up. also, make sure your tires are good before that rain arrives. as we look outside in downtown san jose, nice and quiet. mostly cloudy skies. here is what to expect for the temperature. the high reaching mid-60s and mostly cloudy. the scattered rain moves in, shortly after noon with storms possible, especially this evening. tomorrow, the times of rain will continue and we will have cooler temperatures. as we check out those temperatures and how they trend throughout noon, up to 61 degrees. it will be a very nice day. let's head over to vianey to see how the roads are moving this morning. >> they continue to move along quite nicely. now that we are at that 5:00 hour, you can expect to see build up. overall look at the bay area, not too bad. some slowing at westbound 580. that has cleared to the side. all you see, really, is a lot of green on the map. but, i do want to give you a

quick look of east bay drive times. westbound 80 from highway 4, toward the bay bridge, you are looking at 14 minutes. westbound 580 toward the bay bridge, 16 minutes. northbound 880 from 238 toward the big bridge, 13 minutes. i keep looking at that bay bridge camera, it looks like those metering lights are on before the 5:00 a.m. hour. you may want to head out now if that's your morning commute. >> thank you. 5:01 now. we want to make sure you know about this developing story. look at your screen. a san jose community is on edge after that man allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed someone at a school. we have been telling you about this since plis released the video of that suspect. this happened at harper middle school in san jose. that man attacked a teacher inside her own classroom before then changing his outfit and running away. we have a crew at the school this morning. we will be there as teachers and students arrive for the day.

pete suratos will be back with a live report for us as well at 5:30. 5:01. california state lawmakers return to sacramento. 2018 legislative year will bring debate over legislation for sexual assault victims and people who report it. the governor will submit his proposal next week. same deal in washington where congress gets back to work. two new democrats in the fray. doug jones will be sworn in this morning. this follows the upset victory in alabama last month. we covered it. the lieutenant governor, tina smith will take over al franken's seat. he resigned yesterday. an interesting headline out of utah this morning. the state's long-time senator, orrin hatch announced he will not seek re-election. it's leading people to think former presidential candidate and donald trump critic, mitt

romney might run for that seat. we checked his twitter profile and noticed something interesting. the former massachusetts governor, who now lives in utah made a change on tuesday, his profile location is now in utah. a new and disturbing twist in a recent arrest of a north bay man accused of peeping through the bedroom window of an 11-year-old girl. they got him on a misdemeanor charge. they believe he and the girl exchanged numerous messages on snap chat. some were sexual in nature. cortez was rearrested and faces sexual assault charges. the man charged in the deadly christmas eve crash that killed a chp officer is still in the hospital. he may be transferred to santa rita jail tomorrow. >> they identified that man.

he is 22-year-old mohammad of hayward. he smoke marijuana and was drunk before crashing into a parked patrol car on interstate 880, going about 120 miles per hour. this man, chp officer, andrew camilleri, died. >> a quiet guy. it's unfortunate to think something like that would happen to him. >> investigators say he admitted to driving impaired after threatening his wife. before this, he had never been arrested. also, happening today, u.s. figure skating championships began in san jose. >> the ice is ready. this is a time lapse video of the s.a.p. crews spre pairing it. >> the best skaters in the u.s. are in town trying to make it

happen. >> bob redell is live as we look ahead to the competition. a big, exciting day there, bob. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. within the last 15 minutes, the zamboni finished clearing up the ice at the s.a.p. center. in a couple hours, two hours, at 7:00, the s.a.p. center will open the ice for practice for the athletes competing in the figure skating championship. these are young men and women trying to get a spot on the team to represent the united states during next month's winter olympics in south korea. some of the local athletes we are keeping an eye on, vincent joe, alex benoit, her partner. this is a big deal for san jose, hosting the championships for the first time ever in an olympic year. it's a big deal for 1988 gold medalist. he grew up here in the south bay, spent the day showing off the best san jose restaurants to

a group of people. this is a feather in the cap for san jose to hold such a an affair. >> if you have never been to an event in person, it's xooitiexc to see the power. so many people love it on tv. when you see it in person, there's no other way. you can't believe the athleticism involved. we get a lot of fan that is come, they see it on tv and in person. they are hooked for life. >> reporter: opening ceremony is tonight at 6:00. the first program at 6:30. the competition runs from sunday. coverage at 8:00 tonight on the nbc sports network. organizers of this event would like to get the word out there. there are tickets available throughout the week. coming up in less than an hour,

we'll speak with the winner of the junior division in this year's figure skating championship. it's a young woman from richmond. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> we love to see those young athletes grow up and blossom. thank you so much, bob. happening today, from frozen ice to frozen water to liquid water, window opens for what may be the most famous big wave surf contest anywhere in the world. it is mavericks in half-moon bay. it's only happened occasionally the last few years because of contest ownership on shady ground and partly because of the weather. mavericks is being organized by the world surf league. it has been renamed, also, as the maverick's challenge. this year's window closes at the end of february. you know by now, competitors from around the world have three days notice to get themselves

here. right now, as we approach 5:08, we are starting to see the clouds moving in and the rain will not be far behind. expect mostly cloudy start to the day and milder techls. as we get a closer look, the rain is well offshore. we have several more hours before the rain arrives. there will be the possibility of seeing that rain around the santa cruz mountains at 9:30 this morning. as we go through the time line of the day, the heavier downpour showing the yellows and oranges, indicating heavier rain by early afternoon. there will be potential of thunderstorms and look at that red around morgan hill, later into the evening commute. i'll continue to monitor this. more on the timing and how much rain to expect in a few minutes. vianey is tracking the morning commute. >> an early morning commute that is off to a great start. we maintain the quiet road aspect. look at the map showing a lot of green. i want to give you an update on the bridge drive times if you

have to hop on the bay bridge. it is looking good. earlier, it looked like the metering lights were on. now it looks clear. westbound 80, toward the bay bridge, eight minutes. westbound 92 to the san mateo bridge, 11 minutes. not too bad for a wednesday morning. back to you. >> thanks. coming up, a new way to use marijuana. the creative way people hope to cash in on the craze as one of the most famous men hope to use it to invigorate a small towne conmy. president trump may put washing machine prices through the spin cycle. we'll take a look, coming up in business.

it is 5:12 with a cloudy start. make sure you grab the umbrella as you head out the door. it's not raining now, we will have rain later on today. as we get a look at the temperature trend for santa teresa, we'll be at 48 degrees, a chilly start this morning and low 60s by noon. it will be fairly mild today, mostly cloudy and rain by early afternoon. we'll take a look at that time line and when the rain moves in, when it moves out. that's coming up in the microclimate forecast. >> let's get a check of the peninsula drive times. southbound 101 from sfo to highway 92, six minutes. southbound 101 to bower avenue, 21 minutes. no major delays to report at

this hour. 5:15 right now. this morning, a lawsuit that could impact the way you listen to music. a music publisher paid spotify $1.6 million. they allege the music service streamed millions of unlicensed songs in massive systematic fringes. 6 million spotify songs are not licensed. spotify tells nbc news the company has no comment. amazon says more people paid for prime than years past. they have not given an exact number of how many use it, but amazon does say it ships 5 billion items to prime customers. amazon announced november 30th was the biggest streaming day for the company. new this morning, we learned a former heavyweight champion, mike tyson is getting in on the

legal pot business. they report tyson and others broke ground on a cannabis resort. it's going up in california city. that is about 110 miles north of los angeles. as recreational pot sales continue in california, entrepreneurs are already considering new food-related marijuana ideas. >> with california where we have so much innovation and so much focus on food, i think we are going to setons of cannabis related things. >> usually, it was cookies and brownies. how many of those can you eat? if you want to incorporate it into your daily life, it should go to healthy options. >> are we going see java juice with it? >> i would love that. >> you can see more of that this morning after "today in the

bay." 5:14 right now. you may soon pay a lot more for a washing machine. >> even more. president trump may slap a tariff on foreign-made washers, scott mcgrew. >> the president is making big decisions. president trump is going to have to decide, soon, about washing machines. in fact, there's a hearing on washing machines today. should there be a tax on washing machines made overseas? >> the same decision about solar panels. the worry is they are dumping smaller panels and washing machines on our market and is unfair to local manufacturers. whirlpool is an american company, lg, foreign made. the price of an lg machine could go up 50%. a decision is coming soon. let's take you to the nasdaq, all smiles on times square. the nasdaq opens at a high this morning, crossing over 7,000 for

the first time. during the dot com boom, we were excited when it crossed 5,000. southwest and american airlines will give employees a thousand dollar bonus. president trump appears to want credit for safer skies. you reported, not a single death on a commercial airliner in 2017 worldwide. the president seems to have misinterpreted that, he didn't understand the worldwide part. there hasn't been a death here in america since 2013 as we know in san francisco. you can give president obama much of the credit for that as well. >> did he misinterpret that or -- >> or just took credit for it. this is worldwide. >> thank you. still good news. >> oh, very good news. >> thank you very much. for anyone hoping to wake up a megamillionaire, you have to keep on dreaming. at least until tonight. last night, no one matched all

six numbers in the mega millions draw. the next mega millions on friday should jump to $418 million. tonight's drawing is supposed to reach $440 million. no matter how you add up, that's a lot of money. >> that's a good thing. our colleague usually rounds up the dollars. we would have been -- >> maybe we'll do that and have a better chance of winning, right? >> she's coming back this week. we are waiting. >> come on back. >> we are waiting on the rain as well. as you get ready to head out this morning, we'll have showers moving in this afternoon and it will get heavy at times, especially this evening. we start out all dry. no issues as you get ready to head out the door. mostly cloudy with mild temperatures. san francisco starts at 53 degrees and 43 in fairfield and 47 in san jose. seven day forecast, up at the

bottom of the screen, the temperatures will be cooling off over the next few days. we are going to make it up to 65 degrees today even with all the clouds and 59 in oakland. 59 degrees in san francisco. in concord today, look for a high of 62 degrees. we are looking at more clouds. here is the storm system that will be approaching. we can see the rain ahead of the area of low pressure. as that moves in, we will also have the chance of thunderstorms. now, a lot of lightning has been offshore. there will be a slight chance we'll have enough energy in the atmosphere as that moves in that we could see isolated lightning strikes making it inland. we are looking at the time line of the rain and when we'll see the showers moving in. the dark green shows heavy downpours. the yellows and reds show intense rain. we will see a few pockets of that heavy rain moving in in time for the evening commute. so, expect it to take longer to get home today and then by this evening, we'll start to see the showers becoming a little more

hit or miss variety and then we start out tomorrow morning with the mainly dry conditions. there will be a chance of rain throughout the day, then it increases for tomorrow afternoon. still scattered showers in the forecast. another round of rain possible on friday moving in in the morning and clearing as we head into friday evening. a couple waves of rain and with this system moving in, there will be the possibility of getting over an inch of rain in santa rosa. the rainfall totals go up with each run of the commuter model. a quarter inch, up to a half inch for the bay area, south of the golden gate bridge. our temperatures cooling off, upper 50s for san francisco the next few days. it will be a mostly dry we could. saturday, the all dry day, a chance of showers late sunday. monday, looking pretty good. then another chance of rain next tuesday, while the inland areas will be cooling off with mid-60s

and upper 50s for the weekend. vianey, what is happening on the roads? >> you gave great advice earlier. judging by the weather map, get those windshield wipers checked and tires. it hasn't rained in a while. all the gunk in the roads comes up and makes for a slick commute. right now, not a lot to report. northbound 101 from highway 850 highway 87, 12 minutes. northbound 87 to 85 to highway 101, nine minutes. taking a live look in san jose, you can see exactly what i'm talking about in terms of the smooth commute. the traffic will build up around 5:30, you typically see the early morning build upstart to get heavy out there in san jose and the east bay. back to you. >> thank you, vianey. coming up, another day, again, another fire in new york city. this time, in brooklyn. the overnight update to injuries

to firefighters and also police officers.

welcome back this morning, 5:23 for you as we start the day. a live look at san rafael. as you can see, traffic on the go this morning. things starting to get back to normal after the holiday celebration. we are tracking rain. kari will have a look at what to

expect throughout the day a little later. a new video overnight of a fire that injured six firefighters and one police officer in new york city. the fire ripped through three apartment buildings in brooklyn. three of the injured firefighters were hurt when a stairway collapsed. none of the injuries is considered life threatening. a cause for the fire has not been determined. also this morning, the president of the mormon church has died. he died late tuesday at his home in salt lake city. he led the church since 2008. one of the main changes that he made was lowering the age of full-time missionaries in order to boost enrollment from younger men and women. new video this morning of the procession honoring the fallen san bruno sheriff's deputy last night. the 70-year-old died on tuesday. he was violently attacked

following a minor crash. he was off duty sunday morning when he and another vehicle collided in san bernardino. the officials say they made contact and the other driver ran him down. the driver was arrested and faces several criminal charges. a mountainview restaurant is supposed to reopen after thieves strike an atm in a smash and grab robbery. this happened early yesterday morning at the michael's restaurant on shoreline boulevard. someone used a stolen truck to smash through the stoldoors andb the atm. they found the atm in a separate location. it had been torched and broken apart with the cash inside long gone. coming up, a south bay community on high alert this morning. are you going to feel safe until this guy is caught? >> no, i won't.

>> we are live in san jose school as the search continues for a man accused of attacking a teacher inside her own classroom. also, we are watching water levels. kari is tracking rain in the forecast. we are taking a closer look at some of the levels in our bay area reservoirs. agencies, at this point, we'll tell you what they are saying about the drought. don't forget, you can track the weather wherever you are for free, anytime. download nbc bay area app for a personalized forecast.

good morning to you. it is coming up on 5:30 on this wednesday morning. this is how walnut creek is waking up this morning. clear skies at this point. as you head out the door, make sure you bring your umbrellas. not for the morning hours, not for the lunchtime hour, but maybe by dinner time. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. >> i'm marcus washington. right now, we want to head over to meteorologist, kari hall, who has been telling us since the beginning of the week that the rain is coming. kari, it's time to pull out the umbrellas. >> yes, you probably have to dust it off. it's been a while since we have had to use it. we are already looking at some of the showers offshore.

we can see it farther to the south. this is lifting to the north as we go through the day. we will see the time line of this starting to arrive by this early afternoon. no rain, as of yet. there will be potential of getting light showers by late this morning. some of the heavier rain doesn't arrive until 1:00, 2:00. where we see the yellows and oranges indicates heavier rain and thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening. that evening commute, pretty much looks like the radar will be covered with some rain for much of the bay area. we'll talk about what's ahead and also look ahead to the weekend coming up in seven minutes. vianey, so far, the commute looks good. >> it does look good. i tell you this, i looked at the map with the rain. it looks like my day three of my new year's resolution is going down the drain. i was going hiking today. goes to show i wasn't looking at the weather maps. it's not an excuse to not go.

bridge drive times, westbound 80 toward the bay bridge, nine minutes. westbound 92 toward the san mateo bridge, 12 miles. so far, so good. chp remained quiet. it looks like the bay bridge metering lights are not on yet. it was a false alarm earlier. back to you. >> thank you, vianey. developing this morning, stepped up security at harper middle school in san jose. police say a man attacked a teacher inside her own classroom. pete suratos is live at the school. we have seen the video and police really want to find the suspect. >> reporter: that's right, marcus. they want the public's help in finding the suspect before he strikes again. i happened around the same time yesterday morning here at harker middle school in time for students and teachers as they returned from winter break. we'll show you the video. that video viewers are looking at now is surveillance showing

him walking around slowly here on campus grounds before he carried out or allegedly carried out that attack. according to san jose police, the assault happened yesterday morning around 6:30 a.m., an hour before students arrived here on campus for classes. police say he robbed and sexually assaulted the teacher alone at the time inside her classroom. they are hoping the video you are looking at will catch the suspect. in the meantime, it has rez don'ts in the area concerned. >> most of the times i'm alone. sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening. >> now, it's more scary to know because we have winter break going on for our kids. i don't feel safe. >> reporter: going to show you that video one more time. you can see him there, described as a heavy set hispanic man wearing dark jeans, a black shirt and black beanie.

police are doing patrols outside and they will increase the security there on campus. if you have information to help out with the case, contact police. pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> so many teachers work before school and after school on their own. that's so scary. hopefully they find him. thank you, pete. also happening today, the head of the homeland security department is set to be here in the bay area, visiting neighbors like these, devastated by the north bay wildfires. the secretary is set to get an update. we plan to talk to her in can ta rosa as well. president trump approved a major disaster declaration for the areas of the wildfires for 44 of our friends and neighbors died and more than 5,000 homes were destroyed. bay area district leaders are investigating a flair incident in richmond. the airmanagement district says

they briefly exceeded state limits. it happened around 8:30. the air district received at least one resident complaint. they stay flairing did not exceed their own or federal limits, only those set by the state. a first of five scheduled snow surveys in sierra. this is the traffic camera in that area. we are doing a survey of our own, looking good. phillips station is where tahoe resort is. they will measure hundreds of sights during the winter and spring as they do every year and then use that data to predict run off from the mountains and that paints the picture of a potential threat. after one of the driest bay area december's on record, they hope the snow arriving will add to the rainfall totals. compared to this time last year, water levels were way down. that includes anderson dam in

morgan hill, which opened its spillways last january. right now, they are at 25% capacity. water agencies say the next three months are crucial to helping maintain healthy water reserve. >> we get most of our rainfall in january through march. it's early to call it a dry winter. we are off to a slow start, that's for sure. >> they are keeping a watch on the winter rainfall numbers. no one is throwing around the dreaded "d" word yet. last year, the bay area emerged from a five-year drought. raiders fans, seems all the talk of john gruden coming back isn't just talk. yes, he is being considered for the raiders top coaching job. it would be a full circle move for gruden who last coached the raiders in 2001. he was traded for draft picks back-to-back. he is expected to call the wild

card game saturday. after that, he thinks the raiders will announce who will have that new head coaching job. that will happen next week. meanwhile, we have to keep fingers crossed the team can work out a deal with jimmy garoppolo. yesterday, the general manager made clear holding on to him would be the team's top off season priority. >> off our assurances and the fans do, we would like nothing more than to make him a niner for a long, long time. >> he is a pending free agent. the niners can elect to give him the franchise next season if he can't work out a long-term deal. they have until march 6th to make that decision. no pressure. good morning. it is 5:36. we are finally starting to see that traffic really slowing down

in some spots. i want to bring your attention toward 580, the westbound side. there is actually a car fire. i updated the chp report. apparently, it's a semi that's on fire. of course, you can imagine, it is off to the side. that can, of course, cause a road hazard. be careful if you are driving through the area. you can see slowing. your drive times have been going smoothly. northbound 880 from marina to broadway, only nine minutes. grand avenue, about eight minutes and westbound 24 from fish ranch road, about seven minutes. let's get to the live cams where you can check out the bridges, san mateo bridge. finally starting to see some. i don't think anybody wants to see stop and go traffic. look at the metering lights. they are on on the bay bridge. this looks like a lot of people are back to work. it's my monday. my official return from the

holidays, today. >> you brought all of this? >> no. >> weekend warriors. some folks work weekends, some have the weekends off. either way, the weather is critical. >> this weekend we have drying weather. we will see the rain before then. saturday, it looks good. more clouds in the mix. a cool start, high temperatures along the coast. 69 degrees by the bay and inland valleys, 60 degrees. on sunday, we will see a mix of sun and clouds and highs reaching the low 60s for the inland valleys. 59 for the bay. if you are going to heavenly this weekend, we will see those temperatures reaching the upper 40s. a chance of rain on saturday, 44 degrees and 50 degrees on sunday as it all clears out. monterey, looking at sunshine and still a cool one with a high of 62 degrees on sunday. some rain on friday. we'll see that rain on friday in napa valley. saturday 60 degrees and 61 on

sunday. we will have that chance of rain moving in very late sunday night. so, the weekend looks all clear. what's going on? i was looking around at the events and couldn't find a lot. let me know what you are doing on twitter. maybe you will see your event or the place you are headed featured right here, coming up at 6:38 or 5:38 tomorrow morning. i' i'll have a look at today's temperature trend in 30 minutes. >> thank you, kari. here is a look at what's coming up next. a man rescued with his family now facing criminal charges. we'll tell you what we know about the allegations against him this morning. plus, the president's concern over the size of his button has people uneasy when "today in the bay" continues.

right now, at 5:42, coasting into work with dry weather as we look outside in fremont. plan on it taking longer to get home as the rain moves in. we could see the rain at 2:00 in the afternoon at fremont and partly to mostly cloudy skies. the temperatures staying mild. we'll see more rounlds of rain. i'll talk about that and what's ahead, the time line of the showers, coming up in five minutes. those bay bridge metering lights are on. a quick check of your drive times, you are looking at 11

minutes. that did go up by five minutes in the past ten minutes. westbound 92 toward san mateo, about 13 minutes. i'll give you a look at the rest of the drive times in a bit. 5:43 now. new this morning, stunning accusations against a former taliban hostage. joshua boyle, the canadian man freed with his american wife is charged with several crimes, including sexual assault. various media reports say the crimes happened of boyle was freed and back at home. he made his first court appearance new year's day and is scheduled to appear in court this morning. they were captured in 2012, his wife was pregnant at the time. a video apology after a backlash from a video stirring

up all sorts of controversy. logan paul shot the video where suicides are common. they came upon a suicide victim and kept the cameras rolling. the video was later posted on youtube. it has been deleted and he posted a video apologizing. >> i don't exactly forgive him, i'm here to apologize. for my fans who are defending my actions, please don't. they do not deserve to be defended. >> he says he only meant to raise awareness about suicide. youtube says that video violated its policies. for now, logan paul's channel is still operating. back at home, berkeley police are looking for witnesses to a hit and run crash last month. a woman was severely hurt when a car hit her. officers believe there may have been other drivers in the area

at the time who may have seen something. there is no information about the suspect's vehicle. pleasanton police are looking for burglars caught on surveillance trying to break into a home. they look to be dressed as construction workers. they knocked on the front door. when no one answered, they went around back to open the slider but were unsuccessful. students are heading back to school after the devastating lilac fire in san diego county. this comes less than a month after the wildfires chewed through more than 4,000 acres. the fire prompted school closures. four schools reopened in the area yesterday. hard to imagine anything the president tweets could shock anyone, anymore. >> scott mcgrew, he managed to do it. >> he did. he led conservatives to call for him to step down this morning. this, after a tweet about the size of his nuclear button.

i have no doubt you have already seen it, but here it is. paraphrasing north korean leader, jim jong-un saying he has a nuclear button on his desk. i, too, have a button but mine is bigger. there are freudian jokes here. some are taking the button issue much more seriously. bill crystal of the weekly standard calling for the president's removal under the 25th amendment, section 4, how a president can be involuntarily removed from office because he is fiscally or mentally incapacitated. david frum says not in the mood for twitter jokes. this is dark and dangerous. i shutter for every parent of a son or daughter in a uniform. astronaut mark kelly said as a farmer u.s. navy pilot trained

to carry nuclear weapons, everything we did was deadly serious. no joke or mistake. every sailor, or marine gets that. feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss this further. the senate returns to work. doug jones takes a seat. utah senator, orrin hatch says he will retire at the end of his term. this clears the way for romney to run. this is bad news for president trump. he is no fan of the president. he warned america of the dangers of a trump presidency, calling trump a phony and a fraud. each morning, we examine the president's tweet, the size of his button, all kind of things. reach me on twitter, let me know what you think. >> thank you, scott. happening now, a winter blast continues to reek half vok

fr . >> so far, there's no end in sight. in chicago, today will be the fifth day in a row of below zero temperatures. >> it's biting in the face. it's cold. it's no way around it. i don't think you can really prepare. >> cold. some popular water parks in florida are closed because of the cold. >> you think they are used to it. kari, this is worse. >> it's reaching farther south, too. they are looking at an ice storm across the southeast that could be a big one over the next few days. we'll be watching all of that. also, the mild weather here as we get rain here in the bay area. we are going to start to see those downpours moving in from the afternoon to the evening. as we start out this morning, out the door, it's looking good. it's dry, but don't forget that umbrella. as we take a look at our temperature now, it's a clear

morning, 47 degrees in san jose with the high temperatures today 65 degrees. the seven day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen showing several days of rain chances, especially as we head into the next couple days. now, we will be up to 62 degrees in napa. 62 in concord and 60 degrees in santa rosa. as you are getting dressed, you are looking out the window, standing in the closet, what should i wear. have a coat and we already talked about the umbrella. as we head out the door, the temperatures are getting milder. light long sleeves, boots will be an option once the rain comes down. have on shoes that will keep your feet nice and dry and warm. now, the rain is rolling up from the south with this disturbance that is moving closer. we are seeing those clouds moving in. as the rain moves in, there will be the potential of lightning strikes. we have seen that offshore. there will be the chance to cena working its way inland with

enough energy in the atmosphere for lightning strikes. the rain is moving in. here is the time line, 1:00 this afternoon. we see yellows and reds there. that shows we have the potential of heavy downpours. that may be brief. it looks widespread as far as the rain coverage. what the radar could look like by 3:00 this afternoon, but it will be heavier as we go into that evening commute and still looks like we could have rounds of heavy rain from 8:00 to 9:00 with rain hitting the roof and gusty winds picking up at times. as we look at how much rain we could see between now and early saturday, we are going to have the possibility of over an inch and a half of rain for santa rosa. there will be a few rounds of rain. the rainfall totals could reach a quarter inch for most of the east bay and south bay. .75 inch in san francisco.

it's been a while since we have had rain totals like that. doesn't look like it will cause problems. we dry out saturday and a slight chance of rain late sunday. most of the weekend looks dry and another chance of rain on tuesday. temperature wise, mid-60s to upper 60s this weekend. as we head to vianey arana, any issues on the road? >> no issues, but it's safe to say, don't wash your car. you will be mad. kari warned you. an overall look at the bay area, we have managed to maintain this quiet outlook on the roads. chp hasn't reported major accidents. i have an update as far as mass transit goes. bart not showing delays. 46 trains up and running. caltrain, you have to remember that hillsdale lot is closed, which is that parking lot. if that's where you typically park, you have to make for other arrangements. you have to go online and check

out caltrain.com. a live look outside at palo alto along 101. more cars out there, but i think there's still people with the day off. this is light especially at 5:52. san jose, a lot more volume in terms of build up, traffic and the bay bridge metering lights are on. you can imagine how the build up is going there. back to you. >> thanks. coming up, magic on ice. the ice skating championship detailed here in the bay area, next. you don't want to miss that. a live interview with a junior skating cho skating champion. breaking news out of africa. ethiopia is dropping charges and closing the notorious prison camp. officials say they don't know, it's not clear how many are in custody right now. people in ethiopia are supportive of this move. also, here in the u.s., mortgage applications were lower

at the end of last year. experts say that's because interest rates went up. volume is down 3% for the last two weeks of 2017. don't go anywhere. we have more news for you coming up after the break. a live look outside at the bay

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the bay bridge. a beautiful sight there this morning. kari is tracking much needed rain in the area today. she'll break down the time line, coming up in a few minutes. all the excitement is building in the south bay this morning. a live look at the s.a.p. center. the home of the u.s. figure skating championship. the best figure skaters in the country are waking up here in san jose this morning. >> here in our area. so is "today in the bay's", bob redell. the junior lady skating champion was named last night and is there with you this morning. >> reporter: she is. she is 12 years old, prorichmond. the winner in the ladies junior division. congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> reporter: what was that like? >> it was pretty unbelievable, at first. it's just an amazing experience. >> reporter: i think what's

unbelievable to me is you told me you had a fever before this started? >> yes, i had a headache, my throat hurt and still hurts. >> how do you power through something like that and give a performance. >> i don't think about it. i think about what i have been working hard on and focusing on my technique. >> reporter: what about your competition? do they make you nervous? >> not nervous, but want to do better, push harder to do better. >> reporter: the ladies and men performing here this week at the s.a.p. center, they are trying to go to the olympics next month in south korea. for you, your only chance is beijing 2022. >> yes. >> reporter: how does this help your chances? >> pushes me to work harder than i already am. yeah. >> reporter: you said, going to the olympics is one of your

goals, you haven't achieved, it's not achievable, yet. you haven't achieved your other goals, which is what? >> triple axel. i got better skating skills, it's not what i wanted, but pretty good. >> reporter: how close are you to a triple axel? >> well, i worked on it. i actually landed one under, so almost. then i lost my double axel because i was working on triple axel. so i stopped working on triple axel for nationals. yeah. >> reporter: will you be able to enjoy the competition this week or do you have to start training again? >> today, i'm going to enjoy the competition and watch championship ladies and championship men this week. >> reporter: who do you look up to here at the s.a.p. center who is competing this week and what do you hope to learn from them? >> i look up to brian, the one who is competing because she has triple axel.

yeah. >> reporter: what do you learn from them when you are watching? >> i look at how they do it and i try to copy them, kind of. when i copy them, it becomes better. yeah. >> reporter: most impressed, you are only 12 years old, from richmond. congratulations, sweetie, it was nice meeting you. the opening ceremony is tonight at 6:00 at the s.a.p. center for the u.s. figure skating championships. the short program starts at 6:30, coverage at 8:00 on nbc sports network. we have this up on your tv screen if you want to take a look. tickets are available for the sessions running from today through sunday. go to skatesanjose.com. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> you are right, she is a cutie. you can't let a fever get you down. >> i'm sure she'll get that triple axel.

congratulations. for everything olympics, we have you covered. look at our website to find out more about the games. click on the sports tab and, again, tickets are available. right now, at 6:00, finally relief. we'll tell you when the rain is coming our way. meteorologist, kari hall has been tracking a storm system that could take us on for a couple days. plus, back to work. congress is back in session this morning after the break and two new democrats and no budget at bay. what we can expect from legislatures this morning. surfs up, mavericks is on after a title wave of controversy. we'll tell you about the surf competition that has a lot of folks waiting to watch them hang ten. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for joining us on this wednesday morning, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. it's hump day today as we get