storm system is make its way out allowing for the next system to move on. we're still seeing light showers across the extreme southern part of the bay area near morgan hill and gilroy and otherwise things are starting to dry out and looking at drizzle and mist and temperatures in the 50s. later on top out near 50 degrees as the clouds race on in and expecting a good mix of sun and clouds and rain expected for everybody tonight. weal up in our next report. in fact, mike has breaking news and activity going on in downtown san jose. what's happening? >> a deadly crash that has just been reported by san jose pd. not far from highway 87. actually 87 at the santa clara off ramp. as if you're exiting towards sap center and that may have santa clara closed. a hit and run crash from what we understand involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. again, our crew is heading out there. of course, they're taking care of that scene in downtown san jose, as well. we'll track that. the freeways them selves are moving well, but just starting to see that commute for this friday for 101 through the area.

that is certain, as well. the freeway is getting more crowded. quick look at the bridge. here at the toll plaza and a crash also for 880 just south of the san mateo bridge and i'll follow up with that one in our next report. back to you. more breaking news this morning. the coast guard says there are no sign of survivors after two marine corps helicopters collided. it happened near the hawaiian island of owahoo during an overnight training exercise. 12 marines were onboard and six on each helicopter. the coast guard did find burning wreckage in the water and an empty life raft nearby and, again, no survivors so far. we'll continue to watch this story and bring you updates as soon as we get them. gunerupting in the parking lot of a busy bay area mall. police trying to figure out if anybody was hit by those bullets. >> bob redell live and police spent the night checking with hospitals to see if they even have any victims. >> san leandro police did check

local hospitals to see if anyone was injured during last night's shooting and so far they haven't found any or elised that information. the shooting happened right behind me in this parking lot here around 6:40 last night outside the old navy and bed, bath & beyond store here in san leandro. between two groups of people, according to police. two men walking in the parking lot and then other people in a car, reportedly a red camaro. at least one of the parties started shooting at the other. the people in the red camaro drove off and they ran into the mall and were eventually caught and detained by police for questioning. investigators do not believe that this was a random attack, but still have not figured out what the relation is between both sides and what led up to this shooting. unfortunately, no bystanders were hurt and one person's car was hit by a bullet. police are asking people who are here during this time we're talking about between 6:30, 7:00 last night to check their vehicles for bulletholes. >> and investigate that because

there may pea evidence inside of your vehicle that is going to link this, link the suspect to this crime. >> this is the third time that there's been a shooting at the bay fair center over the past few years. in august of 2014, someone shot a man in the leg in the parking lot near the fresh choice restaurant. and then december of 2013 a man was shot in the mall's parking lot. he survived. both shootings results of arguments between the shooter and their victims. reporting live here in san leandro, bob redell, "today in the bay." martinez police looking for a couple knife yielding robbers and held up the wing stop around 10:30 last night. they walked up to the cashier and demanded money and one flashing a knife in the employee's face forcing her to open the cash register. a new sketch to show you this morning in hopes of catching a violent robber in the south bay. take a look at this. this suspect stabbed a woman several times in central park on

kylie boulevard tuesday night. the victim is expect tad be okay, but the robber took her wallet and cell phone and ran. police say he's in his early 20s about 5'5" and thin with a medium brown complexion and shoulder length dark brown hair. eyes and sunken cheeks. happening today, the man accused of killing a hayward police officer will be back in court. he's expected to answer a plea this afternoon. mark estrada charged with murder in the killing of sergeant scott lunger. investigators say estrada shot lunger during a traffic stop in hayward back in july. police found blood and bullet casings in his truck after that shooting. it is 6:04. new this morning, one of the three winners of the $1.6 billion powerball jackpot appears to have come forward. >> appears, you say. >> here's the thing, yeah, they made that announcement on "today" show but before visiting lottery officials. >> yeah. they look like they're the numbers. so, i checked them. actually four times and i said,

well, i'll believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say, hey, there's a winner in mumford. >> so, did you stay up there night? when did you get the news? >> we were up all night. we didn't get no sleep. >> john and lisa robinson from mumford, tennessee, that is the ticket. man, i wouldn't just wave that thing around. they kept it under wraps until now. their attorney, the guy in the orange tie there advised them to go public on a national news show as they're doing here instead of going to lottery office first. you can watch the whole view after "today in the bay" at 7:00 a.m. >> that's dangerous walking around with that ticket, if it's true. >> where suppose get on record, we have it, we have it, but, still, i just don't know. >> what if you think you won but then you didn't. there was some pretty big moments of pure joy turned into a lot of confusion for a southern california woman. >> it just pains me. a nurse from pomona thought she had the winning powerball ticket to find out it was a prank and the prankster was her son. workers at a nursing facility

briefly celebrated yesterday after hearing their worker had won the jackpot. now, this is cool. earlier in the week the boss bought thousands of tickets for employees and patients at the nursing home owns. but the nurse who got the ticket was pranked may end up getting special treatment after all. >> who actually bought all these tickets and he said, my gosh, if the son played a joke, i need to let her know that i will probably be willing to send her on a vacation, all-paid vacation somewhere because it's not a nice joke. >> it is not a nice joke. now, there was a ticket sold in california that won, but so far nobody in california has stepped forward to claim that powerball prize. >> pretty bad prank there. 6:06 right now. check your forecast this morning. no fooling when it comes to that. rain in the works. >> that makes me think about my 2-year-old, what is going to happen when they get older. what am i going to have to deal with. twice the trouble.

laura you have three times the trouble headed your way. let's talk about the forecast. rain pulling out of the region. we do have slick roads, mike will talk about them in just a moment. but as the skies start to clear out, we'll see sunshine and temperature near 60 degrees for the east bay and the ritri-valley temperatures in the 50s. 58 degrees there and a good mix of sun and clouds as we get ready for our next storm system. that will arrive tonight as the big one and pack quite a punch as far as rain goes, especially for the north bay. we're expecting the most in terms of rain and wind. wind in our inland valleys up to 25 miles an hour. again not overly gusty but the rain will be pretty widespread once weget towards midnight. 11:00, 12:00 showers moving on through and heavy bouts of rain and that will continue through your saturday morning. keep that in mind, kind of great to start off the weekend. we are expecting decent rainfall amounts with this next storm system as you saw from space, pretty big. maybe higher amounts across the north bay. on the heels of that one, we have another storm system that

will move in for sunday night into monday and that could give our totals over an inch in san francisco. up to two inches in the north bay, even three and over an inch in parts of the east bay, as well. approaching 0.75 across the south bay. a good, soaking rain headed our way. may want to schedule some indoor activities. even some winter weather headed to the sierra. we've got winter storm warnings in place. we'll get the first storm system move through tonight and on top of that one, sunday night into monday. we're talking about an additional two feet of snow. you got to make sure you have those chains if you're going to be doing any traveling through the sierra. let's talk to mike right now and see if it's any better. that deadly hit and run. >> the situation, we have clarification. a closure on the santa clara or alameda depending on how you refer to that. just off highway 87. south bay. freeway is very light right now. it's friday. two key spots we're worried about. one in downtown san jose and one in hayward. downtown san jose one is right

here. make it clearer. here's 87 and 280. this is the santa clara off ramp. and then sap center over here. between 87 and sap center. they have closed santa clara street or the alameda because of a deadly hit and run crash down there. the investigation goes on. the pedestrian was hit and killed before 5:00 this morning. kris sanchez is out there and get you more details and let you know when they expect to reopen. right now traffic rerouted and there's major roadways that will help you get around. light traffic so far through downtown. now, let's look over towards oakland and 880 shows you heavier volume of traffic. looking at 880 slow southbound once you pass the san mateo bridge and we're still watching that slowing there. meanwhile, the bay bridge toll plaza has your metering lights on. north bay a subtle build for san rafael and the rest of the bay moves very smoothly. 880 south through hayward slow but the deadly crash investigation and santa clara not far from sap. back to you guys.

>> all right, mike, thanks. coming up the harlem globetrotters versus steph curry. we'll show you the video coming up next. i'm stephanie chuang live in our san francisco newsroom. highlights from the first gop debate of 2016. the first public punches between the frontrunners. got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate.

an update to breaking news for you. san jose police looking for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian and then drove off. this happened just a little bit ago near the intersection of santa clara near the sap center. you can expect traffic delays right now. the suspec car described as a late '80s, early '90s full white pickup. full-size white pickup. damage on the front driver's side. our kris sanchez headed to the scene. she'll bring us an update as soon as she gets therethere. >> the fact is there is a big overhang. there's a big questionmark on your head. and you can't do that to they. you really can't. you can't do that to the party. the gloves are officially off among the top gop presidential candidates. during last night's, one of the

issues cruz's birthplace and whether or not he's even eligible to be president. stephanie chuang live in the newsroom with more reaction. steph, things got pretty heated. >> it did, laura. you heard it from trump there. seeing trump and cruz attack each other and a very big stage here on the debate stage. not a surprise, of course, they are both fighting for first in iowa, which is just less than three weeks away. now what trump brought up is where cruz was born in canada. he said, you know what, you may jeopardize the gop ticket becauses pounce on your birthplace questioning the eligible to be president and cruz basically firing back and brought up how trump's mother was born in scotland. >> but i would note that the birther theories that donald has been relying on, some of the more extreme ones insist that you must not pone only be born u.s. soil, but two parents born

on u.s. soil. not only under that theory would i be disqualified, marcoio and bobby jindal and, interestingly enough, donald j. trump would be disqualified. >> our political analyst says trump fell flat, but added jeb bush who has been low in the polls did well. one back and forth between the two to ban all muslims from entering the country. >> is there anything you heard that makes you want to rethink this position? >> no. no. we have to stop with political correctness. >> all muslims? seriously. what kind of signal does that send to the rest of the world -- >> he said he made those comments and represented him being unhinged. >> they are unhinged. >> now, one gauge on popularity and people's interest is google

searches and google trends basically pointed out that before and at the end of the debate donald trump was still the number one search during this time. of course, we got more highlights coming up in about 30 minutes. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chuang. >> thanks, steph. harlem globetrotters at the sap center and last night took some time to catch the warriors in action. trying to mimic part of steph curry's warm up routine. pretty well there. that's pretty close. >> they went on to beat the l.a. lakers, 116-98. kobe bryant's last game ever in oakland. >> fun to watch the progression more so than anything of playing this team when i first came in the league and the team not being very good to what they are now. watching how the fans stuck by their team has been fun to watch that progression. >> set to retire at the end of the season after 20 years. that is so phenomenal.

20 years playing professional basketball. >> pretty hard for those guys to give it up. such a part of their life. >> sure. 6:17 right now. we have breaking news when it comes to your morning commute. a concern downtown. >> big concern and complications for downtown traffic. >> 87 near santa clara. we'll get to that. the rain for this weekend. >> the grounds are wet now. as you get going, take it slow. ease up on that gas pedal and know how it goes some mornings. here we are on this friday morning. you made it to the weekend and you can see bay bridge moving without a problem there and we do have that incident in the south bay. mike will be along in just a moment. let's talk about some weather right now. showers out of the south bay and light rain across morgan hill and gilroy and overall that storm system that moves through, it issing its way out of the region. here comes our next storm. clouds already building across the bay and a good mix of sun and clouds as we head through the day. your forecast here on this friday brings san jose back up to 60 degrees and 59 for san

mateo and across the north bay, mostly cloudy skies expected there. 58 and 57 from napa and hayward you'll top out near 60 and livermore at 59 later on this afternoon and pleasanton right at 69 degrees. you'll notice the clouds pretty extensive through the day and not expecting the rain until tonight, right around midnight when the sun goes down and we may see some showers fall, again, around midnight. time that out and notice what i'm talking about. the futurecast moves through the evening and dry until about 9:00, 10:00 and widespread rain for most of the bay area. now, this first storm system is going to bring decent rainfall amounts. 0.25 or less than that from san francisco to the tri-valley and south bay. more across parts of the north bay and 0.5 for santa rosa as the next storm system moves in, that one could give us an additional 0.25 which would put our rainfall totals with the series of two storms near an inch in san francisco and 0.75

and looks like 0.75 to an inch for the east bay and more than that for the north bay. so, decent headed our way this upcoming weekend and decent snow, as well. make sure you want to leave, if you are going to be traveling to the sierra, do it today. the snow arrives tonight. it's going to be snowing all day tomorrow and then another storm moves in sunday night into monday. they're expecting a foot of additional snow across the sierra. so, yeah, you make sure you got chains handy if you're doing any traveling, especially across 80. all right, mike, how is it looking on those roads? better across the south bay. >> freeway across the south bay are moving, anthony. all around the bay, a pretty light flow of traffic and 101 through san jose and the rest of the map for silicon valley with those speeds. just 101 itself where we show the camera has that increase. downtown san jose. the biggest concern and we have a crew heading, actually kris sanchez is heading down there to get more details on how long the closure is going on. this is at santa clara and the deadly hit and run crash

happened earlier this morning just before 5:00. a pedestrian was hit and killed on the streets and that is between sap center right here and highway 87. they cut off this whole section here. this is a huge issue for folks coming into downtown and you can only exit over to this side on the santa clara and the other roadways to get back and forth between julian, for example, and park avenue through downtown. those roadways will open for a detour, but that cutting off right there will afolks getting to highway 87 out of downtown. fortunately, that's not the big commute right now and you can use julian and we're tracking that. a matter of hours before they can clear that with the investigation we'll also tell you about that car they're looking for, as well. over here, southbound 880 through hayward with an easier drive and that crash there at eighth street has closed from the roadway and clear into union city and the rest of your bay moves very well as you expect a lighter friday flow. but the backup at the bay bridge plaza and that live shot and the metering lights on. a little activity off to the

right. but the backup on the left, those cash lanes already just a little slow off of the bay area, the and off the east shore freeway. back to you. >> mike, thank you. the changing of the guard for the san jose police department today. today the chief will turn in his badge and leave for a new job in tracy. one of the last things he wanted to do was one of the very first things he did as an officer. walk the beat. we were with him as shook hands in one of san jose's rougher neighborhoods. as chief, he led the department through the murder of one of their own. you saw a spike in gang violence, but after 28 years, he's moving on. >> i don't know if i have a proudest moment, but i'll tell you what, i think the things that we've done in terms of just keeping this organization afloat. >> esquivel says the department is on the right track but time for a new generation to lead. eddy garcia will take over the

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statement on facebook yesterday saying in part "it is with deep sadness that we announce that rene angelil, aged 73, died this morning at her residence in las vegas after a long and courageous fight against cancer. the family wishes to live the mourning in privacy. the cdc is considering a traveling warning because of a nasty, relatively new virus causing brain damage in newborns. it is named for a location in africa where it was first discovered. this is back in the 1940s. it had been a rare disease up until now but discovered in places around the globe. discovered to be so bad in brazil doctors are considering telling women in some locations to actually avoid getting pregnant. coming up, the 49ers toss all their chips into the new coach's basket. reaction from the faithful. shots fired in the parking lot of a busy bay area mall and now police are asking people nearby to do something very

specific to help the investigation. we're going to take you live to downtown san jose. this is near the sap center where there has been a deadly hit and run. crews on the scene. it affects traffic and buses. we'll tell you all about it coming up. 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.

a very good friday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. sam brock has the day off. let's get right to anthony. >> watching our storm system that moved in overnight out of the region and we're watching the next one that's making its way into the left side of your screen right now. you can see clouds are starting to build and we will see a good mix of sun and clouds as we head through the day here in the bay area. temperatures right now back into the 50s for the most part. still seeing some areas of drizzle and sprinkle activity and for the most part once we get going into the afternoon, we'll stay dry today. temperatures back to near 60 degrees for the south bay and the tri-valley up to 58 today and san francisco 57 and widespread rains heavy at times arriving for all of us tonight. mike issing about other incidents around the bay, but still does have that deadly hit and run. how is it going? >> in san jose. we'll talk about that in a second. crews arrived on scene and i'll give them a couple seconds.

the bay bridge toll plaza does have the backup, but the left approach is looking light. the rest of the bay looking light for friday, as well. these freeways not a major concern. 880 for hayward and earlier crashes there. we'll move to the south bay. you'll see, the freeways are moving well down here as you would expect, as well. downtown san jose and locater right here. highway 87 and here's 280 and sap center over there. now, this portion of santa clara from i understand is closed because of a deadly hit and run crash there involving a pedestrian and kris sanchez has arrived out there. kris, you're live with the very latest on the investigation. what do you have? >> we were just talking to the lieutenant of the an jose police department who said it appears the driver didn't hit that bicyclist just once, but perhaps hit that bicyclist twice. he's here with me this morning. thanks for joining us. you suspect that this driver, this pedestrian was hit twice and it was a bicyclist, in fact. >> yeah, so our initial witness statement show that the vehicle kind of veered off to the

opposing lanes of traffic and jumped up own to the curb and potentially clipping the bicycle, maybe hitting the individual on the bicycle once. we believe that the driver at that point panicked and put it in reverse and when he was reversing to flee the scene actually ran the victim over again. and that would be the fatal event. >> now, the description is a vehicle found pretty common. a white full-size contractor-type pickup truck but the damage doesn't, that would be noteworthy. >> the damage would be noteworthy, however from the information that we have and the damage would be pretty minor. the driver side right front fender will have a slight amount of damage on it because he did gently brush up against the wall there but didn't impact it very hard. but there is some scrapes and paint transfer there and then typically, you know, a body is not going to do that much damage

to a truck like that. >> but damage on the back side where that driver backed up? >> potentially, yes. >> closer to where that victim passed away here on the scene. the fact is that people need to stay out of the area, both pedestrians, bicyclists and commuters. >> so, all santa clara streets at the sap center shut down. makes it difficult for people commuting and getting to the train station and so on and so forth. but there is alternate routes. take san fernando to autumn and come up the back way. >> not a homicide at this point. you want folks to say something if they see something. >> absolutely. the truck, you see a white, you know, '80s, '90s construction-style truck with damage in the bed and has damage on the right fender and write down that license plate and give us a call, crimestoppers. you know, this guy killed somebody and we want to find that person. >> thank you very much, lieutenant. >> again, a full-size white

pickup truck contractor style with stuff in the back. likely some damage on the front driver's side and the rear fender. this driver apparently hit this bicyclist twice. he is a 60-year-old man who died here on the scene. if you know something, call crimestoppers, call san jose police department. do want to talk to this person. also be aware that if you're commuting through the downtown area, this is going to impact your commute between santa clara street is closed between the sap center and highway 87. that means closed to pedestrians and bicyclists, drivers and vta is rerouted through the area, as well. you want to stay tuned to mike because he will have the very latest. in san jose, kris sanchez. >> find an alternate route. big story we're also firing gunfire erupting in the parking lot of a busy area mall and police still trying to figure out if anyone was hit by those bullets. >> bob redell is live and spent the night checking with

hospitals to see if they had any victims. >> and so far as far as we know they didn't find anyone. san leandro police do tell us they believe the shooting that took place in this parking lot, scott and laura, was not a random attack. they have not determined what the relation was between both sides or what led up to this shooting. happened around 6:40 last night in this parking lot just outside the bed, bath & beyond and old navy store. >> it is not clear who started the shooting and people in a red camaro and two men walking through the parking lot. police do not believe that anyone was shot. they did check local hospitals to make sure. the people in the car did drive away. the two men escaped into the mall who were later detained by police for questioning. now, a parked car was hit by a bullet and i bring this up because police aring to check your car for bullet holes if your vehicle was parked here between 6:30, 7:00 last night. that information would help with the investigation.

detes detectives reviewing mall security camera bob redell, "today in the bay". a popular east bay shooting range faces a key deadline in submitting its future operations plans. the gun club in the regional park in the hills of castro valley. opponents want it shut down. east bay regional park leaders are concerned about lead pollution and noise levels and even the club's business plan. last month park leaders dwgave e club a dead lanof today to submit a plan to manage those issues. if that plan falls short in the park district's opinion, the shooting range could lose its lease that expires in march. lawmakers in sacramento have a new gun law. ban so-called bullet butts. they think they contributed to the death enabling the shooters to

fire up to 75 bullets in just four minutes. supporters of the ban on the bullet but it would close a loophole when the federal government appears unable to act. >> congress is in a complete paralysis and being completely unable to respond to these mass killings. sdwr we are reaching out this morning to the gun lobby to get their reaction. in the past they've said thatting to strengthen california's assault weapons ban just ends up with people rushing to buy more guns before are banned. this new proposal would not ban bullet bullets on guns already sold. people on edge in san francisco frustrated community members voicing their concern over safety with the meeting with the police chief. supervisor scott wiener who himself was recently robbed in the mission district organized this meeting. the mayor told the crowd he prepared to allocate funds to improve safety. meantime, the police chief says while violent crime is down in the city, property crimes are

up. one district captain says police need help preventing a rash of car break-ins. >> do not leave anything and when we say anything we anything. even the cord to your smartphone because we know they will break in the car to look for the smartphone. >> someone gave the mayor a key fob protector that prevents thieves from using an amplifier to unlock the car. a tacting police are seeing occasionally. residents say the meeting was the beginning of what needs to be a partnership to report crime. maybe ends up being another hail mary. the niners hired chip kelly. this after one disastrous season with tomsula. a not so glorious exit from philly fans hope his winning record over three seasons is more indicative of the coach he can be. >> offense, you know, that scheme could work in san francisco. not sure it may take a few year

build and get the personnel that could run that type of offense. >>s are also hoping kelly can work his magic on the struggling colin kaepernick. the team is expected to introduce kelly next week. let's check your weather this weekend. this friday. >> looking ahead to a rainy saturday. >> we made it to the weekend, more rain in the forecast this weekend. saturday is going to be rainy. sunday is going to be the day to get out and do any outdoor activities and another storm moving in sunday night. this is how much rain we picked up and same deal for mill valley and santa rosa up to about 0.75 and then san francisco and points south really just lesser amounts less than 0.25 and lafayette less than that and even concord a0.1 and san jose just measly 0.1 and just enough to get the ground wet. as we move through the day we will see sunshine in here and, in fact, sun and clouds and more clouds by the afternoon that

will leave 60s for the south bay and 59 for the peninsula today and east bay at 60 and tri-valley up to 57 and san francisco at 57. here's a storm system going to move in for tonight and that will linger through your saturday, so expect gray skies through most of the day and a few peeks of sunshine through the afternoon hours and rainy through most of the morning hours. this is around midnight and notice the showers with us for the first part of saturday. how much rain we're expecting and 0.25 and maybe.5 and maybe an inch. if you are doing any traveling across parts of the south bay, mike has a heads up for you. mike, still talking about that deadly hit and run. >> we are. looking over here specific for downtown san jose which is starting to see the commute come in towards the downtown area. there is sap center. we know that iconic site right there. right alongside and that is where we have a lot of the festvables. and flashing lights just off autumn and that's where they close and from downtown let's

show you the map to 87, that stretch is closed. very important because of a deadly crash there and also where folks get off highway 87 and you have to get off the other side and down to san carlo. excuse me. moving very well, we have that concern for downtown the investigation for the deadly crash likely going to be hours now. looking towards hayward for slowing for an earlier crash and that is starting to clear. livermore and the bay bridge toll plaza we have the metering lights on and slower drive towards the approach and no problem for the maze and easy drive for the rest of the bay. back to you. >> all ready for friday and saturday, yeah. >> yeah. let's get out of here. coming up, the dwluvs are co coming off. >> big questionmark on your head and you can't do that to the party. you really can't do that to the party. >> avoided attacking each other until now. break down the hits and misses from last night's gop debate.

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>> i already know that democrats are going to be bringing the suit. you have a big lawsuit over your head while you're running and if you become the nominee, who the hell know physical you can serve in office. the gloves are officially off. during last night's debate south carolina, frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz clash repeatedly. one of the biggest topics is cunec

canadian-born cruz's birthplace. stephanie chuang has highlights and reaction. things got really pretty heated. >> you heard a little bit of it right there. start would the gop candidates putting the heat on president obama and hillary clinton but a few minutes in they turned on each other attacking each other. again, you heard trump just 30 seconds ago this is cruz firing back. >> you know, back in september my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was nothing there. nothing to this further issue. now since september the constitution hasn't changed. but the poll numbers have. >> now, it did seem that trump won a different exchange between those two referencing a radio interview. describing that as socially liberal focusing on money and media. >> and everybody in the world

watch and everybody loves new york and loveders and i have to tell you, that was a very statement that ted made. >> now our political analyst says trump fell flat. he believes john casing, chris christie and jeb bush did well and ben carson disappeared from the polls and the conversation and time is of the essence. as we all know, iowa is less than three weeks away. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." new this morning, one of the three winners of the $1.6 billion powerball jackpot has apparently come forward. we say apparently because they made their announcement on "today" show before even going to lottery officials. the couple is from tennessee and "today in the bay" miguel joins us from chino hills where everyone thought they knew who bought the winning ticket there. good morning, miguel. >> good morning.

trying to separate fact and fiction here. start with that couple in tennessee. they are a third of the winners here. of course, as you remember, three winning powerball tickets that were sold and they say they have one of those three tickets. if that is, in fact, true, they would take home some $530 million before taxes. after taxes that breaks down to just over $300 million so plenty of pocket change here. meantime here in california at this 7-eleven, we're still waiting for the winner of the powerball ticket here to step forward. california lottery officials in the bay area and in sacramento tell us that that person will have several months to step forward and that eventually their name will be released. but, again, so far no one has stepped forward and that ticket is still outstanding in florida. today we have also tried to separate the fiction. many people here in california stepped forward and say they were the winners when, in fact, they weren't. matter of fact not far from here, just a few miles from here, a woman who works at a nursing home, a mother of seven

was told by her son that she had won the lotto. helicopters sured overhead and news crews were on the ground and it turned out to be a prank. bad feelings left for that mom as we await the two other big winners here. >> she has six kids. >> that's right. >> miguel standing by live where that one lottery ticket was sold. thank you so much. you could watch miguel's full report coming up on "today." >> let's get the full report when it comes to weather and traffic together. starting out with you. >> rain that has cleared out and mike's got that deadly hit and run we'll talk about in just a moment. very active here on this friday, which is usually a friday light. you can see the commute and skies starting to part. we have some sunshine headed here on our friday. grab the shades before you head out. it is a nice, bright day once we get rid of these clouds. as the sun continues to come up, we'll see temperatures in the 50s and already this afternoon we'll see 57 for a high for san

francisco and 58 today for the tri-valley. 59 for the peninsula and 0 today for the san jose area. now, we do have this next storm system working its way to the bay area. that will bring rain tonight and in the meantime a good mix of sun and clouds through the day. more sunshine this morning and more clouds this afternoon. now, the rain is expected to move in once the sun does go down for most of the bay area. in fact, much later than it moved in last night. most of us got rain during the evening commute and the commute will be dry and rain around midand then be around for your saturday morning with some sunshine by saturday afternoon. how much rain we're expecting for the first system and 0.25 and some places close to 0.5 and then that next storm system will race for sunday night into monday and that will us an inch in san francisco and close to 2 inches for parts of the north bay and that will leave our rainfall totals close to 0.75 across the south bay and maybe even more than that for the peninsula. decent rain headed our way and decent snow, as well.

winter storm warnings posted for the sierra and up to 10 inches of new snow and the first storm system and the second one on its heels and very snowy sierra weekend if you're doing any traveling there. make sure you have the chains because it's going to start snowing as soon as tonight. leave early. let's talk to mike right now and see what's moving on those roads. >> leave earlier if you can. going to the sierra, today is a good time to leave. bring those chains and tonight into tomorrow, a tough drive. much more difficult conditions. over here the bay bridge we're starting to see a build, again. now, we're still rebuilding the volume for that commute coming off the holidays at the end of last year and we're seeing the metering lights on since 5:30 and the backup reforming in all these cash lanes. we'll look at the map, though, nothing dramatic aand smooth flow on the approaches there. recovery south through hayward and down towards union city, there's the build. over on the peninsula side, a new crash 101 at peninsula avenue. that's causing some slowing as it gets cleared to the shoulder. those are the two hot spots for

the freeways on either side of the bay. we take you to the south bay where a gentle build for most of your highways. a deadly crash, a hit and run crash in downtown san jose. police are looking for information and chrkris sanchezs more on that investigation. right now the commuters need to know from highway 87 down towards sap center and a critical part of the downtown commute and you can't get on to 87 there. you can use julian and get off on the western side and loop back on santa clara and san carlos park and anywhere west of that freeway. so, we're tracking this and the investigation. we don't have a firm timeline on that but itser because it's been a deadly crash there, we'll likely see hours of closure into downtown and we'll track that and how it affects your day. a plea going out for help in finding out information about a crash killed a bicyclist in los altos hills near the intersection with christopher lane back on november 3rd, a little bit before 7:00 in the morning. a volkswagen goff smaand jeff d

died at the scene. the police report says donnelly was at fault accusing him of an unsafe lane change but his family has hired an attorney. >> very strong evidence that the driver was inattentive and driving too fast for traffic conditions. >> the sanaa clara county sheriff's department will get involved doing an independent investigation of the original police department report. at issue could be, of course, financial gain and support for donnelly's family. the palo alto man left behind a wife and three children. 6:52. an update to breaking news mike has been talking about. following san jose police looking for a hit and run driver. the description of the vehicle coming up next in a live report from the scene.

at 6:55. breaking news we're following. the coast guard says there's no sign of survivors after two marine corps helicopters collided. it happened near the hawaiian island of owahoo during an overnight training exercise. we're told 12 marines were onboard six on each helicopter. actually some new video just coming into our newsroom of a command center set up near the shore. the coast guard did find burning wreckage in the water and an

empty life raft floating nearby. but, again, no survivors so far. we'll continue to watch the story and bring you updates as sweet get them. also developing news here at home. the bay fair mall in san leandro a crime scene as gun shots rang out in the parking lot. police say two groups of people. one in a car, one on foot and at some point one of the groups opened fire on the other. police eventually detained two people matching suspect descriptions. though investigators don't think anybody was hurt. they think one car was hit by a bullet and asking anybody who was there around 6:30 to check their cars for bullet holes. >> so that we can investigate that because there may be evidence inside of your vehicle that is going to link the suspect to this crime. >> police hope surveillance and they don't think this was am shooting. police in san jose on the look out for driver who hit and killed a bicyclist and then drove off. >> right next to the sap center.

are they looking for there, kris? >> they're looking for the suspect's vehicle which is pretty common description. white contractor truck. but what might be noteworthy is damage on the front side because that is where the driver struck that bicyclist and also has damage on the back side because the driver in an effort to flee backed up and hit that bicyclist again. this is a driver that crossed over four lanes of traffic and struck the building here on santa clara and not far from the sap arena. the 60-year-old man did die here on the scene after being struck, as i said, two times this morning. and now there is no description of the exact suspect, but there is that description of the suspect's vehicle. also, you should know that while the police are trying to track down that driver, this is going to affect your commute through downtown san jose because santa clara street is completely shut

down in both directions between sap arena and the 87 overpass there. so, any place that you try to get between the alameda, 880 in that direction over to downtown, that is going to affect you. also going to affect pedestrians bicyclists and bus service, vta being rerouted through the area. give yourself some extra time. if you know anything about this driver or this pickup truck, police say call them because he killed somebody. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. also new this morning, martinez police looking for a couple knife robbers. they held up the wing stop on arnold drive. they walked up to the cashier and demanded money with customers in the restaurant. one flashing a knife in the employee's face forcing her taopen that cash register. busy friday morning for us. we'll get to that deadly hit and run crash and the morning commute. but also a big storm headed our way. >> another one arrives tonight. if you're making plans to be out

late today skies are starting to clear from the rain we had overnight and decent amount of rain headed our way for tonight. talking the potential of 0.25 to 0.5 and a wet weekend and plan to stay indoors somewhere. >> mike, we still have a thing with kris. she was reporting live and that is affecting the buss and train stations right there, too. >> let's show the sap center just off of santa clara. folks know the bottom of your screen you the flashing lites. if this is familiar for your morning commute, take a look. a critical part of a downtown commute. you can't access 87 from there. you have use julian to the north. exit at santa clara and have to go the opposite direction and loop down around. those are good alternates and starting to see the build for the south bay area. but, overall, the freeways you would expect a lighter commute. >> all right, it's a busy one out there and that's what is happening "today in the bay."

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