star will open next friday. >> sounds like a road trip is in the future. 6:00 right now. breaking news, a destructive fire ripping through a south bay home overnight, extensive damage being left behind and the reason a firefighter has hospitalized. reducing traffic on one of the south bay's busiest freeways. and the rain moving out but the roads still wet this morning, we're tracking what is left of the latest storm to hit the bay area and when we could see another round. "today in the bay" continues right now. really came down overnight. good morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. i think we all saw the effects this morning as we were driving to work, wet ground, wet roadways and it's going to come back. >> off and on. we are not going to see the heavy rain we had overnight but we will at times see the spotty showers. if you have the nbc bay area app you will be able to track the rain as it moves in.

here is a look at the radar right now, we still see a lot of green here so mostly in the south county it's clear, san jose, this is moving off towards the east so not moving into san jose but morgan hill still getting a pretty good pure of rain. as we move over towards the east bay moving away from oakland, lafayette, clayton as well as san ramone seeing the rain moving through this morning. palo alto seeing wet weather, mainly light showers and this is what we will see once again, some spotty activity throughout the day. mike is tracking the wet roads and that commute recovering through san rafael. recovering because the earlier incidents have cleared from the roadway and in fact cleared from the shoulder as well in the last couple of minutes, southbound 101 heading toward lincoln all four lanes moving well. that stall as well as the crash have cleared from the area. there should be quick recovery because the travel times show just 14 minutes now so over the last few minutes we have seen speeds come back up. you are only delayed three more

minutes. around the curves and highway 37 down towards the cut over toward the richmond side. green highlighted across the bay, east bay shows where that rain has come through, watch concord and walnut creek for the build. there may be a fender-bender around university. i will see what chp has as they scan the area. a smooth drive for the south bay. a little build for 87, i will also check that out. >> we will check back with you. 6:02. we keep following breaking news this morning out of the south bay, take a look, a very active scene remains after a house went up in flames in gilroy. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live at the scene, it happened on broadway in the center of gilroy not too far from monterey to explain what neighbors say they saw and heard when the fire broke out. >> reporter: firefighters are only now more than three hours after they got here rolling up their hoses. they just stopped putting water on this home, but neighbors say

it's no wonder that they needed this kind of firepower to fight this fire. it sounded like an explosion, they say, the neighbors tell us. the house here is decimated, the flames were so intent firefighters were forced into a defensive position from the moment that they got here fighting the fire from the outside. firefighters told us because of the intensity of the flames and the amount of the material outside they could not get into that home to fight the fire. we did talk with a neighbor and the way that he describes the fire it sounds like a miracle that the two people that live here got out safely. >> we were dead asleep and it sounded like two cannon shots went off and that's what woke us up and we woke up and just happened to peek out the window and saw the house on the corner over here off anna just engulfed in flames with all the -- and then all of the fire trucks zooming in to pull in. >> reporter: we talked with

gilroy fire who could not confirm whether or not there was in fact an explosion. one firefighter did suffer dehydration but is expected to be okay. firefighters, again, were putting water on to the home up until the last few moments and they say they will remain out here for at least five more hours. two power lines came down on the backside of the home so the power in this area was shut down as a precaution. we don't know if this home had smoke detectors that were working and if that's how the residents were able to get out but it's never a waste of time to remember to test the ones in your time. in gilroy, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." 6:04 now. the chp is trying to figure out if wet roads played a part in a deadly crash that closed all lanes of northbound 101 in the north bay. this happened a little after 10:00 last night. chp says that a big rig struck the center divide and caught fire. the exact cause of that crash is not known. within the last 90 minutes all lanes reopened.

people from small towns across south central texas are still trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy. last night thousands from nearby towns gathered at a high school stadium in floresville, texas, about five miles from the sutherland springs church where 26 people died in a rampage during sunday services. vice president mike pence attended last night's memorial. many took comfort in his words. >> and i offer the condolences of the american people to all of those affected by the horrific attack that took place just three days ago. >> earlier in the day the vice president met with most of the 20 church goers injured in the shooting. he also proclaimed next tuesday a day of prayer across texas. the escaped inmates are still on the run and investigators are offering a $25,000 reward for any information. the two men escaped from the palo alto courthouse earlier this week. tramel mcclough and john bivins are still on the loose but their

accomplices have been caught. the two were shackled in a stairwell but used a key to unlock their hand cuffs after attacking one of two guards guarding them they ran out a side door into an awaiting getaway car. a chance for south bay drivers to weigh in on ways to cut drive times. vta wants to cut congestion on highway 101 corridor. 85/101 connection in san jose. the vta knows when people are driving but they are hoping to get input about why they're driving. officials "today in the bay" spoke with those who say this will help them decide whether to add carpool lanes, light rail or express buses. >> it's been robust and people have been responding well to the survey and as i mentioned before hundreds have participated in the quick online survey and we're encouraging folks who attend our upcoming community workshop to take that survey as

well. >> the first of three community meetings is tonight, 6:00 p.m. in san jose at the south side community center, if you are in cupertino your meeting is monday at the quinlan community center, next thursday there is a meeting in mountain view at the senior center, you can find that online survey at vta.org/85 survey. 6:07. let's take a live look outside this morning. this is our camera, it's inside at&t park. a little soggy out there this morning, but this is the stage that is all set for the band together bay area benefit concert. metallica, g-eazy, dave matthews some of the headliners for the concert which will raise money for victims of the north bay wildfires. pete suratos is live outside the ballpark with what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning. we can expect a big crowd having a good time, we are looking at the numbers of artists perfo

performing tonight for this concert but the more important part is that all of the money, all of the ticket sales, 100% of the ticket sales will go towards relief efforts. i will get to who they will be working with as far as the benefit group in that instance, but as far as the names of the artists that will be, you will have metallica performing, g-eazy, dave matthews, dead and company, transit and raphael saadiq. a number of the artists have local ties. the relief fund is through the san francisco based nonprofit tipping point. they have raised more than 100 million $for low income communities dating back to 2005 and have already raised millions of dollars when they come to the north bay wildfires. some of the organizations they will be working with include the red wood community fund, community foundation of sonoma county, napa valley community foundation and catholic charities of santa rosa. they plan to disburse all of the funds by it 2018 but that benefit concert to help folks affected will start at 6:00 p.m.

right behind me here at at&t. live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." 6:09. a deadline today for napa county fire victims who lost their homes. they have a few more hours to submit right of entry forms. that will allow fema's clean up crews to clear away debris. napa county's deadline is 5:00 today. sonoma county's deadline is next monday. crews are already in the process of cleaning out the hazardous waste. a soggy start this morning, right now at 6:09 as you get ready to head out the door, still rain on the radar but hit or miss activity and it's mostly light. as we look at the south county still some rain coming down. we continue to add up on those rainfall totals now over a half of an inch from some of those areas as we look at the east bay the rain moving off towards the east moving over toward concord and clayton, a soggy morning for you. as we look at the peninsula some of the light showers still

linger. in san jose the school day forecast we will start out with mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the upper 50s, very nice day, some of the kids will be out of school tomorrow so enjoying this as their friday as we head over to mike now the rain crossed the san mateo bridge now. >> that's right. we are looking over here, we saw your radar activity so i checked the live camera and you see the below for the lights, a little mist as cars traveling through the area and slowing westbound toward the high-rise. let's look at your map. that was the san mateo bridge westbound with the commute and that's where you see the slowing. because of that volume of traffic but wet roads. peninsula side as well as over in hayward as that rain traveled across there, traffic and weather data together gives you a comprehensive look at your commute. right now no major issues. the slowing for san mateo and north 87 slows a bit, but no crashes, that's good news. crash on the east shore freeway is countercommute it's right around golden gate field but moving off to the shoulder. back to you.

coming up on "today in the bay," a former tv anchor is speaking out this morning on behalf of her teenage son with disturbing accusations against kevin spacey. >> my son was a star struck great 18-year-old young man who had no idea that this famous actor was an alleged sexual predator. >> up next after the break, what she says led up to the actor sexual assaulting her son. in business news the markets hit new records once again and cars versus robot roundabout 50. back after this.

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cloudy and still a little soggy as you get ready to head out at 6:14. here is a live look in san jose. we are going to have still some wet streets. good morning, willow glen. we will have temperatures in the low 60s, a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day and it's going to be in the upper 60s. a nice day but you do have to be prepared for rain to drop this afternoon. i will talk more about that and look ahead to the weekend in five minutes. i'm in the south bay because the issue we saw north 87 with the slowing there is a crash reported not by chp but we did find out that's going on just about downtown san jose. we will talk more about that and your east bay coming up.

see if you get reports off of highway 85 as well where we're hearing there is a house fire, it's breaking news out of south san jose. emergency crews responding to a fire, it is in the neighborhood close to highway 85 and close some hill road. it's the 400 block of dawn seville court. i looked it up online and that should be north of highway 85 just part that snell avenue exit. one of our viewers also called our newsroom to report the fire can be seen from the highway as i just told you we have calls out to the fire department to find out if anyone is hurt. one of our own crews is headed that way right now to the ground site. we will bring you live pictures and more information as soon as we can. continued quallsout for kevin spacey, the actor is being cut out of an already finished film, all of spacey's scenes and all the money in the world will reportedly be reshot. christopher plumber is replacing him. perhaps you heard that a former boston tv news anchor

came forward with allegations that spacey assaulted her son. she and her daughter sat down with kate snow to talk about that night. >> my phone rings. >> what time? middle of the night? >> middle of the night, and he says to me, mom, kevin spacey tried to rape me. that's the hardest phone call i have ever taken. >> more of that interview is set to air this morning on the "today" show. stay tuned for that after "today in the bay." a hike in the bay area bridges may be handed on to voters in june. a committee that oversees tolls wants to measure public opinion first. the paper says talk of exactly how to do that ramped up last night. toll prices could go up by 1, 2 or 3 dollars. i remember it was just $2 to cross that bridge.

i've been here a long time. las vegas based self driving shuttle service celebrated its launch day by getting into a collision. the shuttle hit the front end of a large delivery truck as a human driver pulled out into the street. nuk i will no one was hurt. the city still plans to use the shuttle downtown for the next year. las vegas police say it was the truck driver's fault. >> it's almost always they say the human's fault. >> almost always, it's almost never the robot's fault. these crash reports are required, it's the human hitting the robot. apparently the truck was backing up, didn't see the bus. so it's not the other way around. there is one exception, that crash in mountain view between a google car and vta bus back in 2016, google car pulls away from the curb and into the path of the bus. minor damage, no injuries but this was one of the rare exceptions it was the robot that made the mistake. robot drivers are now so

dependable wamo is soon to offer driverless rides to people in arizona. you can also order a robot ride in arizona but there was somebody sitting in the driver's seat behind the wheel just in case but from here on out the operator will sit away from the steering wheel with just an emergency stop butt on. pope francis scold td priests who take pictures of the mass on wednesday. he said it makes me sad when i celebrate mass and i see so many cell phones held up not only by the faithful but even by priests and some bishops. i went to wednesday mass at st. peters a couple years ago and totally took pictures, the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 will open at record highs, this will be the 27th day this year that all major indices hit highs simultaneously. apple has landed a deal for a new tv show starring jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon

about morning news. netflix was also bidding for this show. it's not clear when or how they will distribute it. they say it's an inside look at the lives of the people who help america wake up in the morning exploring the unique challenges faced by women and men who carry out this daily televised ritual. i'm guessing one will be the anchor, maybe the clueless anchor which is a total trope. >> they do that all the time. >> they do. right. you got it right. and then the neurotic producer. >> of course. we have no neurotic producers and our anchors are very smart. >> you're very sweet. no, but, you know, the show is based on tv news, usually they are so not accurate. >> that's true. >> you live it so you know it. >> jennifer aniston better paint on dark circles, too. what about taking one of these to get to work. doesn't that look like fun? who would do that with me? >> i'm in.

>> i don't know how fast we can do it, but there was a new guinness world record set. richard brownie soared into the record brooks this week, he made the fastest ever speed in a body controlled jet engine power suit. he hit a speed of 32 miles per hour on his third and final effort over a lake in england. i think that's my new christmas gift want. >> can you imagine taking that to work every day. >> i did think, though, on that video he was going faster than 32 miles an hour. >> didn't it seem like it? >> that was cool. that will cake you up up in the morning. >> especially if you smack into a wall. we don't want to do that. let's get going and head out the door. make sure you grab the umbrella, we are still seeing spotty rain across the bay area. check out the radar and the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen. the heaviest rain moved through overnight but still lingering showers behind this weather system as it continues to draw in a lot of moisture. as we go through the day some hit or miss rain and you have to

be prepared for it all because suddenly the sun may break out and before you know it it's raining again. as we look at the hour by hour outlook it does show some of that rain moving through the santa cruz mountains and also the south county a as well as the north bay and we will have in between some times of rain, some -- also some partly cloudy skies throughout the day and some coolish temperatures for this time of year, heading into early tomorrow morning we still have a chance of showers moving through and the seven-day forecast shows you that our temperatures hold steady, but every now and then we will have some rain moving through, our high temperatures today in east san jose up to 67 degrees, some mid to upper 60s for the east bay, antioch one of the warmer spots 69 degrees and 63 degrees in san mateo. san francisco up to 65 on the embarcadero and 65 also in novato today. as you're getting ready to head out in the tri-valley checking out that school day forecast for livermore, 57 degrees and partly cloudy skies throughout the day,

some of those clouds may drop a little bit of rain but i think kids are all clear for recess today, still may be very wet out on the courts. our temperatures in san francisco reaching the upper 50s, rain moves out tomorrow morning, clears out as well for saturday, sunday another storm system approaches and that gives us a chance of rain for the afternoon into early monday morning and it will be fairly cool, staying in the 60s throughout this seven-day forecast. mike is saying there is a major injury crash now in san jose. we had to do quite a bit of hunting. i told folks we had the slowing for north 87, after a series of checks we thought this was clear. we got this from another source where outbound 87 is slow because of a crash right about taylor just past 280. some folks head over to 17, they say i'm going to go through camp pell and that will shift that traffic, the ripple effect. this major injury crash reported, i'm trying to find out lane information but we have one lane blocked judging from the visual and speed sensors.

we will get more information as either san jose pd or chp gets to the area. the rest of the bay shows a slower drive through the east bay because of rain. as that rain hit the concord area we have slowing for highway 4, recovering for south 680. coming up next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds. >> a single typo takes a local man's credit card to unknown places, i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. we're following breaking news out of south san jose. take a look at these pictures that we received. this is a town home that is burning near blossom hill road. you can see it off of highway 85 this morning just past snell on the 400 block of dan self vil court. crews gathering information, we will bring you the latest, firefighters fear this could quickly spread.

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costco in his web browser and that put him on an impostor website that used the costco logo without permission. alan later wound up with almost $400 in unexpected charges on his credit card. he realized his error when he wrote the real costco to campaign. >> how could you do this? how could you support this? and costco writes back and said, this wasn't us. >> costco told us it has nothing to do with the impostor site. so who was it that got alan? where are they? and how common is typo piracy. some of those answers have ties to russia. alan tipped us off to this story via our website, you can, too, visit nbcbayarea.com/responds or call us the number is 888-996-tips. i will see you tonight at 11:00. what's coming up on "today in the bay," pushing to help d.r.e.a.m.ers, the rallies

manned across the country and the bay area today in support of daca recipients. e over vo. bob tease oncam. a dangerous reminder why we need to watch our speeds with these wet roads as a car out of control slammed slams into a home in san leandro. a near miss for two children inside. you're watching "today in the bay." we )re following breaking news

out of south san jose. a right now it's 6:30 we are following breaking news out of south san jose. take a look at these pictures,

our crew just arrived on the scene, firefighters have been there for quite some time, it looks like they knocked town the flames that were billowing out of the roof of this building. it is on the 400 block of dan seville court. you could see the flames off of highway 85 just off the snell exit headed northbound. firefighters were very concerned that the fire could quickly spread through that town home but it looks at least at this moment that they possibly contained t we know that they arrived on the scene and quickly called for a second alarm. more crews to arrive but looks like they're gathering and huddling. hopefully no one was injured in this. one we're following on this thursday morning. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. that rain that came overnight and expected to see more rain coming in the future tour. >> it will be off and on as we go through the day. some of the heaviest rain has already moved out of the bay area but we do have downpours for parts of the south county as

well as the east bay and santa cruz mountains. as we get a closer look over morgan hill and gilroy we are seeing some showers moving through and we will at times have very wet roads. moving over towards the east bay, oakland over toward hayward, san ramone seeing showers moving through, mainly light activity and also for the peninsula some steady showers coming down. as we go through the day we will at times have some breaks, but rain could drop at any point. this will be more hit or miss activity that we will see throughout this morning as well as this afternoon until this storm system wraps up and moves out of the region which doesn't happen any tomorrow. i will talk more about that coming newspaper a few minutes. mike is tracking two reports for san jose. >> that's in addition to what you're showing your your radar, that rain hovering over that san mateo bridge when the commute is kicking in. watch this slowing towards the foster city side and the build out of hayward, you see the green plochs that's where the weather data that kari is

tracking transfers to the road weather index, it says we should have slick roadways, be careful. watch the on and off ramps coming off of 238 and heading toward the san mateo bridge. san jose we have that crash north 87 right around taylor, still activity there, slow up from curtner and 85 this is right in the is a i'm area that laura talked about that town house fire, dawes onville court off of shell, off of lawson hill, that smoke was visible for a period of time. there may still be smoke in the area visible and may be activity because it is a block or so away from 85. the northbound sideshows the slowing but we typically see the whether there anyway. i wanted you to know that we are worried about that as well. here is the rest of your commute and crash 87 right around downtown. approaching the bay bridge a smooth drive, still slow down the east shore freeway. the rain traveled across the east shore and dock cordier i

can't, all of those freeways will be wet and folks will be tapping their brakes as well. outrage growing at stanford university after the university student republican party invited a controversial speaker robert spencer to the campus for an event. he is scheduled to speak next tuesday, spencer is a self-described expert on radical islam and has co-founded groups like stop islamization of america. some students have questions about his academic credentials. >> he's coming under the guise of pa scholar, coming as someone who has done extensive work on this and he doesn't have any background or formal training on islam. >> bring in someone who is conservative, bring in somebody who is a scholar, but not this man. >> spencer tells nbc bay area, quote, the freedom of speech is an indispensable frownedation of any free society. there is an ongoing effort to marginal lies, demonize and silence anyone and everyone who speaks honestly about the motivating ideology behind the

jihad threat. there is a petition now to keep him off campus, college republicans did not want to discuss the visit with us. thousands are expected to rally in the bay area and across america for daca recipients today, they're calling on congress to pass a clean d.r.e.a.m. act bill. demonstrators want permanent protecti protection. local rallies are being planned. president trump has ended the program effective march 5th and challenged congress to come up with a permanent solution. daca actually in california has the most recipients out of any state in the nation. on the government citizenship and immigration services website california has more than 197,000, in total there are about 690,000 daca recipients in america. at 6:35 and new this morning a close call for an east bay family after a car slammed into their home overnight.

"today in the bay's" puerto rico live outside that home in san leandro to explain how the incident be could have been much worse. >> reporter: good morning. this is a dangerous reminder why we must watch our speeds as we enter the rainy season. a driver lost control of their car just off 150th avenue in san leandro. you can see they jumped the curb, hit that sign and follow the tire tracks, slammed into the side of this home located on patton avenue just behind that wall that's now boarded up were two children who are asleep inside their beds, this happening around 2:00 this morning. remarkably the car which you should be able to see right now was an older model sedan, it missed the kids, they are okay. so are their parents who were inside as well. they were too shaken up to speak to us on camera. san leandro police believe that the wet roads and speed certainly played a factor, also questions as to whether this car had a mechanical problems. police do not believe that the driver was under the influence

of drugs or alcohol. reporting live in san leandro, bob redell, "today in the bay." now if you've been complaining about the road closures and extra people around san francisco moscone center, relief is coming for you, today the dreamforce final day is today. it's been a week of high profile speakers like former first lady michelle obama. today former first daughters jenna and barbara bush will take part in the compassion in action panel discussion that's happening at 9:30 this morning. jenna bush hager is part of nbc's "today" family. we will check the commute for all of our bay area family here. we are looking at a smooth drive but the south bay continues to see more build for north 87 as well as the crash around taylor. we are still watching for more tough drives for that guadalupe parkway. the rest of the freeway is moving well but the build is creeping up toward san jose and

the silicon valley. over here extra slowing north 880 at davis, a crash in lanes, sounds like only one lane remains blocked. more traffic heading up towards oakland, bay bridge pretty smooth drive. standard. the map you see here shows the receipt roadways getting over toward the san mateo bridge may be a little tougher and folks are a little bit more cautious because the rain is m could go through. we want you to be a little cautious. >> and we do want the rain, too. >> yes. this weekend we will be talking about the rain that will be clearing out and then as we look at our forecast for saturday, that will be the day everyone will want to enjoy that sunshine, soak in extra rays but it's going to be cool along the coast, only 59 degrees, 66 degrees inland, temperatures stay the same on sunday but then the rain moves in during the afternoon and it will be mostly cloudy throughout the day.

if you're looking for some events to check out the veterans day parade on saturday in san jose will be awesome, weather will be perfect, reaching into the upper 60s, a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. really doesn't get any better than that. and then on saturday you may want to check out the ice winter festival in walnut creek, marcus washington will be out there testing out the ice skates and make sure the ice is all good for you. the temperatures will be in the mid 60s for that day. russian river valley will be a fairly nice weekend but there will be some times of rain for tomorrow, especially early and then during the afternoon on sunday. so saturday is looking great now for lake shasta this weekend it's going to be a cool one so make sure you pack warm clothes, also rain gear. some of those showers will be off and on. speaking of rain gear, here is a live look outside at yosemite this morning, this may have you packing up the car. we are still seeing those clouds but it does clear out for the weekend and temperatures reaching into the upper 40s so

beautiful weather there and we will talk about what's going on here with today's temperature trend that's coming up in about three minutes. >> that's a spectacular picture. thank you. 6:40 coming up next on "today in the bay" we continue to monitor that breaking news we're following out of the south bay this morning, firefighters still at the scene of an early morning town home fire. we're live there with a look at the extensive damage left behind. president trump continues his trip through asia this morning he is praising the chinese. marcus. and we're following the stock market as we do every morning on "today in the bay." as you can see right now the dow down 108 points. the dow falls 115 points from record after weak earnings. the time now is 6:6:40.

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it's a soggy start to this thursday morning, right now at 6:43 let's take a live look outside in san jose. roads may be wet and still light showers coming down. as we go to loss fwa toes for the temperature trend it will stay in the 60s today, a mix of sun and clouds but some clouds may drop rain at any point. still rain moving through. we will take a closer look at this and how much rain we've measured so far coming up in five minutes. a live look at san jose no windshield wipers but we do have damp roadways, 101 may get more crowded because of something going on near downtown. we will sort out the ripple effect. thank you very much, kari and mike.

we continue to following breaking news this morning at 6:43. this is a scene in gilroy earlier this morning where firefighters were trying to knock out a fire and one firefighter taken to the hospital for possible dehydration. it happened on broadway near first just went of monterey road. firefighters say the flames were so intense and they said that there were so many things surrounding the home it made it difficult for them to fight this fire. they couldn't even get into the home to fight it. listen to a neighbor that described what happened. >> we were dead asleep and it sounded like two cannon shots went off and that's what woke us up and we woke up and just happened to peek out the window and just saw the house on the corner over here off anna just engulfed in flames and then all the fire trucks zooming in to pull in. now, the source of the fire isn't known. it's not known in that explosion the neighbors reported hearing

led to the fire for if it happened after the fire erupted. there were two living in the home, they got out and are okay. no word yet on the cause. san francisco transportation leaders will be on hand for a panel discussion on ride sharing, taxi services and the future of curb side efficiency. the group is hosting a discussion titled the future of the curb. this comes as a new deal was reached between the city and ride sharing companies. the city plans to convert parking spaces into designated pickup and drof off locations. in exchange uber and lyft will provide ride share data to hopefully improve traffic flow. ucla basketball players in china are trying to stay focused on their game following the arrest of three teammates arrested for shoplifting. we have new video showing uclaling returning to their hotel in shanghai. the guy will take place on friday.

the accused players have to remain in their hotels room. they could face stiff prison terms if convicted. former interim chairwoman of the democratic national committee donna brazile will be in san francisco today. she's speaking at the commonwealth club. her book "hacks: the inside sorry of the break-ins and breakdowns that put donald trump in the white house" a lot of people talking. she writes hillary clinton had a financing deal that allowed her to have control of the finances she writes that was unfair to bernie sanders. the senate is expected to release its version of tax reform today. >> scott mcgrew, you walked us through the house version and showed us how this may cost many of us money. >> it might and we are waiting to see the senate version this morning. obviously there cannot be two bills, the two houses will have to come together and work something out and then get that to the president's desk. bottom line, there is a lot of work ahead for mitch mcconnell

and paul ryan. now, it's speculation because we haven't seen the senate bill yet but "the new york times" expects the senate little will take away our ability to deduct our state and local taxes, the salt, that hurts californians but protect our deductions on 401(k). president trump continues his asian trip he is in china meeting with president xi and speaking about america's trade with china. now, remember, during his campaign trump blasted china, talking about boycotts or placing huge tariffs and taxes on chinese goods for what he said was their unfair practices. now, the president still says china behaves unfairly, but praised china for it. >> after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. i give china great credit.

but in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. >> on a lighter note president trump showed president xi a video made by his granddaughter air ra belrabella arabella. take a look. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it was a huge hit, chinese tv loved it, arabella has been taking chinese lessons, laura and marcus, since she was three. >> that's really impressive. isn't it, though? she's so cute. so elizabeth smart is hoping her story can i'm spire people in the bay area. >> she was in the south bay yesterday, the keynote speaker at the ywca inspire women's lunche luncheon, i was honored to be there as well and got to help

present an award to her. just an inspirational speech. she talked about her time in captivity, nine months in captivity after an intruder broke into her family's salt lake city home she was just 14 years old and he stole her basically and stole much of her life but she's very strong, very resilient, telling her story there. of course, the ywca does so much for yes, ma'am and families and children, domestic violence, they provide shelter, they provide counseling, they provide so much for sex trafficking victims as well. it was a huge event they do every year but it is an honor to be a part of it. important. >> nice to see you doing such a great job with it. >> just a spokesperson for nbc bay area. >> all right. >> what's going on? another wet one this morning. >> starts out soggy in morning and there are parts of the bay area that had a lot of rain so let's get to some of those

totals this morning as we are still seeing some of the showers linger as you get ready to head out. ben home monday over two inches of lane. atlas peak an inch and a half. st. helena almost an inch and a half. sonoma county airport measuring an inch and the same at yukiya. look at san martin three kwaufrters of an inch, morgan hill a half of an inch and at the airport in san francisco a little over a tenth there and san jose, wow, a few one hund d hundreds of an inch. the seven-day forecast shows that our temperatures stay the same but also on rain still seeing the moisture streaming through the paris. we could see still rain dropping, light rain getting ready to move back into downtown soj. don't think this will add additional rainfall totals to our measurements we have had so far but as we look at morgan

hill pretty decent amount of rain falling there and for the east bay hit or miss showers moving from oakland over toward san ramone. for the peninsula seeing wet roads as you get ready to head out. high temperature to mid 60s with breezy winds, mostly cloudy skies, getting dressed you do need a hat, something to help out with this bad hair day, also keep the umbrella handy we could still see rain off and on throughout the day. temperatures in san francisco stay in the upper 50s to low 60s. with err going to have rain moving out of here by tomorrow. all clear for tomorrow afternoon. saturday looks good and by sunday another storm system moves in to bring us a chance of rain into early monday. inland areas expect more of the same, breaks here and there. saturday i can that's the best da i in in forecast. hoping to sort out the south bay. we have this crash near downtown san jose, northbound 280.

i just saw the speed sensors start to improve so they may have cleared this. chp is not officially covering this crash but it's just past 280 and shy of taylor. this backup will cause the backup off of 87 to lighten up a bit, more traffic slows on 85, folks making the choice perhaps to head over to 17, we see 101 showing a build heading up toward tully road. here is the rest of the bay, the green blotches show you where there may be wet roadways, even a mist will cause people to slow down. a lot of brake tapping through the east bay and east shore freeway, concord, walnut creek saw rain earlier. steady flow of traffic. palo alto willow avenue the revolver ramp is closed and that will remain closed until next year when they open the new interchange, only one willow off ramp to access either direction

both sides of 101. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay" including reducing traffic on one uft south bay's busiest freeways, the steps you can take to help congestion along the corridor. happening now a developing story, yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades, a senior official is asking the saudi led coalition to lift the blockade. land, sea and air were shut down. the vatican says it will stop selling cigarettes to its employees, it will start next year. the vatican says it cannot contribute to an activity that damages the health of people. welcome back.

before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today 6:56 on your thursday morning. here are the top stories we're covering on "today in the bay." we begin with breaking news in the south bay. this is a live look from san jose. firefighters are still on the scene of this fire at a condominium complex that is believed to have involved at least two down homes. some drivers told us they could see flames from highway 85. that flex is located near blossom hill road and don have a vil court. at one point it was a three

alarm fire. no word of injuries. all lanes of northbound 101 have reopened after a deadly big rig crash. it happened just after 10:00 last night. chp says a big rig hit the center divide and hen then it caught fire. lanes were closed until 3:30 this morning. investigators don't know if wet roads played a role in that crash. investigators are now offering a -- >> investigators are offering a $25,000 reward for information after two inmates escaped from the palo alto courthouse. tramel mcclough and john bivins escaped earlier this week and are still on the loose. they were shackled in a stairwell but used a key to unlock their hand cuffs they then allegedly attacked one of the two deputies guarding them, ran out a side door and got into an awaiting car, two accomplices have been taken into custody. san leandro authorities say if could have been far worse for a family living in this home.

a car slammed into it early this morning narrowly missing two sleeping children. it happened on the 150th street near patton avenue. authorities say everyone in that home was shaken up but otherwise okay. police say that the driver was not under the influence. they are still looking into whether wet roads or speed played a factor. a chance for south bay drivers to weigh in on ways to shut down on drive times. vta wants to cut down congestion from 101 through mountain view, cupertino and campbell. vta knows when people are driving but hoping for input about the reasons why. officials say this will help them decide whether to add carpool lanes, light rail or express buses. the first of three meetings is tonight at the south side community center. at&t park the stage is nearly set for a benefit concert

to help the north bay fire victims. on stage tonight metallica, dave matthews, g-eazy and the grateful dead. joe montana, barry bonds and buster posey will be there as well. there are still tickets available if you want to go. coming up next on the "today" show the surprising shift in tone from the president overnight as he's continuing that visit in china. we also have the wet roads this morning if you haven't been out i'm sure you will see them. >> it's going to be off and on throughout the morning. still seeing activity firing up, moving inland and this is what we can expect throughout the day with times of rain even into the afternoon. >> all that green on the map sometimes rough for the morning commute. >> look at our map, the green blobs show where the red sensors are, rain and wet roadways make folks tap the bay. we will end with this shot of the san mateo bridge and wet roads. >> you need to allow the extra

time now that we have to get used to the rain. we will be back in half an hour with a local news update. >> join us at 11:00 for nbc bay area news. it's thursday, friday eve. good good morning. surprising good morning, surprising shift. the president with a sudden friendlier tone towards china. that was then -- >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> -- this is now. >> i don't blame china. you're a very special man. >> will the diplomatic sweet talk help the u.s. get china's cooperation on everything from trade to north korea? breaking overnight, new video showing one of the heroes in the texas church shooting telling his story to police moments after the rampage. >> you think you may have shot him? >> as vice president pence comforts a community in mourning.