update on the petition aimi inio stop the mall. a form are san francisco infielder who died in south america overnight and the other baseball player in the car with him. the new jobs numbers there, the report within the past 15 minutes, at 6:15, a look at the numbers and what to expect, when the stock market opens, after another wild day on wall street. what it means for your money. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good friday morning to you, as we start right here on "today in the bay" continuing since 4:30 this morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia has the morning off. kari hall is back. you're a little under the weather. cold is going around the bay area. >> we're trying to, you know, keep everybody healthy around here so i'll disinfect once i'm done, especially touching this thing. we're going to start out, cool temperatures, bunding inle up.

live look outside in san francisco, as we start out with temperatures will in the mid-40s. look at the 30s there in the north bay, only 36 degrees in santa rosa, and 39 in livermore. the morning commute will be nice and chilly in antioch. we'll walk out the door to temperatures at 41 degrees. heading up to 51 at noon and a nice afternoon headed your way. we'll talk about our microclimates and your weekend plans, as well as the forecast coming up. mike, you're tracking the traffic flow. >> i am, but i'm tracking my clicker, because it looks very much like yours but we have separate ones and ient' catch yo -- won't catch your cold, i hope. getting into san francisco, a beautiful view from emeryville. you can see the streaming lights up or down the inline/decline. look at that. the flow across the bay is fine. the backup is at the bay bridge toll plaza, and that's about the only backup we're seeing on your morning commute. smooth, smooth flow, very top of the screen, catch that little bit of red, that slowing for west 37 around mayor island. one issue getting away from the

bay bridge, there was an earlier disabled vehicle at the 580/24 interchange, getting away from the maze and toward orinda and the caldecott tunnel. no problems and a smooth drive for the rest of the bay. >> thank you very much, mike. happening today, we expect new insight in the russia probe. blayne alexander has reaction from president trump overnight, a lot to say on twitter of course. blayne? >> yes, kris, good morning to you. reaction just within the past hour. president trump will likely be watching that as well and he has a lot to say about the russia investigation this morning. we're going to show you his tweets that he sent out, a now six-part tweet, the latest tweet

within the last 20 minutes. essentially sharply criticizing the russia investigation as well as mueller's team and special counsel robert mueller himself. that the president would criticize the russia investigation certainly nothing new, but what's changed over the past few days or so is the tone, the very specific and almost personal way that he goes after mueller and tries to undermine the credibility of the team and the investigation itself. those filings that we're expecting to look at, let's look at those briefly. paul manafort, we know he was the president's campaign chairman in 2016. in the recent days, mueller's team says they want to scrap a plea deal that they have with manafort because they say manafort was lying to investigators. we're expecting much of this will likely be redacted oare blacked out but we're hoping to get insight into ma in a fort's alleged behavior that led to the end of that plea deal. michael cohen, the president's long time fixer, his attorney,

the man who said he'd take a bullet for president trump. he made it very clear he is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller and we expect in this sentencing memo to learn more about what he has told mueller over the course of several hours worth of interviews. >> it's always so critical to have that information go public so people can decide for themselves whatever they believe. thank you very much, blayne. >> 6:04. also developing, president trump will nominate a former tv news anchor as u.n. ambassador later this morning. heather nauert, currently the spokeswoman for the state department, will be getting a big promotion. before joining the trump administration last year, she was an anchor for fox news. nauert has little experience in government or foreign policy. wreaking news at the white house, it appears john kelly's ten tour as chief of staff is on life support. multiple sources are telling nbc news that kelly will step down from his position in a matter of days, and there's apparently

already a list of candidates to replace him, that includes the current chief of staff, vice president mike pence, nick ayers. kelly's time as chief of staff has been marred by controversy and just last month, nbc was the first to report clashes with first lady melania trump. we'll continue to follow those details for you. also, developing right now, one-time san francisco giant is one of two baseball players who were killed in a car crash in venezuela. infielder jose castillo played for the giants back in 2008, and that was his last season in the majors. the other player who died is luis val buena, who played for the l.a. angels last season and played a total of 11 years in the big leagues. the two were playing in a venezuelan winter ball team at the time. authorities say their car struck a rock late last night and went off the road. new details about a hit-and-run crash in richmond that killed a 1-year-old. sylvia welch is facing dui and

manslaughter charges, and due in court this morning. court documents say she was also driving on a suspended or revoked license. the crash happened last month at cutting boulevard. the 1-year-old died at the hospital. just in to our newsroom, new video showing the aftermath of a fiery crash overnight. this happened this morning on southbound highway 17. this is near highway 9 connector and los gatos. we're told that that car veered off the road, hitting a pole own a tree. the driver got out of the car just before it caught fire. officers told our crew on the scene that that driver had been drinking and wasn't hurt. 6:06 right now. the there's a big fight brewing over who to replace the old vallco mall with. this morning, people against the new housing project this morning are celebrating a small victory. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live with details. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. we're talking about the cuperti.

small ricket isvictory for opponents, there's quite a battle ahead. the group is better cupertino. they gathered roughly about 5,000 signatures in opposition to the vallco mall project which would bring in roughly about 3,000 homes, nearly 200 hotel rooms and plenty of office space to that valco mall site. supporters say it will help with the bay area housing shortage that we are seeing around the area but opponents believe it will cause traffic issues and stretch city resources in cupertino thin. the project may proceed anyways, thanks to a state law that would fast track housing construction. the vote could happen as soon as next year or they may hold off until the general election in 2020. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay."

>> thank you. happening today, a holiday tradition is back. the oakland zoolights is kicking off the season. we're getting a preview. we got our photographer in early. it starts at 5:30 and goes until 9:00 at night. it ends on january 6th, in case your holiday is a little too busy. tickets to zoolights cost $$10 for adults and $9 for kids. beautiful, right, kari? >> it looks very nice. bundle up if you're headed out there. we have holiday lights at christmas in the park and downtown san jose. a nice day for it. willow glen temperatures start out at 44 degrees at 8:00 and slightly warmer than normal, going into the afternoon. checking out your school day forecast, first we have to get through the school day, in the tri valley, it's going to be very cool. only 38 degrees, as you walk to school, and then by the end of the school day, we're looking at some upper 50s, and mostly sunny skies. we'll talk about the weekend

coming up, and mike, you're checking out how the morning commute is rolling. >> kari, i'm trying to find something that i could report that is not smooth drive. that's the great news for you folks, but we are looking over here, the south bay, not even that slowing for north 101, that's great right now. smooth flow out of the altamont. we have this, right there, west 580, typical slowing but even the eastbound construction through the paving zone, that cleared up as well. so no problems now getting out of the area. you'll find more traffic, getaway traffic starting at 11:00 or noon as folks head toward the sierra. away from the bay bridge, a disabled vehicle reported at the transition, east 580 at 24, just be careful, stay over to your right through the connector, and no problems toward the bay bridge. the only backup is at the toll plaza and the metering lights. back to you. >> thanks, mike. all new this hour, the new jobs report is out. what it means for the economy and your wallet. live report from the money expert at cnbc. and also new, fortnite addiction. if the video game is a big deal

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it is 6:12 on your friday morning. we are going to start out cool. let's head toward los gatos in the upper 40s at 8:00 and mostly sunny skies. highs reaching the upper 50s. tomorrow, the clouds move in. sunday the rain arrives. i'm tracking it all for you coming up at your forecast in less than five minutes. and a look at oakland, that's great, a stream of lights moving without any flow. one person tapping their brakes, look at that. oakland 880 moving nicely toward the bay bridge. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc global head quarters. here are today's headlines. 155,000 jobs were added, but that fell about 40,000 below expectations. unemployment remained at 3.7%, a

50-year low and wall street is reacting positively to the report, just about 16 minutes before the opening bell. all this comes after a stunning reversal in the markets yesterday. the dow had been down as much as 785 points on fears about a possible ramping up of the trade tensions between the u.s. and china. stocks stemmed those losses on reports indicating the fed may take the foot off the gas pedal when it comes to hiking interest rates. fiat chrysler reportedly plans to add a second plant in detroit in 2020 to build the jeep grand cherokee. the move could potentially add hundreds of jobs. news of the new jeep factory comes as general motors ceo mary barra was on capitol hill this week, meeting with lawmakers who were pretty angry at the company's decision to close five north american plants and cut up to 15,000 jobs due to a weak demand for passenger cars. social media news. facebook assessing a new feature to let merchants show off their wares in live videos. they can notify people who

follow their pages about their broadcast, demo live products in live videos and take payments or reservations through facebook messenger. the feature could help facebook grab more revenue outside of ads in the news feed. those are your cnbc business headlines. back over to you. >> all i have to do is come up with my company and i can start making the money, frank. >> it's just that easy. >> thanks, frank. >> have a good weekend, guys. >> you, too. a christmas tree crunch has some bay area retailers working harder to meet that demand. merchants on san francisco's delancy street said their regular glower planted fewer trees. they're branching out, buying from additional farmers. part of the problem appears to be fewer growers this year because some of them are moving into other businesses. >> you find they can grow other crops such as hops for the beer, marijuana is a big crop. >> clancy at clancy's christmas trees is still growing his own

trees. he says he has enough supply, but higher labor costs are driving up prices. >> i did notice they were more expensive this year. a new rehab program is working to help kids with video game addictions. >> your kids may be like millions of others, might be glued to their screens playing fortnite night after night. half my kids class is playing and they're not teenagers yet. 24% of parents say they're worried about a video game addiction. joe fryer takes us inside a rehab program. >> we can't avoid gaming. we've been compared a lot to detox programs for say alcohol. you can go to alcohol treatment and never touch it again your whole life. you could live that way.

>> some kids are playing upwards of four hours per day. you can watch the full interview coming up on the "today" show, right after "today in the bay." i want to hear what they say about pulling the plug, not going to rehab, just pulling the plug. >> a lot of parents say we used to go outside and play, have a good time. and the weather this weekend is going to be great for that. >> it's going to be nice. make sure you spend some time outside, especially today, sunshine tomorrow and the clouds move in. we're starting out with cool temperatures this morning, as you get ready to start out your friday. here is a look at our numbers around the bay area. we have some mid-30s. fairfield the coolest at 35 degrees. it's 39 in livermore, and in san francisco 46 degrees, as you head out. we're starting to see a little bit of light in the sky, as we take a look at this live shot from palo alto, and 101, where our temperatures will be at about 45 degrees. we'll go from 45 in the morning to 56, so the warmup will be very slow, and will only reach

into the upper 50s there. as we head down to the south bay, we're looking at a high in coupertino reaching 62 degrees. that's warmer than normal. 62 will also be the high in danville and peninsula. up to 60 in san mateo. san francisco up to 58 on the embarcadero and the north bay reaching 62 in santa rosa. so as you're styling your hair this morning, it's a muggy start, but we've overall had a good hair day as the humidity drops and looking at all clear conditions, as we check out radar, and our storm ranger, and then looking at the wider view, where there are some clouds that are starting to move in, and that will arrive by tomorrow. the rain won't get here until sunday evening. this won't be a strong system but it will bring us our next round of rain. into this afternoon, we're keeping it mostly clear and here we are at tomorrow afternoon at 5:00, and it's mostly cloudy out there, and going into sunday, staying cloudy, but the rain

approaching from the north and moving into the south by about 11:00 to 12:00, and this may make monday morning's commute wet and slick as you get ready to start out the new work week. temperatures for the weekend, low 60s inland. 60 degrees on sunday and next week mostly upper 50s for the highs, which is once again normal, and san francisco looking at some upper 50s over the next few days. heading over to mike, you've been tracking the roads. any issues out there now? >> you know what? trying to find something to report that is not a smooth drive and that's great news for folks who are driving. we don't have much problem or even any slowing. there's the tri valley, a little bit for the east bay, getting toward the san mateo bridge, slowing for west 92, that's typical as far as the pattern. for a friday this is looking light. north 280 there is it he brie reported, a disabled vehicle, not specific north 280. it hasn't been a concern because the last five minutes haven't shown slowing through the area for our sensors.

a nice drive, travel times toward the bay bridge, only 18 minutes. mild slowing through san pablo, a clear drive toward berkeley and at the bay bridge we have the backup at the toll plaza, no problems for 880 northbound or 580 westbound coming through oakland, oakland hills and toward the maze. look at the lights in motion, there is the berkeley curve. we typically see cars stacking up on the approach, and this is a great drive right now. back to you. here is what we're working on for you next on "today in the bay." this man is possibly the most famous astrophysicist in america right now. coming up, all new at 6:30, new allegations of sexual misconduct against neil degrasse tyson. hear from one of the women accusing him of misconduct. two languages and more than three grand in dispute. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. flashback friday. "today in the bay's" bob redell is throwing it way back to this

video posted on twitter showing him being body slammed during a story about pro wrestling there. watch that entire video, follow bob on twitter, and wham! ouch! you're watching "today in the bay." an online petition is pusho

ban leaf blowers in walnut creek. new this morning, an online petition is pushing to ban leaf blowers in walnut creek.

last check, 351 people signed the change.org petition. currently 25 cities across the state have a ban on leaf blowers due to their excessive noise. the petitioners say the devices are dangerous because they cause pollution. it's not clear if the walnut creek city council will take up the issue. >> 6:24 right now. a call to action from san jose state university students. a call to action from san jose state students, which is where university activists have set up camp to address student homelessness. this is video showing them setting up last night. a recent report found that more than 13% of san jose state students were homeless at some point over the past year, which is the highest rate for any university in the cal state system. organizers are asking to work with school leaders to try to come up with a workable solution. two consumer teams, one group helping in english and the other in spanish. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is looking at some of the money they helped recently get

back for our viewers. >> people's frustration with businesses needs no translation. we're here to help in both languages. telemundo responde, consumer investigator arlen fernandez was able to help out anita. she had a problem with a medical ply company. arlen got anita her $1,899. on the "nbc bay area responds" side, we were able to help out melissa in redwood city. she had a $1,406 dispute with a travel business. our team stepped in and the company paid melissa her 1400 bucks. together telemundo 48 and nbc bay area recovered for viewers like you more than $2.3 million. we would love to add to that total, so please, give us a call with your consumer problems in either language. in english it's 888-996-tips, or in spanish 844-408-4848. have a great weekend. >> thank you, chris. today marks the 77th anniversary of the surprise attack on pearl harbor in hawaii.

more than 2,400 servicemembers and civilians were killed. several remembrance events are being held across the bay area. this afternoon a candlelight event will be held at the cal state east bay campus in concord, lit at 5:00 this evening and stay lit all night long. this morning a commemoration event will be held at the "uss hornet" museum in alameda. new exhibit called infamy, december 7th, 1941, will be unveiled at 11:00. here are some of the brand new stories we're working for you at 6:30. sweet perk for government workers in santa clara county, free valet parking. the county's explanation for the multimillion-dollar taxpayer price tag. another reported delay in the effort to make the anderson dam safe during earthquakes. new time line we're hearing. and dropping out, one of the top trending stories online, as you cake up. what kevin hart said just an hour ago, about his decision to step down as host of next year's oscar's ceremony. i am a family man.

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downtown san jose good morning. it's 6:30. let's look live downtown san jose, christmas in the park is full with festive cheer. we hope your morning is off to i afestive start as well or a good start. let's not get crazy. i'm kris sanchez, in for laura. she's off today. >> i'm marcus washington. we head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at the weather outside. today is a good time to see

christmas in the park. >> there are so many holiday festivities going on and it's going to be a nice and sunny day. here is a live look outside at emeryville as you get ready to head out the door. notice it will be chilly out there, and we are mostly seeing some 30s and 40s heading out the door. let's get out the door in martinez, as you head out for school, it's about 41 degrees, walking to school. 56 as the last school bell rings later today, and you're walking home, but we are looking at overall a very pleasant day before we track some rain. i'll have more on that coming up and mike, you're tracking a traffic break in oakland. >> a gap in the traffic, southbound side just retoerstor where you see traffic bunched up so much. temporary slowdown south past the coliseum. there was a disabled vehicle around high street. we have the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights are on. no problems getting through the area. contra costa county a little slowing headed south 680 through

walnut creek but that's about it for the area. b is we see slowing northbound 280, there's debris or a stall around saratoga. it's in the middle lanes. it's starting to recover. i think they conducted a traffic break to clear that as well. the rest of the bay, you are getting a break. we'll talk about the san mateo bridge coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. breaking news to tell you about in contra costa county. police investigation is under way after a person was found dead in a san pablo neighborhood. these are live pictures overhead from nbc bay area sky ranger, this is happening near mountainville metalvin elementary school there, and we're told the person was struck by a vehicle. the age of that victim has not been released. it's not clear yet if that driver of that vehicle is talking to police. we have a ground crew headed to san pablo to get more information for you. we'll bring that to you as soon as we get that as well as here

on "today in the bay" as well as on social media platforms. >> i don't like hearing when it's near an elementary school but thankfully way too early, i hope. either way, it's bad. government workers in the south bay area enjoying a perk a lot of us indulge with maybe going to i afancy hotel or restaurant. we're talking about valet parking. >> bob redell is outside santa clara government building. why are they able to do this? >> why? >> reporter: with two major construction projects about to start, traffic is about to get much worse. so last week, the county started offering free valet parking not only to its employees but to the public in anticipation of this extra traffic congestion. also to save people the 20 minutes or so it sometimes takes to find a parking spot.

according to "the mercury news" it will cost taxpayers $4.5 million over the next four years, which is cheaper than running a shuttle service or building a new parking lot. the valet service will use the county-owned garage across from the jail and a surface lot where the employees currently park. valet attendant will be much more efficient at parking cars, because of their experience. they can park them straighter, tighter, allowing more vehicles in the same amount of space. those construction projects i mentioned they begin in february. they will be including a new jail project, which is acrossed t -- across the street and demolition of the old city hall. reporting here live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." comedian kevin hart is dropping out as the host of the academy awards there. this comes after hart comes under fire for homophobic tweets

and jokes that recently resurfaced on social media. he posted this video to show what happened. >> i just got a call from the academy and that call basically said kevin, apologize for tweets of old or we're going to have to move on to find another host. talking about my tweets in 2009 and 2010. that's the past. the reason why i passed is because i addressed this several times. this is not the first time this has come up. i have he -- addressed it. i've spoken on it. i've said where the rights and wrongs were. i've said who i am now versus who i was then. i've done it. i've done it. >> hart deleted some of the tweets that were spread online, but many in which he called people gay or used a slur for gay men were still up there, as of last night. in a later tweet, hart apologized to the lgbtq community. the academy of motion picture, arts and sciences is not responding to nbc news for comment, but hart just tweeted about an hour ago this tweet here. "the ultimate measure of a man

is not where he stands in moments of comfort and confidence, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy, martin luther king, jr." 6:35 now. new this morning, a fourth woman is accused aimed actor physicist neil degrasse tyson of sexual misconduct. another woman making similar claims speaks out on the "today" show. >> i just want to be very clear that i never dated him. we were never intimate, and even though he's saying my story is fabricated, i'm saying that his story is fabricated. so as i said, it is his word against mine. >> degrasse tyson has disputed those allegations, as she mentioned. the broadcasters of his show "cosmos: a space time odyssey," said they are are he viewing the claims. watch the entire interview on the "today" show after our broadcast. a new delay reported that

may push back the much-needed retrofit for anderson reservoir near morgan hill. there was a time when the dam's $500 million seismic retrofit would have started by now, but at one point, work was supposed to begin in 2018. now, it then got pushed back to 2020. now, the gilroy dispatch reports work might not get under way until 2022. the reservoir is limited to 52% capacity. federal agents arrested a north bay man accused of a scheme targeting people with high student loan debt. debt. he was arrested by fbi agents at sfo as he tried to leave the country, brandon freyer. this is his web page, he's from sonoma county and the ceo of several loan companies. his companies collected advance fees from victims promising loan forgiveness assistance that was not as advertised. here he is now.

he then funneled some of the money to family members. oakland's first fridays return tonight. organizers promise the free community festival will be more secure. you'll probably remember a number of people were hurt in a shooting that took place several blocks away from that event in hours after it was over. that caused organizers to cancel the november event to try to find a way to make the the first fridays events safer. among those changes tonight, a local outreach group will work with police and security until 2:00 a.m. to help keep those streets secure. that's long after the festival is over. i got to confess right now, this triggers something, when people ask when is first fridays, i get really irritated, because it's the first friday, we're having it. >> the first one. >> we'll check the name again. we're checking toward the south, the south portion just south of the bay, this is san jose, where northbound 280 shows slowing. the debris not cleared from the chp report.

we also don't have detail, but you may have slowing coming up from downtown, really tapping those brakes around 880 and 17 up toward saratoga. more slowing for 87, 85 and 101. the commute just started for the south bay. little build in traffic is all. overall, the bay looks great. we'll talk about the san mateo bridge. but i want to point out south 680 toward main or geary we have a disabled vehicle in the fast lane. oerp th the bay bridge metering lights are on and the san mateo bridge which just showed all the brake lights, no reports from the chp. i'm going to scan twitter. folks if, you hear anything tweet back at me. >> i thought your picture was frozen. that did not look good in that one direction. >> the weekend weather looks better. >> we'll see some clouds moving in, we've been talking about rain and we'll time that out for you. tonight headed out to the lighting on the sixth candle on the 25-foot menorah in union

square, it will be a nice night, 56 degrees, mostly clear skies. make sure you're drinking your hot chocolate or bundled up. it will be a little bit on the couple side. tomorrow, we start out with clouds moving in and the clouds hiding the sun throughout the day with our highs reaching into the low 60s. the coastal areas will reach up to 59, and then by sunday, rain moves in late in the evening, but we will see mostly cloudy skies throughout the day, and highs near 60 for the inland valleys. tomorrow, santacon when all of the santas fall in and out of the pubs, and they are all over san francisco, starting though at union square park at noon and san francisco, for a good cause. it will be in the upper 50s in the middle of the afternoon, and then if you're planning to go out of town, maybe going to squaw valley, it's going to be a nice weekend for it. we have some fresh snow on the ground, and the roads should be clear. we are not going to see any snow falling throughout this weekend.

half moon bay not a bad place either, as our high temperatures reach the low 60s, and we'll see some partly to mostly cloudy skies, as we go throughout the day, but by sunday, mostly cloudy skies, and some upper 50s. for napa, we are going to see the high temperatures reaching low 60s throughout the weekend, and then by sunday, more clouds as that rain arrives by sunday night. i'm tracking all of this for you, and we're also getting a look at our today temperature trend, coming up in about three minutes. >> thank you, kari. next and all new on "today in the bay," a big rise in c-section rates across the world. what doctors want women to know this morning, and the extra staffing that could impact that rate of surgery. my bed is right there. it's right there. could have killed me. >> a rude awakening for people's in san jose's willow glen neighborhood. two cars crashed into different sides of that same apartment building. how this started, and reaction from people inside.

and taking a look right now at the big board. wall street's open right now. the new york stock exchange, the dow up 87 points, coming off tough times the last few days. we'll have more for you after the break. surf's up for this california man. not exactly riding a big wave. we'll tell you where he is and what is he thinking? you're watching "today in the bay."

we're talking about clouds for the weekend and when the rains arrives, coming up in less than five minutes. >> if you're planning your arrival toward the san mateo bridge, i'll let you know the latest that may affect your timing. there's a crash in the westbound direction, obviously slowing. more coming up. >> 6:44 now. breaking news, just coming in our newsroom, president trump moments ago confirmed that he is nominating bill barr to be his next attorney general. the president making that announcement as he gets ready to depart for kansas city this morning. more on bill barr now. he served as attorney general during the first bush administration from 1991 to 1993. plus president trump also confirming he's nominating this

woman, former tv news anchor as u.n. ambassador later this morning. heather nauert, currently the spokeswoman for the state department, is getting that big promotion. before joining the trump administration last year, she was an anchor for fox news. nauert has little experience in government or foreign policy. 6:45, and new for you this morning, two cars crashed into a san jose apartment overnight. this hit different sides of the building. it happened just after 1:00 this morning on meridian avenue in the willow glen neighborhood. no two-people were hurt. man living in the side apartment building says that crash was so loud, it woke him up. >> officer are investigating this as a possible dui crash. a new withist that may undermine new development plans for vallco mall in cupertino.

owe p-- in a short term the new threat will not likely slow down construction in part because a new state law designed to fast track housing development means there's little local control. city leaders approved a plan to turn this site into thousands of homes, a hotel and office space. a surprising new report out this morning shows that c-sections, caesarian section births are on the rise worldwide according to a recent article in "the lancet." >> the rate tripled since 1990, and the u.s. is one of the leaders in that number. "today in the bay's" kira klapper is here with more. >> marcus and kris, good morning to you. the rate of c-section delivery increased from just 6% to 21% but here in the u.s., the number is at 32%. some women have no choice but to have a c-section for medical reason, but some opt for c-section because they fear the

pain of childbirth or want to plan their delivery. one doctor we spoke with says those women should look at the risks, urging that c-sections should only be used when labor endangers the life of the other or the baby. >> it's a major surgery, at risk of anesthesia, complications from the wound, so infection and infection of the lining of the uterus. >> that's the u.s. there is a new study out of france at the same time, in that another doctor mentions that surgical deliveries can also lead to delays in breast feeding and mother/baby bonding, as well as an increased risk of asthma and obesity for babies. so it's good to know the numbers there, but like we discussed, it's a personal choice every woman has to make, any family has to make, but about an hour ago, you were saying it's good to know the science and numbers so they can help you make a better informed decision. >> we were both born of c-sections. >> you were?

>> our moms are okay. i was upside down, in the wrong direction. she did not elect that. >> that's right, and it saved you and it saved her. >> and she went on to have two more. so we're all right. thank you, kira. with office parties and shopping time at the mall, 'tis the season of babysitters. city of martinez wants to make sure the sitters know what they're doing. the city is hosting a baby sin sitter workshop for kids tomorr about safety, basic first care and first aid. they have to register through the stcity of martinez. there's a fee but scholarship available, if your child wants to baby sit and doesn't yet have the cash for it. good money maker for them. wet weather is hammering southern california, but some folks are trying to make the best of it. >> a surfer taking advantage of

waves not usual inland. he's shredding on the sidewalk to sidewalk river there, that stretched for several blocks. not probably the safest thing up there to do, but surely looks like a lot of fun. >> you just don't no he whknow underneath. >> this is true. i have a bigger concern, i have a question, being towed by a truck, so is it surfing? >> waking? i don't think we need to narrow down the language. >> we are going to be tracking some more rain coming in, but it's not going to bring us any heavy downpours like that, as we go toward the end of the weekend. we were' starting out all dry this morning. also chilly especially in the north bay. our temperatures have dropped down as cool as 35 degrees in fairfield, and it's 44 in oakland, palo alto and in san jose. here is a live look at christmas in the park in downtown san

jose, if you're going out there for the afternoon. it's going to be a nice day with some sunshine, but also very cool, so grab a coat and long sleeves. we'll keep you comfortable the rest of the day. as we get out the door for school this morning, in the south bay, looking at our start at 44 degrees as you are walking to school and at recess, they need to put the jackets back on. it will be 56 degrees and watching reaching into the low 60s today with our high, reaching up to 62. 64 in morgan hill and 63 in napa, so a really nice day. looking at storm ranger, mobile doppler radar not showing any rain. by tomorrow, clouds move in. sunday the rain arrives. let's time it out, going hour by hour, we're at 5:00 today, and it's still clear across the bay area. but we will wake up to some clouds and see more clouds moving in, into the afternoon, but still, no rain, and then by sunday, we start to see the showers moving in from north to

south, starting out in the north bay, right around 11:00 to 12:00 and we wake up on monday morning to some rain that may linger throughout the day. so scattered showers between sunday and monday, and then after that, we're dry again, and also cool, with highs in the upper 50s. looking at mostly some upper 50s in san francisco as well, but your weekend plans are looking good, and dry. mike, you're tracking a crash on the san mateo bridge. >> everything was fine throughout the commute for the shows but then we had the crash reported westbound 92, for a period of time, as kris talked about, it looked like the picture was frozen, all traffic stopped. i see it moving better over the last five minutes. i've seen a number of tow trucks travel through the scene without flashing lights. chp has no more detail. they're clearing that crash from the report without giving us resolution toward what happened or what may have happened. i'm going to say that it may have been a false report, as you travel across the bridge, but because of that, the traffic was slow for at least a little bit,

as folks saw the brake lights tapping back over near the toll plaza, and now recovery over toward the high-rise. if you want to be completely safe and clear, travel south toward the dumbarton bridge. light build toward union city and more traffic toward east palo alto and menlo park. lot more slowing southbound 680 toward main, a disabled vehicle reported in the roadway. should be cleared soon but there's a build out of concord now, that's about it for contra costa county. more folks coming off of highway 4 and the bay bridge toll plaza, we have the metering lights on. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:52 now. happening now, a big political fight in wisconsin. the republican-controlled legislature narrowly passes sweeping changes limiting the power of the new incoming democratic governor. there are now calls for the current republican governor scott walker to veto that measure. and next on "today in the bay," a quick look at the top stories we're working on, including breaking news in:can

cloud cov -- contra costa county. what it we're learning at this hour. plus, a giants player killed, a former san francisco infielder who died in a crash in south america overnight. coming up, new on the "today" show, an inside look at shipping deadlines, and where the bargains are this major holiday shopping weekend. the reason why you may not have missed a big deal yet. hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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here are the top stories on today in the bay-- now we wa welcome back. 6:55, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> we get you back to the breaking news we brought you about 20 minutes ago on "today in the bay." take a look at this scene right here, in contra costa county as chp officers surround the san pablo neighborhood. sorry that screen is out for you. person was struck within the last hour. that neighborhood is near montalvan element stare schooar. the age of the victim is not released and the incident is not being treated as suspicious, but there is a lot of police activity there in that area, as you saw there just a moment ago. our ground crew is there, about to get more information at the scene and of course we'll keep you updated right here on "today in the bay" as well as

nbcbayarea.com. more breaking news, this time at the white house, where it appears john kelly's tenure at chief of staff is almost over. multiple sources telling nbc news kelly will step down from his position in a matter of days. there's apparently already a list of candidates to replace him, that includes the current chief of staff from vice president mike pence, he is nick ayers. more coming up on the "today" show this morning. also, developing now, one-time san francisco giant is one of two baseball players killed in a car crash in venezuela. infielder jose castillo played for the giants back in 2008, and that was his last season in the majors. the other player who died is luis val buena, who played for the l.a. angels last season and played a total of 11 years in the big leagues. the two were playing for a venezuelan winter ball team at the time. authorities say their car struck a rock late last night and went off the road. a call to action from san

jose students this morning, that's where university activists plan to set up a camp to address student homelessness. this is video showing them setting up last night. recent report found that more than 13% of san jose state students were homeless at some point over the past five years, for the past year, i should say. that's the highest rate for any university in cal state system. organizers are asking to work with the school leaders to try to come up with a workable solution. government workers in the south bay are enjoying a perk you normally see at fancy hotels or restaurants, free valet parking. last week they offered the county and public free valet parking to acleaveiate traffic and save people about 20 minutes at times to find a spot. with two major construction projects to start nearby, trsk ac is expected to get a lot worse.

it will cost taxpayers more than $4 million over the next four years. here is a live look at the oakland zoolights. it's not as dark so you don't see the effect of the lights. it goes until january 6th so you still have time. tickets there to the light show $10 for adults and $9 for kids. >> take your jacket if you're going tonight. >> it's going to be cool but we'll keep the dry weather. tomorrow we start to see the clouds moving in, and rain by late sunday night, and moving into our early morning commute on monday. >> all right, for the commuters in walnut creek, better news. >> better news. the disabled vehicle is cleared from 680. we'll show you the map, slowing still from 242 down to the walnut creek interchange. the rest of the bay looks great. the san mateo bridge holding steady. the earlier crash cleared from the report. more folks are there, getting a break. >> that looks painful. >> use the dumbarton.

>> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with more live, local news at 7:25. >> join us for in being bay area news at 11:00. it is friday. enjoy your time and your weekend. thanks for starting your day with us here on "today in the bay." . good morning. monster storm, more than 30 million people from arizona to virginia in the path of a dangerous system bringing heavy snow, ice and torrential rain. causing flooding, mud slides and this plane to slide off the runway. across the south, many bracing for a historic snowfall. >> the next three to four days will be very busy. >> al says this is just the beginning. >> he's out. kevin hart stepping down days after being announced. this morning the backlash over his homophobic tweets.