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been sittingn here for about an= am/cont.vo= fears surrounding t i'm concerned about getting out. we have been sitting here for about an hour. tallest dam in the country almost 200,000 people had to be evacuated yesterday and afternoon. you see the back up as a result on local highways. engineers are deciding the next room. live from lake orville amiddesslating situation. >> at home storm is long gone but the aftermath leaving lasting impact across the bay area and it could impact area too. today in the bay starts right now. good monday morning. get a check on the weather
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with carry in a second. >> critical at this time. we'll take you out to the map. first we'll looking at no problem. it is fremont where we get the latest news. this early crash involving a big rig, northbound had to be closed. both sides may be affected, so we'll get update because crews heading there as well. there's going to be a problem washington if you know your way around that would be better route for you. this area 580 this truck fire approaching dublin interchange, we'll take a live look there. 580 backing up you see there's no more smoke or flame visible. this will be slower drive.
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we hope we'll getting word on details update there. we have issue there's no h. train because of weather over there. orville central valley, that's issues. we'll track that. what do you have? >> as we see some dry weather across the bay area and the state a little bit of a break, still concerns as we go into the start of this week. all of those area shaded in green under a flood warning and once again it's because we are tracking the conditions there as at dam and all of the heavy rain we are expecting as we dw through the week. the flood warning in the area is exactly where this is we can see the water there on the map on the map as well as the radar and the bigger picture shows there's
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couple storm systems rolling in. >> now to breaking news out of orville where this morning all eyes are on the nationest tallest dam. nearly 200,000 people were forced out because concern spillway may fail. >> 230 foot long, 240 deep hole. the dam for relation is 75 miles due north with water feather river. >> overnight governor brown issued emergency order to get more help into the area. nearly 200,000 people are under evacuation order at this hour. and engineers have been working
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through the night to weaken area dam spillway. >> these are live pictures where we're standing by. we have crews, multiple crews throughout area as the folks are trying to get a handle on this situation. let's go to christy on where things stand right now. >> good morning. we're at command post setup. one of the key is they want to bring that water level down about 50 feet. but at this point, they say no more water is going over the emergency spillway that was damaged in first prompted the fear initially. this brings some stability to the situation as they have been able to release more water. they were trying to prevent a
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30-foot wall of water from flooding out. an evacuation order was issued around orville and that spread through surrounding communities. well over 100,000 people. the orville dam spillway not the one that was damaged earlier in the week. >> i recognize how tough the situation is on people. i recognize that we have displace a lot of people. but as you have heard tonight, we needed to to that to ensure the public safety. >> when we have water coming over the top of the emergency spillway it was beginning to erode the ground. when you start to erode the ground and dirt roll off the hill is starts to undermine itself. >> governor issued emergency order to help with the response. they will try to remove more
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water to make room as more rain is on the way. engineers plan to take a close look in the light of day. they also had a plan to drop some rocks using helicopter to shore up the damage area. they have not had a chance to do that yet of the that's the story from year reporting in orville, christie smith. bay area news. >> we are learning more about the history of the dam's primary spillway. back in 2013 they worked on the same area of the crack. after they fixed it, they checked it again but from a distance. a couple of days ago a senior engineer was asked about that problem baiting back to 2013, he
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said obviously, something is hag that we did not expect to happen. they are urging the federal government to -- reinforced with concrete just like the main spillway. >> we are over this breaking story. we have crews in orville this morning. pete will bring us a report in 25 minutes. the rain has moved out. a lot of concern as damage from back to back storms could impact commuters this morning. >> oakland fire department tweeted out photo yesterday. sinkhole. >> highway 37 still closed because of earlier flooding. caltrans is working to push the water back into creek.
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it's not clear if it's going to be cleaned up. >> sierra crews working to clean up this massive mud slides. it it runs from strawberry in el dora doe county. >> they are scambling to find -- cancelling passenger train services. the track is fine but the problem is numerous trains are being rerouted due to storm damage on other lines. >> a woman is leading drive to get federal funding because of the storm. she and other leaders toured massive damage. she trying fast track funding
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and confident that politics will not get into the way. >> these are not democratic mud slides or republican mud slides this is when we step up and partner with the state and local government. >> we are talking infrastructures. the storms caused $10 million alone. a lot for her to see. >> it's 5:09 on monday morning. a wide rang in temperatures. in the tri-valley it's cooler than in the peninsula. 37 degrees with clear skies. we see clouds 48 degrees. 43 degrees in north bay. as you get kids ready, a heavier
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jacket and hat needed. it's school. temperatures warming up as we go into early afternoon with high reaching into the 60s. more info on the closure. >> we are looking at rest of the road way moving well. flooding in nevada. traffic restricted for 680. they are are closed because of big rig that went off the roadway. that off ramp is closed. you have to get to back up where you can use washington. over here we have westbound
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restricted because of the truck fire. they will be delayed because of the weather conditions. back to you. >> thank you, very much. coming up next, anticipated meeting, white house hosting canadian prime minister today. meanwhile the market start all new record. coming up in business and tech. danger at orville dam nearly 200,000 people are out of their homes. folks are contemplating how to repair it. next on breaking story.
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it is 5:14 and all clear skis in pal alto. 49 degrees at 9:00. today reaching average of 62 degrees. we will take a look ahead and more storm systems in the bay area for thursday the time line of that and what else to spect is coming up in five minutes. a look at travel time. 36 minutes. slow -- fine.
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dublin is where the problem is. in orville as we continue to follow news there. live pictures from the command center we're waiting from update from the sheriff's office there. evacuate order for 200,000 people that jammed up highways. the dam over flooded. it stop but it cause erosion in the meantime. concern that also slowing but stable. they are releasing more water trying get it down another 50 feet. situation continuing to improve. also the white house is creating the prime minister today. to the in the bay is joins
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us live from what expected from that meeting. good morning. >> very important meeting for the canadian. he going to focus on the areas where we does agree with trump. this would be first visit since president trump took office. there's area where u.s. and canada don't agree. but the prime minister said muslim refugees are very important to the success of that country of canada. he would take into the refugees that the u.s. bans from the area. one of the things discussed is trade during the presidential campaign president trump said that he would rip up nafta and rewrite it it. the prime minister wants to make sure it stays trading parter to the u.s. they are trying to hash out
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those things. reporting live in washington. back to you. >> thank you, very much. car makers pressure president trump to undue rules on gas mileage. >> they did not count on california. >> no they didn't. if detroit wants us to buy the cars, they have to adapt to what we say. he joining others from the big three pressuring the trump white house to scale back fuel efficiency requirements. they get 50 miles per gallon by 2025. it would cost jobs. there is another case of california forging its own path california has independent requirements in electric and hybrid cars that force auto
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makesers to i dapt to our law if they want to sale in america's most popular state. as announced enormous investment in self-driving car. this ford's version of the robot car. the technology company help ford sell technology to other companies. honda and toya ta have not been keeping up. california dmc because they lack the permits for self-driving. they can't get state permits because they are too big. the commuters is assisting not taking over. which is the same argument uber made and it kept self-driving cars around san francisco.
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autois owned by uber. they took the cars off san francisco and moved them to arizona. >> the nasdaq and s&p do you up 96, nasdaq up 18. since president trump became. we'll be watching that one carefully. >> thank you. >> thank you, very much. we have winter weather wreaking havoc across england. some place got close to two feet. wind gusts at times reaching 50 miles per hours. >> we saw that, we have own problems with severe flooding. >> we need every little bit of sunshine we can get. >> because we are going to have a couple more days of dry
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weather then there's more storm systems marching in. today we start out with cool temperatures, patchy fog, this view right now with low cloud moving in. visibility as surface has been clear. here live look as many people get on the roadway, 45 degrees. so chilly temperatures now. raising up to 62 degrees by this afternoon. it's 40 degrees in fairfield. in san jose it will start out mid 40s but warming up to 59 degrees at lunchtime. and 62 degrees later on this afternoon. with mix of sun and cloud, dry weather conditions. we need it between mainstream and areas affected by the
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orville dam. here is the dam right there, and of course, the spillway was the issue there. it is not flowing over that at this point. but expecting a lot of rain as they try to get that all under control and we're looking at couple more weather systems moving in late wednesday night into thursday. so we do have pretty wet weather in the forecast. as we head over to mike updating truck in dublin. >> that's right. highway 17 restricted flow. we have closure for 47 in nevada. these are the same as friday. the rest of traffic is moving well. the backup conditions to build.
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the earlier truck fire is out. the live camera, you see the back of el char ra as you coming toward the, back travel time, we see slower drive. liver more is okay until you get to el char row. this off ramp are closed and may remain closed for 45 minutes. once they clear that big rig soon. the rest of the south bay is one we talked about. back to you. >> thank you. everen misdiagnosed by a doctor, this app that makes process easier. are you paying to look at your credit report. you should not be. chris more has the tip.
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patient's symptoms to find the correct one. >> there's no doctor to find of affect oust disease in every country. this allows them to search by the patient's symptoms. coming up breaking news out of orville. engineers stay emergency spillway would not fail at any moment like it did yesterday. we're live at this hour on where things stand at this hour. >> time line of when highway 17 will reopen.
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>> good morning. i'm sam rock. >> we do know we're getting a break in the rain but it's coming back soon. >> yes. time is critical as they try to should shore up the dam. as we start out a live look outside at san francisco we have see low visibility in spots and clear and chilly temperatures. 37 degrees in live moher and 48 in -- we talked about the small time line or short time line of wet weather. that's coming up in 7 minutes as we head over to mike right now of we're track the big rig crash. >> live up there, this is the rig, this is road it was not
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bill enough to handle rig turning around. they have it block off. there's between ogden and durn ham is closed. 680 closed. the rest of the bay looks good. you see flashing lights, if you use auto mall, there we get, the other crash, the other truck fire over here, we have slowing block. that's a problem getting the dublin interchange. back to you. >> thank you, very much. back to breaking news out of orville. nearly 200,000 people told to get out as the dam as two spill
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ways both filled with problems. there's massive hole and emergency concern for the spillway. 75 miles north of -- all way down to marsville. here latest, governor brown issued emergency order to get help to that area, tens of thousands on stand by right now. 200,000 people were evacuated as a result of this emergency. crews right now working around the clock to move bolders in to shore up the dam way. they are trying to get a handle of this situation. these are live pictures from command center. let's go to pete so rats to who
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is there. what where things stand now, pete? >> reporter: good morning. we arrived in orville not too long ago. it was 150 miles north of san francisco. there's bull dozener to shore up spillway, thee are the bulldozers that going to move the rocks. they are going to be moved up by helicopters to shore up. we know nearly 200 though people were evacuated after engineers spotted erosion. there's underexpected erosion. on saturday you had water beginning to flow over that emergency spillway for the first
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time in history after the heavy rainfall. if it were to fail it would release water to nearby areas. went to show video of jam packed highways as people scramble to get out. folks leaving their homes not sure what they come back to. >> we have to look at damage and pick up from there to do what we can do. >> we thought we were okay and all of a sudden, bam! you need to leave. >> according to latest facebook post, orville lake water have dropped. department of resource will get better idea of the damage now the levels have dropped. bulldozers are going to be moving by helicopters to help
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fill that dam. live in orville for today in the bay. >> thank you, very much. we have been monitoring things all night. kerry, this big flood zone we have been talking about. >> yes. we want to stress it was emergency spillway that was affected. we look at areas affected by that. a closure look at where this is right now. we have the immediate flood warning in effect for this area that's where the people were evacuated from. this is a look at lake orville. here the dam right here. spillway that is nearby. we are also keeping an eye on
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the time line of the next storm system moving in with more heavy way and flooding. but yesterday, we saw that spillway the, emergency spillway get up to 902 feet. it will continue to drop. it's not flowing over the spillway at this point. we'll be keeping an eye on all of this. >> all right. we'll bring you updates throughout the day. you can follow online at nbcbayarea.com. it could leave a lasting impact for commuters. >> today in the bay, barbara is live with headache -- you have been there every day for two weeks? >> a number of day last week. good morning to you.
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that mud slide that shutdown highw highway 17 behind us can tran indicate it could be removed. commuters are trying to get into silicon valley have to give themselves extra time to get around this according to caltran has turned southbound 17 into two lane hay way for that stretch between sugar glove roads. we have seen this mud slide cause a number of problems. a workers killed and another badly inju badly injured. today, caltrans also expected to try to come up with a solution to highway 75 also known as
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skyline boulevard. commuters have seen their drive time in work triple. they are trying to figure out how to fix that. bob, today in the bay. >> a look at that from bird e's eye view. death of two people. on saturday, police were called to detamped ground level apartment. police are not saying whether victims are injuries or could be
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foul play. he suspected it was carbon monoxide. >> she took care of her kids. >> we are classifying it as suspicious. we are going to look at everything to determine what happened. >> earlier this month they conclude that another couple and two cats did die from carbon monoxide poise sonning. a man pretrenting to be a police officers, approach another man demanded to be taken when the victim refused, he pulled a gun, forced him to sit on the cur be and -- officers
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arrived in time to arrest that suspect without incident. about 6:30 sunday morning officers tried to stop a try who refeud to get out. he backed into patrol vehicle and pulled out a knife and stabbed himself. the stand yof ended 9:00 and the man was taken into the hospital. they are there in case the spillway fails and massive flooding happens. meet the bay area firefighters putting themselves in harm's way. plus bruno mars pays tribute
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patchy fog and clear skis. a very nice afternoon with mix of sun and cloud. details on the time line coming up at 5:48. >> we have one lane blocked. blocking a roadway going on in fremont update and live pictures coming up. we continue to follow developing news out of orville. we are looking at main spillway. it is next to that, that the crews are going to be dropping bolders by helicopters of the 200,000 people under evacuate
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orders. there's more rain coming down the pipe in the next few days. menlo fire district is in lake orville area to help should there be a mass flooding. they began four-hour drive yesterday. 1997. last time all swift waters rescue teams headed out in the same place was during hurricane katrina in 2005. >> we'll have coverage throughout morning. the city want to rid city of shopping carts left on the street. garbage pick up to include junk. more than one thousand
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mattresses found on the street since july of last year. $200 million project moves forward. hospital officials are expect today sign agreement for the construction to get kick started. 800 workers are expected to work and expected to house 800 workers. construction is estimated to begin early next year. happening today, president trump hosting prime minister. this trump's face-to-face meeting. they will discuss trade today and focus on policy benefitting working women. many time adviser made round on yesterday defending president's travel ban. the bottom line is we are trying keep our country safe from terrorism. >> the president pln to estate
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ban possibility via new executive order. scott's been examing president's new face in office. >> with that new guy making the sunday morning talk show circuit. mr. miller telling george, that voter fraud is thing. >> voter fraud is serious in this country. >> it's clear there's no evidence of voter fraud. voter fraud is a serious problem in this country. you have millions of people registered in two states and
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registered to vote. this is misleading. people do die but after they are dead they tonight contact the register voterers because they are dead. they are not voting, they are dead. the spoke about upholding the ban on trump's ban. the court should not correct the president. but it was blatant on face the nation. take a look. >> other opponents the media and the world will see as we begin to take actions that the power of the president to protect our country is substantial and not be questioned. >> by the courts, that's just not how this works. >> it's --
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>> it's reviewable. >> is to be replaced with kellyanne conway? >> i think he speaking to directionally president. he is not trying to get a message across as much as he keeping his job with president trump. he is repeating, absolutely talking points. >> i think she got benched. we'll be looking at president trump's speeches throughout day. scott mcgrew. we have all political news at nbcbayarea.com. mountain at the -- last time
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that happened was 2011. this is not far from yo seemty. 35 feet. >> yes. >> until july there's enough to ski until july. >> that's amazing. 4th of july, end of snow. we are watching rain coming in. >> yes. we have few more days of dry area then rain returns. al here is a live look outside. we are going to have a busy week. as you step out, you will want to get a heavier jacket, it's 44
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degrees in the south bay. san francisco low clouds, 48 degrees. after this chilly start it will be nice day reaching 60 san francisco. north bay up to 66 degrees. with mix of sun and cloud. next storm system next wednesday into thursday morning. this looks to bring in heavy rain. on friday another wave of rain moving in. still lingering showers and more heavy rains for early next week. we are not done with the downpour yet. rainfall totals to santa cruz
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mountains. here the orville dam we are looking at up stream rainfall total up to 5 inches. a lot of rain in the forecast. as we go into west of the week scattered showers. temperature-wise cooler air toward the weekend. >> i want to show the progress hoppi happening over there. close out 101. so the south highway 17 restricted but open both directions. get over toward that issue fremont, 680 off ramp are still closed. both direction for 680.
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because of the tractor-trailer blocking the lane there. that's southbound this truck blocking westbound. eastbound is okay getting back to -- one lane still blocked by early fire. back to you. >> thank you, mike. the grammys from last night. adele was the talk of the town. for this do over. >> can we start it again. i'm sorry. >> adele was singing george michael's song it was not clear
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when it was but she started over and finished with tears. a great night for adele. tributes to prince by bruno mars and bee gees. nearly 200,000 people are under evacuation orders. we have live pictures coming up. big rig jackknifed blocking lanes. plus redevelopment of the hundred dollarers shipyard could be -- read story on nbcbayarea.com and we're be back in two minutes.
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spike of people living in draws and illegal spaces you would not expect. >> california has laws in place to require cities to plan for development. >> yes. >> but there's nothing to guarantee they build. >> that's right, there's no penalty. >> finds how he doing to increase affordable housing. we investigate tonight at 11:00. if it you have a tip give us a call the 188-8996 tips or contact us at nbcbayarea.com. giant's pitcher first full squad work out is on friday.
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the team's first guy is next friday against the cincinnati reds. at the end of last year, the giants link pictures of mark with the new contract. it's 6:00. crews are working around the clock to repair spillway at dam. 200 though people under evacuation order right now. crews are there. we have team coverage with all the of the overnight developments. >> reporter: all hand on deck to fix the dam including the use of the
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