bay bridge from e good sunday morning to you, it is 7:00. we want to start you off with a wide look outside right now. that is the bay bridge from our camera in emeryville. such a picture post ward view there on this sunday, february 11th. good morning, thank you so much for waking up with us, i'm vicky nguyen, vianey arana is standing by with a look at that microclimate forecast. you told us there was a little bit of a cooldown possibly. >> it's a little chilly. vicky and i were saying you actually enjoyed this. >> i loved it. >> i think most people did. the only downfall from the 70s and no rain means we get dry conditions. we did have that wind adviser in place yesterday, that wind adviser has now expired, it expired at midnight. we're expecting another calm afternoon. right now the temperatures in the 30s and the 40s, these are a

lot more normal for this time of year. palo alto 38 degrees, mountain view 38, san jose at 41 and santa rosa at 32 degrees. today's temperature trend will be rather interesting. we have this trough sitting off of the pacific and that's going to bring a cooling air mass over the area. you might start seeing a combination of sun and clouds although right now it's not very cloudy, but that's going to keep our temperatures in the 50s and low 60s for today. believe it or not we are not expecting any 70s, even though earlier this week we hit daytime record highs. that will be interesting to watch and might each feel chilly in some spots. 62 degrees by 10:00 for santa clara. the doppler radar showing that upper level low i've been mentioning. i will talk about who is going to get the chance of possibly seeing a couple showers. let's take you over to the winter olympics, if you've been watching you are there in spirit, maybe you want to experience the cold but maybe not. it is 9 degrees with a windchill of negative 13 degrees right now

in pyeongchang.7[ç so definitely very cold out there, but they need t it's the winter olympics after all. >> gets you in the mood. we are experiencing actual february temperatures finally. >> finally. >> thank you so much. well, the 2018 winter olympics are in full swing. i want to give you a live look at the olympic flame. today is day two of competition. our local athletes waiting for their turn in the spotlight. the weather is already a big factor in these olympics. winds have forced a delay for some events. garvin thomas has more now from south korea. >> reporter: it is possible it would seem for the winter olympics to get a bit too wintery, a cold wind blew through pyeongchang on sunday letting fans, organizers and athletes alike know who is boss around here. the women's snow board slope style qualifier was postponed because of the wind. south lake at that toe's jamie

anderson will have to wait one more day to begin her defense of her cold medal, which is just fine with her mother lauren. >> i'm glad they canceled it, because it's dangerous. it really is. the wind blew her way down the course and she fell and she got hurt, not bad, but she's -- you know, it hurts. it's high. >> the accommodations -- it's a little windy out here. >> reporter: johnny moseley says these cold temperatures are great for the conditions on the course, just not for these highly conditioned athletes. >> when you're trying to compete and everything is tight, especially the airborne sports where you're trying to get up and do complicated tricks and you're waiting around at the top, like tonight for women's moguls, you have a qualification round then two super finals, that's a long night out in exposure and some people are better at it than others. so it's a factor. >> garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. wind a factor in that interview, too, as his hat blew

off there. garvin will bring us updates through the olympics, follow him on twitter, it's a great resource for behind the scenes look at all the action. @garvinthomas is where you can find him on twitter. some of oush other bay area athletes had their first taste of defeat. let's start with speed skating. j.r. celski makes a late move to advance to the semi-finals, but then in a loaded field in the semis he was penalized and @r(t&&+so3 in the women's buy@long print joanne reed had his first olympic competition. you may remember our profile on her which aired yesterday morning. she began her sports career on roller skis in palo alto, she picked up the buy@long thanks to her grandfather. reed finished 86th. politics put aside in the name of sports, a big story line this olympics has been the unified team for north and south korea. fans cheered as the first ever women's unified korean hockey

team competed. the match drew big names in the crowd, too, including the sister of kim jong-un, she is the first immediate family member of the north korean leader to set foot in south korea. they lost to switzerland 8-0. it was a loss on the ice but many are calling it a big win for both countries. team u.s.a. has uncovered gold in the south korean mountains and the americans move into the second full day of competition at the 2018 winter games looking for more. jay gray is in pyeongchang and he joins us live from the mountains. jay, we saw some incredible performances last night. >> reporter: yeah, we really have, and sorry for the technical issues here, we have had a strong wind gust which has been an issue throughout the day here. winds gusting over 50 miles an hour. it's forced some of the events to be postponed or delayed. it could not, though, keep team u.s.a. off the medal stand here.

>> red ger regard. he is a nimble sucker when it comes to getting on this slope course. >> reporter: american gold delivered by red. >> i'm feeling insane. i cannot believe what just head. >> reporter: redmond red ger regard taking first with a dominant final run. the americans looking to add another medal in luge. kris madzer. and the shib since was dazzling. >> we embraced it and took our moment and it was a special skate for us. >> the strong performance by mother and sister duo maia and alex shibutani kept them in third place going into the finals tonight. the americans will be looking for gold on the mountain in giant slalom and snow board

halfpipe. a quick update on men's luge. krits chris metzger takes home the silver, the highest than american team has ever finished in luge and that's a medal i don't think a lot of people thought team u.s.a. would take home. that is a great win here. >> jay, thank you so much. stay warm out there. it looks freezing where you are. >> reporter: thanks. >> red gerard officially received his gold ned al. here is a look at that medal ceremony. he puts team u.s.a. on the medal board at 17 years old.çzfm he is one of the youngest gold let's give you another live look at the olympic flame, it is burning brightly in south korea. plenty of medals handed out so far. we will give you a look at the updated medal count. norway has a total of eight medals including one gold, the

netherlands have grabbed five medal. germany has four overall and team u.s.a. has one gold and one silver. much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up some breaking news about a passenger plane crash in russia. plus one woman's scare at a south bay zoo leads to bing changes, it's a story you will see only on nbc bay area. take a

downtown san jose from communications hill let's defensive you a live look outside, that is downtown san jose from communications hill. if you woke up and thought, gee, it's really cold this morning, you're right. we have a chile long the way and possibly some showers. vianey will be by in just a moment to let us know where to expect them. we have breaking news this morning from russia. a share top airlines flight took to the city of os k has crashed. the flight was carrying 65 passengers and six crew members. state media is reporting

officials fear all 71 people on board have died. >> we will bring you updates as soon as they come into our newsroom. san jose's happy hollow zoo is a favorite spot for families but one mom's social media post has led to stepped up security. it is a story you will see only on nbc bay area. this incident happened on thursday as the woman and her toddler walked from the east parking lot to the pedestrian bridge. made sexually suggestive comments to her and talked about kidnappi kidnapping. happy hollow has a parking lot monitor on patrol who was in communication with police and park rangers. sjpd will step up patrols around the parking lots. families we spoke with say they're relieved. >> a place that we bring our families to and we don't want to feel like this is another place we can't go. >> the lot is near what used to be a massive homeless encampment called the jungle. the man who approached the woman has been banned from the park and if he returns he could be

arrested. still ahead on "today in the bay," it is a family sight along our coast, we are talking about surfers in the water but some state lawmakers want to take the sport to another level and they even took to the waves to prove their point. >> and it's chilly out there, things are cooling down again throughout the bay area, 32 degrees right now in healdsburg, i'm monitoring those cooler temperatures and even tracking a disturbance that may bring some showers to some areas. find out where coming up just after the break. there's only one place where you can get...

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operator of the boat is apologizing for the mishap. >> reporter: just before sunset you could see the osprey with the rescue boat standing by. the operator of the tour boat simply made a mistake on the water when they went over the berkeley reef at low tide, that reef well known amongst boaters is clearly marked. >> right out of the gate our operator just made a bad decision in terms of where he was running the vessel for the day. >> reporter: i was able to talk to nancy levine, she was aboard when they hit the reef. >> the jolt sent pretty much -- a number of people -- some bodies fell and went flying, chairs went flying. >> reporter: the first concern was major damage to the boat. >> initially there was the question of whether water would come into the boat, right away we put on life preservers. >> reporter: this is video of the osprey from a few years ago. the hull of the osprey was not breached in today's incident and all 41 passengers were safely

shuttled back to the berkeley marina by the coast guard. >> everybody was okay, there were some minor bumps and bruises, that's the extent of the injuries. >> reporter: the two-man crew stayed aboard until high tide when they were able to free it from the reef. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. people living near dolores park are worried it is becoming a victim of their own success. the sunny weather sent huge crowds. the san francisco park has become more popular than ever. but it's also attracting some trouble. there have been a few shootings there and people often leave a lot of trash behind. neighbors spent the day passing out garbage bags and collecting signatures. they want the city to help keep it clean. >> this is a beautiful park, a jewel of the city, a tourist designation. it brings in a lot of business to the neighborhood, it increases the values of the neighborhood. why would we not take care of the park? >> two park rangers and a pair of sfpd officers have been

assigned daily beauty now at dolores park. residents say they are hoping the city's parks department can help with cleanup on busy days. the stoke level is high in southern california, that is where lawmakers introduced a new bill which would establish surfing as the state's official sport. surfing has boosted california's economy and lawmakers say it wipes out all the other sports. >> nothingcau represents the california dream better than surfing. >> surfing may have started in hawaii, i really believe that it was california that really put it on the map and made it what it is today. >> and check this out, the two assembly members celebrated after the conference by, you guessed it, hitting the waves of course. and a great day to hit the waves if you have a wet suit in the bay area. >> exactly. >> we woke up this morning it was really cold outside. >> it's pretty chilly, 30s and 40s.

a lot of people said we have been warm, now it's cold outside. >> i wasn't asking for this for the record. >> theat's true. we were talking about how we really enjoyed the 70s. now we're falling right back into that pattern, but look at how beautiful san francisco, clear skies, a lot of sunshine and we do have those 30s and 40s on the map right now. palo alto 38 degrees, mountain view 38, san jose 41, napa 34 degrees and what is it bringing exactly all of these drops in temperatures? well, that 24 hour temperature change, check it out, san jose 9 degrees cooler at this hour than we were yesterday, concord 9 degrees cooler, half-moon bay 14. it's all thanks to a system. we have this upper level trough that's sitting off to the coast and that's going to bring in a colder air mass, it's a colder storm and believe it or not this has a chance of possibly popping up a couple showers around here. not much rain, though. we are talking less than a tenth

of an inch. let's talk about that hour by hour outlook. if i forward this timeline from sunday -- or today, rather, by about 5:00 p.m., look, we see a couple of these pop up increasing cloud cover and then those showers really kind of kick up in terms of the late chance, but mainly dry and then we get the wind that picks up tonight yet again sunday into monday morning. so that wind advisory that was in place last night did expire but we are expecting that upper level trough to bring it down in and kick up those winds again. i don't want to get you hyped up if you wanted the rain, unfortunately we are still very dry in the bay area but when the rain does come do you know what we do have up and running, storm ranger is in the parking lot and we have our very own storm ranger in the house now, the only one in the bay area. what exactly is a storm ranger? it's a mobile doppler radar and it is tracking right now scanning horizontally and vertically giving 2-d views of the rain which will be better at

capturing exactly where it's raining in your neighborhood. let's talk about the long range outlook. that upper level trough will continue to push south and bring shower chances just south of san jose and that low pressure system will move on in through southern california. so southern california actually has a better chance. the majority of the bay area probably not going to see any rain from this. what it is bringing is the colder air mass. towards the middle of the week we see the return and the dominant high pressure that's once again going to dry us out as those storms continue to move inland to the east. overall, though, your pleasant daytime highs 66 degrees for san francisco, oakland 67, livermore 70 degrees and overall very beautiful clear skies. let's talk about the next seven days. we are going to keep these 60s in here thanks to that colder air mass, it will keep us more near the seasonal temperatures. by wednesday in san francisco and even in inland spots 70

degrees. that's when we are expecting that ridge of high pressure to once again dominate in the forecast drying us right back out. let's enjoy the 60s but vicky and i wish we had more 70s around here. you're watching "today in the bay." up next, president trump angers the me too movement with an early morning tweet, the comments he made about a capitol hill controversy. the nation )s

tourist attractions. we have learned of a deadly a developing story at one of the nation's most popular tourist attractions. we have learned of a deadly helicopter crash in the grand canyon. officials in arizona say three people are dead and four injured. it happened about 5:30 yesterday evening. cellphone footage captured the moments after the tragic accident. in the distance you can see the fire in the rocks along with bystanders trying to assist. investigators say the helicopter was on a tour of the grand canyon when it crashed. the company that owns the chopper is based in las vegas. it was involved in another

deadly crash back in 2001. investigators are trying to determine what caused that crash. the victims have3lqí not yet be identified. an investigation a under way into two mechanical issues on a spirit airlines airplane. one of the incidents involved a bay area bound flight. the discount airline grounded an airbus earlier this month after an engine rattle in midair. that flight headed to oakland was forced to return to las vegas shortly after takeoff. that same plane was involved in another malfunction days before on a flight from ohio to florida, crew members became sick from fumes. the faa says the two incidents are not related. we reached out to spirit airlines but the company has not responded. president trump had more sympathetic words for two white house aides accused of domestic violence. this time the president's remarks were posted to twitter. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports on the two staffers who deny the allegations, but stepped down. >> reporter: after two white

house employees were forced out this week over allegations of domestic abuse, they reach deny, president trump took sides, advocating for the accused, but not the accuser. people's lives are being scattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. senior aide rob porter and speech writer david sorensen both resigned after media reports exposed allegations of physical and emotional abuse made by their former wives during fbi background checks. president trump did concede broadly that some allegations are true, but friday he emphasized support for porter. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. >> reporter: democratic senator patty murray drew her own line to thetsgt me too movement3c9q she would back women, trusting them even if the president won't. handling of the west wing crisis

put chief of staff jon kelley's management under scrutiny. administration sources tell nbc news the presidenta,!mba been critical of kelly's leadership, but former chief of staff reince priebus said the president did not undercut kelly when he spoke to him. >> the president has never complained to me about general kelly and on top of it i would never -- number one, he didn't do that, but number two, i would never bring up such a subject. >> that was kelly o'donnell reports. from early morning tweets to early morning hikes. yesterday canadian prime minister justin trudeau joined eric garcetti for a little exercise on his last stop in a three-day visit to california the two walked around griffith observatory taking selfies along the way. trudeau got a rock star welcome here, he met with jerry brown and gavin newsom to discuss economic, healthcare and environmental issues. on thursday trudeau met with

sales force ceo marc benioff. this was the prime minister's ninth trip to the u.s. since president trump took office. he was moments away from disaster, a driver barely escapes after his car gets stuck on the tracks in atherton. a driver was crossing the tracks when his car stalled. he jumped out just before the train crushed his vehicle. fortunately the driver of the car was not hurt. it's hard to believe when you see this crumpled austin healy. >> the train came through with no ak pant in the vehicle, struck the &,5vehicle, married 100 yards or so down the tracks, it then caught on fire. >> about 350 passengers were on board that caltrain which originated in san francisco. no passengers were hurt. more than 90 minutes after the accident they were then loaded on to another train and continued on to the diridon station in san jose. prayers have been answered for members of st. matthews catholic school and church in san mateo.

the church held mass last night. on thursday a 24 inch water main busted sending muddy water into a classroom. the church and the brand-new campus gym. the school was shut down for two days during the repairs. st. matthews plans to open school, though, tomorrow. or that is monday morning. an injured hiker rescued yesterday in fremont with the help of a drone. the fire department posted these pictures online. they used that drone to find the hiker from move and then used the images to plan the rescue. this was on top of mission peak. no word on the hiker's condition this morning. "today in the bay" is back after this break. we have more live coverage from the winter olympics in pyeongchang. stay with us. transamerica pyrame

your time now is 7:30. we want to give you a live look outside, that's the transamerica pyramid there looking absolutely beautiful in san francisco this sunday, february 11th, 2018.

good sunday morning to you and thank you for waking up with us, i'm vicky nguyen alongside vianey arana who is standing by with a look at that microclimate forecast. microclimates matching up today. >> it is. >> a lot cooler than what we've been accustomed to. >> i know, we were hitting daytime record highs earlier this week, i saw people at the beach during wintertime. it was packed. i saw you in santa cruz. i went to santa cruz for the first time two weekends ago. >> beautiful. >> beautiful. you will get another shot today, but maybe you want to check out half-moon bay. look at how beautiful the skies are over half-moon bay. 37 degrees right now. you will see a lot of people out there probably running but with a nice heavy coat on. san francisco 48, palo alto 37 and san jose 41 degrees, but we are expecting to eventually warm up. let's talk about that 24 hour temperature change because i want to show you that there's that cold air mass and that's what's swooping on in cooling us down. san jose 9 degrees cooler at

this hour than yesterday, san francisco about 5 degrees cooler and half-moon bay that gorgeous shot that i just showed9lq you degrees cooler. so as far as your daytime highs, well, we are expecting a climb into the 60s, but that's where we're going to stay. no 70s are expected for today and definitely no 70s expected in pyeongchang. you saw garvin talk about how they were talking about gusty conditions. they still are and it's 9 degrees right now with a windchill of negative 13. definitely very cold but as you saw earlier with, you know, garvin they're dealing with windy conditions and over the next couple hours that wind is expected to continue there so we will keep a close eye on pyeongchang as well. >> all eyes on the winter games. the 2018 winter olympics in full swing. we want to give you a live look at the olympic flame. today is day two of competition. our local athletes are waiting for their turn in the spotlight, though. the weather is already playing a big factor in these olympics. winds have forced a delay for some of the events.

"today in the bay's" garvin thomas has a look at how mother nature is affecting these games. >> reporter: it is possible it would seem for theza%z winter olympics to get a bit too wintery, a> reporter: bay area native and gold medalist jonny moseley says these cold temperatures are great for the conditions on the course, just not for me highly

and everything is tight, especially the airborne sports where you're trying to get up and do complicated tricks and you're waiting around at the top, like tonight for women's moguls, you know, you have a qualification round then two super finals, that's a long night out in exposure and some people are better at it than others. so it's a factor. >> reporter: garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. and garvin will continue to bring us updates through the olympics, you can follow him on twitter, we're posting all kinds of behind the scenes videos and photos, his handle is @garvinthomas. unfortunately some of our other bay area athletes had their first taste of defeat. we staerted with speed skating. monterey county native j.r. celski, he makes a late move to advance to the semi-finals but in a loaded field he was penalized and failed to advance out of the semis. >> in the women's buy@long sprint joanne reed had her first

olympic competition. she began her sports career on roller skis in palo alto, then she picked up the buy@long thanks to her grandfather. politics put aside in the name of sports. a big story line so far this olympics has been the unified team for north and south korea. fans cheered as the first ever women's unified korean hockey team competed. the match drew big names in the crowd, too, including the sister of kim jong-un. she is the first immediate family member of the north korean leader to set foot in south korea. the unified hockey team lost to switzerland 8-0. it was a loss from the ice but many are calling it a big win for both countries. team u.s.a. has uncovered gold in the south korean mountains and the americans move into the second full day of competition at the 2018 winter games. hungry for more. jay gray is in pyeongchang and he joins us live from the

mountains and, jay, you are in the spot where these athletes amaze us with how they defy gravity. >> reporter: yeah, vicky, they to see to this point, though the weather is starting to play a role here. it's been bitter cold since the games began but now winds picking up, gusting over 50 miles an hour and that's forced some delays, some postponement of the some of the competition. it could not, though, keep team u.s.a. off of the medal stand. american gold delivered by red. >> i'm feeling insane right now, it's honestly above me. i cannot believe what just happened. red gerard taking first with a dominant final run. the americans looking to add another medal in luge.

chris mazdzer is in fourth place going into tonight's final. korean ice was dazzling. >> we embraced it and took our moment and it was a special skate for us. >> the strong performance by maia and alex shibutani kept the figure skating team in third place going into free skate finals tonight. the americans will be looking for gold on the mountains in women's giant slalom and snow board halfpipe. and an update on men's luge. chris mazdzer who went into it in fourth place, the finals, he had a fantastic run, jumped to second, takes home the silver, the highest u.s.a. luge has ever finished in the competition in the olympics. so that is a big victory for team u.s.a., a medal that some thought they wouldn't have here. >> very exciting, jay. thank you so much. and it does look so cold, we can see the snow flurries just blowing about you so we will let you go.

see you later. here is a look, red gerard officially receiving his gold medal after winning the slope style snow board event. gerard is one of the youngest gold medal winners in u.s. history. >> let's give you a live look, this is the olympic flame burning brightly in south korea. we have give you a look at the updated medal count. norway has a total of eight medals, the netherlands grabbed five and germany has three gold medals, four overall. so far team u.s.a. has one gold and one silver. still ahead on "today in the bay," he was a hit in rio and during the opening ceremony in to think change. there he is. the tonga flag bearer is bringing a lot of attention to one of our bay area sports teams, the 49ers. we will explain next.

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the fanfest and this year a ton of excitement, some big off-season moves as the team tries to move on from a disappointing 2017 season. a lot of orange and plaque outside the park as the fans lined up to get in. people got a chance to take pictures in the dugout or even on the pitching mound and could snag player autographs and tour the press box. fans also did their best interviews as well, they asked pressingñj questions of some of ÷ players. >> how do you guys feel about seagulls? >> is that a problem? is that going to be a problem? i guess that's a real thing. i don't know. i don't know how to feel about that. but that's a real thing, though? >> that's a real thing. >> do we feed them? >> new outfielders austin jackson and andrew mccutchen having fun with the named at&t park seagulls which you can see

circling the field late in the game. a 49ers player is having fun on social media after some olympic fans got a bit confused. here is the viral moment from friday night's opening certificate moment, the spiritless tongan, pita taufatofua stole thequu÷ show[i like he did in rio. a lot of people tried to tag him on twitter messages but they ended up messaging 49ers linebacker pita tall mow pa knew instead. he had fun with the olympic fans before he congratulated the tongan flag bearer. you have to give it to him, slath erred in coconut oil, shirtless in temperatures that were below 10 degrees, basically the windchill made it feel that cold on opening ceremony. there is much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up congress agrees on another federal budget but at what cost? political analyst larry gerston joins us to go over the details of this new deal by lawmakers. the bathroom.

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congress finally agreed on a after more than four months and four continuing resolutions congress finally agreed on a federal budget through september of 2019. the new document provides more money for defense, for domestic programs and for disaster relief, but it also produces the largest deficit since the great recession. so what does this mean for us? nbc political analyst larry gerston is here this morning with some answers. this is most the first time there has been a delay or shutdown when it comes to the budget but talks about the issues that stalled the process. >> anytime you talk about the "b" word. >> budget, folks. budget. >> the "b" word, it's tough. by definition budgets are difficult, they're difficult to craft because various needs exceed the funds available. sounds familiar. so congress has to prioritize, much like you or i would do with our own budgets. two factors made it exceedingly difficult for congress to pass a

budget this time. first, the very organization of congress, what a shock, right? even though the republicans control both chambers, about three dozen members of the very conservative freedom caucus made it difficult for the house leadership to gain enough republican support because of their opposition to increase federal spending. second, democrats were in no mood to help pass a budget without the attention to the deferred action on childhood arrivals program, you know, daca, now scheduled to expire just a few days from now, march 5th. only after promises from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and paul ryan to schedule votes on saving daca did democrats come around and provide enough votes to ensure passage in the house. both hurdles were overcome but at a great cost to all of us really. >> we talk about cost. what about the disagreement over adding more money for defense and domestic programs? arguably always needed. >> yeah. look, republicans have long

argued that -- for more defense spending while democrats of inadequate funding for children's health insurance, for example. here is the problem, between the ten-year, $1.5 trillion tax cut passed by republicans last december and the new spending additions, the federal budget deficit for the coming year will be $1.2 trillion for one year. that's 30% of the $4 trillion federal budget. this comes on top of a $700 billion hole during the current fiscal year. a lot of money involved here. the thing about deficits is they commonly grow during times of a weak economy, but these deficits are occurring during the second largest economic expansion in the nation's history. >> so it's like having a credit card bill, you pay it down, but it sometimes balloons way too big and you usually don't have that big of a deficit when you're making more money.

so talk to us about how this affects the economy in the long run. >> okay. look, it sounds good in theory this whole idea about credit cards, we all use them, but the more credit card debt grows the the more having along the way to pay it off. national debt is now growing at a record rate and that means record amounts of the federal budget set aside for interest payments and that means less money available downstream for federal spending it. it also meaning higher interest rates which could affect your credit card bills to fansing a car or home. of course, all of this has been exacerbated by the tax cut. in fairness, though, in fairness, tax cut proponents say that the cuts will spur economic activity and pay for themselves, but, guess what, past tax cuts have never lived up to that promise. >> in the long run. okay. well, what about daca?

what do you think in terms of this program you said march 5th it's coming up, right around the corner, is it going to be sacrificed adds part of this deal. >> and that's the unanswered question. while democrats extracted a promise from republicans for a vote on daca in exchange for passing the budget, we just don't know what kind of bill would be presented and whether the president will sign it should congress agree on a solution. mean while, while the nation's budget and tax issues have been assessed, yeah, the dreamers limbo goes on and, as you said, very few days remain before this whole thing explodes. >> late friday president refused to release the democratic memo about the department of justice surveillance procedures. so your thoughts on that. >> of course the republicans had that three and a half page memo that the president allowed to go on through even though int squlens experts said not to good idea. so the democrats came back with their ten-page memo saying, wait a second, you guys cherry

picked. listen to our side. now the president said, well, you know, we need to look into this more before we release it. democrats are crying foul, republicans are saying, well, you know, there are issues here, intelligence issues. we'll see downstream. right now there is a lot of controversy going on as to whether the president crossed the line on this issue. >> larry, thank you for your political insight. we appreciate it. still ahead on "today in the bay," not just an athlete, some people in the stands are getting a lot of attention in these olympic games. we will be back with that. and it's chilly but it's beautiful. half-moon bay the sun is coming up. 36 degrees right now out there. i'm tracking a chance of some showers but who is actually going to be seeing the rain? i will have that answer for you coming up just a after the break. fter the break.

good morning. it is 7:53. if you haven't looked outside, look at this, gorgeous san francisco, i mean, nice clear skies, some nice seasonal like temperatures this time around. no 50s as we wake up this morning, but there are plenty of 30s and 40s on the map. santa rosa 32 degrees, napa 34, san francisco waking up to 48 degrees. along the peninsula, palo alto, 37 degrees. so what exactly cooled us off? well, today and even yesterday we started a bit of cooling trend, that 24-hour temperature change compared to where we were yesterday at this hour. pretty significant in some spots including half-moon bay 18 degrees cooler at this hour than

we were yesterday, santa rosa 10 degrees cooler and the reason for that is, well, we've got sitting off in the pacific and you can see it right here on our doppler radar. this is expected to bring a chance of seeing some showers push down to the south later tonight, but not everyone is going to get rain. so let's talk about that hour by hour outlook. if i take you through this timeline sunday right here at start to see an increase in cloud cover and then that chance of shower really comes into play really late into the afternoon. we will get some spotty light rain throughout the morning, but it's mainly going to be very dry and then, yep, once again tonight we will be picking up those winds and it's going to get rather windy with locally gusty conditions sunday night, tonight, through tomorrow monday morning. if you notice there goes the rain, it's gone. so not really expecting to get so much rain. let than a tenth of an inch from this storm. storm ranger is up and running in the parking lot and when we

do start getting higher rain it will be up, ready to go. it helps even track wildfire smoke in the zone right now. it's only on nbc and our sister station telemundo also has access to this. we will be using it equally anytime we're tracking any chances of rain. let's take a look at our long range outlook, tuesday, february 13th there is a low pressure system that will be sitting right over southern california and that's going to bring a chance of some showers into south san jose, also into monterey in the middle of the week. that's going to be our next chance of rain, but the majority of that system if you notice it's kind of gone and then we see a return of a dry weather pattern thanks to that ridge of high pressure that once again is going to dry us out and warm us right back up, however, that ridge of high pressure isn't going to warm us up as last week. overall today's highs will be relatively comfortable in the

upper 60s but over the next seven days here is a look at what you can expect. breezy conditions again once again those winds will pick up, especially for higher elevation areas into the evening, into the monday morning for san francisco and also inland areas. so we keep the cooler temperatures at least through tuesday and then by wednesday we get that ridge of high pressure that will once again dominate warming us up into the 70s for inland spots, but if you notice not as hot as the last system so we will still be rather comfortable in terms of the daytime highs, but still we need some rain in the forecast, it's getting pretty dry out there, butw$km5ñ of right now it's not looking too good for significant amount of rain totals. less than tenth of an inch from this initial storm. >> not a lot to get excited about. but it is cooling and hopefully in the next seven-day forecast you will bring some some more wet weather. >> long range. we want you to take a look at this. this is not your usual -- i know, that's an actual real

picture, too, the alameda county sheriff's department tweeted out this picture. it is a little mouse holding on to the front windshield. we're happy to report that mouse is safely on the ground looking for another ride probably. i wonder who got that mouse off the windshield, though. all right. if you have been watching the olympics you have probably noticed the north korean cheer squad. >> i definitely noticed. they were great. >> they're sharp. they are very hard to miss. check out the outfits. >> you were on the hip hop squad. >> i certainly was. >> the moves are a little different than what we experienced but they are in synch, right? >> they are fantastic. >> we are talking about 230 members and they do it all. that's video of them at today's -- this is yesterday's hockey game against switzerland there. they grant, sway, dance in unison complete with wardrobe

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this sunday in chaos. two white house staffers resign over allegations they physically abused their wives. president trump defends his departing staff secretary rob porter. >> a tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the whitete house. two top white house officials now under siege for their handling of the allegations while chief of staff john kelly insists he acted quickly. >> tuesday night i heard the allegations were true. two hours later he resigned. >> what's going on in this west wing? i'll ask legislative director marc short and republican senator jeff flake of