state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ expected welcome to wednesday morning. we are tracking a storm expected to bring rain across the bay area. live look at the radar right now. kari keeps track of it for us. lots of people coming and going on this day before thanksgiving. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. the rain is expected to come, but we can already see and smell a difference in the air. >> yes, it's already bringing in light showers across parts of the bay area. this will help improve our air quality as we go throughout the day. this is a look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler ranger parked on san bruno mountain scanning the bay area. we can see the spotty showers that are already here and that head out. the roads wet as you showers just north of san francisco on the bay and as we head over toward the tri valley,

light showers coming down as you get ready to head out. to the south bay, some rain moving through east san jose right now and for the santa cruz mountains the peninsula as of right now is still pretty dry. well' continue to track that and talk about the time line of the heavier rain coming up and mike, you're tracking a crash on the san mateo bridge? >> that's right, kari. so far the details are completely unrelated to the weather. we'll track that as the wet roads come in. i've been watching this way over here, the end of the flat section is a high-rise, a crash reported blocking the fast lane. traffic was stacking up for a couple of minutes and moves more smoothly. you see the slowing approaching the high-rise about the crash westbound from hayward toward the peninsula. we'll track the updates as they come in, but so far, they've been trying to clear the vehicles. that rain kari showed you coming through the east bay driving down the nimitz, fremont into milpitas, i did get some drops

on my windshield, just a few so there is a chance for slicker roadways but more likely it will build during the day. no problem contra costa county toward the bay bridge. light flow of traffic. your morning commute should be light. afternoon and evenings will be crowded today. back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike. a look out there at the roads across the bay area, seeing some wet spots out there, so as you head out, be careful. the rush is on there and we are expecting those slick and packed roads today. >> nbc bay area's cheryl hurd with what you need to know before you hit the wet roads. >> i'm traveling down to los angeles for thanksgiving. >> reporter: that journey to southern california will be a wet one, with rain in the forecast. >> i've had incidents where i've been in the car with family members and we've spun out before because of the water. >> reporter: on the road, and the roads will be slippery in the sierra. snow is in the forecast. the general manager at safe tow

out of livermore says the number of calls definitely increase during the first rain. >> the grease and dirt piling up all summer long and during the fall is now coming to the surface. >> reporter: the chp will be out in force during the thanksgiving weekend. the rain will make their jobs a little tougher because people don't tend to slow down when the roads get wet. >> those traveling down to l.a. or wherever you are going, be careful on the road. >> reporter: in berkeley, cheryl hurd, "nbc bay area news." >> it is 4:33. butte county is still reeling from the camp fire and survivors are preparing for the rain. the storm could hamper search efforts under way. 870 people are still missing. the death toll now stands at 81. crews have been shoring up burned hillsides to prevent mud and rockslides. because the soil has taken so much damage, it won't be able to

e ha our nbc bay area weather app. it is free to download, to keep you up to date on what is happening in your neighborhood. could you check the radar and see where the rain is going to hit. >> 4:34 right now. making headlines in the south bay, a former p.e. teacher in san jose has been sentenced for possession of child pornography and taking inappropriate pictures of young girls at school. 47-year-old clifford papadakis will serve eight months of house arrest. he was arrested back in february. filing a formal appeal of a $78 million verdict. jurors in august ruled monsanto caused wayne johnson's

nonhodgkins liymphoma. monsanto has previously argued none of the science presented during the trial effectively tied roundup to johnson's cancer. aaa is looking to help you get around this holiday season. tonight, the company's tipsy tow program will get under way. if you've been drinking and cannot drive, the program will send you a safe ride. it runs from 6:00 tonight until 6:00 tomorrow morning. for rides, just call, they made it easy to remember, 855-2-tow- -go. to find the information go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. coming up on "today in the bay," holiday wishes bounce back after a drop in the stock market. the declines and the potential outlook for the day. and the gap is closing many of its locations nationwide. we'll take a look at the reason behind the decision.

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good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc global headquarters. wall street will try to claw back some of yesterday's big losses. the dow plunging more than 550 points, erasing all of its dpanz for the year. decline in shares of target put a lot of pressure on retail stocks plus the markets were impacted by another downturn in my-profile tech names such as apple and facebook. today's watch list, demand for durable goods and consumer sentiment. the gap continues to

struggle with declining sales nd also owns old banana the company has 800 stores in north america. the gap's ceo is reviewing flagship locations as well as others based on profits and customer traffic. the fcc is continuing its quest to rid the country of those annoying robo calls. the agency proposed more measures to fight spam calls and spam text messages. one of those would create a data base of numbers reassigned to stop businesses from calling after the numbers have been changed so you would hopefully get fewer sales pitches intended for other people. second proposal would classify text messaging as information instead of a telecom service that gives wireless e permissio block suspected spam text messages. the fcc will consider both ideas at a meeting next month. those are your headlines. what are you doing for thanksgiving? >> eating turkey and pie. what are you doing? >> eating a >> you'll be off, frank, right?

>> i'm going to eat. >> sweet potato pie. >> i'm off thanksgiving but have to work black friday. i heard you talking about patty pies. you need to get real homemade sweet potato pie. >> frank, i'm down. >> i heard you talking about it one time. >> he's the real deal. >> see you on friday. >> have a good holiday guys, bye. coming up, we have more than pies on "today in the bay." kari has been talking about the rain, keeping her eye on the forecast. >> this is for the people hitting the road today heade,d thanksgiving. it's dry right now. take a live look in palo alto. our temperature also only make it into the l 60s as that rain arrives, and as we get a look at storm ranger, spotty showers already out there. we'll take a closer look coming up next. we've had enough to dampen the but we see the glow and the

clearer view as far as the look sheen on the road. we'll talk about what's going on with the san mateo bridge with the crash we're tracking.

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to you. as you can see right there from golden gate bridge, some wet spots on the road. be mindful as you head out on your trip today, getting ready for the holiday. >> with all the traffic reports, we wouldn't think of accusing mike of just skating, that is

until he was on hand last night to emcee the opening of the downtown san jose ice rink. the rink will open until january 27th. mike, we didn't get video of you doing your triple axle or double lutz. >> the crowd went wild. >> i want to see the outfit you were wearing. >> it was amazing. >> and then woke up. >> check with gabby, from telemundo, she could vouch for the fact none of that happened. >> looked like a event. >> it was great fun. >> good thing we didn't have rain last night. >> we didn't have rain last night. we're getting ready for some of the showers that will start to roll in as we go into late morning, early afternoon. we're starting to see light rain, just getting that atmosphere ready for the heavier

stuff that's on the way. we're using storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. nbc bay area is the only one with it in the whole viewing area and this scan is live. some of the other radars you see on the other stations are about two to five minutes behind what we are showing right now, and it scans closer to the ground so picking up on stuff the other radars may miss and with the low storms that move in that are fairly low in the atmosphere a lot of radars can't pick up on the detailing a rain is falling. showers around guernville and 101, showers moved through recently so the roads might be wet. just north of san rafael and toward the richmond-san rafael bridge some showers in the area as of now. we head toward the east bay a lot of rain over the also o we're dealing with some spots that are wet, but it's not really soaked to this point. if you're getting ready to head out for that drive, it's still looking pretty good, and also

280, 101 looking good at this point, after some very early morning light showers, and as we track this storm, there's another one right behind that. it's going to be a much more significant storm and moving in on friday, and so out ahead of that, we have the flash flood watches in effect for much of those burn scar areas from mendocino and lake counties on northward, and then as we move over toward the sierra, we do have the winter storm warning in effect as we start to see some of that rain moving in and the elevations above 6500 feet could get over a foot of snow or more. we're looking at a significant storm there if you're traveling. here is a look at the time line. by 11:30 this morning we're seeing some heavier rain moving into parts of the north bay, also in the san francisco and peninsula, and then we will have waves of heavy rain going into early afternoon and then a little bit of a break later on this evening, but there will still be a slight chance of rain

and most of the rain will be light, off and on, very spotty. we start out tomorrow morning with some mostly dry conditions. keep that in mind for the turkey trot, and we are going to see some of the rain moving in again, this round will be much heavier, starting out on thursday night into friday. friday is looking pretty wet, and we're going to get some significant rainfall totals out of that, with once again most of it coming with our next round of rain. this is a look at how much we could see san jose could measure a little over half an inch of rain, much more for parts of the east bay with over an inch of rain and for the north bay, one to two inches and look at how much we could see in ukiah on northward. i'll talk more about that in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking the crash on the san mateo bridge? >> i am. this may look initially like the same shot we showed you, the same angle and camera, but you notice that cars are slowly filling in,ow along this westbound direction, so they're building up. you see tapping the brake lights

after you pass by our camera after the toll plaza on the san mateo bridge. we have one lane blocked at the high-rise and they'll keep it blocked until they can get cruise on scene to remove one of the vehicles involved in the crash. just a short segment of slowing, unexpected so plan for that across the san mateo bridge. the dumbarton bridge is the better choice, because that's completely clear. be careful, as kari is showing you the showers drifting around the bay, light showers at first and first in a long time, so we talk about the oil, the grease and the slippery conditions that are likely even with a mist or i valley moving well. there is another crash reported somewhere around the berkeley curve. we're waiting for details from chp wem, there's contra costa county, there's the north bay coming down through san rafael, a smooth flow, i showed you the seen on the roadways there. the bay bridge toll plaza you could see it's a much clearer view of the background here and see a little sheen on theadways

nicely and we have a little backup forming in the fast track lanes. i'm not sure why, so i'll double check to make sure there's nothing going on with the toll plaza itself. back to you. >> thank you, mike. new this morning, our investigative unit of san jose police using force on a mentally distressed man. >> it raises questions when is it appropriate for police to use force during an arrest and when does it cross the line? stephen stock started digging. >> our investigation found that the video we received was sho w july. the video is short, we see a sa jose police officer throw a of him but what happened before our viewer investigating f t view four different officer body camera videos that show what led up to the confrontation and the

struggle. did he have to punch him in the face? >> under the circumstances, it was reasonable. >> this officer went over the top, in my view. >> find out why the chief and former police auditor see something different in that video, and why confrontations like this are becoming more and more common for bay area police all over the area. that's in my full report, later tonight at 11:00. >> if you have a story you'd like our investigative unit to look into, give them a call, 888-996-tips, or go to the website nbcbayarea.com/investigations. washington for his thanksgiving vacation as reaction pours into his decision to stand with the saudi crowned prince. >> despite a cia determination the murder there of journalist jamal khashoggi. susan maginnis has the latest in an eye-opening "new york times" report. >> reporter: the president will spend the thanksgiving holiday out of washington, d.c., but in

washington, outrage grows over his perceived siding with saudi crowned principle mohammad bin salman who an investigation ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> maybe he did, maybe he did. >> reporter: the u.s. will take no action against saudi arabia to preserve america's relationship with the kingdom. >> if we abandon saudi arabia, it would be a terrible mistake. >> when he says our relationship is always with saudi arabia, it kind of leaves open the possibility that it doesn't have to be with mohammad bin salman. >> reporter: members of congress cond prince. >> he's unhinged, and i have no intention of working with him ever again. >> reporter: the reaction comes as the president submits written answers on the russia investigation to special counsel robert mueller and amid a bombshell "new york times" report saying that last spring, the president told white house

counsel don mcgann he wanted the justice department to prosecute former presidential candidate clnt clnt a hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. mcgann reportedly convinced the president not to act, saying accusations of abuse of power could lead to impeachment proceeding "today in the bay," you might be getting ready for your flight to thanksgiving dinner. stick around for two more minutes with travel tips that holiday rush. but first, happening now, in san joearly quarter of immigrants in the real estate market are homeowners, as "the mercury news" reports that's the second highest rate of any major city in the u.s. online loon market tree studies found four other cities made the top ten list for home ownership

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welcome back to wednesday morning edition of "today in the bay." we are tracking storm movement through the bay area, welcomed ain, hoping to blow out some of bit. you see the radar in the upper right corner. kari is tracking when it's going to hit, how long it will stick around. your weather is coming up for the thanksgiving holiday. 4:55 right now, nbc bay aa many about airlines. >> we sent consumer investigator chris chmura to sfo, he has tips to tackle air travel trouble and the moment it happens, instead of waiting after the fact.

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4:57 for you right now. coming up here on "today in the bay," we are tracking today's rain in the bay area, as many travelers get ready to head out and into our area. >> some are already having to turn on the windshield wipers. in walnut creek you'll see the rain moving in right about 8:00 and it will get heavier as we go throughout the late morning hours. here is a look at storm ranger, scattered light showers. we'll talk about when it gets herseavier for all of the bay a coming up next. >> for some reason the fast track lanes are a little slower than the rest of the lanes. no problems reported here at the toll plaza, but i do have a e o what soundsanes bridge. we'll talk about what i can find on camera. plus the south bay city says no to marijuana. what bay area city wants a complete ban. this little home of mine,

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♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ bay area is bracing for rain -- right now at 5:00, thanksgiving eave ave and the b area is bracing for rain. we are tracking it all as the first storm moves in. the light rain has been falling in some spots already and you can see some of the w pgrou, so cameras at the golden gate bridge. the rain is also falling in the east bay, this is a live look at the richmond-san rafael long. good morning to you. thanks so much for starting your mo. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll keep tabs on that rain. lot of people traveling today, >> a big travel day, it's going to be a lot of people out there at one time and we're starting

out with light rain to start out your morning. storm ranger tracking it all, that's our mobile doppler radar in the red scan coming from san bruno mountain. in the north bay it's spotty coverage as we start out this morning, and so far, san francisco is dry, although we've seen some of the earlier showers that moved through make those streets kind of wet. in the east bay and parts of the tri valley, roads are fairly dry and some of the rain for the south bay now moving off towards the le t peninsula is catchingrem some o view, you can see we have not only one but