a very good morning to you, and thanks so much for joining us. dry day aed haheahead, which is. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike inouye, the commute should be better this morning, but first we start out with meteorologist kari hall looking at the nice, clear day. >> nice and clear and it's going to stay cool today with upper 50s. here is a live look outside at 880 and fremont. everything is looking much better this morning for your drive, and some low 50s to start out. upper 50s for the afternoon, and looking at storm ranger showing nowhere in the bay area are we seeing rain, yet, but there will be another storm system moving in. i'll track that for you and help make some weekend plans coming up. mike has an update on the crash in san jose. >> kari, we're talking about northbound 280 as you head up around bird. we had that report of a crash, a car hit the center divide and was seen spinning around. that's the last we heard. chp got on scene and said no major injuries in there. they're clearing up this crash here, so there will be activity

just north of downtown on northbound 280, and 101 shows a little slowing traditionally past the 680 interchange, holding steady but clear by the time we get to alum rock. the rest of the bay shows a great drive, eastbound 580 still shows some slowing getting over toward the altamont pass. the paving work still has to cure, and over here we don't need to cure. we have a 17-minute drive from highway 4 to the bay bridge. the metering lights are on but it's friday, lighter for that east shore freeway. >> thanks, mike. breaking news to tell you about, a bizarre arrest in palo alto as officers spot a driver asleep behind the wheel of his car and that car is part of the story. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from palo alto this morning with a unique way that officers had to jump into action. >> reporter: yes, we're talking about a tesla in this story and the reason that's relevant is because this could be the first pursuit of a chp officer -- rather the first chp pursuit of

a self-driving car in autopilot, maybe. we'll get to that part in a moment. according to the redwood city chp, officers spotted that driver looking asleep behind the wheel, going about 70 miles an hour on highway 101 south, near whipple. officers tried to stop the driver, but he didn't pull over, so officers eventually had to pull a chp cruiser in front of the tesla, to slow the tesla down to a stop. that driver, 45-year-old man from los altos failed a field sobriety test and was arrested on dui charges. the big question now is, whether that driver was using tesla's autopilot mode. if he was, it would be the first time a drunk driver tried to use autopilot as a designated driver. rather it would not be the first time. in august, a monterey man was arrested after crashing his tesla into a san jose fire truck. he told officers that he thought he had autopilot on. back in january, chp officers found a man passed out behind

the wheel of his tesla on the bay bridge, when he was arrested for dui, he told officers he thought his car was in autopilot. his blood alcohol consent level was more th -- content level was more than twice the legal limit. we don't know whether he was in autopilot at that time but last month tesla pulled the full autopilot option off of its menu. elon musk saying at the time on twitter, it was too confusing for drivers, so the investigation likely will be a lengthy one. in palo alto, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> we'll continue to follow this one. more breaking news on this friday morning, if you are a marriott starwood member, listen to this. potentially massive data breach that may include theft of credit card information, passport numbers, a lot. someone accessed the database

holding personal information for approximately 500 million guests. that hacker or hackers had access to the starwood network for some four years, with access to phone numbers, emails, password numbers as well. marriott cannot rule out the possibility credit card numbers were obtained. our pete suratos is digging deeper into this story and will join us live at 6:30. new this morning, president trump, along with the president of canada as well as mexico signed a new trade deal and world leaders are in buenos aires this morning for the g20 summit. meanwhile, we turn to tracie potts live on capitol hill. when the president's involved, there's always a lot to talk about, it seems. >> well, he's focused on trade this morning, marcus, but tweeting about russia not meeting with the russian leader, fresh from the kremlin this morning. their reaction, they regret the two won't get to sit down together because some important issues will end up on the back

burner indefinitely. president trump says he will not meet with russian leader vladimir putin in buenos aires this weekend, citing the conflict over ukraine, mr. trump suddenly canceled that meeting, hours after his former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the skyscraper they were planning to build in moscow. turns out they were still working on that during the campaign, and didn't scrap the project until the day the public learned that russia hacked democrats' computer. >> michael cohen is lying and he's trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me. >> reporter: he would it et cetera this morning that the trump tower deal was very legal and very cool, involving zero money and zero guarantees. >> why are all his closest associates being found guilty of lying about their ties to russia? >> reporter: cohen has met seven times with the russia special

counsel team as late as last week. he already pleaded guilty to financial crimes and faces serious jail time. >> he should be prosecuted to the extent of the law. >> reporter: in argentina this morning, president trump laid out his agenda. >> we're going to be talking about lots of good things for argentina, for the united states, including trade, including military purchases. >> reporter: his growing trade war with china will be a major focus. and the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia, after the u.s. implicated them, in the death of a washington journalist. and in argentina, they've got 22,000 officers on the ground to try to keep demonstrations there peaceful. marcus? >> all right, tracie, thank you. 6:06 for you right now. happening today, governor-elect gavin newsom is in mexico there to attend tomorrow's presidential inauguration. yesterday he visited an immigration detention center in the san diego area, along with a shelter for asylum seekers. he says the state has to do more to address the crisis at the border. >> my job is to be constructive.

my job is to try to find ways to bring people to the table, and to address what legitimately can be described as a humanitarian crisis. >> newsom plans to discuss the migrant caravan when he meets one on one with the president-elect andreas manuel. new this morning, a 16-year-old confesses to vandalizing a community center in rower hnert park. look at the damage done. the front door of the golden ridge community center was pride open and inside covered with graffiti and broken glass. this happened earlier this month, after that center posted these photos of the damage, the teen's parents brought him to the police station, where he turned himself in. the 16-year-old was cited for vandalism. taking you outside now, a live look at sfo as we get closer to the december holiday travel rush. we get a glimpse of what's called the next generation of air travel at an airport terminal in atlanta.

s atom s cou -- as tom costello it's the first to go biometric. >> reporter: at terminal f they are going to full biometric screening for outbound flights. you check in, looking at a camera, it takes your picture, compares it to your passport photo and you're checked in, and then you check your bags using facial recognition, and then you get through tsa using facial recognition and eventually here to your gate and get on your plane, facial recognition. it's all about trying to speed you through the process, and improving security. could this come to a domestic flight eventually? that story coming up on "today." >> tom costello reporting in atlanta. his full report on how it all works at 7:15 on the "today" show. right now, it's 6:08. we are starting out with dry weather, hopefully no flight delays out of sfo today, and then tomorrow we'll be tracking this system set to bring some

rain as early as the early morning hours for the north bay. as we go through the time line, most of the day we'll be mostly sunny and turning partly cloudy this evening, and then by 1:00 in the morning, we're seeing some of the showers moving into santa rosa, as well as the north bay, and working its way into san francisco, oakland, the tri valley, and down to the south bay by about 6:00 in the morning, so we are going to see this passing by at a couple of quick waves, and this will be a cold front that will bring in some much cooler air to start out next week. so we'll get a look at the seven-day forecast, and just a few minutes, mike gets you a look out the door at a better commute. >> much calmer and drier than yesterday. it's friday and no rain friday and so we see just mild, mild slowing here in san jose north 101, a little slowing from about 680 all the way up toward the airport, that's sjc. little more build for santa clara, just showing up here. over on the peninsula side, southbound 101 at woodside,

there's a crash, a car reportedly hit the center divide, now over on the shoulder. no injuries or slowing shows up. slowing dumbarton bridge toll plaza and the san mateo bridge toll plaza. there's 880. folks are starting to push over from hayward and union city, fremont. there's the san mateo bridge, likewise, westbound, with the commute direction and no problems. guys, back to you. >> thanks, mike. when you think of b.a.r.t., do you think cuddly? >> no. >> the transit agency's new plush train may change your mind, or not. the snarky reaction online to the new toy. as long as we're talking about the holidays let's do our holiday price check. did you pay the right price on black friday? at 6:25, cool supplies for wildfire victims. the inspirational story from paradise you do not want to miss. it is 6:10 right now. you're watchinged it itted. you're watching "today in the bay." i am a family man.

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right now as 6:13, as you make your way out the door, it's dry conditions, on your way to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station, 50 degrees. partly cloudy skies, reaching 60. this is our day with the break from the rain. i'll have more on the rain coming up in less than five minutes. >> kari, a check of pleasant hill, and i'll check the dublin b.a.r.t. station, smooth drive, beautiful view. the tail lights top of the screen, we'll talk about your view and what you can expect

through the area now and a little bit later. a very happy friday to you. all eyes are on the g20 meeting in argentina, with hopes presidents trump and xi can work out the beginning of a trade deal. san jose's adobe dipped after a huge run-up yesterday. facebook continues to be in the news, after revelations sheryl sandberg was directly involved in the effort to discredit billionaire george soros. soros has been critical of facebook and facebook confirmed sandberg asked staff to examine soros' financial dealings. this is not entirely out of the ordinary. if you think the person criticizing your company might have a financial interest in your company suffering, you might do that. that said, facebook has been involved in several embarrassing controversies and has attracted the attention of federal regulators. i put the problems to my panel of experts on "press here."

>> facebook was trying to unite the world and it succeeded twice. everybody pretty much, regardless of political persuasion, thought facebook was cool two years ago and now everybody hates facebook, doesn't matter if you're left or right, what the reasons are. >> "press here" airs this sunday morning at 9:00 after "meet the press." i mentioned yesterday, we're tracking the prices of some popular gifts this holiday season, to see if black friday really is the right time to buy or should we have waited? yesterday we took a look at jewelry and the instapot, both are very popular gifts. i have sort of all four gifts that we're going to look at them. jewelry on the spot on the left side of the screen, next is baby alive and sue bead machine. sue bead is normally $99, black friday $64. 99, right now it's $64. you will save a buck by not getting out black friday. baby alive half off prices at

target and kohl's black friday but look at that price, about the same as it is now. in both cases, you can't have to get out at o'dark thirty to get a deal. you can still get the deal now. we'll continue to track prices as we move through the holiday season, hanukkah just around the corner, christmas coming soon, to see if they go back up or a couple go lower. >> i hope lower. >> supply and demand, too. sometimes it's like i got to get it. >> the baby alive might be cheap but you might not be able to find it. >> exactly. new this morning, b.a.r.t. is selling a new toy train car, just in time for the holidays. it is only available at the lake merritt station, costs $10. bay area transit agent made that announcement on twitter and not everyone is really into this gift idea. several other twitter users responded to b.a.r.t.'s post bringing up topics like broken escalators, dirty train cars, late trains. some asking about the stuffed toy train, what it smells like.

some urge b.a.r.t. to make the toy available at stations other than lake merritt. >> those are great toy ideas now. next they'll come out with what, the broken escalator? >> they could. you know, a piece of the 101 or something. you could get a bay bridge or golden gate bridge key chain. >> collector's eye temitem. >> bay area favorite. >> the weather might be a favorite for a lot of people, dealing with the rain. >> we've had rain and we're going to see some cool weather, dry all day today, and then a little bit more rain tomorrow. we'll track that. as we get out the door this morning, some upper 40s and low 50s. nice start to the day, as we dry out and you're getting ready this morning. is it a frizzy hair day? your frizz factor forecast say little bit of a light hair spray and get on out the door, as we are going to start out humid and start to see conditions drying out. we are tracking that next storm system. here it is on satellite imagery. we can see the swirls of clouds of rain starting to move into the pacific northwest, and even some of that light rain,

starting to reach into the far northwestern corner of the state. in the north bay, we're going to start to see that rain moving in shortly after midnight. here we are at 1:00 in the morning, we see the rain in santa rosa and ukiah, making it into san francisco, the peninsula, parts of the east bay and down to the south bay at 6:00 in the morning. so this will be an early round of rain that moves fairly quickly at noon. we're starting to see that activity tapering off as the cold front sweeps on through, and for the rest of the day, our rain chances will be decreasing. how much will this bring us? we look at a quarter to half an inch across much of the bay area. quick one and done and this brings in additional snow for the sierra. that's a live look at squaw valley. it is beautiful and today is a pretty good day to travel, because the next round of snow that falls tomorrow could bring some additional snowfall totals, up to about ten inches in kingvale. this system for tomorrow, and the next one will be moving in

on tuesday out there in the pacific and will bring us cool and wet weather. we're looking at highs in the low 50s next week, morning temperatures are going to be chilly, dropping down into the 30s and low 40s, and then after that, we're going to see also some drier conditions for next wednesday. we'll be timing all of that out, but as we head over to mike now, we're timing out the morning commute. >> i'm almost at the minimum for our morning commute. look at all the green around the bay, that's great. green now, not on the road weather index or the radar, that means smooth flow of traffic at the limit. little slowing through san jose typical in that stretch and 880 hayward toward union city and now a crash at dakoto. the dumbarton bridge cut-in may be an issue. chp getting details and i don't see additional slowing but i see slowing so we'll check that. that's one of your popular spots. more popular, i guess unpopular is slowing eastbound 580, over to greenville, we have the paving work done, that's why

there's slowing coming over my head, a smooth drive westbound once you get past the same scene. the crews should clear up about 7:00 so we'll keep tracking that getting out of town and getting crowded early afternoon as folks make their getaway toward tahoe. the san mateo bridge was showing more slowing on the sensors and more traffic. the volume is an issue. conditions are great headed over but maybe windy, perhaps gusty on the dumbarton bridge and bay bridges. chp warned about that. nice ride on the b.a.r.t. trains. the trains you'll be riding are harder than the plush toy we showed you, apparently available at the lake merritt station. back to you. 6:20. still ahead this hour, continued breaking news coverage. if you stayed at a hotel sometime in the past several years, your data may be at risk. brand new breach overnight impacting 500 million people. she's got a gift card but the company goes out of business. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds,"

next. plus, i'm tweeting about oakland, the town actually making "national jae graphic's" travel's best trip list, from a lot of cities all across the list. go ontoe my facebook and twitter page to see why oakland made the list. 6:21 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." a new veterans affairs clis

opening up in the south bay. welcome back, everyone. new veterans affair clinic is opening up in the south bay, located in the silver creek neighborhood of san jose. the 95 square foot three-story facility, probably 95,000 three-story facility will open its doors tomorrow. the $who campus will also feature a memorial park for veterans, about 26,000 veterans in the san jose area. new this morning, we're learning students in the paradise unified school district will return to school on monday. >> the district is securing three elementary schools that will house k through 5 students through the end of the school year, and one student's return the classroom will be packed with supplies thanks to donations made to teachers. americans from across the country pitching in to help butte county students affected by the camp fire. people from across the country donated several items, including

markers, glue, paint, and even the kleenex. group color a classroom with kindness set up the collections and those donations there. 6:24 for you right now. nbc bay area responds to a san ramon woman who missed out on a hotel spa experience. >> she learned her gift certificates were worthless so she asked our consumer investigator chris chmura and his team for help getting her money back. >> susan planned spa day for herself and her sister at the lowe's regency hotel in san francisco. she bought two gift certificates totalling $150, but a few months later, that spa closed. she says she spent nearly a year trying to get a refund before she turned to us for help. we learned the regency didn't operate the spa. an independent company did, and we couldn't reach anyone at that company at all. but lowe's stepped up and sent susan a check for $150 anyway. lowe's said it understands the frustrations, and refunded the guest as a gesture of goodwill. keep this in mind for holiday shopping.

in most cases, if you have a gift card for a company that goes out of business, you are out of luck. so don't sit on those gift cards. use them right away. if you run into gift certificate trouble, you can complain to the department of consumer affairs at the state. give us a call, 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. here are storeies we're working on for you for 6:30 coming up. breaking news, the massive data breach we've been telling you about this morning, we're live at the marriott in san francisco, where workers are still striving to find out whose data is at risk. brand new this morning, a i change in the way companies to label lettuce. response to the e. coli outbreak traced back here to california. what to look for, before your next trip to the store. and a warning before you get inside a lyft or uber this weekend. one woman's horror story, what

her lyft driver was doing when she steaccidentally fell asleep touring t during the ride. this little home of mine,

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the golden gate bridge right now at 6:30, let's take a live look outside. you got to stop and look at this. what a beautiful sight the golden gate bridge is this morning. no fog, no rain, everything clean and shiny, for the moment. good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i am marcus washington. we head over to meteorologist kari hall to see if we have changes soon.

>> we will, so you better enjoy the dry weather while we have it. we look at walnut creek, and if you're getting out the door early in the morning, it's cool with some low 50s, partly cloudy skies throughout the day, headed up to about 60 degrees. our storm ranger mobile doppler radar showing no rain this morning, as you step out the door, but i'm already traicking the next storm system here for tomorrow morning and bringing us another round of rain. we'll talk about that and how that may change your weekend plans, coming up in a few minutes. headed over to mike, you've been tracking the morning commute. any shaissues as of now? >> you have to deal with a better commute. we have friday lighter volume but headed south through fre fremont, more traffic that showed up over the last few minutes. you notice the flags are calm here but watch the bay bridge, the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge all east/west and may be caught with gusts of wind. it looks common in fremont. south bay shows the northbound push kicking in. that's a beautiful view of the

transamerica building. we have san francisco traffic getting in and out of the city. the golden gate bridge shot looks good. the shot at the bay bridge toll plaza has the backup as well. the crash south 880 at dakoto, everything got to the side just fine but volume continues to build out of hayward and san leandro and that sends more traffic through fremont as well. no major problems as you get through contra costa county. highway 4 just starts to show a little slowing in toward concord. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> 6:31 right now. >> breaking news to tell you about this morning, it could affect you and your family. massive data breach and marriott starwood. half a billion customers affected. >> nbc bay area's pete suratos joins us live from the marriott in san francisco. lot of people are going to be concerned about this. >> reporter: big concern. good morning to you, laura and marcus. we are talking about hundreds of millions of guests who may have been affected if they booked at a starwood hotel and ard coucco

to marriott this may have been going on since 2014. here is information we know at this hour. up to 500 million guests may have been affected across all the starwood hotels. we are talking about the sheraton, st. regis and other w properties, acquired by marriott back in 2016. marriott was alerted to the issue in september, about a breach into the starwood guest reservation database and for about 327 million of those guests, the breach may include their name, mailing address, so we're talking about basic info, as well as their passport number. the big issue we're talking about this morning is the credit card info of these guests may have been taken. marriott says that information was encrypted, but marriott is not ruling anything out, at least at this point. i want to show you a statement from marriott's president and ceo regarding this incident, saying they regret the incident saying they're doing everything to support their guests and they want to be better about this

issue moving forward. if you're a guest affected about i this, you should be receiving an email in the coming days. marriott set up a website at info.starwoodhotels.com. if you have any more pressing questions about this incident. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks, pete. a lyft driver is accused of disturbing assault in his car of a female passenger. it happened saturday night on the peninsula. prosecutors say the victim and her friend fell asleep on the way home from san francisco. she later awoke to find the suspect, the 32-year-old, assaulting her. she screamed enough to wake her friend, and they called 911. the driver is scheduled to appear in court next week. romaine may return to your refrigerator, new this morning. the federal government is establishing a new guideline as well so that you know if that romaine lettuce is safe.

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in the east bay with what this entails and what we should look for. good morning, bob. >> good morning, to you, laura. if you're like many people, you haven't had romaine lettuce in your refrigerator since before thanksgiving. the romaine could soon be returning to your crisper, the fda along with producers, distributors come to an agreement on new labeling that would tell you where the romaine lettuce was grown and harvested, that way you know whether or not you're getting lettuce that is contaminated. you'll recall that last week, the fda said that all romaine lettuce nationwide was unsafe because of an e. coli outbreak that sickened at least 32 people in 11 states. the fda narrowed that outbreak and unsafe lettuce to growing regions on california's northern and central coast. take a look at your screen and i put this graphic together, namely six counties. the closest to us santa cruz and monterey, also included san

benito, san luis louis obispo, santa barbara. and ventura, with the new labeling requirement. you'll know your lettuce should be safe to eat. not clear when the lettuce from the counties will be considered safe to consume. back out here live there was something else i was going to tell you guys, i need a cup of coffee, i'm not awake. i just dropped it and i can't believe it. wow, what did it spill? the numbers 168. 168%, incidentally, because of what's going on with romaine lettuce, there's been a 16% price spike in the cost of iceberg lettuce so iceberg less tus is benefiting. 24-pack goes for around $21, now running around $46 so well over double there. >> how long did it take you to do that, bob? put the coffee out? >> i didn't to anything. it's just a weird cutting board.

>> we have to get you a sturdier cup, too. >> yeah. >> bob redell live. >> reporter: i have to get better hand/eye coordination. >> missed your mouth. >> thanks, bob. >> thanks, bob. 6:36 for you right now. happening tomorrow, lots of cal and stanford alumni will probably be saying better late than never, because the big game is finally taking place, two weeks after it was postponed due to poor air quality from the butte county wildfire. the game is played at cal's memorial stadium. conducto kickoff is at high noon. big bay area football weekend kicks off tonight when the pac-12 championship takes place at levi stadium. the winner receives a berth in the rose bowl. kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. >> i'm not the meteorologist, but i'm pretty sure the snowy football video you saw was not from levi's stadium. the san mateo bridge, a live

look westbound across the span. we're seeing more traffic. that volume will slow you down but also i heard about a crash or some sort of disabled vehicle along that high-rise. i've been watching this since our last report, about five minutes for things to develop. i haven't seen a full stop. that's the good news. we'll still track that westbound with the arrow toward the high ric rise. the build hayward 880 which shows more traffic down out of san leandro. the crash at dakoto, a traffic break to clear some debris and everything should be slowing past that crash. south bay a mild build, same thing for the rest of your east bay. travel times just 25 minutes highway 4 to the backup at the toll plaza. >> gives us a break in the storm. >> headed to the weekend. >> a lot of people are watching that next round of rain for the big game tomorrow in berkeley, and if you are planning to go, if you're tailgating early, there may be showers moving through and i'm going to keep that rain chance in there around kickoff.

most of the rain will be clearing by the afternoon, and it's going to be cool and breezy, highs in the upper 50s. on saturday, across the bay area, we're looking at highs around 55 degrees, and the chance of rain through about noon, early afternoon, for the south bay, and then as we look at our sunday forecast, it's all clear. it will be breezy and cool with highs around 56 degrees. tonight, jack london square, lighting up the christmas tree. it will be nice weather for getting some hot chocolate and going there and enjoying the festivities. it will be dropping down into the low 50s by 7:00, and then all day on saturday or any day for that matter, we have christmas in the park in downtown san jose. tomorrow is looking good for the afternoon through evening hours, as it will be chilly there as well, and partly cloudy skies, and then if you want to wrap up the weekend in san francisco, going ice skating, expect those high temperatures only to reach about 53 degrees, and cooling down as we go into the evening. if the sierra is in your weekend plans, look at how beautiful it

is, and today is a pretty good day to travel, because tomorrow some light snow showers will be coming down, and the high temperature will only be at about 27 degrees. so those roads will be icy. good weather for coming back as well on sunday, and then in russian river valley, a chance of rain during the early hours, but clearing out throughout the day, and high temperatures reaching about 56 degrees. i'm tracking everything for you, and talking about what's happening for today, coming up in about three minutes. >> we appreciate it, thanks, kari. next and all new, breaking news, a driver arrested while behind the wheel of a tesla. the strange way chp had to get that car to stop. and at 6:55, a story all parents will want to hear. new concern about youth sports injuries, and we're not talking about concussions. and after literally years of denying any sort of business connection with russia, the president now says he may have lightly looked at it. let's take a light look at the big board this morning, dow

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happy friday. 6:42, a beautiful sunrise in san jose. this is a look at 101 as you get ready to drive. don't let that distract you. headed up to 58 daegz fegrees f afternoon. we'll talk about how much rain

we measured so far and how much more on the way for the weekend coming up in less than five minutes. >> these are beautiful numbers out of the tri valley westbound. 24 minutes, we typically don't see that any time after 6:00. lighter flow out of the tri valley. south bay has a little build for 101, headed up past sjc. we'll give you a bigger view coming up. >> thanks so much. >> a bizarre arrest in palo alto as officers spot a driver asleep behind the wheel of his car and that car is part of the story. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from palo alto where she's following the story for us. tell us about it, kris. >> reporter: the driver was behind the wheel of a tesla, which we all know touts its self-driving capabilities, its autopilot features. we don't know if the driver was using that feature at the time at this point. that's under investigation, but we do know the driver was arrested and the car towed here in palo alto, seven miles from

where the chp first spotted that driver looking drowsy behind the wheel. officers spotted that drowsy driver going about 70 miles an hour on highway 101 south near whip until redwood city. officers tried to stop the driver but he did not pull over. they put the cruiser in front of the tesla to slow the driver to the stop. the 40-year-old driver failed a field sobriety test and was arrested on dui charges. we just learned that he is the vice chair of the town council of the city of los altos. the big question is whether he was using tesla's autopilot mode. if he was, it would not be the first time a driver tried to use autopilot as a designated driver. in august a monterey man crashed

into a fire truck and he told drivers he thought he had the autopilot feature on. in january, chap officers found a man passed out behind the wheel of his tesla on the bay bridge. when he was arrested for dui, he told officers that he put his car in autopilot. his blood alcohol content level was more than twice the legal limit. whether the driver arrested was in autopilot is in investigation but last month tesla pulled the option off of its website for car sales for folks ordering teslas. elon musk saying on twitter, it was too confusing for drivers. in palo alto, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks, kris. the president is in buenos aires but the problem he has, they're following it there. >> scott mcgrew, the president reacting to his former lawyer's guilty plea. >> he is. trump wants to concentrate on the g20 meeting in argentina but can't ignore the new accusations that he was involved in a real

estate deal in moscow long after he started running for president. brand new video of the president with the president of mexico and prime minister trudeau in a ceremonial signing of their trade deal. as we reported, trump has decided not to meet with vladimir putin, who arrived in buenos aires a short time ago. on thursday, trump's former attorney, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to charges brought by special counsel robert mueller that cohen lied to congress about when he and trump discontinued their business dealings in moscow. the two were negotiating a trump property in the russian capital. to be clear, there is nothing illegal about business deals in russia. what is illegal is to lie to congress about it. president trump is not in trouble, he didn't lie to congress but he's been telling us for years now he has no business in russia.

>> i have no deals in russia. i have no deals that could happen in russia, because we've stayed away. we could make deals in russia very easily, if we wanted to. i just don't want to, because i think that would be a conflict. she always likes to tie me in with russia. i having nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. john, how many times do i have to say it? are you a smart man? i have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to to with russia. >> the president has now adjusted that message that he never had any business dealings with russia during the campaign to he lightly looked at business dealings with russia. the tweet came from argentina lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in russia, put up zero money, zero guarantees, and didn't do the project witch hunt. as far as the witch hunt, when you include cohen from yesterday, the witch hunt has charged 33 people with 100 crimes, including the president's former lawyer, his former campaign manager, his former campaign manager's assistant, his former foreign policy adviser, and his former national security adviser.

as far as that campaign manager goes, he will be back in court later today. we may find out what it is mueller says that he lied about. we'll be covering that on twitter, i guarantee you, and you'll find me on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks a lot, scott. switching gears here, this week we told you proposal season has started, but weddings are happening, too. if you're looking for a spot to tie the knot, would you ever think about costco? that's where this san diego couple did it yesterday. their first date was at costco, three years ago. they met online and turns out, she messaged him only because he mentioned his love for costco in his profile. among the guests yesterday, costco workers and some of the shoppers. saved a lot of money on food as the main course was a 50% hotdog and don't forget the sundae and maybe they got the rings at costco. >> that's true, and matching dresses. >> on the racks.

there you go. >> they had him at costco. >> as long as they're happy. >> they look like they're in love >> that's all that matters. we're worried about the weather? >> it was nice to get rain and g nice to dry out. how are we doing with our water? since october 1st, the total amount of rainfall we've gotten in santa rosa brings us now almost to average. we're at 93% of average, with measuring over six inches of rain, and in san francisco, we've had three of 0.75 of an inch of rain, bring us up to 91, so we're not where we should be with any of our microclimates and mountain view is the worst, only making about half the normal amount of rain, measuring a little over an inch. san jose almost two inches of rain. we're doing better with 81% of norm normal. i want to take you around the state and show you some beautiful scenery with our live cameras, this one in yosemite,

the high sierra. it's gorgeous, if you're not looking at the tv screen, turn around and take a look. this will get your friday started off right. look at squaw valley, absolutely gorgeous there as well. chain control still up and we're going to see more snow moving in tomorrow, and this is a look at the sunrise from bell very debe toward san francisco. more rain late tonight and early in the morning, as the system brings rain to the pacific northwest. it will be a quick-moving cold front moving in. we'll see partly to mostly sunny skies today and starting to see the rain moving in to santa rosa and ukiah. this is shortly after midnight. you may hear the rain hitting the roof late tonight and early in the morning before sunrise, we're seeing the rain into parts of the east bay, the south bay, as well as the peninsula, and this is another couple of quick waves of rain before it tapers off during the afternoon. it will be breezy and cool behind the system. in total, we're looking at

another quarter to probably half inch of rain for much of the bay area, as it moves through, and i'll be tracking another system set to move in on tuesday. couple of days of a break, and it's also going to be turning very chilly. early next week we start out with upper 30s and low 40s in the morning, and highs only in the low 50s. you want to make sure you keep checking in on that. we're checking in with mike to see what's happening for your morning commute. >> he's wrapping is a calmer commute, but the san mateo bridge continue to follow this closely. the earlier crash at the high-rise, it says lanes are clear. the chp reports says lanes are clear. it's still over in the service lane and visible, but traffic has flown, continued flowing across the flat section, not flying. you're going safely and slower than you might expect for friday at this time, but then you go, the crash is out of lanes, a distraction getting toward foster city. we're looking at the the rest of the bay and a slight build now for san jose, continues for 85, that's the latest to show speeds below the limit, that is your typical pattern for a friday. the build is on and it will

continue to build throughout the morning, focusing really at about 9:00, when it's tough through the south bay. not so bad at the bay bridge toll plaza, the lane off to the left, a few cars waiting for cash. bring cash, that is an advantage. the waze system, what things are looking like on the peninsula, southbound 101 slows through san mateo, redwood city. i want to show you how waze timed things out. over here, behind me we're looking at 29 minutes for that stretch, as you head through the area. right now, coming over toward 280, sha longer route, so right now it's about ten minutes longer. as conditions change the timings will change as well. waze will adjust either here or wherever you are. take you out toward sacramento area, traffic flows nicely over there arden, a problem with our apple share, there you go, out to sacramento, we can follow you wherever you go. follow nbc bay area wazers and we'll tell you about a crash headed toward the arden mall in sack machiramen

sacramento. happening now, a mistake at purdue university's clock falling from the bell tower, crashing to the ground. the video was posted by a student who witnessed it earlier this week. it was being hoisted to the top of the tower and somehow it was released. it appears to hit two workers in a hoist bucket before eventually falling to the ground. thankfully, no one was injured. and next, "today in the bay," a quick look at the top stories we're working on, including breaking news. massive data breach, marriott revealing overnight 500 million people are affected. how to know if your info is at risk. and also new for you, auditing facebook, a new report on when the company says its internal report on civil rights and diversity will be released. we're back in two minutes. it is 6:53.

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today in the bay-- breaking news... a live look at sa . welcome back, before you head out the door. it is 6:56. a live look at san francisco's marriott hotel on fourth street. starwood members everywhere getting a rude awakening this more than. word hundreds of millions of guests may have been affected by a massive data breach. marriott says up to half a billion accounts were exposed. the problem may have started up to five years ago. hackers had access to the starwood customer data base, including passport numbers, phone numbers, even email addresses. it is possible credit card

information was also stolen. marriott plans to notify guests by email. happening today, governor-elect gavin newsom is in mexico. there he will attend tomorrow's presidential inauguration. yesterday he visited an immigration detention center in the san diego area, along with a shelter for asylum seekers. today they will discuss the migrant cava ran as he meets well with the new president of mexico. facebook getting right to release the civil rights audit it promised, back in may, 19 groups requested the audit, asking facebook to look into the impact of policies and programs on minorities. their concerns through discriminatory advertising and voter suppression. according to "usa today," sheryl sandberg tells one group she expects that report to be issued by the end of the year. more new research this morning as to scientific

evidence that may make parents think twice before letting their kids play football. >> researchers at wake forest looked at the effects of head impacts that did not cause concussions. mri scans showed changes in the nerve fibers that connect the two halves of the brain. those changes were not there for the kids who played non-contact sports. romaine is returning to your refrigerator and now this morning, the federal government is establishing a new guideline so that you know where your lettuce is coming from, and if it's safe. the, if fta along with producer and distributors agreed a new label for packaging that will list where the romaine lettuce is grown and harvested. the outbreak and unsafe lettuce has been narrowed down to the growing regions on california's northern and central coast. looking for a stocking stuffer? b.a.r.t. is selling a new toy train car just in

holidays, only available at the lake merritt station. the snarky reaction online to the new toy. we posted them on our website. one thing for sure, there's nothing to complain about with the weather today. >> it's good to get rain and sunshine and let things dry out in between the systems. today we're up to 58 degrees and mostly sunny. another quick round of showers will move in tomorrow morning, and then will clear out for the day with highs in the mid-50s. it will be cool as we track another system set to move in next tuesday. >> okay, and mike, tracking the traffic for us this morning. >> a little slow on the san mateo bridge. better news, the crash is off of lanes. we confirmed that with chp westbound, a little slow. the dumbarton bridge might be a little better. there's the richmond bridge, sunrise behind the folks moving nicely toward the north bay, and there in dublin, folks on the lighter side getting away from us, getting away to tahoe early this afternoon. >> get up there and get on the

slopes. if not, stay here. we'll be back with another update in half hour and every half hour for that. >> and "nbc bay area news" at 11:00. have a great day. it is friday. thanks for joining us on "today in the bay." enjoy the weekend. good morning. guilty again. the president's long-time lawyer forced to admit he lied to congress to cover for president trump. did the president's business dies to russia go deeper and longer than trump was acknowledging? >> i have nothing to do with russia for anything. >> but the president says michael cohen is the liar. >> what he is trying to do is get a reduced sentence. >> just ahead, what cohen may have told prosecutors in a reported 70 hours of meetings. here it comes. a powerful storm begins its march across the country. tens of millions facing severe