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throughout the locations. our temperatures by noon as clouds come in, only 40s. high temperature upper 40s to low 50s and a chance of seeing a few showers outside. those 50s will probably feel a little bit better than the 20s and 30s we're seeing outside this morning, mike. >> by comparison. sure we're looking over to the bay bridge. by comparison this is moving very well. we are showing that backup and the build coming off of the east shore freeway and the maze. a crash west 80 that is blocking one lane and causing quite a distraction out of richmond just as things are building down through hercules and heading in that commute direction. a typical pattern for the rest of the bay for this monday. lighter flow through the tri-valley and hayward and back to work for a holiday week and let me show you coming into san jose, this is a big problem for the bay. san martin up into morgan hill. we still have a crash on the chp and not a lot of details but at least one, if not more lanes are blocked. folks, get off of here from 101
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and take monterey, although that will be crowded. that ask moving better now as that commute starts to hit really hard. back to you. popular san francisco police officer now on the wrong side of the law. take a look. he went viral when photos and videos were posted online giving him the nickname, a hot cop of castro. now, he's accused of hitting two people with his car then taking off. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in ow news room this morning and reaction from a man who says he knows one of the victims. steph? >> that's right, laura. he says the crash put his close family friend in very bad shape. in critical condition with a broken jaw, a broken leg and a head injury so bad it required stitches. now, this is the man police arrested for the hit and run. 38-year-old christopher kohrs. he became a local sensation after so-called fans started a facebook fan page june of 2014. now, with more than 52,000 likes
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calling him the hot cop of castro. police say kohrs hit the two men with his dodge charger around 2:20 yesterday morning before ditching the car and running away from the scene in the north beach neighborhood. we spoke with one of the victim family friends who said the two men just finished watching a musical performance and started crossing the street when they were hit. >> it could have been much worse, but, he had just celebrated my mother's birthday this past friday with us, so, you know, we had just seen him. it's never a call you expect. >> meantime, police book kohrs into the san francisco county jail on two counts of felony hit and run. he is out on bail and investigators had been talking to witnesses to get more information to piece together what led up to the crash. the good news in all of this, both men, both victims are expected to survive. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chaung, "today in the bay." the search continuing this morning for a man accused of stabbing and killing his girlfriend on the peninsula.
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family members tell us 34-year-old olleen straw died saturday from multiple stab wounds. her boyfriend anthony kirincic is wanted in connection with her death. on afternoon they received a call from a woman saying her boyfriend hadded her and then taken off. all this happened in her home on south b street in san carlos. police found the suspect's car in a parking garage on industrial road in san carlos. but the suspect was not with the car. police then conducted an all-out search for him over the weekend. shutting down a nearby sutter health urgent care center for four hours thinking he might be hiding inside. officers also boarded b.a.r.t. trains looking for the suspect. but he is yet to be found. happening today, the man accused of shooting and killing an oakland muralist heads back to court. 20-year-old marquise holloway is facing murder charges. he created quite a scene last
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week at his arraignment. oakland police believe holloway shot ramos because he wanted his camera. the gun used in the shooting was stolen from an i.c.e. agent's car in san francisco. also happening today the alleged grampage at planned parenthood clinic in colorado will face a judge for the first time. dear recently moved about an hour away from the shooting scene. the "denver post" says he lived with a woman in a runned down trailer that has no water, sewer system or lectrispy. when robert dear was taken into co custody he muttered no more baby parts. he muttered a lot of things. we're also learning more about the other victims in that shooting. 36-year-old jennifer markovsky was among the victims. she was a mother of two. originally from hawaii. police say iraq war veteran
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ke'arre stewart originally from texas also killed in that shooting. . the third victim officer garrettswasey. nine other people were also injured in that attack. new video from a drone flying above melting ice sheets and glaciers in the arctic. experts say the ice is retreating further than ever before with temperatures there rising faster than anywhere else on the planet. >> well, this comes as nearly 200 world leaders are meeting right now in paris. the to keep earth's temperature from rising or at least to put it in check. "today in the bay" kris sanchez is here and with this meeting comes heightened security and also plenty of protesting. >> security is very tight at the united nations cop21 conference and in paris large gatherings are prohibited because that city is still under a state of emergency. right now, 170 people are under arrest or being held for questioning. in paris some protesters clashed with police in the streets. others, though, did have silent
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protests lying down shoes in the streets in some spots trying to make themselves heard. president obama arrived at the united nations sponsored climate change conference to meet with nearly 150 world leaders. that cop21 conference is the largest diplomatic gathering in france in almost 70 years which now bes two weeks of bargaining over how to hold the earth's temperatures steady and steer the world's dependence on fossil fuels. the president also met with the chinese president to talk about transparency and greater cooperation. >> the people of paris this conference to go on. an act of defiance that proves nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. >> now, that was the president addressing the conference this morning. but he began his visit with a late night stop at the bataclan
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theater to lay flowers at the site of the latest of the deadly attacks. insiders say this paris deal that he's going to sell there has been in the works for the last year. but even if he can persuade the nearly 150 world leaders to sign on, the president's plan faces legal and legislative challenges back in washington. sam and laura. >> thank you very much. well, staying warm has certainly been difficult for hundreds of people this thanksgiving holiday. many homeless have been just left out in the cold. today, 13 daytime warming centers open at public libraries and community centers and senior centers around santa clara county. they'll provide a warm place when overnight shelters are not open. santa clara county opened two overnight cold weather centers last week just because of this cold snap we're in. >> it still feels quite cold this morning. freezing even. there's a freezing warning or freeze warning in many parts of the bay area. bob mayeda in for kari tracking
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that. >> for places like livermore right now where it's 31 it grees and not quite as cold in san jose, downtown it is 36 degrees and to the south of downtown as you head, we're down to 30 degrees and 32 in at santa rosa and concord, livermore down into san martin and freeze warning through 9:00. slight chance of seeing a few showers but all those clouds will do are really keep our daytime temperatures down into the low 50s for highs for most of the bay area from the south bay to san francisco and 40s and low 50s into the north bay. but beginning tomorrow and into the middle part of the week, daytime highs starting to come back up. we'll get finally back into the 60s and morning temperatures in the 40s but stay tuned to thursday. we'll see wind and rain, the most significant rain event of the week coming up for your thursday and those temperatures, once we get past today, at least overtemperatures clim s climbin
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to the 40s. now, for another check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> getting back to work after a holiday week for many. looking at fremont, not a surprise. much of the bay area looking just fine. a couple of outstanding areas and the south bay itself outstanding in a good sense a smooth flow of traffic through silicon valley. coming into the area, that's outstandingly bad and up towards metcalf and there is a crash still blocking one lane from the chp report, but looks like much more is going on there in the northbound direction. again, a little trouble getting an update from this particular division of chp, but they are working, we know, we see traffic flowing to compress through the area. we'll track that. monterey will still be an option for you, although it is getting a lot of traffic, as well. meanwhile, your typical build for the tri-valley and hayward side of the san mateo bridge and 92 built towards the peninsula and upper east shore with a couple crashes. the latest one through hercules and another one cleared from richmond and those are pockets of slowing there and the build with the metering lights on.
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no slowing on our sensors a live look and you have more cars to deal with in novato in towards the curve. back to you. >> thank you very much. thewide dui crackdown wrapped up overnight and the latest numbers from the holiday weekend. chp golden gate division which covers all nine bay area counties says they made 32 dui arrests saturday. overall, there have been 92 arrests so far for the overall holiday period. coming up next, baby royalty. the new photos just released capturing the world's attention. plus, are you getting the best deals this cybermonday? a new tool to help you figure that out. and i'm bob redell. take you inside where it has to be the grand central of online retail. as amazon gears up for what they expect to be a record-setting cybermonday. that story, coming up. got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail
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>> team coverage of all things cybermonday. scott mcgrew is going to join us in just one minute and we begin with bob redell and, bob, the holiday hustle right now in full swing. >> they just did the shift change out and one worker walking in comment on how much of a zoo it is just because so many people here while everyone has been sleeping, very busy inside the amazon fulfillment center. they do expect to set a new record this cybermonday and in order to beat last year, they would have to sell more than 500 items per second. they won't tell us if they're on track yet. too early in the day, but they are definitely busy and this video from an hour ago from inside the fulfillment center where 2,500 people work in an area the size of 28 football fields. filling customer orders they're receiving help from a bunch of robots. so, instead of the workers racing down aisles looking for
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items on the shelf, the robots bring the shelves to them. >> basically a customer will order and goes into and amazon robotic field and then the item brought to an associate and the associate will pick it and go out to the customer. and the amazon robotic system allows us minutes instead of hours. so by the time you finish singing "12 days of crisis" it is on the truck. >> interesting tidbid. we were talking about this earlier. a national retail federation released a survey yesterday and they found over the four-day shopping weekend and that starts with thanksgiving. fortunately or unfortunately, however you want to look at it. 103 million americans shopped online versus 102 million in the old brick and mortar. reporting live here in tracy, bob redell. >> pretty fast inside there. 500 items per second.
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we'll have to see. scott mcgrew continues our coverage. amazon will deliver all those gifts one day by drones. >> a lot of people abuzz from a new amazon video published over the weekend showing off its newest model of delivery drone. this one is much bigger than the one we saw on "60 minutes two years ago. a lot of people have serious doubts to how real this is going to be. whether amazon is actually going to be able to deliver things via drone. this video says they will. but some people don't wonder if it is more of a publicity stunt. speaking of publicity. do you recognize the fellow making the announcement in the video for amazon? it's not jest bezos but the former host of "top gear" and his show is soon coming to amazon. each delivery drone will have a range of 15 miles. i asked our folks to show us what 15 miles looked like.
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if the launch pad was in downtown palo alto. a big swath of the bay area. you would not need many of these little drone airports to make this work, if it ever happened. are you getting a good deal this cybermonday. the kitchen aid mixer. i picked this because it is right on amazon's front page cybermonday sale and also i want one. hint, hint. it's on sale and, you know what, this is a good sale. $343. amazon's incredibly data rich. let's put the current price right there. this is down from an all-time high of $405 for the mixer back this last summer. however, and this is a big however, look at this last. this same mixer was $321 just 20 some days ago. in other words, just looking at november, the price went from here in november to here for a cybermonday sale. you can check your own price history on any amazon product yourself. there is a website called camel, camel, camel.
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i mean, really, three camels not two, not four, three camels and input any amazon product and it will show you a price history and even alert you if it goes down. >> what is the level that we buy for scott? >> discuss this amongst yourselves. >> you didn't like the build a bear gift card we gave you. >> beggars can't be choosers. >> thank you. every parent loves to pictures of their kids. prince william and dutch ks kate are royalty and they're no different. what an adorable little child. they released two new photos of princess charlotte yesterday. they were taken in early november when she turned six months old. look at those cheeks. charlotte, by the way, is fourth enline to the british throne. a sure little princess. >> first in line for that puppy. >> anything she wants. >> and possibly the most photogenic kids you've ever seen. >> the parents aren't bad
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either. >> good genes does that. >>, good temperatures, not exactly to start your day. >> well, it's going to help you wake up this morning. >> i'd say. we have 20s and 30s around parts of the bay area this morning. golden gate bridge, 40s closer to the water right now, but that freeze warning up through about 9:00 this morning as you move north of the golden gate into napa counties and out towards the tri-valley. you see the areas in blue and the freeze warning up through 9:00. cl cupertino and temperatures around stanford and woodside and the east bay. that's the chilly commute. 26 in walnut creek. 29 degrees right now in dublin and to the north bay temperatures right now in the low 30s. highs by the way, today, having a tough time get close to 60. the winds are off shore and that is helping to dry out the air. what we need is the wind direction to switch back onshore and bring the moisture back into the atmosphere which acts like a
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blanket and prevents cooling and wind will begin to change direction today as the weather system brings not just a change in the winds, but more cloud cover and keep our daytime highs down and also toss a few showers our way today with temperatures in the low to mid-50s around san jose, to san francisco. and into the north bay today highs in the 40s to low 50s. so, a very chilly afternoon today. but watch where our afternoon temperatures are headed. tuesday to wednesday, back into the 60s and as the cloud cover comes in and the winds turn onshore low temperatures into the 30s and 40s instead of the 20s. but check out thursday, that's kind of a sneak preview of the next big weather system unlike today's that will weaken and fall apart as it reaches the bay area. stay tuned to thursday. we'll see gusty winds and a decent amount of rain coming in where places north of santa rosa at least right now early projections are could pick up more than an inch of rain and you could see maybe a half inch of rain around the bay area with that thursday system before skies clear into friday. it is 6:00 a.m. on a monday and
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we're already thinking about the weekend. sunday into the north bay a chance of a few showers and temperatures, though, noticeably warmer as you wrap up the week. unlike this morning, mike, temperatures out there this morning, still very chilly. >> thinking about the weekend and also thinking about the warmer. we're looking over here towards the bay bridge. we knew this was coming soon. the big backup for all lanes approaching. fastrak still visibly moving. that's prit good for this time on a monday. another issue holding some folks from getting to the bay bridge toll plaza and a couple incidents we had for the upper east shore freeway and the latest with the lane blocked by one vehicle. slowing off of hercules and coming down through richmond and once you pass by golden gate field you're in great shape towards the berkeley curve and novato down through san rafael and, of course, the trivalley build south 680 here and shows slowing as well. south 880 through hayward and getting over to the peninsula, some folks heading across that san mateo bridge and an earlier
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crash has moved to the shoulder and that caused a little blip, little extra slowing there. san martin up towards morgan hill. now it looks like the lanes have cleared and barely judging by the traffic pattern and a few more details from chp. quick look at palo alto and no problems. back to you. >> thanks, mike. who is checking your mail new warning from bay area police as we enter the peak of the holiday season. the push to try to find a cure for hiv. ♪
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city is at stake" - as the first trial gets underway - in the death o happening today baltimore's police chief says the future of the city is at stake as the first trial gets under way in the death of freddy gray. national attention poured over baltimore after he died from critical injuries he suffered while riding in the back of a police transport van in april. today, jury selection begins for officer william porter. he's one of six officers charged in gray's death and he's accused of checking on gray several times, but not getting him any help. all of the officers are going to be tried separately. if porter is acquitted, the city could see more protests and more unrest. it's 6:25 right now. as the holidays approach, police are warning people to be careful with mail and packages. just yesterday fairfield police arrested these two men for stealing mail. an alert neighbor called after seeing them acting suspiciously.
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>> came down and took kand the police came by 1:30 in the morning. >> every night i see people walking up and down this street and i know, they don't live in this neighborhood. >> and if you're worried about your mail being stolen, security experts say you should pick up your mail daily and place a hold on your mail when you go out of town. 6:26 right now. a bush pig under way in san francisco to find a cure for the virus that causes aids. researchers will announce the establishment of a new institute at ucsf. they'll do it with a $20 million grant. those researchers want to speed research to find a cure by supporting groundbreaking research and the rapid exchange of information. 37 million people are infect would the hiv virus worldwide, but they're mostly just treated to keep the disease under control. coming up, 6:26. he's supposed to protect san francisco's streets, but this morning the officer known as a hot cop of the castro finds himself at the center of a hit and run investigation.
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and a live look outside this morning. the bay bridge from our eme emeryville camera. if you are about to head out the door, you might have to scrape some ice off your windshield pep we'll check your drive and forecast in two and a half minutes.
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a very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. a live look at the east bay. if you're just waking up with
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us, it is freezing outside. let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda and a freeze warning remains for the next couple hours here. >> that view around dub and livermore. tri-valley seeing some of the coldest temperatures and 26, 31 in livermore and that freeze warning up through 9:00 this morning and then look at our temperatures at noon, still in the 40s and, yes, the chance of seeing some showers and starting to see clouds coming to the north bay right now and a cool afternoon. highs today in the low 40s. >> a look over here towards the san mateo bridge. folks huddling together for warmth, no, because of a slower drive across the san mateo bridge. an incident on the foster city side, not that. all the folks coming off of othe east bay. the upper east shore freeway where traffic is slow a bit, as well. couple earlier crashes and a break and the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. as we travel south, we're talking about the san mateo
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bridge and we have gentle slowing and little extra build heading towards dakota where a third crash has happened in the last half hour. northbound routes through san jose look very good a quick check, the earlier crash has cleared from the roadway and recovery 101 through san mmarti. crash has cleared. back to you. >> thank you very much. a popular san francisco police officer now on the wrong side of the law. take a look. he went viral before when photos and videos were posted online giving him the name, the hot cop of the castro. well, now, that police officer stands accused of hitting two people with his car and then taking off. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in our san francisco newsroom with more on that crash and also reaction from a man who said he knows one of the victims. >> he says that victim is one of his really good family friends and says he's in critical condition after suffering a
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broken jaw, broken leg. heed stitches in his head but thankful both his friend and the other victim are expected to survive. now, police say it was 38-year-old christopher kohrs who was off duty at the time and hit the two men in their 40s while he was driving. gained more than 52,000 follows on facebook after they dubbed him the hot cop of castro last year. he ditched his dodge charger and ran from the crash scene around 2:30 yesterday morning at broadway and montgomery in the north beach neighborhood. they were walking across the street after watching a musical performance when they were hit. >> just thanksgiving. he celebrated my mom's birthday with us on friday. and how quickly it is just amazing how quickly things can change for the worst. >> meantime, police booked kohrs into county jail on two counts of felony hit and run. he is out on bail and investigators at last check were
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still talking to witnesses and trying to get more information. what they're trying to do now is piece together what happened before that crash. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chaung, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. at 6:33 a 19-year-old is dead after a car chase in the east bay. hannah meacham was trying to get away from officers when she lost control of her car and slammed into a tree. happened just after 1:00 yesterday morning in san ramon. the pursuit started in danville on interstate 680. she reached speeds of 90 miles an hour and police say they may know why she wanted to get away. >> part of the investigation determined that the vehicle that she was driving had been reported stolen in dublin recently. >> there were two other passengers in the car. they're in the hospital with serious injuries. happening later today, the man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado will face a judge for the time.
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>> "today" show miguel has more on the investigation from where robert lewis dear is being held in colorado springs. >> laura and sam, good morning. later on today the suspect will have his first court appearance. he's being held here on no bond from this jail facility just outside of colorado springs. he'll stay at this facility and face a judge via closed circuit television conference. we don't expect him to enter a plea. more of a procedural hearing. the suspect is charged with wounding nine and killing three on that black friday shooting that lasted some five hours. we're hearing from some of the victims' families for the very first time and we're also learning many more new details about the suspect. back to you guys. >> miguel, thank you. you can watch his full report coming up in less than 30 minutes at the start of the "today" show. stunning new video from a drone flying above ice sheets and glaciers in the arctic. the ice is retreating further than ever before with temperatures there rising faster than anywhere else on the
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planet. >> this coming as nearly 200 world leaders are meeting right now in paris. the goal to keep earth's temperatures that are rising in check. "today in the bay" kris sanchez here now and, kris, this meeting coming with heightened security and protesting. >> in the last hour, russian president vladimir putin said his nation is ready to cut greenhouse gas emotions by a third over the next 15 years. despite the state of emergency in paris that bans large gatherings, protesters did turn out in big numbers ahead of this conference. some of them clashing violent with police. others in silent protests lying down shoes in the street. 170 people are now either under arrest or being held for questioning. president obama arrived at the united nations sponsored climate change conference to meet with those nearly 200 world leaders. the cop21 conference is the larmgest diplomatic gathering in france in almost 70 years and it begins a two-week session of
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bargaining over how to hold the earth's temperature steady and how to steer the world's dependence away from fossil fuels. the president also met with the chinese president to speak about a common vision towards a low carbon global economy, better transparency and financial support for developing nations. then president obama addressed the cop21 conference. >> and we salute the people of paris for insisting this crucial conference go off. an act of defiance that proves nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. >> now the president did begin with a late night stop to the bataclan theater to lay flowers at the site of the deadliest of those coordinated attacks in paris. insiders say this paris deal he has been working on has been in the works for the last year. now, even if he can persuade those nearly 200 world leaders
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to sign on, the president's plan faces legal and legislative challenges back in washington. laura? >> so many view points on it, as well. university of california putting big money behind the fight of climate change. uc is pledging a billion dollars over the next five years. it will go towards research and development of clean energy technology. in doing so, it joins a coalition led by microsoft founder bill gates. in addition to the billion dollars over the next five years, u is also committed to funding another $250,000 in clean energy projects that come out of the research. staying warm has been difficult for hundreds of people thissing on the holiday. many homeless left out in the cold. today 13 daytime warming centers opened at public libraries and community and senior centers around santa clara county. they'll provide a warm place when overnight shelters are not open and it's particularly helpful for families. santa clara county opens two overnight cold weather shelters last week because of this snap
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that just seems to be dragging on. 6:37. let's check in with meteorologist rob mayeda that has the freeze warning in effect until 9:00. >> right now, though, notice the view from tiburon. north of napa 37 degrees and temperatures up a little bit as the cloud cover starts to come in and still 31 in livermore and san jose. partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-30s right now and see more clouds coming in during the afternoon and keep our daytime temperatures down. a weakening weather system that does have a slight chance of tossing showers our way at times but the main effect, cool daytime highs. the last couple days these cold mornings but decent afternoons. today 40s to low 50s. mostly cloudy skies from san jose to san francisco and to the north bay. highs near 50 in santa rosa and you could see low 50s around the tri-valley for today. though today's system will be weakening as it arrives in the bay area. we're tracking another one for thursday. that will bring some wind and rain our way.
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a look at that coming urowour wn six minutes. >> over here, not exciting. that's what we like for the peninsula. palo alto slight build for the volume of traffic. we'll look at your map and see that bay shore freeway and across the bay, a smooth flow of traffic and a pretty typical pattern as far as the slowing that you'd expect. northbound route through the south bay and build through san jose and silicon valley. southbound 880 also builds. the earlier crashes in fremont have cleared, as well as hayward and westbound across the san mateo and dumbarton and no surprises now through sunol out of pleasanton. recovering from a couple earlier crashes and now slowing towards richmond and then a little break through berkeley and the bay bridge metering lights are on and coming out of concord and north bay has no real delays. a live look at oakland passing the coliseum northbound moves very well. southbound not so bad as far as
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the volume of traffic and we have that build we showed you and some slowing through hayward. >> thank you, mike. a high and clear message from 49ers fans. the story behind an unusual banner that was seen hovering above levi stadium. >> a computer in your house that you would probably least expect might have been hacked. coming up in "business and tech." amazon hoping to set a new sales record this cybermonday. i'm bob redell. take you inside the online fulfillment center here in tracy to show you how they plan to get it done. got a tip for bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996 tips or e-mail t theunit@nbcbayarea.com. we investigate. ==sam/vo== standing "in line"
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giving way to shopping "on line." right now - millions of happening now, standing in line giving way to shopping online. right now millions of people are waking up and logging on in the hopes of scoring the best deals with just a few clicks of a button. >> coverage of all things cybermonday. scott mcgrew joins us in just a minute, but we begin with "today in the bay" bob redell and shoppers are expected to spend upwards of $3 billion. >> they're talking about fulfilling orders of more than 500 items a second here. this being one of 50 zon fulfillment centers in the united states.
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this one in tracy and it's ginormas. if you look inside, the grand center station of online retail. instead of people running down aisles, these robots bring the shelves to their human counterparts. about 2,500 people who work in this facility around the clock. today, of course, being the busiest day. amazon expecting this cybermonday to be its biggest yet. >> it is the biggest day of the season. last year, customers worldwide order 43 million units and staggering 500 units a second. the team is ready to deliver that customer promise. >> still too early to tell. we've hired over 100,000 associates at the u.s. fulfillment network. we're ready to deliver for the customer. >> this is video that the online retailer released over the
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weekend. the new system that could soon be headed to a home near you. you're looking at their latest drone prototype. they plan to use it for its amazon air prime service. the drone weighs 55 pounds and deliver packages weighing up five pounds and use a so-called sense and deploy technology to dodge obstacles as they make their way to their destination. they'll launch that service after they get and if they get several safety approval. reporting live here in tracy, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> the drones the big news out of amazon. scott mcgrew continues our coverage. every day is cybermonday. >> well, it's looking that way and why not, laura. ordering things online is so much easier. the national retail federation say slightly more americans actually shopped online friday than went to the stores. so, people definitely shopped on friday, they just figured out it was easier to buy that "star
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wars" toy in their pajamas and they'll continue to shop on regular old tuesday and run of the mill wednesday. >> they're going to place a lot less rely ons black friday and cybermonday than they did in the prior year. >> in fact, the whole cybermonday, by the way, an invention of the national retail federation. we bought things online the monday after thanksgiving because that's when we got back to work and could use the computer. now we shop online all the time every day. let's talk about myerate friday. jobs friday. that comes around this week. as the labor department releases the latest jobs numbers. they're already excellent and a strong indicator the fed should raise interest rates. other news, who would have thought a kids' computer could be hacked. v-tech says it data bases have been hacked. people who use their toys may
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have been compromised. not this computer specifically, but the companies that make this computer. i don't think anybody has anything to fear, guys, but ay good reminder as we have more and more things in our lives that are computerized and hooked into our wi-fi system. even a barbie doll hooks into the wi-fi system. we need to not be afraid, but pay attention to what can be happening. >> especially because our kids use so many of these products. new this morning, it sounds counterintuitive but the key to driverless cars might be to get some distracted drivers. >> stanford university released a new study that says cars that can steer and brake themselves lull drivers into a false sense of security, even leading some of them to sleep. in the study drivers who read or watched a movie were able to stay awake and aware of what was going on. google came to a similar finding saying that involving human
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would make itself driving cars less safe. 6:47 right now. a cold start to our day, once again. want to check in with rob, freezing conditions out. >> yeah. 20s in a few spots. >> right now going to the temperatures around the tri-valley especially from walnut creek down into pleasanton & a gorgeous view from san bruno mountain looking off to mt. diablo. more high clouds. we need more clouds to act like a blanket overnight and they have the ability to take the heat coming off the ground and reradiating it back down to the surface. we haven't had any clouds. and, still, 31 degrees right now. cupertino and 36 in san jose and up in the peninsula you notice numbers around woodside and stanford and low 30s this morning and 6 80 still 20s and 29 in dublin and to the north bay right now n creasing clouds. temperatures starting to come up a little bit, at least.
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mid-30s around cal stoega. the wind direct still off shore. this will change direction during the day today as clouds fill in and those clouds could bring a chance of scattered showers. a weather system that will run smack into a bunch of cold air over the bay area. that moisture through the sky may evaporate but even a slight chance of showers with the cloud cover during the day, though, that will black out some of the sunshine and daytime highs from the south bay to san francisco and to the north bay, probably some of the coldest temperatures we'll find around sonoma county today and up towards napa county those numbers in the 40s and 50s and low 50s for highs around the tri-valley. for tuesday and wednesday, the temperatures climb on up as our temperatures rise back into the 60s before rain arrives for thursday. overnight temperatures, too, as the clouds come in should be in the 30s and 40s for the next couple of mornings. now, speaking of thursday. get ready for some wind and rain. gusts up to 25 to 35 miles per hour and rain at times for thursday. right now looks like maybe half inch of rain coming in that thursday system and probably the
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strongest one we'll see and closer to the weekend, the skies begin to clear on friday and next weekend's forecast right now shows temperatures in the 50s and 60s with one more chance of seeing a few showers into the north bay as we wrap up the weekend and mainly areas north of san francisco by next sunday. now, for a check of what's happening on this monday, let's go over to mike. >> my car doesn't give me much credit. a sign on the dashboard said cold outside. yeah, i know. rob can tell me that and so can my temperature gauge inside my body. northbound 101 where these speed sensors will show you slowing. the south bay. how is your northbound building? just started to kick in just before 7:00. o, that's where we see 101 at capital expressway and coming out of morgan hill and san martin traffic after an earlier crash has cleared we're looking southbound 101 a smooth drive there, as well. but a crash on 92 at jackson. going to slow some folks. and across that span, as well.
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no problems for the tri-valley, but we do to the build and as we move the map north, upper east shore freeway. a slower drive, but recovery as we have traffic flowing down through berkeley and a number of crashes through richmond and hercules cause more slowing there. the latest incident, a crash just past the merge with 780 and 680 just before you get to the benecia bridge and lanes blocked here as a big slowing out of benecia. keep that in mind and look at the emoryville camera showing the span itself and embarcadero center and a nice, clear, easy drive and backup at the toll plaza, of course. back to you. >> thank you very much. a group of disgruntled 49er fans sent the owner of the team a very direct message above levi stadium. here is the scene before the niners game against the cardinals yesterday afternoon. a plane pulling a banner that said jed and 49ers should mutually part ways. a reference to the exact words that jed york used to describe
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why the team and its former coach parted ways at the end of last season. several fans we spoke to said that york should take responsibility for the team's struggles. >> i agree with it 1,000%. i feel management and coaching staff, i respect them. but they're not up to par. >> the 49ers lost again. their record falls to 3-8 for the season. now, as for how that banner got up there, we're told that it was funded by several fans using a go fund me account. they collected more than $1,000 over the last month. 6:52. after 20 years in the nba, super star kobe bryant announced he's hanging up his jersey for sure at the end of this season. that announcement came yesterday in the form of a poem entitled "dear basketball." in it bryant wrote about his passion for the game. he fell in love with when he was just 6 years old. he went on to write "my mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it's time to say good-bye and that's okay. i'm ready to let you go."
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after handing out a letter to all the fans at last night's lakers game, bryant said he is looking forward to life after basketball. >> i honestly feel good about it. i really do. i really feel at peace with it and, you know, excited for what's to come, honestly. >> the future hall of famer won five championships with the lakers and was a 17-time all-star. he's also the only nba player to spend 20 straight seasons with the same team. >> farwell tour is on january 14th the final time this season the lakers come to oracle. >> i bet the prices will jump. >> it is going to be ridiculous. coming up next, on the wrong side of the law. the so-called hot cop of the castro now in legal hot water. the hit and run crash that could land him that well-known officer behind bars. and the bay area on alert. the search for a man wanted for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death on the peninsula. a hit and run on the streets of
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san francisco - and the man allegedly behind the wheel - is a well-known police officer... =laura/boxes= tod i a hit and run on the streets of san francisco and the man behind the weal is a well-known police officer. >> "today in the bay" stephanie chaung and the so-called halt cop of the castro out on bail this morning. >> that's right, laura and sam. this as investigators are trying to piece together what happened leading up to the crash. police arrested 38-year-old christopher kohrs for the hit and run and the officer that was off duty at the time.
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kohrs has more than 52,000 fans on a facebook page. police say that kohrs was in his dodge charger when he hit the two men before ditching the car and running from the scene at broadway and montgomery. one of the family friends says he is in critical condition after suffering a broken leg and broken jaw. police booked kohrs on two counts of felony hit and run and, once again, he is out on bail as of yesterday. the good news in is that both victims are expected to survive. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." the search continues this morning for a man accused of stabbing and killing his girlfriend on the peninsula. family members tell us 34-year-old colleen straw died saturday from multiple stab wound. her boyfriend anthony kirincic is wanted in connection with her death. police say on saturday afternoon they received a call from one woman saying her boyfriend had stabbed her and then took off.
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it happened in her home on south b street in san carlos. police found the suspect's car on industrial road in san carlos. police led an all-out search for him the weekend. even shut down the urgent care center thinking he could be hiding inside. officers also boarded b.a.r.t. trains looking for the suspect, but he's yet to be found. police say he's armed and dangerous. happening today, the man accused of shooting and killing an oakland muralist heading back tacourt. 20-year-old marquise holloway is facing murder charges after the murder of antonio ramos. he created quite a scene at his arraignment last week. they had to restrain holloway and delay court proceedings after an outburst. they believe he shot ramos because he want his camera. the gun used was stolen from an i.c.e. agent's car in san francisco. it is cold, once again, out
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there, rob. >> spots we're seeing temperatures in the 30s in napa. notice the clouds, though. that is part of a weather system that will bring a chance of seeing a few showers. temperatures approaching noon and highs today in the low 50s for the afternoon today and chance of seeing a few showers after a freezing start. that freeze warning up through 9:00 this morning. >> and a holiday commute last week, mike. but it kind of returns to normal. >> we're getting back. you have to pay for it, exactly. here's southbound 101 and folks getting to work and the build through san rafael. where the yellow shows up just bethat 101 over on the left. on the right the circle in the north bay. benecia and better drive towards the benecia bridge and nothing big. we have more traffic flow than last week but nothing dramatic here. hayward shows slowing towards fremont and northbound routes kicking in and more traffic and get in tomorrow and we'll take a little recovery day from work.
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>> from all that pie. >> exactly. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." >> happy cybermonday. here's a live look at san francisco. . good morning. breaking overnight. president obama lays a single white rose outside the paris theater where 89 people died in the terror attack. more than 150 world leaders in the city for a historic conference on climate change. environmental activist already crashing with police. the shooting suspect killed three people and injured nine others at a planned parent hood clinic in colorado facing a judge for the first time today. this morning we're learning more about the alleged gunman's life as relatives of the victims speak out.

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