doesn't everyone say that these days? >> yeah. >> yeah, we do. good morning to you thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. let's get started with kari. a whole week of rain ahead. >> yeah, we are seeing still off and on showers. i want to go back to that radar we were just looking at, hopefully we can go back to wsi-2 because we are still seeing the rain across the bay area. it's been off and on mostly across areas south of san francisco and off towards the east where we are going to be tracking that rain moving through. it's still going to be with us at times taking a few breaks here and there, but still not really letting up just yet. i will continue to track this on storm ranger and, mike, you have a problem for bart commuters. continuing throughout the morning, kari, theres a small area that has a power outage around the 16 mission station in san francisco so that station is closed for power issues. trains are running on time, but 24th and civic center on either side, so folks getting dropped off may have to walk through soggy conditions at times, just

take note, don't get dropped off at 16 and mission right now. no weather related delays for any of these stations and we are looking at -- any other systems i should say. we are looking at radar activity from kari's system with all that radar activity. we are looking at this on the roadways, the green highlighting any slick conditions all over the bay we have wet roadways so be careful. even coming up from the south county. 17 is fine across the summit, but puddling and ponding likely through gilroy. breaking news we're covering this morning, tragedy in a san jose neighborhood. at least two people are dead after a driver slammed into a tree on communications hill. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live at the scene on casalino drive with what we're learning. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you. this has been a very difficult morning for first responders. you can see the tow truck here is still on scene here on communications hill trying to remove that vehicle that crashed so violently the engine block was separate from the car itself. now, the car did go off the

roadway before crashing into a tree here at the top of communications hill. if you've been up here you know that the roads with winding and narrow. investigators are telling us that the driver was likely speeding. a neighbor tells us the crash was so violent she walked out to find the street full of smoke and the engine block right in the middle of the roadway. >> i heard this like crash sound, it was really, really loud and i saw smoke covering the entire street. so i started to worry that someone may have got hurt. >> reporter: and indeed two people did go to the hospital and two other people had to be extricated by san jose fire department firefighters. they had to use the jaws of life to get those two victims out. now, the two people who were in the car did go to the hospital. as i mentioned, san jose fire did have to extricate them using special equipment.

they just left the scene in the last hour or so. i can tell you that the ground is still wet out here. it was likely wet right around the 1:30 hour when this crash was first reported. so the take away for the rest of us is do be careful out there because the roadways are slick and speed and wet roadways are never a good combination. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. developing this morning, rescuers frantically searching for more victims after yesterday's deadly bridge collapse in miami. these are live aerials from the scene. we're waiting on a news conference to begin any moment. you can see the bridge over the street there covering those cars. our newsroom is listening in, we will bring you any updates from that live news conference as they come in. in the meantime here is the latest at this hour. overnight crews announce that six people are now dead. that's up from four yesterday. ten others are still in the hospital, some with serious injuries.

"today in the bay's" wendy woolfolk live in miami this morning to explain where this investigation is going from here. good morning, wendy. >> reporter: laura, good morning, again, to you. authorities now confirm the bridge had been put into some sort of stress test and the cables were being tightened when suddenly it collapsed. rescue crews worked through the night searching the rubble of what's left of the 950 ton bridge. the pedestrian walkway still under construction came crashing down on to a busy street thursday crushing cars and people under massive concrete slabs. >> we've been working throughout the entire night. >> searchers are drilling holes and using dogs to find potential survivors. at least eight cars are crushed under the bridge. and it's believed people were working on it when it collapsed. >> that bridge, whatever is left of it, is very, very unstable. so we have to be very careful as they're moving stuff.

>> reporter: the pedestrian bridge intended to make crossing the busy road below safer for students was set in place just five days ago. witnesses could not believe what they saw. >> it was like an explosion. it was like a bomb. it was right behind us. you know, it coffin it could ha under that bridge. >> reporter: the bridge was built using a method hailed to be faster, cheaper and safer. it's builder says the company is cooperating with the investigation. a team from the national transportation safety board is in miami to lead the federal government's investigation. they've now moved from the rescue mode to recovery mode here in miami. unfortunately they do fear the death toll could still rise. live in miami i'm wendy woolfolk. back to you. stay with "today in the bay" for continuing coverage out of florida. we will be taking live reports throughout the morning. of course, you can get the

latest information on the website nbcbayarea.com, as well as twitter and facebook 24/7. at 6:05 now to a developing story we're following in the east bay. police say a neighborhood in san leandro is now safe after a police shooting there. you see how active the scene was. they've lifted an order now to stay indoors. it happened near the bayfair mall. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us with new information about what led up to the shots being fired. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning. do you know what, they're saying that those two suspects -- san leandro police are saying those two suspects may have been connected to an auto burglary ring spanning a number of east bay cities and they said that they were here at that bayfair mall parking lot right in front of the 24 hour fitness and possibly planning to break into more cars in that area. we will show you that scene overnight, actually what you're going to look at is right across hesperian boulevard where that officer-involved shooting took

place. san leandro police are saying that fremont police were the ones conducting the auto burglary investigation in the city and that's when they tracked down the two male adult suspects in the bayfair mall parking lot in san leandro. when san leandro police arrived on scene for backup they claimed the two suspects rammed into his police cars -- excuse me, they're saying they rammed into their police cars and that's eventually where the chase ensued across the street at this arco gas station. when they approached the suspects they claim one of the suspects lifted a handgun towards them, that's when officers fired shots injuring both men. one was arrested immediately on the scene, that second suspect was arrested just before 2:00 a.m. hiding in the bushes near some of the railroad tracks. in the past hour our newsroom did some digging to find out exactly how many officer involved shootings we have had in the past month. let's pull up that information. you can see a number of officer involved shootings. the account is at about six including this most recent officer-involved shooting in san

leandro. a number standing from fairfield to santa rosa to san francisco on that list. as for this case san leandro police are still looking for the handgun that they said was lifted towards them which led to the shots being fired but we expect them to be on the scene with a number of authorities for the next couple hours. live in san leandro, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, thank you much. just into our newsroom, new details on the stormy daniels scandal. she is of course the adult film actress linked to an affair with donald trump, paid to stay quiet. her attorney told msnbc's morning joe anchors stormy daniels has been threatened. this interview aired about an hour ago. >> was she threatened in any way. >> >> yes. >> was she threatened physical harm? >> yes. >> oh, wow. keep going, mika. >> i mean, we started the piece and you just -- >> was her life threatened? >> again, i'm not going to answer that. people will have to tune into "60 minutes". >> daniels' lawyer says there

are six more women with stories similar to his client's about president trump. switching gears now 6:08. it's about to be another white weekend in the sierra. take a look at this, it's a live look from caltrans camera from soda springs up at donner summit. they had to clear the roadways up there. quite a bit of snow on the ground. it's going to keep coming. could be a rough drive up there, but could be nice by sunday and monday. last night the weather, though, so bad caltrans had to shut down i-80 at immigrant gap. police say there were several spinouts. as you might have guessed, chains are needed for both highway 80 and 50 this morning, but the resorts, wow, they're loving it. >> they are. all the trails are open. everything still operational, but it's just going to take a long time to get there. make sure you pack everything you need, including that emergency kit and the tire chains. we can see on the radar that there is a lot of snow coming down even as you make it just past placerville. we are seeing some of the rain

moving through the bay area off and on, still waves of this as you get ready to head out the door. it's a chilly start this morning and our temperatures only in the mid 40s and lower 50s. bundle up, it's not only going to be soggy, but it's also going to be chilly. as we head over to mike now we've been tracking a problem for some of those drivers, but it looks pretty light, though, right? >> that's right, but the problem is the fact that it is light and some folks under these conditions, look at all this radar activity that kari showed, i pulled that layer away and you see how click the roadways are, the green shows where it's going to be slick all over the bay. light traffic for the green sensors, everybody is going a little bit faster and that could be tougher for folks to control if they come across anything like this slowing through the altamonte and toward the earlier scene of a crash 580 westbound at isabelle. all lanes are clear. we are seeing recovery. we are about 32 minutes, there we go, it was 36 minutes a short time ago. improvements for west 580, that means speeds are coming back up. be careful, you need nor

stopping distance when there are slick roadways. the bay bridge still a half hour from highway 4 down toward the bay bridge backup. coming up on "today in the bay," equal pay for all. the tech giant trying to pro of that all of its workers are paid fairly. plus the perfect shot. we will introduce you to the basketball playing robot that never misses. better not, it's a robot.

happy friday. right now it's 6:14. loading up the car, getting ready to go to squaw valley and alpine meadows, it is going to still be snowing and you want to make sure you're prepared for eight plus hours because of that drive to get there, but it's going to be beautiful. still snow throughout tomorrow. highs in the mid 20s. we have 122 inches of snow at the base and more is on the way. the potential of another two to three feet of snow possible for some of those mountain peaks. we will talk about what's ahead for the bay area as the rain continues. that's coming up in less than five minutes. kari, you just talked about a slow drive to the summit in the sierra here. the rye rise for the san mateo bridge getting slower. we have more cars, slowing down the traffic. look at that, the rain plus a little bit of, well, wet roadways all over the bay. thanks so much.

it's 6:14. business and tech news this morning google says it's paying its employees equally regardless of gender. >> live to contessa brewer at the cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> here we are 15 minutes before wall street opens for the day and it looks like we're heading for a flat opening. we've seen meandering journey for futures this morning between positive and negative territory. the dow broke a three day losing streak yesterday to close 115 points higher, the nasdaq was lower a by 15 at its close, the third negative session in a row. today investors are looking for data on job openings and consumer sentiment. google says it found no evidence of a significant gender pay gap for 89% of its employees worldwide, but that report comes with a bit of an asterisk. google's findings were limited to job categories with 30 or more employees with at least five men and five women. the analysis entirely excludes

11% of employees, mainly composed of top executives which is where we frequently see a pay gap. google is being sued for underpaying women. march madness is officially under way. there is one player that could top anyone in a tournament. a basketball playing robot named q uses artificial intelligence to shoot hoops with almost perfect accuracy. the robot can make 200,000 different shots and even beat out two japanese pros. you have steph curry, it would be interesting to see the take between steph curry and the robot. the warriors have a whole list of people who might want to give it a try. >> and they do it with style, too. >> that's right. >> a robot is a little boring. >> right. ahead of st. patrick's day tomorrow ireland touting its tech workers, new this morning the down tree selling silicon valley companies turn to the european nation to find all the software engineers they need. >> in ireland we've got free

education, we've got open borders, we're -- will be the only english speaking member of the eu in a few years' time and so we've got the youngest workforce in europe as well. >> last week the trump administration said it would tighten requirements here in america for h-1b visas, that's the special work permit given to foreigners for special skills like software programming. tomb raider gets a reboot at the box office this weekend. the role last played by angelina jolie in 2001. she plays lara kroft. it's rated pg 13. nick robinson who you may recognize from jurassic park stars in "love simon." he hasn't told his family and friends that he's gay.

it's rated pg-13. so maybe a movie this weekend on a rainy day. >> today and tomorrow your best days to go to the movies. we don't want to make it too crowded there. >> don't go to my heater. >> it's going to be a nice weekend, but you do have to be prepared for all that's coming our way. we've seen t it's been raining off and on. we're track that go rain this morning as you get ready to head out the door. much of the rain has been across parts of the south bay and east bay, but i'm also starting to see showers ramp back up for the north bay as well. let's get you to san jose right now. we can take it down to street level and show you exactly where it's raining and much of it has been just through the east of san jose and approaching alum rock where we do see the yellows and reds there. it just disappeared, but we will head over toward the tri-valley where we've seen some rain also for the peninsula. here is a look at the wider view. we know it's been raining off and on, we still have a steady

stream of moisture coming in off of the pacific and this storm system is still spinning across the region so it does stay unsettled throughout the day, slight chance of thunderstorms, our highs reaching into the low to mid 50s today as that rain continues. when they take it into tomorrow because i know you've got plans and want to head out to some of those st. patrick's day parades and events going on. it still may be raining through tonight as well as early tomorrow, but it's going to be scattered off and on and you want to make sure you do have the nbc bay area app so that you can track the rain as it's happening. zoom into where you are and also get alerts as rain approaches your location. dries out sunday, monday, but then we need a good steady stream of moisture, right? we could possibly see that toward the end of next week. it's been a while since we have had an atmospheric river and the computer models are pointing in that direction that we could tap into deep subtropical moisture and bring in some very heavy rain toward the end of next

week. i will be tracking all of that for you. it stays cool, san francisco only reaches into the low 50s for the next few days, but as it does dry out it warms up several degrees and by tuesday we are up to 60 degrees, inland areas low 60s and not looking bad next week as the rain returns, though, it will get cooler. as we head back over to mike, you've seen a bunch of spinouts this morning. we have, spinouts specifically cited or slol low single car crashes with nothing else involved. slippery roadways around the bay. this is kari's radar showing you -- she called out the south bay, seeing some of that heavier rain and also 580 out of the altamonte corridor. i removed that radar layer to show you the road weather index because our systems are tied together, shows you how slick it will be around the bay. everywhere it's highlighted green that's going to be a tough drive at least for the commute directions. allow more space to slow down the cars. we will slow down the cars for the east shore freeway. a burst of traffic coming

through san pablo towards the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. plan on the slight delay there. friday lighter around the bay. 31 minutes just about half an hour from highway 4 through that slow section. 880/580 over towards the maze no problems. the palo alto camera shows you water on the lens having just fallen a few minutes ago and slick roadways for 101. we clear the bay shore on the peninsula. the bart station at 16th and mission still closed because of a power issue in the immediate vicinity. no delays for any of these transit agencies. back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. coming up next on "today in the bay," no more straws. the proposal moving forward in the east bay aimed at getting rid of the restaurant staple. thousands of dollars in features are missing from the car he just bought. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. appr)

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nbcbayarea.com/responds. i will see you again tonight at 6:00. one oakland leader pushing to make a set of straws a little less common in the trash. this council member says there are several problems, they can't be recycled, aren't biodegradable. his measure would require restaurants and bars to require plastic straws only when customers request them. supporters say an estimated half a billion plastic straws are discarded globally each and every day. happening tomorrow, st. patrick's day and saturday, two days that are great together, among the east bay celebrations you can head to dublin, dublin, california, not dublin, ireland. dublin, california, closer after all. the lion's club organizes an annual pa ra id that starts at 9:30 in the morning. here is ancient film of rob

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bay area this morning. right now it's 6:30, we are tracking more rain in the bay area this morning. you are looking live at our radar at nbc's storm ranger providing us this image. >> taking live look from san mateo, get ready for a wet morning commute. a lot of snow in the sierra as well if you're trying to head up there, take the chains. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. let's get the latest from kari. good morning. >> good morning. it's been wet off and on, this is the kind of weather we will see all day long. even part of your saturday, too. we still have this storm system bringing us some rain across the bay area, although much of it has been south of san francisco. starting to see some of the showers developing once again across sonoma county. let's go into san jose right now where the rain is creating some slick spots on those roads and make sure those windshield wipers are all good as the rain continues from santa clara over toward alum rock, we head over

towards the tri-valley, it's starting to lighten up in livermore but we are going to see rounds of rain moving through just passing the san mateo bridge and moving east of hayward as you're getting a break from the rain for now, but it's still all across the region. we are going to see this throughout the day. even as we take it into the afternoon it still shows a lot of green here and then it slowly tapers off tonight for a little while. i will be tracking all of that and what's ahead for the weekend. that's coming up in just a few minutes. mike, you have crashes now in the south bay. typical of this rain, when the rain travels through an area it coincides with a few more reports from chp. that's what we're seeing. this is from the radar showing activity coming across highway 17 and 87 there is a build. we have these two crashes that were reported, one right by downtown 280 at 87 -- or 87 at 280 and the other one farther north on 87. they are both moving off to the shoulder. the volume builds, but that rain will that i can ma road weather index creep that green into the

rest of san jose. the south county showing rain gu no slowing. 17 moving well. over here we have blue in gilroy, that's where puddling and ponding are likely. 152 is open and accessible over there, slowing through san martin, morgan hill. typical for 101. the rest of the bay shows the wet conditions. a lighter commute around the bay. highway 37 under a half hour with that slowing out of vallejo. back to you. at 6:32 we continue to follow breaking news out of the south bay this morning. two people are dead, others injured, after an early morning crash in san jose. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been at that scene since we came on air at 4:30 this morning. we understand you got new information just in the last couple minutes. >> reporter: right. in just the last half hour scott mcgrew police confirmed that they believe that the driver involved in this violent crash may have been drunk and or high when he smashed into that tree. we also know that that man that was behind the wheel is one of

the two people who died. he also had a female passenger who died in this crash. another man and a female passenger were transported to the hospital. her injuries are life-threatening, although his are not. the car went off the roadway here on communications hill before crashing into a tree and at this point investigators are telling us that in addition to alcohol and marijuana speeds may have also been a factor. a neighbor tells us that when she looked out her front door the street was filled with smoke and when that smoke cleared she saw something in the middle of the street away from the car. >> it was the engine from the car. i saw the car hit the tree and then fell off the street and crashed on the hill. >> reporter: now, what that object was in the middle of the street was the engine. the engine block was thrown from the car because of the violence of that collision. now, there were also two dogs in

the car when it crashed, one survived, the other did not. now, the roadway was wet when we got here at 4:00 this morning. it was wet at 1:30 this morning. we don't know if that was a factor, but the rain has started to come down here on communications hill in san jose. so the take away here is be careful out there, folks, the roadways are wet and speed and wet roadways are never a good combination. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you very much. we're also looking at another story here, another bay area school plans to keep students attending -- or not attending class today, violent threats found scrawled on a bathroom wall, leaders at martinez junior high school have canceled classes along with after school activities. classes will resume monday. school leaders added the threat that they found does not appear to be credible but they're closing it anyway. the city of val low expected to announce a seven figure settlement to a woman whose

kidnapping police initially labeled as a hoax. vallejo police suggested the story by denise huskins and her then boyfriend aaron quinn was made up. but she really was kidnapped. a man drugged and assaulted the couple in quinn's home. she was held for ransom and later released in southern california. now three years later sources say vallejo has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement for huskins and her now fiancé quinn. the city is not expected to admit wrongdoing. a developing story, a frightening case of vandalism leading to around the clock security at the san jose teachers union building. police say someone threw a molotov cocktail on to the roof tuesday night. nobody was hurt. it's the latest of a string of vandalisms targeting the teachers building. earlier this month someone tried to break into the window with a pipe then days later somebody left an open propane tank under the window. so far no arrests have been

made. crews are reportedly adding a new layer of safety for cyclists along one busy san francisco street. the examiner says work started yesterday on planned bike lane barriers for valencia street between 15th and 19th. the barriers are meant to keep cars from double parking in valencia's dedicated bike lane. that sends cyclists into traffic. cyclists protested to make the city change this. longer turn safety solutions still in the works. we're hoping for safer driver. slick conditions. be careful. we do have an update for the bart system. unfortunately it means 16th and mission station will continue with the closure. possibly until maybe closer to 10:00 a.m. pg&e says the power outage for that station and in that general area the small power outage because of a power pole they found damaged, possibly down, so that will continue. no delays for the bart system. the rest of those transit agencies look great. the ferries not affected by the

weather and a smooth flow of traffic on the roadways, lighter friday commute. you see all the rain on the radar, kari will talk about that in just a second. the green highlighting, slick roadways around the bay. the tri-valley not so bad, 32 minutes. we have seen that number go down. it's been better through the tri-valley after the earlier crash cleared. we don't usually see improvement in the morning commute. >> the skies are going to clear anytime soon. we will get a break midweekend. >> yeah, by sunday. that's our day that's going to be dry. tomorrow we're still going to be in and out of the rain. we are still seeing that now as you try to get out the door this morning getting a look at the radar, much of the rain, then south of san francisco, but it's very soggy all over the bay area. as we skip ahead to tomorrow it's going to be still tool, times of showers, but much of that rain will be throughout the morning. we should get clearing in some spots by tomorrow afternoon. sunday all dry and slightly

warmer, up to 61 degrees for the inland valleys and 57 degrees for the bay on sunday. now, i know a lot of people are heading out to the st. patrick's parade tomorrow in san francisco. just be prepared for the possibility of light rain and it's only going to be at about 49 degrees so bundle up and we also have the parade in dublin at 9:30 in the morning. more of the same. if you want dry weather in dublin go there on sunday, the celebration continues for st. patrick's day. live music, things to do for the kids. it will be in the low 50s. you still need to make sure you're dressed in some layers, but it's going to be nice with some sunshine and a nice change compared to what we have had recently. if you're going to santa cruz still some showers tomorrow, sunday, it's only going to be up to 57 degrees with some peeks of sunshine. if you just want to get away interest it all and go for a nice hike in muir woods, saturday is still looking wet, sunday is going to be cool, dress in layers and wear some boots you don't mind getting

muddy. if you're going out to the sierra here is a look at what to expect in yosemite, more snow and it's going to be in the lower 20s, the snow wraps up on sunday, it's just going to take a long time getting there. we will talk more about that and what's ahead coming up in just a few minutes. thanks so much, kari. live pictures for you this morning, i-80 near kang veil getting ready for wintry conditions if you're going to head up to the sierra this morning. >> it will be a long drive. they're going to need to bring the snow plows out. brian hickey live in blue canyon to show us the conditions there. it's glorious for snow borders and skiers, though, brian. >> reporter: this is the march miracle we were hoping for. we are at 5,000 feet at blue cannon and i'm knee deep in snow. several feet of snow on the ground. you can see where caltrans has been busy all night and this morning plowing the snow up and over these massive embankments. once you get out on the interstate this morning it's

more like a ski run. you could ski down inter 80 this morning, it looks more like a groomed run than a highway. driving conditions not too bad if you are okay driving in snow. got that four-wheel drive with snow tires or good chains, the conditions are pretty good. not too windy so visibility is pretty good up here this morning, but you have to be comfortable driving in the snow. with the forecast calling for much more make sure you have a plan to get off the mountain as well. it could be a lot worse later. the resorts reports feet upon feet of snow, friends that have been hitting the powder over the last couple days, let's just say i'm joul laos because the conditions are only getting better. that's the latest on conditions up here. 5,000 feet a couple feet of snow already with more on the way. >> looks great for spring skiing, easter time. >> looks good. brian hickey, thank you much. coming up next on "today in the bay," the controversy continues over the plan to build a healing garden in the spot where brock turner sexual assaulted a woman.

the reason the stanford university provost says the victim's statement would not have been appropriate for the garden. live at the big board out of new york city this morning, dow up mildly this morning despite a lot of turmoil in the white house, word that both kelly and mcmaster could exit this weekend.

happy friday. it's 6:43. let's get a look at what's happening right now around san jose. campbell taking break from the

rain but raining in downtown san jose and also around santa teresa and alum rock. let's go back to santa teresa for our temperature trend for today. only reaching into the mid 50s. on and off rain. we will talk about saturday and what's ahead as a stronger storm system could roll in next week. that's in less than five minutes. kari, right now you're using windshield wipers, rain or not, we have the water kicking up for 580 westbound. the travel times are looking good throughout that portion and much the rest of the bay. we do see more traffic and will show that coming up. u.s. military officials confirm seven american service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in iraq. it happened last night. officials say the crash does not appear to be the result of enemy activity. another u.s. helicopter was right nearby reported that crash. iraqi security forces and coalition members secured the

scene. no word yet on the identities of the hometown for those americans killed. the stanford university provost speaking out about the healing garden that's been created on campus. the garden has come under scrutiny after the survivor backed out from allowing the university to use a quote from her letter to the court on plaque. provost persis drell writes in a blog that statements offered by the survivor, quote, would not be supportive for other survivors. the university instead suggested other quotes from the letter, but they were rejected. drell also writes the assault has changed the university forever. and happening today the suspects charged in the stabbing death of a woman left for death on tesla road are scheduled to appear in court. investigators say liz andrea was still alive when her killers dumped her on a remote stretch of tesla road between livermore and tracy. she managed to flag down a car. shorts say she identified her

killers moments before dying. authorities in modesto later arrested the man and woman you see here and they're facing charges. we know this morning -- more this morning about the marin sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty. that's a story we started covering yesterday at 11:00. we've since learned his name is ryan zirkle. he was 24, engaged to be married. the department says he crashed into a tree on his way to an emergency call. the sheriff says the pavement was wet but the cause of the crash is still under investigation. members of law enforcement escorted his body to a funeral room. people who watched this emotional procession certainly felt the loss. >> it's heart breaking, it is a young family, too, right, just starting out his life. it's so hard to get someone that's willing to put their life on the line to serve the people. >> sfwlirkel grew up in novato and graduated from san marin high. funeral plans have not been

announced. more troubles for airlines, this time southwest airlines accused of kicking off a father and his two-year-old daughter off of a flight because the little girl was too afraid to sit in her own seat. other passengers came to the father's defense and it was all captured on video. >> you all need to understand the operation, unfortunately, and -- >> it's a child. she was scared. >> i know. >> he was trying to calm her down. >> this is not help. of do you want to go to atlanta? the decision has been made. >> as the video continues several other passengers spoke out against the flight attendant's actions. both the father and his daughter were taken off the plane anyway. it happened wednesday afternoon at chicago's midway airport while southwest did not apologize it did tell news agencies the company will reach out to the father. happening tomorrow, the luck of the irish is not going to help you if you drink and drive. law enforcement agencies will watch for drunk drivers of course. aaa once again offering its tipsy tow to keep drunk drivers off the street, that's free. and the department of alcohol beverage control says its agents

will be out in bars in force making sure minors don't drink. happening today march madness continues after two big upsets during the first round. number 13 seed buffalo beat number 4 arizona yesterday and number 11 loyola at chicago beat number six seed miami. loyola hit a three-pointer with 0.3 of a second left on the clock and obviously miami was not able to come back. honoring our law enforcement officers, hundreds came out yesterday in fremont to show their appreciation for law enforcement and of course remember the lives we lost last year. marcus washington and i were the emeses of this great event. it's always nice to go out and see so many familiar faces. these are the stories that are told about the law enforcement officers how they really put their lives at risk every single day. money raised from yesterday's event helped support officers

training and networking opportunities. just a great group of people. while you were doing that yesterday i was at career day and that was really cool, too. everyone was like is it going to rain, a kari? that's the question that everyone has. it will be raining off and on. there may be little breaks here and there, but really doesn't give you much time to get outside. as we get a look at what's happening on the radar, we can see that much of the rain has been areas around san francisco and farther to the south. the east bay and the peninsula as well as the south bay getting the heaviest rain. let me take you straight to the peninsula right now, right there, burlingame, san mateo and also for south city some of the heavier rain moving in from the half-moon bay area so we're still going to see some rounds of rain as this large area of low pressure still spins across the region and that keeps it unsettled throughout the day and part of tomorrow as well. as you're taking the kids to school this morning in san francisco, make sure that they do have the rain gear.

there will be some times of rain and also some breaks and that may be their little opportunity to get outside during recess, but then it starts back up again during early afternoon during the lunch hour and possibly by the time you go pick them up from school. we are going to have one of those days that's going to be cool and at times wet so you do need the rain gear. raincoat a necessity to keep you warm and dry and also some boots or shoes that could get wet or muddy. heading into the rest of the day still looks like we could see some rain and then as we go into tomorrow still shows that there still could be some scattered showers moving through, even into the afternoon. sunday is all dry, monday is all dry and also part of tuesday, but we haven't yet in a while had a big atmospheric river, a steady stream of subtropical moisture, and that could be in the works for us by the end of next week. so of course i will be tracking that in your seven-day forecast, it shows that we will have some sunshine for sunday and monday and i think we need that as much

at this point as we do also need that rain. mike has a warning for those friday commuters. that's right, kari, and the warning is because traffic is friday light. look at these speeds, we are under a half hour from highway 4 -- well, look at that, just slowed a little bit from highway 4 to the bay bridge. i will show you the same thing on the map. everything else is showing green on this map and those higher speeds and the slick roadways, the green shows you the road weather index, you will have a bad combination if you have to hit the brakes in any quick sort of fashion. give yourself a lot of space between you and the car in front of you so you can ease on to the brakes. slowing through the altamonte. wet roadways, things calming down for tesla and mines. we have slick roadways around the bay, that rain traveling through the south bay, more slowing for san jose and the build for 101/87. i'm bringing on some of that radar activity because i just passed over here san mateo bridge in hayward, we had touched the toll plaza side and also down toward palo alto. san mateo bridge is where the rain just hit, water on the lens

a slower drive results even though friday light shows an easy drive for hayward on the nimitz freeway and down through palo alto. slick roads already. more slowing as these folks behind me just waiting to get down to the silicon valley. back to you. it's 6:52. coming up next a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay" including the rising death toll after a newly built pedestrian bridge collapsed in miami, florida. first happening now, california ranchers who lost cattle and property in the thomas fire are suing the local utility. they accuse southern california edison of not maintaining its equipment. and for failing to manage the vegetation where the blaze started. the thomas fire in ventura county burned more than 440 square miles and destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. plus puerto rico still pleading for help from the federal government. we are almost at the six month mark since hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory. only a fraction of the $23 billion that congress approved

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much force the engine was found several feet from the crash site. the male driver along with a woman were killed. two others in the kill are in the hospital. two dogs were also in that honda. one of them died. investigators just told our crew at the scene they suspect marijuana and alcohol may have played a factor in this crash. this is the 13th fatal crash in san jose this year. we're following new developments out of miami this morning. the death toll from that pedestrian bridge collapse now six. you're looking at live pictures from florida international university where that new bridge fell. this happened yesterday. the structure came crashing down on cars below. we brought this as live breaking coverage during our midday newscast yesterday. at least ten people were taken to hospitals. none of the victims or survivors have been identified. officials say removing this bridge piece by piece, you see a rescue dog sniffing for people, getting the trapped vehicles will take some time. coverage continues next on the

"today" show, they will have live reports as well as the investigation continues. plus a closer look at the construction of that bridge. at 6 a 6:00 san leandro's bayfair mall is returning to normal this morning. last night a suspect was shot by an officer there. fremont lis conducting an auto burglary operation came across two suspects. the suspects took off running. one of the suspects reached for a gun forcing officers to open fire. that suspect is being treated it he hospital. the other suspect was arrested after the search. no word yet if investigators found any weapons on scene. more threats of violence against a bay area school, martinez junior high will be closed today after a violent threat was scrawled on a bathroom wall. all classes and after school activities are canceled. everything will resume monday. school leaders do say the threat does not a peeb to be credible but san leandro high school canceled classes as well yesterday because of a similar threat. a man accused of killing two

fremont women more than three decades ago, 57-year-old david emery misch is accused of killing 18-year-old michelle xavier and 20-year-old jennifer duey in february of 1986. the women who were best friends were found dead along mill creek road near mission boulevard. misch already serving an 18-year sentence for a homicide in alameda county in 1989, he will appear in court today. police say dna evidence linked him into these other dilgs. he is due in court at 9:00 this morning. we continue to track rain across the bay area this morning on your left our live radar from nbc bay area storm ranger, on the right you can see our live cameras in san mateo and fremont. >> we have wet roads out there this morning, a lot of rain, heavy at times coming down across the bay area overnight and pockets of heavy rain started coming down in some spots about midnight, maybe when you were sleeping. fremont bar riders tell us they don't mind the rain. >> i think last year was worse. >> yeah.

>> yeah. just because i come from santa cruz so there was more, you know, mountain slides and all that stuff. >> even flooding in san jose. other riders tell us they don't mind the rain as long as the trains are on time. that's year-round. rain or shine. >> no delays right now. >> that's good. >> looking good. we just have the rain off and on. we will be talking more about that. if you join me for a facebook live chat that's going to happen at 9:00. i will give you time to get the kids out the door, get some things done or maybe sit at your computer at work. @karihallweather on facebook, we will track the rain and talk about what else is ahead. even if it's not raining, look at the camera in san jose, rain is still on the roadway, wet roadways, slick, so be careful. we are looking at san jose. speeds are great, but that's part of the problem. higher speeds you have to be careful. slow down, make sure you can ease on to the brakes. slick roadways around the bay. remember 16th street station still closed for a power outage in san francisco. st. patrick's day play it

safe this weekend. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us for bay area news at 11:00. have a great friday. the frantic search to find more victims still under way, as chilling video of the accident emerges. one survivor just inches from death, sharing his emotional story. >> i started to hear the bridge creek. i looked up. and i saw the bridge falling on top of us. >> how did this happen? we'll have the latest on the investigation and we talk to one of the first responders on the scene. next to go? new reports that president trump is about to dump his national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster.