see that sunshine breaking out today. and once we get that, our temperatures are going to warm up quickly. here's the way we start right now in fremont as we take a lye look outside. it's 41 degrees. do you need to bundle up, a little bit of a breeze too. we have some mid-30s for those inland valleys while san francisco's at 47 degrees, we're here in san jose at 42 degrees and then as we get a look at our high today of 68 degrees in san jose, ukiah 64 degrees and 64 in antioch. mike, you're giving us a broader view of that early morning commute. that's right. we don't have any major crashes going on along the perimeter of the bay and that's where most congestion happens later on in the day. 101 through gilroy driving up through san martine, no problems up to the silicon valley. 17 to and from the santa cruz site, that's just fine. everything's fine. you can see san francisco as well. here's the tri-valley, no major

problems even out of the altamont but there is that slowing and a little slowing for 84 and that's a main surface spre street which when it cuts through. today there will ann celebration of life for the three women killed in the veteran's home shooting. the memorial comes a little after the week of the tragedy and that morning the community is trying to move forward. we're live in yountville with what we can expect and people still very raw there in yountville. >> reporter: yes, no doubt about it, kris. and that emotional care moan is going to take place behind me here at the napa valley center. and it's going to be an emotional ceremony honoring those three victims who lost their lives during that shooting but also dedicated their lives to helping those veterans battling ptsd. the names of those doctors, jennifer gray golic, crist yen

lobar and dr. jennifer gobs shoe sa reba who were killed on march nining when a veteran in the pathway mental homes building entered that building and took the three employees hostage. he eventually killed those three women before turning the gun on himself. let's get to the details of tonight's memorial service to honor those three victims. let's show our viewers that information. the celebration of the say men set to take place behind me here. napa valley performing arts center at the lincoln theater at 100 california drive in yountville gnat service is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. but i want to point out the doors do open at 4:30 p.m. it's open to the public, first come first serve basis. they're expect this venue to hit capacity fairly quickly. we're live in yountville, pete suratos for today in the bay. >> hopefully this will help bring a little bit of piece. thank you, pete. nbc bay area will air that memorial live on cozi tv which is our sister station on channel

186 on comcast. we'll also stream it on our digital platforms and at 6:00 this evening. now to developing political news, washington is still reeling from the firing of fbi director andrew mccabe. this happened just days before he was set to resign. there are concerns on what the president could do next. today in the bay tracie potts is live on capitol hill with what this means for the russia investigation. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning there is nothing here on capitol hill and the fallout we have not yet seen the inspector general's report but mccabe is speaking out saying it was politically motivate and he's report lid turned over notes of his presidential conversations to the fbi. >> lawmakers wanted to know did the white house lean on the fbi to fire deputy director andrew mccabe two days before retirement? >> but it appears to have been

compressed in order to take vengeance on this guy. >> it's highly suspicious. >> this is awfully mean spirited and it just tells me that donald trump is really scared of what andrew mccabe will say. >> mccabe fired for leaking information and misleading investigators claims he he was targeted to discredit the russia investigation. >> the fbi is who recommended that he be fired. it wasn't crazy house republicans and it wasn't a trump administration. >> reporter: the president on twitter taking aim at mccabe and special counsel robert mueller calling the russia investigation a witch hunt by 13 hardened democrats. could mueller be fired next? >> don't go there. can't go there. we have confidence in mueller, i certainly do. >> if he tried do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> members need to speak out now. don't wait for the crisis. >> reporter: the white house insists mueller's job is safe. tracie pots, nbc news, washington. we're tracking a developing story in texas, another explosion in austin injured two

people and this follows a deadly string of unsolved package bombings in recent weeks. the latest one happened yesterday at a home hours after austin police publicly pleaded for the person behind the recent bombings to come in and talk with them. two men in their 20s, they are now hospitalized. the neighbors say it felt like a powerful explosion. >> we heard the explosion in our house. enough so that my wife and daughter we all said, wow, what was that. >> it is unclear at that point whether this skplotion linkedexd to other the bombings but there have been in our austin. two people were killed an another was seriously hurt in addition to the two people who were hurt yesterday. yesterday the austin police chief increased the reward for information to $115,000. continuing coverage now on that massive fire that erupted in san francisco this weekend. the san francisco gate or the fs gate i should say is reporting

this morning the supervisor is criticizing them saying that firefighters were slow to put water on to that blaze. he says he was unable to reach the fire chief as that fire exploded. so far the chief has not responded to that criticism. that fire left about ten businesses damage and eight people without places to stay. some good news here, no one was actually hurt. now business owners are trying to figure out their next steps. >> everything is lost, everything. it's three 0 four feet water in the basement. i tried to get in, our main computer, it was -- >> four years ago i dealt with the same situation and this is four years later again i'm dealing with the same situation, maybe worse situation. >> now the cause of that fire is still under investigation. happening today, classes are expected to resume at martinez junior high school. this comes after a violent threat students from school on friday. the threat was found scrolled on

a bathroom wall. school leaders added that the threat was not found to be credible. also happening today, we expect some east bay teachers to protest in the streets. the alameda unified school board is set to hold an emergency meeting tonight to talk about next year's budget. union members say they want teacher's salaries to be a top priority so they say they will rally and march through the meeting at island high school which starts at 6:00 tonight. happening today, an oakland dmv is expected to reapril after being closed for more than a mondeaux to flood damage. that flooding happened after the copper wire was stolen from the building's heating and ac system. the dmv office on 85th avenue is set to reopen at 8:00 sth morning investigators say that they stole about $50 worth of copper piping last month and that sparked that leak in that office. you're have people looking outside wondering what's going

on. so far, no arefrts. traffic may see some hiccups this week. road crews will work on projects this week. crews will work one block at a time so each day only one lane of traffic will be open wherever that work is being done. today crews expected to focus on hayes between franklin and goth. new this morning, video from a north bay helicopter crew arriving at the scene. they posted this video showing a helicopter crew landing saturday at miller park. you can see one of the members being lifted up and taken to a stranded kayaker whose craft had tie taken on water. they say he was rude and safely brought back to shore. happening now, emergency personnel are trying to get

ahead of the next storm system before taye riefs. they posted a pre-evacuation advisory for people who live near major wildfire burn areas. concern is that a repeat will happen of that devastating mudslide in montecito in january. the next storm is due to arrive in southern california tomorrow and it may linger through thursday. as we continue to track that storm, we're looking at a boost and some tropical moisture that could bring several inch of rain to southern california. also a soggy one for the bay area too. but we do have a dry zart to the week and today actually the best day of the week but it's going to be very school this morning as you get ready to head out the door. we're only in the mid-40s right now in san francisco and mid-30s in the north bay. as we go through that morning drive in the east bay, look at that, our temperatures in the mid-30s. and we will get some sunshine and our temperatures warming up quickly by noon we're already at 57 degrees. we'll talk about what's ahead and more on that storm system in about five minutes. mike gets you out the door with

some of the low spots you may encounter. that's right. a special note for folks traveling from done town el alameda, not a problem. great travel times and speed sensors around the bay. this will be the issue. here's the posey tube takes from you alameda to where the arrow shows you. now, posey tube there's some problem. a sinkhole there, kris talked about the fwhun san francisco, so they're doing repair work right now. only one slain open getting you over to downtown oakland. later on today they're going to close the tube completely. you're going to use either the park street or the fright veil bridge a -- fruitvale bridge. we'll hear more about the situation coming up in the next half hour. over here an easy drive toward the bay bridge. i'll show you the in the lanes in the next report. back to you. coming up next on today in the bay, from excitement to terror.

>> all night it was a bunch of oohs and awes and then when the performer fell and hit the floor you heard a loud gasp in there and then was just quiet. >> a deathly accident at a cirque du soleil performance. what might have caused that performer to fall to their death. plus, all new this morning, another mix-up. meet the families pushing for answers after these puppies were flown to the wrong city.

we're coming up on 5:14 as you get ready to head out this morning, it's a cold start. let's get a lye look outside in fremont. it's starting to get busy out there and our temperatures are going from cold to warm today. a very chilly start, but look at that afternoon. it's going to be a nice one and probably the best day of the week. tomorrow a new storm arrives. i'll talk about that, what's ahead in less than five minutes. and right now we're looking at san jose highway 101. you do see some company out there. typical. we see a little build over the next 15 minutes around 101 and 680 but overall these travel times show you the south bay commute is holding up just fine. it's 5:14 now and a cirque du soleil performer died in a tragic accident. this is cell phone video showing the moments just after that catastrophic fall. it happened saturday night during a show in tampa. the 38-year-old acrobat was on double rings when one of his hands slipped and he fell about

20 feet. a local tampa tv reporter was attending that show. >> all night it was a bunch of oohs and awh, and then when the performer fell and hit the floor you heard a loud gasp and it was just quiet. >> kirk due soleil tell us that the performer who died toured with that company for 15 years. the last two shows in tampa scheduled for yesterday were canceled. new this morning, dealtal airlines is looking into a mix-up that left two puppies temporarily stranded, but both have now arrived safely to their homes in idaho. so the breeder sent those dogs on the same plane saturday from virginia to minneapolis, but bad weather led to a reroute and each dog ended up on a different flight to boise. now they arrived yesterday, one day late, to top it off once the families was incorrectly told that their dog had landed but it was really the other dog and theirs was somehow on west

coast. delta says that the dogs did receive plenty of food and water along with time-out side. >> so this time it wasn't unite. united in big trouble last week. now to business and tech news this morning. going is trying to bank on product searches. >> forest of the news before the bell we go live to cnc headquarters this morning. meg. >> good morning. markets are stot open in the red for the first trading day of the week despite a slight gain on friday, stocks posted a loss last week weighed down by fears of a possible trade war and more white house turmoil. the dow closing 73 points higher on friday for a second positive session in a row. nasdaq gaining just a quarter of a point closing flat at 7481. this week they'll turn thai attention to jerome powell's first policy meeting. the two-day meeting kikds off tomorrow and the fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in year. macy's is trying to make

checking out at its stores less of a hassle. it will be rolling out a mobile checkout by the end of the year to all stores. it will allow customers to scan barcodes on their phones as they shop. they're also offering an augmented reality app that could hit devices as early as me. month. they will be able to place macy's furniture in their own homes to see how it would look before making a purchase. and google marking a foush make cash. they're part nerg with companies to list on their search. google will take a cut out of the purchase. they're looking to compete with ecommerce rival amazon. >> everybody trying to partner up and beat amazon. happening today, ibm will

unveil what it can claims to be the world 'smallest computer and that's not an exaggeration. that computer is small thaern i grain of salt and would cost less than 10 donts manufacture, but company says that it will how's several thousand transsisters to monitor analyze and act on date. 'the work on blockchain applications to track the shipment of goods and detect fraud. >> that's a good thing. >> i'm glad you explained that. i thought that was a picture of the world's largest fingertip. >> or an emerald. >> yeah, that's a little compute fore barbie or something. >> they get so smuch smaller and smaller. >> but it costs 10 cents to make but how much will they charge? your weather forecast right here is free this morning. we're going to have a start of a cool day and a cool start to the week, but then we'll start to see some rain moving in. let's get a live look outside in

san jose. it's all clear and dry as you head out, no worries about rain today. and then as we go into the next couple days, as you get a look at that seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen you'll see there will be a lot of changes on the way. right now wee a are starting ou with the cool temperatures. it's only in the mid-30s in the north bay and 41 degrees in oakland, 42 in palo alto and also in san jose with our high temperatures for the afternoon in the upper 60s. it's going to be nice in the south bay. we'll be up to 65 in concord and oakland, 64 in napa. and in santa rosa expect a hive 63 degrees. getting the kids out the door for school in the morning in the east bay going to oakland will be at 41 degrees at 7:00, all of that sunshine means the kids will get outside for recess today but they do need something nice and warm to wear. we'll be at 58 degrees as you go back to school to pick them up. now, as we look at our rainfall for the month of march, we've

gotten in some spots over double the normal amount of rain that we get during this month. looktion at those surplus numbers at about 1 1/2 inches but our next storm set set to move of it will give us a bigger boost in our rainfall for the month of march. informantly we still haven't caught up to normal for the water year, but this is definitely working in our favor and we do need every drop of rain even if we are now at a surplus for the month. it starts tomorrow morning, rain will be off and on getting heavier on thursday and that will be the day that we will have the most widespread rain. still scatters showers on friday and even into saturday. so we will have a wet week ahead with the potential of getting rainfall totals anywhere up to 1 to 3 inches of rain along the coast in the santa cruz mountains. i'll be tracking that. and mike is tracking the morning commute and getting you out the

door. that's right. it's a pleasant drive for most of the freeways right now early so we haven't had quite as much build but it is out of here out of the altamont coming out of tracy and patterson area. we're look at the typical drive for the tri-valley. in the south county towards santa cruz, 17's great. we do have a crash and you see the slowing that's building up over the last five, seven minutes we've had slowing north 101 toward tenant. so that will be an issue coming up towards morgan hill for northbound 101. that's for some of our friends who have a longer drive this morning. over here towards the east bay no problems over there, een the bay bridge toll plaza, i told you i'd talk about the shift and we do have all lanes now showing the backup as we are about ready to have those metering lights turned on. right over the 880 krofr yos and that's fine but we bark to west grand on the approach. mass transit no delays reported but there's a change. caltrain suesing a new temporary platform at south san francisco. you'll have ambassadors over there to help you. that's nice an ambassador on the

line. back to you. >> i always need a guide. thank you very much. usually you're my guide. coming up next on today in the bay, who is your teenager driving with? new this morning, the alarming new study that shows just how many young adults admit to riding in cars with people driving under the influence. internet providers promise business owners a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. at&t doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. at&t, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. at&t, not so much. we give you 75 mbps for $59.95. that's more speed than at&t's comparable bundle, for less.

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challenge to a california abortion law goes before the supreme court. lawyers will argue the case on tuesday and the rules in question require medical centers, even faith-based ones, to give patients information about state-provided abortion access. about 200 centers in california are challenging that state law which they say discriminates against pro-life advocates. others say the law is merely a consumer protection. also tomorrow, a delivery could get a go ahead in redwood city. they also get the green light. now san mateo daily journal reports the planning smition commission could legalize both at tomorrow's meeting that the ordnance sets guidelines for growth, storage and shipping. alarming new data shows how many teenagers are riding in cars with people who are driving under the influence. overnight be we took a closer look at the study released from colorado state university. it says 33% of recent high school graduates say they have

ridden with an impaired driver at least once in the last year and they were more likely to ride with a driver who had been smoking marijuana than a drunk driver. experts say young adults who ride with impaired drivers ever more likely to become impaired drivers themselves. lyft living up to its name, some might say, and lifting the fra page from uber's playlist. the company experimenting with a monthly subscription service. the idea rides whenever you want, wherever you want, and for a monthly fee. uber has a similar service called uber plus pass. lyft's description service offers a maximum 30 rides for $199 a month, or you can go even longer or go with twice the number of rides for double the cost. >> i think we have to have our consumer investigator chris chmura immediate that fine zblint that sounds like a good deal. >> less than owning a car. >> and insurance. coming up next on today in the bay rare hectic morning commute. the major lane closure causing a

headache for east bay drivers this morning. we're live at the posey tube with how you can get around it all. plus, returning to class. today students will head back to campus days after a tragic bridge collapse in florida. how the university is expected to remember the lives lost today.

it is coming up on 5:30 right now on this lovely monday morning. we're looking live at san jose airport where the flights aren't taking off just yet but i bet

their loading in the snacks. what's your choice, pretzels, peanuts? i like the peanuts. >> i like the pretzels. >> thanks so much for joining us on this monday morning i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. kari, what do you like? >> it looks good out there and for me on the flight, definitely the peanuts. it keeps you filled up for a little while longer. it's going to be a great day for flying or whatever you have planned for today. the best day of the week as our high temperatures reach into the mid-60s in san francisco. tomorrow the next storm arrives, you can see the gusty winds and the rain that we are expecting and we may even have a few storms as the week goes along. and we'll focus on that weekend because i know even though it's monday you're probably already starting to make some plans. we'll have that coming up in about seven minutes. mike gets you out the door and you're tracking a crash. i have a crash in san jose. overall the speeds look great. looks like there's another one

over by the castro valley y, that my be an issue. here there's no slowing showing up. again, no slowing shows up open our sensors but we're told by chb but that there are two lanes blocked. 17th fine over the santa cruz mountains but we have that slowing north 101 near tenant because of the crash coming up into morgan hill. back to you. happening now rare traffic building in the east bay, you can expect big delays between oakland and alameda. crews working on a sinkhole that opened over over the weekend. we're live in oak wland how this is impacting that traffic. thousands looking so far this morning? >> reporter: good morning, markus. the cause of that sinkhole is a damaged storm pipe so in order to fix it they have to close the posey tube headeding out of alameda. right now you can see traffic has been reduced to a single lane but start agent 10:00 a.m. both lanes will be closed.

traffic has been impacted the since saturday in the say video of how busy the roads were over the weekend. ac transit is advising drivers plan for longer delays especially during this morning commuted. one way to avoid the mess is use other exits. of course those include the park street bridge, high street, and doolittle drive. if you use public transportation, a service plan has been put in place to keep the busses running. seven bus lines will be affected by the detour. as you see on your screen those are lines 19, 20, 51 a, 851, 96, w, and the o lines. those are buss that go from alameda to oakland. the work is likely to go through midnight tonight. ac transit says they fast tracked this project but it could take all week to fix so be prepared. reporting live in alameda, today in the bay. thank you very much. students will return to class at florida international university just a few days after a new

pedestrian bridge just crumbled killing six people. today the first lawsuit may also be filed in that tragic bridge collapse. person filing the lawsuit was injured when the pedestrian bridge which was under construction fell down on thursday. in the meantime rrtd fres of fiu is asking people around the country to join them in a moment of silence today planned for 1:47 eastern, the minute the bridge collapsed. new this morning, a warning at stanford after five reported car break-ins this weekend. university police say that the vehicles were parked near the museum area, specifically on lasauen street, low meeta drive, and roth way and another one in the track house visitor's lots. they say they broke in the windows and they say that they took backpacks and lap tops. developing this morning, chp is asking for help frorth

drivers who may have seen a road rage shooting that seriously injured a 5-year-old girl in the happened at around 9:00 on saturday night on eastbound interstate 880 near willow avenue. the chp says that there were four people in that car, that girl suffered a major injuries. a woman in her 60s was also hit and suffered minor injuries. chp shut down sections of that freeway for more than four hours to investigate this. we spoke to one person who says that she can't believe that happened. >> there shouldn't be about no road rage like that. i mean, especially for a little girl. >> so far there has been no update on the girl's condition. right now the chp is not releasing information about clues or possible suspects. we're learning more about the intense search for a richmond man missing in the sierra. he has been missing since wednesday after a day of skiing. six feet of snow fel fell since thomas mularkey was last seen on wednesday. the search efforts have been hampered because of heavy snow

and avalanche dang pert his niece tells us that weather conditions did improve and teams were able to search my air and foot. mularkey is an avid skier and his family believes he has the skills to survive in the snow. they believe he may have built a snow cave. so crews were focusing their search near large trees where he might have done that and his family is still holding ton hon hope that he has the skills to keep him alive. a man heading to court for killing two fremont women years ago. he is accused of killing these two girls in february of 1986. the woman who -- the women, rather, who were best friends were found dead along mill creek road. this is near mission boulevard. mish was already serving an 18-year sentence for a homicide in alameda county in nine een 89. police say dna evidence linked him to the other two killings. happening today, assistant an clara police say they want to talk about the prescription of some people of the department.

police say that the move comes after a citywide survey and focus group. this policing workshop is set for 7:00 p.m. at central park library. a warning for state health officials for the bay area. people are being told not to eat mussels, clams being har vet investigated out of the could contra costa and alameda counties. they could be deadly. the warning, however, did not apply to shellfish that is commercially sold because they are tested for toxins. happening today in san francisco, work finally begins to turn this old muni car barn into a used performing arts center. this is the historic geneva car barn and powerhouse right across from balboa bar and muni station. the ground breaking ceremony is planned for later this morning and in the end it will take

about $14 million to renovate the place. the building opened in 1901 but was shut downa of it was badly damaged in the 1989 earthquake. testing for high speed rail will shut down several roads around san hoe a and assistant april clara county. crews will be out doing the snake test. as you can see from this video right here, crews will use that equipment to create ground shaking that high speed rail trains could create as they go through. that information will help design the tracks that will eventually be laid down. the tests will go on all week. shaking the ground a little bit. over here we're looking at the south bay and no major problems. getting more detail on this crash, 280 at 87, sounds like it only affects the connecter and downtown. a mild slow down for 101 in that area. check on this crash, west 580 at redwood road so it's not in the castro valley y at the split

there and it sounds like everything's off the should sorry no lanes are blocked. texas typical slowing a little bit for 238 and west 580. as you look at the travel times getting toward the bay bridge you're doing just fine but the bay bridge at 538 does have the backup. it's a pretty typical monday workday, we just got off the weekend so these folks -- >> oh. >> i don't usually like to talk about the weekend on monday. i think it's depressing. >> really? >> yes. >> sometimes when you look ahead it makes you feel good. >> you're missing all of the days in between. but whether it's as snowy as it is and people want to get -- i understand why we play this. >> right. i'm just helping you make the plans because a lot of people are already thinking i'm going to l.a. this weekend. i'm going assistant barbara or napa valley. so we're giving you an early look what the to expect, right? >> i have to clean my house. >> that sounds like so much fun, mike. saturday, it's going to still be raining so that will be your day, mike, to cleent house. >> all right. >> and then on sunday it's going to be nice and sunny but it

won't be that warm, only reaching about 60 degrees. if you're going to carmel valley it's going to be in the upper 50s. a lot of sun all weekend long as that storm system clears. going to yosemite this weekend, expect it to still be snowing there on friday, saturday. sunday that snowstorm clears and our high temperatures still staying below freezing. if you will be hitting the road to napa valley it's going to be very nice but still some lingering showers on friday. up to 57 degrees, 58 degrees on saturday. and a little bit warmer on sunday up to 62 degrees. now let me know what you're doing this weekend. i'm@kari hall weather on twitter and facebook as well as instagram. we'll have a look at today's forecast in three minutes. coming up next on today in the bay, protecting the city by the bay. the new funding expected to be announced today that could save san francisco from rising sea levels and earthquakes. plus. >> we're running short on therapists and doctors that can

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right now it's 5:42. we start out with some chilly temperatures all around the bay area. make sure you're prepared for not only that cold but also a nice day. let's look live outside in san jose and go to evergreen.

we'll be at 45 degrees at nine:00. more clouds mixing in today but it will be very warm, up to 66 degrees. i'm tracking this next storm, here it is tapping into the tropical moisture. pineapple express, we'll talk about what that means for the bay area starting tomorrow. that's coming up in less than five minutes. and these travel times are great towards the approach towards the mays throughout the east bay. here's the north bay also highway 37 starts some slowing out of vallejo. we'll show you the pattern in a wider look. all right. well, 5:43 right now and, kris. >> happening today san francisco bay state law make iss will announce a sweeping plan to fund new protection efforts against rising sea levels. according to chronicle, the plan involves a state measure to create a new waterfront fngs district. that district would collect money through taxes and bonds and it would cover the costs to rebuild the embarcadero

crumbling sea wall. experts say the sea well, you is in need of about $5 billion worth of work. happening today, president trump is set to sell his opioid plan. the administration says that he will announce a new poll city to keep fighting the crisis. we already know that some of those details for the senior administration officials say that the white house plans to include prevention efforts and expanding access to treatment for the medicaid patients. also, proposals to reduce the overprescription of painkillers by 1/3 within 3 years and cutting off the supply of illegal drugs return colluding internet sales. some say this won't be enough, others say any help is good. >> we're running short on therapists and doctors that can help with this or want to help with this. >> we really want to see overdoses start to come down. we have to build out a strooemt treatment system that doesn't exist yet. that will require a massive federal investment. >> now one point already generating controversy, the justice department will start

seeking the death penalty against some drug traffickers. and more details four, a closer look at the crisis. we went through the late set of cdc numbers overnight and more than 4,600 people have died of opioid overdoses in california in 2016. nationwide more than 42,000 people have died from those overdoses of opioids in 2016. that's the most ever. 40% of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription. a new indication this morning that the republicans may have trouble in the midterm elections come fall. that's accord tying brand-new nbc news "wall street journal" poll overnight. it shows people favor democratic control over congress. the gop is losing control of key supporter groups like white collar work rers suburban groups. the same poll shows that president trump's job approval is up to 43%. one day after vladimir putin won russia's presidential election, there are reports of

voter fraud. there are reports that surveillance camera footage from moscow and three other locations showed incidence of ballot box stuffing. independent election observers and activists allege numerous incidence of ballot box stuffing and other things far east of moscow. they say putin won with 76% of the vote but it's not clear how many russians voted in yesterday's presidential election. a british database company is under fire accused of taking data from some 50 million facebook profiles, this to influence the 2016 election. a whistleblower kams cambridge analytica paid users to take a survey and then cast their personal data information which included friends and contacts. according to the whistleblower, the trump campaign manager steve bannon had ties to the projected and wanted to use that data. well, a cambridge analytica

spokes pe spokesperson is refuting the claims and calling this a malicious attempt to urt had the company. this week a historic first in the california legislator. senator toni atkins takes over the top job in the senate. she will be the first women to be president pro tem. she's also the openly first gay person to take over that role. atkins must still be formally elected by her fellow senators. and wakanda forever you know what that means because you've seen it. five weeks after the big screen debut black panther continues to dominate wut my help. >> it's now the first film sings james cameron "avatar" to top the box office five weekends in a row. the domestic total is now 605 mmm. worldwide it's grossed more than a billion dollars. tomb raider came in second place

with $23 million. >> i swear i want to see it. 2018 pyeongchang paralympics winter games came to a close last night pork marking the 12th winter games. it included tributes to korean culture, k-pop and late physicist steven hawking. beijing the host the 2022 paralympics games and will be the first city to host the summer winter olympics and the summer winter paralympics. well, new videos this morning of the driving conditions you can expect to find in the mountains. i bet you probably couldn't tell what that was. if you fwhr tahoe this weekend, this is what you were dealing with on your way down. lots of snow here. this is video coming to us from kirkwood result. check those slopes, they're looking nice with lots of fresh powder there and lots more expected this week. so if you're planning to go out there, this will be a good time to go out there, kari.

>> absolutely. the earlier you can get on the road, the better. >> the last couple weekends, right? >> right. today is the only day we'll see dry conditions not only in the bay area but also the sierra as we look at the bottom of the screen for the seven-day forecast, come on over and look at what else is going on. we'll be up to 67 degrees in palo alto, 65 oakland and concord, 63 in santa rosa if the does start ought cool, make sure you're dressed in layers and that includes a nice warm jacket but sunglasses today. our next storm returns tomorrow and it will be a windy and warmer storm at least to start and that means for the sierra starts out as rain but then does change over to snow. our five-day rainfall totals will be anywhere from 1 to 3 inch's round the bay area, but

the heaviest rain will be in southern california where they could have up to 8 inches of rain. and that's going to cause some mudslides. the heavy sierra snow we're looking at another 3 to 4 feet there as this system taps into some deep subtropical moisture. here's the center of the storm we're seeing it over the pacific. the target of that heaviest rain once again for southern california, but we're not going to miss out. we're going to see the rain moving in for tomorrow. scattered showers as it continues into wednesday, but the heaviest rain will be on thursday. and by friday we're still going to see some rounds of showers that will linger into saturday and once again another 1 to 3 inches of rain for the bay area. there will be a chance of storms in between and temperatures cooling off. going from 65 today to the upper 50s by the weekend. and, mike, you're updating that crash in san jose. i am because i think i have more information that's going to be good for folks driving through downtown.

but let's go over here toward the east bay as well. we have the bay bridge toll plaza and we may have a new crash around central on 580 around where that shield is so i'm double-check and let you know if any lanes are blocked there. this we do know, one slain blocked. the posey tube is down to haflt commute from alameda into oakland. there's sinkhole repair going on at least today. from 10:00 a.m. they're going close that tube put can't get over to downtown oakland that way. you can use the wester tube heading over toward the island of alameda. it's an island so you have to get off via the park street bridge or the fruitvale bridge. that's from 10:00 a.m. till midnight today. the crash around the castro valley y are not affecting the lanes, he they're off the roadway and this only affects the connecter north 280 to 87. and the drive times through the area are looking great. that connecter itself watch for crews. back to you. thank you very much. coming up, we have new for

thank you morning, keeping your money safe. the drastic drop in fraud and what chip card to use. first happening now and new this morning, we're getting new flu death numbers. 14 more people died of the flu, three of those here in the bay area. that means 232 deaths statewide this season. a . and in the philippines, firefighters found two more bodies after a fire gutted a hotel casino in ma nail. the death toll now stapds at five. the bodies of two security camera operators were found after firefighters managed to control the blaze which raged all day yesterday. we're back with more news after the break. police will increase t

a northern well, at fif:55, new this morning police will increase security out of northern california high school, this after the threat was made against the school. now officers say the threat was not credible but they want to make sure those students feel safe. this is the latest threat made against -- at kennedy high school in sacramento yesterday. it's the third threat against the school in the past week. on friday the school was actually evacuated because of the bomb threat. extra officers and counselors will be on campus today to ease concerns of parents and students. >> we just want our kennedy families to know that we feel your pain, we know that you are

looking for reassurance the school is safe. the school is safe tonight. the school will be safe tomorrow morning. >> and during the police investigation into the latest threat, officers uncovered some illegal weapons but they say it was unrelated to the school threat. those threats have been made against a number of northern california schools in recent weeks, including several right here in the bay area. happening tomorrow, transit officials want your input on the future of the san rafael transit center. the current center opened more than 20 years ago, but it needs to be updated to allow for the construction of the new span -- or new san rafael smart dpran tension. the first in a series of public meetings will be held tomorrow for people to give their input about the current center and how to create a better vision for the new transit center. tomorrow's meeting is from 5:30 to 7:00 at whittle top in san rafael. happening today, concord police are trying to convey

trains patiencesy by talk together community about the body camera program. they will hold three informational dem month trations tonight to talk about the body-worn cameras. officers say that the cameras provide evidence in criminal cases, increase trust and trarns patiencesy with the community, and help officers ex-prove the training. tonight's meeting is at 6:00. this sat 1350 glendale street in conkoornd will last about a half an hour. this morning, credit card chips appear to be working when it comes to preventing fraud. . according to visa stores that use chip technology reported a 70% did he crease in credit card fraud, but unfortunately credit card scams are still a problem. experts say the best way to prevent identity theft is to monitor your credit report and check for any unusual activity. well, the balt ground get underway tonight on the voice. the singers who made it through the blind auditions will pair off with those due yets. they're performing together, but

also trying to outshine their teammates. and get their coach to pick them to continue on. >> very, very hard. it's very difficult, especially because you haven't gotten a lot of chance. you haven't had a lot of time with them yet and so you're still trying to figure out what's their stamina going to be like and how is their character and are they ready for this crazy thing? so it sucks so bad. and then you have to tell somebody to go home who's just as phenomenal. there's no real reason why, you know. but you try your best go with your gut. >> and after the voice, you can catch an all new episode of "good girls". beth comes home to a surprise guess and she reached out to a criminal and asked to keep working for him. okay. so here's that full lineup four tonight. it always starts at 8:00 with the battle round in "the voice". then at 10:00 the newest episode of "good girls". and after that it's nbc bay area news at 11:00.

>> we're coming up on 6:00. right now he remembering the victims in yountville. the memorial planned for tonight for the three women who were killed. >> plus another explosion rocks the city of austin, texas, making the fourth incident just this month. the reason police believe the person behind the string of package bombs may be getting more dangerous. and more rain is on the way. we're tracking the timing of that latest storm and the impact it could have on your plans throughout the week and into the weekend. today in the bay continues right now. good morning and thanks for joining us on that monday, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon who are lost her voice. poor thing. >> get better, laura. i'm marcus washington here. coming up in a really good weekend. weatherwise there's some rain here and there but it was a nice weekend. >> it was and we'll have part of our weekend coming up that will be nice, but we have -- i have a lot of rain that will be heading our way over the next couple days. let me get you out the door right now with what to expect.

we look outside in fremont it's a cold start, only 40 degrees. that morning drive through the east bay will be in the mid-30s in parts of the east bay and that will gradually warm up. by noon you head outside and it will be 57 degrees and a very nice day. as we look all around the bay area, reaching into the mid to upper 60s but not as bright and sunny as you probably like. we'll talk about the incoming storm in a few minutes. mike, you've been tracking a few issues out there on the roads. and i'll update a few issues. over here the broad view of the bay shows you a very nice drive, no major problems coming over the santa cruz, the sage bay does move smoothly. we're watching the crash 101 and we'll check on that in the next report. i wanted to show you these two crashes that showed up over here approaching the tri-valley wire actually heading away where from it. they're both eastbound. one crash is in the lane so be careful coming uhha 238 but a light bound commute in that northbnd