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breaking news and a dire situation in india where a bridge collapse has killed 14 people and 150 remain trapped. the emergency efforts under way at this moment. and unmasked and in court. a serial bank robber known as the bearded bandit will appear before a federal judge. what he's already confessed. plus, waiting online to plunk down $1,000. drivers cannot wait to reserve the new tesla, but the electric feeling zil to wait, a while. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning on this thursday, we're happy to have you with us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura
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garcia-cann garcia-cannon. >> yes, we have another morning with chilly temperatures, not as cold as we've seen and we'll have some patchy fog, something that hasn't really been a problem the past few days. will develop in the north bay and san francisco as well as the peninsula and our temperatures are now in the mid-40s to some mid-50s. 70 degrees will be the high in the north bay. 64 degrees in san francisco and 65 today in the peninsula. so, we'll take a look at more of this very comfortable weather. that's coming up in just a few minutes. let's head over to anthony to see how the roads are moving. >> things moving pretty well. not much to report, you can see you take a look at the map, lots of green. that denotes things moving without a problem. still talk about overnight construction like we usually do around this time of morning. head towards the bay bridge maze in oakland and coming down 580 and 680 through sunol and otherwise things moving pretty good this early morning. back to you. >> thank you very much, anthony. now to that breaking news
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out of india where that overpass collapsed and at least 14 people were killed and 150 people are still trapped as we speak and rescuers are working to save them and pull them from the rubble. this happened in the city of kolkata. the overpass was under construction when that portion of it fell. stay with us, we will continue to update this breaking story throughout the morning. we know we have a lot of connections to india here in the bay area. back here in the bay area, more connection with this video of a man seen being beaten by sheriff. confirmed that a third deputy is now accused of bribery. he's on administrative leave. the deputy stole a necklace from the beating victim and then gave it to them in order to buy their silence. the department is also facing a civil lawsuit over this case. the death penalty is off the table for a trio of drifters
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accused of a deadly crime spree. they're suspected of two murders last october. a bay area therapist was shot while hiking in marin county and then a canadian tourist was found dead in golden gate park. they face the suspect of life in prison without parole. right now expecting to get a better look at the bearder bandit. kenneth ellis of stockton has confessed to robbing at least 11 banks across the state. he was arrested last week. authorities say that he got away with $34,000. happening today, the sun is not even up yet and people are already lining up at bay area tesla dealers. this is what we expect outside the apple stores usually. but these folks want to be in line to reserve the newest and least expensive tesla model 3. "today in the bay" steph chuang is live at the tesla dealership
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in walnut creek. how long will these folks have to wait in line and then how long will they wait for their car? >> yeah, two very different answers. we think we wake up early and some of the people that got here 9:00 yesterday morning the first in line and some who just got here. 3:00 in the morning. check out this line. we have about a couple dozen people waiting here at the walnut creek store on broadway plaza and they are prepared. they have their chairs. wayne from fremont here, good morning. you've been here since when? >> since about 6:30 yesterday. >> last night. and tell me, you said this is the firstime you've ever waited in line for something, right? >> yes. >> why this? >> it's changing the whole auto industry. this is the first tesla that is going to be available for the mass market that regular people can afford. i have been waiting for one, but
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they're frankly out of my budget until now. i'm looking forward to it. >> even though you haven't seen what it looks like and don't know what the details are yet. >> it has to be good looking. take a look at all their other cars. plus, the deposit is refundable. so, it's really ugly, you know we can do something about it. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. as you were talking about. a $1,000 depauosit you do have put down for the reservation. these doors open at 10:00 this morning and the other way reserving your tesla model 3 is online but that doesn't start live until 8:30 tonight. these people very dedicated. i saw some food out here and they have a pretty good head start. live here in walnut creek, stephanie chuang "today in the bay." >> the deposit is refundable and you can take your chance. >> until the end of next year
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when they finally get their hands on the wheel. >> they are probably bundled up this morning, right, kari hall. >> another cool morning. some spots drop down into the 40s but the clouds have rolled in and kept our temperatures from dipping into the 30s. patchy fog in some spots and otherwise high clouds and sunshine today. your lunchtime temperature at 63 degrees in the south bay and 57 degrees in san francisco. we'll mostly be in the mid up toer 60s but a couple spots hitting 70 degrees like the tri-valley we will see that today. and we'll look at the weekend forecast coming up in ten minutes and let's move over to anthony to see how the roads are moving. >> no news, no good news. overnight construction across had peninsula. get a closer look and see a few lanes restricted and same deal
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down 680 and even in the south bay dealing with some traffic hazard, actually. but really nothing else to talk about here early this morning, guys. back over to you. >> i'm sure we'll find many things for you to talk about over the course of the morning. >> we can wait. caught on camera, a thief giving takeout a whole new meaning at a mexican restaurant in the city.
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rancho grande. watch this woman walk by. she notices a phone sitting on the table and picked that up and just walks away. the victim said he left it on the table while he went to the restroom and when he came back, it was gone. >> i have not done that when i go to the bathroom but when you get up to get more chips or salsa or something. to catch a thief, how about to catch a muni. keep your eye on some things here. >> pick pocketing is way up. if you watch this man in the hoodie, you'll see him steal the wallet right out of this san francisco man's back pocket. the victim who was with his kids didn't realize what happened until the thief started using their credit cards. b.a.r.t. riders will keep their belongings close to them, as well. now to an investigative unit exclusive. more than $1 billion of your money has helped to fund private companies in hopes of making california greener in terms of energy. >> but now a new report
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revealing that a controversial technology shouldn't receive more funding because it pollutes too much. the investigative unit first reported concerns about electric fuel cells that run on natural gas. critics say they weren't cleaner than the traditional power grid and did not deserve public subsisubs subsidi subsidies. they're recommending that these fuel cells no longer receive funding. >> it makes no sense that we have been subsidizing fuel cells and other technologies that use natural gas. the point of this program was supposed to be to develop clean generation that customers can use. >> well, tonight at 11:00, we'll show you the results of those report and show you which silicon valley company stands to lose big benefits. we investigate tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. 1888-996-tips or send us an e-mail. meanwhile, coming up, a blue print in brussels. what a terror investigation find
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blaeri blaring in the background. several people were hurt. that storm, though, now moving east. it is now over alabama. >> gosh, that is just chilling to even see the video. have to imagine what people who actually live there are thinking. here, calm and clear and pretty much carbon copy of what we've seen all week here, kari hall. >> our weather continues nice and quiet. this morning we have something a little bit different. we've seen some fog rolling in that may cause low visibility in spots and may get worse over the next couple of hours and we'll keep our eye on that. taking a look at those temperatures now in the east bay. 53 degrees in the south bay and let's get a closer look at the south bay now. 52 degrees and morgan hill, rather, is at 49 degrees and 51 degrees downtown. and we've had some mainly calm winds unit ilthe evening. the winds will pick up again today coming onoshore at 15,
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maybe 20 miles an hour just briefly and then tonight things calm down as we set the stage for more fog. we will have some clouds all throughout the morning. at 9:00 in oakland you'll see the sun start to peek out and 55 degrees and more sunshine and highs reaching into the mid-60s. we'll see some mid-60s to low 70s in a few spots. like san mateo 63 degrees and 71 degrees in walnut creek and dublin today 71 degrees. we dial have the clouds and the fog with us, especially over the north bay, san francisco and extending over towards the east bay. into the afternoon, it all clears out. and we'll do it all over again tomorrow. but looks like by this time early tomorrow we won't see as much fog in the north bay. it will mainly be over san francisco and farther to the south. our storm track is about to shift. this nice, calm weather we had throughout the week may be changing as we go into next week. high pressure will be shifting off to the east and that will
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allow for a couple of very weak storm systems to move in. we can start to see some scattered showers on monday and into the rest of next week. so, enjoy this weekend. we're in for a lot of sun and highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. a very pleasant weekend ahead on sunday in the north bay a high of 61 degrees and the tri-valley 72 on sunday. let's check in now with anthony to see what's happening on the roadways. >> things are moving pretty good. i want to show you the map and lots of overnight construction still wrapping up across parts of the east bay and zoom in a little bit closer. you can see, a little bit of traffic building across parts of 680 northbound. that is really of concern, though, and across parts of the trivalley. that means go. see what dublin is looking like right now. guys, back over to you. anthony, now to developing news in brussels, a potential
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target list emerging after last week's terror attacks. the mastermind behind the brussels bombing of the prime minister office. that office is not far away from the metro station that was attacked. experts say isis may be planning a larger attack. meantime, the third american killed in the brussels terror attacks has been identified. gale martinez of texas was traveling with her husband, an air force officer and their four children. the rest of the family is in the hospital. it's not clear if they were injured at the metro station or at the airport. decision 2016. trump backtracking after igniting a firestorm by saying if abortions were outlawed then women who undergo them should face punishment. >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman. >> yes. >> 10 cents, ten years, what? >> that i don't know. >> trump quickly backed away
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from his remarks saying the doctor or any other person performing the illegal act should be held responsible, not the woman. but the presidential rivals did not let the comments go away. >> that is not an appropriate response and difficult enough situation to try to punish somebody. >> to punish a woman for having an abortion is beyond comprehension. >> what he said today is just among the most outrageous and dangerous statements that i've heard anybody running for president say in a really long time. >> now, the controversy comes in less than a week before the wisconsin republican vote in their state's primary. trump is behind ted cruz in the polls in wisconsin. well, jay-z may be gearing up to take on netflix and hulu. >> the streaming music titles now looking to add some movies to the list.
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we turn now to our title reporter from cnbc she joins us live. good morning, landon. >> hi, sam and kris. good morning to you both, as well. futures are flat this morning and markets closing at the highs on wednesday and cautious comments on raising interest rates. look for data today on unemployment and manufacturing. the dow up 83 points to 17716. the nasdaq up 22 to 4869. meantime netflix and hul, a music streaming service owned by jay-z and talks on partnership to create original content. the service could be up and running as early as june. also, chipotle is developing a burger chain. the company filing a trademark application earlier this month for better burger. the concept was well in the works before the burrito chain
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was hit by food-borne illness the last year. sam and kris, back over to you. >> fill us up on a thursday morning. >> isn't this full circle because wasn't it initially owned by mcdonald's or partnership there? well, we'll check with landon next time around. thank you, landon. >> a cliffhanger. coming up next, let the battle of the bay begin. >> check out the field live and early this morning. mccovey cove looking sparkly and lovely, as well. spring exhibition game is tonight. changes in the dugout and we don't mean in the lineup. we'll explain coming up after the break. happening right now, tesla fans lined up for the chance to be the first to own the model 3. tesla's first economy car. the deposit gets you the chance for a car in 2017. steph chuang is at one dealership and posting updates. donald trump as we mentioned
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kris mentioned this a second ago. live look at at&t park. giants squaring off against the a's for their first home game of the year. granted it is still spring training. that series continues tomorrow and then moves to the coliseum on saturday. the giants real home opener is next thursday. one sight you won't see this year players with big wads of
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tobacco in their mouth because a new san francisco law makes it illegal to chew tobacco in all the athletic facilities at at&t park and everywhere else. >> everywhere else in major league baseball. they can do it in other cities. >> in san francisco. >> school. one step closer to history. did you see last night the warriors now need only five of their last seven games to break the all-time records set in a season set by the chicago bulls. >> that explains why you're tired this morning. >> the ws pulled off win number 68 in utah thanks in part to a clutch three from thompson to tie it up and send it to overtime. then in o.t. all warriors all the time as they beat the jazz 103-96. next up for the ws, the celtics tomorrow night at oracle arena. >> they were dangling by a thread at the end of that game. clay thompson makes a three-pointer that goes into overtime and everyone is going nuts. >> you don't want to watrecord game and watch it later?
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a perfect nesting spot for a san francisco family. >> some falcons that are back atop the roof of pg&e headquarters. live streaming their every move and pluck. the birds have previously built nests on top of the roof. this falcon was once near extinction in california, but that species is now flourishing. >> also the falcons that are up on top of the san jose city hall building there pretty proliffic, as well. >> they're making their presence known. right now, wild pandas caught on camera. >> this is in china. panda bear and mother and her cub. mother doesn't seem to mind the camera, but she's very alert and watching out for her cubs. there are still fewer than 400 pandas in the world and apparently they act in the wild just like they do in the zoo. >> if you are ever wondering what does a panda think and what does it do when all eyes are on it. >> they are very cute but they
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are very boring. >> they do eat a lot of bamboo. >> yeah, exactly. coming up, it is not black friday, not even an iphone released today. but people are camping outside stores. tesla ready to take reservations for their newest car. we'll show you the reason why many people are ready to brave the cold. it is cold out there this morning. i'll have a look at the complete microclimate forecast heading into the weekend. that's coming up. and looking live this morning. commute moving slowly right now, but it could be getting a little bit slower. we'll check with anthony slaughter in just a bit. 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.
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breaking overnight. an overpass collapsing in india with hundreds of people on top of it. the search happening right now to find survivors. a drug several times more powerful than heroin hitting the streets of northern california. i'm bob redell, that story coming up. a line growing by the minute right now as we speak all the put down a reservation for the model 3 tesla. the mad dash for the latest electric car happening right now. "today in the bay" starts right now. thanks for joining us this
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morning. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. a short line that is not. a lot of people standing outside and it's pretty cold to start out your day. let's get a check of your forecast with kari. >> good morning, sam and kris. chilly temperatures to start but that is not the case throughout the day. also seeing patchy fog. taking a look at the current temperatures with 48 degrees in livermore and 48 degrees in san francisco. patchy fog this morning and then high clouds with sunshine this afternoon. lunchtime temperatures upper 50s to mid-60s and up to 70 degrees today in the tri-valley. a look at the complete microclimate forecast coming up. let's head over to anthony to see what's happening on the roadways. >> you have been telling us about fog this morning. watching the maps and don't see much happening right now and lots of green and things moving smoothly across the bay area. some fog here in the north bay and still keeping an eye there and even in the mill valley. wide-open lanes there.
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