good monday morning to you. right now 4:30 and we're off to a soggy start to this workweek. a live look at the golden gate bridge on our radar. you can see the rain moving through the area. slick roads during your commute and there is more rain on the way. good morning, thank you so much for starting your morning with us. >> i'm laura garcia. let's get straight to the forecast. will the rain stick around? >> you can see it on the radar, it's going to be off and on and that's going to be the case throughout the day with chilly temperatures. let's get a look out there as we look at the wide view of this storm system moving in, some lightning offshore and i'll be watching for the potential of thunderstorms as we go into the rest of the day. we've seen them mostly just about to move into the coast in the north bay and then we didn't

see any more lightning strikes, i'll be watching for that as we head to the tri-valley. we can see rain coming down from d lynn towards livermore. that's where mike is tracking the roads and wet commute this morning. >> this will greet you out there. traveling westbound and eastbound as well, center divide doesn't stop that rain. wet roads kicking off the roadway tracks and you see the radar active. traffic and weather together our systems tie that information translating it to the highlighted green wet roads acro across. san francisco, southbound 101 in the north bay, about spencer avenue, two right lanes, just heard two right lanes are blocked by a crash there. you saw the slowing change. we'll track that and i'll try to get more detail from chp. back to you. >> 4:31. breaking news in east contra costa county. there was an early morning shooting. you can see those deputies still

on the scene scouring the neighborhood. this is at california street. this is two blocks south of san pablo avenue. we know that at least one person was air lifted to a hospital in walnut creek. we asked the office for more details but so far they are not revealing any information. also breaking news nationally for you right now, seven inmates are dead and 17 more hurt in south carolina. right now officials are only calling this quote inmate altercations. these are photos posted to twitter in lee county fire. it happened in the lee county correctional institution which is a maximum security institution. >> continuing coverage, a war of words between president trump and fbi director. he's fired. in an interview james comey called the president morally unfit for office and comey maintains the president demanded loyalty. >> and i just stare at him and

narrative with myself inside, don't you move, don't you dare move. don't even blink. >> if he didn't know he was doing something improper, why did he kick out the attorney general and vice president of the united states and leaders of the intelligence community. >> in a sunday tweet storm, the president called comey to quote, worst fbi director in history. >> new this morning, the ceo of starbucks hosted a video apology for customers nationwide. now, in the wake of this controversial police arrest in philadelphia. >> what happened in the way that incident escalated and outcome was nothing but reprehencible and i'm sorry. >> that's starbucks ceo kevin johnson. the company this morning posted a two and a half minute apology. last thursday a worker in philadelphia store called police to say that two black men sitting in the store had not purchased anything and refused to leave. the video of that arrest has now

gone viral. one witness explained some of what happened. >> sitting there quietly, sitting on their phones and chatting and just like everyone else in starbucks. >> a philadelphia police defended the arrest. it did spark protests in philadelphia by people who call it racial profiling. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. the 49ersoff season workout begins today but one of the rising stars is being told to keep his distance for now. foster will not be allowed to participate. last week foster was officially charged in a domestic violence case. prosecutors say he beat his girlfriend. the team released a statement saying foster will not participate in team activities while he deals with this case. >> the search continues for the suspect connected to a shooting on a busy east bay freeway this weekend. on saturday night, someone in an suv open fire on 580 in richmond forcing police to close all eastbound lanes. this all happened in central

area, chp officer conducting a traffic stop at the time witnessed that shooting. officers say that the suspect allegedly fired more than 20 shots. a ford sedan was hit but nobody was injured. it's 4:35, happening today, san francisco leaders will take a closer look at new regulations for many motorized rental scooters. users leave the bikes wherever they end near the ride but critics say they are being lefrt in the way. >> one of the scooters or anything else blocking the lane of traffic. if it's lying on the sidewalk and it presents a potential tripping hazard, public safety hazard. >> city leaders say helmet regulations need to be tightened. >> happening today, one east bay school district hopes to ease the housing crunch for its teachers. the west contra costa unified school district will host a housing fair but the district is partnering with a company designed to find affordable housing for teachers, today's fair begins at 4:00 p.m. at the

middle school. happening tonight, the sharks are back on home ice in their playoff series against anaheim. the team looks to expand on a commanding lead. >> the sharks of course won two games of the series in southern california and winning game two on saturday. you can be sure the shark tank will be rocking. pete suratos will join us with a live preview in about an hour. >> it's going to be a busy time on the east bay. a live look right now at oracle arena and coliseum. two big games are on tap. the warriors will host the spurs in game two of the playoff run and a's take on the chicago white sox. after a rougheneding to the regular season,riors dominated san antonio on saturday, despite playing without steph curry, they cruise to a 21 point win and looking to build on that victory tonight. >> i respect our opponent but we can -- we can dictate a lot of the game by how we approach it.

it should be about how we come in every single day as individuals. >> you are urged to take mass transit if you're planning to go to either of those games tonight. >> 4:37 right now, coming up next on "today in the bay," a supreme court battle that could affect your wallet. debate on taxes purchased online that could force you to pay more. potentially dangerous findings uncovered in a 7-month investigation into one of the budget airlines. what was found that may make you rethink the airline you use to fly.

good morning, i'm jackie deanklis, here are today's top business headlines, markets were concerned about a prolonged campaign in syria but futures moved higher as investors viewed air strikes over the weekend as an isolated attack. the dow closing 122 points lower in friday's session. the nasdaq dropping 34 points at 7106. meantime, customers could soon start paying sales tax for all online purchases. while retail giants like amazon and walmart already collected the taxes, many maul resmall retailers don't unless they have a presence in the state where the customers live. tomorrow more than 40 states will reconsider this 26 year rule and decision is expected by june. reversal of the law can level

the playing fields and could boost tax rerevenue for some states as well. in the new 60 minutes report, cbs news concluded a 7-month investigation into allegiant air. they found more than 100 incidents of serious mechanical inciden incidents, mid air engine failures and hydraulic leak and aborted takeoff and more and found that 30% of aleej ant's 99 planes are anty kuwaited and almost all purchased from other airlines and the company said it's strong of its proud safety record and airline complies with all mandatory safety regulations. >> good to know, thank you, jackie. >> drugstores are making it easier for you to empty your medicine cabinet. they are all installing machines

because wall greens already have 600 disposable units in the store and cvs is planning to install 750 units by june. coming up next, a rainy start for a monday morning. the threat of some thunderstorms as well? >> that main threat comes later this afternoon. we can see that the roads are wet as we head out the door. we're going to see off and on rain in palo alto and start to see the lightning icons showing the chance of storms. we'll detail that and what's ahead for the rest of the week coming up next. 101 moving quickly. you see a little sheen on the roadways and slick roadways, we'll check on the crash from the north bay as well.

welcome back, as we look out in san francisco, looking beautiful right now. we know there is rain in the forecast. we've already seen rain in some spots in the bay area this morning. get ready for a wet morning commute. 4:45 right now. >> i felt like he was driving under a spell. >> it was. >> hopefully it doesn't follow you inside the building too. >> so far so good. >> not one of those mondays. we're going to see rain off and on and cool temperatures and we've seen some clear skies as we get a live look outside in san jose, even though some rain

just passed there a few minutes ago. that's the kind of weather we'll have. sun will break out later today and we're going to see also some wet roads. let's go to evergreen and check out the temperature trend, 49 degrees, it's going to be cool today. normally we're hitting 67 degrees and only reaching low 50s today with some times of rain. we're mostly looking at upper 50s for the inland areas and some mid-50s for the coast and san francisco. make sure you're prepared for that also the waves of rain, as we get dressed this morning, starting out in the closet and it's going to be a day for the umbrella and also a nice warm coat. as you get a look at the 7-day forecast, at the bottom of the screen we'll be warming up through the week. we have to get through the system today and we're seeing spotty showers through -- even even seen a couple of lightning strikes and cells producing small hail. we'll be watching out for more of that as the day goes along

and heavy sierra snow coming down this morning that will continue throughout the day. as we see the rain passing by, it will move through fairly quickly. also seeing the changes in the colors here showing wintry mix and some snow on mt. hamilton. some of the bay area peaks will get some low elevation snow at 3,000 feet or above. we're seeing dry conditions in san francisco now but the rain is starting to move back in. and that will be making its way across the city within the next few minutes and over towards oakland within the next 30 minutes. watching that rain there. also around the santa teresa area. more showers off and on today. we can see it continuing as we go hour by hour into the afternoon. then tapering off later tonight and once again we're watching out for some heavy snow across the sierra, possibly over a foot of snow in some spots. and then we'll have another

quick wave of rain moving through between wednesday night and early thursday morning and the rest of the forecast is looking dry. we'll just gradually warm up as the week goes along and check out the weekend. 80 degrees and sunny for the inland valleys as we head over to mike, he's got a traffic break on 101. >> we thought it would be done but may not be, i see cars coming across the golden gate bridge southbound and for a few minutes we also have a zipper truck moving, slick roadways so be careful. towards the golden gate, slowing on the sensors around spencer avenue. two right lanes are blocked and traffic break is called by chp and did sound it would be going on over the next few and we'll track that. should be better news overall for the north bay commute in the next few minutes, east bay, canyon road off eastbound 580. that may be affected. light traffic in the area and as we zoom out, that's where the wet roads and rain traveled

through the area and radar showed that activity over here into livermore and altamont corridor as more traffic comes out. we'll continue to track that's as well. a live look across the san matd tosh mateo bridge. slick on the roadways in patches, back to you. >> thank you very much. 4:49, new this morning, controversy over transportation funding in the east bay. mercury news reports union city may spend $75 million earmarked for new transit station on three-mile road. the price tag is $320 million. there's a vote tomorrow. it comes as the city considers tee clairi declaring a fiscal emergency and basic city services. a new look for one busy segment of the north bay commute on highway 101. caltrans says crews successfully shifted the alignment on segment of 101 through the marin narrow. that includes a raised section of highway and new bridge over

san antonio creek south of petaluma. part of a larger effort to modernize the stretch runs from petaluma to san rafael. >> and 4:50 right now. happening today, sfo terminal will be renamed after the late city supervisor harvey milk. the mayor will sign a bill after a unanimous approved vet by the supervisors two weeks ago. milk was the first opening gay official in california history and he and the mayor were assassinated by dan white in 1978. >> it's 4:50 right now, governor brown getting off to a bus city start this week. it starts today north of the border, visiting canada for a climate conference. tomorrow he'll be in washington to attend a trade union conference. >> and tomorrow is tax day and house minority leader pelosi has a fan to fight the new republican tax law. the san francisco democrat joined protesters on sunday saying her party pledged to educate the public on the law's

effect. >> this is a complete fraud scam, it's not a middle income tax cut, it's deeply increases the deficit. by the way, tax cuts in the bill now stop, corporate america's tax continues. >> we also spoke with san francisco republican party that group says that the tax cuts are working. >> coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> his $2500 appliance is still under warranty but the technician and he have to guess around how to fix it. what happens next? nbc bay area responds next. but first, happening now an oakland substitute teacher is going back to the school where he almost lost his life back in january. he was just about to start his first day of teaching but then he suffered a massive heart attack. today he'll return to sky also line high to thank the staff for saving his life.

"today" show contributor john cena has called off his engagement with a fellow wres e wrestler. they gotten gauged a year ago on live tv and cena can be often seen on the "today" show. we'll be back right after the break.

a good monday morning, a live look outside overlooking emeryville, all of the lights before the sun's arrival. you may notice rain if you're heading out the door early this morning. we'll check the forecast with kari in just moments. it is 4:54. >> nbc bay area responds to a man who fixed a problem with the appliance he owns and thought

the manufacturer should extend the warranty in return. >> he turned to our response team for help. here's the story. >> good morning. winston dye spent $2500 on a ge refrigerator that features a built-in cure ig brewing system. the day after delivery he noticed that it was leaking and not dispensing hot water as advertised. ge sent a technician, and winston says that repairment concluded it was a missing a tube of some sort but ordered one. when the technician came back to install the tube he realized there wasn't a tube missing after all. at that point winston said he and the repair man teamed up to guess their way around fixing the problem, working together they shortened the tube and repositioned it. that seemed to correct the problem. hot water dispensed properly and the leaking stopped. but winston was worried that problem may resurface after the warranty expired. he tried to raise that issue with ge and got nowhere. he reached out to us for help.

the parts and labor warranty was extended for an additional year. he would not have been able to get that response on his own. in a statement ge said it makes quality innovative appliances and if an owner does have an issue, it strives to remedy it to their satisfaction. if you have a consumer complaint, call us, 888-996-tips or log on to nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks a lot, chris, 4:56, happening today, classic car lovers get started on a one of a kind northern california race. drivers take off this morning from knob hill and it is for the annual california mille, a four-day rally from the bay area north. all cars are vintage sports cars and drives will head out at 8:30 this morning.

>> as you wake up, you're certainly going to see wet roads out there this morning and showers probably going to catch a lot of people this morning but a lot of people wondering how long will the rain stick around? >> it's going to be off and on today around the bay area. here's a live look outside in fremont before you head out the door. as we go through the day, we're going to see times of showers and possibly a thunderstorm or two. i'll be tracking that and what's ahead for the rest of the week coming up next. and highway 92, the water droplets cleared off the lens but roadway not completely dry. watching for that crash and trying to see if anything clears up in the north bay coming up. >> president trump is a liar, yes, i think he's morally unfit to be president. >> plus former fbi director james comey speaking out. the war of words playing out this morning in a response from the white house. a live look in d

palo alto as we track another round of rn right now at 5:00, a live look in san francisco and palo alto as we track another round of rain hitting the bay area. we got a break over the weekend. new video shows a storm in san jose a short time ago. how long it's expected to stick around, when we kind of dodge the showers hopefully. good morning, thanks for joining us, hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington, certainly after a great weekend. >> beautiful, wasn't it. >> nice weather and now the rain

is coming. >> and it just makes it harder to get out of bed on a monday morning. it's rainy and cool and we're going to see times of rain not only this morning but off and on throughout the day and also watching out for storms. here's a look at the wider view and satellite. we've snow coming down in the sierra and for the bay area, the waves of rain coming through after the cold front moves through yesterday evening and it's going to be chilly with breezy winds tracking this rain for you. seeing the rain come into bodexbo -- bodega bay, there are showers and he wanted to give you a head's up of when the wet weather will move in. 14 minutes and about 24 minutes in arinne da. watching for the rain as it continues to move east and showers around alam rock. mike, still tracking that possible traffic break. >> i am north of the golden gate bridge. here's the golden gateri