do need to grab the umbrella before you head out. let's get a cloers look at the south bay. we are starting to see the rain creep in. it has been raining for a while. we head over towards the north bay where spotty showers are approaching and moving north of. we are going to see off and on rain. highs only make it into the mid-50s. we are preparing for acommute i. >> i'm showing this on your radar as well. also coming across the bay bridge perhaps you might get sprinkles as well as in the north bay. keep that in mind. this will be with us. wet roadways and ponding

throughout the morning. no reports of any flooding. we do have the crash clear from the bay bridge. it is still a disabled vehicle. a little droplet there. you'll get that mist and drizzle. right now we'll watch for the changes. back to you. >> new this morning san francisco police swarm a neighborhood after reports of a home invasion. this is near the area of ocean view. officers arrived just after 12:30 this morning. they blocked the area off during the investigation. we are working to bring them to you. 5:01 right now. confirmation hearings start for william bond, president trump's

pick for attorney general. he would want to know how he would answer the ongoing russia investigation. we are live with more on those tough questions. good morning. >> hi. good morning. this all happens about an hour and a half from now. lawmakers will likely be zeroing in to try to make sure bar would handle it fairly. >> faces lawmakers today eager to hear how he would handle robert muelr' testimony is 68-year-old says it is vitally important mueller complete his investigation. >> i think he h should be allow complete. >> questioning its scope and memo to the justice department last year and argue the president should not be questioned about obstruction of

justice. his views on presidential power have some questioning his ability to fairly oversee the inquiry. >> i have questions on how he will perform or how his approach is as far as independence. >> answers today are critical given that the man that nominated him is fighting new reports that the fbi investigated whether he acted in the interest of russia and that he can seal the details of meetings. >> i never worked for russia. you know that answer better than anybody. i never worked for russia. >> he will also face q abortion. >> and bar also says he feels it is important for the results of the mueller investigation to be immediate public. >> all right. thank you. we'll be watching for that one. >> as we go into the 25th day of the shutdown lines are growing

as more and more workers are calling in sick. they are not getting paid. they are not getting paychecks and that the airport in atlanta, georgia, a check point was shut down yesterday. it lead to massive line and delays. sfo is not directly impacted because of issues and using private security not tsa. however, san jose and oakland airports do have tsa workers. the debate over one school district's name. some find the name offensive. board members will consider a petition to change it. we are live with details, name of the school and what's going on there, pete. >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you. we are talking about the dixie unified school district. they wil discuss possible name change. it has been a pretty big source of controversy.

we are talking only about four schools here roughly serving about 1,700 students. there are folks calling for a name clang here. they are calling for this saying that the dixie name is named after the confederacy during the civ civil war. there are those that want to keep the name dlaming thclaimed was flamed after an indian woman. we spoke with an organizer that has enough signatures to at least get a hearing about a possible name change. he says the name needs to be changed regardless of origins. >> it is not really the intent, it's the impact. you have to take a look at that now, i want a time or n. change. portion of the statement. they tell me they want toroup o

residents that want to keep the name. here is a portion of that stat are dixie.org believes the district was flamed after an indian woman and that it was in the southern region of the united states. they say it is our opinion that not a single child will receive any tangible benefit from a name change. they could decide to change the name as early as next month. today in the bay. >> all right. we'll keep following it then. thanks so much. 5:06. broadway legend and bay area icon has died. channing grew up in san francisco. she won the tony for her performance. she made countless appearances on television productions in 1968 -- 1967.

according to the publy cyicist. she was 97 years old. 5:07 right now. leaders consider a plan to clang from at large to a district based method. the council scheduled to hold a roll call vote. they only have to book a few thousand feet north. that is where for the first time electioning in november. supporte supporters argd it would boost. one went to immigrant. the city appealing a judge's district based ruling even though voters approved an advisory measure. happening today an important deadline to tell you about. it is the last day to enroll in covered california health insurance. it is shorter than previous

years. announcing more than 1 million existing consumers renewed coverage for 2019. if you sign up your coverage will start february 1st. it is an issue in an increase in homelessness. it would cost more than $147,000. they will discuss funding through a partnership of the city and union city. the money would come from a $16 million state grant to help ease the homeless crisis. back to weather now. nbc bay area issue add microclimate weather alert. you can see right here there are spotty showers across the bay area. we want to check in with kari hall as the storm moves in. >> we'll have two storms moving in. the first one moving in today

will bring us scattered showers. potential of a few isolated thunderstorms. there will be a stronger storm moving in. as of today we are expecting rainfall, about half an inch of rain or less. wind speeds at about 40 miles per hour and thunder, we could see an isolated risk of that with surf up to about 12 feet. as we go throughout the day there will be a wave of heavier rain moving there south to north. this is when we could see the isolated lightening along with heavy winds and heavy rain as well. we will see this activity tapering off tonight as we get ready for strong storm system to move in. you were tracking a delay with bart. >> that's right. we said 10 now 20 minutes. they are also in recovery mode. whatever equipment problem was going on it's okay. it is clear now.

that's good news. the r are on track. bart may experience weather related delays as the wane rain and wind comes through. we'll track that but so far it's not an issue. no major problems as far as flooding. be careful for slick roadways. we do have a crash just clearing. no slowing here. your morning commute comes into the area. the bay bridge here, we had two crashes here. the latest reported here in the fast track lanes. it should be clear in the next few. we'll track that. it is a critical time for the bay bridge. coming up here, envelope please. uto show announcing the top car and truck of the year. comip >> it is day 25 of the shutdown.

no end in sight. wall street will have to do without some of the numbers that it needs. and the ice in antarctica is melting. we are getting new data on how fast the meltdown is actually happening. that's coming up at 5:25. a lot more ahead. you're watching today in the bay.

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through. we are going to see scattered showers and here i have downpours later on this morning. i'll track that and a stronger storm system with high winds. we'll talk about when we'll see that coming up in less than five minutes. i may have found both of the crashes. that's the bay bridge. we'll show you the effect coming up. >> go good morning to you. facebook promising millions of dollars to support local news netflix on nest problem may be the maxine waters.

she is first woman and first african american to do so. no progress in the government shutdown. it means we will not get the usual economic data this functi they don't a huawei employee was arrested in poland. sam kpoon that saw the executive arrested in canada. she is not accused of spying but rather violating sanctions against iran. meet if marty. she a robot. they will start using him in stores. he went interact with customers. he will patrol looking for spills and compare prices listed to make sure they match.

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to rescue he made his the clilly waters. he is now recovering. thank goodness someone noticed her. >> he is like thanks. >> okay. throw the ball again. throw the ball again. >> i have been in there. we are going to get that wet stuff. >> yeah. they will get a lot of rain here. it starts out with scattered showers and then ramping up far bigger storm system set to move in tomorrow. as we start out today we are tracking it all with storm ranger. you can see this going around. you this sameool on smart app a you can see what storm ranger is showing. it is a lot of light rain across the santa cruz mountains.

we head up over the bay and heading towards rifchmond. it has been spotty and more widespread as it continues to move off towards the north. there we are seeing some pretty widespread rain and a couple of lightning strikes. there is a lot of activity out here in the pacific over the next couple of days. when the next storm movers in the rainfall rates will be higher. we may see 1 to 4 inches of rain between wednesday and thursday. it elevates the flood risk. as we look at wind speeds we may have gusts and isolated threat of thunderstorms and waves reaching up to 25 feet. we will also have a high wind watch as we may get winds up to 60 miles per hour. it could down some trees. as we look at the forecast for today it will start to get gusty

over parts of the south bay. wind speeds at about 35 to 40 miles per hour. it will calm down tonight and then ramp up again once again tomorrow as stronger storms move in. we are all going to have a strong southerly wind that could bring down trees and also come along with heavy rain. spotty showers today and off and on activity. we will see a round of heavy rain right around noon. it may keep you inside for lunch and may slow you down as you head out for the evening commute. still scattered showers in the forecast as we go throughout the day. heading into tomorrow we start out mostly with quiet weather. once again it will get very busy tomorrow evening as that stronger storm system moves in. once it is all said and done may reach over 3 inches there. for most of the bay area we are looking at from 1 to 3 inchesover rain.

all -- inches of rain. saturday we will see mostly sunny skies and another chances of rain on sunday. i'll be watching that and of course the focus will be on tomorrow evening through early thursday. you have been tracking the roads and also bart. >> yes. we have a little delay. we'll talk about that. i want today point tout why thre. i swung it around which are not on right now. we see traffic bunching up. flashing lights here. it looks like this here. it might be the second crash. both reported just past the toll plaza. we see everything bunching up. things move smoothly over the bay bridge. over here the metering lights not yet on. it may be turned on any second. a typical pattern. tuesday we'll see more traffic coming through the area. this looks great right now. a little damp roadway there.

throughout the north bay and portions of the peninsula. we have this radar and we are watching the changes. it will effect later in the morning commute. we are looking at a smooth drive. great conditions right now. bart recovers from that delay. back to you. >> thanks. coming up next, the ice is melting. >> it is hard gone by since bay plane landed on the hudson river. a look back at the miracle on the hudson next. you're watching today in the bay. connection to a robbery.

it's 5:24 for you right now. police need to identify the men in connection to a robbery. take a look here and i want you to see surveillance images of the suspects. the robbery happened last month near poplar avenue. they say he punched the victim and took off with several items. just before the robbery they were seen inside a local store marks the ten year on opping. udson. more than 150 people on board a

flight in new york city. a short time later their lives changed forever. their flight took off tnd the planes engines were hit by a bird. the pilot sully sullenberger made the decision to land the plane. he did so successfully and everyone survived. sully wroteew york times best seller become and was the the ice in antarctica melting six times faster than did 40 years ago. authors say the ice loss is a clear indionge. he also points out that the melting ice caused global sea levels to rise more than half an inch no let up for the hot

housing market. san jose is topping the list. zillow is out with hot housing index. san jose experiencing the double digit growth combined with unemployment. orlando coming in second. followed by denver and atlanta. grace and frank ki stopping by ellen. >> yes. they talk about the new season of their show and the films over the years they have been in. tomlin talks -- she explains her decision. >> i don't know. it was a hard decision to make. >> yeah. >> so i fell down of probably after what you went through probably good all of th.

>> yes. >> celebrity chef and host of the food network winner kate hall will stop by there as well. you can watch ellen coming up at 4:00 this afternoon and catch nbc bay area news at 5:00. >> looks like fun. coming up next, all new this morning the company tasked with cleaning up radioactive waste. coming up in a live report, who is u.s. department of justice is pointing the finger at. >> and here we go again, another round of rain and wind moving into the bay area. micro climate weather alert, when it will make its way to you. kari is tracking that for us. watching the roads out there. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza at this hour.

getting backed up. your weather and traffic all coming up next and a lot more. stick around. you're watching today in the bay.

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i was listening. >> that's good because you will need it at some point today even though it may not be raining where you are we will see waves of rain moving through. we are in a weather alert. we are also preparing for a much larger storms tomorrow. looking at light showers moving through san jose and also for the north bay we have seen light rain moving through. much of northern sonoma county. this is as you start out the door. we will see it coming in waves around around heavier downpours start to approach the south fewty by 9:30 this morning. isolated thunderstorms. heavy rain through the lunch hour and east bay. it movers into the north bay. we will see off and on rain. heavy rain, potential of downed trees and isolated power outages

along with high winds. i'll detail that. you're getting us a look at the bay bridge. >> we had two crashes. i think one of them has cleared. the second one shows activities. this is along the right shoulder there. that is a distraction. you noticed this behind it has cleared. the reason is because metering lights have been turned on. so it's not any worse because of that crash on this itself. the big factor is the rain here. i have this rain here coming over the peninsula. back to you. >> thanks. new for you a hotel employee attacked overniegght. there is video of that scene. this is the hilton hotel. police say that the employee was stabbed with a metal object on the side of its neck.

you can see him right there in the back of that ambulance. officers arrested the suspect a short time lateren side the hotel. the employee is expected to be okay. it's not clear what lead to that attack. it is 5:33. federal government is taking the company responsible for clean up to court. today in the bay joins us live with all of the new details thi i ive unit. they have just filed three lawsuits. they are an engineering firm to clean up the old hunters point naval shipyard. the feds accused the company of fraud that was initiated by corporate managers. according to the lawsuits they

submitted false soil sample test results by switching out soil that was possibly contaminated. again, they were looking for radiation contamination. the radiation comes from ships that ran on nuclear power and animaler animal resource. >> navy has been cleaning up the area so it can eventually be turned over for redevelopment. a spokesperson says that the work performed was thorough, appropriate and overedneseen by navy. i with was to ensure compliance and public safety. misleading claims stemmed from isolated acts by two rogue

employees. they conducted an investigation and took a number of corrective actions. those employees did plead guilty to falsifying records. this was 2017. they were each sentenced to eight month in prison. >> all right. good one to follow. >> thanks so much. nbc bay area has been looking into the clean up of the former naval shipyard for years now. check out our extensive reporting. it is all on nbc bay area.com/investigations. they say a manhunt ended with officers shooting the suspect. we brought you coverage on our 11:00 newscast. here is what we know now. this is if man police were looking for. holland accused of stabbing a woman and girl yesterday at the home where all three lived. here is a look at that house where investigators say it then

went up in flames. authorities shut down a stretch of interstate 80 in vacaville. shots were fired. the suspect was hit. police not giving an update so far on his injuries or the injuries of a cay nnine that is also being treated. police say the stabbing victims are expected to be okay. 5:36. today marks day 25 of the partial government shutdown. it is the longest shutdown in history with no end in sight. some 800,000 employees are going without pay checks. this morning president trump isn't backing down from his push for that border wall funding. he wrote in part a big new caravan is heading up to our southern border from honduras. only a wall will work. the government shutdown continues to trickle into our local community. they are taking action to help those that depend on federal

services that could be caught in the middle of all of this. we are live in san jose with more on the county and wt they are doing to help people put food on their tables, chris. >> reporter: hi there. we are talking about folks that depend on cal fresh for food assistance. we are talking about not only santa clara but also alameda that will start disbursing payments early to make sure these folks get what they are expecting to make ends meet. the counties are issues benefits early to make sure that the funds are still available. they are not extra funds. they are february benefits being issued starting today. if the shut down goes into march there will be no funding for snap which is the nutrition program. that means no food stamp funding, no wic assistance and even school lunches could be impacted as well.

according to one policy group 42 million depended on snap benefits. 65% were working families with children. 44% are folks who are working and still cannot make ends meet. this is a story rippling even farther out from washington. today in the bay. >> yeah. i saw pictures from the washington area. many of those employees stand in line to get assistance as well. it is 5:38 right now. wells fargo is on stock buy back. it is nearly triple what et spent the year before. it come as loans and deposits

are following two years of scandal. you might recall they were accusedov accused of creating fake customer accounts. now a live look to oakland coliseum there. that's oracle there. you know, next zoor whedoor is is. they report that the raiders are willing to discuss renting the stadium for their final year in the bay area. since the city of the raiders h been shopping for a new one-year home before moving to las vegas in 2020. they say their offer to the team was never taken off of the table. >> it is available for them. if you look at any of their options, whether people have said that it will be cheaper to stay in oakland. everything is already in place there. >> the nfl collisioner says he

wants to know where the team will play by next month. over here heading through the east bay the line is talking about a ten minute delay. there was s moving smoothly. look at that radar activity. i wanted to show you what s dealing withnd possible. damper are ochblt. >> and the week is on too. >> yes. >> it has ban nice day to get a peek of the weekend. >> yes. >> make it through the rain of course. >> we have had a lot of rain between now and the weekend. by the weekend we will catch a break. here is a look at what to expect this morning as you get ready to head out. we have storm ranger scanning around the area. a lot of rain moving across the

peninsula and pockets of it will make your kplut wcommute wet th morning. we have high winds and a lot of rain but as we go towards the weekend we'll get sun shiechbsh. it will be cool for parts of the bay area and breezy but looking much better. if you're heading out maybe you'll join me on saturday in oakland for the womens march we will see sunshine. a cool start to the day with low 50s. the rest of the day is looking nice especially in time if you're goicng out of town to heavenly we'll have lotsov of snow. they will get a chance to help clear some of those roads as we see temperatures reaching into the mid-40s in heavenly. we'll talk about what's going on today and what to expect as this next storm system arrives. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right. looking forward to that. coming up for you, cops

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neighborhood after reports of a home invasion. new video of the scene coming near the news room. it happened in ocean view. officers arrived just after 12:30 in the morning. it blocked off a big part of the neighborhood. we are working to learn more details. we hear police are looking for suspects. >> video of an overnight crash that seriously injured one of two drivers. it happened on monterey road where highway 85 meets responder rear ef that car was hit while walking around afterward. the other driver suffered more serious injuries and is in the hospital. the crash closed far time. it is open again. today marks day two of a massive teachers strike in los angeles. the second largest school district. the district scrambled to hire

substitutes. attendance is is down. here is what the educators say they are demanding. >> we all want lower class size. we all want librarians in our schools. it is what we have to pay all of the salaries. >> the district says there's no money to meet the union's demands. >> an important day for the president on capitol hill. >> a pick for attorney general faces big questions. >> he already has his answers we understand that barr is going to say yes. >> will face a senate committee today as part of his confirmation process. barr has been critical saying president trump had the right to fire fbi director james comey.

so much has changed. we'll be eager to hear what barr thinks of it now. he may have rain ad. n ther thing you need to know and has been in government for much of his career including a stint at the know, the new york times says president trump act ifrlyke nat. we are on day 25 of the shutdown with no end in sight. president trump rejected a plan to reopen government. another caravan is forming in honduras. the president already tweeted ability this new caravan. we will take a look at all of that on switer. you can follow me there.

>> stick around for this one, scott. in you this morning the world buzzing about the prime minist minister canada's look alike. he is a contestant on afghanistan's version of american idol. take a listen. ♪ >> the 29-year-old said he wasn't aware until he saw pictures on social media. that's an amazing doppelganger. >> who knew they had an afghanistan singing contest like that. >> there's a chance in all of the countries. >> just circling the world. >> move along. >> no.

no. we are keeping you right here. all right. that weather out there for us today will be wet in some areas. >> yeah. it will be really wet. we start out with a weather alert. we are seeing rounds of rain moving in. we are also preparing for a bigger storm system moving in for tomorrow. we are seeing heavy rain ploomo into lafayette soon. it will make things slippery as you get ready to head out for school. the temperature trend will be in the low 50s heading out the door and then a round of heavier rain by late morning. let's time it out for you. most of us seeing scattered rain. look at the red that starts to show up. we go to the 10:00 to 11:00 hour. heavy rain briefly moves into the north bay for the afternoon. a little bit of a break and more rain moving in for tomorrow and through the afternoon.

that's when the winds will pick up and heavy rain will be moving in. we have a potential getting up to about 3 to possibly 4 inchesover rain between now and thursday for the rest of the bay area about 1 to 3 ijs d inches of rain. i'll be tracking that with more details to come. you have been tracking what's happening in the north bay. >> we'll show you the north by as well as the south bay. let's start with san jose. this started to show the glow. you know what that is. this is water on the lens itself. you can see headlights and the halo. the rain will come. the light rain and mist and drizzle. we have that radar. that's the power we have working

together. highway 24 may not cooperate as cars hit the road there. there is the north bay or heading into the north bay. you see there's the water droplets. the slicker conditions are the conditions you'll deal with right now. back to you. >> thanks. 5:52. we have breaking news to tell you about. take a look at that. reporting at least two explosions nairobi. we have confirmed a person inside is telling the bbc quote we are under attack. of course we wil con bng you th latest on today in the bay. first happening now, it's a decision day for brexit. u.k. lawmakers are voting on the prime minister's deal that will negotiate the european union. if it passes it's the last big hurdle before the u.k. leaves in

march. if it fails the u.k. could leave without an agreement. that could cause chaos. next, a warning for those of us that get less than six hours of sleep. the research sounding alarms this morning. because the boy is watching today will be the men of tomorrow. >> the super bowl commercial already released tackling tough topics in the era of me too. you're watching today in the bay. weather.

meteorologist rob mayeda is also watching for rain. follow him along with the rest of our weather team by following "nbc bay area". how much sleep did you get last night? okay. here is a big question. how much sleep did you get last night? >> i got about seven hours. >> i was really bad. i got like three and a half or four. they si less than six hours there's new reason to worry. >> sleeping any less than six hours may raise a risk of heart disease. they used imaging technology to look at blood vesselsov of near 4,000 men and women. they were 27% more likely to have signs of heart disease than those that slept seven our eight hours. >> okay. great. two weeks into the n give

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lead? scanning the skies as more wet weather moves ahead. kari's latest forecast so you know what to expect. a big confirmation hearing starts today as lawmakers questions president trump's choice for attorney general. also new the north bay school district taking up the issue. today in the bay continues now. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> rain in the works once again could effect your morning commute. where is it now? >> it has been very spotty and scattered. that's the nature of the rain

we'll see. here is a look at storm ranger. we are seeing here i havavier r. it is pushing to the north. there has been a