right now. good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. she's going to be in tonight at 5:00. >> we will be waiting. i'm marcus washington. of course, we've got your morning traffic look as well as your weather. right now we want to start with meteorologist kari hall getting a look at what's going on with that weather shoo we've seen the rain hit or miss and that's the kind of weather we will see throughout the day. so it's still wet for all of the bay area even though you may not see that rain falling at this point. much of the rain has been over slap know and contra costa county. i have give you a close look at storm ranger this is our mobile doppler radar that gives us a second by second update as the rain continues to move in. right now it's getting heavier for concord, it's shoving through shore acres and approaching pittsburg. if you will be driving on highway 4 heading west it's going to be wet at times. as we go through the day we will see more light rain spreading in and this will mostly be for the south bay, the east bay and also

the peninsula. pockets of rain may also become quite heavy and by this afternoon we could be tracking a few storms. so i will have more details on that coming up in just a few minutes. mike, you've been tracking the impact out there on the roads. really leftovers is the key. rain traveling through leaves wet or damp roadways. we will have damp roadways over in this area south bay and heading up into the east bay. more rain coming in off of the coast. that will be affecting the peninsula a bit. over here we have more rain with the road weather index showing the greens taken off the radar and that will be through concord. highway 4. over here south county in problems. highway 17 to and from santa cruz over the summit, your typical slowing north 101 through san martin. no delays up to morgan hill. a new fender-bender reported for highway 101. i will give chp a couple seconds to update me once they get to the scene. 101 through the north bay no delays. a little build highway 37 best.

28 minutes. thousands of students will walk out of class across the country and right here in the bay area exactly one month after the parkland, florida school shooting. that's where 17 students were killed and that shooting sparked a nationwide debate about gun violence. sharon katsuda is live. what are those details as those students walk out of class in demonstration today? >> reporter: marcus, the students plan to walk out at 10:00 today as well as many other schools throughout the bay area. in fact, we're hearing about more than 100 schools, local schools, will be participating in the walkout today. many students plan to walk out for 17 minutes symbolizing how many people died at the park lapped high school mass shooting. the suspect has appeared in court for murder charges and the case has sparked debate over stricter gun control laws. at joaquin miller elementary in oakland yesterday this is new

video sent into us this morning children held signs and chanted safe schools the way to go. oakland unified school district tells nbc bay area that they are fully support of the walkout but want to see kids stay on campus with schools setting up a free speech assembly area for students to take part in an important conversation. >> when you have a place like oakland where we do have more than our share of crime and violence on our streets and so, you know, when we start discussing with our kids what happened in parkland and, you know, reaching out and helping out and all that, this can get really personal here because so many of our kids have either seen on the streets or known someone who is affected by gun violence. so this is really personal for our young people. that's why we want to make sure that we support them through this process. >> reporter: the district is in close contact with the school administrators about the walkouts and any disciplinary action. students will be dealt on a case by case basis. in pleasanton local students

have raised more than $2,000 to help support students in florida to travel to washington, d.c. to fight for stricter gun control laws. reporting live in pleasanton, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> i know families that have talked to the kids about this and support them taking part in the demonstration today. students in san francisco are also taking part in today's walkout. these two hoover middle school students vk making signs they will hold up as they walk out at 10:00 this morning. one sign reads protect kids, not guns. we spoke with students who say arming teachers isn't a solution and that lawmakers just need to listen to people who are asking for a ban on assault rifles. >> they are not the ones that have to go through lock down drills and be like terrified every time something like this happens. we are the ones that that happens to. >> we've called about a dozen school districts in the bay area and they all have plans to deal with the walkout.

though some of them cannot sanction them. school officials are asking students to protest on campus but say if the students leave campus the goal is to keep everyone safe. you can see a full list of all of the bay area schools participating on our website nbcbayarea.com. we have a team of reporters at schools across the bay area watching for developments and if you are participating in today's event, tag us in your photos and video on facebook and on twitter. tributes are pouring in this morning for renowned british theoretical physicist stevphen hawki hawking. he died late last night at his home in england. hawking was 76 years old. his family says that he died peacefully. best known theoretical physicist of his time, hawking wrote of the mysteries of space, time and black holes, his book a brief history of time became an international best seller making him one of sciences biggest celebrities since albert einstein. hawking was paralyzed at the age

of 21 by als and he was told that he would only live a few more years. he defied those odds. >> my illness has meant that i can no use pencil and paper, so i have to do things in my head. >> and despite being a british citizen, hawking was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2009 by president obama. it's the u.s.'s highest civilian honor. now to those tributes, here is one from the show big bang theory, and it reads, quote, in loving memory of stephen hawking. it was an honor to have him on big bang theory. thank you for inspiring us and the world. astro physicist neil degrasse tyson tweets his passing has left an international vacuum in his wake, but it's not empty. think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of space, time that defies measure. finally nasa tweets his theories

unlocked a universe of possibilities that we and the world are exploring. you keep flying like superman in microgravity as you said to astronauts on the space station in 2014. happening right now the search is on for the driver involved in this dramatic hit and run. all caught on camera in the south bay. you see it right there. car hits a 12-year-old girl, she's going to be okay, but now the search is on for that driver. "today in the bay's" thom jensen is live in san jose with a closer look at the video and who police are looking for this morning. thom? >> reporter: good morning. you guys, you saw that video, it is pretty clear and it's fortunate that the owner of this restaurant here was able to get that video because as this happened right here in the intersection on monday police have not been able to find that driver yet. the video is from monday morning, just about 10:00 to

9:00, about 8:48. san jose pd tells nbc bay area that suspect car is a brown 1998 toyota camry. the driver was headed northbound as i showed you here on 17th street at the intersection with east julian where that car hit the 12-year-old girl who was walking at the intersection here. she was rushed to a san jose hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries and as you nice just said she is expected to be okay now, but that female driver who is between 40 and 50 years old is still on the loose. she pedestrian -- sped off. they're hoping someone recognizes the car, a woman or maybe heard a story about who might be involved. anyone who does have information about the car and driver is encouraged to call san jose pd. live in san jose, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> it could have been any one of our kids walking home from

school. happening today president trump's road trip continues. today he's headed to st. louis. he spent yesterday here in california. the president reviewing prototypes for a border wall in san diego. he then headed to l.a. he also gave this scathing rebuke to leaders in california's sanctuary cities. >> protecting a horrible group of people in many cases. criminals. >> back in washington secretary of state rex tillerson is still on the job today. he is officially out at the end of this month. rex tillerson says he is handing his duties over to a deputy. right now it's 6:09. we've seen scattered showers moving through parts of the bay area. most of it over solano and contra costa counties. we've seen some light rain elsewhere, but the roads are still wet. i'm watching this next disturbance that's just offshore, you can see the cluster of the clouds and rain starting to appear here on radar. this is moving in and will bring

us light rain by late morning. we are filling in with cold temperatures as this rain arrives. this is going to create more disturbed weather and potential of a couple pop up thunderstorms as we go throughout the day. our highs will only reach into the mid 50s. it's going to be breezy, cold and at times wet. i will be tracking that rain and we will talk more about how much more will be on the way. mike, you're saying there is not so many spinouts reported on the road. >> only a couple and they've mostly cleared from the lanes without injury. looking at the radar as well, scattered blobs as kari showed you most of that activity north, maybe concord and across the benicia bridge. we show the road weather index shows wet roadways up off the east shore freeway and maybe through concord and crockett. over in the south bay you will have damp conditions. we do have this crash, more detail came in, north 101 at story road. your fast lanes blocked. three, maybe four vehicles involved in the crash but we

don't see a lot of slowing through that area. the slowing is north of 680, pretty typical as things start to thin out. they will build once 6:30 hits, we will see more traffic flow. no major problems for transit but we do have a delay for line 200 for ac transit. thank you very much, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," where you live could be a good indicator of your health. the report released this morning that compares the well being of nearly every county across the u.s. and how the bay area performed. plus how much should the queen get paid? more than prince phillip, right? . does this map show the

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still slowest bound and really over on mare island everybody knows that's where you hit the breaks. on the peninsula an easy drive northbound and southbound. anywhere between san francisco and silicon valley. we are following breaking international news as we speak right now the united kingdom just announced it will expel 23 russian diplomats. they have one week to get out. british prime minister theresa may says that russia is guilty of trying to kill a former spy and his daughter. this marks the biggest expulsion from britain since the cold war. russia has denied the charge. in business news happy wednesday to you. the producers of "the crown" on netflix admit clair foy didn't get as much salary as the actor who place prince phillip. broadcom was an american

company, it isn't now. president trump has said it is too risky for a foreign company broadcom to take over qualcomm down in san diego. speaking of foreign companies this morning, the president will make good on his promise to slap big tariffs on chinese made goods and that includes electronics. this is something he said over and over on the campaign trail. tariffs up to 45%. if you go by what he said during the campaign, that would definitely include big tariffs on apple made goods. you recall candidate trump also called for americans to boycott apple, something he has never retracted. google says it will no longer allow cryptocurrency companies to advertise through google's ad system. cryptocurrencies are a bit like bitcoin or things like bitcoin. hbo's john oliver here explains cryptocurrency brilliantly on his show last week. you can find this on youtube if you're interested. cryptocurrencies have made some

people incredibly rich. here is a silicon valley entrepreneur who when i interviewed him was worth $9 billion. >> business insider says it's worth $9 billion. >> i have read that report. >> $9 billion, brad. >> just blink if that's true. >> i think this is a dynamic where i think about the long-term success. >> so it's $9 billion. >> you know, brad has never been a poor fella. rarely do we find poor people or people who have not made a lot of money on "press: here" to be honest with you. we should have some poor people on there now that i think about it. goodness, prabrad, i mean, $9 billion. >> the reporters that you have on probably are not making $9 billion. >> that's a good point. your host and the reporters. >> dinner on him. so how healthy is the county where you live? a new report is giving a health snapshot of every county in america. it is data compiled by the university of wisconsin. it shows access to good doctors

is one of many factors in determining how long and how well people live. we looked up our bay area counties, marin county leads the state in quality of healthcare. all of the rest of the bay area counties are in the top 12 except for solano county which has a little bit of work to do, it comes out at 26 out of 56 counties in california. they also say it shows the factor race plays in healthcare. >> we saw persistent patterns where black babies were twice as likely as white babies to be born at a low birth weight and also twice as likely to die before their first birthday. >> reseveners say the goal of the rankings project is to give communities a window in their own health and to provide opportunities for improvements. new this morning we're learning the skies will be very crowded this spring. an industry group is projecting u.s. airlines will carry a record number of passengers, about 2.5 million per day.

that's between march 1st and april 30th. that's up 4% from last year. there are several peak travel periods in april and march including spring break, easter and passover. >> don't tell everybody. >> the next time you travel you will have a lot of friends with you. >> at least you don't have to wait for spring break to travel. being a single guy. >> who said i'm single. >> marcus? >> i'm just kidding. >> breaking news. >> i'm single but i'm not alone. >> you are in good company. >> now to the weather. >> you keep trying to change the subject. >> weather is always a safe thing to talk about. >> that's what we are talking about today because it's been changing second by second and i've got it all tracked down to the street for you with storm ranger as we get a look at that red scan. we've got storm ranger our mobile doppler radar parked on a mountain in san bruno and it's

giving us the highest resolution view of where that rain is falling. i will take to you highway 4. that rain is approaching pittsburg within the next few minutes. we can see the yellows and reds there and also that rain where it's been coming down in concord. still light rain, but it's about to get lighter for you, you can head out the door with better travel conditions. i took off storm ranger and are showing you the flfrs radnationr service radar. you know that this is several minutes behind. but this just shows you the level of detail that you get with storm ranger and we are the only ones with this tool. as we go throughout the day i'm also tracking this next storm system moving in. here is an area of low pressure, we can see the clouds and the rain and this is causing this cold air to be forced up into the atmosphere and when it does so it causes some rain and we will also have a chance of some thunder and lightning today and some small hail. the best chance will be later on

this afternoon. we still have this large area of disturbed weather and we are not going to get rid of all of this rain until this all pushes off to the east and that doesn't happen until saturday. so we will have some waves of rain. today most of the rain looks pretty light. about a quarter of an inch of rain or less. we will have more rain moving in tomorrow with another disturbance moving in and this will also bring in very cold temperatures, a cold storm, but that's good because that means some sierra snow. we are going to see lots of snow falling in the sierra and then it starts to taper off on saturday. sunday is looking dry and another storm next week. briefly mention sierra snow, look at how many inches this forecast, this computer model is putting down. we may see up to 57 inches of snow in parts of the sierra. so looking really good. and then once again sunday is your only dry day in this seven-day forecast. as we head over to mike, you've been tracking the impact of those wet roads on drivers. that's right.

i guess sunday appropriately named this week. looking over here right now damp roadway day in the morning but not a major problem. let's bates of radar activity showing that's not really a concern. the wet roadways further north, the east shore freeway, watch concord, highway 4 down toward the walnut creek interchange. south bay a little slowing for north 101. concord the result of that rain having traveled through the area, but this is relatively light for a tuesday. travel times under a half hour for the bay bridge toll plaza. we had that backup forming on pace and it's still there as you travel out to the maze and san francisco. we don't have any major problems. just that backup and wait coming off of palo alto. silicon valley also moving at speed. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up this next one has a lot of people upset. outraged after a family was told

to place their puppy in an overhead bin during a flight. that puppy died. coming up-- what the airline is saying about the incident this morning. >> it's horrible now because now i'm thinking about hearing that dog and not knowing that it was needing help. >> coming up we will tell you what that airline is saying about the incident this morning. an easy prepaid purchase that proves difficult to refund. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. art.

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didn )t get a service she nbc bay area responds to a castro valley woman who did not get the service she prepaid for. >> a lot of us prepay for services. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with her story. >> sheila stitch paid 85 bucks for a three session massage package on groupon. she says after her first massage the merchant said it was no longer honoring the deal so sheila asked groupon for a $57 refund, two-thirds of what she paid. she thought that was fair since she didn't get two of the three mass js a. instead sheila says groupon gave her a $30 credit so she asked us to help her get the rest of what she thought groupon owed her. we contacted groupon and it refunded sheila the remaining $27. they didn't respond to our questions about what happened. sheila had to pay up front and we hear from a lot of consumers like her who pay retailers in

advance for services, but later struggle to get refunds. so our advice is simple. try at least to negotiate a pay as you go plan, that way the provider has to deliver to get your money. if you have a consumer complaint call us, 888-996-tips, or nbcbayarea.com/responds. thank you, kris. 6:27 now. continuing coverage of the controversial handling of this french bulldog puppy that died on a united airlines plane. the airline is now apologizing after the animal was found dead in the overhead bin. sophia says that her mom was sobbing as they found her family dog kokito dead upon arrival in new york. that family was flying from houston on monday night. passengers on the flight say that a flight attendant insisted that they place the dog in its carrier in the overhead bins because the dog's carrier was blocking the aisle. >> she was like it's a dog, it's a dog, and she said we have to

put it up there. >> it's horrible now because now i'm thinking about hearing that dog and not knowing that it was needing help. >> united airlines released a statement ra egd in part this was a tragic accident that should never have occurred as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin. still no word on whether that flight attendant will face disciplinary action. still to come on "today in the bay," walking out of class, the nationwide demonstration planned today in the wake of the florida school shooting and the steps bay area students are taking to show solidarity for the victims. plus the debate over how to arm bay area stlifrs police officers takes center stage today. the proposal that could give officers more nonlethal force options. taking a live look at o

from nbc bay area storm right now at 6:30 taking a live look at our radar from nbc bay area storm ranger and you can see another round of rain moving into the bay area. >> taking a live look outside from our camera in redwood city this morning the current conditions there look mild. we are expecting scattered showers, though, as the morning progresses so maybe just slap your hair into a bun today. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now we want to head to meteorologist kari hall tracking that storm coming into the bay area right now. >> and not everyone seeing the

rain as you get ready to step out the door, but we are all seeing the remnants of the rain that's been moving through. so the roads are wet and that's a reminder that you do need the umbrella. i have storm ranger parked on san bruno mountain it's giving us a very detailed view second by second of what's happening. we have rain over belmont, moving towards san carlos, so 101 it's about to get really soggy there within the next few minutes. also we have cells popping up in the east bay. north of san leandro as you drive up 580 and 880 we're seeing some rain coming down. where we see the yellows nand te reds shows where the rain has within the heaviest. this is what we will see throughout the morning as this next disturbance moves in, this will bring in more widespread rain by 8:00 to 10:00 for parts of the east bay, south bay and peninsula. we will talk more about that. we will look ahead to the weekend, too, in just a few minutes. mike, you're track ago crash

in concord. >> i'm concerned because that's where you showed some recent rainfall. i got a snapshot of the radar not too long ago over there that kerry had from the weather service over off of highway 4. that's what we will focus on. the bay bridge toll plaza is moving well at about a half hour from highway 4 down to that stretch. slowing out of pittsburg and bay point off the freeway at willow pass road. willow pass is a major cut through there, there is a crash that may be affecting traffic for a few. with recent rain there may be slick roadways. removing the radar you still see the damp roadways. the road weather index green for much of the east bay off of 680 and the walnut creek interchange. highway 24 also had the recent rain. a couple crashes pop up for san jose. back to you. happening today widespread protests are being held across the nation and right here in the bay area. thousands of students will walk out of school at 10:00 this morning. this to show solidarity with the

victims of the school shooting in parkland, florida. today marks one month since the shooting. >> teenagers are demanding stricter gun control and an end to shochool shootings. pete suratos is live explaining how local school districts are preparing. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus. we know that these walkouts are scheduled to take place for about 17 minutes around 10:00 a.m., that's of course to honor each of the victims that passed away in that parkland shooting. the big issue is districts support students but also know it could be a disruption to class. there was an issue at the milpitas unified school district specifically behind me at milpitas high. on monday the superintendent sending out a letter saying she supports the students but doesn't condone the walkout saying specifically in that letter that, quote, leaving campus during school hours to participate in political activity is not a safe and

responsible way to work for change. at that time she said any student choosing to participate in a walkout would get an unexcused absence. but yesterday the superintendent apparently had a change of heart saying students at milpitas high will not get an unexcused absence for taking part in any walkout. it will be supervised by staff members and they will only walk a few blocks away from here to the milpitas police department. most schools say they will take part in a moment of silence for 17 minutes, also have class discussions throughout the da i with counselors, but that walkout is set to take place at 10:00 a.m. live in milpitas. pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> a lot of students standing together across the nation this morning. we are starting to get live pictures into our newsroom showing the various student walkouts happening in different parts of the country. walkouts are beginning now along the east coast. you see the camera there placed on the ground as the students are there in the distance. this is what we call a pool camera so we don't control it,

but we did want to give you a look at what's happening across the nation. plans for the nationwide walkout originated of course in parkland, florida. that is the site of last month's deadly school shooting. survivors have been very vocal about their desire for gun reform and changing law. >> we know what we're talking about. it's not just me out here but all of this well informed students that it is our job to be educated, it is our job to be informed and know the future. >> we're just trying to go to school without getting shot. >> every student should be able to go to school and feel safe and secure. >> today's walkouts are not the only demonstrations the students are planning. student activists are planning for a march for our lives next saturday, the main event is in washington, d.c. but there are similar events scattered all across the country. and we have confirmed that students from more than 100 bay area schools will plan to participate in today's walkout. you can see a full list on our website nbcbayarea.com. we will have a team of reporters

across the bay area today at those schools watching for those developments. if you are participating and you want to get your message out, you can actually tag us in your photos as well as that video on facebook and twitter. also, nbc news will also bring you a special report, that's coming up at 7:00. in other news san francisco's police commission will meet today to consider equipping officers with tasers. city leaders have debated a taser policy for years and then last november the police commission finally approved rolling them out by the end of this year. acting mayor mark farrell has added a new sense of urgency to the debate calling for a june ballot measure. he will continue to push for a ballot measure until the commission approves a new policy. the commission may hold a vote at tonight's meeting. remembering the victims of last friday's veterans home shooting, this in yountville. police in brentwood will hold a vigil at 7:00 tonight organized by contra costa county supervisor diane burgess.

there are still questions about the response from authorities on the day of that shooting. some wonder why it took law enforcement nearly seven hours to storm that building. everyone including that gunman was found dead. chp is leading that investigation and so far not commenting. all right. folks, we are looking out to the roadways, the rain having traveled through much of the bay and continuing with light impressions on the radar. we don't have much of an issue as far as the active rain. damp, slick roadways. .careful. things are a little tougher in the east bay having had the most recent rain. i'm looking at the south bay where we have a couple crashes. northbound 101 at tully the more recent of the two, the other at story is blocking possibly parts of the hov lane and at tully we may have one lane blocked. that's why there's mild slowing up to the scene, farther south northbound through the south county not even any slowing for 101 coming up into morgan hill through san martin.

then the east shore freeway we're just under a half hour, marcus, barely under a half hour down from highway 4 over to the bay bridge. that's good. unless you're in it. >> i know. anytime you see yellow -- >> better than red. >> that's right. >> wednesday and we're making it closer to the weekend, but with that rain moving through you're like, okay, i just need to get through today. let me show you the radar before you step out the door. storm ranger we have it scanning around and showing those showers moving through much of the east bay, even a couple popping up on the peninsula. our weather pattern stays unsettled through saturday and that means that we could still have some rain but this will be the last of it. by saturday morning we will start to see this rain wrapping up, but look at how cool it's going to be, only reaching into the low to mid 50s throughout the day on saturday. on sunday that's the day to get outside. we will see inland areas reaching into the low 60s.

some mid 50s by the coast. of course it's not st. patrick's day unless you're celebrating in dublin. the parade starts at 9:30 in the morning. unfortunately there is still going to be a chance of rain and look at how chilly it's going to be. so not only do you need to be prepared for the rain but also dress warmly as the day goes along that rain will start to clear up. in santa cruz not bad, i think the rain will get out of there a little bit earlier, but we are only going to reach into the mid to upper 50s. if you need a beach day make sure you have on lots of layers. if you are going to the sierra it is looking amazing, but a lot of snow coming down so you better plan on a lot of extra time getting there and then that snow wraps up by sunday. we will talk about what's going on for today, another view of the radar coming up in three minutes. thank you, kari. coming up next on "today in the bay," breaking news out of england. dozens of russian diplomats ordered out. they are about to be expelled. the penalty after a former

russian spy was poisoned. and a squeaker of election goes down to the wire in pennsylvania. looks like the democrats have won. and as we always do here on "today in the bay" right now we're looking at the stock market and you can see the dow is up 16 -- 18 points right there, it actually opened up more than 100 points. as wall street shrugs off the trade fears.

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we walk out the door to some wide rain in parts of the bay area. just enough to have you turning on the windshield wipers. mostly for the east bay and the peninsula. as we get a live look outside in san jose as the sunrises a few breaks in the clouds, not rihning now, but it's still wet and in evergreen by 10:00 that rain begins to fall once again. we will see times of showers throughout the day and only make it into the mid 50s. there is more rain in the forecast before we head into the weekend. i will talk more about that coming up in about five minutes. and we are looking at travel times for the north bay. under half hour delay for highway 37, mare island out of vallejo. south bay no major problems. these are great drive times despite the damp roadways. happening today some parents plan to protest the fremont unified school district board meeting. they say they agree -- they don't agree with a series of sex

education classes scheduled to begin next month. those classes are for students between fourth and sixth grade. they cover topics including health, puberty and sexuality. the district calls the teaching essential says it follows state law but it's also sparking heated debate because some parents believe it goes too far and may not be age appropriate. that meeting is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. tonight. we are following breaking international news right now, the united kingdom just announced it will expel 23 russian diplomats. they have one week to get out. british prime minister theresa may says that russia is guilty of trying to kill a former spy and his daughter. this marks the biggest expulsion from britain since the cold war. so far no official reaction from the white house. >> scott mcgrew, this is a major crisis between russia and the west. >> it really is. do not underestimate this. theresa may the british prime minister this morning accused russia of attempted murder.

i want to show you that video from parliament again if i could because what happened there was really significant. earlier this week may used the kinds of words that you would into he had to use legally to trigger article v of the nato agreement. that's the article that says an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. now, the kremlin this morning said russia didn't do it. we will be watching the white house's reaction to putin's denial. you will recall president trump meeting with putin there said he asked whether putin interfered with our american elections and twice putin said he didn't, twice trump said he believed the russian leader. trump has tweeted this morning not about putin and not about the special election in pennsylvania, either. that was a squeaker. nbc news has declared democrat conor lamb as the winner and conor lamb has declared conor lamb as the winner. >> it took a little longer than we thought, but we did it.

>> how close was this thing? fractions of a percent. 49.8, 49.6. it's a district donald trump won easily during the presidential election. looks like a win for democrats this morning. former democratic candidate for president hillary clinton is coming under criticism for what she said in a speech in india that white women didn't vote for her because men in their lives pressured them not to. she's also implied states where she lost were backwards. the "washington post" ran an he had co-- editorial that accused her of hurting democrats in the future selling clinton said she won in all the smart cool places and hit a pandering low that puts a catalog of others to shame. >> we will be waiting for the white house reaction to the situation in russia and great

britain. if that happens i will tweet it out immediately. no one is going to tell you what to think about the weather, you can choose even if your husband tells you not to. what is that about? come on, hill? >> we will just change the subject and talk about the weather because that's what everyone will be talking about when you get to work today. it's been raining off and on, its roads are still wet. we've got storm ranger tracking it all for you. we are the only ones with this tool, it's a mobile doppler radar here in the bay area parked on san bruno mountain and it's giving us second by second updates on exactly where the rain is falling. just south of moraga we can see rain falling through and it's moving closer to danville. so you have a few more minutes to get out the door before that rain reaches your doorstep. it's also been raining on 580 heading into oakland. as i take off storm ranger and just show you the national weather service radar, doesn't give you as much detail, just kind of just shows a big blob

everywhere. this is not all where we're seeing that inn ra. then i'm starting to see light showers pop up just north of san mateo, watching this right there approaching burlingame on 82 within the next few minutes. now, we are looking at a bigger storm system and we know from basic science that warm air rises, but these little disturbances in the atmosphere are forcing cold air to rise. so we are going to see the showers, possibly some thunderstorms popping up today and also some small hail. here is that next disturbance right there, it's moving into the bay area and then as i zoom out i'm going to show you this bigger storm system that's drawing in all of these disturbances and it won't be until saturday when that pushes off to the east that we will start to see much more quiet weather in the bay area. as you're getting dressed this morning you do need a rain jacket, also the umbrella, with those showers at times moving through. we will see another round of light rain by late morning into

early afternoon but by this evening a lot of this stuff tapers off and the next storm system moves in by tomorrow late morning and continues through saturday morning. i will be tracking all of this for you. mike, you are tracking another crash, this time on highway 4. >> i am and that's sort of in the area where that rain traveled through most recently. you just showed that north of the concord area. now, another cell coming through hayward not presentings much of a problem. most of the bay showing a light hit through the south bay. highway 4 is moving smoothly your commute direction. we did hear about a crash and that was from brenda navarro one of ore wazers on nbc bay area wazers. that is showing a little slowing. things are starting to clear up from what it looked like on the sensors. damp roadways through concord and the walnut creek interchange but no major problems there. lower the speeds. watch out. the east shore freeway still just 34 minutes from highway 4

to the bay bridge. a couple minutes longer, a few more folks through berkeley and no delays for the transit agencies. back to you. coming up next a quick look at the top stories across the bay area, including the search under way this morning for a hit and run driver in the south bay. we will show you the dramatic video showing the incident and we will find out how the victim is doing this morning. but first happening now, the votes are in in germany and merkel has just been sworn in as her fourth term as the german chancellor. lawmakers voted earlier today to reelect merkel. nearly six months after germany's election and a lengthy coalition building effort. plufs the world's former number one doubles tennis player has died. ken flach was being treated for bronchitis at ucsf when he died. flach won six grand slam titles and a gold medal at the 1988 seoul olympics. he was just 54 years old.

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here are the top stories on today in the bay-- welcome back. before you head out the door here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> nationwide school walkouts on the east coast are set to start in just minutes. you are looking live at foothills high school in pleasanton. that was just one of more than 100 bay area schools taking part at 10:00 a.m. our time. oakland unified school district says it fully supports the

walkout but wants kids to stay on campus. the school says it will set up free speech area on campus. officials say disciplinary action for students will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. a live look in milpitas, that's where students are expected to walk out of class at 10:00 a.m. too many one month following the parkland school shooting rampage. students were initially told their participation in the walkout would mean an uncould you sayed absence but the school leaders have backtracked on that. the walkout is expected to be brief supervised by staff members. students at other bay area high schooling and around the nation are planning to hold similar walkouts. the plan is for 10:00 this morning so given our time changes we are getting live pictures into our newsroom this morning showing some of the other student walkouts happening in different parts of the country. walkouts are beginning now along the east coast. nbc news special report with savannah guthrie will start in just a few minutes. and live pictures from san

jose now where the search is on who are a hit and run driver who struck a 12-year-old girl in a crosswalk, all of it caught on video. you can see the teenager crossing in that crosswalk when a late model toyota camry strikes her. this happened at 17th, north 17th and east julian streets on monday morning. the teen will be okay, no life-threatening injuries for her but the police want to see who this driver is. they say she is a white woman likely in her 40s to 50s with brown hair. contact san jose police if you have information. if you remember that woman, turn yourself in. tributes are pouring in for remound british theoretical physicist stephen hawking to died peace three at his home in england. he was best known for his thee kret ral -- osh as a theoretical physicist for his time and wrote about the mysterious -- li mysteries, rather, of space, time and black holes. his book a brief history of time

made him one of the most famous scientists since albert sign tine. hawking was paralyzed at the age of 21 by als and was told he would only live a few more years, but he defied those odds. he was 76 years old. 6:57 now. president trump leaves california headed for st. louis today. he spent yesterday visiting southern california where he toured these prototypes for his proposed borer wall in san diego. then he went on to l.a. during his visit he wills criticized leaders in california's sanctuary cities saying that they are protecting criminals. the first lawsuit has been filed against a san francisco fertility clinic where hundreds of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged. this morning there is a push to turn that claim into a class action lawsuit. the mercury news is reporting a woman is suing pacific fertility center for damages due to negligence and breach of contract. the law firm representing the woman claims at least 400 people have been affected after a storage tank at the facility may have malfunctioned.

the problem discovered by the clinic early this month. mike is watching the roadways, but kari is watching that radar. >> yeah, we've seen the rain popping up here and there. you want to make sure you download that nbc bay area app so you can track the rain and get alerts as rain approaches your location. it's going to be off and on throughout the day and also the next several days, through saturday we are still going to be some unsettled weather. >> now we want to get a last check of the traffic. >> we have damp roadways so as we look at your maps be careful out there. nothing major like yesterday. continuing to track the rain. we do have a disabled vehicle southbound 101 possibly a crash at cesar chavez that may be an issue where the hazard marker is there. the bay bridge toll plaza i know it's backed up but i wanted you to look at the sky. >> that is really pretty. >> something beautiful. >> you just said what i was thinking. >> all right. that's what's happening with "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with live local news update for you. >> right now we do want to go to

an nbc news special report with savannah guthrie on the national student walkout as we look live at some of those walkouts that are getting under way on the east coast as we speak. let us know if your student. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. informe especial de la nbc >> we're coming on the air just before the clock strikes 10:00. moments before what is expected to be a powerful scene at the top of the hour, thousands of students are expected to walk out of their schools. a mass protest across the nation, against gun violence. this is happening one month to the day since the tragic shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there, he's going to be watching this along with us this morning. gabe, what are you anticipating? >> hi, savannah, good morning. students here at marjory stoneman douglas high school are

expected to leave their classrooms in a short time. a few moments and head to the football field here. this of course as you mentioned is one of thousands of schoolsc that are expected to do the same across the country. over the next several hours. organizers say there are more than 3,000 planned protests across the country. now this is touched off a fierce debate among teachers and parents across the country. not just at high schools like this one, but also middle schools, even elementary schools. some educators are trying to grapple with the question of how young is too young to protest. now there have been many supporters across the country. they're viewing this as a teachable moment. some asking the students to write essays on why they should go out and protest. as part of, of this teachable moment as they see it. but opponents say that this is a bad idea, some parents saying that politics should not be injected into the classroom. school district in new jersey as well as one in maryland are threatening to discipline