we'll get to the commute in a moment with mike. first we want to start off with the weather with kari, who is seeing some rain in the area. >> there's some light rain that will stick around for the next couple of hours for your morning commute and then we'll see things improving as we go throughout the rest of the day. here is a look at the radar as you get ready to step out the door. we are seeing some showers moving through the area from san francisco on southward, and we've seen it kind of filling in for some of the south bay, as this system moves in. it's going to bring us a couple of rounds of rain, but there will be a break in between, and then as we get a live look outside over san jose, you can see the low clouds but so far, only some light showers and our rain chances will be for the next hour or so and the rest of the day is pretty much all dry, as the sun breaks out, our temperatures warm up too. we'll talk about more of what's ahead in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking another crash. >> just as laura was welcoming everybody to the 6:00 hour i saw the lanes reopen. there was a quick traffic break to remove that crash. we've been tracking it off of the berkeley curve. now that was not the main commute, withcy westbound 80

getting over toward the bay bridge. this is off of the east shore freeway. i want to show you the maps, sorry, we can take that system and looking at the lower drive coming off of the east shore freeway and the maze getting up counter commute. the backup though is on the approach right here, coming over there off of highway 24. the crash is on the east shore freeway not bearing as much of an issue. the damp roadways are the word of caution for the rest of the bay. back to you. breaking news to tell you about. we knew it was coming and this morning, it is official. pg&e filing for bankruptcy overnight. the utility faces billions of dollars in potential damages from wildfires in california. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from san francisco with some of the new details. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. yes, as you guys mentioned, we knew this was coming but still, a huge development for the nation's largest utility. of course we're talking about pg&e, which has been at the center of a number of investigations when it comes to those wildfires that ripped

through northern california over the past few years. but here is what we know at least at this hour, when it comes to this bankruptcy. we know that the utility company has filed for chapter 11 reorganization. they've cited hundreds of lawsuits from victims of the tubbs fire and other fires between 2017 and 2018. now this comes as they were recently cleared of wrongdoing, when it comes to the tubbs fire that took place in 2017. now, the bankruptcy filing does put a halt on lawsuits and consolidates it into bankruptcy court, making it harder for victims with claims. so that's something that we're going to be following closely. now, of course all of this happening as the california public utilities commissions approved a plan for pg&e to take out, get this, roughly $6 billion in loans, a plan thatition that commissioners say will keep the power on for customers without raising rates. local officials aren't too happy about that decision. >> the people of the state of california, particularly

northern california, have had it with pg&e, so do not be surprised if a constitutional amendment ends up on the 2020 ballot. >> reporter: if our viewers recall, pg&e did file for bankruptcy in 2001, after a botched state deregulation of the electricity industry so this makes it two bankruptcies in less than 20 years. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, pete. 6:03. happening today, president trump's long time adviser roger stone will appear in a washington courtroom. stone faces charges in the fbi's investigation of russia's interference in our presidential election. tracie potts joins us live with more on today's proceedings. tracie? >> hey there, laura. good morning, everyone. it happens two hours from now. stone is facing seven counts from this federal indictment. he'll go before a federal district judge. he's also saying even though he still supports president trump, he might be willing to talk to

the russia special counsel in this case. >> it's been most unfair -- >> reporter: long time trump adviser roger stone appears in federal court this morning. he faces seven counts of obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering in the russia investigation. >> did you in any way work with the russians to help president trump? >> categorically not, no, absolutely not. >> reporter: prosecutors say stone was the connection between the trump campaign and wikileaks, the group that released democratic emails stolen by russia. >> if anything, the indictment shows, tends to show that the trump campaign was not involved in the conspiracy. >> reporter: stone, who said he would never testify against trump, now says he will answer questions from special counsel robert mueller, but knows of nothing illegal. >> the investigation is i think close to being completed, and i hope that we can get the report

from director mueller as soon as possible. >> reporter: meantime, convicted former trump lawyer michael cohen will testify privately before the house intelligence committee on february 8th. >> there is an effort to, i think, launder money and i would like to hear more about that from him. >> reporter: he's headed to prison march 6th. now, keep in mind, cohen canceled his big public appearance on capitol hill to testify before a different committee because he said he and his family were getting death threats. back to you. >> tracie potts live from washington, thank you. with the government shutdown now over, the in allout for many people using calfresh benefits is going on. that's the electric version of food stamps, which is only funded through february. today, santa clara county supervisors are expected to vote to allocate $1 million to issue benefits early. alameda county and several other counties in the state are also looking to take similar actions. according to one non-partisan

policy group, 42 million americans counted on s.n.a.p. benefits in 2017. 65% are families with children. police on the peninsula are looking for two young men tied to a string of car break-ins. they say this surveillance video from the night of january 19th shows the pair. this is on shasta drive in san mateo. police say the two are behind at least 20 car break-ins, all in the neighborhood around hillsdale high school. in most cases it's said to be taking small items like phone chargers and loose change. we spoke with one victim who had to repair his broken window. >> i just pulled the car in here, cleaned up broken glass, which is a pain, because regardless of how you clean it, it's still never be that clean. >> police say both young men are between 5'6" and 5'8" and want you to look at this backpack here because it has unique features on it. if you can help, contact police.

volunteers in santa clara county are taking a survey of the number of homeless. the group started just about an hour ago. the survey is to collect data for the county supervisors. m mayor liccardo is expected to attend. here is a live look in minnesota, a nice skyline there, but it is cold. 17 states already under cold weather advisories and alerts. in chicago, temperatures expected to plunge with windchills well below zero. several universities have already canceled classes. more than a thousand flights are expected to be grounded to and from chicago alone. the city's mayor is warning major frostbite is a big concern. >> as i think everybody knows, while the snow may be ending, the cold is just starting. >> reporter: what are your plans? >> i'm going to stay at home, i think. >> i would. in atlanta, the super bowl less than a week away. game officials and coordinators

are hoping the weather will cooperate. city leaders are also hoping to avoid a repeat. remember this, snow jam five years ago, just over two inches of snow paralyzed the city. >> we may see that happening all over again. we'll be watching. here is a look at the current much wi windchills across the country. imagine this, 37 degrees below zero, that's in bismarck and minneapolis 28 degrees below zero, and some of the advice they were giving people, cover all exposed skin. no heavy breathing and minimize talking outside. that's just crazy. we bring it back home to the bay area, we're tracking some rain, some light showers for your morning commute but it will skip around, pleasant hill area so if you're on your way to the b.a.r.t. station, it will stay mostly dry and then as this system moves out, we'll get some sunshine and warmer temperatures again for today. we'll talk more about that rain coming in, and mike, you're starting with what's happening in the south bay. >> that's right, and no warning, right, for folks in the south

bay. you can go outside and talk. other parts of the country so cold. we are watching the weather but it's the damp roadways, not a major concern but still a concern, lighter traffic keeps the speeds a little bit higher on the roadways. you see they're just starting to dip through san jose, so that will mean the issue is traction, your traction getting off the freeway speeds, 680, 880 slows a bit for the typical east bay and tri-valley commute and the bay bridge toll plaza we have the backup because of the inle inle but the crash cleared coming off of west 580. >> thanks, mike. all of us, you probably have already been there, stuck in the middle seat on a flight. okay, but did you ever act like this? >> this is just impossible because you're squishing me. like friggin', just unbelievable. >> i don't know if you could make it out, she was like pushing me and she says it's unbelievable. next and all new this hour, we'll show it to you, a middle seat meltdown that's going viral this morning. plus a super important day

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right now a live look in san jose, starting to see a few raindrops on the camera lens there of 101. you may have the raindrops on your windshield wipers as well. willow glen our rain chances continue until 8:00. the rest of the day is dry as temperatures head into the low 60s. it's going to be a nice day. we have to get through this. we'll take a closer look at the radar, coming up in less than five minutes. the drops dried on this lens over on the richmond side of the san rafael bridge but the flashing lights, the crews did not clear by 6:00. now we have additional delay, fewer lanes, we'll track this as well coming up. good morning. happy tuesday to you. china and the united states start new negotiations other trade today, restart them. nvidia got stomped on yesterday as it warned it would make half a billion less than predicted. our pete suratos is covering the pg&e bankruptcy filing.

the shares still have value. this is a reorganization, remember, not a liquidation. you heard there's a bug on iphones facetime that allows people to listen in on you without you knowing it. apple shut down the group facetime as it works on a fix. stick around, kris sanchez will tell you how to make extra sure this is turned off. but the big, big apple news today is whatever it is going to say this afternoon, as it reports quarterly earnings. this is huge. the company will not meet profit expectations. it already warned us about that. from a financial point of view what apple says today is far more important than one of those product announcements where we breathlessly report on a new iphone. apple is the most important company in silicon valley and investors are biting their nails other big news, that's the acting attorney general and the director of the fbi and cabinet members announcing major charges against the chinese firm huawei, accusing it to stealing american secrets, dealing with iran and

destroying evidence. this is the same company whose chief financial officer was arrested in canada and may be extradited to america, accused of skirting american sanctions against iran. china has since arrested two canadians and canada is warning its citizens about travel to china. now that america has leveled charges, this may be something to think about if business takes you to china. huawei has offices in san jose with american employees. the company is charged. the employees have not been charged, but they're probably refreshing their resumes, though. on a lighter note, we've all come to know elon musk as the super cool executive who is sending rockets into space, but a blogger has found an old video dating back to a 1999 cnn report where we first meet elon musk and his first billion. >> back in '95, there weren't many people on the internet, and certainly nobody was making any money at all. most people thought the internet was going to be a fad.

>> turns out it was not a fad. >> yeah. >> he made his first billions in paypal and zip2it and poured that money back into tesla and spacex. he's the guy at the roulette table who gets the big pile of chips and puts it all back on the table. so he's fun to watch. >> a gmbleer there, all right. we were talking about this, when you've been on a plane flight. this is new video from on board a flight certainly going viral, showing a passenger getting upset about being stuck in the middle seat. united airlines flight was headed from las vegas to new work earlier this month. video posted to facebook by a new jersey nurse who was sitting next to the upset woman. >> oh my goodness, i don't know how i'm going to do this the next four hours. this is just impossible, because they're squishing me. i'm like friggin', it's just unbelievable. >> after asking the flight attendant to move, several other passengers also became upset saying she had no right to cause an issue. >> that doesn't look like that

airline where you just pick any seat. it's an assigned seat so maybe she booked it later and that's how she got the middle seat. >> you got to just deal with it? >> you know that going on the plane. >> that's a long flight, too. >> to hear her. >> right. >> i can't move. uncomfortable. >> let's sing a song. let me sing a lullaby to you. >> shhh, take a nap. >> we'll have a lot of people traveling within the next few days and hopefully if you're staying at home you'll enjoy the breaks in between the rain. we are starting out with some of the showers moving through this morning. this won't last all day. we are going to see it move through, and then the rest of the afternoon will be nice and sunny, but we are seeing quite a bit of the showers moving through parts of the peninsula, right there over san mateo to redwood city and we are catching a break for palo alto for now. we are also seeing the rain extending over toward milpitas and up toward the tri-valley and moving into the south bay as we start to see some showers moving

in to san jose, down to saratoga, and we are once again going to see this move through fairly quickly, and then a break in between and another round of rain will be here by tomorrow afternoon. so as you're getting ready this morning, it is a muggy one to start, but the humidity will improve later today. maybe a little extra hair spray will help you out a bit, as you get ready, and our temperatures will be nice for the afternoon, reaching up to 65 in santa rosa. also see a high in the mid-60s for the south bay. 63 degrees in antioch, and in livermore. so for the afternoon, a few breaks in the clouds, it's going to be pleasant, just partly cloudy sky. for tomorrow, we start out dry, but then the showers start to move into the bay area, starting in the north bay, and then spreading inland as we go closer to the evening commute, getting heavier by tomorrow night for all of our microclimates, and then we could see it linger into early thursday morning. we're looking at the potential of getting quite a bit of rain for parts of our microclimates and our bay area. we are seeing computer models still going back and forth.

this one showing about an inch of rain area wide, and then a break on thursday, before more rain moves in for the weekend, and it's going to be soggy, even going into next week, and it's going to cool off with our high temperatures in the upper 50s. heading over to mike, you were seeing what is happening on the roads and how the rain may affect the commute. >> that's right. we had rain on this richmond-san rafael bridge camera earlier on the lens, that cleared up. this has not cleared yet, the last crew approaching the bridge and the toll plaza, slated to be here until possibly 6:30. they're starting to light up the flashing lights, i think they're getting ready to move in the next ten minutes. the damp roads there, again. and kari talked about the north bay pushing across from the peninsula in toward the east bay. contra costa county moves nicely but has been hit with the rain along 24. same thing alame da county and the tri-valley. no major problems as far as speeds, typical build through the east bay and tri-valley.

the peninsula just fine right now. watch the speeds, even though the roads are clearer right now, you could have a slicker roadway and could have trouble stopping. be careful there. san jose shows a push northbound and starts back here in san martin, coming up 101 toward morgan hill, your typical south county commute. a nice ride on cal train from the south county as well as the other systems, no delays reported for the rails. that's a nice ride for you as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. still ahead this hour on "today in the bay," arming schools with police officers in one contra costa school district is becoming a major issue. so coming up for us at 6:30, what leaders are demanding. she says her credit card was hacked but her bank says sorry, we don't believe you. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. and here we go, 'tis the season, get ready for girl scouts selling those cookies, but before you get frustrated from having to buy from everyone, or pass them in front of your local store, make sure to check out my facebook post

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a sad story to tell about this morning. an arizona lyft passenger is behind bars, accused of brutally attacking his pregnant driver and killing her and her unborn baby, happened early sunday morning. police say the passenger, fabian durazo attacked kristina howato with a knife, while she was inside her suv. she was taken to the hospital, where she and her unborn baby were pronounced dead. according to police durazo eventually left the scene in the victim's car. he was later arrested. >> that is such a frightening story. 6:24 right now. nbc bay area responds to a san jose woman who says her credit card was compromised by crooks. >> she got a new card but not all of her money back. she turned to consumer investigator chris chmura's team for help. >> good morning. when hermenia f. spotted fraud on her credit card, she reported it right away. the bank closed her account and sent her a new card with her new number, but declined to remove

$674 in fraudulent charges. hermenia asked if we could help. we asked the bank to take another look, and it did. it removed every single penny. we didn't get an explanation of what happened. hermenia told us a bank rep. said her card number was used at a chip-enabled reader. that's somewhat surprising because those chip cards we all got a few years ago were supposed to be safer, but crooks are catching up with technology. so even if you have a wallet full of those new cards, you still need to keep an eye on your accounts, just like hermenia does. set up those alerts. they are free and great. one side note, by the way, gas stations are still exempt from requirements to install chip card readers. that means lots of gas pumps still have old magnetic stripe readers which the hackers absolutely love. until the chip readers make it to the gas pumps, you might want to consider paying for your gas inside with the clerk, just to be safe.

got a consumer problem? call us any time, 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks, chris. 6:25 right now. the family of michael jackson firing back at a documentary "finding neverland" calling it "a public lynching." that film debuted friday at the sundance film festival. hbo is supposed to air it later this year. it focuses on two men claiming jackson befriended them when they were young and later abused them. one film critic who has seen it calls it powerful. >> over four hours of incredibly graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. it was incredibly devastating to watch, and i think that this will reopen a lot of old wounds and perhaps even question jackson's legacy as a pop icon. >> now the family points out that both men once testified jackson never abused them, and later unsuccessfully tried to sue the jackson estate. jackson's family issued a statement yesterday saying in part "the truth is on our side. go do your research about these opportunists.

the facts don't lie, people do. michael jackson was and always will be 100% innocent of these false allegations." >> 6:26 right now. coming up, going on strike? that's a decision some east bay teachers are set to make today, this as the district judge just decided to close a school. we're live with the emotion boiling over before a vote. and all new, the fate of some sea lions inspiring some outrage here in the bay area, the reason oregon is killing off the animals. plus -- >> again, the same number and immediately you can hear the microphone is on. >> what a word of warning for you, if you have an iphone. it's the bug still active that allows people to eavesdrop on

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tracking light rain right now at 6:30, let's take a live look at the radar. that's because we're tracking some light rain moving in through the bay area. yep, rain making an appearance again, just as we got a taste of spring, it seems like. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at the rain here in the area. >> we're getting spring showers, too, and it's still going to be warm this afternoon. we'll see rain moving through

for the morning commute and clearing for the rest of the day, but a lot of it moving through right now across parts of the peninsula, the south bay and the east bay. as we get a closer look at san jose right now, as you get ready to head out, just now clearing from sunnyvale and moving through san jose, and we are taking a live look outside in palo alto right now, the roads are still wet. we are going to see our rain chances going down as we go through the rest of the day with our high temperatures headed into the upper 50s and low 60s with some sunshine. we'll talk about the weekend coming up, and mike, a lot of folks driving through that rain. >> that's right, kari. even though it's lighter and marcus was not impressed, but look at the south bay, as the rain came through, we're showing kari's radar, right when we see the build out you have sunnyvale and south of there through san jose. that is the timing, that is a concern. more folks hit the road as that rain makes the roads damp, wet, slick. watch and be careful coming through that portion of silicon valley. no major problems this morning. slowing across the san mateo bridge as you expect. highway 4 at bailey bay point

out of pittsburg a crash but concord is moving nicely. this is the san mateo bridge to show you the volume is building and why we have the slower drives. no problems on this span, except for we've seen that rain come across here as well. back to you. >> thank you very much. breaking news that we've been covering on this tuesday morninging and a live look at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. today the utility officially filed for bankruptcy. pg&e facing billions of dollars in potential damage from california wildfires, including the butte county fire last november. the bankruptcy filing will likely put a halt on hundreds of lawsuits now in play and make it harder for victims with claims. the filing not expected to impact power transmission. pete suratos looking deeper into the potential impact as well. he'll continue to follow this for us and will have more on our midday newscast. teachers in oakland begin a vote on whether or not to strike. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in east oakland, where the board decided to shut down a beloved middle school. bob? >> reporter: marcus, at that meeting last night, where the

board decided to shut down roots international academy in june at the end of the school year, parents and teachers were so upset that the meeting had to be adjourned at one point. >> leave roots open. we are oakland! leave roots open. we are oakland! >> reporter: parents, teachers, students chanted, they beinged and they pleaded with the district to keep roots open, but the school district voted 6-1, to close the middle school, saying that oakland has enough schools for 50,000 students, but only has 32,000 students to go around, so some schools just have to go, and money is tight. oakland unified faces a $30 million budget shortfall next year, 60 million the year after that. that argument wasn't enough, however, to persuade people we spoke with, who now vow to take the school district to court to keep roots international academy open. >> roots gave me hope when there wasn't any at all, like there was nothing. >> nobody wants to see change in their neighborhood, in their school and their kids school or anything like that. we understand there's a lot of anxiety and we understand these

students, their families and teachers are upset. it's because it is, there's no question, it's going to be disruptive. >> reporter: the oakland education association, that's the union that represents oakland teachers, they posted this photo of the ballots teachers will be filling out to determine whether or not to authorize a strike. the teachers have been working without a contract since july of 2017. they're demanding a 12% raise, increase in money over the next three years. voting runs from today through friday. this is just to authorize a strike. it doesn't mean they will actually walk off the job. tonight here in east oakland there will be a community meeting for people curious about what would happen if there is a strike, this is put on by the oakland education association, taking place the meeting tonight from castlemont high from 5:30 and 7:00. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. 6:34 right now. happening today, richmond

leaders look at how to fund police officers on school campuses. west contra costa schools say their district is the only one in the county that covers the full cost for staffing school resource officers. richmond's police chief expects the costs for officers to go even higher next year. the district hopes to start sharing the costs 50/50 with the city by the fall of 2020. today councilmembers will get a breakdown on future anticipated costs. the b.a.r.t. police department is undergoing a thorough process to try to earn a special law enforcement accreditation. officers are officially examining the department's policy and procedures as part of the assessment, you can also weigh in on how b.a.r.t.'s police department is doing. a public meeting is being held at 5:00 this afternoon in oakland. this comes as the department works to build a better relationship with the community, after a deadly officer-involved shooting outside of west oakland station. vallejo police want you to hear this warning. a man tried to convince a girl to get into his van. take a look at the picture of this. it happened last wednesday morning outside of franklin

middle school. the girl was smart, she didn't fall for it. she ran away. police are now looking for this dodge van and the driver of it. anyone with information is asked to call investigators. new for you this morning, a north bay marine mammal center is expressing outrage as sea lions from california are being killed by oregon biologists. the controversial lethal removal program is being used because the animals have invaded a river system in oregon. wildlife experts say that sea lions are devouring thousands of threatened salmon. the program became legal back in november. doctors at the marine mammal center in marine headlands are speaking out about this, saying the salmon are endangered because manmade dams. they're pushing for leaders to come up with a solution.

a farming industry group is now promising to work with the state after losing a suit opposing protection for gray wolves. this gray wolf called or7 crossed from oregon into california several years ago and then produced offspring. no gray wolf has been spotted in california in some 90 years. ranchers argued labeling the gray wolf endangered was an arbitrary decision. the judge later disagreed and upheld the gray wolf protection. this morning the chp taking to instagram to remind you to slow down. the agency posting this photo, saying a deputy caught a 17-year-old driver going 101 pittsburg. he was pulled over without a license and given a double violation citation. a not a fun day for him. >> i wish well to the young person but seems more than a double citation. you didn't have a license and 101? my gosh. good thing i didn't give you the ticket. headed toward 101, 580 has the

backup on the richmond side. notice that crew is still there, slated to pick up all those lanes and clear the lanes at 6:30, so it's a little bit late there. they're doing a great job but they had a little bit of rain as well so maybe there were complications. we see the backup coming off the richmond side. you see the build on the map and the bay bridge heading west as well is your commute in toward san francisco, the toll plaza has the metering lights on. the green highlighting all across the bay shows you where you'll have the damp roadways and that will be the case but nothing major as far as any problems, although there's a water main break, the biggest in redwood city, el camino near redwood avenue. >> is it pretty bad? >> i heard it was a closure. we thought lanes opened earlier but we got confirmation there is a cleosure there. looking ahead to the weekend, rain looks like it's in the forecast. >> this is the first round of many rounds of rain in the forecast over the next several days, so we walk out the door this morning to some light showers, even though this won't

last all day long. there is another storm right behind that, that will be arriving on friday, and then there is another one right behind that. they're winding up out there in the pacific, and we're going to have a couple of breaks in between, so maybe you may be making your weekend plans during those breaks and getting outside when you can. we are going to also have some showers moving through, so if you're planning to go to napa this weekend, pretty much raining all day throughout the day on friday, but there will be partly cloudy skies at times on saturday and more widespread rain on sunday. for the weekend in the sierra, it's pretty much snowing the whole weekend and so travel is going to be pretty hard getting there and back and i'll be tracking that for you, what to expect, that's coming up and a look at today's temperature trend that's in about three minutes. >> looking forward to that, kari. still ahead and all new this morning, we've got two bay area boys in the super bowl this year. you've got to hear what tom brady said to jared goff ahead of the big game. but first for you, one of our top stories right now, apple

in the headlines for a scary bug that opens your phone's microphone, people can listen in to you, what you're saying, how to keep you safe. plus the acting attorney general this morning says the mueller investigation is almost wrapped up. let's take you out live to the big board in new york city. dow industrials gaining 52 points. apple reports profits today and they begin negotiating with the chinese as well, the americans. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:42, a round of light rain moving through the bay area, and it's now moving through the south bay. roads may be a little bit slick as you head out the door and we

go to south san jose the rain headed out by 8:00. we'll look at all of our microclimates and talk about the next round of rain in less than five minutes. >> getting toward the bay bridge you're all right. maybe some damp roadways, not even 40 minutes highway 4 to the backup at the bay bridge. . san mateo this bridge we had a lot of backup westbound with the tail lights. no incidents reported but traffic moving much more smoothly over the last ten minutes. we'll talk about what's going on in redwood city coming up. how often do you use facetime? apple confirms there's a bug that allows facetime callers to hear you before you answer the phone. apple is working on a fix. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from cupertino with what you can do right now to protect your privacy. you have great tips, kris. >> reporter: yes, laura, you don't want to wait until apple comes out with the fix, it could be later on this week. in the meantime people could be

listening to you through your facetime app. you want to turn it off. if your kids use facetime especially the groupfeature, yot to have a conversation with them over breakfast. you probably already know but we're walking you through in case, go to settings, scroll down to facetime, toggle from green to gray. i posted this on twitter, facebook and instagram in case you need a little help or maybe your mom or dad does. let's talk about why this is happening. apparently the bug tricks facetime into thinking this is an active call before you answer it. it was happening with group facetime, making the mike active, even before that call was answered, but it can happen not only on your iphone, also on your ipad or your mac. group facetime was rolled out last year, chances are you or someone in your household has been using it. apple are aware of the glitch and working on a fix. they hope to push out a software update sometime this week. in the meantime, turn off that facetime feature, even though

apple already disabled the group facetime, you just never know. we don't want people hearing this when we're not talking to them. >> if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. thank you. >> we're always nice. >> i know you're a sweetheart. thanks a lot, kris. so far the news does not appear to be impacting apple prices. the trading opened ten minutes ago and apple shares are mostly flat. we'll probably see more movement from apple tomorrow because the tech giant reports earnings after today's closing bell. at quarter to 7:00 right now, new this morning, nearly 50,000 ex-felons could soon be eligible to vote.

rakers returned to chaos and some damage may never be repaired. the park's former superintendent says the shutdown led to damaged trees, graffiti, ruined trails. he says visible damage will linger for at least the next 200 years. a new poll shows if the election were held today, a majority of americans would vote against president trump. >> scott mcgrew, no matter who was running against him. >> that's right he'd lose to an unnamed candidate'election were held today. it's a "washington post"/abc news poll that shows 56% of americans plan to vote for whoever is not president trump in the next race. so some will vote for a different republican, some will vote for a democratic nominee. perhaps some will vote for howard schultz, if he runs. the former starbucks ceo has been flirting with a run. he spoke about it again last night. i am going to be careful how

much air time i give him. he isn't running yet. roger stone will be back in court today for his arraignment. he'll cooperate with the mueller investigation but says he won't need to testify against the president because he says the president will do nothing wrong. the president's former lawyer will testify in front of a house committee. michael cohen was subpoenaed after he changed his mind and wouldn't testify because he said he was threatened by trump if he did. his testimony will be next month, and won't be public. acting attorney general matthew whitaker was giving a press conference yesterday about the chinese firm huawei when he unexpectedly said the mueller investigation was wrapping up. "the investigation is close to being completed." not clear it's true. the special counsel doesn't make these sorts of things public. the book "team of vipers" comes out today, a tell-all about the trump white house written by cliff sims who worked

on trump's campaign. president trump has so far not tweeted about this. chris christie has a book called "let me finish." it's reportedly less scathing when it comes to criticizing trump. the "new york times" book review not that kind about the book saying it's "a superspishl and ungainly book, reading it is like watching an octopus try to play the bagpipes." i think an octopus probably could play the bagpipes pretty well. follow me on twitter, give me your opinion on books, occupii and whatnot. super bowl hoopla is picking up, what was once media day now called opening night. last night kicked up five days of buildup involving the patriots and the rams. the bay area boys leading the defenses san mateo's tom brady and novato's jared goff. brady started his senior year at sarah high school when goff was born. last night they shared the stage and brady sounded a little like an older brother.

>> what advice would you give this guy as he gets ready to take on the big, bad patriots? >> i'm not giving him any advice. are you crazy? >> opening night lived up to its media circus billing and then some. we spotted at least one clown. there was a goat in the crowd as well. the only thing you didn't see was football, but of course, they'll make up for that on sunday. >> was there an octopus playing the bagpipe? >> not that i know. all right, looking at the weather for today, the rain is in the area, moved out for the most part? >> we'll see it quickly moving through as we go through the rest of the day. it will be a nice distant memory. it's our little break before the next round of rain moves in. let's get a look at what to expect as you step out the door, some scattered showers moving through, mostly for the peninsula, parts of the south bay and starting to clear in the north bay. but there will be once again a break, some dry conditions into the afternoon and another round

of rain moving in as we go into tomorrow afternoon. so looking at our school day forecast, as you're headed out to school in martinez, it's going to pretty much be dry for the rest of the day, and temperatures starting out mild with some low 50s. going into the afternoon some mid-60s. as you check out the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, a lot of rain icons here. we'll talk about when we get some breaks. as you get dressed this morning, we're going to possibly need a jacket maybe with a hood in case you get caught in light showers. the rest of the day, light long sleeves as our high temperatures head into the low to mid-60s for today, and going to once again see the rain clearing out, partly cloudy skies, a fairly mild day, and then tomorrow, we start to see the rain approaching the north bay by early afternoon. the rest of the bay area seeing it in time for the evening commute. it does get heavier late tomorrow night, and this coul n be when we wrack up on good rainfall totals but it tapers off thursday morning. rainfall totals back and forth

on the computer models, showing over an inch of rain across the bay area and i'll watch the next rounds of rain that will be here, starting on friday. scattered showers on saturday, and then another round of widespread rain on sunday. so it's going to be off and on, as we also will see some pretty decent sierra snow, bay area rain and gusty winds especially on friday, as our temperatures cool off into the mid-50s. we'll have more updates on that and mike, you were talking about a flooded roadway. >> i am, kari, but it's not from the rain. the rain is contributing to wet roadways. we're looking at kari's radar and we'll pull that away, show the leftovers. we deal with damp roadways wherever the green highlighting is likely and you see it for most of the bay. we'll talk about the south bay, where you see a lot more red, a lot more slowing over the last half hour. i'm talking about one intersection to avoid, redwood city. d and the fire department both told us about a water main burst. we know the water was stopped, we thought the roadway reopened. they gave us the latest update and it sounds like it's still

closed. el camino realat redwood avenue, be prepared to get to middle field if you have to or have a minor reroute. that is an issue right now but we're waiting for the update, because that water was stopped, water main burst about 3:30 this morning. meanwhile the rest of the south bay we're showing just the rain, the light rain having traveled through the area, so it's leaving the freeways a little damp. be careful, because with the lighter volume right now, lighter than you might expect on a tuesday through silicon valley, we are seeing the build just start to happen and we don't want any spinouts or complications. 87 and 101 showing the most slowing north of 85. this is walnut creek, beautiful shot from our camera here showing you 680 flowing nicely right there, the middle section here. folks splitting off toward 24 getting toward layay get, orinda and the caldecott more slowing and a build toward the bay bridge. avoid the toll plaza using the parking lot, the b.a.r.t. parking lot and taking b.a.r.t. toward san francisco if that's where you're going. we talked about san jose

starting to build and here is the live shot of 101. even though we see more traffic, we don't see rain now but we've seen drops hit the lens. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:52, happening now, brazilian firefighters searching for bodies after a dam burst, flooding a nearby town on friday. the death toll is up to 65 and 279 people are still missing. the mud is said to be up to 24 feet deep in some places, and that of course making the rescue efforts very difficult. we have much more for you right here on "today in the bay." a quick look at the top stories, including breaking news to tell you about, pg&e formally filed for bankruptcy overnight. what is next for the company and brand new reaction from state leaders this morning. every time i walk up, i'm like i did this, i did this, i'm looking over everything i did. >> and a contra costa county teen making history, and talking to the "today" show this morning. what america's new skating phenomenon says was going through her head during that big win. you don't want to miss that. we're back in just two minutes

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welcome back. before you head out the door, it is 6:56, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> breaking news we've been covering this morning, a live look at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. the utility filed for bankruptcy. pg&e facing billions of dollars of potential damage from california wooildfires includin the butte county fire last november. it will likely put a halt on the hundreds of lawsuits in play and make it harder for victims with claims. the filing is not expected to impact power transmission. but in a statement, california

attorney general half ger beccerra says while this is a significant and unwelcome developme development, the california department of justice is prepared to protect the interests of the people of this great state. teachers in oakland will start to vote on whether or not to strike. this follows a wild night at the district's meeting about school closures. >> leave roots open, we are oakland! keep roots open! we are oakland! >> you see last night's emotional school district meeting had to be adjourned at one point with protesters demanding their school be spared. the board just decided to shut down roots international academy at the end of the school year in june. oakland unified faces a $30 million budget shortfall next year. 60 million the year after that. with the government shutdown now over, at least for now, the fallout for many people using calfresh benefits is ongoing, that's the electronic version of food stamps which is only funded through february.

today, santa clara county supervisors are expected to vote to allocate $1 million to issue benefits early. alameda county and several other counties in the state are also taking similar actions. a 13-year-old girl from the east bay setting the world of figure skating on fire. >> later this morning, you can hear her talk about the recent gold medal performance. did you watch last friday's u.s. figure skating championship on nbc? alysa liu became the youngest american ever to win the national title, and on the "today" show this morning, she explains why she gave her gold medal to her father. >> he just helps me so much, brings me to the rink every day, and i think he puts in a lot of effort, and deserves it. >> long hours, huh? >> yeah. >> that's so sweet. >> liu skates with the skate club and tara lipinsky is anointing her the future of the u.s. ladies skating. liu says it was a thrill to meet

her. check out the entire interview during the 8:00 hour of the "today" show starting after "today in the bay." >> a face and name to watch. i love that. isn't that great? >> my kids go hold this here, dad but it's not a gold medal. >> usually it's a piece of gum. >> exactly. >> we're starting out with some rain this morning for parts of the bay area. it's going to move through fairly quick ly the rest of the day a mix of sun and clouds. highs in the low 60s. another round of downpours for tomorrow evening and that maylimay li linger into early thursday morning. a soggy week ahead. >> good for staying in watching the super bowl. there's a crew working late in richmond? >> they were supposed to clear, i'm sure they want to, over on the left side of your screen right as you approach, you can still see flashing lights. a couple lanes are blocked added more slower richmond toward the north bay. in fremont the traffic is moving smoothly. flag is steady but we've seen the camera move a bit and wet road weis, reminder of what kari

is talking about. >> thanks for joining us. we'll be live at 7:25, with a local news update. >> don't forget to join us for "nbc bay area news" at 11:00. thanks for starting your morning here with us for "today in the bay." have a great morning. good morning. good morning. the big chill. a dangerous deep freeze spreading across the nation. 110 million people facing the coldest weather in a generation along with a hazardous winter storm. schools closed from minneapolis to atlanta. flights already being delayed. al and dylan will have everything you nd to know. breaking overnight. horrific attack. four police officers shot during a drug bust in houston. another wounded in the chaos. >> immediately upon reaching the door, the officers came under fire. >> just ahead, the ambush, the investigation, and how the officers are doing this morning.