san jose. monday morning. let's take a peek outside, 101 in san u ,n see the sheen on th roadway, lots are on, folks out the door, getting their work week started. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. hope you're coming off a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm twmarcus washington. mike will help us out with the roads but first we start with the culprit of it all, the rain. >> not me. all the rain has been moving through and you heard it

pounding the roof during the overnight hours and now it's starting to move out. we're left with the water on the roadways. a look at highway 101 in palo alto riding just past ikea and we get a lot of sunshine today, helping to dry things out but it will take a while. we'll start out with low 50s as you get ready to step out the t door. you can see storm ranger line of showers moving through the tri valley and toward the central valley and still some pspotty, light rain in the north bay. i'll keep an eye on this and talk about what else is ahead in the forecast. mike, a few bigger puddles reported. >> you show that push all the way across the bay area, a little activity in the north bay as well. i borrowed kari's radar and that's what you see. now you sweep it away and we also have fog and moisture up in the air in the north bay and all around the bay so be prepared for slippery conditions. little puddling reported 101 around vermont, san jose, 280 and 17, a couple spots for off-ramps in campbell and santa clara area as well.

we're looking at no major probms at the bay bridge that should start to move better. i'll check on it. back to you. >> sounds, good. taking a live look in pacifica this morning, the combination of high tide and powerful surf creating a dangerous mix this morning. the waves are a product of a storm that rolled through the bay area yesterday, and into this morning. the high surf warning will end tonight. high tide lasts through 9:00 a.m. our crew in pacifica, we'll join them for a live report in about 30 minutes. the chp officer found himself in the path of a hydroplaning car. he is okay, but it serves as a warning to all of us out there as we hit the roads this morning, that those slick roads are no joke. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from san jose with more on what happened. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. it was a frightening chain of events that happened a few hours ago here off of 280 and saratoga this morning. the officer is okay, but there

was another person who was outside a car because of a crash, who was hit also by another hydroplaning car. i'll show you the scene, just a couple of hours ago at 280 and saratoga. chp officer was stopped at a crash scene assisting another driver when another driver passing by lost control and just hydroplaned into that chp cruiser. that was just the beginning of that dangerous domino effect. three of the lanes of 280 were flooded at the time with as much as four inches of water. another driver also lost control and that driver hit a person who was out of their vehicle on the side of the freeway. that person was taken to the hospital by ambulance. although the rain has stopped here, as kari mentioned, there is a lot of water on the roadway, and folks, you can't see it, because it's so dark, so if you come upon it, you will just hit it and you might skid a little bit. remember, if you do hit standing water, don't slam on your

brakes. just kind of ride it through and steer gently. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot, kris. you know, to always keep one step ahead of this wild weather, download our nbc bay area app. it is free, and you'll always know what to expect before you head out the door. 5:04 for you right now. in washington, the latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll is out and it's showing that most americans are questioning whether president trump is telling the whole truth on russia. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is on capitol hill with what we know. tracie? >> reporter: is president trump telling the whole truth will russia meddling in the presidential election? 62% of americans say no, in our latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll. >> more and more people are believing in mueller. fewer and fewer people, as your survey showed, believe the president. let's get the report, and let's read it, it go public, and then let us decide. >> reporter: the poll shows half of americans with at least some doubt about the presidency.

mr. trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, is headed to prison in part for lying about trying to build a trump skyscraper during the campaign with help from the russian government. >> hiding it from the country, seeking the kremlin's help with it, that's deeply compromising. >> reporter: president trump on twitter calling cohen a rat, and robert mueller's investigation a democratic scam. his lawyer says the president will never talk to mueller now. >> no way, no interview. >>er this er thithey're a joke. over my dead body. >> reporter: and a pardon for cohen? apparently that's not happening either. >> that liar can say what he wants. i told his law of a pardon. no evidence of president and collusion between his campaign and russia. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. new findings slam butte county's emergency response system for failing the people of paradise. new report by the bay area news group finds the morning the

firestorm tore through paradise, killing at least 86 people, butte county's early warning system failed at every level. thousands of texts were missed, delayed, and lost. many evacuees say even though they signed up for emergency alerts, they never received them. among the other problems a cellular network that became overwhelmed and too many people weren't signed up for the alerts. all of this as the speed of the fire left no room for error. this morning, we're learning a person of interest is in a series of suspicious fires in san francisco's golden gate park is behind bars. police say that 26-year-old anthony wingert was arrested over the weekend. string of fires were all reported within 24 hours in november near polo field and agling pond. "the examiner" reported wingert has been charged with larson but they say the fires stop after he was arrested. wingert is ordered to stay at

least 150 yards away from golden gate park. right now, police need your help identifying a suspect in a shooting at sun valley mall in concord. officers want you to take a look at these surveillance photos. it happened yesterday afternoon. witnesses tell police a man accidentally dropped a gun near the cinnabon restaurant and picked it up and fired one more time. no one was injured. officers say the suspect left the mall with a woman. right now at 5:07, as you get ready to head out, we've had rounds of heavy rain moving through the bay area, but now as we take a look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar tracking some light showers, still left behind, after some of that heavi we can see some green moving through parts of contra costa county, mainly over the hills, not affecting your commute as of now, but ifarts of marin countyn 101, it is still raining in spots, and it's been mostly

light. after this moves out, we will have a little bit of a break today, but another system will be moving in, mostly bringing north bay some rain tomorrow. so as you're heading out this morning, you can most likely leave the umbrella at home, maybe have a hood on your jacket in case it's still misting and throughout the day, reaching into the upper 50s around the oakland area. i'll have a look at some more of our microclimates and rain totals, and mike has a look at the wet commute and puddles on the road. >> it's very early, so light traffic flow. you can go quickly down the roadway, but use caution. maybe ease back on the accelerator because slicker roadways, puddling and ponding reported overnight and in patches throughout the morning. we had a solo car spinout up in san francisco, and when that happens, we suspect slicker roadways may have played a part but i can't put my finger directly on that. we can show you the backup at the bay bridge. it was starting to build as the cash lanes were held up a bit but they opened the cash lanes.

they cleared and started to build for all lanes as the volume starts to increase, it's 5:08 on the clock -- 5:09 in a second, there we go. smooth flow all approaches through contra costa county. notice the sheen on the roadway, so be careful. back to you. >> that's up to the minute, the minute you're up, right there. thanks, mike. 5:09 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," with christmas just days away, holiday shopper rush is on. the busiest day this week, the extra lines they're adding on flights. >> we'll do a price check where we figure out whether you should have bought it black friday or okay toe buy now, coming up. plus at 5:25, the alarming number of high school seniors who say they vaped and why epidemic is only set to grow.

right now at 5:12, rain is moving out, but it's still pretty slippery out there. here is a look at 880 in fremont, as you head to work, it's going to be in the low 50s, and we will get some sunshine today, a chance to dry out. we'll see some nice weather for this afternoon. i'll be trackin anr full microclimate forecast. taking a look on the other side of the bay, palo highway 101, you see that bright spot lit up by the billboard and we have the sheen puddling showing up there, light traffic but be careful on the on and off ramps. i'll show you a bigger view, coming up. and a very happy monday to

you. it's looking more and more like we're going to see a loss for the year on the broader markets. you always get selling this time of year as investors sell lousy stocks to scoop up tax breaks, but it is getting worse this year, with all the unease about trade and the white house. the senate intelligence committee is due to get a report on how silicon valley companies contributed to russia's attempt to influence our elections. we'll talk more about that when we talk politics, but spoiler, silicon valley companies don't . google says it's going to lease another building in new york, pouring billions of dollars into it, that will more than double google's head count in the big apple over tyears. a bit of trivia for you, new york city was the very first city googlm its mountain view headquarters. you'll remember, amazon is headed to queens, apple announced major expansions in several american cities. well, we're just seven days away from christmas, and this

holiday season, we've been looking over the prices to try to help you determine whether or not you should have bought on black friday. we've got four popular gifts, a doll, an instapot and of course jewelry. we measured the prices at black friday, before black friday, after black friday, like today to look for the difference. let's start with the jewelry, because that might be a nice gift for someone. if you're looking for the little blue box, you're looking for $9,000, we figured out the tiffany's, it doesn't put anything on sale. >> come on, you didn't know that? >> i did not know that. >> you don't go there enough, buddy. >> maybe i'll wait a little while longer. let's get more realistic with other gifts. this is an instapot, the duo 80 model. as you can see, it got a great price on black friday, and then stuck to that price pretty well. you did not need to jump out into line to get this. the next one is also for the kitchen, it is the sue b. device.

they're very cool, they're used in restaurants but more and more at home. that's not something you had to wake up early the day after thanksgiving to run out and get, but you should have bought baby alive better now bailey when you had the chance because it's gone up in price, not much, but you would have been right to grab that at its lowest price. >> wait, no, you're saying now it's -- >> yes, yes, you should have grabbed it black friday, that is one that you should have grabbed early. >> or according to thehic, it said now, it's $13 now but black friday itai was it $9? >> black friday was the best time to buy. >> $19.97. >> before black friday. not much, but our one exception in the four, in which black friday was the best. >> so any time after before black friday is the time to buy.

>> after before? this whole segment -- >> coming up at 6:15, we'll do this again. >> anything after black friday is the best time to buy. >> yes, i think that's right. >> except tiffany's. 5:16 right now. with christmas almost here, we can agree on that, right? we're about to hit peak travel times later this week, both on the roads and in the air. starting thursday, the skies will be getting a little friendlier. airlines adding more flights and 143,000 more seats per day to make room for the 46 million people who are expected to fly for the holidays. and as busy as it will be in the skies, aaa experts say it will likely be busier on the roads. >> 112 million will be traveling this year, that is the highest travel volume for end of year travel since aaa has been tracking it since 2001. >> many people will be using the holidays to burn unused vacation time, if they can. true vacation hot spot, new york city on new e

the destination for holiday travelers this year. new video, do you ever get that feeling the biggest holiday light display could give night clubs a run for their money? look at this here, check this out, this is the display put on by two teenage brothers in ohio. it got some 30,000 lights there. the boys also needed two extra circuit breakers, i'm sure the parents were happy about that, and they paid for it all themselves. really? okay, looking at all, working all year long to do this for their family and the neighborhood and anyone driving all the now, that is the holiday spirit for you. >> good for them. >> that's great. >> the parents get the bill. >> you owe me $1,324. >> all that holiday cheer. >> were they surprised? >> they were. no, that's nice. it is fun to drive around and see the lights. my kids love it. >> it is so nice, and we are looking at some better weather to get out and drive around.

it's been so soggy over the past i'd say about 16, 18 hours, and now we are seeing some of the puddles still left on the roads. here is a live look outside in dublin, as we are getting those drivers out there on 580, rolling through with some clearing conditions now. that's some of the heavier rain that's moved on. we are still tracking some light rain across parts of the north bay, and marin county, southern sonoma county a few lingering showers and mist and drizzle, but it's not heavy rain. the north bay will see another round of showers moving in, as this storm system approaches, and this will also keep those waves still pretty high along the coast, as we go into this afternoon, and into the evening. let's talk about how much rain we've measured around the bay ihes of rain.er creek and the mt. tam had an inch and a half, also about the same and pacifica, cloverdale and farther to the north we had close to two inches of rain, napa an inch and

a half, and san francisco three-quarters of an inch, and we head over toward brentwood, three-quarters of an inch, and livermore about half an inch of rain and foster city on the we inine -- peninsula. in san jose we measured a good inch of rain. as you get ready to head out, maybe headed to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station, it is damp and cool, low 50s to start, headed into the upper 50s by noon, and as you style your hair, it's very humid out there and windy through the day, even as the rain clears, and our temperatures head into the upper 50s and low 60s today. it will be a nice afternoon. going through our forecast hour by hour, we're going to see partlorow morning, and we start to see more rain moving into parts of the north bay, but not all the bay area will see it. it's farther to the north here, santa rosa and ukiah, and as we check out our snowfall totals, if you're planning to go between

now and christmas to the sierra, we have a lot more snow on the way. the potential of getting close to two feet in some areas, i'll be watching those systems moving in. and mike, you're watching one spot for slowing. >> that's right, kari. it's one that you'd expect to have slowing, but not for another 10 or 15 minutes. we're looking over all of the bay and the rain traveling toward the central valley, as kari is talking about, but it leaves the wet roads. you're all right as far as speeds go but lower them a bit especially at at the bay bridge. you expect a build but not quite this much showing on thehe area. now, it's out of the lanes but we still have that activity, a distraction and we have that radar karihowing you and there's activity in the area over the last few minutes, so all those things combined could result in the slowing that we saw building up. we'll check on that. it should be your normal view when we check on that in a up canal of minutes. live view dublin, see that water kicking up, making that mist for

the cars behind them and you'll need the windshield wipers even if it's not raining where you are and batch the off-ramp at tassah tassahara. watch the speeds as you get off the freeway. no major problems for the transit agency but b.a.r.t. reports a ten-minute delay for the warm springs line, some sort of equipment problem. it should be able to clear that quickly. >> thank you, mike. coming up on "today in the bay," the costly purchase made by the california lottery that is raising eyebrows this morning. plus ad ma a beach. the cause investigators say might be to blame.

up to an extra 30% off across the store is really going to make for some great gifting. yeah, you're at the real home of craftsman. that's why there's so much to choose from.

with murder in the death of a trader joe )s assistant 5:24 right now. happening today, a man charged with murder in the death of a trader joe's assistant manager in southern california is due in court. gene atkins allegedly engaged in a july 21st stand yourself at a los angeles trader joe's. he has been charged with murder of a worker, although it was a police officer who fired the bullet that actually hit the worker. atkins is also charged with 50 other counts, including shooting and wounding his own grandmother. he has decided to represent himself in court. it is 5:24 right now. new video to show you this monday morning, a small plane forced to make an emergency landing on a beach in southern california. this morning, we're learning the pilot took off from john wayne airport in orange county. he was on a leisurely flight when the plane lost power. the 63-year-old and his 25-year-old passenger were not

hurt in that landing. also new this morning, when it comes to passing california safety tests, more pot-related products are getting the all clear. the testing started in july. new numbers through november find about 14% of state tested pot products are failing. the numbers are down from the 20% failure rate during the first two months of testing. edibles are having the toughest time passing. the failure rate there is more than 25%. vaping among teenagers is reaching an all-time high and there's no sign kids are quitting any time soon. >> that's ard doing to a new report on substance abuse among teens. more than 37% of high school seniors say they vaped, up from just over a quarter of 12th graders last year. the an actual report shows that kids are vaping nicotine as well as marijuana. doctors say that many also claim that they're just vaping e-liquid flavors. >> even the items that say they have flavors, if you read the fine print and what they say, it

always includes nicotine, but the consumer doesn't always know that, so they may not be aware that they're using nicotine when they're using this product. >> the fda previously declared teen vaping an epidemic. the agency is threatening to ban all flavored vaping products unless manufacturers can come up with a solid plan to curb youth use. >> it's 5:26. internal spending by the california lottery raising eyebrows in sacramento. according to "the bee" the findings are part of an audit the lottery spentsw for one sal conference that included for baseball bat pins and 14 grand for lotto baseball caps. the audit did not call the purchases inappropriate, but questionable. lottery spokesperson tells "the sacramento bee" the items were meant to boost brand awareness. happening today, san francisco art commission provides an update on the recently approved redesign of

harvey milk plaza in the castro district. when the first plan was revealed, it drew criticism. since then, the designers emerged with a new plan. there's no timetable for construction. you want to see paul mccartney? i do. the former beatle will be playing here in the summer. tickets go on sale this morning at 10:00 at the s.a.p. center. sir paul played for a packed house in london. the 76-year-old will perform a three-hour set that includes a mix of favorites both old and new. the concert is on july 10th. i want to go so bad. >> you might get your wish. christmas is mg could coming up. >> it is. nudge, nudge, let's go! coming up next on "today in the bay," strong winds kicking up some massive waves out there. we have a live report for anyone headed to the coast today. plus shocking here, a social media post from the camp fire zone that cost three construction workers to lose their job. and a live look outside,

city by the bay this morning, it looks like some high clouds and some fog there on the top of your screen,s as well as some rain puddles out there. be careful as you head out the door. watching today in the bay.

and get ready for a wet morning a very good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us on "today in the bay." get ready for a wet morning commute. here is a live look outside from across the bay area. overnight rain moving out, but still a lot of water out there on the roadways.

lot of ponding. we've already seen multiple crashes so be careful before you head out the door. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at how long we'll see the wet weather around here. >> yes, we still have turn on the wildwindshield wipers mostly because there's a lot of water on the roads and cars in nt from of y -- front of you are kicking up the water. it's misting and drizzling, light rain in marin county and southern sonoma county as you get ready to drive for your morning commute, and as we look at what else is ahead, there will be another storm system approaching, but this one will bring in north bay rain, mostly the rest of the bay area will stay dry. so i'll be tracking that and we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week, into the weekend coming , you'reki a changes in oakland. >> the first one the metering lights turn on about this time every day, within the last ten minutes, that's what happened today. you notice behind me, the sheen, a little puddling over here in

the parking lot, indicating slicker conditions there, but also for on and offramps throughout the bay area. kari's radar is showing the north bay and the orange shows fog activity north of san rafael. over at the bay bridge toll plaza, there's been recent radar activity, that's why there's wet roadways. contra costa county moves slowly, so does the rest of the bay. watch those speeds, guys, back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:32. the search is on for the person who caused aash that lef. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live along first street in san jose with more on what investigators, we understand they gave you new information, bob? >> reporter: yes, laura and marcus. san jose police have a fatal hi crash, it happened behind me here. you see where the tracks are, it happened after north bird street by the on and off-ramp to 880, around 12:45 this morning. woman dressed in black was crossing the street when she was hit by a car, heading down first

street. that car did not stop. that woman was taken to the hospital and, sadly, she did not survive her injuries. i spoke to the gas attendant who works at the gas station here. he didn't witness the crash, but he tells us that police did come to him and try to take a look at his surveillance video from the gas station. unfortunately, the cameras here are not pointed in that direction, so they did not capture the accident, the collision, nor did they capture the vehicle, the suspect s right not have any description of that vehicle. they are looking for whoever hit this woman on 12:45 by the 880 on and off-ramp. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you for the update there. 5:33 right now. an east bay man will be sentenced after pleading guilty that he provided materials to isis sympathizer.

berkeley high grad amir al hagagi entered a guilty plea in july after originally saying he was not guilty. the fbi says the 23-year-old promised to unleash a wave of violent terror attacks across the bay area. al hagagi opened multiple social media accounts for two isis sympathizers. his attorney said all he did was open the accounts but never planned to carry out an attack. he could be sentenced up to nearly 50 years. san jose authorities reportedly turning more often to plan b when it comes to prosecuting gun crimes. plan b is the federal "the mercury news" is reporting police are worrying too many loopholes in california's criminal justice system. and federal prosecutors. as a result, violent offenders are receiving harsher sentences and often doing their time out of state. no you to a story getting a lot of attention online this morning, making fun of someone's tragedy cost three construction workers their jobs.

they were hired to clear the wreckage of the camp fire in paradise, but they posted insensitive pictures of homes destroyed and they were fired. one photo showed the men sitting on a burned out rv pretending to drive, another featured a plan playing on a burned fire truck toy. one picture was too offensive to show on television. the construction company the men worked for, big crane and rigging, called theiness tent a horrible event. firefighters in portland wanted to make sure that the kids impacted by the fire would have presence, so they took a page from santa's playbook there, collected extra toys and this weekend packaged everything up for that long drive south to butte co to 4,000 toys headed to those kids in paradise. firefighters and donors alike hope that it really helps the recovery efforts, if not only

just for a little bit there. >> i love that. that's awesome, except for the one little clown, that is a scary toy, sorry. >> all right, we'll take that back then. looking over at the weather and the traffic together, the weather system and traffic systems are tied together here at nbc bay area and that's where you see the red sweep storm range every in san francisco. you see the activity for the radar, that's going on right now, the most accurate scan we have for you, actually in the entire bay area. over here, it's not registering on the roadway index but we know from our live cameras we have slicker roadways and it's pushed toward the altamont pass. we see some slowing in that green highlighting is where you'll have more significaad. wetds north 101 slows around 680, coming up to old oakland road and the crash north of there on the shoulder, but we're watching for any lanes blocked. so far chp has yet to give me an update on that. we have information on that b.a.r.t. delay, warm springs

station, we have some sort of equipment problem and still talking about a minor delay for the track. it doesn't sound like it's stopping the service but caltrain is back in service from electification work over the weekend and palo alto the sheen lit up nicely by the billboard, where we have appeared from time to time. >> don't stop traffic. >> just want to say -- >> that's a really prime stop for accidents, right? hmm, yeah. >> i was at the flea market ed why in san jose and it started raining, everybody was running. i think that cut everybody's weekend a little short if you were outside, some of the showers moving through, and then now, we are starting out with some dry weather, finally a chance to dry out for some, but there will be a couple more waves of rain moving in, and yes, we may be ending our weekend early once again on sunday, more showers in the forecast. san francisco looking at some upper 50s and low 60s all week, and a chance of rain to the

north of us tomorrow, and then again on friday, and then again on sunday. so we are in a fairly active weather pattern, and keep in mind, this is, i can't even believe it, the last weekend before christmas. if you are going to the sierra this weekend, it's going to be nice. saturday is your best travel day. we're going to see the highs in the low 40s and then snow coming down on sunday, half moon bay still will have the high waves churning up by the end of the week. they'll finally start to calm down by the weekend, and we're looking at sunday some more showers moving in, with highs in the upper 50s, pasa robles 60s all week long and headed to l.a., upper 60s and sunshine. ebmk and twitter, my page meteorologist kari hall. check it out. let me know where you're headed, too. >> thanks, kari. coming up next on "today in the bay," the trump administration's travel ban having impact on a bay area

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let's make litter less of a mess. you hurry to work, so you can take it slow. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! let's stop looking at pedestrians and start looking out for each otherin it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california. good monday morning. we're coming up on 5:42, and it's still wet, after all that rain moved through yesterday afternoon. a live look outside in san jose, where, as you head out, mostly cloudy. our temperatures in willow glen in the low 50s to start, headed into the upper 50s, which is about normal for this time of year. we're going to see the rain clearing out. storm ranger showing still some

lingering light showers, some mist and drizzle, but i'm also tracking another storm system set to move in tomorrow. i'll have the details on this, when it arrives, and where, that's coming up in less than five minutes. we're looking at the north bay travel times. you'll notice the bottom number for highway 37, already creeping in the yellow zones. also slicker roadways, some fog and mist and drizzle. over here on the richmond side headed in towards san rafael, you see that the puddling is in the middle lane. there we go, there is the puddle. you'll have slicker roadways and there's a crash in san jose i have to tell you about that. >> let's hope everyone is safe out there. thank you, mike. a woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after a late night solo vehicle crash on highway 237. this one happened near zenker road in san jose. firefighters say the car went off the roadway, it struck a tree. they had to use the jaws of life

to remove her from the car. the woman was sent to a nearby trauma center. her condition so far is not known. we don't know if the wet roads are factorred into that crash. the state department reportedly refusing to budge for a woman who wants to get back to the bay area to say good-bye to her young son on life support. this is a photo from the father of the boy. the boy was a brain disease, according to "the chronicle" the woman is stuck in yemen due to president trump's travel ban. the ild choo's family is asking for a waiver to allow her back here to the bay area. president trump sent out angry tweets over the weekend. >> there may be more coming, scott. >> yes, good morning. two big things to watch out for this week, marcus, both have the president quite angry. one is the potential shut down. the other is a new report commissioned by the senate intelligence committee that will

document how the russians used the internet in a coordinateed attempt to get trump elected. this makes the president angry because it calls his popularity into question, was it real. "the washington post" has gotten advanced copy of this report, says silicon valley companies were not very helpful putting it together. the report singles out google's youtube as a particularly big offender, both unknowingly helping the russians, then not helping researchers document what happened. as for the shutdown, there are five days left, 12:01 saturday morning. no plans to avert it. you'll remember, president trump said he proudly would shut down the government if he didn't get funding for his wall. democrats have said he's not going to get it, so unstoppable force versus unmovable object. the president angry about the season finale of "saturday night live" in which his nemesis, alec baldwin portrays him in a spoof of "it's a wonderful life" the classic christmas movie. the president says "a real

scandal is the one-sided coverage hour by hour of networks like nbc and democrat spin machines like "saturday night live." it's nothing less than unfair news coverage and dem commercials. should be tested in courts. can't be local, only defame and belittle collusion. "saturday night live" makes fun of a lot of presidents and they take it pretty well. president ford appeared on "snl" saying "live from new york, it's saturday night" and literally h.w. bush ok about making invited his impersonateor, dana harvey, to the white house. we'll be watching everything that happens today as we do every day. follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. for one player on the chicago bears, clinching a playoff spot was just the start of a big celebration. >> he also found a teammate in life.

>> jennifer marie ross, would you love to be charles, i mean jennifer marie leno jr.? >> yes. >> she said yes. she said yes. the stadium was full of screaming friends there. he got on one knee, popped the question to his girlfriend at the 50 yard line. those fans witnessed the whole thing on the jumbo tron. charles and jennifer, consider yourselves officially on the clock. hmm. >> that's a nice ring. >> yes, it is. a word of warning to you this morning if you head out to the coast. extreme conditions are causing some really massive waves. >> one of our crews there thought they were in a safe location moments ago but they were not president the huge wave crashed onto shore, hitting our crew. they are okay, but here's what happened just about ten minutes ago.

>> oh! >> we've been talking about those waves. did you hear sharon katsuda out there? she saw it coming and josh koeppel is our photographer, he's like yeah, no live shot right now, guys. they are moving to a safer location, b reminder for all of us to be so careful out there, stay away from the water this morning. they were a distance away, preparing for that. >> and those waves, too, are very unpredictable, so it looks like some of thees are f locati then suddenly just one giant wave just rushes up, so we know that these are very dangerous conditions out there, that will continue throughout the afternoon as well, and so we are looking at these kinds of waves over the next four days, and it's longlasting, so that means in between the waves, it's a long period before the next wave comes in, about 15 to 20 seconds, so you don't want to

turn your back and the best advice, of course, no swimming and it's too rough for mavericks, these are professional surfers that can't even get out there in these conditions, so you are not a match. we are going to also see this going throughout the day. coastal flooding will also be possible. as we look at what caused those high waves, the storm system that moved through brought in some high winds. now it continues to move to the east of the bay area, so we are behind, especially in parts of the north bay, and along the coast, where it's misting and drizzling right now. what's going to keep the waves really high, another storm system moving in. we can see it will mostly be mo across the north bay over the next several hours. but let's look at how much rain we had from the storm system that just moved through. in boulder creek in the vuz mountains we have two and a half inches of rain. mt. tam an inch and a half, also an inch and a half in pacifica. cloverdale had almost two inches of rain. napa an inch and a half, and san

francisco three-quarters of an inch. brentwood, el cerrito had three-quarters of an inch of rain, gilroy an inch and a half and a half inch of rain in the tri valley and livermore. foster city reaching almost a half of an inch and pretty good in san jose, over an inch of rain. as we go throughout the day, if you're on your way out the door, maybe headed to diridon station, it's going to be in the lo dry . some sunshine in the forecast today and near normal high temperatures, as we take a live look, we are seeing some cloudy skies overhead, and some wet roads. be prepared for the high humidity that we have this morning. maybe just throw on a hat and go, and also a nice warm jacket. looking at our temperatures, though, that will be warming up into the upper 50s and low 60s, and it will be a very nice afternoon. as we track that next storm system, i wanted to take you through the waves of rain that could move through parts of mainly northern sonoma and mendocino and lake counties tomorrow. we're going to see that starting

throughout the morning, and continuing through the afternoon, while the rest of the bay area will just see a mix of sun and clouds, all staying dry south of the golden gate bridge, with the potential of getting some very light rain amounts for parts of the north bay, but we will see some more rain later on in the week. and then if you're planning to go to the sierra, within the next week or so, we do have several rounds of rain and snow that will be moving in, so there is the potential inches of kingvale. other areas will get about foot of snow for elevations above 5,000 feet. there will be showers in the north bay tomorrow inland, and then for the wednesday and thursday, we're drying out, getting some sunshine. showers on friday, and then again on sunday. i'll have all the latest for you on that. mike, you're tracking a new crash in san jose. >> i am, kari. look behind me, there's slowing for 101. this is one of the bursts of traffic we talk about coming through the area, as far as i

can tell, no crashes for 101. we have all this slowing. it looks like someone tapped those brakes so we'll check between 680 and alum rock. it's here on the map, where you saw the slowing here by the camera, but it looks like something else is going on shy of oakland road. the focus i started to tell you about was this crash over here. we have two crashes, in addition to that one where the slowing must be, north 87 in recovery mode. north 87 at the 101 connector, a big suburban involved in a crash with another vehicle. no injuries reported, but the size of that vehicle caused that connector to be affected for a few minutes, they closed all lanes, cleared them off to the shoulder, that's why you see that slowing. be careful, as you have to hit the brakes perhaps unexpectedly, it could be an issue for slicker roads. we're watching the rest of the bay and no major problems, a little build for the tri valley and over here for the east bay, hayward into union city. behind me, the green highlighting is leftovers from the rain, pushed toward the central valley but still the on and offrarpz will be affected.

we don't is any affect to the transit lanes. b.a.r.t. had a delay. the earlier equipment problems on the warm springs line have been cleared. but the early trains may have a couple minutes delay there. getting through oakland, the volume of traffic is building. no major problems. high street at 880 northbound with the tail lights. it's a smooth drive to the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. back to you, marcus. >> thanks, mike. happening now, you may want to stock up on the postage stamps. the u.s. postal service is proposing a price hike of five cents, making the cost of a first class forever stamp 55 cents. that isri increase since 9 91. if approved the new rates would not go into effect next month. forever stamps will still be valid in the future, rarldless -- regardless of the price you pay for them. coming up, looking for a last-minute christmas goivity? how about a new car. plus the chase that had everyone glued to their television set, an ambulance followed by police. the series of events that led to the chase.

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there at the border over the weekend. migrants who take illegal routes applying for u.s. asylum must wait for months to present their case. >> it is 5:56 right now. a 9-year-old california boy is recovering after he was taken hostage at knifepoint by his own father. police eventually shot and killed the father. it happened late in hanford, a small town in the central valley in between fresno and bakersfield. edgar espinoza kidnapped his son, held him hostage in a truck on the side of the firo.rs brokt the boy out, that's when the struggle started between the father and the officers.lling t. here is the sheriff of kings county describing the intense moment. >> the child was struggling to break free of edgar and pled for help to the deputies, stating the suspect was trying to kill him. >> the boy did suffer some injuries, but he is safe and well with his mother now. i want you to look at this new and disturbing video from a

chipotle restaurant in missouri. you can see there an employee attacking that manager, grabbing her by the neck, slamming her into the food there. the worker has been fired, but the manager says when she complained, she, too, was fired. she complains that chipotle stores are severely understaffed and workers are forced to work long hours, extra days, which lead to problems. southern california is known for high-speed chases but this was bizarre even by their standards. police chasing down an ambulance in riverside county. patient was being transported in that ambulance yesterday before he found a way to break out of his restraint. he actually took over the ambulance, which then led to the chase. after driving more than half an hour on a busy freeway, running through the desert as well, he eventually decided to surrender. if you're looking to buy a new car, experts say now is the time to take that leap. buyers have more bargaining power as dealers try to clear the showrooms and hit sale

targets before the end of the year. now, december typically rings in the end of the year deals on the slowest selling vehicles, but some really attractive prices can be found on even some of the most popular models right now. 5:58 for you right now, and the two-night season finale of "the voice" begins tonight. >> the final four sunger also go head to head with the winer announced tomorrow night. er.nsingers frokem t and not one from team adam this recording contract. the fun starts tonight at 8:00 here on nbcfinally, back home s, blue, the cat from nova scotia was doing what cats do best, pla iing inside a box. turns out blue's mom was getting that box ready to ship tire rims not realizing blue was inside. the mom sent the box to montreal

there, 750 miles away there, so when the box aarrived, the shipping company opened it because it was pounding, it was ten pounds over the weight requirement there. blue was fine. that cat was shipped back to nova scotia free of charge. >> oh, really? why don't you pick up your cat? here's what we're working on right now6:00. massive waves are spanning our coast. treacherous conditions out there. this is happening to our crew out there. we are live in pacifica with incredible but dangerous sights. plus wet roads causing a lot of problems this morning, including a close call overnight for a chp trouper. live report in moments. and is president trump telling the truth when it comes to the russia investigation? a brand new poll from nbc/"wall street journal" showing what americans think. we'll take you to capitol hill as "today in the bay" continues right now. very good monday morning to you.

i hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now, we start out with meteorologist kari hall. we'll get the weather this morning. >> it starts out wet, because we had the rain that moved through yesterdaye ed clearing weather as we get a chance to dry out. as you step out the door, let's look at the rain that continues to move away from the bay mobi doppler radar, that's the red scan there we're seeing of our truck parked on san bruno mountain, and still showing some light rain across parts of the north bay, while the