welcome to tuesday morning. taking a live look outside, look what is coming our way. no santa on the radar, not just yet. eventually, not just yet, but more rain headed to the pay area. kari has been tracking the storm for us. could affect the morning commute or maybe not. we'll find out. good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus is off. let's find out. is it going to affect the morning commute? >> no, not for the most part. we have seen patchy fog, just watching out for that as the storm system approaches. it's still north of ukiah, so if you're in that area, and you're traveling north, you will be affected by this rain moving in. now, we are going to see it int parts of the north bay later on this morning, as we track it with our storm ranger. here is a live look outside in

palo alto. there the rain will be arriving right at about noon, so we will talk more about the timing in your microclimate coming up, aymike, 101 is closed. >> i was going to use that same shot. here it is behind us, 101 northbound coming up toward university, that's the exit right there. the stretch between embarcadero and university saw very, very light traffic, almost no traffic up until just a few minutes ago. they may have opened that closure that was going on at the embarcadero overcrossing there overnight. it's not clear from the caltrans worker load. you may have to get off and back job to the freeway. stretch still closed on the map sensors but we'll open those back up once we get the all clear from caltrans. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. i have something i'm checking out in san pablo, coming up. president trump placing border this weekend. during asii, the president reiterated threats to close the

border, saying the ongoing chaos is fault. he claims the members of the migrant caravan grabbed nearby children to boost their status, that is his words. the president also insisting without any proof the caravan is full of violent criminals. >> to the lawless caravans and to the illegal trespassers marching toward our border, it's very simple, turn back now, go back home. we will not let you in. >> president trump is also promising a government shutdown if lawmakers don't fund a as te deported to mexico last year one step closer to being reunited with >> terry mcsweeney reports maria mendoza sanchez could be home for >> i was very i. you cannot imagine how much i miss my kids. it's been very difficult.

>> reporter: maria mendoza sanchez is happier to be closer to a visa that would allow her to return to oeblaakland to herr children, ranging from 8 to 24. maria's attorney says he has to share credit for the victory. >> we're particularly interested in all the media coverage the case has received and the support. >> reporter: maria's occupation, h1b to be decided by u.s. citizenship and immigration official. >> knowing she'll come back, we're just very overwhelmed, and we're so happy, because hopefully she can come back for christmas. >> i get to expect the worst, and the best. a team of alameda county

firefighters back in the bay area after spending days in the camp fire zone in butte county. it includes a trained search and rescue dog. they spent a little over a week, including the thanksgiving holiday, fighting flames and searching for the missing. in the meantime, the list of unaccounted people stands at 203. the death toll now 88. search teams going through various parts of paradise searching for remains. the sheriff's office says there say possibility some remains may never be found. messages from loved ones looking for the missing are still posted on boards at shelters like this one in chico. the massiveiltroy nearly 14,000 homes. it was fully contained over the weekend, after igniting more than two weeks ago. many of the fire victims who lost everything are unsure of what the future holds. today we're holding an all day fund-raiser for them a long with telemundo 48 and the united way, answering your calls from 6:00 this morning to 7:00 tonight.

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on a bike path near downtown palo alto friday night. one of at tackers knocked the victim to the ground, repeatedly punched him in the face. the suspects also stole the victim's iphone and ear pods and took off. more police on patrol in hillsborough because of a rash of home burglaries over thanksgiving weekend. investigators say in most cases, the homes did not have security alarms and the burglars broke through a rear sliding glass window or door. happening today, a few hours, parents in redwood city wi they will walk to the school district office. closure. they're upset about the proposed plan to close four schools and merge programs due to budget cuts. among the schools impacted, hawes elementary, orion alternative elementary, fair oaks elementary and the spanish emergence school. school board trustees are expected to discuss that plan tomorrow night. coming up, if you're getting

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welcome back. we have some breaking news, sad news coming in from overseas. we are getting word that a servicemember, three of them were killed in afghanistan, this was just handed to us. the department of defense says it happened when an explosive went off near gazin city southwest of kabul. an american contractor was also hurt in the blast. let's get the latest on wall street before the bell. here's frank holland with cnbc.

>> good morning, scott and laura. we'll start off on wall street. the markets are going to try and add to yesterday's big rallied beaten down tech stocks rebounded from steep losses and shares ofgm jumped after the automaker announced it would shut several factories and cut thousands of jobs. the dow rising more thann more than two weeks. on today's watch list, reports on home prices and consumer confidence. your next iphone could come with a hefty price tag. president trump telling the "wall street journal" he expects to move ahead with the next round of tariffs on products imported from china that could include a 10% tariff on iphones, laptops and other consumer electronics which the president says consumers can handle. apple's products are currently exempt from u.s. tariffs, although the iphone is assembled in china, many parts do come from the u.s. it's unclear whether apple would shoulder the extra cost or pass them along to consumer. today is giving tuesday. last year the promotion raised

more than $300 million for charity. if you're looking for a tax break for making a donation, look into the changes that resulted for the new tax law passed last year. the american enterprise institute expects charitable giving to drop by 17 billion. about 80% of that decline may be driven by an increase in the number of taxpaho will now which is now $12,000 for single filers. those are your cnbc business headlines. scott and laura, back over to you. >> frank, thanks. coming upn "today in the bay," kari hall is tracking back-to-back storms eyeing the bay area. >> we're dry right now, as we take a live look outside in counsel town san jose. christmas in the park. we will start to see more clouds moving in, after this chilly start. the rain here right at about 2:00 this afternoon. we'll time it out for where you live, coming up next. and we're looking over here, the nimitz freeway at fremont, a smooth drive south, there is the truck scales on the other side of the freeway. no real traffic at the truck scales. we'll talk about what is going

on in san pablo, we just got an update from the police department. mateo bridge.

wmeck. tuesday morning, taking a live look outside, this time in the san mateo bridge. folks are already up and out the door. we'll have a look at that morning commute for you and rain on the way to the bay area. quarter to 5:00 right now. we have a video for you, really a heartstopping video to show you this morning. >> a man who went hang gliding

for the first time clings on to a metal bar for over a couple minutes when his pilot forgot to hook him on the glider. the video was posted by chris g gerski. the florida-based photographer later landed safely on the ground. >> doesn't it seem clear from the start he was not hooked into that thing? >> oh my goodness, but yet the irt?ner guy is. >> when you were first describing that, a hangbar, that's kind of what you do. >> not like that, it's like a cartoon. >> kari, good day for that? >> no, not at pull. >> -- all. >> never? >> ever. for the evening commute, we are checking out storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. we have a look at storm ranger, and we have it parked on san bruno mountain. we are the only one with this in the bay area and we are getting

a live scan of what's happening. storm ranger also scans closer to the ground, so other radars can be a little bit too high, missing out on what's actually happening. we have the video of storm ranger right now, as we get a ok the bay area. so here is the radar. we're seeing the showers moving in from the north. we are going to see that rain moving into ukiah within the next few minutes, as it makes its southward progression. we'll see it moving from north to south throughout the day and as it does so, we have more time before it arrives and that's the red you're seeing here, the live data coming in on the radar. so far, everything is looking nice and clear. here is a live look outside in downtown san jose. christmas in the park all lit up there, and then as you start to get ready this morning, you do need a nice warm jacket once again, maybe a rain jacket, and then don't forget the umbrella. you will need that, as we go into the afternoon, but right now, things are once again

starting out dry. here we are at noon. we start to see that moving into much of the north bay, and this is what the radar could look like, showing a lot of yellows and reds, indicating some heavier rain moving into santa rosa, napa, and then approaching fairfield, and then for the south bay, we are still going to see some of that rain holding off until later on this evening, while the peninsula and parts of the east bay start to see that rain in time for the evening commute. so scattered showers linger into tonight and for tomorrow, we're going to have more waves of rain moving in, especially during the afternoon to evening hours, and it just gets heavier as a stronger storm moves in, and this could also produce some gusty winds and heavy rain that will continue throughout the day on thursday. so with the first round of rain, we're looking at mostly about a quarter to half an inch across the bay area and once the stronger storm gets here between wednesday and thursday it's a much heavier and pretty good

soaker there with the gusty about 50 mil pls, as we go through the forecast, several storms will be rolling through, and expect another one to move in on saturday. so we're tracking all of that, several waves of rain in the forecast, which of course is great news. we just don't need the flooding and the wind, so i'll be tracking that as we go into the next couple of days. mike, what's happening with the police activity? >> we're not clear on exactly what's going on but we know from talking to the police in san pablo you're not able to use one portion of a busy roadway out there. as we look at most of the freeways, they're moving smoothly. we have that construction and the closure, looks like a big stretch but only at embarcadero for north 101. zooming up toward san pablo itself, san pablo avenue, the main road here e tendibetween 2 broadway that stretch may be closed for five or six more hours. there's something big going on

there. we're not getting any details. we're tracking the situation. we have crews over there and focused on the morning commute, the interstate itself is moving smoothly. san pablo avenue will become a or five hours, 10:00 a.m. before that would be cleared. lot of surface street traffic through that portion of san pablo. the main freeway toward the maze, we have some slowing on 580 approaching the maze and the interchange getting toward the bay bridge, it looks like a new crash, may have new detail the chp can give us in the next couple of minutes. out of san francisco eastbound at seventh near the off-ramp, there say crash but traffic is flowing out of the city. no major problems out of the tri valley. there is a little slowing for 84, but that's your construction zone, pretty standard there. it's been two months since christine blasey ford testified in congress against judge brett kavanaugh. she's largely out of the headlines but hasn't rne

privacy. as jean , sce september, that's when dr. ford testified at then supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's senate confirmation hearing, telling the judiciary committee kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. kavanaugh denied her claims and is now a supreme court justice. dr. ford is not feeling safe enough to return home. in a recent go fund me page update the palo alto mother says donations from thousands of supporters are a godsend, writing "your donations have allowed us to take reasonable steps to protect ourselves against frightening threats, including physical protection and security for me and my than notes for christine hashtag. they are pouring in. >> all over the world and all ages writing her with lovesuppt. >> reporter: dr. ford wrote "i am in awe of the many women and men who have shared their life experiences with me and bravely

shared their experience with friends and family, many for the first time." ford closed the go fund me page which raised more than $600,000, and thanked her supporters. the mayor of palo alto says when dr. ford is ready, she plans to welcome her home with a proclamation. >> everything she has done has been not only brave and courageous, but certainly is a brand new path for women to follow. >> reporter: jean elle, "today in the bay." >> 4:52. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> a life insurance company shorted him a hundred grand. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. happening now, six stranded whales bac volurs waters. the ten pygmy killer whales stranded themselves. more news after the break.

welcome back, everyone. tuesday morning, 4:55, nbc bay area responds to a family that's been battling a life insurance company. >> they asked for help from consumer investigator chris chmura for getting $100,000. >> good morning, we met peter and nora smith last year. debbie smith, peter's wife and nora's mom, died unexpected. debbie's life insurance company only paid $100,000 expected. page of her policy andn fr page. how misled do you feel lik tona development that peter says will change his life.

for your family, any of your loved ones are around age 70. if you have a story you'd like to share with us, let us know. go to nbcbayarea.com/responds or you can call us. the number is 888-996-tips. i'll see you again tonight at 11:00. remember all the drama surrounding the warriors and their worst losing streak in four years? it's time to forget about it. >> the good times are back at oracle. the dubs last night showed orlando who's boss. the magic at one point led by 18, but kevin durant dropped the season high 49 points, including the critical three-pointer.sh l straight game. coming up on "today in the bay," we'll have lots, including a look at rain coming in, kari. >> starting to roll in from the north as we look at storm ranger, giving us a view of the showers approaching ukiah. more on that, and where you live in the forecast, coming up next.

and we're looking at oakland. you have a fair amount of traffic there, construction crews are starting to clear from all portions of the bay, but i'll have a big update, what's going on in two sections of the east bay commute. >> that's right, breaking news we're following this morning, major roadway in contra costa county shut down. it's been closed since midnight. the crash there that will affect your morning commute.

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tuesday morning, we are following the radar, rain moving into the bay area. kari has a look at our forecast coming up, and also some breaking news in the east bay this morning for you. good morning, thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off this morning. we have traffic and weather both making news this morning. let's start with weather and some rain moving in. >> the rain will be moving in, we're tracking it with our storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. we can see it moving into parts of the north bay, as it approaches ukiah, this will move from north to south making it into the rest of the bay area, mostly this afternoon. i'll be tracking that, we'll talk about the time line coming up in a few minutes, and mike, you have two reports for the east bay. >> i do. the peninsula, that report cleared. we have that closure for 101 at embarcadero that just cleared the caltrans toll booth. the rest of the bay on that map moves smoothly except for the westbound 580, as you are approaching the maze, a quick traffic break scheduled and we should be clearing, that's why

they're slowing there. we'll zoom toward san pablo where i can tell you that san pablo avenue is closed between 23rd and broadway, and it's all i know. maybe five or six hours, there's police activity, that's all we have but we have pete suratos arrived on scene and pete, like i said, we're not getting a lot of detail. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, mike. not getting much detail, but we are standing on san pablo avenue, you see the tape is up, as it shut down as a result of what we're being told is a major traffic collision. could you see it down here, we don't want to zoom in too close because we're trying to get more information, but i do want to po o the cars from shending from rig now. according to san pablo