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time now is 7:00. good sunday mornings do you. it is january 14th, 2018, and we want to give you a live look outside this morning to start your day. that's the bay bridge from our camera in emeryville. never get tired of these shots establishing here in the bay area. just gorjsz views all around. thank you so much for waking up with us. i'm vic and nguyen alongside vianey. she's looking at the microclimate and a series of storms heading our way. >> one last day before the rain really makes its way in. start dusting off the umbrella and all the rain boots and don't wash your care because you'll be fairly disappointed. look at the south bay. >> can't even see it. >> you can't see anything. that's actually a live camera. the fog is so dense in that area.
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please be careful if that is your morning commute. peninsula, 45. tri-valley, 46. here is a look at san francisco. nice and mild. we will see some of that patchy fog rolling into san francisco in the next hour. north bay, 46 degrees and, and the east bay, 46 as well. the santa clara temperature trend, that's also suppose supposed to be a live cam as well. you can't see anything. we are expecting slightly warmer temperatures, above average, thanks to a system that is going to keep us nice and dry for today. we aren't expecting rain, but warmer conditions. that's not go to last very long, a number of systems, three to be exact, making their way towards the bay area, a drop in temperature, arrival of rain and the sierra snow. i'll break down all the that information for you. >> we had amazing weather. we went on a bike ride. thank you. okay. it was a cross between a sit-in and a camp-out and it happened
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in the front yard of the oakland mayor libby schaaf's home. demonstrators are protesting homelessness in the city. thom jensen was there late last night to talk with campers about what they want. >> this is really a sarcastic statement, the folks say mayor libby schaaf has been feeding them lip service, suggesting that oakland residents open their homes to the homeless. here they are saying open your home, let us camp in your yard. >> if the mayor wants to open up her house, we're right here. she can let me stay in there for awhile and let me get on my feet. >> reporter: this man is more than 2,700 people living on oakland's votes, many of them children. shows most of them live in conditions unfit for humans. >> it's freezing out here. what are we doing? libby's values are in development and she doesn't care who gets pushed out in the process. >> reporter: that's cat brooks, co-founder of the anti-police terror project, a group that
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accusing oakland pd of racial profiling, among other things. she says a real world solution should start with using about $250 million per year to address the zbroeing homeless problem. >> take the money out of the general found, house these people and house them now. stop asking like it's a problem to be pushed aside. >> reporter: the city plans to spend about $185 million over the next two years on housing and homelessness, but much of that goes towards helping people stay in their homes. it's not enough for these people. they say they need a lot more money and hope a demonstration like this one really draws attention to the problem. in oakland, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> now to the panic in paradise. an emergency alert about a ballistic missile triggered chaos and confusion in hawaii. several bay area residents there traveling returned home and they're now sharing their stories. this is the member that went out to cell phones throughout hawaii, ballistic missile threat inbound.
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seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. well, it wasn't a drill, it was a false alarm. the governor of hawaii later explained someone pushed the wrong button. the mistake took 38 minutes to correct. meanwhile, terrified residents and tourists scramble to seek shelter or called loved ones to say good-bye. >> you can't help but be wound up and freaked out because you're kind of like life or death, that's what it felt like. >> the resort was really good. some alarms sounded and we went to a bunker downstairs. >> wow. what a scary moment for the tourists there to just have a good time. the alert comes after hawaiian officials reinstated warning sirens amid tensions with north korea. they're working to reassure the public that the emergency alert system is reliable and putting chajs in place. in a -- police arrested a plan who allegedly tried to
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sexual assault a woman on the iron horse trail. it happened on thursday. 35-year-old jeremy mikken, there you see him on your screen, from san francisco. arrested outside a walnut creek safeway store by an officer who realized he matched the suspect description. this is the image of the suspect. taken on a surveillance camera soon after thursday's incident. police say the victim of that attempted sexual assault has identified mikkens as her attacker. he now faces several felony charges. a nighttime cliff rescue is bringing substantiation to some dangerous conditions because of our recent wet regret. san francisco firefighters used ropes to rescue a woman who fell off a cliff near baker beef yesterday evening. each though the rain has stopped, the trails and cliffs are still unstable. >> these cliffs are open to the weather all year-round and the ground gets very soft, which is what happened to this victim. >> fire officials are also asking people not to hike late in the day. it's dangerous for firefighters
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and rescue crews. it took them more than two hours to rescue the woman repelling off the cliff side. they were challenged by the darkness and the slippery ground. an emotional vigil for the victims of the montecito mudslides. a small group gathered in carpinteria just south of montecito to remember those killed in the devastating mudslides. that number has risen to 19 with five people still reported missing. >> there are a lot of people who they want some way to help, and i think this is one way that people can help. they can mourn. they can remember people. and they can come together as a community. >> another vigil is planned for tonight in santa barbara. sadly, rescue crewed recovered the body of a young woman buried in the mud yesterday. identified at 25-year-old morgan corey. morgan's sister so ier is also among the victims.
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but they continue to look for survivors. cleanup efforts are focused on reopening highway 101. still no estimate on when that will happen. the nfl playoff game between the pittsburgh steelers and the jacksonville jaguars kicks off in about three hours, but it's what happened behind the scenes that is catching all the attention this morning. a man was arrested after threatening to harm players and fans. san antonio blitz arrested 30-year-old after he made multiple threats. according to an affidavit, the 30-year-old sent a message to a cbs station in pittsburgh saying he planned to kill players, fans and himself. police tracked him by tracing his ip address to a computer where he worked. he is charged with making terristic threats to the public. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, outrage and concern. nancy pelosi in the bay area talking about the tax plan and president's offensive comments about certain countries.
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let's give you a live look right now. that is the embarcadero in san francisco. and in a reversal of what we normally see, tons of fog blanketing the south bay, but relatively clear there in the city. house minority leader nancy pelosi in the bay area this weekend to talk taxes at the university of san francisco. she also fired back, though, at controversial and vulgar remarks the president reportedly said about impoverished countries. "today in the bay's" christie smith reporting in san francisco with more. . >> we cannot ignore the vile statement made by the 45th president of the united states. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi weighing in on recent resource of remarks of vulgar language used by
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president trump. pelosi appeared at a teach-in on the consequences of the republican tax plan and had this to say to reporters after. >> it brings tears to your eyes to think a president could say such a thing, but we all have to speak out and reject the vile statement that he made. and, again, on martin luther king weekend, to disparage people from any place, but on martin luther king weekend, it's just completely inappropriate. >> reporter: the description was the phrase shole countries, though the president denies using any profane language to describe haiti, el salvador and other impoverished countries. congressman mike thompson weighed in, too. >> this was just one more of those. as the leader said, it came at a terrible time. not that any time would be good, but it's been rejected from people across our country and around the world. >> reporter: pelosi also said that steps would be taken to follow up. >> so outrageous that i will be
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joining our congressional black caucus in their motion to censure and ask for an apology from the president for his remarks. >> reporter: christie smith, nbc bay area news. still ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, mark wahlberg's donation to the gender equality movement. just how much more rereport lid made for similar work done by a female actress. san francisco starting to see some of the fog. check out walnut creek. i'll talk about what you can expect for today and when our next chance of rain will make its arrival. stay with us.
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once again accepting renewal requests for the daca program. that program protects young undocumented immigrants from the deportation if they were brought to the u.s. as children. the trump administration moved to end the program but a federal judge has blocked that plan. the san francisco judge said the president's decision to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program was, quote, arbitrary. he ruled daca re-september septembers can retain their work permits and protection from deportation as a lawsuit that challenges the program's end continues to move forward. immigration laws say it is good news for thousand office d.r.e.a.m.ers, those are the young people who have grown up here in america. >> you know, being able to work under areas of -- so many engineers, doctor, and the diversity of areas they continue to keep their jobs, they're able to breathe a little bit more. >> the daca renewals are only for people currently in the program. the department of homeland security is not accepting new daca requests.
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actor mark wahlberg is giving more than $1 million to the time's up legal defense fund after outcry over how much more he made than a female co-star. wahlberg was paid $1.5 million to reshoot some scenes for the film ault money in the world, about the getty family. actress michelle williams was paid $1,000 for her reshoots, similar time. both are represented by the same agency. fans and media were outraged at the pay gap. wahlberg says he fully supports fight for fair pay and donating his money for the reshoot in william's name. if we truly envision an equal world, it takes equal effort and sacrifice. they're drones that could make the difference between life and death. a time from the unit kijd is developing technology to search for people lost at sea. the eyes in the sky in search and rescue teams they can operate in winds 60 to 70 miles
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per hour and the drones can accurately scan an area because they communicate with each other. >> all the drones talk to each other and back to a control system which is mounted on board the lifeboats. >> reporter: the teams started working with the promote type rescue drones just last year. they are being tested to search the ocean at night. surfers on stand by for the0
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>> you're definitely going to see it as you make your way to work or wherever you're headed. tri-valley at 46 degrees. san francisco also start to see some of that early morning fog at 48 degrees. 46 for the east bay and north bay at about 46 degrees as well. over the next 24 hours, we do have a couple of changes on the way. even though today is going to shape up to be a great day, mild conditions overall. clear skies into the afternoon. dopplar radar is showing us a couple of systems expected to make their way in as early as tomorrow afternoon the first initial system is going to be moving from the north to the south. the high pressure is dominating. that's what's keeping us dry and mild. and off in the pacific, we have
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the storm system that is expected to make its way in. your microclimate highs for today, once the early morning fog starts to clear out, we can expect to see some nice comfortable temperatures. climbing into the upper 60s for the south bay. a high of 67 for san jose. palo alto at 63. oakland also in the 60s. and then the next seven days and next couple of hours, we've got big changes ahead. let's talk about your hour by hour outlook. that first system will make its way in if i fast forward through this timeline. the first system will make its way in on monday. not a big rain-maker. we see the second system clear out into tuesday night. clearing skies tuesday night and by wednesday we'll get a break from the rain. as we head into thursday and friday, we are going to see the arrival of a second system. yes, right now, there is a high surf advisory that is in place because of dangerous surf. this will remain in place through tuesday. expecting large rip currents, wave run-ups and breakers 15 to
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18 feet. as far as estimated rain totals, well, as i mentioned that first system not a big rain maker, not going to be too much of a big event as we head into monday and tuesday. thursday, if i fast forward this line, just over a 1/2 an inch and an inch in some spots. mainly in the north bay. as that second -- on thursday and friday, then we'll start seeing more activity and then on sunday, saturday into sunday, we see a third system. and that one looks like it has a little bit more potential to bring a good amount of rain along with snow. a quick look right now. this is a long range model looking ahead, the euro model, through the third storm system. some of the higher elevation areas expected a good amount of snow. as we head into friday and saturday, elevations could go down to as low as 3,000 feet. we're talking anywhere from 12 to 18 inches in some areas.
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a better chance for seeing some snow. these look to be some colder storms. as we head into tomorrow, rain late. it's going to move from north to south. the north bay in san francisco will see it first. tuesday evening in wednesday, we catch a break from the rain. on thursday, the rain will return. on saturday, we're tracking the third storm ahead. that one looks like it's going to bring the majority of the rainfall from the next three systems that we're expecting here in the bay area. but for today, nice dry conditions. >> all right. get out and enjoy it. thanks, vain and. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- >> win a gold medal is insane. >> no doubt ready to bring home the gold again. we talk with olympic skier maddie bowman about how she is getting ready to dazzle again on the slopes. u-an
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an outstanding performance
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by snowboarder shaun white at the u.s. grand prix in colorado. it's incredible. he scored a perfect 100 on his final run on the half pipe, landing him a spot on his fourth u.s. olympic team. obviously he's a favorite to win his third gold medal in that half pipe event there. the slipped to fourth in the 2014 olympics, though. he suffered injury in a crash just three months ago. by the looks of this video and what he's saying, he says he will be ready for south korea. as you saw last weekend at the u.s. figure skating championships, two bay area skaters are headed to the games. if they want to know what it's like, they'll want to talk to the woman you're about to meet. she has been there, won that. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas joins us to share what maddie bowman has been up to for the last four years. >> like anyone looking to defend their medal, maddie bowman has been training hard in her sport,
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ski half pipe. but it's what she's doing off the mountain, that is something she didn't really expect she would be doing. >> 720 for maddie bowman. >> reporter: when you win an olympic gold medal like south lake tahoe's maddie bowman did in 2014, the next thing you do is step on the top of a podium. it is a wonderful place to be, maddie says. >> that high you get when you win a gold medal is insane. >> reporter: but what maddie says she didn't realize at the time is that podium is also a platform. one that as an olympic gold medallist she gets to stand on every day for the rest of her life, really. >> it changed my life in a way that i wasn't really expecting. i, you know, i received this platform that i didn't have before. >> reporter: and one maddie felt a responsibility to not let go to waste. she teamed up with protect our winters, a nonprofit fighting
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climate change, and regularly speaks in schools. >> yeah, it's given me this kind of unique place to connect with people. >> reporter: but it doesn't stop there. maddie understands she is now something of a role model to young female athletes. when at her home mountain, sierra-a-tahoe, maddie is sometimes just a phone call away. >> maddie, i was wondering can you come out and ski with us tomorrow? i just need some girl power up there. i skied with them for the day. it was so special to have that opportunity and be able to share, you know, may be something with the young girls. it was just. it's cool. i love it. i feel so honored to be in that position. >> reporter: garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. and garvin thomas is headed to south korea for us to help cover the olympics. you can follow his reports daily right here on nbc bay area. and of course he'll be posting behind the scenes videos and photos on our social media sites
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it is 7:29 this sunday, january 14th, 2018. we're giving you a live look outside. looks like you're not going to see too much from our camera above san bruno mountain. good morning. thank you so much for waking up with this morning, i'm vicky nguyen alongside vianey with a look at your microclimate forecast. we see that crazy foggy sky. >> barely make out the skyline just over the mountains. >> clear skies and nicer weather? >> not completely clear because we have some high clouds that are going to linger around. it's going to be slower to clear
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in the north bay and the east bay. comfortable day temperatures overall. tri-valley, 46 degrees. in san francisco, starting to see some of the fog roll in, but the majority of the fog, as i mentioned, is in the north bay and the east bay. 46 degrees for the east bay. now as we begin to see some of that fug burn off, as i mentioned, it's going to be slow to clear. look at the temperature trend, our temperatures are trending on the warmer side. by 1:00, 67 degrees in santa clara, topping out at about 69, almost 70 degrees in some inland spots. don't be surprised if we see some 70s. then we start seeing a decrease in the temperatures. we see peaks eks of sunshine by 1:00. this is ahead of our first storm system expected to bring rain to the bay area. as far as how much rain and how that's going to linger, tune in the next 15 minute so i can
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break it all down for you. it look like sierra snow is on the way, too. >> folks saying they're headed up to tahoe. >> they need to tune in and know where the not so best69&aq road conditions will be. it looked like a camp ground in the front yard of the oakland mayor libby schaaf's homes yesterday. demonstrators are protesting homelessness in the city and taking their message to the mayor's doorstep. she recently suggested that oakland residents should open their home to the homeless. demonstrators say this effort was a response to those comments. many of them children. >> it's freezing out here. what are we doing? you can tell a society's values by where they put their dollars. libby's values are in development and she doesn't care who gets pushed out in the process. >> that was cat brooks, the co-founder of the anti-police terror project. it accuses the oakland pd of racial profiling. she says the city should use half the $250 million police budget to address the growing
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homeless them. the city of oakland has plans to spend about $185 million over the next two years on housing and homelessness. much of that money goes towards helping people stay in their homes. turning now to panic in paradise. an alert sent by mistake triggered 38 minutes of chaos and confusion in hawaii. several bay area residents who were there traveling and vacationing returned home and thigh are now sharing their stories. "today in the bay's" marianne favro went to san jose international airport to talk with them. >> reporter: some passenger as living at san jose international airport from hawaii held loved ones a little tighter. all because of this. a frightening message they received on their cell phones while in maui. it read, ballistic missile threat inbound. this is not a drill. >> you can't help but be wound up and freaked out because you are kind of like life or death, that's what it kind of felt like. >> panicked a little bit, looked at each other and said, what do we do?
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and then the resort was really good. they -- some alarms sounded and we went to a bunker downstairs. >> an error was made. >> reporter: the governor of hawaii later explained the false alarm was not a computer glitch but a human error. >> it was a procedure that occurred that the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working. and an employee pushed the wrong button. >> reporter: a mistake that took 38 minutes to correct while terrified residents and tourists scrambled to seek shelter or call loved ones. alisha pratt did her best to keep her two young daughters calm. >> we tried to explain what might be going on in the world. we prayed. >> reporter: the alert comes after hawaiian officials reinstated warning sirens amid heightened tensions with north korea. local officials are now working to reassure a shaken public the emergency alert system is reliable. >> what we experienced today
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happened, we can learn from it and get better. >> reporter: camille johnson says the scare taught her something, too. >> that, like, awakening of -- to appreciate each day that you have. >> reporter: marianne favro, nbc bay area news. british supporters of president trump interrupted a speech by london's mayor this weekend. [ inaudible ] >> the small group of protesters shouted that there are millions of brits who support donald trump and they called for a citizen's arrest of mayor sadiq khan. the anger comes after khan tweeted that president trump isn't welcome in london until he stops pursuing his divisive agenda. on friday, mr. trump cancelled his upcoming trip to london to open a new u.s. embassy. khan went on with his speech as the protesters were escorted out by police. >> it is a pleasure to be here, even though we were distracted by the actions of what some would call very stable geniuses.
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>> khan was speaking about gender equality at a liberal think tank in london. and that was the sound of anti-trump demonstrators in switzerland yesterday, protesting a planned visit by the president. mr. trump is due to attend the world economic forum in davos later this month. it brings together political and business leaders. critics say mr. trump's polarizing personality could ignite violence. an online petition is circulating, declaring the president is not welcome. back here in the bay area, tensions are rising in gilroy over the city's growing homeless population. shut has come to a boiling point after police arrested this homelessman for allegedly stabbing a pizza shop owner. he is now charged with attempted murder. city leaders have called a special meeting to address community concerns. it's a messy job trying to
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keep san jose beautiful. that didn't stop these volunteers cleaning up guadalupe creek this weekend. the mayor spearheaded the cleanup as part of his beautify san jose campaign. >> the city is certainly stepping up its efforts cleaning up the illegal dumping and picking up trash. >> the cleanup comes just in time. the guadalupe river park conservancy is hosting a 5 and 10 k run in the area at the end of this month. we sometimes forget to experience the world around us. one south bay artist spent a year doing just that. "today in the bay's" row rosato jr. shows us how he captured the things most people miss. >> the bridges here. i've been drawing since i was a little kid. >> reporter: the artist's eye often sees things people miss. this artist sees nature in
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places where nature is rarely seen. >> we're in lake cunningham park. >> reporter: to paint the scene here -- >> okay. >> reporter: a san jose creek winding between a busy expressway and the raging waters water park. >> it looks kind of mundane if you just take a peek at it, but the artist's job is to make the mundane beautiful. >> reporter: more than that, he made it his job to help others see that beauty. so he lodged what he calls the quest. >> i set out for a year once a week to go out and paint right on location one of the creeks in silicon valley. >> reporter: some of those creeks -- >> norwood creek. >> reporter: more humble than others. >> it doesn't look like much, but if i could do it on the sunset, it would be okay. i didn't realize it at the time, but there are 60 named creeks in the area. we're just behind a strip mall in the evergreen area of san jose.
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i wanted to give citizens here a better appreciation of what's under their feet, what's around back alleys, under bridges. lots of vodka bottles. >> reporter: he captured homeless camp as long the creeks in places that once were. >> this whole area used to be full of food orchards and creeks. silicon valley has slowly encroached on that. >> reporter: years ago he was at the helm of his own tech company. >> the dotcom stuff went bust and i started painting and i've never looked back. >> reporter: these days he just looks around. >> there are wild beavers right in downtown san jose. you can find quiet solace in the strangest plays, i guess. >> reporter: during his year-long quest, neft painted 60 portraits of 43 creeks. he realized if you look around enough, inspiration is a river
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that never stops flowing. >> i could spend the rest of my life going around here finding little spots. still ahead on "today in the bay," political analyst larry gerson joins us live in studio to discuss the latest controversy surrounding president trump. plus, a tale of two halves for the warn out warriors. they build a huge lead and fight for their lives in the quarter. ♪
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seconds level. curry had following two free throws to secure a two-point win. talking about close, how about the coyotes visiting the sharks. they scored like this was a baseball game. sharkts down 5-4 in the shirt until he knocked in a game-tying goal with 16 seconds left. this one is going to overtime. look at this. almost gets it but is denied at the net. mark edward puts in the game-winner and the sharks win 6-5. nfl divisional rounds underway. falcons visiting the eagles. fourth and goal. they need this one for the win. matt ryan finds his favorite receiver julio joints but their season slips through this fingers. the eagles advance, they win 15-10. on the afc side, the patriots hosting the titans. tennessee scored the first touchdown, but, you know what,
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it was all tom brady and new england after that. this one to rob gronkowski. how many times have we seen that? pats win easily. 35-14 the final there. all right. more news after the break. the fate of the 800,000 children
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illegally brought to the united states by their parents the fate of the 800,000 children illegally brought to the united states by their parents suffered a setback late last week. in a meeting with republican senator lindsey graham and richard durbin, president trump rejected a compromise and vulgar descriptions about african immigrants and said, quote, we should have people from countries like norway, end quote, instead. the white house has not denied the president's words. nbc bay air ra political analyst joins us. we can't repeat the president's words on air. it's fair to call them insulting and many said they're down right racist. is this shocking anymore? what do you make of the latest outburst? >> shocking is a big question,
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because it's not the first time. it's not the first time the president has used racially charged words. in fact, it seems to be part of a pattern. in this case, trump's outburst carried implications far beyond the daca stalemate. let's review what happened and why. originally the president was only supposed to meet senators graham and durbin, representatives of an extremely fragile senate immigration compromise. to the surprise of the two senators, many anti-compromise republicans were invited to the meeting. the president rejected the compromise and accented his rebuff with several charged racial remarks. >> this meeting starts to talk about immigration and daca, which is a pressing concern, right? how did it take this left turn into talk about african nations and immigration as a bigger picture? >> remember, daca, vicky, which stands for deferred action on childhood arrivals was created
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by president obama to allow the american-born children to remain in the united states pending a permanent resolution of illegal immigration issues. now last september, president trump announced that the program would end in six months unless congress passed a bill permanently allowing daca children in the united states. congress has until march to resolve that issue. and the time is running out. now, this is important, at the time of president trump's announcement, he attached no strings, no strings or conditions other than for congress to act on daca. so since then, the president has added several immigration-related issues, including the wall with mexico and the futures of other temporary immigrants from countries like haiti and political refugees from some african nations. by the way, daca, 200,000 daca children live in california where this issue is obviously very, very important. >> very much at the forefront in talking about so many people affected. so this current policy, it really extends beyond daca. it speaks to the trump
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administration's view on immigration and also going back to the america first platform that he successfully campaigned on. >> yeah. you know, critics, vicky, point to the president's comments in thursday's meeting as the latest example of racist attitudes that framed the immigration issue. now recall the president's comments about nigerians in the united states, who he said would return to the country to live in huts. how about haitian immigrants to the united states? who he said were teaming with aids. and then, of course, there is his demand to ban all muslims because they were rife with terrorists. his description of illegal mexican immigrants as gangsters and rapists. and let's not forget, let's not forget that donald trump was an early advocate of the birther movement, which claimed that president barack obama was born in kenya. >> it sounds really bad when you kind of put it all together in that summary, but, you know what, supporters of donald trump would say, look, some of that is
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tough talk because this is what we need to get back to, you know, creating jobs and focussing on this country and making america great again. so does it really affect his base? and also, what does it say about the united states, how we're viewed in the rest of the world and our position in the global community? >> you hit it. it really depends on how you look the president's comments. critics worry that trump's continued racist remarks are not only divisive at home but have seriously damaged u.s. relationships with other nations and in fact jeopardized america's standing in the global community. they point out while other western nations are taking in more immigrant refugees, trump is looking for ways to throw them out. but, yes, as you said, there is another side. it should be pointed out that some, not all, trump supporters have no difficulty with the president's racial references. and also some americans welcome isolating the united states from the rest of the world because they say americans spent too much time and too much money
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courting nations they just don't respect us. >> that was a big part of that got mr. trump to the white house. a lot of people feel that way. where do we go from here on the immigration issue, larry? >> that's the fundamental question. it really is. at least in the near time. look, clearly, there are two issues. the immediate fate of those 800,000 daca residents and in a broader context, american immigration policy. the question is whether congress and president trump can really separate the two issues or whether they have to be solved as one. ironically, a public opinion poll by politico in september found, get this, 58% favoring citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers, another 18% saying they should remain here as legal residents. only 15% believed that d.r.e.a.m.ers should be deported. in the same poll, two-thirds of trump voters agreed that d.r.e.a.m.ers should stay as well. so those are overwhelming statistics. whether they're enough, however, to persuade the president, that remains to be seen.
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here's the thing, vicky, time is ticking. a lot of issues here to be settled and daca has until march. >> right. okay. it may be settled in the courts as well with that lawsuit that is progressing. all right. lar lar larry gerson, thank you.
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good morning. it's 7:53. i hope your sunday is off to a fantastic start. if you're heading outside in the south bay, you're going to notice a lot of fog. pretty dense fog out there. 47 degrees in the peninsula.
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45 degrees in the tri valuey at about 46. some areas of patchy fog, but the majority of the fog is as of right now looking to be in the south bay. now a look right now at the dopplar radar. another mild, dry day here across the entire area. all thanks to high pressure that continues to dominate over the area. however, we are tracking a number of systems expected to make their way, see them sitting off to the pacific, as early as tomorrow afternoon. it's going to move from north to south. if i zoom in right now, not a lot of activity. sitting just off the coast, right off the pacific, weapon can see that system moving in. the microclimate highs for today, coast bay and inland overall, we're going to see that early morning fog. once the fog burns off successfully, we'll start to climb too the upper 60s. san jose, 67. san francisco also in those 60s. now let's take you on that hour by hour outlook. exactly what can you expect? well, a mix of clouds, some
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showers, but it looks like the showers are staying far off to the north. not really expecting the threat of rain for today. as we move into monday, early morning rain also looks to be staying north then it begins to move south by the evening and late afternoon. as early as maybe 2:00, 3:00 santa rosa will start catching some showers. if i fast forward this timeline through 10:00, 11:00, that's when we start to see pockets of rain near oakland, palo alto, hayward. not really a big rain-maker with this one. as we head into tuts, we'll start off with a rainy start. by the afternoon, this last band of showers moves out from that initiati initial system, we'll start to see a clearing into wednesday evening. dry conditions on wednesday. the biggest rain-maker isn't going to come into play until the end of the week. tomorrow not a lot in terms of rain totals, but a high surf advisory is in place as rof right now through tuesday due to strong rip current, large wave run-up and 15 to 18 foot
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breakers. they called off move ricks because the threat of wind will come into play on tuesday. as we head into saturday and sunday that may bring another round of pretty large successful swells. estimated rain totals, as i mentioned, that initial storm system not really a big rain-maker. rain totals will stay at about 1/2 an inch, even less for the south bay. it's really going to stick to the north. if i fast forward through the second and third system, into saturday we'll see the majority of that rain does pick up to the north. a little over just an inch of rain. however, the three storm systems are colder than what we've seen in the past. that's going to bring a good chance of seeing some snow, mainly through the weekend as well. for the higher elevation areas, about 6,000 feet, a better chance. snow as low as possibly,000 feet in elevation. here is a look at what you an expect. we are expecting rain, but dust the umbrella blahs and bring out
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the rain bots. monday not going to be a wash out day, but it is expected to be a rainy one. we'll see the breezy conditions kick up. it looks like it's going to be as of right now the biggest on saturday. we'll keep a close on on that third storm system on sunday. for now, expect rain all week. don't wash your car. >> definitely not. soggy weekend next weekend. enjoy today's temperatures. it felt like spring. it was so nice. thank you, vianey. take a look at this. how is that for a way to start the new year? one lucky golfer benefitted from this helicopter ball drop here. poppy ridge golf course in livermore wanted to give away a free year of golf to one of its many customers for the folks that played there last month. managers came with this idea, they wrote customer names on 2,700 golf balls, had the helicopter there flying super slow dropping the balls on to the target.
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the customer's ball who made it into the cup first won. thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. have a great day.
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this sunday, race and the president. at issue, president trump's comments disparaging immigrants from haiti and africa. democrats work quick to condemn. >> that's what he used this vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from [ bleep ]. >> it was racist. it was inappropriate. it was crude and loathsome. >> it must be in his dna. >> republican reaction ranged from we don't remember him saying that to disappointment. >> very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> he should take them back. i disagree with them completely. >> to this -- >> i speak a little salty behind closed doors at times as well. >> was there just salty language? or did

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