baseball game. drake is the youngest person to ever sing "the star-spangled banner" at the venue. >> that's great. right now for you at 6:00 here on "today in the bay," it's sentencing day for michael flynn for lying to federal investigators. new for you this morning, the message from president trump to his former senate security advis -- national security adviser. plus putting the brakes on e escooters. why there may be more red tape the next time you try to take a ride. the amazon expansion continues in the bay area, where the online retail giant will open another high-tech grocery store this time. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good tuesday morning to with the news and weather and traffic you need to know but we're not done yet. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm go, meamoin fog. the patchy fog will be

developing especially in the north bay, a little bit more patchy in the tri valley. here is a look at current visibility. napa seeing the worst of it. visibility cut down to about a half a mile. just be mindful of that as you head to work. toward martinez a chilly start, mid-40s and mostly clear conditions, headed into the low 60s for today, but i'm also tracking a chance of rain for the north bay, while the rest of the bay area stays dry. i'll have more on that and we'll also take a look ahead to the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. yellows and reds there on the map. >> oh, yeah. in kt fact, i noticed the crash popped up along westbou80th so,o show you some areas where there is a lot of red and yellow. what that means on my traffic map is there's slowing. some areas are seeing bumper to southbound 880, apr typical morning hot spot. it's time to take that coffee to go. i'll send it back to you.

happening today, michael flynn facing a sentencing hearing. the former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi about his communications with russia. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill with more on how much time behind bars he could face. good morning, tracie. >> hi, laura, good morning. maybe not a lot at all, maybe none. the government says he's been cooperating in this russia investigation, so they are recommending no jail time for general flynn. for months, he's been working with them after pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. he sat down with the fbi and in a discussion about his meeting said theinauguration, with he they did not talk about sanctions that we had placed on that country. turns out, he did, and he later admitted that, and in admitting that, he lied to the vice president, and that'swhy general flynn was fired.

lying to the fbi is why he's in court today to be sentenced, but again, the russia investigators, the mueller team say he's been cooperative, and so he may not get jail time at all. this goes back to the trump transition and the central question that they're looking at on whether or not there was any collusion going on between the trump team and russia. the president has insisted, no. michael flynn has been telling the mueller team something to prompt them to exclude him fro. >> and in the meantime, the president, tracie, is talking a little bit about flynn's sentencing. >> yes, he's been tweeting actually about a lot of things this morning, including flynn, saying good luck to flynn in court today, that it will be interesting to see what happens, given the fact that the president thinks that general flynn has been under tremendous pressure to help the mueller

team prove collusion, when of course the president says there was none. >> we'll see how it plays out. tracie potts live from washington, thank you. >> 6:04 right now. love them or hate them, electric or dockless scooters, well, they're all over the city of san jose and today, city council will vote to rein them in. this is in the name of safety. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live for us in san jose's japantown with more on what this means. if you count on the scooters to get around, what about that, kris? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. this is around the time we see scooter delivery drivers starting to drop them off. we found a batch upght, but if live, you may h aklgs the sidewe people dump them after they're done or sometimes they've been knocked over by peo to be included in an ordinance the city of san about today.he wild west, which is why city leaders want to harness the positive part of the scooters, and end

some of the troublesome behavior that exists. they want to use existing technology, like geosensing. if you've ever had a shopping cart lock up on you in a parking lot, that's the same technology. one concern in particular is making sure scooter riders aren't riding on sidewalks or at an unsafe speed. the council will vote today to require companies like lime and wind to have a permit with the city, and the city also seeks to limit that sidewalk use. they want to use education, enforcement and technology. if that doesn't work, the city wants to make sure that they have the teeth to fine violators and cite them. they also want the power to revoke licenses of troublesome companies, if compaes not follow tiles their fleet or maybe eliminate the fleet all together. all of this is going to be part of the conversation, and i did put some of the details up in my twitter feed. i'll put it up on facebook as well this morning and i want you to join the conversation. tell us what you think about escooters in your community, not just in san jose, but really

anywhere around the bay area. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> i think if more people followed the rules of those scooters, more people wouldn't complain about it. hopefully more people follow the rules. 6:06 for you right now. back here in the bay area, the battle is widespread among thousands of victims from last year's north bay firestorm. allegations about homeowners insurance companies there left them vastly underinsured there. lawsuit found in its own study 97% of affected homeowners were underinsured. since the fire 14 months ago, l insurers have been set in motion. attorneys for one set of policyholders plan to announce their lawsuit later this morning in rose. in general, attorneys say victims from starting to rebuild their lives. >> it is 6:06. many are calling it a sliver of hope here, in the battle to solve california's homeless

crisis. the latest federal count finds california's homeless population fell slightly over the past year, just under 130,000. that drop of about 1500 from the previous year, and also marks the largest dip numbers wise anywhere in the u.s. nationally, the numbers of homeless stayed about the same. developing overnight, a man is robbed at an atm in concord, and the suspect is still on the run. it happened last night outside the wells fargo in the oak grove plaza shopping center, just before 8:00. l-whipped the victim. he got away with the deposit bag which contained an unknown amount of cash. sonoma county leaders reportedly meet behind closed g at was once a a lawsuit high-profile deputy shooting. deputies shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez. investigators later determined he was holding a replica bb gun. deputies thought it was real.

the family filed a civil suit. the u.s. supreme court recently allowed the suit to proceed. according to "the press democrat," it is possible supervisors are debating a settlement, but no one is tipping their hand. did you see this? big waves are still putting on quite the show. the show best seen from a very safe distance. some people checking out those waves from the parking lot at nick's restaurant in rockaway beach last night got soaked. others ran for cover just in time. >> i saw it coming. i knew to run. >> people from all over the area are coming to pacifica or half moon bay to watch all the surfing or whatever, the waves, and it's just crazy. >> luckily, no one was inside the lighthouse hotel banquet room yesterday when those waves crashed through the window there. that room is yellow tagged and that walkway around there is roped off. waves also ripped off part of the hotel'fa >> really dangerous to be that close to the water. and then as we start out this morning, kind of dangerous to

see this dense fog that's developing in the north bay. so watching out for that with our live camera in san rafael, looking at 101, and then as you head across the bay area, we're going to see an increase in cloud cover, watching this system moving in, that will keep those waves churned up for the coast and bring in some rain farther to the north, so i'm watching those showers that may move in to santa rosa, and areas to the north. ukiah may see that rain off and on, no the only ft only for thet continuing in the afternoon and evening hours and gradually tapers off tonight as fog develops around the bay area. i'll have more in a few minutes and vianey overall the bay area, we have couple issues on the road. slowing in the east bay. if you're driving along southbound 880, head out now. right now we have delays. if you are along the westbound 80 side, all the way from the bay bridge toll plaza, we're seeing traffic backed up through the macarthur maze. the reason for that as well an earlier stall d so definitely e to see the metering lights on.

they've been on for some time. new crash westbound 80 at san pablo. the number four lane is blocked and you can see just how heavy the delays are backed up all the way, you may want to take surface streets and avoid the area. >> thanks, vianey. coming up next, amazon continues to grow and expand here in the bay area. where the online retail giant will open another cashier-less store today. a pair of reports by the senate intelligence committee say silicon valley dragged its feet in the russia investigation. and later, it's a massive piece of equipment designed to clean up the ocean, but coming up at 6:25, is it working? what the inventor is saying this what the inventor is saying this morning.

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we've got one week until christmas. right now, it's 6:13. have you been to christmas in the park yet? looks beautiful, as we get a live look this morning. it's going to be a nice day to get out today. we'll get a look at all of our microclimates and talk about where we may see rai coming up in less than five minutes. >> take a look at your east bay commute. so far, this seems tst o the bus of traffic and i'm noticing on. i'll look at your bridge drive times, coming up. and happy tuesday to you. if you have your head in the market it's hard to find much good news. the markets on their way to the worst yearly performance since the housing crisis. the s&p 500 really the best measure of the markets. on its way to the worst month since the great depression. a pair of reports released by congress that dive more deeply into how the russians used

facebook, twitter and other services during the american presidential campaign. we gave you a heads up about this yesterday. we have our own copies thi inte committee had commissioned researchers at oxford and columbia universitys to write the reports. it contains proof messages like these came from russians. some urged people not to vote, many urged them to vote for trump and others deepen cultural divides, particularly racial divides. among the takeaways, russians sent out pro-trump or anti-clinton messages, never the opposite. in other words, there was a concerted effort to get trump elected. once he was elected, there was a surge of anti-mueller ads and posts trying to end that investigation. instagram played a much bigger role than we first realized, and there was a big effort on facebook to keep african-americans from voting. the ncaacp calling for a week-long boycott of facebook for its role in all of this.

the other really important point, researchers say silicon valley companies dragged their feet, not helping the senate investigators, not helping the the report particularly points out google's youtube as especially unhelpful. we of course saw a silicon valley executives questioned on the hill, and they certainly acted as if they were ready to help, but that help was less than forthcoming, according to data, sometimes no data at all. really one of three possibilities here. one is that they didn't take the senate inquiry seriously. the other -- probably not, right? the other one is they took it seriously, but when they handed over the data, did so incompetently. >> weren't prepared. >> you think google, facebook? do they have something to hide? >> we'll see. >> thanks, scott. 6:16 for you right now. happening today, another amazon store is opening in the bay area and it will be on post street, in san francisco, and instead of standing in line and paying the cahoutr,he store, af

sc >> by the way, if you are in october on california and shopping online, amazon's ba holiday free shipping promotion ends today. the company says orders will arrive in time for christmas. it's been a perk previously rese j order away. new this morning, one north carolina woman's christmas spirit moves her to decorate her home with more than 100 christmas trees. take a look here. the couple began decorating there every year, on october 1st. wow. every room in her house has a different theme from nativity scenes to charlie brown christmas, they have it all. >> where does it ifity? theres' no chairs. >> probably in a manger. ba-dum-boom. look at our weather for today. >> looks pretty good. nice and christmas-like. we are just one week away. hard to td outside in san francisco, you're starting out with mostly clear skies. we are not seeing as much fog

ewhere around the bay area, as you make your way to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, it's going to be one with a light jacket needed, some low 50s, as you step out the door. partly cloudy skies, headed into the upper 50s going into the rest of the morning, and early afternoon. it's about time to wake up the kids, if they're getting ready to head out around the tri valley. we're seeing some patches of fog. otherwise, temperatures in the low 40s and then at 10:00, we'll be at 49 degrees, and reaching into the upper 50s by the last school bell. if you're about to get up and get your hair styled for the day, it's going to be a damp one. i think it's more of a frizzy hair day, because our humidity levels at 97% will be drying out headed into the afternoon, but not for some of our far northern towns, like ukiah, santa rosa. you'll start to see some of this rain moving in, and the rest of the bay area will see partly to mostly cloudy skies, and this is the way it looks, this is how ourgo rar spotty rain moving through. here we are at 2:00 this hour by hour, seeing some of the

afternoon, seeing that rain approaching ukiah, and it's going to continue into the afternoon through evening hours, eventually reaching santa rosa, but that looks to be the southern extent of some of the rain that we'll see, and then clearing out for the overnight hours. so our temperatures will stay in the upper first and low 60s. fog back tomorrow morning, and then we'll also see another chance of rain, but this one also looks to mostly stay in the north bay on friday. by sunday, we'll have a better chance of more widespread rain and i know raider fans, you're watching that christmas eve forecast. it looks like we will see some showers moving through, but i'll keep you up to date with the timing on that, as we get a limb bit closer. right now, it's time to head out the door. how is the commute looking? >> we've got a couple of issues, if you are approaching the macarthur maze and the bay bridge toll plaza, overall look, sore spot is you're issues no westbound 880 in san pablo, and

the number four lane remains blocked at this hour. we see another crash just popped up behind it and unfortunately looks like that traffic is backed up all the way past apian way. take surface streets and hop on afterwards. the bay bridge toll plaza, we have build tel that earlier there was a stall right after the macarthur maze, and that's kind of also what cause some heavy delays there. as far as on the actual bay bridge, we're seeing some slowing, backed up all the way through treasure island, so this is your time to head out now. 6:30 is probably our busiest morning commute hour. coming up here on "today in the bay," a massive piece of equipment built to clean up the ocean hits a snag. the problem is the inventor says it is working to deal with now. plus -- >> kanye's clothing line went silent with upset customers and earned an "f" rating.

i am consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. rush to work, grab a drink, hurry home. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! don't be on your phone. let someone else take the wheel. make a little eye contact. make a plan. it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california.

you hurry to work, so you can take it slow. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! let's stop looking at pedestrians as a nuisance, and carless objects, and start looking out for each other again. it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california. 6:23 right now. last month, we told you about how hundreds of people have filed complaints against kanye west's clothing company, yeezy supply. >> a lot of fans ordered online and never got anything and the company they said was unresponsive. consumer investigator chris chmura joins us with an update..

it looks like we might be getting somewhere. here is how it all started. the better business bureau in san jose told us it logged more than 300 complaints from customers just in october but yeezy wasn't responding to them so we did a story about it and so did our sister station in l.a. buyers expressed frustration with their unfulfilled orders. we never got a response from e yeezy, or kanye, for that matter. i tweeted kanye a few times and we never got a response. the better business bureau says yeezy has finally responded to them. they have a meeting with yeezy scheduled for today. we asked to attend, but were turned down. still, we see a glimmer here, because the complaints have not stopped. another 189 upset yeezy customers grouped to in november. the total for this year now exceeds 700. we'll let you know what comes out of that meeting. if you have trouble with yeezy or any other company, let us know, 888-996-chtips os. 6:24 right now. seismologists are reportedly linking gushing water from the oroville dam spillway to a small

set of earthquakes days after the spillway just cracked. you'll recall the spillway became damaged during heavy storms nearly two years ago. thousands of people nearby had to be evacuated. "the chronicle" reports two tremors days after the spillway failed happened from the deluge of water leaking from the spillway. each tremor had a magnitude of about 1.0. remember the plan to clean up the garbage patch in the pacific ocean? over the summer, an ocean cleanup team launched a mission to collect tons of plastic debris floating between california and hawaii. they're ung in recent weeks the cleanup effort hit a snag, because the device so far is not working as expected. the group's leaders say they are working on a fix there.thpatch o coming up next on "today in the bay,"ing spacex set to make years. another accomplishment in just minutes. theorbit. we'll show you the launch live, next. plus fire season is over but

a new warning this morning. are you in the danger zone? the alarming number of buildings across the state facing fire risks. up for vote today. the bay area program offering free college tuition that could expand to include even more students. live look san jose

right now, at 6:30, taking a live look outside, christmas in the park. we're getting used to seeing it down there. it will be sad to see when it goes away. sets up the holiday for you

nicely. nice place to visit. we are also standing by for the launch of spacex this morning. live look launch is expected in five minutes so we'll continue to monitor that for you. lot going on, on this tuesday morning for you. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we head over to meteorologist kari hall and look at the forecast for us on this tuesday morning. kari, how is it looking out there? >> it looks good. i've been watching out for some patches of fog in parts of the north bay and the tri valley, but here is a look at the christmas in the park. it will be a nice day to head there. if you're going out the door in campbell, it will be in the low 50s starting out, and then normally we're up to 358 degr58 but we're reaching into the low 60s. on your way out the door in pleasant hill, headed maybe to the b.a.r.t. station, it will be 46 degrees. make sure you have a warm jacket but later on today, another nice one, with some highs in the low 60s. i'll talk about where we'll see some rain, look ahead to the weekend. now i have a sig alert.

>> we were doing so todgood. south bay doing okay but let's get right to that crash turned into a sig alert and the number four and five lanes are blocked. they're going to take more time to clear out the accident. hour ago. you can see how heavy the delays are backed up through there and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights have been on. you can expect delays backed up through the macarthur maze. back to you. >> thank you very much morning, down lanes ofjose lookinash,or shutting what have you been able this on? >> reporter: that collision happened southbound 101 at tully road, where the chase ended. look at the map we put together, to get an idea of where the chase began. just before 3:00 this morning,

chp saw a driver of a red corvette speeding and swerving on northbound 280. they tried to get the person to pull over, then refused. they didn't get very far because once it got past tully road, they collided with this vehicle right here. you can see this video here, this is a white pickup truck. unfortunately an innocent driver was involved in this chase. the corvette tt pickup truck, and the driver of the vet took off on d them. fortunately the driver of the white pickup truck, if they had any passengers and chp officers they're okay, no one was hurt. still looking for the driver of the red corvette who led chp officers on a chase here in south san jose, just around 3:00 this morning. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. 6:32 right now. new for you this morning, one in ten buildings across

california sits in the highest risk of wildfire zones and that adds up to more than a million structures. the "l.a. times" crunched the numbers based on maps drawn by the cdf, and spotlighting the most vulnerable areas. the new findings come in the wake of california's most destructive fire season on record. in paradise alone, 86 people died.rned about santa clara county's takeover of two south bay hospitals are organizing a rally today. the county is taking over o'connor hospital in san jose and st. louise regional hospital in gilroy, that also includes the dupaul health center in morgan hill. they were owned by variety health, until the county stepped in to save the facilities. nurses are concerned about preserving a fair labor deal. they're rallying ahead of today's supervisor's meeting. >> it is 6:33. tasers are supposed to be safer for suspects and law enforcement, but now three

taser-related deaths are prompting the san mateo county board of supervisors to take a close look at the less lethal devices. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda joins us live in redwood city to tell us how the board is responding. and what they are proposing. >> reporter: good morning, laur report that could show whether th the october, when deputies responded case. the latest case occurred last and used a taser on shenad shenadu okobi. the sheriff's department says he was walking in and out of traffic when the deputy stopped him. the department said okobi assaulted the deputy which called for backup. okobi later died. the family reportedly says he was only walking on the sidewalk and are seeking usin this case. the district attorney says he has been more specific with the coroner, after receiving results in two previous cases that involved the use of tasers. >> i have personally asked the

coroners to tell us what role the taser played or if they can't determine that. that's the report we should get in the next week or two. >> reporter: the board will discuss whether to form a committee to investigate the cases involving taser-related deaths, and the supervisors also want to look at how deputies are trained with tasers, repoing li in redwood city, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in who have mental illness. the bay." >> thank you, sharon. it is 6:34 right now. also happening today, a proposal aimed at helping students go to college for free in san francisco is up for a vote. city board of supervisors is holding a special meeting to decide whether to add the city college fund to next november's ballot. voters would then decide whether to require the city to subsidize the cost of tuition at the city college of san francisco. the program is currently on a pilot program set to expire next year. >> 6:35 right now. now to a warning for parents and teens on the use of ecigarettes.

the fda says teens' addiction to vaping is becoming a problem. giant spike in the number of high school students who are vaping, it finds many may not realize they're almost certainly inhaling highly addictive nicotine. the surgeon general is holding another news conference today, discussing the dangers of ecigarette use among young people. >> we have an epidemic rise in definitely dangerous product to young people, why we're focusing so much attention onhe >> the fda will hold a public hearing in january on potential products to help teens kick their use of ecigarettes and other tobacco products. and recently, san francisco vaping company juul labs came under investigation by the massachusetts attorney general for targeting minors. the fda recently asked juul to provide any documents about its product, marketing and research into the health efforts of its products.

the company said it is committed to preventing underage use of juul. san jose oakland airport is celebrating a milestone, it leapfrogged to become the second busiest airport behind fothat breaks the airport's previous record set before 9/11. annual passenger totals by half a million. sjc plans to recognize one lucky arriving passenger tomorrow, a spacex's falcon 9 just about to launch from johnson space center in cape canaveral, florida. we're showing you live pictures at the top of our 6:30 hour but moments ago it canceled, aborted due to problems with the liquid oxygen system. today's window just passed so there will be another attempt tomorrow. it will mark the company's first ever national security mission as spacex sends a gps satellite into orbit. it is 6:37.

i've been keeping a close eye on the roads for you. we'll start with the morning looking good and now delays along southbound and northbound 880 as well but we have a sig s unfortunately a crash about an hour ago, westbound 80. that has been turned into a sig alert because lanes four and five remain blocked. if you're driving in toward the building traffic along westbound 80 bay bridge, look at the commute, 19 minutes, westbound 82 toward the san mateo bridge also building through that area, 24 minutes and westbound 84 toward the dumbarton bridge about 13 minutes and i want to show you the live picture of a very foggy san rafael, because you got to slow it down. remember, use your regular headlights and your fog beams but not your high beams, folks. >> all right, looking into the weekend for us now, kari, please tell us we'll have a nice one. lot of people have to get out there. >> it's a busy weekend, and

people are traveling as well. busy travel day weekend, and it's also going to be at times a little wet. there will be achin out for som ends before christmas, because there will be some showers moving in during the afternoon on sunday, and that may continue into christmas eve, and i know a lot of theder fans are the big . it looks at this point like there may be some showers, so keep checking in and i'll have more updates for you. headed toward yosemite, great weekend to go there, mid-30s for the highs. sunday may not be the best travel day so try to get there before sunday if you want to go hiking, closer to home, muir woods is looking very nice with upper 50s friday and saturday, partly cloudy skies, and then the showers moving in on sunday. tri valley also great weekend to go there, going out to some of the vineyards, enjoying time at some of the restaurants outside. it's going to be in the upper 50s and then by sunday, the showers will be fairly

nice place to be, with some upper 50s and low 60s there, and then on sunday, the showers will arrive very much like this past pictures on sl and also let me know where you're headed, who is coming in town for the holidays. i'm facebook, twitter and insta. ily' have a look at today's temperature trend coming up in three minutes. coming up on "today in the bay," a disturbing find at a school in contra costa county. what police are trying to sort through right now. plus a mother overseas is trying to see her little boy who is on life support in the bay area and she's not allowed in the country because of president trump's travel ban, the reason there may now be hope. president trump wishing his former national security adviser good luck, as he goes to court for sentencing in the russian investigation. out to the big board this morning, the dow industrials just shy of wst

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right now it's 6:43. it's a clear start here in palo alto. here is a look at 101 as you get ready to make your way out the too. also a cooler morning with some mid-40s. we'll get some sunshine, not at all a bad day. hopefully you'll have a chance o to get out there and enjoy it. i'll detail where the rain will be and a look at the rest of the week, coming up in less than five minutes. >> we have slow but moving

traffic northbound 880. i'm going to be giving you an update on the sig alert, coming up in a bit. thanks so much. 6:43 right now. new this morning inontra costa county, a student is under investigation after a disturbing find. we have live pictures from doherty valley high school in san ramon. students reported suspicious activity yesterday. officers found a knife, they found muriatic acid onnet teenager as well. they arrested him. it's not clear what the teen was planning to do with the materials. investigators say the incident is contained and there is not a current threat to the school. san jose may take a big step today toward one tiny solution for the homeless crisis. counci two tiny home communities. the city is considering a $2 million pilot program. habitat for humanity would build 40 sleeping cabins on two

separate sides. one is located on a vta yard akros from a san jose flea market and the other is an the caltrans site at intersection of highway 101 and interstate 680. conservative state lawmakers are calling to kill the dmv's sputtering motor voter program. the new program has been under fire. first it assigned the wrong political party for some applicants and then registered hundreds of non-u.s. citizens and most recently the dmv found it failed to transmit forms for hundreds of potential voters. gop state lawmakers want to re-think that program or perhaps just cancel it. the long time dmv director stepped down in the wake of so much backlash. >> 6:45, and every minute counts when someone has days to live and congressman barbara lee knows that. she's going up against the trump administration's travel ban to try to get a mother from yemen now living in egypt reunited with her dying 2-year-old son. little abdullah suffers from a genetic brain condition. both abdullah and his father are

u.s. citizens. the boy's mother is from war-torn yemen and now living in egypt. when the boy's health took a turn for the worse, the father brought his son back to the u.s. to get better health care. >> he's facing death, and the last wish for the mother is just to see him and hold him, even give him a kiss. >> congresswoman barbara lee is calling president trump's travel ban un-american, saying in a statement that "i am committed to doing all i can to fight it and to restore decency and humanity to our nation's immigration laws." state department is not commenting on this specific case. 6:46. the president is wishing his former national security adviser good luck this morning. >> good luck in court, scott. >> that's right, good morning to you. michael flynn will be sentenced today for lying to the fbi about his contacts with the russians. there are so many investigations and so many people in those g thght. the president's campaign manager, his personal lawyer, and now his national security

adviser all face prison terms. the president tweeted "good luck" and repeated his mantra, "no collusion." flynn faces prison time. one of the defenses raised by the flynn camp is general flynn didn't know it was illegal to lie to federal agents. prosecutors find that idea ridiculous. a sitting national security adviser, former head of an intelligence agency, retired lieutenant general and 33-year veteran of the armed forces knows he should not lie to federal agents, they told the court. that sentencing should come at 8:00 a.m. our time. flynn will be allowed to make a statement. the judge in the case is rather verbose as well. we should have a lot to tell yo. african-americans from voting. the russian agency posted more than a thousand pro-trump videos to youtube and looking into

paypal and instagram. the reports also show the efforts didn't stop with the election. once robert mueller became a threat, the russian efforts turned to anti-mueller efforts, trying to discredit the man investigating the president. it also says silicon valley companies dragged their feet when it came to helping the investigation. google's youtube in particular, one of the senate committee's reports says google's data contribution was by far the most limited in context and least comprehensive. we'll be watching the flynn around you, scott. new estimated to weigh just under a ton at a new zealand beach. she's not going anywhere. this one is a biggie. rangers believe the seal is a female and think she's just resting on the beach, she's lounging. rangers are warning people to keep a safe distance from her, friendly. >> hmm.

big and beautiful. >> that's a nice way to put it. let's look at the forecast right now. >> yes, let's move on. we're going to start out with some patches of fog around the bay area. as you get ready to head out, and here is a look at our view from our sutro tower camera, looking at the golden gate bridge. as of now, no fog, but we've seen it really piling up in the north bay, as our visibility has been reduced down to about half a mile. for napa, santa rosa, and some of those patches, visibility is very low. imsent out a picture, retweeted a picture from napa police showing dense fog in parts of the north bay. as you get ready to head out in visibility there, but cool temperatures, only in the mid-40s to start. we'll be at 53 degrees at 10:00, reaching into the low 60s today. it's going to be nice after this cool start, a live look in downtown san jose, and as you get dressed this morning, you do need a jacket, and you'll bes

or some jeans, ande' 50s, the l today. temperatures very much like yesterday, with the mix of sun and clouds. what we will see a lot more clouds, even a chance of rain farther to the north. so we're seeing some of the showers move through eureka, and then that will be approaching ukiah, as we go into the afternoon. and that storm also pushing up some high waves, as we have seen storm system after storm system moving over the pacific. today we're looking at waves that are now at about 12 to 15 feet but could reach as high as 20 to 30 feet so still dangerous out there. today, high surf aisome of thos spotty showers, moving into ukiah, here we are at 2:30 this afternoon. you'll see some of that rain moving in there, also for santa rosa, right in time for the evening commute. so some of that wet weather moving there, and that's the southern extent of the rain that we'll see today, so the rest of the bay area stays dry. more fog tomorrow morning, and then again on thursday, with our high temperatures reaching in the low 60s.

another chance of rain on friday, that one also looks to stay in the north bay, but by sunday, more widespread rain that may continue into christmas eve, with some off and on showers for the rest of the bay area. heading over to vianey, you've been tracking a sig alert. any improvement yet? >> unfortunately not. we're seeing traffic building more, because of the more people headed out the door the more traffic on the roads. we're seeing slowing typical east bay along 880. let's get right to the sig alert. we're seeing major delays westbound 80 and lanes four and five remain blocked unfortunately, so yes, we're still expected to see heavy delays through there and noticing delays along the east bay drive times along southbound 880 from 238 to highway 84, this is your slowest commute, about 30 minutes, southbound 680 from 580bout 24 minutes anoo bad with the course, very busy early on. exception of the bay bridge, of westbound 80 toward the bay bridge, you're looking at 22 minutes. back to you. >> thank you very much.

> britain's duchess of sussex meghan markle visiting retired artists and entertainers at a hospital in london. you'll recall meghan, a former actress, she and prince harry expecting their first child in the spring. up next here on "today in the bay," a quick look at top stories, including in the south bay, a chase shutting down 101 earlier this morning. who police are looking for, and the clues they are working with. plus, up for a vote. the bay areacy looking to expand a project allowing delivery robots to keep operating on city sidewalks. sidewalks. we'll tell you all about that,

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before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today welcome back. it is 6:55. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> the chp has been trying to track down a driver this morning who crashed into another car during a chase. they rane. for a time, the crash closed lanes on southbound 101 at tully. it happened a little after 3:00 in the morning. chp says officers tried to pull the driver of a red corvette near 280 and 101. the car eventually crashed into a pickup truck. the driver was not hurt. chp right noweaders in their proper place. you are familiar with the problems here, users end up another bay area c in leaving them on busy sidewalks, or they get knocked over and left in the way. san jose councilmembers will vote on a permit process for operators and a plan to use eco-friendly technology to keep scooters from buzzing into quiet

neighborhoods. >> 6:56. the battle is widespread among thousands of victims from last year's north bay firestorm. allegations by homeowners their insurance companies left them vastly underinsured. the law firm representing hundreds of santa rosa fire victims found in its own study 97% of affected homeowners were policyholders plan to announce insurers have been set their lawsuit later this morning in santa rosa. in general, attorneys say insurers are preventing fire victims from starting to rebuild their developing nit, a man is robbed at an atm in concord and the suspect is still on the run. it happened last night outside the wells fargo in the oak grove plaza shopping center just before 8:00. police say the suspect had a gun and pistol whipped the victim. got away with a deposit bag which contained an unknown amount of cash. >> snae ma county leaders discuss a lawsuit what was once a high-profile deputy shooting. in 2013 deputies shot and killed

13-year-old andy lopez. investigators later determined he was holding a replica bb gun. the family filed a civil suit. the u.s. supreme court recently allowing it to proceed. according to "the press democrat" it's possible supervisors are debating a settlement, but no one is tipping their hand. many are calling it a sliver of hope in a battle to solve california's homeless crisis. the latest federal count finds california's homeless population fell slightly over the past year, just under 130,000. that drop of about 1500 from the previous year, and also marks the largest dip numbers wise anywhere in the u.s. nationally, the numbers of homeless stayed about the same. happening today, walnut creek set to vote on allowing a delivery robot pilot program to continue. the deal was originally signed with starship technologies about a year ago. according to city reports, so far, the robots have rolled and delivered nearly 900 miles with no delivery issues.

if passed, the contract extension would be for another year. big waves are still putting on quite a show there. show best seen from a safe distance of some people checking out the waves, as you see right there from from the parking lot at nick's restaurant in rockaway beach, this is last night. other th others ran just in time. >> people coming from half moon bay to watch the surfing and the waves it's crazy. >> no one was inside the hotel's banquet room yesterday when the waves crashed through the window. that room yellow tagged and the walkway nearby that hotel yellow taped off, as you see there. waves also ripped apart some of the hotel's facade. >> kari has a look at your forecast. >> still some high waves today and spotty showers for parts of the north bay. the rest of the bay area stays dry. looking at highs in the low 60s today. right now vianey has a look at a sig alert. >> i have great news, they

cleared the sig alert. however, still expect to seeut d five have now been reopened, so we should see some of that traffic start to ease off as you head in towards the bay bridge. >> a little relief for people there. good deal. that's what'spening "today bay we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> a live look from emeryville, at the bay bridge. beautiful site for us as we begin this tuesday morning. thanks for starting your morning here with us on "today in the bay." have a great day. good morning. shutdown showdown. the fight over funding president trump's long-promised call is deepening. >> his temper tantrum will get a shutdown but will not get him a wall. >> this morning, hundreds of thousands of americans facing the ospect of no pay for the holidays. so, can a christmas compromise

be reached? we're at the white houravel rus. al has the latest on the forecast so you can adjust your plans. war hero or war criminal? a decorated green beret charged with murder in the suspected death of