony. >> all that cloud cover is going to be with us at least for the first half of the day. some of us looking at some very thick fog. i want to show you that on our fog map. you can see the darker grays right along 880. this is a popular thoroughfare. things start to clear up into redwood city. we have fog and clouds but don't have any rain. you can even see in san francisco this morning the golden gate bridge was socked in about an hour ago.

high pressure will build in as we head through the day today. dry today, dry for tomorrow and even for all of date on wednesday we'll stay dry. our next storm system, most of the heavy rain will stay across parts of the sierra. we're going to get clipped by the tail end of this cold front. i think by about 8:00 we'll be done with the showery activity. we're only expecting a few

hundreds of an inch of rainfall. if you're going to be traveling on the roads, you'll want to make sure you're taking it easy. my goodness, look at this live look we have. our cameraman right in the path of this front loader. not sure it's a front loader. they turned off the power and removed the light itself.

the metering lights look like they're on but there's a lot of fog across the span as well. lower visibility for 880 and 580. again, we have the map showing you the entire bay area with the smooth flow of traffic and we'll cut toward the fremont shot. coming right around mission boulevard.

>> they probably don't want to make a bad problem worse. >> thank you very much, mike. >> up next, we'll take you to the north pole where our own bob redell is there making sure santa's reindeer rest up for that world wide journey.

>> reporter: look at these guys. they're sound asleep. they know they have to haul all those toys in that sleigh with that big man in tow to make those christmas dreams come true. >> come on, boys. remember, we're ready to go. >> santa's sleigh main means of propulsion are primed and ready to go. >> oh, they're getting wound up already. >> their speed looks good. good height on the take offjumps. >> most trouble is with donder.

>> he's getting a little rambunctious. >> dawnonder's naughty and he ks us. to the time-out opinion you go, buddy. santa assures us he'll eventually be back on the nice list. >> what if i want to get on the nice list. is there time? >> there's time but you better hurry up. >> reporter: hey, donder, he's

talking to you. >> i was looking over santa's shoulder and sam, i was looking at your gift list and it said "my little pony." there's got to be a mistake! hold on, an elf is talking to me. oh, wait a minute, it's not a mistake? okay. >> there's this whole movement called brony. >> coming from the guy who was wearing a jacket and hat and nothing else -- >> and i did have a thong. >> we're going to move to our weather forecast as we look outside downtown san francisco in the early morning hour.

>> whatever you choose to wear, do it in your own home. bob redell, got to give him credit. i don't know what you could have on that would actually keep you warm enough. i do these live shots and i'm cold at the summit at 17. all across the country we looking good. it's just our airport in san francisco that has hour delays right now.

later on we're only going to get back into the 60s,men low park, even in san francisco right near 65 degrees. high pressure will continue to stay with us over the next couple of days, pushing all of our storms late to the north and to the pacific northwest. today will be a dry day and same for tomorrow and wednesday.

i think we're going to actually check the snowfall amounts headed toward the sierra coming up in my next support. let's toss things back over to mike and see how the roads are doing. >> over here we're looking at the number of cars and that really builds. so the bay bridge toll plaza is filled can cars as well as with cars and low clouds.

the tri-valley does have slowing west and over 580. >> mikey, thank you. sony isn't the only one watching its secrets spilled this morning. >> yahoo! has a few secrets of its own.

>> the falling ruble puts pressure on russia to get out of ukraine. families were buying three, four refrigerators at a time. why? an alliance holds its value, you can sell it later. the ruble doesn't sell its value.

there were lines at ikea, people buying this year. 2,999, last week, this week, 3,299 ugly chair price. you got to spend your rubles where you got them. >> my question for you, scott mcgrew and you, sam, does the red chair hold its value the same way a refrigerator does? >> a refrigerator is a much better investment i would think. i think that chair is ugly. >> but you see the point. it's the idea of buying something that will hold value as opposed to just holding cash, which is why people are dumping rubles as fast as they can. russia is desperate. they've raised the interest rate to get the rubles back into the bank. it's not working. >> totally makes sense. just choose your investments wisely. 620 right now.

caught in the act, security cameras catching suspects steeling a package right off of somebody's doorstep.

little audrie is in the custody of child services. someone dropped her off in the valley area of the grove but no one picked her up. yesterday her father showed up at the los angeles police department. he told officers he was supposed to get his daughter from another family member at the mall but thought they didn't show up.

toys collected were given to neighborhood kids yesterday to help them get through this tough time. >> i go home to a warm bed and

they go home to a wet trailer home. it's really difficult. that's the thing that hurts inside. >> the company provided free meals to mobile home park residents today after flooding four families from their home. >> a san jose charity will begin giving out christmas gifts today but they're still more than 4,000 toys short. >> they need your help to donate. you can drop off gifts all day today. it's not too late.

>> cars are actually lining up. seeing flow of holiday traffic out there. your news and your weather are coming up right after this break.

two new york city police officers shot dead as they sat in their patrol car. how the nation is reacting. >> and patchy fog on this monday morning commute. meanwhile we'll see sunshine this afternoon, just in time for christmas eve. we've got showers returning for the forecast. we'll break down your full forecast coming up next. >> you can't drive through this, that's the hill down on 101. a large light pole on the way. the big slow down on this morning's southbound commute for

the north bay. >> the stock market had its second best week of the year last week. >> a good monday morning. thank you for joining us. >> candles and flags mark the

spot where two new york city police officers were ambushed. the brazen killings an apparent show of rage in response to the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. the nypd had a warning that this suspect was dangerous? >> reporter: well, they did. in fact, this is the warning. it came from the baltimore police department where they thought he had just shot his ex-girl friend, but unfortunately this showed up too late. in a city already on edge over the death of eric garner -- >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence. >> reporter: now more protests. another vij it for nypd officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu, shot to death in broad daylight.

there's plenty of finger pointing. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. >> blood is not on the hands of the mayor. blood is on the hands of the sick person who took the life of two police officers. >> reporter: with temperatures rising, there are calls for peace. >> let's brings 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. >> we've learned that the suspect who killed himself, 28-year-old ismaaaiyl brinsley was accused just this weekend of shooting his girl friend. >> the ex-girl friend is in

critical condition and police in the baltimore area won't be releasing more information about that. >> thank you for that new information this morning. the ambush has police departments on high alert across the country, including right here in the bay area. in san jose the police department plans to send officers to new york immediately in a show of solidarity. she'll have a live report at 6:50 this morning. >> it was a rainy week last week.

in oakland, we have some of our thickest fog. down to less than a tenth of a mile. this is our roof cam on top of the roof on the oracle. you can't even make out the roadway underneath. >> we do have rain in the forecast. it's not going to be a huge storm system but it will be enough to get the grounds wet and could be enough to even cause some airport delays. we're going to talk more about that in my full report. let's toss things over to mike now for a look at those roads. >> we're looking at part of a road actually, southbound to 101 up in the north bay just before you get to waldo tunnel. our live look here from josh

shows you they've actually cleared much of the debris from at least that second lane from the right. >> very slow southbound. this is just north of where the hillslide slip happened. they have touk sure this isn't going to keep coming down. they're going to wait till daylight areas to assess that situation.

the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, i'll show you that in a second. i'll show you the lighter volume of traffic the orange shows you fog through oakland. here is the fog at the bay bridge and the metering lights. off of 580 at 24. and the san mateo bridge also seeing a lot of fog. we had fog for about 20 minutes across 92. watch the coast, though, that will be an issue, as is the nature of clouds and fog. they'll float around and affect your drive for the course of the morning. i'm not a meteorologist but i know that cloud float around. >> end with that shot? >> we'll end with that shot right here. >> it's 6:36 right now. the biggest three-day jump in the market since 2011 last night. they've been open for a few minutes. >> let's get a check of the number with scott mcgrew. >> we're talking about the dow industrials. they're to the positive as we take a live look at the big board this morning up 69 points with the second best week of the

year. juneau therapeutic ipo'd on friday. about 40% in their first days, gaining another 7% today. a half day of trading on christmas eve. >> scott, thank you very much. still ahead, the shock that football fans were not expecting as lightning strikes an nfl stadium parking lot.

>> the buccaneers had just lost to the green bay packers when a lightning bolt hit a car's rooftop. witnesses say it was so powerful, it knocked several people to the ground. >> this morning we're expecting to get an update on the window washer who fell 11 stories last month. the family of pedro perez is holding two press conferences to talk about his recovery and to ask for help in donations to help pay for his recuperation. we're told his wife and daughter will address the media today about his condition. >> bizarre crime now. police in castro valley are looking for a giant menorah that was stolen from a jewish organization over the weekend. the rabbi says their 9-foot

menorah was taken from the synagogue saturday night. they filed a report with police and hoped that anybody with information about the theft will contact the department. >> seems like a tough thing to hide. 6:42. a deadly ambush has law enforcement nationwide on high alert. how local police are reacting to the killings of two new york officers. >> plus, a police chase ends with as you expect being tased and taken away in an ambulance. >> and ready for liftoff. our own bob redell working hard at the north pole with santa and his elves to bring holiday joy to millions world wide. >> it is no doubt crunch time as we await the christmas holiday coming up in just a couple of days. the golden gate bridge we assure you is back there somewhere. 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather comes up right after this break.

there's a shot of christmas in the park. i don't know if it competes with where bob redell is, he's at the north pole or technically north pole, alaska. >> santa and his reindeer are braving the north pole's cold conditions for the epic sleigh ride now less than 48 hours

away. >> "today in the bay"'s bob redell has been with us all morning telling us what's to come for the anticipated trip around the globe. >> reporter: unfortunately referred to in the business as a lost cause, that's me when it comes to getting on the nice list. what we've seen in the last half hour are santa's reindeer. they just woke up. and they're getting ready to do their daily calesthetics.

now, certainly santa has had to deal with this year, hackers. just to reassure us his secrets are safe how he delivers the toys and what not and that no one is going to be -- wait a minute. i've never seen this happen before. apparently someone is trying to hack in right now. they're launching the counterattack. it should work. no, it didn't. okay, hit control-alt-delete. >> oh come on! >> hit the escape key. again! again! >> whew! >> that was a really close call, sam and vicky. one thing we're noticing is how extra special it feels. the other night for the first time i've been coming here in 11 years, we saw the northern lights of the sky, the green araura. the conditions were right and the temperatures were right. normally it's minus 50, minus 30. only mines 15. i say only minus 15 because

around here this is warm and that's why i'm only wearing gloves, a hat, a jacket and nothing else. >> again with that picture. >> he's using his own material. that's great, bob. >> we will not ask your photographer to pan down. >> that visual is my christmas present to you. >> right, right. >> we certainly appreciate that. we know he's not on the nice list, we've established that. thank you very much, bob, for that report. >> bob, merry christmas. always so much fun to have him out there. let's give you a live look outside now at san francisco, looking postcard perfect. we're going to bring in anthony slaughter for a look at the forecast. good morning, anthony. >> we're looking at the fog this morning, very typical for the bay area. we're looking at sunshine. we haven't seen that in a really long time. if you've got the week off, it's looking really good across the bay area but we do have those

king tides to worry about. if you're visiting town, quite a phenomenon to see. we'll be looking at the potential for flooding. that's the unfortunate thing. if you are a resident of the bay area and you've been here for some time, this is no big surprise to you. we get this every time the seasons chang and especially when you get the moon and the sun out of that gravitational pull, that's what we'll be looking at today. high tide comes around 10:00 this morning, tomorrow right around 11:00 but, again, if you're visiting town, it's quite a phenomenon. you can head down to the embarcadero and see the waves splashing up, it's quite a sight. in oakland, you're looking at very dense fog. this has been one of our foggiest commutes all morning long. mike will be back to talk about this. that fog is causing up to an

hour delay at sfo this morning. the rest of the country, no problem, just here. it's only because of that fog and the low clouds out there. look at these numbers, we're going to be looking very comfortable and uniform, back into the mid 60 for the north bay and san francisco. we'll see sunshine. it's just going to take a little while to get here. the patchy morning fog will be here at least until around 11:00. after that i think everyone will see the sun. here's the deal. we do have rain in the forecast. showers are expected to arrive just in time for new year's eve. high pressure is in control right now but over the course of the next two days, that high pressure will sag to the south, storm track will come from are the north and wednesday night we'll see our first shower come from the bay area. it will be enough to cause problems if you're traveling locally, even if you're trying to get up to the see air rarks expect heavy snow wednesday night into thursday. the system will not produce

heavy rain for us in the bay area, just light shower activity. while we are expecting that rainfall thursday morning, we will see sunshine thursday afternoon as the clouds pour out of here. we're talking about 50s for daytime highs on thursday. to give us an idea how unimpressive the system is, we're only talking about trace amounts. that's good news, not a huge storm system. we doesn't need any more rain right now. we need time to dry out. keep in mind wednesday night and thursday morning. let's talk to mike now. he's tracking serious stuff now. >> clearing a lot of the rocks and debris. the hillside getting us a great shot. you'll see they've made really great progress. the hillside slipped down across the roadway blocking two lanes. now they may reopen one of the lanes but they're going to at

least keep one of those lanes closed until daylight when they can reassess the entire area and make sure the hillside is safe and done sliding at least for the time being. we're watching for that and progress. this jam is blocking half your freeways. once you're south of there, get to the golden gate bridge. fog is an issue here, low visibility. shows you what the north bay shows you on our map. basically down toward spencer avenue, a big, tough drive. it's clear you want to take that ferry into san francisco, it's a great opportunity for to you do so. that's a slow drive for 101. there's not really a great alternate around that unless you go back across the bay bridge and back across the bay. the metering lights are on, as well as through oakland hills. we have a big, deadly crash here, highway 4, it's an issue for local traffic control.

as well ass tri-valley and rest of the bay area. look at this beautiful view of the rest of your bay. the north bay slowing, lanes aren't expected to open until about 10:00 a.m. as you're approaching the waldo tunnel. back to you. >> okay, we are going to check in right now with stephanie chuang who is live at the san jose police department as police departments across the country right now are reacting to what happened in new york. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: absolutely, good morning to you, sam and vicky. i've spoken with a couple of the officers walking into the san jose police department this morning who say they have very heavy hearts. you can see here in front of the department the flags are flying at half staff here. and police officers across the country are being told to stay

extra alert. big city police departments and unions are telling officers to wear bullet-proof vests and avoid posting inflammatory remarks on social media. though there is no evidence so far that there are any imminent threats to law enforcement officers. we spoke with the santa clara university counseling psychology professor who says rising anger among police officers is understandable, especially with the concern of, quote, lone wolves like this floating around. >> i'm sure the emotions are high. it does seem kind of escalatory. you have the police force under siege in a way, at least emotionally. >> the san jose police officers union says its response is to show solidarity by sending several officers to new york city. they are working now on that

move. officers told me this morning they'll be wearing a stripe across their badges like this, again in a show of unity with their fellow police officers across across the country and in new york. usually this is something local they do on their own but the they did authorize this for the officers for new york city. >> the governor recently signed into law a bill requiring day care inspections get posted online so parent can compare different facilities. this comes about a year after our investigative unit teamed with the center for investigative reporting and exposed that little information is available for parents who want to know about a day care's inspection history, past violation or safety issues. so we did it ourselves, posting all inspection reports on nbc's web site for napa county and santa clara county.

after our reporting state lawmakers took action revamping the state site to include this information for every county. >> now you can get this information online. we've seen the improvements in the last year. >> it's significant how much has changed in a short amount of time. >> this evening at 11:00, we'll take you inside the system to show you how children, now better protected but also how child advocates say that even more needs to be done. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, police give us a call or send us an e-mail. >> wall street had a shortened work week this week. >> and scott mcgrew knows all about this. but we're seeing a resurge gent market in the last couple of days. will we carry this to this week? >> it looks pretty good. we're looking at about an

80-point rise. taser gaining on a new body camera order. sony says it may very well release the interview. sony had pulled the movie after threats that theaters would be targeted. north korea is denying they were behind the attack. this is not really an open-and-shut case that north korea did it. the fbi report even hedges at best when it accusing north korea. it says the language was set to north korean when using the language. north korea says it wants to form a joint task force with washington to find the real hackers. at the same time it's threatening to blow up the white house. they're a bit mixed in their message. >> some might say that's a contradiction of sorts. >> a bit. >> one final check of the day's top stories. people living in san francisco's castro neighborhood are on edge this morning after another

overnight car fire. this is cell phone video of the latest fire reported after 3:00 in the morning on sunday. on wednesday you'll recall four cars were found burning near delores park. those are being investigated as arson. >> a road rage suspect is taken to the hospital after police used a taser after him. they chased the suspect and said once he gout of the car he wouldn't comply with their orders so they tased him. >> and the largest tides of the year are bringing the threat of coastal flooding. they're called king tides. they bring higher sea levels due to gravitational pull. the king tides will stick around until tomorrow and they'll be back again in a month. >> let's bring in anthony slaughter for a final check of the weather. good morning. >> the sun is starting to come um over san bruno mountain. in san francisco it's very patchy fog, very isolated.

later on you will all see the sunshine. and temperatures will be very comfortable, back in the mid 60s. >> we look comfort. the question is anybody even out? >> yes. we have a lighter volume, but here the hillside came down, so two lanes blocked southbound 101 in spencer, right near the waldo tunnel. and we look to the bay bridge where we have the backup. the nothifog is affecting your of the roadway. you can still see enough for a safe stop ahead of you. and fremont south 880, one crash reported and it just moved off to the shoulder around mission boulevard but it's enough of a distraction to slow you down

here. >> all right. that is what's happening today in the bay. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> from all of us here, we wish you a happy holiday week. we'll see you again very soon. good morning. tension in the ranks. the ambush murders of two new york city police officers intensifying a rift between player bill de blasio and members of the force. some officers physically turning their backs on the mayor as he prepared to speak about the killings. this morning the city's police commissioner bill bratton speaks out in an exclusive live interview. powerful storms taking shape across the country, drinching rains set to make highways a mess from florida all the way to maine. while airports brace for what's called the high impact event. dylan's tracking it all.