"protests on the cal campus" -- turn vlent. smoke bbs, fires, and vandasm all brk out. protests on the cal can campus turned violent. smoke bombs and vandalism break out. cal leaders express their dismay. and the president also has things to say about the violence on campus last night. early this morning he tweeted out a threat to cal that could influence the school's bottom line. and the rain is triggering a microclimate weather alert. today in the bay starts right now. very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i had to think about it for a second. really. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. there is a lot going on this

morning. a sheet of green, but a big chunk is missing. >> missing this. yeah, we're not all seeing this rain. it has been hit or miss. that is the activity we will the rest of the day. we will still have gusty winds. rain falling on an already saturated ground. that could on cause more issues. hd view of what's happening around the bay area. we're the only ones with this tool. and we will have access as we go through this storm the next couple of days. a close look at san francisco. much of the rain is in the north bay, mill valley, novato. mike is tracking a problem on the roadways. what's happening? >> we had an early morning crash. it's not clear whether weather and slippery roads played a factor.

we had the easy light drive at 431. slowing around atherton avenue. i want to let you know mass transit line is an option for you. last night there was closures. they have reopened. quite busy over there. back to you guys. breaking news. chaos on the cal campus. protests over a controversial speaker turned violent. >> within the last hour, president trump tweeted a response to the demonstration saying, "if u.c. berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a view, no federal funds." details on some of the cleanup efforts that are under way at this hour we understand, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and sam. we have reached out to the university for their response to

president trump's tweets that was put out overnight. there is cleanup that needs to be done. this is outside the student union. it bore the most brunt of the damage. you can see the boards over the windows that were broken. numerous windows were broken. uc berkeley police do not believe students were responsible for this. they blame a crowd of people who came off campus in their belief to cause problems. it started out peacefully with 1300 to 1400 people against milo's plan. but after 6:00, police say 150 men and women dressed in black with bandanas started throwing rocks, fireworks, molotov cocktails at officers. they tore apart the barricades. they broke windows. they started a bonfire prompting the to lockdown the campus a car

drew through a crowd of protesters with one person stuck on the hood of that car for quite a dance. fights also broke out in the clouds. some individuals had to be rescued by police. remarkably no one was hurt badly. just a handful of minor injuries. i would say we were peaceful is and then they assault me. this amount of destruction. they're ruining our campus. i don't think they're students here. >> hate speech denigrates people, marginalizes people. >> we saw something we have never seen on this campus before, at least not the time i have been here. that was a group that came in uniform, covered in black, utilized paramilitary tactics in a clearly designed and well thought out plan to disrupt the events. >> reporter: the crowd eventually moved downtown where

they vandalized banks. in spite of the destruction, police tell us there were no arrest the last night. lockdown was 11:00 p.m. coming up in the next 30 minutes, we'll show you some of the other areas that or were part of the vandalism and destruction. bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you very much, bob. the speaker who triggered last night's protests, brighter batter ceo. he was speaking out about the especially dental you can of political correctness on college campuses. >> they don't like what i have to say about black lives matter or the campus conspiracy or the wage gap or any of the other things i like to investigate. >> we spoke to one berkeley republican student who did not want to be identified.

he said in the same space where the free speech movement was born, last night had to be canceled. viewers sent us a lot of images from the protests. some of of our best images and video comes from you. tag us on twitter, instagram or post to our facebook page. let's get to breaking news right now. new video out of the north bay where authorities are investigating a hit and run that killed a pedestrian on highway 101. chp says it was a truck driver who noticed a man's body lying in a southbound lane in novato. the accident happened at 1:00. the driver did not stay at the scene. hence, why it is a hit and run. they believe a smaller gray car struck a man and probably suffered front-end damage. one lane is closed but should be reopening soon. the rain is back on our radar. lots of green out there. it's going to cause a mess for

folks in the morning commute. >> out live to the golden gate bridge to see the wet roadways. everywhere from the north to the south bay already seeing the slick roads. not a lot of traffic right now. today in the bay kris sanchez live on the newark side now of the dumbarton bridge with how things are shaping up so far. you don't have your hood on just yet, kris. >> reporter: not yet. i know that is our official weather gauge. it seems like the wind is really a factor. we have only seen sprinkles between san jose where our day started and newark where we are right now. this is the toll plaza for the dumbarton bridge. as folks drive over between newark and palo alto, they will likely feel some of the breeziness, especially the guy in the bud light truck. that is a high profile vehicle. he is likely to feel a little bit of breeze over the top of his truck and moving things along. hopefully they will remember to use both hands on the wheel

because we are feeling that. we did see slick roadways. according to my nbc bay area app, i did see the temperature is pretty mild. with all of this breeziness it doesn't feel like 54. it is feels-like temperature of 54. we think it feels a little chillier than that. make sure you layer up this morning. kris sanchez, today in the bay. your hair barometer is a lot better than mine. we are keeping tab on the storm. the wind of course is going to be an issue. what are you looking at, kari? >> rain mostly now in the north bay with a lot of showers moving through there. more waves through the morning and the afternoon. a close look at the timeline coming up. i'll take you to the north bay. should be opening up soon. all lanes cleared southbound 101 at atherton from an earlier deadly crash.

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asking people to keep their eyes peeled for this boy -- 12 year-old christopher moreno. he was last seen at about 2 p-m yesterday afternoon at graham middle school. that's right near downtown mountain view. authorities say he was wearing a white sweatshirt that 12-year-old christopher more rain that was last seen near downtown mountain view he was wearing a white sweatshirt that says walden on it. contact mountain view police if you see him. a battle over evidence is shaking up for the man accused

of of killing sierra lamar. they showed the pants and sweatshirt worn by the morgan hill teenager the day she was killed. they found it in a bag after she was killed near her home. in cross-examination the defense tried to poke away at that evidence and how it was collected. all right. this is just in right now. on a much lighter note, punxsutawney phil making his prediction this morning. it's groundhog day. the prognosticator on winter or spring. new this morning...

a fearle forecast -rom the world's most fams oh, hang on, guys. >> he's getting a little crazy. there he is. he looks so thrilled. >> he hasn't aged. >> the fearless forecast in the most famous groundhog punxsutawney predicting six more weeks of winter. you know the drill. if phil sees his shadow, we have to bundle up. if not, spring is way. thousands gathered in gobbler's knob where he saw his shadow

this year. we will have six more weeks of winter for the bay area. >> technicality. phil looks like he's getting along in years. did he actually see his shadow? >> interesting. phil needs lasik. >> hopefully that just means more rain for us and not more winter. we will have more rain. another tool for what's happening around the bay area. no need for a groundhog. we have storm ranger. this is san bruno. it gives us the height of the clouds of which the rain drops are coming it of. we have a high resolution. we can even pick up on the type of precipitation.

this is exclusive to nbc bay area. we're the only ones who have this. we can move it around the bay area to give us the best view of what's happening as a storm system approaches as it is standing now, much of the rain now in the bay area for the north bay, some pockets of heavy rain. this is something that other radars may be missing out on showing where the heaviest rain is now. also, as we two through santa rosa, a steady downpour. it is still raining with much of this moving off to the east very slowly. we also have a wind advisory for 3:00 tomorrow morning. we may have gusts to 50 miles per hour. some of these areas in the hills is and along the coastline. that continues throughout the day. these waves of rain moving in. a lot more rain moving in with this storm system. expecting to be a hit or miss variety. we will not all see this at the same time. the models show we will continue

to see off and on rain throughout the day. at lunchtime, it starts to get more light and spotty. we will see this activity into the evening commute. also later tonight. then another round of heavier rain moving in by this time tomorrow morning with more winds and rain. at times the rain will be quite heavy, making things treacherous out there on the roadways. you definitely need to slow it down. 0.3 around fremont and palo alto. an inch for the north bay. so this is the first storm. there will be another one moving in for the end of the weekend. we'll be watching that. to also bring us more rain and snow for the sierra. looking at the possibility the next three days of at least a foot of snow for the higher elevations. as far as rain and temperatures, we stay in the 50s in san francisco. off and on showers. start could be more of a break in the rain. as we go into sunday, the next

round of heavy rain moves in. it will be off and on next week. mike is updating us on a crash in novato. >> the deadly crash happened overnight. highway 101. we're looking north of there where we had an update just before the last break. wanted to make sure everyone knew it was around atherton avenue. to the north where there is rain. kari is talking about wet roadways approaching novato. golden gate bridge moves well. we'll show you a live look. again, the roadway is wet. water kicking up behind the cars as they approach. back to you. >> pools there. thank you very much for the update. tax experts, yes, we're getting ready for tax season. a super computer. >> let's check in with morgan brennan live at cnbc world

headquarters this morning. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: good morning. the markets ending mostly higher yesterday following a federal reserve decision to leave interest rates unchanged. that move was widely expected. it hiked rates two to three times today. sentiment has improved as of late. look for data on unemployment and work orrerproductivity. the dow rising 26 points yesterday to 19 now, 890. nasdaq up 27 to 5,642. now, watch shares of facebook today as well. the social media giants quarterly earnings easily beating wall street's forecast thanks to continued strength in ads. 2 million monthly users. 1.68 million check in at least once a month. ibm super computer is getting into the tax business. h&r block is teaming up on using

artificial intelligence. it has been used in health care, retail. >> watson. all knowing. morgan brennan live from cnbc headquarters. thank you so much for that report. women coming in the south bay to talk jobs, politics and the future. the watermark women's conference took place yesterday. famous women from all walks of life led some of the lectures. condoleezza rice and madeline albright spoke at the conference. i got to emcee the event with cheryl sandberg in the morning. >> you left here right after the show actually. >> i did. 6,500 people strong. it was wonderful. love for the warriors last night as well. three generations of the curry family. >> steph, his daughters and his

dad. here is the shot of the game before the action even started. that was dell curry. he used to be a marksman. now he is an announcer for the charlotte hornets. he is shoot. not surprising so can steph. warriors win 126-111. >> not bad. a lot of people major friendly wagers in sports. what the football commissioner is saying in light of the raiders attempt to fill that stadium in vegas. first happening right now, we have been talk building this with kari all morning long. we're in a microclimate weather alert. stay informed with the nbc bay area app. download it now. get updates straight to your phone as the conditions change. >> protests at uc berkeley canceling a speaking engagement with alt-right breitbart.

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welcome back this thursday morning. 4:55 right now. some drivers say there is a hidden danger on trucks starting fires, putting the public at risk. tonight we investigate a device used to cut pollution could be to blame. it is particulate filter. it traps harmful soot that can cause cancer. but many filters are faulty and they believe the parts cause overheating that spark fires.

>> i timed it. eight minutes and that truck was burned to the ground. >> you could have been inside that truck. >> could have been sitting in there when it caught on fire. i feel fortunate a lot of it didn't get burned. tried to save the truck. you know, it's your truck. >> we have looked at the fire issue extensively. we don't see any evident between the filters that are on them today and fires. >> tonight senior investigative reporter vicky wynn questions state regulators and their own research on how the devices fail. that's tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip, gives us a call at 888-996-tips. or the unit @nbcbayarea.com. >> more twists and turns on in the raiders will stay or go. roger goodell saying having a casino take on an ownership role

won't be allowed because the league protects itself against gambling. ? not asked us to compromise our rules. we will continue to have that separation going forward. i don't see an ownership position in a team from a casino. >> they said possibly moving to san diego is unlikely unless the city find a way to build a new stadium. eye been a rocky road. coming up, the rain is coming down. kari hall has a look at our forecast. our microclimate weather alert continues. our mobile doppler radar truck giving us an hd view of what's happening around the bay area. we'll talk more about this and get a closer look at the radar coming up. and a close look at the golden gate bridge shows you wet roads. the water kicking up behind the cars here. good treed on the tires. we'll show you how things are shaping up. plus, breaking news just been the last hour. president trump responding to the violent protests last night at uc berkeley.

his threat against the school system that could change the college landscape.

destruction at cal in its protests against a controversial speaker. the reason why police are not blaming students for its destruction. it was the last call last night for lefty o'doul's in

union square. why the business faces an uncertain future. and the next wave of rain is already here. you see all that green on the radar. we're tracking the impact it could have on your morning commute. today in the bay starts right now. and of course we are in a microclimate weather alert. good morning. thank you for joining us on this thursday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. straight to the forecast with kari. >> it is is wet all around the bay area. allow extra time to get to where you're going. streets have been wet because of earlier rain moves through. now we are tracking rain through the north bay. storm ranger around the bay area. it is picking up on pockets of the heaviest rain moving through tiburon, salsalito, petaluma and approaching napa. all of this rain will be with us