very good now thursday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. it's been a soggy week. kari will check the weather. good morning. >> good morning, scott and laura. the brunt of the storm hit us yesterday. that was storm number three and now getting the moisture just wrapping around that area of low pressure and scattered light showers moving through the bay area. this thing is very slow to move on. so, we will still have the after effects of that with some lingering light rain all throughout the day and then temperatures dropping as we go into tonight. now, as we see the rain, most of it well off to the west of us, but that will be moving in and we could see some rain dropping from those clouds at any time today. now, as you step out, it is 43 degrees and cloudy in the north bay and we're looking at highs reaching into the low 50s all across the bay area. i'll detail the next storm system moving in this weekend but let's see what's happening as you approach the bay bridge with mike. >> kari, no drama on either side of the bridge. right here the mid-point moves

very well westbound and the lower deck right there before it rises up to the same level over here on the oakland side. the eastbound traffic moves nicely. looking towards palo alto. damp roadways but nothing wet like yesterday. not the super soaker conditions and slick transitions and look across the bay and 880 down here coming down towards the south bay and a nice, easy drive. no delays for your bay area freeways or bridges. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. breaking news coming out of paris where police officers shot and killed a man with a knife just outside a north paris police station. it all unfolded within the last hour. police announced the man was wearing a fake explosive vest. police say the man shouted glory to god in arabic. it happened in the city's right bank. today's incident comes one year to the day at the charlie hebdo

offices. more breaking news out of new york state where crews are trying to reach nine miners trapped in an elevator. some 900 feet under ground. now, within the past hour, they freed eight other trapped min s miners. this is happening at a salt mine in lancing about 40 miles outside of syracuse. those trapped are not in danger. they have been down there for about ten hours and been given radios and other supplies like water. crews are using the crane or basket to try to lift the miners out. we'll continue to follow this breaking situation and bring you any updates as we get them. to a developing story closer to home. an overnight robbery at a 7-eleven and the profiles a serial robber they have been looking for for the past few weeks. >> "today in the bay" bob redell is live in walnut creek and authorities believe the suspect may be connected to a string of robberies in the east bay. >> in the east bay and on the peninsula. good morning to you, scott and

laura. police believe that the man who raubd this 7-eleven behind me here late last night has also robbed several businesses in san leandro, redwood city and walnut creek. 11:30 last night the man pointed a silver handgun at the employee behind the counter and then ran out of the store in a northbound direction. no one saw a get away car. police say they arrived within a minute and set up a perimeter and one of their canines was able to track but never found the suspect. police believe this robber is the same man who robbed a walnut creek gas station on wednesday of last week. the surveillance image from that crime shows a man in an old-style ski mask and two more surveillance images taken the next morning. this will be from last thursday morning from a robbery of a valero gas station in san leandro. law enforcement believes this is the same man responsible for at least five armed robberies in san leandro. the two in walnut creek and at

least one more in redwood city. police have yet to release a surveillance image but they describe the man as being possibly asian and 5'6" and he had a dark blue hooded sweatshirt and, again, a black mask. walnut creek police are working with their counterparts in san leandro and redwood city to catch this man. reporting live here in walnut creek, bob redell, "today in the bay." we're going to be in court when the grandmother accused of drowning one of her grandchildren is arraigned. she confessed to that crime. they have not revealed a motive, though. she intentionally drowned her 4-year-old grandson last week. two other grandchildren were in the house at the time and they were not hurt. disturbing video captures a parent's worst nightmare. a special education student being attacked by a teacher aide and now that aide is facing a charge of felony abuse. kris sanchez tracking the latest on this investigation. kris, we're learning this may

not be the first case at that school. >> even before that teacher's aide is charged, the violent images are having a ripple effect. one mother tells us she already pulled her child from that school. the video appears to show that teacher aide assaulting a special education student dragging him in the face as two other people hold him. then she goes at him, again. in another incident she throws something at him and then stands over him at a desk and puts her hands on him, again. now, in the video, she also throws things at him, as i mentioned. now, antioch police arrested 26-year-old kamaljot kaur on charges of felony child abuse. suspended her and another aide from work. in a statement tobinworld school claimed the 9-year-old boy was back at school yesterday, the day after the video was take in. but the parents of a 5-year-old boy at that school say they have seen enough and that their child will not return to tobinworld

school which is supposed to cater to students with special needs. >> especially when you have a child with special needs that has trouble verbalizing certain things. can't tell you. it's scary. >> now, in a statement tobinworld administrators say we immediately suspended the staff involved and called fami ed chid family services. we are in the process of conducting a full investigation." now tobinworld school is a private school that accepts special needs students from 15 east bay school districts and only claimed they knew after that video went viral. we spoke with an east bay attorney who said he is currently working with a different family at that school that alleges their child was also abused there. laura and scott. >> thank you. happening today, the woman accused of attacking muslims is

expected to enter a plea. police already slapped her with a restraining order forcing her to stay away from the park and stay away from the men who videotaped her. charged with misdemeanor battery and a hate crime. also today big meeting on a very old topic. what to do with the run down of what some call a dilapidated santa clara county fairground. tonight the county will hold a meeting on the subject. they confessed the fairgrounds can't attract enough business. finances are on shaky ground. not enough money is being made to renovate the buildings and spruce up the property. so the idea now is to turn half of the 150 acres into a traditional park. the other half would be turned into a sports complex for things like baseball, football and soccer league. >> they want a grand vision for the fairgrounds. something that will benefit the community. and will benefit not only you and me, but our kids and our

grandkids. >> now, the problem is where to hold the actual fair every year. they need an area to judge the animals and all the buildings to hold the livestock. the community meeting will be held at the fairgrounds starting at 7:00. 5:08. so much rain and so little time. it's certainly a developing story we have been following for days. nonstop rain dousing every part of the bay area and still more of it to come. in sonoma county, a woman had to be rescued from flood waters. this truck hit some standing water near petaluma and flipped on to its side. the driver able to get out safely. his girlfriend in the passenger seat was trapped in that car. she was able to keep her head above water until chp officers freed her and she's recovering in the hospital. heavy rain also toppled trees in san francisco. one of them smashed on to the top of parked cars in packed heights yesterday. in other parts of the cities, the roads were closed and parts of the great highway because of the flooding and more rain is on the way. let's turn to meteorologist kari

hall for the latest on the storm's path. >> scott, it's nice to get at least a little bit of a break, even if that means the rain is not as intense. still scattered showers in and out of the bay area today and even a little bit of sun to help dry things out. not seeing much in the way of showers and maybe a couple lingering sprinkles here and there and spotty light rains and the roads are still slick as you can tell from our golden gate camera and a mix of sun and clouds today. brief bouts of rain possible and then into tonight, our temperatures will be dropping now that that low pressure system is moving to the east and the cold air will have a chance to filter in from the north. so, we are looking at some cold temperatures and even more rain in the forecast heading into the weekend with a fourth system moving in for this week. i'll detail that and what else to expect. that's coming up in a few minutes. but, mike, is it still looking good across the san mateo bridge? >> it's looking very good as far as the traffic flow but twice as many cars coming across. the last 40 minutes, still very

manageable. i don't mean to be dramatic about it. let's look at your map and see the speed sensors in the middle of your screen. all around the bay, not even much slowing out of the altamont pass out of 580. one note for folks over here on the peninsula side. highway 85 at 35. we do have a tree down. now, that's the first report of that we had for the morning commute and surprised we didn't have more. eastbound has traffic control for the morning. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, big lie or big problem that may take days to determine if north korea's detonated a hydrogen bomb is truthful. some experts say they already know the. got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit. call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbay area.com. nbc bay area, we investigate.

5:13 on a thursday morning. new details. surveillance arbl ancance aerkte korean peninsula. the united states is working to determine just exactly what kind of bomb it was. administration officials say they doubt it was a hydrogen bomb like north korea claimed. instead, the evidence apparently points to a much less powerful atomic bomb. it will take several days to figure out. 5:13. dozens of failed attempts, congress is sending legislation to president obama's desk trying to repeal his signature health care law. yesterday the house passed

legislation that would get rid of obama care and cut millions of dollars in funding to plannedhood. this is the first time that such a measure made it all the way to the president's desk, but democrats calling it a waste of time. >> everybody knows that this will take about a nan osecond for the president of the united states to veto. >> exercising your constitutional right to legislate is never wasted if you're fighting for principles your constituents believe in. >> there does not appear to be enough votes in the house or the senate to override that veto. republicans are promising to outline a replacement plan by the end of next year. the president preparing for his last state of the union. the president says he'll look back on his seven years in office, but he's also warning that he's going to try to accomplish some "big things." the address is coming on tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. nbc bay area, of course, will bring it dwru live along with the republican response. it has been a terrible week

for stocks and it looks like it's going to be ugly on wall street again today. >> let's check in for that and the rest of the news before the bell with landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, landon. >> another rough day on wall street today and the turmoil in china. futers are sharply lower this morning and for the second time this week, trading in china's markets was halted after stocks tumble more than 7%, triggering automatic circuit breakers. the markets have lurked up and down as chinese reg withdraw emergency measures imposed after stocks sold off in june. and it's also pulling down oil prices. off another 5% this morning to levels not seen since the early 2000s on concern of lack of global demand. the dow falling 252 points tuesday to 16907 on oil and

geopolitical concerns. the nasdaq dropping and it is the worst three-day start to a year for the dow and nasdaq since 2008. meanwhile, macy's is cutting 4,800 jobs and closing 40 stores after reporting dismal holiday sales. about 2, 700 of those cuts are store employees. macy's blames the warm weather and the strong dollar which kept tourists from visiting and spending money on the u.s. and disney wants to add another element to the firework shows at disneyland. drones supplies to the faa for exemption to fly as many as 50 drones on a preprogrammed emitting l.e.d. lights. they'll only fly in the park's pyrotechnic clear zones or areas clear of the public. >> it would be cool to see all those lights up there. that would be neat. >> see a lot of rain in the sky, that's for sure. getting a little break from it today, kari.

>> yes, we are. yesterday it was so heavy and if you can believe it in gurnville they had almost a foot of rain. really? >> i mean, it was a lot there. >> and that's all you need is just a little bit of wind and a very soggy ground. has as we take a live look now, you can see the waves crashing up and a coastal wave warning in effect. you just want to be aware of that if you're going out close to the beach today that had the waves should never turn your back to the beach because they may be coming up very high. we still do have this system rolling across the region, but we're kind of on the back edge of this and some rain could be dropping at any time today. but we are seeing much cooler temperatures now in livermore. it's 40 degrees and oakland at degrees and 45 degrees in san francisco. we're heading into the mid-50s today as temperatures are slightly cooler than average and

low 50s all across the bay area not a wide range in temperatures but it will be cold tonight. this system is moving through and we'll be watching the next one moving in as we go into the weekend and this is the way it plays out as we head into friday and saturday. scattered, light showers today. and we're not going to see as muchy rain, not as much widespread rain as we've seen and then into tomorrow afternoon, as you head out for dinner, there still looks to be scattered showers and then heavier downpours early on saturday morn to make things wet, once again. so, we had a lot of rain. where do we stand now? in santa rosa, we're still at about 79% of normal. in front, 91% of normal with for the rainfall year over eight inches of rain. almost nine inches and livermore is almost at 100% and this starts on october 1 and our rainfall in san jose over the percentage of normal. 115% mountain views has about 5.5 inches and they're also over

the percentage of normal. so, as we go into the weekend, we will have a wet start on saturday and some morning showers mostly cloudy skies but on sunday, cool and sunny and another break before another storm system moves in. we'll be talking about that coming up later. but let's see what's happening on the roadways now with mike. >> start over here with some live looks. the bay bridge toll plaza shows you a calm drive and not a lot of water. wet, slick roadways. that's what you watch for even now after the rain has fallen in most of the areas. look towards the north bay with an easy drive. southbound 101 and also look puddling on the roadside and that's what we're talking about the transition ramps to come off of the freeways. that's an issue. let's look at your maps. no appreciatable slowing for your commute right now. north bay, east bay and the maze and across the bridges, san mateo and dumbarton bridges. live look at the south bay and silicon valley moves very well. just north of 680 and point out two things. this light is out and traffic

moves well and that light sometimes is also yutzed to tell the weather. we can see the rain falling can't see it right now. you guys can help that, right? you can check the weather. >> i can check the weather because i have that nbc bay area app. check the weather in your neighborhood and scott budman will show us how it works. >> here's a way to get your own personal alert when rough weather hits the bay area. go to our smartphone app and click on the nbc bay area icon on the upper left and then hit the gear button on your upper right. you'll see a dropdown menu and touch alert settings and then choose the information that you want to get from lightning to flooding to storms in your area. i'm scott budman and that's how to stay informed on the nbc bay area app. coming up, capturing crime as it unfolds. the bay area city where police are now asking citizens to use their phones to catch suspects. got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail

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will attend including 30 police chiefs from across america. san francisco police developing a smartphone app to help them track down crooks. actually, the idea is to get you to help them. you'll be able to use your smartphone camera to record a crime in progress and then touch the app and send video to police. but the head of public information officer just wrote about it in a police trade journal. 5:24. accusations of fraud and influencing a government official to get contracts worth millions. serious claims against a bay area company by a former employee now speaking exclusively to our investigative unit. suing fremont for fraud and age discrimination. the former executive assistant says her boss, then ceo now president used company money to wine and dine a government official security technology has dozens of contracts with federal

agencies, including the department of justice. >> i'm risking a lot. but it's important for people to understand what happens when there is abuse of authority. >> company president jason hart did respond to our request for comment. gift for the government employee. we investigate tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigativet, give us a call, 1-888-996-tips or they have an e-mail. 5:25. coming up, an overnight robbery turns into a hunt to find a serial robber. the suspect police want you to look out for. miners trapped hundreds of feet underground and thefrts under way to save them. got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. joining us. i'm scott mcgrew

in for well, good morning, everyone. thank you forring us on this thursday morning. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a little break in all the rain we were having. >> it's starting to dry up. the rain falling from the sky. but don't think you can coast on into work. standing water on the roads from all the rain we had this week. now, as we take a look at the bigger picture, you can see

still a lot of rain just rolling across the region, but looking closely at the bay area. at this time, it is not raining. but we will still have a chance of some drops falling from the sky at any time today. our temperatures have cooled down quite a bit. it's 43 degrees in the north bay and san francisco and highs today in the lower 50s and off and on rain and a brief shower also possible in the tri-valley. show you the rest of the forecast as the fourth storm system moves in. but let's see how the roads are moving now with mike. >> kari, they're moving very well. now the green highlighting us is gone because as you talked about the rain calmed down. we still have slicker transitions. be careful. a new incident reported in the south bay, 101 at 87. sounds like everything is off to the shoulder. i'll track that as chp gives us more in a few minutes. just increasing through livermore and out of pleasanton and a smooth drive for the dublin change and 580 over towards 680 and we'll give you

that look, first of all, for the entire area and now look at the toll plaza itself. we see the backup forming for the metering lights and for our spider. back to you guys. >> certainly is. 5:30 right now. we do have breaking news this morning from paris. that's where police officers shot and killed a man with a knife just outside a north paris police station. within the last 90 minutes, police announced the man was also wearing a fake explosive vest. police say the man shouted glory to god in arabic as he tried to enter the station. today's incident comes one year to the day after the terror attack at the charlie hebdo offices. more breaking news out of new york state where crews are trying to reach two miners reach trapped in an elevator. within the last 15 minutes they have freed 15 other trapped miners. this is big progress throughout the morning. that mine in lancing. 40 miles out of syracuse.

the two miners still trapped are not in danger. they have been down there more than ten hours and given radios and other supplies like water. again, they continue to lift the miners up and crews lifting those miners out and we'll continue to follow this breaking news and let you know when everybody is out safe. now, to a developing story closer to home, an overnight robbery has walnut creek police on the hunt for a suspect. happened at 57-eleven on north civic drive. >> "today in the bay" bob redell is live and the suspect connected to a string of robberies in the east bay. >> that's correct. good morning to you, scott and laura. walnut creek police believe that the man who used a gun to rob this 7-eleven on north pacific drive also hit another business in walnut creek and one in walnut city and five in san leandro. police from all three of those cities are working together to try to catch this man before he

hurts someone. they are afraid he might turn violent considering he had no problem pulling a gun on employees which is what he did last night around 11:30 to a person working the counter at this 7-eleven. displayed a silver handgun and took the money from the cash register and then ran away in a northbound direction. no one saw him fete into car. walnut police say they arrived within 60 seconds and set up a perimeter and a canine track but had no luck finding the suspect. police have yet to release surveillance video but we have images from some offer crimes. this image of the suspect wearing an old ski style mask is from a walnut creek gas station and in the surveillance image from that crime shows a man in an old style ski mask and two more surveillance images taken the next morning. this is from last thursday morning from the robbery at a valero gas station in san leandro. he's possibly asian, around 56,

dark blue hooded sweatshirt and, again, a gray mask. reporting live here in walnut creek, bob redell. 5:33 right now. investigators are hoping surveillance video nearby homes can help track down a man behind a sexual assault in an upscale peninsula neighborhood. someone attacked an 18-year-old fejogger on isabella avenue not too far from the menlo school and menlo college. happened tuesday night. police say some time between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. a man came up behind a woman and threw her to the ground. the incident leaving some neighbors unnerved including a student who lived nearby and her mother who was there visiting last night. >> it makes it a little unsafe to just want to jog and keep it more in the daylight. >> i come to see her as often as i possibly can. but with knowing this, it might be a little bit more often. >> police say surveillance video would be a big help because so far the victim has been unable

to provide any description of her attacker. a follow up for you of alleged animal abuse case out of fairfield. police have made an arrest. a warning that video is certainly to watch. fairfield police say brandy chin, the woman there with the dog was arrested. they had been searching for her for over a week. this facebook shows her apparently throwing her pug across the ground and got into a fight with her boyfriend. the pug is okay and has been placed in protective animal services. chin facing felony animal cruelty charges expected later in court today. another disturbing case caught on ru, this time in an east bay classroom. it shows a teacher's aide aing a special education student. "today in the bay" kris sanchez tracking the latest on the investigation for us. we're learning now that that aide is facing charges of felony abuse. >> right. it is video that is hard to watch and even hard to see

because we blurred the face of the student to protect his privacy. but even before the teacher's aide is charged, the violent images are having a ripple effect. one mother pulled her child from that school. this is the video we're showing you. a teacher aide assaulting a special education student striking him in the face as two other people hold him down. the aide also pins the child to the ground. in another moment stand over him at the desk and puts her hands on him, again. in the video, she throws things at him. antioch police arrested 26-year-old kamaljot kaur on felony child abuse. suspended her and suspended another aide from work because of this incident. now, in a statement, tobinworld school claimed that the 9-year-old oakland boy in that video was back at school the day after the video was taken and he was uninjured. but the parents of a 5-year-old boy who is unrelated and the mother says she's seen enough and her son will never go back

to tobinworld school which is supposed to cater to kids with special needs. >> a child who has trouble verbalizing certain things. can't tell you, it's scary. >> in a statement tobinworld administrators say they suspended the staff involved and called children and family services and notified antioch police. the student in the video returned to school wednesday uninjured and has been in class all day. we are in the process of conducting a full investigation." tobinworld school is a nonpublic school that accepts special needs students for more than 15 east bay school districts. it claimed that it only learned of that incident after the video went viral. we're trying to confirm where that video came from but it appears it was taken by an employee at the school and then another person turned it over to police. we are also talking with another attorney who says he's representing another family who also suspects abuse of their

child at the same school. laura and scott? >> thank you, kris. the man accused of harassing people at a bay area is expected to be in court today. william shouted death threats at muslims who were praying at the islamic center last month. later police found a homemade pipe bomb and pleaded not guilty to charge of making threats with a hate crime enhancement. richmond police have been running extra patrols by the islamic center ever since. police are asking for your help in finding a woman who they say stole credit cards and a driver's license and a social security card from someone on the peninsula. investigators say this woman deposited fraudulent checks into the victim's bank account and then withdrew $4,000 from that account in late negatiovember. this is surveillance video. she may have scars on her face from plastic surgery. if you have information about this woman, you're asked to call

police. 5:37 right now. so much rain and just a little time. developing story we have been following for days now. nonstop rain dousing every part of the bay area. in sonoma county, you see on your left, a woman had to be recused from flood waters yesterday after her flipped over. in san francisco, heavy rain toppled trees and shut down roads and there's still more rain on the way. as the bay area cleans up and dries out from the latest rain storms, people in one south bay community are living in worry that the storms may lead to flooding. in san jose has been historic flooding. it's seen it in that area before. all because it actually sits besbsea level. residents say they can already see water ponding on some properties. jose is hard at work on a $9 million project to upgrade an old pumping station. the problem is it won't be up and running for two more years.

>> if they don't have that, then what are they going to turn to when it does happen? if it does happen, god forbid. but that's something to worry about. >> san jose taken multiple steps to prevent flooding, that includes providing a wall of sandbags and setting up portable pumping stations. crews have also thoroughly cleared out storm drains and, like we said, more rain is on the way. turn to meteorologist kari hall now for a look at this next storm. >> it's good, laura, not to see a lot of green on the radar. we need some rain but some breaks in between. getting that now, but still scattered showers in the forecast as we go through the day and it's still wet as you head out on the roadways. you can see the sheen from the lights we take a look at the golden gate bridge. some spotty showers in the forecast throughout the day. this afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds and the sun peeking out. also help dry things up and some brief bouts of rain as that

upper level brings in showers on the back side of that system. for now, we're done with that heavier rain and by tonight our temperatures will be falling and we'll see widespread 30s across the bay area. we'll take a look ahead to the next storm system. >> kari, i just saw them turn on 90 seconds ago. these are the metering lights and back from the metering lights. that's the full area for the bay bridge. we're getting the incline better. flashing lights on the eastbound side, as well. not on the chp report but fender bender in the center divide and no slowing getting off of that bridge towards oakland. we look at your maps and see a smooth drive of traffic around the area and there is a crash over on the shoulder there and not a lot of activity and just a small build through concord and the south bay north 101 at 87 a crash there and the detail that is a spinout. still some slick roadways, guys. back to you. coming up, it's game on for ces. thousands of techis flocking to

las vegas for the consumer electronics show. a look inside the virtual world after the break.

a quick update to breaking news we've been following all morning long. out of new york state, that's where crews have successfully rescued all the miners trapped inside an elevator this morning. 17 in total were trapped underground but within the last couple of minutes, we've confirmed they are all out

safely. the consumer electronic show under way in las vegas. >> among the crowd, scott budman who says right now the biggest thing in the world right now is the virtual world. >> well, good morning from las vegas and the consumer electronics show. the big news on the floor, the oculous how it looks to be inside the virtual world and also when you can get your hands on one of these. of all the tech we'll see at this year's consumer electronic show, the tech with the most hype when it comes to consumers, is virtual reality. >> going to be huge in games. going to be huge in social. it's going to change everything. >> we know it's going to be big, after all, facebook paid $2 billion to buy vr company oculous and facebook knows a thing or two about bringing people together on a platform. >> as vr gets older and older

these worlds will expand out and massive environments that can walk around in, play in and experience. >> it's not just oculous competing for your virtual attention. samsung 2. you can already buy these vr glasses. sony also has a vr set. and while virtual reality gets set to take off, don't sleep on augmented reality. this is the hollow lens from microso microsoft. a little computer on your head which brings holograms into your field of vision. >> those are going natural technology to get smaller and smaller and we'll get to a point wheral will say, hey, those are good looking enough for me. >> reporter: the future of the consumer experience is likely to change from real to virtual in the blink of an eye.

and you can preorder it right now, $599. delivery is coming your way in march. in las vegas, i'm scott budman, "today in the bay." 5:46 right now. super bowl l is expected to bring heavy traffic to the south bay next month. not just on the ground, but in the air, as well. 1,200 private jets are expected to fly in and out of the bay area. the faa is requiring pilots to make reservations for arrival and departures. all three major bay area airports and smaller air fields will be used. the assistant director of aviation said the faa is working to accommodate the rich and famous without affecting hundreds of commercial flights and passengers. but the crowded air space has frequent fliers worried about delays. >> usually we get that from storms not from super bowls. >> i'm not to curse on tv but that sounds like a show, you know. not an air show. >> not high rollers. local agencies also preparing for president obama to come to the bay area and attend the

game. >> clever. i like that. the jackpot now grows to $675 million for saturday's drawing. that will be the largest jackpot ever. here are the numbers that nobody won. 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the powerball 17. that was the key. there is a new millionaire in the bay area. somebody bought at ticket at perry's liquor in union city. got five of the numbers but not the powerball. that is good for $1.4 million. the jackpot still up for grabs on saturday. million more americans will test their luck and dream big. >> i've never seen such a big jackpot. not sure if that is normal or not. but pretty impressive. >> powerball is played in 44 states along with washington, d.c., puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. >> you know what, we came out $5 ahead. >> hey, all right. we're going to let it ride.

>> yeah. >> did you see that perry liquor's sign? let's find out about our weather this morning. >> still looks wet into the next couple of days, but not soggy. looking a little bit better across the bay area. as you head out, still standing water on the roads. watch out for that. but as we look at the golden gate bridge, you can see it's a smooth ride. hopefully it stays that way. let's check out this storm system as kind of winds up and moves farther to the east of us and that's where most of the energy has been and a chance of rain moving through as we take a break now. still, that will not the case as we go through the day. a few of these scattered showers will be rolling on by. and highs today reaching into the low to mid-50s. let's keep the umbrella handy just in case at times we will see the sun coming out and a light wind with a high of 53 degrees today in concord. and pleasanton reaching 54 degrees. now, we've been closely watching those flood stages and water

levels at area rivers. russian river at guerneville we wanted to check in on that. the flood stage is about 32 inches. so, our 32 fetor. and we're at about 17.2 feet now. and it will continue to fall. so, we're well below flood stage. but some of the creeks going into the russian river are seeing some minor flooding like the mark west creek in forestville. and flood stages at about feet and we're at about 52.3. minor flooding there and we, once again, have rain in the forecast. we may continue to see those rising as we go through the rest of the season. as we go into today, this storm system wrapping up and we are still seeing some of the scattered light showers hind that. that will be the case as we go through the day, but not widespread. not really heavy. the next heavy round of rain moves in early on saturday

morning. and that will give us a tale of two weekends with wet conditions starting out and then on sunday it dries out and we'll have some cool and sunny conditions with a light breeze. heading into the next few days, once again, getting ready for more wet weather. i'll be talking about that and let's see what's happening on the roads as we check in now with mike. >> better driving conditions and that's the case in san jose where you see the volume starting to build up here at 68 oand the map will show you north of there. let's take that map and show you right here. that camera right at 680 and slowing just north of there and this isically the time we'll see the gradual build and this week has been a rebuild for your commute after the holiday light for the last end of december. 101 aff87 a spinout reported and out of lanes and wanted to talk abo about those. 84 continues to build.

the worst of the tri-valley. major surface street as you're cutting out of livermore and the dublin interchange, 580 and 680 moves very well. approaching the bay bridge, no major problems and little bit of the nimitz and does have the metering lights on. and live look at oakland between the two spots and volume starting to increase and northbound easy, and southbound looks but it's not. all the way down to the san mateo bridge. live camera one way to show you the traffic conditions. >> our nbc bay area app is a great way to stay informed about the weather. meteorologist rob m shows us how to work. >> get your own alerts. go to our nbc bay area app and click on the icon on the left side of the screen and then the gear icon on up thor right which will take you to a dropdown menu and choose information specific

to your interests or to your area. you want to know if lightning is on the way or if a dangerous storm is on approach, you can get that information relayed directly to your mobile device minute by minute as those weather conditions develop around the bay area. i'm rob mayeda and that's how you can stay ahead of the storm on the nbc bay area app. >> thanks a lot, rob. the's brewing in the capital. republicans facing off president obama after congress attempts to repeal affordable care act. where that legislation is going, next. let's take a peek outside this morning. beautiful look at san francisco before the sun's arrival. a break from the rain today, but more is on the way. kari's got a look at that full foreca forecast. mike minding the roads for us. a lot more new ahead. got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. bomb test. sur

welcome back. new details on the aircraft above the korean peninsula trying to test the air for evidence of that blast. the united states working to determine what kind of bomb it was. administration officials say they doubt it was a hydrogen bomb. north korea says it was. instead, the evidence apparently pointing to a much less power,

though still incredibly dangerous atomic bomb. it will take several days to figure that out. it is 5:55. after dozens of failed attempts, congress is sending legislation to president obama's desk repealing his signature health care law. yesterday the house passed legislation that would get rid of obama care and cut millions of dollars in funding to planned parenthood. this is the first time that such a measure will make it to the president's desk, but democrats calling it a waste of time. >> everybody knows that this will take about a nano second for the president of the united states to veto. >> exercising your constitutional right in power to legislate is never wasted if you're fighting for principles your constituents believe in. >> experts say there does not appear to be enough votes to override the president's veto. republicans are promising to outline a replacement health plan by the end of the year. the president is preparing for next week's state of the union. >> it's my last one.

and i keep thinking about the road that we traveled together these past seven years. >> he released this youtube video overnight as a preview. the president doesn't say what kind of things will be in the address, but he says he'll try to accomplish some really big things in the last year of his office. so, the address will come tuesday night at 6:00 at night. we will bring that to you live along with the republican response. an investigative unit exclusive. accusations of fraud and influencing government officials to get contracts worth millions. tonight, serious claims against the bay area company by a former employee. now speaking exclusively the investigative unit. anna is suing fremont based identive for fraud and age discrimination. the former executive assistant her boss and then ceo and now president used company money to wine and dine government official. they specialize security technology and has dozens of

contracts with federal agencies, including the department of justice. >> i'm risking a lot. but it's important for people to understand what happens when there is abuse of authority. >> the company's president jason hart did not respond to our request for comment. tonight, details on what they're saying are lavish parties and gifts for government employees. we investigate tonight at 9:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call, 1- 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail. breaking news at 6:00. a shooting outside a paris police station just hours ago. police do believe that was linked to terrorism. a serial armed robber hits another business here in the east bay. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. a brutal assault inside a bay area classroom. the charges a teacher aide now faces after disturbing video surfaces. "today in the bay" starts now.

a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. >> boy, ritsber in a wild week of weather. a little calmer today. kari said keeps those umbrellas handy. >> scott and laura, it will still be wet even though we're getting a chance to dry out now. no raindrops falling from the sky, but that may not be the case all throughout the day and we're still seeing this storm system spinning across the region, but as we take a closer look at the bay area, some rain to the west of us but none inland. so, loogiking good as you head t the door this morning. spotty showers as we go through the morning and early afternoon. but little bit more sun to help dry things out and we're looking at highs today in the mid to low 50s. colder as we go into tonight. we're getting ready for the next storm system to move in this weekend. i'll detail that coming up, but let's see what's happening now on the roadways with mike. >> the rain to the west of us over the water. the metering lights are on.

westbound slows a little bit up as the incline as you expect down at the toll plaza and the flashing lights eastbound, those are gone. no problems and no delay for that crash. we'll look at your maps and see the same thing for much of the bay. no real problems on the approach through the maze. 880 over here at 238. a fender bender and some slowing southbound down through hayward out of san leandro. southbound crash cleared for 101 slowing from 680 to 280 and chp will arrive and i'll give you the details where we don't see any slowing. back to you. >> thank you, mike. breaking news in paris. police officers shot and killed a man with a knife just outside a paris police station on the north side of that city. within the last two hours police announced that man was wearing a fake explosives vest. police a man shouted glory to god in arabic as he tried to enter the police station. this incident one year to the day after the terror attack at the charlie hebdo offices which left 12 people dead along with e