>> a very good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it was a great weekend, a kentucky derby weekend as well.( >> always dreaming won. kari picked9 thundersnow. a.>"it finished dead last. >> it came out ofmy the gate a was like -- i'm like, what is hr doing. >> not the most accurate call. >> and all the meteorologists bet on that one. >> we did see snow in the sierra. >> good to see that, and it's crazy that here we are in the beginning of may and it's still snowing. it did stay dry in the bay area and we're going to have more dry weather and warmer temperatures this afternoon. here's a live look outside atym san jose as4hñ you get ready to it's 53 ñidegrees. a cool start,q/ but warming u o 78 degrees. it will stay!/ clear throughout the day a little warmer than

yesterday. the rest of the week, the temperatures will peak on day and then cool down. we'll talk about all that coming up in axd few minutes. mike has a crash in the tri-valley. >> this happened a few minutes ago and!v- it's been long enoug where you had slowing that showed up. the rest of the bay moves well, but this is southbound 680 through sunol. even more slowing shows up now, getting down toward the red hhx. speeds at times were going down below 20 miles per hour. lanes, so be careful as you're traveling pastko highway 84. ! so we'll follw that. don't have word on injuries jusk yet. ÷çó the bay bridge. back to ñ.'you. >> thank you very wmuch. >> 5:01 on your monday morning. happening later today, this morning, we continue to i]await verdict in the high profilemy sierra lamar murder case. in a matter ofçó hours, we coul learn the fate of the man accused of killing thep, morga hill teenager.

bob redell is joining us livefq from the hall of justice. today is the first full day the juror have for/m% deliberation. >> reporter: correct, and you'll recall that thexd jury inc the lase did not receive the case until late thursday p,morning. ÷ yes, y p,morning. today would beçó the firstñi fu day of deliberations, expected toñháup)t later tñ9hison morni the hall of justice behind meqn you'll recall, this trial lasted three months. there's potentially añr lot of information that this panel of six men and six womenúf$ have to through. a lot of evidence to consider in trying to decide whether or=&yd to convict antolin garcia torres in the murder of sierra lamar .= her bus stop in march ofño' 201. the question is are theyi/k goi to go with the prosecution's argument that presented evidence that garcia torres's dna was found on lamar's clothes and her

dna was found in his car, or the defense argument which has questioned whether lamar is actually still alive given#úeñ her body has never been found. we did speak with a santa clara university law professor last could take quite some time to come back with a verdict. it could be a minimum of sefrbl days, according to /her. the same jury, if they do convict, would also have to decide whether or not garcia torres should be sentenced tm3 death. if the jury were to find himno> we'll follow that. thank you. new this morning, firefighters looking into what caused this duplex fire in san bruno. started about 11:00 last night, not far from the b.a.r.t. station. not clear if there are any injuries or if anyone was inside the home. we're still awaiting more details from the san mateo county fire department. happening today, éñ alameda

county sheriff'sv:jf deputies shed new light on a disturbing east bay murder, six months her home was set on fire. pete suratos is joining us with new information we're already learning about the case. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. the news conference by the alameda county sheriff's office is set to take place in dublin at 10:00 a.m. we can report that the d. aflt's a stockton man in relativ3ñ to this murder and that man was already in jail. let's take you back to the scene in december, following that house mvfire, when firefighter found the body of that victim. now, according to sf gate, we can say that the qsuspect has been identified as 36-year-old lucky duquesny, who allegedly tortured and killed that 59-year-old castro valley woman in december before setting the house on fire.fá following the homicide investigation was launched by the alameda county sheriff's office.xd

while that was taking place, stockton police arrested the man unrelated crime and during that time, he confessed to thexd murr of andrea st. john. turned over to theñilpñ alameda county sheriff's office last e she was a widow at was described as a sweet, caring woman by neighbors and she q leaves ñibehind two daughters.r we're expecting to get more details on the case during the? news conference that's going to take place in dublin at 10:00. pete suratos for today in the bay. >> pete, thank you very much. 5:05 right now. stanford police are investigating what has now ezcident s& outside the same residence hall. ]v have bmtñ possible xd break-in attempts. both happened at the same place. one yesterday morning, one saturday morningíhxñ in both cases, students inside the hall saw someone at their windows. one time, the suspect was holding a chain. the other time, he was prying a window screenzgh open.

in each one of those cases, the person or people outside took off when they were seen. >> ym5:05. system is at its lowest level in five years. that's the conclusion from a recent mta study which found in reported crimes for every 100,000 miles traveled. 4hñ100,000. mta credits better policing and advancements in video>2ñ á?(r'ology. á?(r'ology. ey fpf)q)e is a live shotñãof the capitol, sally yates is set to publicly testify onfá capito hill. yates was an obama administration era official who warned the white house about contacts between former national security adviser michael flynn and russian officials. yates is expected to fill in key details in events that led to the ousting of flynn. republicans today are expected to accuse her of politicizing the issue. yates was fired after she

refused to defend the president's first travelñ ban. >> press out of a resounding victory, emanuel macron steps out with francois=)ñ hollande. they laid a wreath at theli tom of the unknown soldier today. yesterday, macron defeated the ñ candidae marine le pen, 66% to 33%. he's a pro-european immigration and globalization efforts. former president barack obama endorsed him, while president trump had praised lepen. >> 5:07 right now. train service in the north bay gears up, there's a growing pusd to silence blaring train horns. several communities are callingo for quiet zones. stretches of track where trains don't southbound their horns at crossings, but adding safety

measures have to be in place to get approval from federal officials. san rafael could get that approval as early as next week. opponents argue silencing the horns could put people in danger. >> happening later today, preliminary work beginning for what is going to be a major project on the peninsula. crews will be removing trees on highway 101 in=nnlo park. >> its arer arpreliminary phase. the entire renovation is expected to take abxveñ two years. >> it's 5:08, as you get ready to head out, we're going to have a cool start, but highs reaching into the upper 70é4s. up to 78 degrees in san jose, and even some lower 80s for the inland valleys. 80 degrees in napa, and 83 in santa rosa. if you're planning to head somewhere like half moonçó bay, maybe hitting the links there, it will be in the upper 60s this afternoon. so nice and comfortable. also some breezy winds and a lot of sunshine.

as we go through the forecast,> temperatures peak tomorrow, and then we'll be cooling down. we'll be talking more about that coming up in about three minutes. as we get ready to head over to mike, we'rewo# getting an updatn head out across the tri-valley now. >> that's right. we were talking about slowing and a crash in sunol for southbound 680. i have to step out of your way. it's right behind the shield, but everything else is green. south 680, good news here as well. the crash has been cleared from the lanes at andrade road. we did see a good backup and they may have had a traffic break south of highway 84. things are slower than you like, but they should recover quickly. lanes are now cleared of the crash. the tri-valley just starting the we're also seeing 42 trains on the b.a.r.t. system, no delays for any of our systems yet. >> thank you very much. a stand against no cost evictions. the movement gains steam in the south bay as the san jose city

council preparing for a big vote tomorrow. >> plus, fake news and hackers continue to attack democracy. we'll show you how companies are on the look out when today in the bay continues.

good monday morning. it's 5:12, and we have clear skies as you get ready to head out the door. a live look at san jose. a very coolq/ morning. and a live look at the temperature trend, at los gatos, in the low 60s at 9:00 in the

morning. lurchtime, 62. it's going to be very comfortable this afternoon and also more nice weather as we head through the week, but temperatures still going up and down. we'll talk about that in five minutes. >> that travel time in the middle for 680 has gone up a little bit over the last few minutes because of the crash that has now been cleared. we're hoping it goes back down, but we'll see. >> thank you very much. it's 5:13 right now. happening today, tenants right groups will gather ahead of a major vote tomorrow in san jose. council members are weighing new restrictions for no-cause evictions. tenets rights say the number of evictions have beenjf climbing an alarming rate ahead of the vote. supporters are holding a news conference where they plan to release new figures supporting their claims. >> a record donation came in over the weekend to prevent homelessness in san francisco. a nonprofit is going to donate

eañ million to cut homelessness in san francisco by 55% in five years. they say the donation is the largest amount of money raised ever to fight homelessness in the city's history. that money is going towards new housing as well as improvingfn! mental health, criminal justice, and the child welfare system. (t&háhp &hc% ñinto affordable housing. the examiner reports the city has overhauled its cumbersome and lengthy lottery process by creating a one-stop shop onlin$ platform called dahlia. inba&q new system, lotteries are done electronically and people can get results with a push of a button. >> big election over the weekend. hackers try but fail to derail the election in france. now it's on to the next election in great britain. >> many in the western world convinced there's a conspiracy against democratic elections. >> and russia is behind it. we'll hear testimony about russia's interconvenience with

american elections later this morning. in france, hackers dumped hacked e-mails, both real and fake, just moments before the legal campaign blackout in france on saturday. just moments before the law says candidates could not speakñi ou against them or defend themselves. and it's not just hacks, there are fake twitter accounts, fake news all trying to swing ) elections. facebook said it deleted more france before theqtñelection an thexd silicon valley company is looking ahead to thenb parliamentary election in great britain in june, warning british voters in newspaper ads with the top ten ways to spot fake news. here in america, fake news wasqh huge problem. in some cases, the trump campaign repeated the fake news on the campaign trail. news items for thei#enver guardian, there is no such newspaper. wall street wanted emanuel

macron to win the election, he did. we don't think the markets will move thatñ$r much. nasdaq and s&p 500 closed on record highs. a small indiana ball bearing company is moving its operations from indiana to mexico. that report caught the president's attention last1eñ night. trump watches tv, of course. 300 jobs will be lost despite the best efforts of officials in indiana. the decision was actually announced many months ago. the company just announced thea moving date this weekend. the president tweeted, rexnord of indiana made a deal during the obama administration to move to mexico. fired their employees. tax product big that's sold inl u.s. now, thexd obama part is misleading. it sounds as if the obama administration somehow was involved. it happened during you know, while president obama -- and tax big, i assume he means ball

bearings coming into the united states. >> interesting. >> somethingens when jobs stays. that happens under his xd administration. when they leave, that happens december. >> every president. >> by the way, we talk about real verse fake news. this is real, and a little surprising. rain, gusty winds, $x thunderstorms, and hailtî)ñ bro a lot of drama to los angeles over the weekend. look at this video. we have been talking about abnormal weather patterns. this is going on, of course, in may. san diego, the dodgers andiv% padres game postponed yesterday because of the weather. even sunny san diego. the first rainout at petco park since 2015. >> my little sister lives in orange county, and she wasoo: sending me pictures. i said, send me a group shot. she said, i can't, it's pour. ing. >> we have a slight chance of rain in the weekend, but we stayed all dry, and now as we get ready to head through this week, it looks really dry over

the next days with one exception. and we'll talk about that coming upmy in a few seconds, as we ga live look outside right now. across three of our am croclimates in the peninsula right now, 54 degrees, and all clear. 51 degrees in the tri-valley. and 49 degrees with drizzle in san francisco. we're also seeing that in patches for the north bay, as you step out, 47 degrees. so a cool start7sñ to the day, we're going to warm up into the upper 70s for the south bay and the peninsula. the tri-valley looking at our pleasanton camera, we're going to be up to 82 degrees. 83 in the north bay, and 71 degrees in san francisco with low 70s in the east bay. as we go throughout the day, we will start out with clouds, but it will be clearing out quickly throughout the day in san francisco at 1:00, we'req up to and 5:00, that evening commute, you'll be sitting in traffic with some sun, most&jñ likely t windows down, letting in fresh breezes. but if you have allergies, you probably want to roll the windows back up because we're

pollen and grass pollen, and molds are low at this point, and weeds are absent, but it's mostly the olive trees starting to really bloom right now. as we get a live look outside at kirkwood, amazing to see the light snow flurries over the weekend. now everything has cleared out and as we go into the next several days heading into the weekend, our temperatures will be staying in the 40s but we start off this weekend san francisco a high of 68 degrees and 72 degrees tomorrow. slight chance of mist and drizzle on wednesday. that onshore flow returns, and breezy winds on thursday. the temperatures coming back down. we will have a chance of showers farther to the north that may clip the north bay on thursday. that's our only chance of rain in the forecast for the whole bay area this week. we'll see temperatures peaking tomorrow and going back down for the rest of the week. as we head over to mike, you have something going on to save you time? >> that's recognize. in the tri-valley, we had problems. it's early, you don't want

delays. we have most of the bay without delay, but we'll take you over towards 680, which continues that recovery from the earlier crash at andrade cleared, now you see a more gradual change. slowing approaching 84 and clearing by the time you the crash scene. let's take you to waze. earlier, i showed you the drive time coming out of dublin and heading to fremont through the tri-valley. right now, if you need to go through the area, you can save time by taking the purple route. if you're traveling down 680, it will take you 15 to minutes longer than heading to the castro valley and cutting down through hayward. that's a good option for you. when you're using waze, be a part of our team, and you go to your waze app and follow this, you go to the magnifying glass in the corner. and then it will show you the name at the top, which is your profile. you click teams and you click on this team, nbc bay area wazers. it's not there by default. in fact, you may have other information there, but make sure you join our team.

back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >> we're all in it together. coming up next, calling for an end to violence. a call of action out of chicago after ten people are shot late last night. and a possible answer to the teacher shortage in san francisco. the new plan the city is about to roll out. and live peek outside right now at the bay bridge. all lit up this morning, and traffic starting to pick up here on your monday morning. it's 5:21. we'll be back with more news, weather, and traffic in just two minutes. more gun violence in chicago )s

south side. welcome back. it's 5:24 right now on your monday morning. more gun violence out of chicago's south side. ten people were shot last as they were gathering at a vigil for an earlier deadly shooting. two people were killed at that vigil. the attack was believed to be gang related and retaliation for yet another shooting. chicago city leaders camexd out once again, calling for action to stop the violence. >> in broad daylight, on a sunday, on a day when everyone should have been at home doing gardening, enjoying each other's company. a multitude of shots rang out. the wake-upqán call has been h. and it's time for us to act. >> nobody is in custody right now in connection with

yesterday's shooting. >> it's 5:24 right now. and east#ray police officer an his canine escaped serious injury when their car was struck by a suspected drunk driver. "t+ictims.e posted images of the early saturday, the officer was asking as a traffic guide after a cr the driver of an suv ignored the stop and accelerated toward the police car with the dog inside. the officer quickly got into the patrol wm+car, but he couldn'te it out of the way in time. the injuries to both the dogñ ad officer weredn minor. it's 5:25 right now. san francisco is soon going to start training and hiring new program. the examiner reporting that the new teacher residency program is teachers who go through the program have tob. stay in the district for at least two years. there are currently 269 vacant teaching positions in the 1y! co district. opponents say the fast-track programs move inexperienced

teachers into > several bay area schools have >> several bay area schools gr school programs. grants range from $25 to my$5,. john chiang will be at one of the winning schools this morning. the golden oakmont asory from hayward is getting a grant. >> awesome. coming up next, the search for a possible arsonist out of the south bay. an under way this morning after another suspicious fire in willow glen. >> san jose police fire their weapons at a suspect for the third time in less than a week. but the police chief says it's his officers who are under attack.

as we start off your work week right now with a live picture of cute little downtown redwood city, andçó how do you know4hñ redwood city? one way, it redwood city in big block letter in the middle of the strip. thank you for joining us on this monday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. hope you're coming off a really great weekend. now, i want to get a look at the forecast for today. going to feel like spring again?

>> finally, and it's going to be really nice. it was cool over the weekend, but it did warm up yesterday with all that sunshine. now we'rexd starting out the we with clear skies. with the exception of some patchy fog across parts of the bay area live look at dublin, already busy on theñi roadways. it's 51 degrees in clivermore. 51 in san francisco. ÷ morning at 53 degrees. going city upper 70s for the inland valleys and low 80s for spots like the tri-valley and also the napa valla, up to 80 degrees and 71 degrees in san francisco. we'll take a look at the warmth this week, and then it cools down. mike is checking in on a slower commute. >> you're talking about the ó7!ñi haven't seen windshield wiper action, but that's one note for the tri-valley. i'm going to show you 680, still recovering. now slowing into pleasanton. gradually getting better down here. the earlier crash at andrade cleared, and there's the build

for the tri-valley at the same time we have the slowing, so i'm watching it carefully. 9 bridge toll plaza carefully. we have the metering lights turned on the regular time, just before 5:30, andl there's the backup. no surprises. back to you. >> thank you much. >> 5:31 right now. to a developing story this morning. san jose police chief voicing serious concern for his officers' safety this morning. >> a very %/gimpassioned chief garcia calling the violence against law enforcement, quote, appalling after a third police shooting in less than a week. kris sanchez joining us live from san jose'sçzppolice headquarters thishfh morning. several officers now on paio)ñ administrate leave. there's concern they don't have enough officers to puthe streets right now. >> reporter: right, this is the concernfn! even when officers a on duty.p the staffing here is less than what it should be for a city of this size. but we want to start by saying in yesterday's incident, the officer-involved shooting, though the officers were fired at, none of officers was hit.

they fired at the suspect, the suspect also uninjured. it happened yesterday morning on the east side of san jose where a man was reported seen carrying a handgun. san jose police say that handgun turned out to be a stolen 45-caliber weapon, and the suspect shot at the officers. one of the officers shot back. the officer missed and the suspect took off running to be caught nearby.8ñ san jose police chief eddie garcia says hiofficers are under attack. were appalling and the continued violence toward law enforcement officers is alsoxl equally appalling. >> now, just on wednesday, another officer shot and killed a suspect after that man killed two people in their willow glen home. a day earlier on tuesday, another officer shot and killed a mange after the suspectdn allegedly charged atk police wh a knife during a domestic dispute in the east san jose foothills. all of the officers whofr& fire their weapons are on routine

paid administrative leave pending the investigation. right now, the department has about 900 police officers. bear in mind, the city san jose has a million people. and when the department was at its most robust, it had 500 more police officers than it does today. in san jose, kris sanchez, today in@z bay. >> that is quite the deficit. thank you very much. appreciate that update. new this morning, authorities in the north bay say a woman there is in critical condition after being savagely beatenñr and then hauled off in car. this happened just before 9:00 last night in santa rosa where police received reports of a man striking a woman repeatedly with some sort of blunt object weapon at montgomery and second street. about a mile away, they spotted a car that matched the description and officers found the woman unconscious in the back seat floorboard. 56-year-old robert holliday facing attempted murder and kidnapping charges. >> 5:33. flaring continues at the vallejo

refinery today. a power failure caused major flaring on friday. we brought it to you as breaking news all morning long. flaring will continue as they restore operations. search is on this morning for a possible arsonist as investigators look into a fire in therñy willow glen neighborh of san jose. happened early sunday morning at a church of the east. off minnesota avenue. church leaders say someone lit a tool shed on fire. flames spread to the church, but an alert called firefighters who stopped the flames in time. the surveillance vid yecaught a glimpse of a possible culprit. >> we're all kind of surprised and perplexed because we have never had anything like this happen in this area. to the church. we don't know who would want to do something like that. >> arson investigators with both fire department in san jose and the atf are looking into the incident. it comes on the heels of several suspected arsons in willow glen

last week. it is 5:34 right now. ing coverage, more emotional testimony expected later today as the preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing hey police sergeant scott lunger continues. the east bay times reports a friend of the suspect testified on friday, describe mark estr a estrada's demeanor moments after the shooting. he said he showed up on his doorstep crying hysterically and bleeding claiming he was shot by police. estrada was later arrested at the hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound. sangar was killed in a traffic stop in 2015. >> the marine coroner's deputy is facing charges after being arrested north of the bay area. they report authorities in eureka arrested darryl harris of san rafael, accused of sexually abusing a girl under 14 three times twine 2008 and 2011. he's also accused of lewd acts with the same girl over the

following four years. >> biking to work just got easier in oakland. busy broadway is getting a two-way protected bike lane that opens this morning( at 11:00. the lane starts at broadway and keith avenue and goes uphill from there for about three blocks. it comes with the first function bike traffic signals as well. all the rain we had in recent months is taking a toll on highway 37 in north bay. now there's talk of adding tolls to fix the highway, which is also at risk for rising sea levels. the marin i-j reports at a meeting last week, transportation agencies discussed several different toll options. one is to charge ap, t($5 toll cross the 12-mile section of highway from mare island to the sonoma raceway. that would generat billion. >> all right, it's 5:36 on this. we start out with those clear sunrise, beautiful start to this week. and you know it's going to be an amazing day. makes it easier to get out of bed, right? 54 degrees.

looking live from palo alto, and also clear in the tri-valley.çó north bay, some mist and drizzle. and temperatures cool, fátoo. it's 47 degrees, and 49 i]degre in san francisco. definitely some long sleeves needed to start out the day, then you'll be shedding the layers as we'll get all of the sunshine warming the temperatures into the low 80s. and a sunrise looking there at our pleasanton camera in the tri-valley. 78 degrees in the south bay will degrees in the east bay. san francisco will be top(l&g out at 71 degrees. we'll take a look at thejf temperature trend for san jose in three minutes. mike now has a look at the commute as you head out the qp). but in the tri-valley, we have slowing after the first crash at andrade. we just heard about another crash on the shoulder by sunol. that is adding more slowing through pleasanton. a combinatioñ of a couple cases out of the roadway and morecn@s

on the roadway adds to the slowing for the tri-valley. as we approach the bay bridge, no major issues but the metering lights are on, we're looking for a nice flow for the mass transit system. >> we love it. thank you. 5:38. coming up, in recovery mode. renewed optimism that coach steve kerr could be returning to the sidelines. new details we're learning about his recovery next. the president tweeting a lot this morning, trying to get ahead of testimony by sally yates. we'll bring you up to speed coming up when today in the bay continues.

it's 5:41 on this monday, as you get ready to head out, we're looking live over san jose. great start out to the work week. after a nice weekend. at 9:00, we'll be at 60 degrees, and then quickly seeing temperatures warm into the low 70s. eventually into the upper 70s today. make some plans to get out and enjoy. we'll about when we could see a slight chance of rain in five minutes. and looking at the east bay drive times. slow. earlier crash betweent( pleasann andñ su slowing there. watching the castro valley carefully. >> mike, kari, thank you very much. >> something else we're watching carefully. video just coming into the newsroom of a car fire in martinez. looks like it's in someone's driveway. this happened just before 4:00 this morning a few feet away

from a home. we just reached out to the teen ezfire department. they say nobody was hurt in the fire and an arson investigator was called to the scene. it's still not clear how the fire started. >> 5:42. new this morning, the owner of a honda element reported someone stole their car's catalytic converter on saturday. the car was parked on the second level of the parking structure. cars have been testified in that area. >> police in fremont putting out the word that they need your help finding a specially equipped van for a disabled woman. this is a similar looking van. shows you what it looks like. it was stolen some time saturday in a neighborhood near mission. it's a twen 14 chrysler town and country. call fremont police if you spot it. >> the warriors tonight will be shooting for the sweep in utah

against the jazz in the conference semifinals. they're up 3-0, but they'll still be without steve kerr who is on the mend from another back surgery. on friday, doctors performed a successful back surgery on him. gm bob mier said it's still too early to determine a time table, but he does remain optimistic that coach kerr will make it back to the sidelines at some point. >> now it's a case of how it takes and he might or might not be back. it's on the path to recovery, but i wish i could be more definitive. >> you may remember that kerr 2015 season recovering from his first back 5:43. overseas, new developments this morning out of north korea where a fourth american citizen is being detained right now. north korea's state news agency says an employee at the pyongyang university of science and technology was detained

saturday. being held because of unspecified hostile acts against the country. on wednesday, north korea said another u.s. citizen from the same university was also detained for hostile acts. no word if the cases are connected. a little later today, president trump's revised travel ban is going before a federal appeals court in virginia. in a few hours, the fourth circuit court of appeals will hear global arguments in the case. the justice department is appealing a maryland judge's ruling against the revised executive order. in march, president trump signed the revised travel order after legal challenges derailed his first order. >> a big day today in the investigation into anyñr connection between the white house and the russians. >> former acting attorney generally yates will be testifying for the first time about her warnings about the national security adviser at the time was too close to moscow. >> the president is tweeting. he knows how badly this could go for his adm?rmeájápáion today.

president trump saying it was the obama administration that originally gave michael flynn his security clearance. we also expect some republicans will try to portray sally yates as a partisan. loyal to president obama, trying to hurt president trump. yates has worked for the justice department for many years. in fact, it was donald trump himself who promoted yates to acting attorney general. now, trump fired her after she would not enforce that t>zel ban you were just talking about. she thought it violated the constitution. something the appellate court would also later rule. before she was fired, yates as part of her job as the nation's top cop came to realize through fbi intercepts that michael flynn was talking to the russians but not telling the white house the truth about the conversations. she warned flynn, who remember, at this point, has access to every american secret as national security adviser, could be turned by the russians. @ they could hold that over himnd

the key point today, how strong was that warning? the white house and spicer say it was a heads-up. will testify her warning about flynn were much stronger than that. the other big question, why did it take the white house so long to act? the president was informed his top security adviser had been talking to the russians and lying about it january 26th. this is just days into the presidency. but it's not until february 13th that he says he is resigning, flynn does. really, he was fired. today's testimony will be before the senate judic subcommittee led by republican lindsey grahai who has a reputation of being suspicious of the russians. when people try to paint yates as that partisan, she was invited there by a committee led by republicans. now, sam and laura, there are a number of investigations the fbi, two others in congress. one in the house, the other in the senate. we haven't heard much from them

lately. we hope to hear a lot from yates today. >> a lot to keep track of. scott, of course, examining our president's tweets, executive orders and speeches each and every morning. he would like to hear from you as well. you can shear your thoughts with scott on twitter. you see his handhandle on the screen. @scott mcgrew. >> our weather department has a new title. the most accurate weather that's according tsi weatherq/ rate, an independent weather ruche company. it's a bigw3 accomplishment comg off the wetq winter we had. the weather rate scientists found our miclimate weather team is the most accurate when it comes to predicting rain, wind, thunderstorms, fog, even the high and low temperatures. congratulations to the great team here at nbc bay area. >> a big congrats. we know you eat, sleep, and breathe weather. do you dream about the doppler weather? be honest? ? i used to. when it was raining a lot not so much anymore. >> nightmare?

>> yeah, i will have to watch the radar much this week because we won't have that much rain in the forecast. and it is going to be mostly dry.my with the exception of one of ÷ for one part ofmy the bay yare.ne part we'll talk about that coming up. here's a live look outside at here's a live look outsico.at ñ bridge as the sun rises. and we see the patchy fog and the mist, but not so much right now as we get a live view. looking at high temperatures after the cool start making it into the low 80s today. san jose. for the east bay, looking at highs up to 73 degrees in oakland. 82 in danville and pleasanton, and antioch up to 80 degrees. 72 in san mateo and san francisco. we'll be reaching into the upper 60s in the outer sunset. and 83 degrees today in santa rosa, mill valley today, 76 degrees. and we also have the a's playing the angels at the coliseum this evening at 7:05.

it will be in the mid 60s, and by the time we go to first ó6# pitch, it will be 63 degrees later on throughout the evening, skies stay mostly clear, and some jacket weather indeed. make sure you wear lots of layers as you get up and get the kids ready for school, it will be a cool start and also mostly clear skies. they'll enjoy a great day at recess outside and heading qhom, it will be stayingwãsunny with warmer temperatures. as we get a live look outside, with a light jacket needed and then short sleeves for this afternoon, and then a live look outside at heavenly, after a light snow this weekend, we will see some temperatures in the 60s for the next few days. that light snow melting, and over the next several days, highs in the low 70s, peaking tomorrow for san francisco. inland areas will be up to 83 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. as we head over to mike, you have been showing most of the action in the tri-valley.

>> mostly 680 over the last half hour. we had a couple crashes. one at andrade. another at sunol. we had one minor crash in castro valley. still waiting on details. we don't see slowing there, but we see the slower drive from 580 down toward andrade. a milder slow down. just gradual through that portion of the tri-valley. looking a the rest of the bay and ac'ñ smoother drive. to show you areas north because the bay bridge toll plaza does have the metering lights on. you see the slowing. also slowing for highway 4. the purple and green line, if the oakland area, you can take the east shore freeway or walnut creek, both are just about five minutes apart. good options for you. ñ joining team. make sure[k; you click ong magnifying glass in the corner. in your profile, you select a team, nbc bay area wazers.

good to have you in the.o morni. great to have you on the team. >> thanks a lot, team leader. >> coming up next, we investigate. >> that i have never seen in my 40wo# years of practice. >> from your perspective, this is pretty remarkable. >> i would say miraculous. >> this doctor isñi stunned by new medicine that he says works better than addictive painkillers. we investigate the controversial treatment that has patients ditching their pillsw3 and overcoming opioids. >> a suspect accused of killing two boston doctors will be arraigned today. the victims were found dead thid luxury condo building. had an extensive criminal history. plus, rapper nicki minaj is going on a m#)árr( !h7#e. she's4' paying for college for several of her fans. over the weekend, a fan asked the hip-hop staur if she could pay for his college tuition. she agreed if he got straight

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an opioid epidemic. welcome back, everyone. good monday morning to you. 5:54. our country is in the middle of anode identity epidemic. for a decade, priescriptions fo

painkillers have soared. >> our investigative unit is examining efforts to curb the crisis and why government red tape is restricting research into one of the most promising alternatives. here's liz wagner. >> good morning. our investigation found that marijuana is helping pain patients ditch their pills. we got tipped off to this by a north bay doctor who recommends medcon cannabis to patients. he started tracking their opioid and found half of them reduce their painkillers after using pot for just six months. we did some digging and found the feds recently pointed to a link between medical marijuana and lower levels of opioid prescribing. we also talked to researchers who say studying the positives of pot is hard to do. the feds classify marijuana as a ñ abuse, subjecting researchers to tight controls. we reviewed hundreds of federally funded studies and learned right now across all of the federal health research centers, there are only eight projects that actually involve cannabis in human clenical

trials to look at the potential benefits of marijuanmarijuana. right now if you head to our website, you can watch our video of this clinical trial and catch our full investigation tonight at 6:00. >> liz, thank you very much. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips. you can always send an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. >> 5:56. new this morning, a rare and potentially deadly form of food poisoning links to a northern california gas station. several people have come down with botulism after eating food from valley oak food and fuel in walnut grove in sacramento county. health officials learned of at least five cases in the la two weeks. that's the number they normally see in a year. all five people who came down with botulism are in serious condition. it's caused by toxins released by a type of bacteria. health experts say the earliest symptoms are cramping and vomiting. >> quickly progresses to blurred

vision, slurred speech, muscle weakness, and it can also include difficulty breathing. >> that's a little frightening, knowing you can be caught by stopping at the gas station. >> the gas station is open for business but not serving foods. >> investigator trying to figure out whether or not a body found in the feather river could be related to a missing persons case. fishermen discovered the body near a boat ramp. they don't know if it's connected to the case of a missing 20-year-old woman. alley yeoman vanished five weeks ago. her truck was later found in an orchard less than half a mile away from the location where thq fishermen found the pond. >> a case of an oklahoma police officer charged with man slautder. betty shelby shot and killed

terence crutcher last year after she said he didn't listen to multiple commands. she said she believed he was reaching for a gun. crutcher's suv was broken down and in the middle of the road there. he did not have a weapon on him. >> new this morning, a gun bust in the north bay. santa rosa police responded to a call and found a man sitting in a pickup trupp on apple valley lane. as they went up to him, he started reaching around the truck. officers spotted this handgun partially covered by a sweatshirt on one of the seats. the gun had been reported stolen in 2003. officers also found used shell casings and live ammunition. sdploo a controversial bill that bans so-called sanctuary cities in texas is set to take effect this fall. texas governor greg abbott used facebook live as he signed that bill yesterday. the law takes effect september 1st. it requires local government and law enforcements to follow all federal immigration laws and requests to detain criminals. the group of protesters chanted

outside the governor's mansion as he signed the bill. >> major developments to record to you right now from africa. niger nigeria's president meeting with the 90 school girls just freed from boko haram extremists. the president expressed joy at the release of the girls who had been held captive for three years. government officials will supervise the girls as they re-enter society. the nigerian community said five commanders were released in exchange for those girls' freedom. >> the winner of the 143rd kentucky derby, more than 170,000 fans were in attendance saturday at churchill kentucky. the track was muddy because of heavier rain early in the day. the 20 horses ran in the fastest quarter mile in sports history. the second kentucky derby win for the trainer todd fletcher

and the jockey. >> fletcher seems pretty excited about the outcome. >> great to hear the back stories of all the people. >> at 6:00, standing by for a verdict. information jurors are considering as they get ready to reach a decision in the high profile sierra lamar murder case. >> plus, new information on a violent killing in the east bay. the new arrest made in the murder of a castro valley woman who was tortured and killed before her home was set on fire. >> and safety concerns on the stanford campus. some students are on edge this morning.2íñ >> a very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for starting it with us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we're going to peak a little early this week. i think over the next couple day, it will start to warm up and then comes back down. >> we're still on this roller coaster where one day it seems like it's summer and then it's spring and then winter. we're still on that trend as we start out this spring. as we get a live look outside in san jose on this monday morning, gorgeous start with a lot o