we'll see you next week. a micro some more rain coming in after weekend's strong storms. a live look at our radar -- ad- lib. there's been intense flooding, freeway closures and rescues. sot ian 11p a12 - "...these roads should be blocked because everytime it's like a tidal wave it sends into the house. we can't sck bags faseno" =runs 8= ott/cont.vo the bay area is reeling -- we have complete coverage - today in the bay starts now. ==laura/2shot== good morning - and thanks for joining us for this special edition of today in the bay. we are on early to help you get ready for some treacherous conditions out there. i'm laura garcia cannon. ==scott/2shot== and i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. there is flooding across the bay area that ll affect your commute -- we're talking about many highways and roads closed this morning. ==kari//cu==

==laura//cu== right now several lanes of highway 101 are underwater --

which is going to make this morning's commute very difficult. ==boxes== today in the bay's kris sanchez is live at highway 101 -- just th of mterey road --kris how's e right now. kris/live we're on highway 25 leading to highway 101. which you can see still has a stream rolling over that spot bad on the trfic in signbehind me. ta vo chp shut down e freewayround 9plast night. within two hou, t lanes as traff was at astandstio a whirlpool wajust one issuefir rescng two people fm the send-story ofheir home.

elsewhere in the south bay - there's some serious cleanup going on in parts of morgan hill - which got hit hard by the storm. the llagas creek overflowed .. flooding some lowland homes on second street. homeowners say drivers made it worse .. by sending waves of water toward their doors as their cars went by. a clogged storm drain yesterday closed a downtown barbecue restaurant. the water eventually subsided .. and the owners told

us they expect it to re-open for business today. ==scott/cu== now to the north bay -- where we're tracking the russian river -- which is already at flood stage and still has a few more hours to go before it crests. ==boxes== today in the bay's pete suratos is live in guerneville. how's it looking pete.

the severe weather is forcing the closure of some sonoma county schools today. schools in healdsburg, cloverdale, geyserville, guerneville and forestville. =change= as well as occidental and monte rio. we've posted the list of closures on our website - at nbc bay area dot com. ==laura//take vo== new video just into the newsroom -- the great highway in san francisco is closed at several intersections. it because of this flooding. several inches of water is covering the roadway. it's sure to cause problems during the commute today. no word on when lanes will reopen. ==laura//cu== it's been a deadly storm. the severe weheras claimed three lives in the past

two days. ==vo== a cab driver in oakland died after he lost control on the wet roads yesterday ... and spun off into the estuary. crews found his body in the submerged car. ==vo== and on saturday, a tree fell on "canyon lakes golf course" in san ramon, and landed on a woman, killing her. ==laura//ots rail map== the third victim died in fremont yesterday on 8-80 in a car crash. c-h-p says there was flooding in the area and heavy rains at the time of the crash. ==laura//gfx== there's more rain to come -- stay up to date with our nbc bay area app. just click on the weather tab to access our live doppler radar... or to get a detailed forecast for your community. ==scott/cu== we are following breaking news in the south bay. a police shooting has shut down the northbound 101 to san jose interchange. ==take vo== this video is just into our newsroom of the scene. police have just told us the shooting happened just before midnight. no word what lead up the shooting, the condition of the suspect, or if an officer was hurt. police have not said when the interchange will be reopened.

laura/2 shot let's check in with kari again on our coast. ing the situation kari wx ad-lib sharon/vo sharon/live

mike traffic tease ==laura//2shot== another trouble spot this morning -- highway 1 in pacifica. the rains have caused a mudslide -- which is now blocking several lanes. scott//boxes today in the bay's sharon katsuda is live at the closure. sharon -- how's it looking there. =sharon live=

our storm coverage continues -- we have crews throughout the region monitoring the damage left behind and cleanup -- we'll check in with them next - plus weather and traffic.

downtown san jose-- ad lib ==scott/topvo== for one surfer in san luis obisbo county last night - no need for the ocean. rain allowed him to head straight down a "main drag" in grover beach. from the looks of it - passing cars were enough to provide an "excellent" wake.... ==4 shot== toss to weather and traffic. ==take vo== silverado country club flooding

shooting rampage in a crowded florida airport is now ==vo== appearing in court today. the latest on the suspect who opened fire, killing 5. scott/cu but first happening now -- we are in the middle of a microclimate weather alert. download our nbc bay area app to get weather alerts right on your smartphone. ==reveal== and our live doppler radar is getting a boost from storm ranger. the bay area's only mobile radar is giving us an unparalled view of the storm. ==reveal== plus -- if you have flooding in your neighborhood, we want to see it. send your photos and videos to us and we'll put them on the air. just post them to our facebook page.

a live look outside -- ==laura/curail== the man accused in last friday's deadly florida airport rampage .. will appear for the first time in court today. ==vo== new, and shocking video obtained by tmz .. shows the seconds before the gunfire erupted. 5 people died and 6 more were injured. 26-year-old "esteban santiago" could face the death penalty if convicted. police say he checked a gun into his luggage .. on his flight from anchorage, alaska. after picking up his bag at fort lauderdale-hollywood airport .. investigators say he went to a nearby bathroom to load his gun .. and came out firing. ==scott/cu== new video - that we should warn you .. may be disturbing - shows the moment of impact yesterday .. in a deadly truck attack in jerusalem. ==vo== a security camera recorded the moment that a truck .. driven by a 28 year-old palestinian man .. drove into a

crowd of israeli soldiers getting off a tourist bus. the driver then put the truck in reverse. 4 soldiers died. 17 more were injured. israeli soldiers managed to shoot and kill the driver. at least 9 arrests have also been made in connection with the attack. ==scott/2-shot== lawmakers in washington are gearing up for a busy week. 8 nominees for the trump cabinet are scheduled for confirmation hearings. ==laura/vo== the first hearing is set for tomorrow. that will be the nominee for attorney general .. alabama senator jeff sessions. then comes exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson - nominated for secretary of state. also facing hearings - nominees for the head of the cia, the epa, education, homeland security, labor and defense departments. ==sot== "these are people who are billionaires and ve vaholdings,. and the american people have a right to know if ty areoing to benterininto those offices with cflicts ofinterest" (sot: senateajority leademitch :37-:44)we need to so of grow uhere and t past that. we natial security tm in place on day one."oc: day one trt: 18 contvo==

democrats are still vowing to block some of the nominees - including the first two on the agenda .. sessions and tillerson. scott2shot as today in the bay continues this morning.. storm : ==wx//ck== kari weather mike//trx mike traffic kris//vo kris//live

a microclimate weather alert -- another wave of rain is heading for the bay area. good monday morning to you. a microclimate weather alert as another wave of rain heads for the bay area. this is a live look at our radar. our expert, kari hall, will interpret it for you in just a minute. the bay area waking up to storm damage this monday morning. from overflowing creeks to rivers and mud slides and flooding, the bay area reeling this morning from the powerful

storms. we'll hear sfrom some of the people most affected. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. we're kind of drying out this morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. he's staying drive. there are major problems for drivers this morning, all kinds of problems, as flooding on several highways, roads, there's a traffic mess. mike will get to that, but let's start with meteorologist kari hall. kari? >> that's right. she's been monitoring the storm for us as it comes in. it feels like a little bit of a break for us today, kari. >> we will have a bit of a break with lighter rain moving in, more of the scattered activity, not the widespread heavy rain that we had yesterday. we have this red scan here from our storm ranger mobile doppler radar truck. we have it parked on a mountain in san bruno, and it is scanning around the area, giving us the hd view of what's happening, even able to detect the lightest of rain and some mist and drizzle. that's about all we are seeing at this point. we'll start to see some of the heavier rain moving in as weo