a very good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. let's get right to our microclimate forecast as we're tracking that rain. a live look right now in san rafael on the left-hand side of your screen. the bay bridge on the right. you can see a little bit wet right now but looks can be deceiving as most of that rain accumulating just north of our cameras. >> in fact, sam, our live satellite radar shows that heavy band of wet weather moving south and slowly. we have team coverage and begin with meteorologist rob mayeda. another stronger system on its heels. >> for the south bay, we'll talk about friday storm. today's storm moving at a pace that you could probably literally outwalk it. hung up across sonoma county and starting to spill in parts of marin county and multiply that by six to eight hours of kind of stalled out time. you see the reasons why we're really watching the north bay for today in terms of localized

potential. but that flash flood watch up through sunday, 6:00 p.m. a prolonged stretch of potentially wet weather, at least for this morning in the north bay. probably going to stay that way through noon. south bay not really seeing much and through 3:00 p.m. today, that rain will be heavy at times santa rosa, especially highway 101. mike? >> we're looking over towards highway 101. not a real problem. the biggest backup we have in the bay and you expect this and also look at the clouds continuing to churn and change. talking about the north bay and rob is on his radar. lookic ov iing over here you ca that right now. look at your maps and see that on our sensors. a smooth drive through the area and no major problems, guys. san rafael doesn't show the radar and the green highlighting shows you damp roadways and highway 1 along the coast and areas north petaluma and santa rosa and no major problems reported. we have that translating to the road weather index and many more resources and i hand it over to you guys. >> we'll stay in the north bay. thank you, mike.

we'll check in with stephanie chuang live in marin county this morning. see any rain there yet? you don't have your hood on. >> you heard rob talk about how it is stalled out in sonoma county. slowly making its way to marin county but still dry out here. the warning, though, is for the commuters in the morning because there are the usual flooding warning signs and notorious where major pooling happens whenever it rains. as you heard rob mention, there is that flash flood watch in effect sunday night around small creeks and streams and we checked, again, minutes ago, still under three feet and 11.5 feet is considered critical level. we're talking about so we're looking at runoff that could cause some flooding and marin county says there are people who are constantly tracking those water levels thanks to technology. >> they have a web camera where we can visually online monitor them for the most part and

alerts that let us know the minute it rises a little bit too high for our taste. >> so, staying on top of that. people around the north bay also staying on top of it. they are beefing up storm preps by installing flood gates to seal water from coming in. many, in fact, remember the storms from ten years ago that flooded places along and it is not taking any chances. crews also in sonoma county are keeping a close eye there all throughout the weekend. especially on the russian river which could crest by the time the weekend is over. live here in marin county, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." coming up, a tempsolution for a long-term problem. chuck coppola is going to take a closer look at those. how the city of san francisco is trying to protect residences ands in case of floods with new equipment. just a couple hours ago crews started repairing a small sinkhole in san francisco.

it forced the closure of the off ramp at caesar chavez ramp. roadway reopened about 4:00 this morning. along with watching "today oin the bay" a great way to stay on top of all the wet weather to use your nbc bay area app. there you can click on the weather tab and also sign up for weather alerts. was we do brace for those storms or see them come in here wet weather will delay a pacifica apartment complex until next week now. sitting on top of that crumbling cliff will now come down next friday. crews have been in the process of gutting the inside of that building all week. the 20-unit apartment building was red tagged after the el nino storms of 2010. jurors continuing to deliberate this morning in the wrongful death lawsuit against san francisco police officers who shot and killed a man years ago. >> jason sawyer and rookie officer richard shift shot and killed a man at a park. he was threatening them with a gun which turned out to be a

taser stun gun. his parent are suing the officers and the city for an unspecified amount of financial compensation. he is head of one of the most prominent law schools in the country but now dean choudry is in trouble. when she complained to the skoom last year, administrators say choudhry admitted it. he was dock 10% of his salary for a year. the assistant said that is not enough and now suing the dean and the sxool. the school recently announced that choudhry will take an indefinite leave of absence. one san jose man spooked this morning as san oojose police in the process of looking for the suspect who attacked him with a baseball bat in his own driveway. >> this happened in the normally quiet almaden valley neighborhood. >> take a look. this is the site my neighborhood

uses and uses the data. represent property crimes and disord oer calls but the assaul that happened on tuesday night. the only violent assault in that area in the last month. that's little comfort to 61-year-old khales who was in his own driveway when a masked man approached him with a baseball bat and started swinging. it was about 8:20 tuesday night when he says the attacker came out of the darkness. khales believes he was attacked because the suspect wanted to steal his car. he tried to protect himself and he put up his arms and yelling until the attacker took off and his family came outside and called 911. >> i'm backing alike that and he's trying to hit me and i'm protecting myself. and, of course, he hit me once, twice. and then i'm backing away. >> my dad is just bleeding profusely just everywhere. it was so scary. >> san jose police searched for the suspect, but could not find

him. khales is speaking out to warn his neighbors and to ask them to consider putting up cameras which is what he's considering to do next. khales was attacked doing something we all do unloading groceries. make sure the lights are on and make sure someone keeps you company. we did a link on nbcbayarea.com at my neighborhood updates so you can look at the crime statistics where you live. a developing story right now. five people have died and three more are injured after a shooting during a backyard party in pennsylvania, just east of pittsburgh. that shooting happened just before the shooter fired from different angles and continued their fire as victims were trying to run out of the house. the gunman got away. multiple gunman. this morning they're still on the loose. turning now to our

microclimate forecast at 6:07. our satellite radar. look at that. very active this morning. heavy rain hovering over the north bay right now. >> the activity really concentrated so far in sonoma. let's bring in rob mayeda following it all morning long. >> the rain rates really impressive around santa rosa. about a of an inch of rain per hour and just off to the north of petaluma and really been that way since we've been on since 4:30 this morning. we see the downpours around windsor and not much south of sonoma county right now and that rain line will make its way to the south today and may not reach the south bay by the end of today. really talking about north bay and heavy rain at time through lunchtime and then towards the evening commute and the rain does begin to slowly spread into the central bay. for the south bay today, pretty mild and breezy. upper 60s close to 70 and maybe just a slight chance of seeing some rain and the rain throughout the bay today and tri-valley looking at rain chances late as we get towards

about the evening. look at these rain estimates. really just focused on the north bay thrgh 8:00 tonight and friday now you're seeing the rain start to throttle up now as the second storm comes in. have a look at that friday storm timeline coming up at 6:15 along with more rain for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. and right now time to check your thursday morning commute with mike. >> rob, we're watching the change not as dramatic but we're looking at more traffic and more glow. more moisture through san rafael. we don't see the rain just yet, but that moisture in the air we're starting to see some sheen on the rooftops and we'll look at your map. the road weather index indicating novato and petaluma and they're on the look out. a smoother drive the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on and notice how much lighter it is in the last couple of days and they're back on the rails. no problem on the roads for 880 south through union city, we have your typical slowing past

the san mateo bridge and 92 cut off there and northbound 101 that little build there. 87 is good through downtown now. sharks play tonight. that's what we're talking about. back to you. do you recognize this man? the reason that b.a.r.t. police need you to take a good look at new surveillance video. plus, what's the difference between a drive-in movie and a driving movie. i'll explain coming up in "business and tech." i'm chuck coppola live in san francisco. what they are putting in and how hard they working to try to brace for the storm here in the city. and a live look at oracle arena this morning. tomorrow the warriors look extend their record winning streak to 47 straight at home. last night the ws beat the jazz 115-94. in case you missed it. take a look at this half-court shot. >> the bank is open. >> it's amazing. buzzer beater. the one and only steph curry. he's just on fire. amazing to watch.

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at 6:13. new video of the man suspected in a deadly shooting on a crowded b.a.r.t. train. oakland police are looking for any leads hoping someone would recognize the way the man walks. video was taken in the west oakland b.a.r.t. station.

investigators say the two men got into an argument during a bus ride and then they both boarded the b.a.r.t. train where that shooting later happened. they are calling it the world's most boring car accident. we're seeing video of the collision between a google car and a vta bus. scott mcgrew very slow speed accident. >> very slow. this happened back in february. we told you all about it then. remarkable for just one reason. the first time an autonomous car was responsible for an accident. buses have lots of camera these days. you see the driver reacting to the accident. that google car clips the bus about midway down the side of the bus. as the google car tried tamoy to the left to avoid some sandbags. we have the bus' point of view, as well. it happened in the right lane where that extra room where you can have two vehicles and one turn to the right and the other straight. the google car was hugging the

curb and needed to move left taget around the sandbags. the google car saw the bus but figured the bus would slow down and move over a and the computers were wrong. speaking of self-driving cars. lean into your tv set because these pictures are a bit complicated. a patent filing by ford. on the left you see a standard passenger car and on the right, that's a movie screen that comes down from the ceiling so you can watch movies while the car is driving itself. this is not one of those patents from the olden days. ford just filed this. high-tech leaders are denying this article in headline in the "huffington post" claiming they got together at a secretive meeting to stop donald trump. a conservative group. it's it's secretive in that you weren't invited. the meeting was not secret and i was only there to talk about mars and sustainable energy and nuthing to do with trump.

now, the likely truth of the matter is any time a group of conservatives get together, they're going to talk about donald trump. and most likely how to stop him. that his name came up in a bill political meeting, guys. a headline, well written and probably a bit xanlerated. >> can we just jump back to elon mosqu musk. >> they're still looking there to that. thank you very much. 6:16 right now. developing story we're following this morning. heavy rain leave parts of the south literally under water. three drownings have been reported in oklahoma, texas and louisiana. this is drone video actually shot in northwest louisiana near shreveport and they're concerned a nearby levee may soon flow over and flood warnings remain

in effect north to springfield, illinois. much closer to home live look at the bay bridge this morning, all the wet weather on the way to our area prompting san francisco city leaders to take some extra measures to try to keep people and businesses safe from possible flooding. "today in the bay" chuck coppola joining us live where crews will put up flood barriers and pretty good chunk of the area in the mission right now. >> that's right. one of the more flood prone parts of san francisco and you can see down the block here some of the san francisco public utilities commission workers. they have been here since 3:00 a.m. putting these things together. these are temporary water barriers. these are filled with recycled water. and then these little pins are dropped in and locked them together. and together they are to keep this building from being flooded. at this location, at 17th and folsom these water barriers will

last. and linking them together. crews had deployed this same thing here last weekend but, frankly, it didn't rain hard enough or long enough to make much of a test for these. so, they'll try it again with this storm coming in today and tomorrow. it's a pilot program that cost $165,000 to buy these. if these work, though, you'll see these expanded to other parts of the city. the longer term solution, though, is something far more costly. the sewer improvement project that is slate tad begin some time later this year or perhaps next year and cost $250 million. however, for now, this is going to be the test run this weekend at this corner, 17th and folsom. we'll see how it performs. reporting live in san francisco, i'm chuck coppola. >> those flood barriers and no doubt some sandbags up in the north bay today as, rob, you were talking about the flood potential for a lot of the creek

and even the russian river there is. >> we're not just talking about the storm we are seeing there and three over the next three days. that is coming in. so, sustained the golden gate bridge not a bad commute at all. partly cloudy skies and breezy. here temperatures are pretty mild and story for toyota tahoe ski resort and you're looking at rain and wind at times for your thursday. but then temperatures progressively get cooler and better snowmaking conditions by the time you get to sunday as that colder air arrives. saturday and sunday should see pretty good snow. but right now pretty mild temperatures with the wind. speaking of mild temperatures here in the bay area, 50s and 60s outside for the moment and we do have quite a bit of rain, except it's sort of hung up across the north bay for you this morning. right there into santa rosa. you're still seeing the rain coming down. 0.25 per hour and sustained rain rates there. we'll continue to make the issue for localized flooding highest.

staying north of the golden gate for most of your morning commute before that rain line slowly begins to make its way to the south. as we get towards the afternoon, still dry in the south bay and probably stay that way in the south bay and as you see the rain line stalls out and the reason we might see localized flooding in the north bay and then as we head through the evening, we'll see some of the showers across the central bay area. highs today, upper 60s to near 70 in parts of the south bay. low to mid-60s closer to san francisco and nonstop off and on rain and for the north bay and tri-valley today highs in the mid-60s. a better chance for rain in the south bay and santa cruz mountains and pick up during the morning commute tomorrow and followed up by a few scattered thundershowers during the afternoon and another round come in for saturday night on into sunday. the periods of rain will continue. the most rain at the central bay and south bay will pick up for friday. saturday scattered showers and the next round comes in for sunday. the rain rates add up and that

sustain some rain rates per hour and power up the rain totals. by the time we get to friday two to three inches in the north bay and by monday maybe half a foot of rain in some of the hilltop across the north bay. the south bay one to three inches of rain. by the time we get out of the weekend. the good news for this morning's commute, most of the rain holding off for areas south of sonoma county. >> great news south of sonoma county. looking over here towards the bay bridge. look at. that's beautiful. that sunrise coming up. that's a view as you're coming over from san francisco over to the oakland side. these folks will have that in their rear view mirror and fastrak lanes and the map will show you that we have a smooth drive as far as the speed sensors go and just a tiny bit of slowing out of vallejo anding over towards novato and that green that road weather index. that weather data translating to north roads and maybe mist and drizzle in san rafael, but not much.

neither do the speed sensors and here's the san mateo bridge with a build off of the hayward side and typical here and more folks hit the dumbarton bridge. same thing with the south bay. we'll give you a look at the speed sensors for 101 and 85 showing a slowing and live look at the peninsula and it is clear and it is. university avenue off of 101. coming up, last night the democrats, tonight the republicans battling out in miami. >> clinton up by 30. trump by 23 in florida. but will it last? i'm tracie potts. the latest in politics, next.

decision 2016 and tonight the remaining gop presidential candidates set to square off in miami just a few days ahead of a critical primary in florida. some are calling florida the last chance for marco rubio. >> while it's the republicans turn tonight, it was all about the democrats. just a few hours ago. tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c., with the latest on the race for the white house. tracie? >> hey, laura. good morning. the percentage that hillary clinton is leading by in florida but after leading by double digits she told reporters last night she is not taking florida for granted. hillary clinton campaigns in tampa today facing new questions about her e-mails. the republican party suing for more and about whether she'll be indicted. >> oh, for goodness. it's not going to happen. i'm not even answering that question. >> reporter: immigration a big topic in last night's miami debate. undocumented children pouring

into the u.s. without their parents. >> i said welcome those children into this country. senator clinton said send them back. that's the diff. >> that is not fair about what i said. i did say we needed to be very concerned about little children coming to this country. >> reporter: on the other side, marco rubio pubically acknowledging and against donald trump. >> we have a very different conversation next wednesday about the state of the republican race. >> reporter: rubio met with jeb bush and john kasich sits down and ted cruz also on the list. >> florida is my place. >> reporter: meantime, frontrunner donald trump far ahead in florida and campaigning in north carolina focusing on isis. >> we have to knock them out. we have to knock them out. >> reporter: something he is also hoping to do in florida tuesday. well, he's 23 points ahead in the latest poll and the people

in florida already started voting more than a million already and the election officials down there tell us that could double, double before they open the polls on tuesday. >> wow. >> now, will the polls be predictive of what happened. you saw what happened in michigan. coming up xt, a community banding together now to fight crime. how an apartment complex wants to catch a predator. and i'm stephanie chuang live in marin county where the rain hasn't hit yet. team coverage on what you can expect when you're in the bay area today. right now at 6:30---

right now at 6:30 another storm system slamming parts of the bay area. take a look at our live radar that shows the heaviest rain kind of taking its time stalling right now over the north bay. good morning on this thursday, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have team coverage and let's check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. today will be wet and even a stronger system on tap for tomorrow. >> at least for the south bay and santa cruz mountains and santa rosa you see in the rain right now. third of an inch falling right now at lake sonoma and already an inch of rain in the last six hours. so, clearly, that's where the heavy rain is right now. starting to approach marin county and as we go through the day today, the north bay that sees localized flooding and through sunday, 6:00 p.m., we

have that flash flood watch all throughout the north bay and across further south for the creeks and streams on the. but your forecast hour by hour today looks kind of dry around the south bay. upper 60s and breezy and mild with a lot of rain into the north bay and eventually spreading into san francisco approaching the evening commute. mike? >> looking towards berkeley where all these lanes filled in. these headlights westbound 80 and your commute direction. and we don't see much of the problem. year's thursday commute slowing from the top of the screen down to the berkeley curve and metering lights are on at the bay bridge and the volume builds a bit for 880 and 92 westbound and east bay towards the peninsula. southbound 680 shows a slight build, as well. moving the map down, you see the northbound route starting to build and tendency over the next half hour. i want to show you the fremont

camera and the traffic is moving well here i want to point out this flag showing the strong winds right here. we see it gusting, again. that is one thing playing a factor in the changing conditions. for more on that, i'll send it back to you guys. >> we'll send it to stephanie chuang. no rain just yet, but we know it's coming. >> we know it's coming and we heard rob talk about it. it is moving slowly this way. hit the area more like mid-morning and that is what you can expect. there are signs out, the usual ones that warn of the flooding here around lucky drive. about 100 feet out from where the cone is over there is where major pooling has caused some problems and the flash flood watch is in effect through the weekend. especially around small streams and creeks which is three feet right now. rob has been saying it will react more quickly to just a few hours of heavy rain. hitting flood stage is a possibility. north bay business owners, meantime, whose stores were under water during the storm ten years ago are also adding to storm preps this year, including

things like flood gates. >> and then you crank this down and it makes a seal with the rubber against the water coming in. >> and in sonoma county, crews are on call all weekend long in particular keeping their eye on the russian river and it is at 15 feet, but could hit 31 feet tomorrow night and flood stage is 32 feet. now here in marin county tracking the water levels constantly with wet levels and alerts and don't worry, it is always paying attention and so should you. live here in marin county, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." aside from watching along with us on "today in the bay" is to stay on top of the wet weather using our nbc bay area app. you can track the wet rain coming through your neighborhood. just click on the weather tab to track the raindrops to your doorstep and sign up for weather alerts. attack would a baseball bat right in his own driveway is

what a san jose man said happened to him. >> kris sanchez joining us now from the newsroom and this happened in a pretty quiet and safe neighborhood in alamaden valley. >> i looked up the crime stiss and this is the site, my neighborhood update which uses the phone data and the majority represent property crimes. that red v you see on jeremy drive is the assault from tuesday night. it is the only violent assault in that immediate area in the last month. this little comfort to devar khales who was in his own driveway when a masked man approached him with that baseball bat and starteding. it was 8:30 tuesday night when that attacker came right out of the darkness. khales believes he was attacked because the suspect wanted to steal his car. he backed nup to his garage yelling fending off the attacker until that man took off and his family came out and called 911.

>> i'm backing away like that and he is trying to hit me and i'm protecting myself and, of course, he hit me once. twice and i'm backing away. >> dad is just bleeding profusely just everywhere. it was so scary. >> police searched for the suspect, but didn't find him. he is waspeaking out to warn neighbors and get video cameras. he was attacked doing something we all do which is unloading groceries from the trunk of the car. if you want to sthee crime statistics for where you live. sam and laura. >> thanks so much, kris. 6:35 right now. happening today neighbors in one south bay apartment complex plan to take safety into their own hands after a recent sexual assault. santa clara police are still looking for a man who attacked a woman inside her home at the velaa apartments in february. that's near river mark plaza. a few days after that, police believe the same man broke into

another woman's apartment. in that case a woman scared him off. tonight neighbors will hold a community meeting to launch a neighborhood watch. san jose securihjose beefin security. a man was hiding inside the restroom when the woman came in. he apparently tried to pull the woman into the stall but she took off. he is now facing charges and the woman was not harmed. new details now about the stabbing suspect shot and killed by san jose police on monday night. police now identified him as 45-year-old byron roses of san jose. investigators say that he stabbed his astranged wife and her male friend at third and martha street. he ignored their ord oers to drop his knife. the male victim remains in critical condition. investigators say the suspect

was under a temporary restraining order to stay away from his wife. it is 6:36 right now. the department of justice continues to look into policies and practices that san francisco police department. the doj will hold a second community listing toniu taking place at gateway high school in the western edition. the goal is to help improve the relationship between san francisco police and the community. the department has been under fire after several controversial officer-involved shootings. a similar event was held on tuesday. protests over transit construction in the south bay. members of the san jose business group gathered at the alanrock library last night where the vta was planning to hold a meeting about the bus rapid transit project. a project that has been in the works for two years. delays have prolonged construction and many business owners say it's driving customers away. >> we brought on an independent auditor to come on and assess

the applications for assistance and they had to be able to show proof that they were in business during that time and that there were a loss. >> the vta says so far 154 business owners have filed for compensation and that it's paid out 41 claims. 6:38. back to the rain and the microclimate forecast this morning. as we take a live look the bay bridge on the right. most of the wet weather is lingering in the far north bay. let's check in with rob right now who has been tracking the radar for us. >> santa rosa rain rates of about a third of an inch of rain per hour and lake sonoma off to the west has picked up an inch of rain in the last four hours or so. you can see the rain for the most part staying north of the golden gate and the radar off to the north of the peninsula and that rain line starting to make the run to the south. look at the cities at the bottom of the screen. san jose, fremont, morgan hill and as we head towards noon not much changed there and areas

north of san francisco and even all the way through 4:00 as temperatures are pretty mild. mid up toer 60s and now starting to see some drops in livermore where the rain continues to fly into napa. the rain expectations here through 11:00 tonight and south bay not seeing much at all and then you add in friday and now you're looking at about an area south of san francisco and a lot more on that in the north bay. so, heavy rain to follow. see the temperatures cooling down and good for snow levels in the sierra. snow flying down maybe below 5,000 feet this weekend. something to keep in mind if you travel to the high country for the weekend. let's send it over to mike. >> we'll talk high rise over here for the san mateo bridge. flat section slows heading over towards the peninsula. look at the clouds just athe peninsula hills and san mateo hills. we have changing conditions. look at your map, not changing so dramatically that the morning commute is a problem. also southbound 880 and 680 both

heading towards fremont and there's the dumbarton bridge. the south bay your northbound route is the trend and your commute direction and slow spots from 101 and now 85. there is the altamont with no drama and now we'll look to the north bay. sorry about that extra map click there. we'll look at the southbound direction and see the glow of the light and north of novato and wet rosa through santa rosa and petaluma. >> one more cup of coffee. >> easy for you to say. all right. 6:40 right now. coming up no more saving a seat on b.a.r.t. the possible crackdown on the seat hogs out there. men's warehouse does not like the way it looks. we'll take a look coming up in "business and tech." dow industrials mildly higher gaining 41 points. it's easy get connected to

the weather outside by going inside the nbc bay area app on your smartphone. just click on the radaron the weather page. there you can zero in on your own neighborhood to see if it's raining. that gives you right what you need to know right when you need to know it. i'm scott budman that is how to stay informed at the nbc bay area app. al is tracking wild weather from historic flooding triggering new problems in the south to record shattering warmth in the northeast. also ahead as the public pays their final respects to nancy reagan, her daughter, patty davis speaks out in an exclusive interview. then role model or bad influence. the debate sparked by controversial selfies taken by kim kardashian. it is a bitter sweet morning here in studio 1a because wrangler is leaving us. we'll celebrate our puppy with a purpose when we get started on a thursday morning right here on "today."

if you ride b.a.r.t. etiquette soon could become the law of the land. one seat per rider. >> mom's rule is now the rule. paolo reyes live at the pleasantonb.a.r.t. start. pretty hefty fine for riders that don't follow along with this. >> that's right. going to cost them big time to use one seat and still happens, it happens to all of us. you get on b.a.r.t. and you're tired and maybe you want to work a little on your way into the city and you find that people are taking more than one seat

and there aren't any seats left for you. now, that's going to become an issue. if the board of directors approves this ordinance, it would improose a fine and $200 r the next one and $500 for people who are repeat offenders. now, every person would have to take just one seat and people who have a disability and any more than one seat would be fined. the issue is that b.a.r.t.s are more crowded and no new cars have been added, so, really, we all need to be really kucourteo on our way to work. the board of directors are meeting today. reporting live from the dublin pleasanton station, paolo reyes, "today in the bay." >> sharing is caring. thank you. frustrations over a crosswalk in berkeley, here's why. some parents are calling on the city to do more after a fourth grader was hit by a taxi while walking through the crosswalk. the accident happened on

clairemont avenue on tuesday night. that crosswalk directly in front of john muir elementary. the young girl broke both of her legs. now, several parents are pressuring berkeley to add more light in that area. >> couple months. somebody just sails right past screeches to a halt. it's unfortunate that a young girl has to be hit by a car, but, if that's what gets the focus, that's great. >> more back story here is that adding more street lights has been a battle. the city says that the state grants have been denied. men's warehouse is going to close hundreds of its stores. >> scott mcgrew, there have been a string of store closures lately. >> joseph a.s which men's warehouse owns, as well. the company says it will close 250 warehouses and 80 joseph a. banks. you probably know joseph a.

banks for its absurd buy one get three free promotion. one wonders what the sale will be when they liquidate the store. buy a bear pair of sauk socks at 100 neck ties. side with apple in its conflict with the fbi. 47% support apple. 42% support the fbi. apple, as you well know, is ordered to open a phone in the san bernardino terror case. i was speaking yesterday with apple's lead attorney about the case. ted olsen no stranger to terrorism. he lost his own wife on one of the 9/11 flights but he stands by apple and the constitution. >> we must draw the line at our constitutional rights because terrorists want to take away those principles. they want to break down america. they want to destroy america. and at all times, we as citizens or lawyers or government officials must stand up for those basic fundamental

constitutional rights. >> mr. olson could be the most skilled attorney out there. the lawyer that represents the government before the supreme court. he represented then governor bush and bush versus gore and brought suit to stop prop 8. he is a man who has been around the courtroom a few times. >> very interesting. >> thank you very much, scott. let's lift up your spirits a little bit. >> this is all courtesy of the marin humane society that brought in a little puppy. a dog. >> a dog was separated from her young pups and went from scared to death to jumping for joy when she was reunited and the humane society says that a dog owner recently dropped the dog off and when they examined her they discovered she recently had puppies. they reached oitute the o eed o and convinced the owner to bring the puppies back and the mother was overjoyed with that decision.

>> those pups looked half as big as the mom. >> my son is up to here on me. >> i pick them up and their legs are dangling. >> one day they'll grow up to be 6'3". >> you're the only one tall enough. >> there you go. >> you are watching, obviously, a lot of wet weather and staying around the north bay so far, rob. >> this morning almost walk faster than the pace by which it is trying to leave sonoma county. that is part of the problem. you had the heavy rain come down over the same spot and up around santa rosa this morning already some areas picking up an inch of rain. right now sunol mostly cloudy skies and over the hills of the bay area and over the peaks of the sierra. you can see sierra, squall valley and no report. mild temperatures into friday and wind and rain today. but some big time snow producing cooler air coming in for

saturday and sunday. should be fantastic seeing this weekend as thor temperatures arrive adding to the already 146 inch base there in the sierra. great skiing conditions this weekend. right now 50s and 60s outside and a lot of rain really just locked in here into the north bay. it's santa rosa over towards ronard park and north bay you're seeing the rain. the rain line does stop as you get towards san rafael and as you see here off the coast off of san francisco and the peninsula. this is the rain starting to make its slowly to the south as you head through the afternoon and not do much around the south bay and even into the evening, you see how the rain stalls out right over the central bay. today upper 60s and maybe close to 70s around the south bay and temperatures in the mid-60s around san francisco and those rain chances stay throughout the day there in the north bay at those highs in the low 60s. better chances for rain coming in for friday and another one on sunday for the rest of the bay area, these will be the two big rain producers for places like

san jose and the santa cruz mountains as the rain totals continue to add on up. here's your friday forecast now. notes for the morning, the rain does pick up bay area wide into the afternoon more scattered showers and as we add all this rain up and here's the issue in the north bay as we get into friday night, the coastal hilltops which at around 32 feet. 31.5 around 9:00 in the morning. so, the flood risk will continue around parts of the north bay and 6:00 sunday and begin to shut this pattern down and high pressure building in by next monday. and stormy through monday and by and wednesday high pressure returns and you prepare for a very stormy commute tomorrow morning. right now, though, mike, most of that rain staying north of marin county. we' >> we're watching highway 101. 101 over here in san jose. we did have some slowing and a good build and then things calm down and getting a break here

just north of 680. palo alto shows a similar volume of traffic and these folks are traveling south and that sun will hit the windshield. expect slowing here and 280 and that sun is an issue. the map will show you the speeds are not a big surprise or a problem. northbound routes 101 at capital and again at 680 and 87 and 85 show that build and palo alto doesn't have that problem. make things crowded for 101 and same thing for the san mateo bridge. there's the bay bridge and some slowing and down the upper east shore freeway. that's the only real congested spot and aside a drive from novato down to san rafael and mist and drizzle and north of there. back to you. >> thank you. it is 6:52. attacked with a baseball bat in his own driveway. the warning a south bay man has for his drivers in the normally quiet almaden valley neighborhood. i'm stephanie chuang live in

what you can expect where you are coming up in team coverage. happening right now, police release new video clearly showing the man they say shot and killed someone on a b.a.r.t. train in january. we posted a link to those images on our facebook page. and it's 46 and counting for the warriors on our twitter feed. the key ingredients that led to last night's victory including a court bank shot. some call him america'sest, others dreamy mcmug shot. you can also now call him free from prison. he may also be one big breakaway from a new career. we're back in two. one final check of the daysop sf

welcome back. a final check of the day's top stories for you before we send you off to "today" show in just a few minutes. >> right now right to "today in the bay kris sanchez who joins us live from the newsroom. >> reeling after a 61-year-old man was beaten with a baseball bat in his own driveway. davar khales believes he was trying to steal his car 8:20 on jeremy drive as the victim was unloading groceries from his car. san jose police did not locate the spect. >> it's very scary. so, we're going to have cameras installed. >> khales is encouraging his

neighbors to get cameras, as well. according to another neighborhood and the crime report site on the same day of that violent assault, there were also two burglaries and two cars stolen. in the newsroom, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." and i'm stephanie chuang live in marin county and no rain and rob mayeda said it will hit mid-morning and the warning for the drivers. the usual flooding signs where major pooling happens whenever it does rain, there is a flash flood watch in effect through 6:00 sunday night around small streams and creeks. at last check 11.5 feet is considered critical level. a few hours of heavy rain and hitting flood stage a real responsibility and marin county emergency services says people are constantly tracking water levels. crews also on call all weekend long in sonoma county keeping an eye out on the russian river

stephanie chuang "today in the bay." good morning, i'm chuck coppola where they are bracing for the coming storm by putting up temporary water barriers. these interlocking blocks. they are filled with recycled water and you see some of this activity just beginning now. they put up 122 of these water wear barriers around the building at 17th and folsom hoping to keep the water that sometimes floods this intersection from going into the building causing complaints and lawsuits. crews tried this about last weekend and it didn't rain hard enough for them to get a good test, but this pilot program that cost $165,000 may be expanded to other parts of the city if it works. we shall see. reporting live in san francisco, i'm chuck coppola, "today in the bay." >> a lot of people watching that. watching the skies for us, rob. tracking this radar. >> we're watching the radar and some of the city cameras around the bay area looking back from belvedere this morning.

no weather there. just gorgeous. >> always nice in belvedre. >> off to the north, a different story. the areas in yellow and orange indicating rain rates at third of an inch per hour and multiply that over a few hours' time. the north bay going to be best spot today to see localized flooding and that flash flood watch sunday through 6:00 p.m. and rain spreading south and temperatures todayy mild. mid to upper 60s and not much rain at all through the south bay. >> by tomorrow, blanketing the entire bay area. >> yes. >> the roads at least for now looking pretty good. >> rob talked about the rain stalling out and we'll show you the north bay where we're watching it and more moisture in the air and glow to the lights not a concern here through san rafael and camera shakes a bit for the oakland camera and we get the wind catching it from time to time and there we go a clear drive and easy drive across the san mateo bridge. it's moving well, guys. >> it is. >> that's a beauty shot. >> the sun is shining out there. a lot of nice views out there.

that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back in half an hour. >> let's check out a quick shot of san francisco. storm clouds abreuing. we'll see you in 25. good morning. breaking news. good morning breaking news. gunmen open fire in an ambush style attack in a backyard party in pittsburgh. a manhunt under way and we're live at the scene. right to the point. hillary clinton faces a tough questions about her e-mail controversy during last night's heated presidential debate. >> if you would have been indicted, would you go public? >> oh, my goodness. i'm not answering that question. on the republican side donald trump says he is going for the knockout in winner-take-all primary in florida and ohio.