i it is 4:30 and it is friday morning and looking live at dublin this morning, where maybe some of the folks have their windshield wipers on, and if they don't now, they will a little bit later on. thank you so much for joining us on this friday. >> and marcus washington. and coming in with a shock of how warm it s. >> yes, and this is ahead of the cold front so we will start to feel some warmerer temperatures rt starting tout day and it is humid out there as the rain approacheses the bay a area. we are seeing the wet weather in the north bay and san francisco and moving into the peninsula as well. as we are getting a closer look, we can see the scattered showers covering most of marin county

and sonoma kocounty and that is dipping to the south with spotty activity as we go throughout the the day. we will talk about what to expect as we go into the weekend in a moment. we will have an early look at the roads. >> early look indeed. we are starting out the friday morning as far as the traffic goes. look at this the traffic map, no major or minor accidents to report at this hour. looking at the bay bridge, yesterday i did not see the metering lam arep turned on once, so we are aiming for round two, but i do see some slowing. but sometimes that is going to happen when a car tries the go over, but right now no lights on at the bay bridge. >> always good to be the glass half full. today, sentencing in the steinley case. >> yes, there are was a conviction on the firearm charge and so today, we want to see what to expect to have happen. good morning pete.

>> yes, good morning, can kris and marcus, the case continues here behind the hall of justice at at 9:30 a.m., and when we will see if the judge grants a new trial for the weapons charge which is a a case that is garnerering attention because of the undocumented status and deported many times for criminal act, but he was convicted of the murder of kate steinle on pier 14, but at the time the jury decided that he was not guilty of the firearm that was transitory, because it was held briefly, but not u enough to u call it possession. and the prosecution says it is bogus. and speaking with the nbc legal analysts say that it is likely

that the weapons possession conviction will stay unchanged, but expects the arguments of the jury instructions to continue. >> i think that there is a real possibility that there was an instructional error in this case, and based on that a new trial might be granted and more likely the new trial would be denied, but it lays a groundwork for a strong appeal. >> reporter: the maximum sentence he can face is three years, and he likely fulfilled that already given the time served, but the sentencing is going to be taking place here at 9:30 a.m. i'm pete seratas at the bay. and late last night san jose police say they the arrested the man that you can see there in the surveillance video. we have been telling you about t

the sexual assault and robbery at harker middle school academy all week long, but today, around noon, the police chief eddie garcia is expected to give a news conference and we will be there. and now there has been a book release to today "fire and fur fury" written by michael wolf, and the store only ordered 15 copies and they have been paid for. >> we have had people place special orders in person, and the person right there is calling now about this book. >> well, mo's book in berkeley ordered four copies and the store owner says she will order more if they are in demand. this book is to portray how the president has ignited fire

and fury in the white house, and we will have a report later on this morning about what the capitol hill reaction is. and police say that someone deliberately started a fire inside of a business in union city. it happened two days before christmas on niles road. and the two suspects in this picture may be brothers. and now, flu season is in full swing across california and some bay area hospitals are taking extra precautions. influenza is spiking and arriving unusually early, but there have been four flu-related deaths this year. and two south bay hospitals will start restricting the visitors who are under 16 years old, but in jen a ral hospital, they say they are prepared and that includes escondido hospital in southern california where special tents are being used. in early october we start

planning with the supplies, staffing that we would need and doing a a mock setup of the tent, and making sure that we are ready in case we have to use this. this year, we did have to use it. >> across the state, there have been 17 people under the age of 65 who have died from the flu this season. coming up on "today in the bay" iphone users you want to hear this. your mobile home could have a flaw leaving it exposed to hackers and what apple is saying leaves your phone vulnerable and how they plan to fix the problem. and a once popular store is forced to close hundreds of stores including near the bay area, and how much longer do you to experience the softer side of the bay area? and this morning in san francisco, you can prepare for a weekend of rain off and on and we will tell you when to fit in the exercise regimen and walk

the dogp and whatever else you have planned.

good morning. here are the business headlines. the dow closing above 25,000 for first time, and a little bit more than a month after crossing the 24,000 mark. the traders say while it is a psychological milestone, it holds no fun damtsal importance. as to the watch list today, it is all about the job market, and the december jobs report is out before the opening bell, and it is expected to show that the hiring kept up at a brisk pace last month but at a slightly lower rate than november. the dow rising 152 points yesterday to 125,075 and the nasdaq adding 12. ap and meanwhile, apple has announced that all mac devices are exposed to flaws that could lead to hackers. they say that the most recent update protecting them from meltdown and don't slow down the performance of the device, and it does not affect the apple

watch. they will issue a patch po the spector flaw in the coming days. and with three nonprofitable spheres, the store has racked up 24 straight quarters of declining sales. the stores are going be closed between early march and april, and in addition to those stores that the stores that sears is closing and the 330 they closed last year. and driving by, it is not like they are real hopping these days. >> sad to see them go. >> thank you, landon. we have seen some much needed rain that we with need, but are we done? kari hall is tracking the forecast. >> not yet. and we are are seeing the rain over the north bay and this is going to be sliding to the south throughout the afternoon. as we look outside and downtown san jose, we will have a coupleel more hours before the rain arrives, but the showers today will reach into the

60s. i will have a look at what to expect going into the weekend next. a live look at the traffic cam in the palo alto area, and we will see a lot more cars out there, but we are tracking the friday commute that that is cruising. and plus, san francisco says it is going to start ale louing recreational pot sales for first time this week taend reaction to the pushback from the federal government. brett with the relationship of aaron rodgers. >> nowhere does it say that you have to take that guy underer your wing and teach him the ropes.

4:44 right now and looking live at freemont where it is likely going to be very much warmer than you have been expecting after the the last couple of days. i walked out without a jacket and i did not realize it until i got to work. what am i doing? >> yes, in the morning and how long since that happened? it is because we have a cold front approaching, and as the cold front is going to approach, we will have a surge of warm air feeding into the that and that is what is helping to trig ser some scattered showers this morning. not all of us are seeing the rain as of yet, and most of it over the north bay and san francisco with light showers. we will start to see the radar filling in as we go into the late morning hours, but if you have an early start, and about to head out of the door, you are looking good except for marin county and sonoma county where the rain is has already started and the temperatures are very warm. look at that. 61 degrees. and you know that a lot of the spots around the bay hit the low

70s, well, it is not going to be as warm today. it is going to be still mild with highs in the mid-60s for san jose and livermore m. the north bay, it is going be cool, because we will have the rain all day off and on. so as you are getting dressed this morning, you want to prepare pfor the rain, and make sure that you grab a rain jacket and good idea to make sure that you have that umbrella, and then we will start to see the temperatures dipping as we are going into the evening with the breezy wind, but as we are going through the day, we are looking at the showers mostly over the north bay and hit or miss activity and maybe a while before we see the rain moving into san jose and won't be until the afternoon hour, and once we start to sweep to the south, we will have clearing for the north bay and with the estimated rainfall total in addition to what we have gotten, close to the half an inch of rain in napa and then a quarter of an inch of rain in parts of the east bay.

in san jose, looking at only about 0.04, and so very light of rain for the south bay. after these showers move out, we will have a very nice dry weekend, buttal cool. highs in the mid-60s in san francisco. another storm system is approaching on monday that is going to bring in some rain for monday, tuesday and wednesday and then drying out thursday. but there is more rain in the forecast. so some of the drivers heading out, they may have to deal with slick roads. >> yes, they will. and we have warned you since we saw the rain to get the tires checked and the windshield wipers, but over the bay area, you can see not a lot are going on, but the troubled area of 580 expecting the early morning dre lays due to not one but two crashes. one ahead of the altamont pass and one at altamont pass at carol road. with one is on the shoulder

which is causing delays, as if they don't see them on a daily basis. also, today, westbound toward the bay bridge non-existent drive time at seven minutes, and westbound 92 is a few more minutes. you can see the volume is building u town friday, but no major accidents to report. >> thank you. and happening today, the california highway patrol is going to welcome the new officers. in all 108 cadets will be sworn in at a graduation ceremony in sacramento. they have wrapped ul 28 weeks of training, and they will serve across the state, and so maybe some of them will come here. >> an uber driver is being held in suburban washington after authorities say that he sexually assau assaulted a passenger. he is accused of attacking the

woman in the back seat. he picked her up after she had been drinking. he is being held on bond. and a police at roen nert park are saying that noah holland took a garage opener of an unlocked car and then entered the home on francis circle, and he went to the bedroom where an 8-year-old girl was asleep and took off his clothing and sexually assaulted her. the neighbors there are shaken by what happened. >> they are always running around on the scooters and the bi bikes, and so we would not really expectt that, but people are sick. >> a crucial tip helped to track him down, because the girl screamed and alerted her mother, and he left, but he left his personal belongings behind in the process. this morning concord police are asking for your help to identify this woman.

they say that martha javier is tied to a murder and arson investigation where she intentionally set a motor home on fire, and man was critically injured. and new policies on marijuana enforcement in counties including san francisco don't appear to be changing course. yesterday attorney general jeff sessions rescinded the opu bau ma administration policies calling for leniency on recreational marijuana, and san francisco says they plan to continue to roll out new city regulati regulations expected to take effect monday. and lettuce is making national headlines. it could be weeks before the officials pinpoint the outbreak of the outbreak. they say that romaine lettuce is to blame. three people have been sickened

in the united states and a person in canada and the u.s. have died and investigation underway in america. >> i have a bag of that many my refrigerator. >> wash it thoroughly. >> yes, today on debate, nbc bay area responds. we fought for the little guy all of 2017 and how much money we save and where the people are call canning from and a strong start for the new year. i'm investigative reporter chris lamora for nbc bay area responds. the chinese government is promising to deal with visitors of the sanction, and south korea officials have seen two shifts. plus a hot air balloon full of tourists crashed near the egyptian city of luxor today. one south african tourist was killed and several others hurt. strong winds brought down the balloon. more news after the break. ad lib

-live look in san jose -this is the s-a-p center >> right now on this friday morning taking a live look in san jose, and this is sap center right there, and today, the u.s. figure skating championships going on. the women's free skate taking place today, and we will have bob riddell there this the morning coming up in a few minutes. >> and today, the united nations security council is going to discuss ongoing protests in iran. ambassador nikki haley is the one who requested the hearing. we have been telling you about the violent protests there, and the demonstrations continued overnight. nbc bay area responds to frustrated viewers everyday. and consumer investigator chris

kimora tracks them in a massive database database. >> and chris concluded that 2017 was a great year for the consumer team which means it was a great year for our viewers. >> we recap one week at a time on friday, but today, let's look at the whole year of success that we had fiting for the little guy. in 2017 we logged a grand total of 4,479 calls for help. that averages out to just about 18 complaints per work day. we got the most calls in january, and the least in december, and still 239 of them in the month of december, and now, next we wondered which area is going to be calling us most often, so we plotted a all 4,000 calls on the bay area map. the bigger the circle, the more calls from there. and the big pockets in the south bay, but look around, people everywhere are asking for our help, and often we deliver. in 2017, we returned $782,180 to

vi viewers like you, and this is bringing the grand total since the launch middle of 2016, $1.2 million saved and we are committed to saving you more in 2018 and we have had a strong start. we have saved shelby, and scott and lori, a collective $10,000 after closing their cases this week. maybe we can help you. please call us and the number is 888-996-tips the or online at nbc bayarea.com/responds. have a great weekend. >> congratulations, chris. and you may not want to hear about this at breakfast time but lunchtime. taco bell is going to start selling nacho fries. the new menu item is going to be on sale this month and for a limited time and the fries are going to be for a buck or pay more and add other items like sour cream or pico de gallo on top, and they plan to add more

items to test markets this year. what you -- what you think? >> well, i love fries. and what about you shg, kari? >> e well, marcus, those are nacho fries. [ laughter ] we will talk about what is ahead for the weekend coming up. have any see what you did there, kari. the san mateo bridge here, we are seeing more tail the lights, and are the metering lights on at the bay bridge? well, you have to keep tuning in to find out. i will have the details coming up in just a little bit. and plus, getting insurance after the devastating north bay fires and the problem that victims are running into. a live look outside at san

rafael well sh, it is friday for at of people outside, and looking at san ra ra felfaerafael, you kcar s on the road and a lot of pickup now that the holidays are over. it is friday and makes you go hmm. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez and laura garcia is off. and we need a long weekend. >> and for some people, it was a short week and so it is already the weekend. must be nice, but we will have some of the rain to start out and we could see mitt tit manin

rafael picture, and quite a bit of green there in the north bay. most of this is going to be dipping to the south, so as we are looking outside to san jose, it is dry. the temperature is 58 and heading up to 64 today. with the rain to the north, the road s will stay dry in the south bay for a little bit longer, but the scattered showers start to spread all over the bay area this afternoon with the breezy wind, but it clears out by tomorrow. so as we are making the weekend plan, it is going to be clearing out for tomorrow, and we will talk more about it as we get an early look of the roads. >> we are at the top of the 5:00 hour, and the overall bay area, yes, along 580 that trouble spot some delays. this is the commute behind not one, but two crashes here along eastbound 580 and the second is along the side of carol road, but behind that, some regular early morning buildup and nothing too bad to