we continue to following breaking news. police continue to try to convince the men to let their hostage go. >> and we'll talk about what you're going to do without that bridge. and of course we've got your morning commute, how things are developing as we speak. >> i'm anthony slaughter. better air quality for the weekend and more cloud cover. >> a nice chance to get out and exercise if that's in your plan. it's friday, january 9th. this is "today in the bay."

and thank you so much for joining us on this friday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. >> we begin with an update to breaking news. >> the two men in paris are reportedly holding a hostage near the charles degault airport in paris. >> the two brothers have a h hostage and they told police they are willing to die as martyrs. they are in the down of dammartin-en-goele. the suspects were spotted by police about 9:30 in the morning driving around that industrial area. an encounter erupted into gun

fire. one officer was wounded but not seriously. the mayor of a nearby town said it's a printing company, family business, husband, child and employees. somebody accidentally happened into that building while it was all happening and was told to leave and reported to p sseeing owner and other people there. the entire town is on lockdown. there are several airports shut down. the schools are also on lockdown and several students at a nearby high school have been in contact with nbc news. they say they've used their cell phone to call their parents and they're watching the same scene we are as it unfolts live on television. paris police confirm another shooting, this one in a paris suburb east of the city at what appears to be a kosher deli.

we're working to confirm whether there is a hostage standoff there as well. this is all happening very fast and again there are hostages at stake. >> it must be so immensely terrifying for the people living in those areas. we pray for all of them. thank you very much, kris. >> we certainly do. this morning at 5:03 we have a heads up commuters traffic for the golden gate bridge. it will be shut down at least through the weekend. stephanie, the closure is part of the effort to make the golden gate safer for drivers. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, laura. this new $30 million divider project is supposed to make it safer by helping to prevent head-on collisions, though

they're pretty rare he on the golden gate bridge. the last deadly head-on was in 2001. this is the truck that will be used to move the median, the new median that will be put into place on the bridge. they just moved it here. to the right you can see some of the concrete barriers that will you will see driving on the bridge. taking the place of what you see now, yellow plastic tubular pileopil pilons. the transfer you just saw will be able to move the barrier several times a day to create more lanes in one direction to accommodate traffic flow. the impact should be minimal. >> i'm not going to go near the bridge. i'm going to stay up here and stay on this side. >> i think the folks in east bay

has had it happen to them. whatever happens comes around to us, too. it's not such a big deal. >> reporter: check out the trucks that will move the barriers. they're double ended so they won't have to turn around. they can simply switch direction. drivers in the middle lanes will have to pay extra attention because those lanes are about 6 inches more narrow. clarification, you're looking at the old system. the new ones you saw in the video are the yellow trucks that are custom-made locally. this idea started in the late 90s, finally coming to fruition. this closure scheduled through midnight. coming up in about half an hour, there's one more concern about safety. >> all righting live on the

golden gate bridge. >> even though this is going to be fixed by the commute for this monday, no question there will be impact on how people get around the bay area. >> even people traveling the bay area and you. >> here's the bridge itself. golden gate transit buses will travel here. as we look at the bay bridge as well, which is very light now for your morning commute, this may get more traveled and more crowded here, as well as the east shore freeway over the weekend. let's show you the maps and why. the alternate, instead of the golden gate bridge, we're going to look at the traffic flow here, which is cut off. anyone going to marin county, san jose, they're going to north

of there. -- that's going to add about ten miles. it's a decent work around and a pretty smooth one. you might want to use the ferry because they'll take you more directly to your destination. it's a much quicker ride and a beautiful one at that and of course we'll be here monday morning to show you how things develop. here's the south bay. a wide look at the bay shows you no issues across the san mateo or the dumbarton bridge. you're looking at the tri-valley with a tiny build toward livermore. contrary to yesterday, we have all lanes open at the dublin

trade. that beer truck was there yesterday morning and no beer trucks today. >> another way to get across the golden gate bridge, a water taxi. water taxis can take passengers to three stops along the waterfront. a local startup called tide line ss has boats you can track on a mobile app. >> we operate on a 24-hour schedule. >> those boats are actually capable of hold willing up to 40 passengers. and this weekend, 25 pass. >> stay with us on air and online. and details on the new lane configurations. that's all on --

>> this morning we are finding fog across some of those coastal waters. if you're going to be taking the ferry in either direction, keep in mind we do have that onshore wind that is returning now. the system to our south will bring some rain to southern california. if you are traveling that directio direction. >> that temperatures because of the added cloud cover will be a little cooler than they have been. 64 in san francisco later on this afternoon. it will be cool today and even cooler as we head towards the weekend. if you are in town visiting, this is our typical weather pattern we usually see with that

morning fog, cool afternoons. even in the south bay we're only talking temperatures in the low to mid 60s, san francisco only the upper 50s this weekend. so quite a change from the 70s and 80s we had just a few days ago. back to you. >> thanks so much. president obama will be in tennessee to announce his plan to make community college free for students. bob redell is live in cupertino this morning. this could be good news for a lot of kid, students. >> absolutely. good morning to you, laura. it is where the -- >> reporter: laura, it could

help a student save $3,800, the government covering three quarters of that cost, the state covering the remainder, they would have to maintain a 2.5 gpa and continuing to work on their program. >> i'd like to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who is willing to work for it. it something we can accomplish and will train reporting live from cupertino, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> it will be interesting to see where it goes. >> education is so important. >> coming up -- >> the american economy expanding as well. we'll preview the big jobs number due out today.

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mall and moving. the silicon valley business journal is reporting the new section of the mall could be built on the spot highlighted on your screen right there. it's where an older parking garage currently exists. west field is expected to build a new parking facility on its site. >> did you say bloomingdale's? scott mcgrew, it's been month after month of good news. >> ten straight months of jobs numbers, over 200,000, laura. 200,000 or more added to the economy each month. last month it was 321,000 jobs, a number that caught us absolutely flat footed. the american economy is back and incredibly strong. the latest number comes at 5:30 our time. we'll bring it to you once it comes.

and 1 million americans are at work in some fashion because of apple, from engineers, to stores, to app developers, the case designers, the guys in strip malls that replace your broken screens, whatever. a million americans. the total cost of the new apple campus may be $5 billion. let's go to landon dowdy live. >> good morning. futures are pointing to a lower open following thursday's big rally. a fed official says the central bank shouldn't raise interest rates until next year. the december jb.

scott, back over to you. have a great weekend. >> you were talking about wages. this coming sunday morning, we're going to take a look at technology and minimum wage. this idea came up from this bill board in san francisco, funded by big protest. meet your next employees, it saetd sid. mcdonald's has been changing to do-it-yourself where they are

replacing the entire. >> but will they pass off the savings? >> they certainly won't raise the rates due to higher health care. >> will the hamburgers be made with that extra touch of love if it's a robot. >> he may not know i want my sauce on the side. >> do they wash their hands? >> they don't have them. >> hey now, look at that. >> so many questions. >> the plot thickens, right in this morning our plot in the weather department has thickened quite a bit because we're talking about fog and cloud and cooler weather, quite a difference from what we saw just a few days ago when we were talking about 70s and 80s. the fog has made its way all the way into the inner bay.

definitely there will be some, especially at the coastline and traveling through san francisco, and over toward the bay bridge. otherwise we have cooler weather, it it's not a strong system, will not bring rain to us but it will improve our air quality with the onshore wind. we're going to wake up with fog this morning. the other thing keeping our temperature so mild is marine influence only down to 48 degrees right now. 52 in san francisco, san jose and san carlo right now. it's overly mild outside so it won't be that cold this morning, no 30s and 40s out there but later on this afternoon with the added cloud cover, temperatures top out at 67 for the south bay, 65 for the peninsula. san francisco 63 and the north bay clocking in very close to

70, right at 68 degrees. while we have the clouds today, the cooler air and onshore wind, that's going to mean for better air quality. it not going to happen today. we do still have another spare the air day. as we head toward kkd look at these numbers as we head toward the weekend. temperatures in the low 60s for the south bay. upper 60s for san francisco. yes, you'll need that jacket. it wouldn't be polar air. as we head toward next week, our next stom system will start to arrive as we head toward as we head into late friday or into

saturday. still we'll take it over here, anthony. we don't need a lot of fine tuning but we have folks tuning their radio at least. this is dublin. look at your tri-valley. you saw the volume of traffic there behaving itself very nicely through this whole stretch. and just a little build out of the at month pass, all the way over on your orange. >> a smooth drive on your nor p prp. about the connector, your connector is open. traffic is moving smoothly because it so light there.

in oakland, with the golden kach of course the golden gate bridge where you can't drive. back to you guys. >> no option there. thank you very much, mike. a private funeral will be held today for prpt marty and kim gutzler died. >> a connecticut teen will be forced to undergo chemotherapy treatment for the next six months, whether she wants to or not. the supreme court said 17-year-old cassandra is not ready to make that critical health decision on her own. doctors say chemo to treat

hodgkins will becoming ale will. >> 5:23 right now. pulled from the massive wildfires in australia, we're going to show you some of the littlest survivors. >> awe.

>> they wanted nothing to do with that ball but luckily their paws were moisture free. >> oh, that's heaven for those

dogs. >> monthly unemployment numbers, we'll look at those and a what it means. >> and police have cornered the men now but they appear to have a hostage. that's coming up next.

breaking news. french police reportedly involved in a shoot-out with two terrorist suspects on the run. now it's become a possible hostage situation. >> and a local university taking a sensitive topic head on. the new video it's planning to show to incoming fresh men and why it hopes other universities will follow suit. >> after days of clear skies, morning fog returns. in fact, we'll see more cloud cover as we head to this upcoming weekend. that means better air quality. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. we'll break down your full forecast in just a moment. >> and unfortunately for the second morning in a row, we have an issue for folks heading toward the dublin interchange,

kicking in on west 580. i'll talk about what's blocked coming up. >> look at the bay bridge illuminat illuminated. it's january 9th. this is "today in the bay." >> and a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we take to you breaking news we've been following all morning long. the two men accused of killing 12 people in paris are reportedly hold up and having a hostage in a nearby town. let's bring in kris sanchez. >> we know that paris police confirmed that a shooting is east of paris at what appears to be a kosher deli. this is a live look at the scene there. we understand there may be a hostage as well. nbc news crews are trying to

confirm any connection to the "charlie hebdo" massacre and the shootings that happened after. we have backup video of the manhunt that is now a hostage situation near the town of dammartin-en-goele near the charles de gaulle airport. the suspected are hold up at a family-owned printing press. there was a shoot-out at that point, 9:30 in the morning or so, between the suspects and police. one officer was wounded, though not seriously. right now the entire town is shut down as are several runways at charles de gaulle airport. several students are barricade

within their classrooms right now. they say they have used their cell phones to call their parents and they are watching the same live scene that we are unfold on television. >> thank you very much, kris. we'll have continuing coverage of this breaking news story all morning long. chris has been checking what's going on around the world. she have another update at the top of the hour. >> we also have breaking news on the economy this morning. we'll get a look at how we end the year for 2014. scott has the numbers. >> 252,000 jobs added in the month of december. the unemployment rate falls again to 5.67%. this makes 11 months in a row that we've hit 200,000 or higher. remember november's 321,000 added, that was an absolute

gonzo number. november has revised upwards to 353,000 jobs. >> how much of this do you think is reflective of the holidays and hiring -- >> there is some of that. some of that is adjusted as well. but these are new full-time jobs that are added to the american economy. so, yes, there is some holiday buying in there as well. summer we see a bit of a dip. 353,000 -- we'll be talking about december jobs numbers. >> let's talk about november. >> 353,000 jobs. >> we'll see if the trend continues as well. >> the unemployment number ticking down to. >> making the golden gate bridge safer for drivers requires shutting it down both directions for the weekend.

this project has been a decade in the making and finally it's here but it's going to cause headaches in the meantime. >> in the talks since late 90s. it's going to be awfully quiet for this scheduled 52-hour closure, the longest in the bridge's history. the closure goes into effect midnight to clear the way so crews can install a $30 million divider system. the plastic yellow pilons have been the only thing to separate the two directions are traffic. a truck will move the barriers, kind of like a zipper. in a machine is custom-made in solano county and it's double ended so it won't have to turn around, it could move in both directions. it's ultimately to make the bridge safer.

>> they've been found in preventing head-on collisions. >> so that's the goal, though head on collisions are fairly rare here. drivers in the middle lanes will have to pay extra attention because those lanes are going to be 6 inches narrower and there's concern there may be increase in side swipe accidents. there's a rebound effect that will push you into the adjacent lane. the manager of the bridge says it's still much safer with this new system because it will help the head-on collisions, which are much more dangerous. >> coming up, there are other changes you'll have to look out for and we'll go over those in our 6:00 hour. we're live at the golden gate bridge, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thanks, steph. >> a new film tonight at santa clara university, it will be required viewing for all freshmen going forward.

>> on the third or fourth time i just gave up and i went numb. >> it's called "can't thread a moving needle," the one-hour docudrama examines campus date rape. through the film, santa clara university hopes to get in front of the issue. >> the perpetrator story in the film is someone who didn't intend to be a rapist. but he had sex with a woman who was unable to give consent and then he became a rapist. >> the cdc recently revealed nearly one in five women are victims of sexual assault. the film will soon be available to other colleges nationwide for free. >> seismic news yesterday when we learned barbara boxer would not seek reelection. now the race to filler senate seat is under way.

it very rare a senate seat opens up in california. lut tent general gavin newsome and pamela harris are possible replacements. one might seek the senate seat and the other the governor's office. boxer was elected to the house of representatives in 1983 and then won her senate seat in 1992, the same year as miss finestein as well. she's championed a variety of issues including civil. >> she has been part of the bay area for a long time.

>> a fixture, if will you. >> anthony, you're saying we have to prepare ourselves for cooler temps heading into the weekend. good morning. >> good morning. we're seeing a variety of weather here over the past two weeks. we went from bitterly cold to extremely warm this past week and now we're going back in the other direction. it's all because of this system that is going to kick in that marine influence and it's going to bring in more cloud cover. we have winds streaming in from the south around this area of low pressure. we're going -- more better, you know how that goes. again, the air quality will improve and we're talking about another shot of rain. if you're looking for things to do as well this upcoming

weekend, we've got you covered. we'll talk about some of those activities happening across the bay and the rain system headed our way throughout the week. >> anthony, we're going to support your grammar here. so things are not as bad and worsely as yesterday. this is approaching the dublin interchange. i don't mean to make light of this. it is slower. up see the flashing lights there. you're approaching dardy and the interchange. y you. >> only cruiser on scene. until they clear that lane, you will have that continuing to build. that's it for the tri-valley. as we widen out this look toward the rest of the bay, right bound this is a pretty good backup for a friday.

maybe some folks trying to get in and out of the city early so they can get out of work early. >> this is the weekend. this is down to a system. >> it is 5:39 right now. the budget that leaves out higher education. >> and the president unveils a new plan for free community college if students are ready to work for it. >> we are back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after the break.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> french police are outside a deli in i believe northeast france. a person was shot and police think this shooting is linked to a shooting yesterday in which a policewoman was killed.

and we're taking this live feed right now, interpreting what they are saying. kris sanchez is monitoring both stories and she'll join us with a live report. >> two active hostage situations in paris. >> officials for the search for the missing airasia flight said they have detected pings from the black boxes. bad weather has delayed the search. officials say they've been detecting pings on and off for days but they're not sure if the pings have been coming from the black boxes. >> if you've purchased a dee dee brand candle sold exclusively at the hobby lobby store or on, you should return it. the high flames can ignite the

wax surface causing a big fire hazard. there have been more than 30 reports of candle surfaces igniting, one injury and ten reports of property damage. customers will get a full refund when they return it. >> folks worried about the cost of college education, it's been a major point of dialogue in this country for years now the president is going to be in tennessee to unveil his plan to make community college free for everybody willing to work for it. this is not without some qualifications, right, bob? >> reporter: that's true. good morning to you, sam. the president saying that you are going to have to work for it. we're here at one of many community colleges throughout the state and country where this

is what he is proposing. it would help coverage an average $3,800 in twice for full-time students. the government would cover three quarters of the cost, the state the remainder, students would have to be enrolled full time and maintain a 2.5 gpa and be actively working toward graduate ing. >> it's probably one of the best deals i've ever heard. i envy it. >> reporter: this is still just a proposal being put out by president obama. it is expected to cost billions of dollars. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> at 5:45, governor jerry brown is expected to unveil his latest state spending plan. the budget includes $1.2 billion

each for the rainy day fund and debt payment. it's the second year in a row the state budget will run a surpl surplus. the governor's plan does not include additional funding for the university of california. that like live means tuition rates are going up for students. >> it is, it is. we have that rainy day fund which we use for problems with our budget, in case. you never know. we could use an actual rainy day fund. >> this time next week we're going to be tracking some rain. in san francisco bay, you can see we don't have any fog right now. the cool ocean air has transported fog inland and because of that, look at these numbers.

it's not as cold this morning. we were talking about 30s and temperatures near freezing for our morning temperatures over the past couple of weeks but right now 40 degrees in livermore, 52 in san francisco, 50 in san jose. it's because of the marine influence that has taken over that we're not as cold this morning. keeping us quite mild this morning. later on this afternoon because of the clouds, that's going to shroud out some of the sunshine this afternoon. peninsula, you'll be at 65, san francisco 63 for today and the north bay, 68 for your daytime high. we do have another spare the air alert for today. the worst quality will be over the north bay and south bay. everybody expected to see moderate improvement for today. if you're looking for things to do across san francisco, tomorrow the guided sculpture

walk at the presidio. temperatures will be very comfortable, back to near 60 degrees and the low 60s. over in oakland, you can check out the jack london square, jack of all trades market. this goes on every second saturday and this weekend in oakland temperatures are expected to be very comfortable, back into the low 60s. while we will have a dry weekend, our next system is set to arrive we have plenty of time to track this as it gets closer. we have rain on the radar. we can finally see our next store system after we've had a chance to experience some wild extremes from very cold to very warm. mike, how's the commute this morning? >> the hope the rain is enough for a free car wash. here a free slowdown

complementary of the commute. this is san jose 101 at 680. this is not unusual for a friday. we see this first burst kicking in a little lighter than the rest of the week. over here north 680, a fender bender on the shoulder out of lanes, no real slowing there. that's your south bay commute and silicon valley. a bigger issue for the tri-valley continues here with just your slow lane blocked. three lanes get by at doherty but you are jamming up traffic out of livermore over to the dublin interchange where things clear up and no problems after that through the rest of the tri-valley. castor valley y is moving smoothly and we have no delays here north of the 2. as we look at the baich, and the

folks will use the richmond bridge as their alternate and palo alto, i just wanted to show you the peninsula, an easy drive for the bay shore right now. back to you. >> easy and on a friday. thank you very, mike. the new mountain view community shuttle officially launches today, though it's been running since monday. here's a map of the routes. the four electric shuttles are funded by google and will offer free rides throughout the city. >> next week. >> the woman accused of setting fire to the mrs. doubtfire" house will be in court today. she's accused of trying to set the pacific heights manning on fire. the house was made famous in 1993 in the robbins williams movie "mrs. doubtfire."

mourners left flowers, candles and notes on the steps of that house when williams died last summer. >> steven carlson was convicted of first degree murder in the 1984 killing of tina fhaels. carlson had long been a suspect but wasn't charged until 2011. he faces up to 26 years to live. >> students the teachers will haerm enwas killed in a bicycle accident. the 40-year-old father of two was a fixture at st. mary's since 2004 and was well loved by students. a memorial fund for his family has already some hiegers came

across a pig mi sperm whale in the point reyes national seashore. the whale was alive but because the site is difficult to access, they couldn'tmake it there before dark. it's not clear if the whale would survive or even. >> the december jobs number was over 200,000 for the 11th month in a row. also, i want to talk about the november jobs number. you remember how blockbuster it was. it got upgraded to 253,000 jobs in the month of november. so more than a half million jobs just in the last 60 days. it drives the unemployment rate down to 5.6%. >> the fbi has doublinged down

claims that north korea was behind the sony attack. it revealed some evidence that servers were involved. here's what they saw on the screens at sony during the attack. then the fbi's cyber crimes division one of the things they point out, hackers didn't mention that movie "the interview" until well into a week of that hack, not until after the media did is one bit of evidence. there's concern that the prosecutors, if they do find an american rofd 5:53 right now.

anthony is getting involved with us this morning. christina has the morning off. we thank you for getting up early. >> hey, my pleasure. happy to be here. and it's friday. so we made it to the weekend and that's always good to say. we're waking up to temperatures that are nice and comfortable. because of the onshore wind, of 7 pr pr -- really going to be the gamut for next week. in the meantime, mike, let's talk to you right now. >> second tough day for dublin. here's well 580 and over from

dardy. it's a similar backup. of course a little bit lighter than we had yesterday because traffic is lighter and it doesn't go past 680. so folks. >> that's it for the tri-valley. the south bay, we have a little build, no big concern. the connector is open and is sounds like so are the lanes, a smooth flow of traffic coming down on either side of the bay there. the feet the sheer rock face of el captain. >> if they do it, it will

actually be at night. the money have switched to night climbing because they consider the day too warm. at night the rock is colder, allowing for a better grip. it's more more adaptable. free climbing means they're only using their hands and feet to scale the rock and ropes are only there to catch them if they fall. one of the climbers is kevin jorgenson of santa rosa. this is the you can imagine that is going to be a problem. >> hollywood's award season kicking off this weekend with the gold i don't know globes. >> "the theory of everything" tells the story of peter hawkings, "imitation game" and "selma." >> so those are the flicks.

the lead actors in all of those films are prch 'tis the season. get ready for the awards. th it's at 10:00 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. >> two hostage situations ongoing right now in paris. we'll be right back with the latest.

chaos and terror spreading in france.

we just learned two separate hostage situations are linked. >> and the closing of the iconic golden gate bridge. what you need to know next. >> we'll tell you a little bit how to get around that issue, as well as for the second day in a row traveling through dublin we have trouble. >> and cooler days are ahead. we've got the morning fog to deal with today, added cloud cover will mean cooler days ahead and chance of rain as we head toward next week. we'll break it all down for you coming up in just moments. >> and if you're looking to cool ot rig out right now, you might want to hang out at the san bruno mountain top. actually, it is pretty cold there right now but it is beautiful. >> and a very good friday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. it has been a terrifying morning in