laura/vo three years later--- and the wounds still very deep. today we honor those who died in the sandy hook massacre as this year's the wounds still very deep. today we honor those who died in the sandy hook massacre as this year the anniversary falls on a school day. all the action a federal lawmaker using sacramento as the bank drop for a debate on gun laws. the debris left behind still scattered across a popular san francisco beach. "today in the bay" starts right now. very good monday morning to you, thank you very much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. >> we're drying out after a whole lot of rain this monday. meteorologist kari hall joining us now. >> what a weekend.

especially yesterday with those storms rolling through and now as we dry out this morning, it is in the lower 40s and patchy frost in some areas with some chilly air rolling in. it will be breezy and a slight chance of a shower and in the south bay, 66 degrees and much cooler after getting over an inch of rain over most of the bay area. we'll talk more about that and what to expect for that workweek. that's coming up in a few minutes. let's see what's happening now with mike. >> we do have winds gusting at times as you travel over spots like the bay bridge. you'll get caught with a gust or two. bay bridge toll plaza. the cash lanes back up, as well. nothing unusual except we'll suspect there is not a cash lane on either side. as we'll look at your map, the bay bridge and san mateo bridge and the richmond san rafael bridge, as well. gusts that catch you at the high rise. back to you. >> mike, thank you.

after a sweeping bay area wide storm communities now in full cleanup mode from the south bay out of san francisco, strong winds whipped through the region knocking over trees and muddying up roadways. a family is still re, as you ca see, the car is smashed in. seems like that popping up in several bay area cities. leaving cleanup crews with a heavy work load this morning. more on the damage that has been left behind. >> cut down a tall tree that fell at greenwich street. limbs stretched over a park car. part of the tree snapped. janet lane just drove in from sacramento and said the weather was wild there, too. >> there were car alarms going off from just the wind, the sound of the wind. we're setting off car alarms and trash bins were blown over in

the streets and it was extremely windy. things were everywhere. >> reporter: heavy rains and strong winds. on franklin, huge limbs fell taking down overhead lines. san francisco public works say they repaired for it trimming trees and clearing catch basins. >> had about two dozen trees down in san francisco. couple of them hit cars. that was the extent of the damage we've seen. no injuries, thankfully. all over the city. north beach to richmond and diamond heights it was across the board. >> reporter: the rain came fast leaving standing water. joann brown said she was on her way to church when she decided to try to clear a corner herself. >> i couldn't even get across the street. i just stopped. >> there's a lot of water. >> reporter: at an exit ramp near 280 workers tried to drained pockets of localized flood. they have been responding to various locations for hours.

>> all day long. all day long. everybody is out. anybody is out there already. well, people on the peninsula are getting plenty of help preparing for el nino. city officials in palo alto making sure neighbors get the assistance they need to protect their homes from the coming storms. sandbag installation advisors come to your home are available today through january 10th. >> these volunteers are able to come out and advise the homeowner on where the low lying areas appear to be in their house. what seems to be evident. problems with the flow of water off the property. >> volunteers and city staff helped load up free sandbags yesterday. each person was allowed about 15 bags. we want to see your weather pictures and video. we've created a gallery on our website. nbcbayarea.com. a link on the front page. you can scroll through and see what we already received and then share yours with us by posting them to our twitter and facebook pages.

happening later today, a special ceremony marking three years since the deadliest mass shooting at a grade school in our country's history. in 2012, 20 children and six adults died at the hands of a gunman at sandyhook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. today is the first anniversary of that tragedy where school is actually in session. the first and second anniversaries fell over the weekend. school leaders are going to mention the massacre on the campus intercom and parents actually received talking points to help discuss the weighty issue with their kids. an interfaith memorial service at a church in newtown later this evening. 4:35. the recent mass shootings in san bernardino and colorado springs has a congressman calling for change to prevent gun violence. this morning representative mike thompson is pushing legislation at the state capital to deny anyone who is on the federal government terrorist watch list from purchasing firearms.

they're concern the watchlist is overly broad. more than 2,000 suspected terrorists of legally purchased firearms in the u.s. since 2004. the biggest change that we're looking at in the bay area right now is with the forecast after getting a pelting of rain, if i might say so, good morning. >> good morning. such a heavy rain and it fell hard and fast and now we're just still tracking some spotty light showers farther to the north that may move into the north bay as we go into the afternoon. that mainly a north bay issue. as we look else where, we do see some chilly temperatures. look at napa now at 30 degrees and dropping below freezing there and we do have some 40s else where. looking at highs today that will be in the mid-50s all across the board with breezy winds and mostly clear skies to start and then we'll see some clouds moving in as we go into the afternoon to evening hours. we'll talk more about the rest of the week coming up, but let's see what's happening on the roads now with mike. >> kari, we'll take you to

another view. live cameras all over the bay and high rise at the san mateo bridge. one of the other areas we're talking about. chp gives the warning but camera not trembling too much. we're not trembling because not roadway either. going on on the smooth drive and north bay over there. coming out of the altamont coming over towards 580 the south bay. silicon valley all green. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, major changes for majority of paroled sex offenders living near school and parks. what you need to know about new living ordinances and allowances around children.

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>> we have to survive on our own and it has been a struggle. every day we miss him so much. >> seems to me in some way the judge is looking for a means to deny the case whether than consider the common sense of what happened. >> tonight at 11:00, we investigate the office of workers compensation and how often it denies claims for federal workers hurt or even killed on the job. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to the unit. 4:41. california's ban on registered sex offenders living near school and parks has lost much of its strength. according to a new ap study. three-quarters of the paroled sex offenders now face no restrictions amounting to more than 4,000 parolees. the change comes from a court mandated policy reversal. the ban now only covers ex-convicts who specifically

molest a child. all sex offenders are still monitored through cracking devices and still required to register with law enforcement agencies. the polls of next round are out after a controversial week, as well. coming up next, the race continues. who would really fair the best when it comes to going head-to-head with hillary clinton. a new "wall street journal" poll all breaking it down.

a very good monday morning to you. hope you're coming off a great weekend. what are we in store for weather wise? >> it will be a nice workweek compared to the weekend where we had all kinds of stuff going on. if you're out there and you saw the rain falling and it was just coming down in sheets and then we had the sun shining on the other side. so, we just had a mix of it all this weekend. now, you can tell by this camera that the way it shakes, there is still some gusty winds out there and you have to deal with that throughout the day. but we are going to have a chance to settle down from a wild weekend. looking at this rainfall year the totals we had so far today. over 5 1/2 inches for the year now for santa rosa and san francisco over 3 inches. in oakland 2 inches of rain. we had quite a bit for the south bay. actually, getting close to the percentage of average. we are really making some improvements here, but still some work to do in the north bay

and san francisco, oakland and farther to the north. now, looking at the system that brought us the wild weather yesterday. it has since moved to the east, but still some lingering showers right behind that and that may move into the north bay. after a chilly start, mostly clear skies and we're taking a look at the south bay. in morgan hill, 40 degrees now and 37 degrees downtown and saratoga now at 38 degrees. once again with the chilly temperatures we do have some breezy wind coming in from the northwest and it stays at about 25 to 30 miles an hour through at least most of the morning and then into parts of the afternoon. we'll have wind speeds at about 20 to maybe 25 miles an hour. so, still breezy, nonetheless. going hour by hour in san francisco. a lot of sunshine. highs today it will be topping out in the mid-50s and cool again tonight. so, when will we see rain again? as we take a look at the futurecast another round of rain moving in between late friday night and early saturday. so, we do have a little bit of a

break here. how is it looking on the roads now, mike? >> karia little bit of a break there because the roadways are dried out and a nice, easy drive starting our monday off and warning folks about the slippery conditions. today much better. as we at your map just a tiny build out of the altamont pass and no problem over here towards dublin or the rest of the tri-valley. we zoom out and smooth drive as far as our speed sensors are concerned and wind gust catch you across the bridges and check the bay bridge toll plaza where you have all that backup and a minor delay ten minutes reported by the b.a.r.t. system in downtown oakland. track maintenance and that should clear up and we'll track it. back to you. a red flag for folks who use twitter. the company is warning some of its users of a possible state-sponsored hack. >> for the rest of the news we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> sam and laura, good monday

morning to you both. the markets could see red arrows after suffering their worse losses since august last week. the big culprit oil prices. ever since opec decided not to cut production to offset. the focus this week will likely be on the federal reserve which is set to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade on wednesday. on friday the dow falling 310 points to 17265. the nasdaq losing 112 to 4933. twitter is warning some users of a possible state-sponsored hacker attack. the company says just a few users have been targeted and no evidence that the attack was successful but the hackers may have been trying to get access to users' e-mail addresses and phone numbers. time to get your holiday shopping second wind. today is green monday. a term from ebay. turning into big business for all retailers. shoppers spend $1.6 billion last

year. walmart is rolling out some of the same deep discounts from black friday as it fights for market share with amazon and several hdtvs and a star wars, you have to figure. >> you have to keep it all straight. black friday and green monday. >> color on the specktric pretty soon. thank you very much, landon. who can beat hillary clinton in a national election? new numbers overnight show how the frontrunners would fair against her just one day before the republicans next debate in las vegas. tracie potts is in washington with the latest matchup just released at midnight. >> i think i'm going to be the one that beats hillary clinton. >> reporter: but our numbers show right now he can't. brand-new at midnight both donald trump and ted cruz would lose to hillary clinton if the election were held today. trump by ten points. cruz by just three. ben carson and marco rubio could both beat her, but they're not

topping the field. >> i think i'm going to win. you know, i'm not one of these other guys that goes down. i don't go down, i go up. >> reporter: ted cruz has the momentum now leading in iowa and within five points of trump nationally. the cruz team tweeted this photo fielding 4,000 phone calls in iowa this weekend. with fresh criticism from his rival. >> when it comes to experience in congress, you have almost 9,000 years worth of it. i don't know that that is really the correct answer. >> each time he's the to choose between strong national defense and some of the isolation tendencies in american politics we've seen. and this is an important issue to have a debate over. >> reporter: here's tomorrow night's debate lineup with trump still center stage. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> thank you very much. we are being hit by a perfect economic storm. people pushing people into poverty so says a new harvard study. more people are renting their homes and shrinking pool of

moderately priced rentals. this is expected to hurt the economy. people cut back on spending so they could afford to pay rent. the research comes on the heels of another study finding most americans are no longer in the middle class. smartphones on the way out. that's the information from a survey by ericsson, used to be a huge cell phone maker. that company now focusing on network infrastructure. it polled 140 countries. something better will come along, artificial intelligence is expected to replace the need for interacting with a smartphone screen. "star wars" is coming and less than 100 hours before many die hards will already see "the force awakens." for living under a rock that is the name of the new "star wars"

movie that premieres tonight in california. but hollywood is going large tonight with three star-studded premie premieres. talk about a hot ticket. this one tops them all. >> it's unprecedented. there are so many celebrities that want to go see this film. yet alone just people in general that are excited for this movie. >> she sounds excited, too. >> that's the most enthusiastic review ever. >> if you happen to be doing an opening weekend box office pool and you're thinking in the $2,000 range, maybe slightly less than that. the current record, by the way, $500 million set by jurassic world. you going to go see it? >> of course. maybe not this weekend. i don't know how long i want to wait in line. >> we'll see friday morning if he's tired. we'll be right back.

coming up 4:55. every day we thought we were in the clear, another wave of rain came through but now you can safely say sunshine in the forecast. >> listen to kari hall. >> it was so busy. so much rain. but it was great to see it now we get to just enjoy some sunshine, once again. it will be in the mid-50s for the next few days. so, cool and breezy. and a few more clouds moving into the north bay on wednesday, even more rain in the forecast on thursday there. and we'll take a look at our next chance of rain coming up a little bit later. let's check in now with mike. >> kari, we zoom in over towards the oakland coliseum b.a.r.t. station. but these folks will be waiting little less, maybe up to ten minutes as far as that b.a.r.t. system goes. let's get to your maps. a b.a.r.t. rain right there. minor delays reported because of

overnight track maintenance. roadways through the same area. note as we look at the north bay and then the south bay and east west bridges are likely to get caught with gusts of wind. back to you. a union city school is getting a new name and it's making history. this friday alvuroddo middle school will be officially renamed. the name change will make the school the first in the country to be named in honor of filipino americans. they were filipino american leaders who helped organize farm unions in the 1960s. 30% of students living around the school are philippifilipino americans. as we are reporting, today is no doubt an emotional one in newtown, connecticut. >> not far from that school, another school is trying to honor those with 26 days of kindness. notre dame high school now marks the tragedy at sandy hook with acts of kindness, big and small,

to honor the 26 people killed in that massacre. from donating to the homeless to sending heartfelt letters to first responders. >> bad to happen trying to counteract that bad with some good. >> school leaders say that now that kindness is part of the curr curriculum. they're hoping 26 days can morof into a year-round idea. >> very nice idea there. slammed with storm activity for most of the weekend, now it's time to clean up what's left behind. there's been progress in many bay area communities, but a well-known san francisco beach still a wash and debris. tightening our nation's gun laws. a conversation consuming our nation's capital. but today it takes center stage in sacramento.

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left behind... as strong winds and rains sweep the storm is settled but still scraps and debris left behind as strong winds and rain ripping trees from the ground in san jose. and rough seas caused loose cargo to fall off ships leaving crews in recovery mode this morning. the deby of the national park is service is finding washing ashore. and stronger gun control coming today to our state

capital. "today in the bay" starts right now. let's get the week started off on the right foot. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> let's check in with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for us. >> allow some extra time to get out the door because you may be scraping some frost off of the windshield. as we take a look at chilly temperatures now starting out the day and mostly clear skies. it will reach into the mid-50s this afternoon, but with the breezy wind, it will feel chilly and you need to wear a light jacket all throughout the day. we may still have a lingering shower for the north bay. i'll tell you more about that and what to expect the rest of the workweek after such a busy weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. but now mike has a heads up as you head out the door. >> kari, so far traffic volume has been a breeze and as you travel over the high rise, for example right here, the san mateo bridge. san mateo,