massive explosions caught on camera for a train carrying crude oil derails in west virginia. now people in the area have no water. rvelgt pl plus president obama blocked the white house responding to a federal judge this morning who blocked the president's executive order on immigration. and help headed to the bay area. who the president is sending to help solve the port dispute threatening our economy. and a live look outside right now. the golden gate bridge on your tuesday, february the 17th. you're watching "today in the bay." and a very good morning to you. it's 4:30, i'm laura

garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. lot to get to this morning. we will begin with a look at your forecast and meteorologist christina loren. good morning, christina. >> good morning to you, sam and laura. happy tuesday, everybody. back to work, back to business for many of us. low clouds and cooling for today, a little drizzle. king tides rush to the coast and we could be talking about some serious flooding for parts of the bay area. we'll talk about that coming up plus winter warmth is back midweek. overall temperatures are pretty mild. let's find out if that drizzle is impacting your drive. here's our own mike inouye. >> it may be impacting your drive but not enough where chp issued any washing. we'll keep tracking that via christina loren. palo alto light. overall the bay showing an easy drive right now. i want to zoom in north of palo alto. redwood city around whipple we had an earlier crash. 10, 15 minutes ago they were running traffic breaks to clear a car from the center divide. all the activity and slowing i

was tracking has cleared from our sensors. the north bay no delays and no issues. we will be tracking that drizzle christina is talking about. it will affect your traction. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 4:31, developing in afghanistan a coordinated terrorist attack killed at least 18 officers and two civilians near kabul this morning. bombers targeted the gate of the police headquarters and the dining hall. the attackers were reportedly all dressed as police officers. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. this morning the white house is promising to appeal a federal judge's ruling blocking president obama's executive order on immigration. >> it could impact millions of im immigrants. >> stephanie chuang, what does this ruling do? >> good morning, sam and laura. this ruling blocks the move that would have gone into effect as early as tomorrow that would offer protection from deportation as well as work permits to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants.

this follows a lawsuit filed by coalition of 26 states, mostly in the south and midwest, which argues that president obama has overstepped his constitutional powers. the district judge writing that without this preliminary injunction the states would suffer irreparable harm in this case. local immigration groups says this is a temporary setback. >> our message to the community is to stay positive. this is just a bump in the road. we are confident that these programs are constitutional. we are confident that these programs are within the executive authority of president obama. >> there were two major components of the president's orders. the first one to allow more undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children to apply to stay in the country and work legally. that was set to take effect tomorrow. the other would help to show parents of u.s. citizens and permanent residents who have been in the u.s. for years provide that protection also from deportation and that was set to take effect in mid may. the judge basically saying this would be irreversible so it's

buying time for the 26 states. >> sure, so it gets appealed now to the u.s. circuit court of appeals. >> that is the next step, that's right. >> thank you very much. happening right now, thousands of people in west virginia are without running water. this after a train carrying crude oil derailed into a river. massive explosions were caught on camera. some of them sent flames as high as 300 feet into the air. >> mushroom cloud about as high as those, where it is now, like that. >> the aftermath of that explosion, 1,000 people have been evacuated from the area and a state of emergency has been declared. oil seeping into the river has forced two water treatment plants to shut down. >> it was for this very reason just last month, san jose city council opposed a plan that would have moved crude oil from north dakota or canada through the bay area. the train would have trucked

nearly 3 million gallons of oil every day. data from the federal government shows there's been more than a dozen derailments like this one since 2009 and that does not include several in canada as well. the department of transportation made changes last year reducing speed limits in urban areas and demanding stronger standards for rail cars so they could crash without rupturing. it could be years before the stronger standards are implemented. safety leaders also want better brakes on every car. right now they use air brakes that have to be asupplied sequential. the 100-car oil train that derailed in west virginia takes more than a win for all the brakes to be applied. a shooting happened just north of highway 4 in bay point just before 8:00 last night. two women were taken to the hospital. we're told they should survive. san jose police says its investigation into the deadly shooting of a well-known security guard has not slowed but the suspect is still out

there. last night dozens of people held a candlelight vigil for manny zenega. he was working at the b boss club when he tried to help a thief. the gunshots started. >> the first bullet went past my head, and then after that, i noticed manny jumped into the line of fire. he then took all the bullets that were aimed directly at me and saved my life. >> zuniga leaves behind a young son and a daughter. >> a convicted sex offender just released on parole will be back in court today facing new charges. carlisle villazon is accused of molesting a girl inside a 99 cent store earlier this morning. he was convicted of molesting a girl at a walmart in san leandro. he served time in prison and recently released on parole when

this recent attack happened. now to an nbc bay area follow-up. the small town of kensington is cutting ties with its police chief over into an investigation over one of its officers. kensington's governing board voted to end contract negotiations with chief greg harmon. kensington is just north of berkeley. harmon came under fire after a local sergeant's gun and badge were stolen by a prostitute in reno. harmon allowed the sergeant to remain on active duty during the investigation instead of placingiplacing him on investigative leave. his last day on the job will be may the 31st. class will go on as scheduled today for students at oakland middle school that was damaged by a fire. we showed it to you yesterday early morning. it caused about $1 million in damage to claremont middle school. the flames were mostly contained to the cafeteria. luckily no one was hurt. students have the day off.

investigators are trying to determine if the fire was intentionally set. >> nice they'll be able to get back to school. 4:37 right now. we are back to the basics on your tuesday, christina talking about a little bit of a dip maybe in the middle part of the week, christina, as she joins us with the microclimate forecast. >> today is going to be the coolest day of the week. that's exactly right. tomorrow we're going to warm you right back up. temps mostly in the 50s. right now we're going to hit the upper 60s for today and then back to the 70s by tomorrow. 69 degrees is the forecasted high in the south bay. now we're starting out really mild out there but there's definitely quite a wit of low cloud cover blanketing the bay area. you might have to use your windshield wipers from time to time as you make your way off to work this morning. 68 degrees later on today in the tri valley. san francisco is at 63 and 67 degrees in the north bay. fat tuesday, that's right. it has arrived and there's a big parade happening in san francisco. quite a few events happening in the city for today.

might interrupt your plans to get home nice and smoothly tonight so keep that in mind. 5:00 p.m., 64 degrees, even as the sun starts to drop off. it's still going to be cool out there but the parade, octavia and hayes street in san francisco for tonight. we'll tell you about those dipping tides, that could actually impact your way to work if you take a bike or you travel by foot in the city. more on that coming up in moments. right now, good morning to my partner in traffic, hi, mike. >> does this tuesday make me look fat? east bay, oakland traffic flows nicely past the coliseum. look at the glow of the lights, we have the glowing lights. christina talked about moisture in the air, low clouds. that may be a factor for you. so far no problems reported as we look at your map northbound 880, your commute direction. 580 westbound would be the same direction toward the bay bridge toll plaza. as we look toward the north bay and anywhere north of the bay bridge, richmond, san rafael bridge moved as well.

no delays north bay to the upper east shore. we're looking at novato on the left. 101 slows around highway 37 but a light volume of traffic to san rafael and the golden gate bridge so we should see that clear itself up but this may be low cloud cover that might be a little bit of a distraction as well. looking toward whipple we had no slowing for the last couple of minutes. little bit shows up over the last couple. the crash on the northbound side, the slowing on the southbound side there was a traffic break and we'll track any more details but chp has calmed things down nicely. south of there, san jose and the rest of silicon valley an easy flow of traffic. some south bay school districts are off@s>$%m week so we shoul see a lighter flow here as well as a few other spots around the bay. your typical easy 440 commute. back to the bay bridge for a live commute, low clouds across the top of your screen. you can't see anything besides the lights on the east shore freeway. no delays. back to you. >> it is 4:who. coming up, president obama steps in.

>> who he's sending to the bay area in the ends of ending the port slowdown. report from new york about what the slowdown is doing to our economy. plus -- >> it's the next big thing, no question about it. >> the doctor is in, thanks to your smartphone. how silicon valley is changing the medical world one app at a time.

welcome back. time is 4:44 right now on your tuesday morning. live look outside at san jose and those early morning commuters on your tuesday. >> speaking of san jose, sam, today san jose mayor sam laccardo will announce a major change coming to sjc. >> nonstop flights to china will take off from mineta san jose airport. hainan airlines hopes to offer airlines five days a week to beijing directly. it would start by mid-june. it would be the second carrier to offer nonstop flights to asia. the secretary of labor is on his way to san francisco hoping

to hammer out a deal to end the west coast port slowdown. >> the labor dispute is virtually shut down shipping from seattle to san diego. they have locked in contract negotiations for about nine months. >> we'll have many more details on that. first hundreds of bay area businesses are stuck in limbo right now, unable to deliver to their customers. they are not the only ones. >> meg terrell is live at cnbc world headquarters in new york with more. >> good morning, that's right. the west coast ports handle nearly half of all u.s. maritime trade and 70% of exports from aishia. several asian automakers are facing higher shipping rates and rerouting their products sending them by air freight which is more expensive. honda says it will slow production at know north american plants. subaru is shipping most parts now by plane and toyota will reduce overtime at some of its

u.s. plants. u.s. is a prime market for chile which ships grapes, apples and kiwis here during the fall and winter. back to you guys. >> a whole range of products affected thank you. ask tech ceos about the next big thing in silicon valley. they may tell you it's mobile health. more and more there's an app for that. you can already use your phone to help diagnose ear infections, even monitor a child's blood sugar. they just released the health patch md, applied to the skin. it monitors the heart and other health metrics. >> these technologies can bring the costs down. at the same time the patient is more comfortable. he doesn't have to go to doctor if he doesn't have to, and is very much instantaneous. >> a recent study found about eight in ten health clinicians believe mobile apps will only grow in patient health management this decade. a new study finds that many

women going through menopause can experience the symptoms up to seven years. about 80% of women have hot flashes and night sweats as they transition to menopause but until now there's been little information about how long those symptoms actually last. researchers found the average duration was nearly 7 1/2 years long. a strong earthquake triggered a small tsunami off the coast of japan. the 6.7 magnitude quake struck off the same coastline devastated by the tsunami in 2011. there were no reports of damage. thousands were evacuated after initial warnings forecast a tsunami above three feet. it triggered an eight inch wave. several aftershocks followed. the largest a 5.7. there's no word on what started a brush fire off of 680 in san jose. year-round fire season could be the new norm now, firefighters warn. conditions were dry enough to catch brush on fire in the neighborhood south of barriessa.

the dry weather has cal fire speeding up its hiring process. the goal is to get about 10 must f 100 new firefighters trained before the start of the fire season. while the fire season usually starts around mid-april crews say the drought guaranties an earlier fire season. we got a lot bit of assistance the last couple of weeks with the downfore but chris key in a, there might be a slight chance for rain at some point here moving forward and your microclimate forecast, good morning. >> good morning to you sam, laura, happy tuesday, everybody. we have a very slight chance for some shower activity as we head throughout late sunday into monday. it's not looking that great. i can tell you we need onshore flow to keep our hillsides nice and moist. strong enough to generate a little bit of drizzle. you might have to use your windshield wipers as you go off

to work this morning. blanket of clouds over the bay area means mild to start. morning fog making way to afternoon sunshine with temperatures very cool in comparison to yesterday. lunch time yesterday we were in the mid to upper 60s. that fog limited sunshine is going to keep your temperatures down for today and we're going to round out the day with widespread 60s whereas we had the mid to upper 70s yesterday. yesterday in the tri valley and of course in the north bay, we were at about 77 degrees. for today significantly cooler and i do want to make you aware of this, if you live near the coast we've got the king tides back. highest tides of the year and really you want to watch out along the embarcadero, places in marin county. you know the usual suspects. we'll show you on a map coming up and talk about what causes this. but for the next three days, dealing with the king tides, high tide between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. and of course the largest impact will be flooding. we're going to talk about that. we've got a great explainer for you, a little bit of science as we get into your tuesday morning. here's the deal. today coolest day of the week.

back to the 70s as we head throughout the next couple of days and a beautiful, i mean gorgeous weekend coming your way especially on saturday if you want to make those outdoor plans. it will be a touch cooler on sunday, courtesy of that system that might just bring us a little shower activity. more as we head throughout the morning together. back to you, sam and laura. >> question dig the science. good thing we had our caffeine this morning. more and more pets are becoming the victims of san francisco's housing crisis. the spca says it has hundreds of families that have to surrender their cats or dogs because they can't find pet-friendly housing in the city. >> last march we handled about 207 cases which is quite a lot and we're seeing almost half of those coming from the mission district. >> a number of those cases of pet surrendering were due to changes in lease agreements. the spca advises giving potential landlords a pet resume, a summary of your pet's best qualities. san rafael city leader also talk tonight about extending a

ban on new massage businesses. the current moratorium took effect at the beginning of the year, it was put into place to give san rafael time to work on developing tighter zoning laws and stronger regulations. opening weekend for the film "fifty shays of grey" included sop unwilling viewers. the movie is being shown at a drive-in theater off highway 50. drivers could clearly see the "r" movie as they drove past. it's right in ex-to a go-kart track filled with families during the presidents day weekend. >> i don't think it should be on a big screen tv out in the middle of public to where anybody could turn around and see it. >> the manager of the theater says he's moved the screen so it's not visible from the freeway or the track. >> that one tree doesn't block enough there. a south carolina college is apologizing after a teacher handed out m&m's in prescription bill bottles during a fun run this past weekend. the labels read happy pills and

instructed to take one m&m every two to four hours. parents said it confused the children about taking pills. the school is calling the teacher's decision a mistake. >> chocolate though always good medicine for the heart. he promised to help the homeless. pope francis making good on that promise, right in vatican city and he's giving up some space near st. peter's square in order to do that. details still ahead. we are he looking at the north bay, this is san rafael an easy druf. you have a good number of cars up here. we're tracking your early morning commute as things are just starting to get going, oh and the crash on the peninsula, coming up.

so the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat but it almost got the better of a dog in san ma monica yesterday. smoky an 80-pound mutt got stuck on a cliff after he was chasing a squirrel. the dog got stuck high above the beach. the hound had to be hoisteded to safety by two fewer fighters. luckily smoky wasn't hurt. got quite the view there, too. >> goes to show you, you cannot go chasing after squirrels. mike, i keep telling people like this. got to tell your animals that, too. >> i'll try to stop chasing squirrels and stop dangling the

shiny objects in front of me. this is the dublin area, looks about the same as yesterday. it looks a lull bit lighter, this is what with he expect to see, heavier traffic than yesterday. did i make that very clear, no. let's look at the map. we're expecting more cars today because yesterday was the presidents day holiday for more businesses. some schools are still off this week. as we look around your commute so far an easy drive as we widen out our shot no problems walnut creek coming off the benicia or carquinez bridges from the upper east shore freeway toward the bay bridge. north bay looks smooth. ,0sokt(áq" from the chp report the last couple of minutes. we saw slowing up to five minutes ago. smoother drive for the north bay, no big delays northbound would be your commute direction when it kicks in. back to you. pope francis' latest push to help the poor started this week with free shaves and showers for the homeless. >> the vatican transformed a space near st. peter's square into showers and a barbershop. they will be open every day

except for wednesdays. >> students at a hairdressing school and barbers are offering their services for free. very nice. >> very nice. 4:56. california nurses take to the picket lines, not asking for better pay for benefits. what they want, still ahead. rvel the next time you take amtrak you might be able to take your four-legged moved one for the ride. where dogs and cats are being allowed to ride the rails. >> you won't find too many squirrels on the trains either. live look outside the bay bridge, we're coming up on 5:00. we'll be right back with more news, weather and traffic after this break.

the fight to save local hospitals, bay area nurses rally in sacramento this morning. what they want the state attorney general to do, next. plus we may be enjoying the warm weather but cal fire concerned. the steps the agency is making today to make sure it's prepared for the fire season. >> we are going to see more

moisture in the atmosphere. the low clouds returned, a cooler day on tap. we want to tell you about the king tides, final king tides of the season returning to the coast today and winter warmth persists as we get into the mid section of the week. we'll be back in the 70s. your full forecast just moments away. >> moisture in the air, i see what you're talking about. we'll point it out for our drivers as well. it may be a concern as we get started on this early morning commute. let's talk a live look outside on this tuesday morning. there come the crowds on the golden gate bridge. it's february 17th. 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. happening today, the president is sending u.s. labor secretary thomas perez to the bay area to mediate discussions between  dockworkers and their employees. nannette miran