weather al good monday morning. a wet start to the day. we've issued a microclimate weather alert. a live look for you right now at palo alto own our doppler radar. they are tracking that storm as it moves through the bay area. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. so the big question, will the rain stick around most of the day, most of the week? >> it's going to be off and on today and then we're going to start to see things improving, but then the cold air moves in, and we could be talking about a wintry mix or some mountain snow around the bay area. here is a look at storm ranger, and where the heaviest rain is pouring right now, and it's mostly in the east bay, as you get ready to head out around san ramon. also around castro valley, moving over toward dublin, it's a cell of heavy rain moving no those areas. so as we get a bigger picture, still some rain we have to work through before this system clears the bay area, and the roads are very wet. we're also going to see some bouts of heavy rain and look at

how cold those temperatures will be today, only reaching near 50 degrees. we'll talk about what else is ahead, coming up, and mike, you have a flooding and closures. >> that's right, reports of flooding of course are usually in the outside lanes because the crest in the roadway in the middle sort of being the middle lanes here, the slow lanes or the fast lanes are the ones likely to flood. we're tracking those. the major issues are not necessarily the standing water, although kari showed you right there, the tri-valley where the activity is right now, we pull it away and the green highlighting means it will be slick wherever you're going. the red section there as well as highway 35, part of skyline is closed but here is where we're concerned with niles canyon between 680 and mission boulevard. that's closed because of mud. i'm tracking the effect on the "a" street but you have more about this portion and the mudslide. >> the breaking news for you, a busy hot spot of traffic in the east bay closed right now. a mudslide closing both directions of niles canyon road. >> just what mike was talking about. "today in the bay's" roz plater

live in frae month wiemont with. looks like it's coming down there. >> reporter: good morning. we are just on the fremont side of niles canyon road just off mission and behind me here, you can see where the chp has the highway blocked off here. it is blocked off all the way over to sunol. this is as far as we have been able to get so far, but here is what we have learned from the chp, that there was a mudslide on 84 here, just before 4:00 this morning. it came down hard and struck a car hard enough to deploy the car's air bags. we don't know about injuries, but we have seen in the last few minutes a tow truck arrive, as well as a piece of heavy equipment, like a bulldozer. obviously they'll try to start cleaning some of that up. now, we don't know the extent of the damage. we have to wait until daylight to see how much of it is, how much mud there is on the roadway there, but we're told that it's fairly extensive that the cleanup is expected to take a while, could even take a few days or so, at least that's the estimate right now.

again, niles canyon road here shut down from where we are on the fremont side to sunol. as we get more information about how extensive this mudslide is, we'll get back to you. i'm roz plater, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you so much, roz. when you're not, when you're around and we're not on air, our nbc bay area app will keep you in the know. you can download this, get the updates when the rain will hit your neighborhood. you can also use our live doppler radar, with storm ranger giving you the clearest view of that storm. >> 5:03 right now. on capitol hill, president trump is threatening to shut down the government again, and revealing what he'll say in tomorrow's state of the union address. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with what we've learned so far. good morning, tracie. >> laura, good morning. good morning, everyone. the president in a wide-ranging super bowl interview addressed everything from football to syria, but the thing that really stood out was him leaving the door open to another government

shutdown next week. president trump tells cbs he is not ruling out another government shutdown on february 15th or declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall. >> i don't take anything off the table. i don't like to take things off the table. it's that alternative. >> reporter: an alternative lawmakers are trying to avoid. >> a lot of us are going to do everything we can to try to make this work, to get the yes to avoid another shutdown. a wall, a fence, a barrier, whatever it takes. >> i think we can get to a solution, but it does need to include barrier funding. >> washington cannot dictate what sort of barrier and where to put it at. >> reporter: with house speaker nancy pelosi refusing to pay for a wall, the president says she's the one standing between federal employees and their paychecks. >> she can keep playing her games, but we will win. >> reporter: the white house announced the pentagon will send some 3,700 more troops to the border for 90 days.

tomorrow night, expect to hear more on that plus details of a second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> you'll be finding out probably state of the union or shortly before, but the meeting is set. he's looking forward to it. i'm looking forward to. >> reporter: he's 50/50 on whether they'll reach an agreement to end north korea's nuclear program. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. california's attorney general is doubling down in his quest to block the sale of a santa clara hospital. according to "morgan hill times" javier becerra is asking the courts for a stay. the county purchased several fa vil facilities from verity health. a request for a stay was recently rejected by the judge, who approved the sale. new for you this morning in contra costa county, police are searching for a suspect who shot and seriously injured a man at

antioch, this happened yesterday afternoon on lemon tree way and sycamore drive in antioch high school. the victim was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition this morning. so far, police have not released any information on the suspect. and happening today, a key hurdle being cleared in rebuilding a paradise. following last year's devastating wildfire, leaving the opening of paradise town hall, follows the return of all services to building, including gas, water and power. until now, all paradise town operations were relocated to chico. the town hall is scheduled to open at the start of business this morning. for one century-old bay area restaurant, super bowl sunday also meant game over. estra da's in daly city opened 102 years old, but yesterday it closed its doors for the final time, going out with a super bowl bash.

the last owners operated the vaunt for the past 12 years before recently selling the location. the new restaurant will feature mediterranean food. this is a pretty interesting story here. if you're looking for an opportunity to disconnect from city life and get paid while doing it, an opportunity awaits on a tiny island right here in the bay area. >> but before you apply, you must have specific qualifications. the east brother light station looking for two innkeepers to manage an historic victorian bed and breakfast located between san francisco and san pablo bays. pays $130,000 a year. responsibility for guest tours, to cooking and maintenance. >> we do have guests four nights a week so thursday night, friday, saturday and sunday nights but the remaining days we use to take our laundry into town, to do maintenance projects, our grocery shopping

takes kind of an entire day. >> as far as qualifications go, one of the innkeepers must possess a valid u.s. coast guard commercial operator's license for a boat carrying at least six passengers, children and pets not compatible as well. the new innkeepers can start training in april. you got to know what you're getting into, in that one. >> a tough one. right now at 5:08, really heavy rain moving through parts of the bay area. we've seen this all weekend long, off and on, and now it is on for especially the east bay and the south bay as well. as you get ready to head out for your morning drive, in antioch, you may see the weather lightening up a bit but the roads are wet and the cars in front of you are splashing up some water. you'll see another round of heavy rain moving in around 9:00 to 10:00, and look at these temperatures, it only reaches about 49 to 50 degrees today, not only that, but we may with some of the heavy downpours get a localized flood risk, as well as the wind speeds up to about 35 miles per hour. also a slight chance we could

see some thunderstorms today and then snow levels will be dropping as we go into tonight. some of our bay area hills anywhere from 2,500 feet to 4,000 feet could see some snow overnight. we'll talk more about that, and mike, now you have a traffic alert. >> a traffic alert, actually i'm jumping the gun here. we're looking at this live camera we have in walnut creek. here is 680, and it is just crawling, barely crawling, 24 is at the top. this is right before they make that split. the reason we've been told there's wood spilled off the back of a truck blocking two of the four lanes south past the 24 interchange. the problem is if you're continuing down toward san ramon or the other areas, diablo, danville off the walnut creek interchange. light traffic is allowing forecasts to scramble to get alternates. this traffic alert will be a problem, we'll get an update

from chp shortly. more slowing across the bay bridge. slick roadway around the bay so we're watching for that to be an issue. minor flooding in the outside lanes. highway 35 outside of woodside as well as 84 cutting through niles canyon both closed because of mudslides or rocks down, the side of the hill coming down onto the roadway. coming up, maroon 5 getting a lot of attention for last night's halftime show, and the reviews are very mixed. why some fans not giving the group five stars. >> no spongebob. they promised spongebob. plus a reporter's crazy idea, pays off. i'll tell you about it, after the break. what's better than having fast,

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right now at 5:13, we are in a microclimate weather alert with some sloppy conditions out there as you get ready to start out on monday morning. we'll see more waves of rain and some at times that may be quite heavy. temperatures today only reach about 50 degrees and we'll have some really cold air moving in behind this. we'll talk about what's ahead as we go into the next several days, that's coming up in less than five minutes. kari, we're still tracking this, i'm alerting our folks to the traffic problem, south 680, just past 24, reports of wood and nails scattered all across lanes or at least half of your lanes. you'll have to avoid this big backup, look at that, that's the slow drive. folks at the top of your screen are headed toward highway 24. i'll sort it out. good morning.

very happy, rainy monday to you. alphabet, the parent company of google, reports profits today. the dow gets the week started just slightly above 25,000. the president says that's a good sign, tweeting on friday, "best january for the dow in over 30 years." this is factually true, though it lacks context. the dow 30 industrials have had a long winning streak but that was after a long losing streak. the dow right now 25,029. a year ago more than a thousand points higher. taiwanese company foxconn announced it would build a computer screen factory in wisconsin as promised. video here of foxconn ceo terry gao at a conference friday, after news reports foxconn canceled plans for a factory and would build a research center at the location instead. the record cold all over the nation makes tesla owners

complaining of shorter battery life and frozen doors but one tesla owner in a snowstorm loves his tesla, after it saved him, he says, from a big wreck. take a look. he posted this to dashcam video to reddit. the car stalled in the middle of the road, the computer saw that car long before he did, steers him out of the wreck. and finally, news reports say spotify is going to buy podcasting company gimlet media for $200 million. gimlet media was started by npr report ear lex bloomberg who quit his job, invested all of his money in the company. his story was actually turned into a very short live sitcom on abc. >> what if i start my own podcast company. >> we have a mortgage and two kids we're required to feed. >> that's why i'm going to ask eddie to be my partner. >> second partner eddie? >> i believe this company. that's why i'm putting everything into this. >> you don't have anything. >> yeah, but it's all in there.

>> i respect alex very much. his father and mother-in-law live right here in san jose, technically in campbell, so you can imagine how they were like, you're going to quit your job. >> right. >> take all of our daughter's money that you've saved up with her, and make a company. well, it turned out, didn't it? >> yes. sometimes you go to the take those risks. >> yes, you do. >> thanks, scott. this morning, still buzzing about maroon 5 super bowl halftime show but all of it is not positive. >> no. if you missed it, local georgia flavor added with two songs from atlanta's rapper big boi, half of the group outkast. he drove in on a cadillac wearing a big fur coat. adam levine ended up shirtless and dancing near the edge of the stage for a rendition of -- ♪ sugar ♪ kiss me 'til you're drunk >> that's not "suigar" though.

>> started with that. >> it did little to help with critics reviews. many reviewed the performances, even lebron james weighing insationin saying "so this halftime show though." >> you can't make everybody happy. >> but carl the frog did weigh in. >> really? >> about the halftime show, said this halftime show does not spark joy. >> really? my neighbor was texting me, she was loving that he took his shirt off. >> i watched. zble had like sev >> he had like seven layers on. >> i liked some of the songs. >> i did exactly what you said i would do, laura. >> you didn't watch. >> i went shopping, the grocery store was nice and quiet, yes. i enjoyed it. i took my time. i had a good one. >> always next year. so it's still raining out there this morning. this is what we had from over the weekend.

take a look at these storm totals since friday and i'm still adding them up. look at the santa cruz mountains, over 8.5 inches of rain. wow! morgan hill, you had over 3.5 inches of rain, in san jose 1.75, dublin 1.5 and redwood city 1.75 and almost almost 1.5. we're adding it up, brentwood almost 1.5 and san anselmo over 4 inches of rain. a little over 2 inches in santa rosa. we have lighter showers moving through much of the bay area. it's heavier as you approach brentwood and moving toward discovery bay, the tri-valley getting heavy rain, moving through sunol and extending down to milpitas and light rain moving through east san jose, around the alum rock area, so we'll have to watch out for those waves that may get heavier, as we go into late morning and early afternoon. but it's going to be a little

bit more off and on and normally we're up to about 59 degrees. now that the cold front has moved through, we're only making it up to about 50 today. it's going to be chilly out there, dress in some layers, and make sure you have the rain gear, too, because we are still going to have some rain chances, as we go throughout the day, and then later on tonight, as temperatures drop, we could start to see some snow developing for our bay area hills for not only east bay, but the south bay and it's still coming down in the sierra, that blizzard warning continues. doesn't look to taper off until late tomorrow morning. we may still mosheeur several more feet after getting five to eight feet in some of our higher elevations, really amazing with that storm. mike, you're taking us back to the traffic alert. >> because of the wet roads i show you what it's like from our emeryville camera and berkeley curve. smooth flowing traffic but look at the rain on the lens, slick roadways from the weekend rain we've just had that buildup all throughout contra costa county, but i'm focusing on the traffic alert right here, 680, listen

up, if you're traveling out of concord, pleasant hill, maybe out of bay point, even if you take that cut through kirker pass we look at a problem, 680 southbound jamming up as you approach 24 and the split. 24 is just fine but the folks making their way to south 680, there's some wood. 2x4s and nails across the left two lanes reported as you travel south toward main street. chp doesn't know when they'll be able to clear the two lanes. olympic we have a jam, this will be a problem. if you're familiar with the area, south of olympic, you should be okay, getting back on to 680. if you are south of walnut creek you should be all right, travel down toward the tri-valley. here if you come down into walnut creek, this is the problem, this is 680 right here, top of your screen, those few folks are going toward 24, lafayette the caldecott and the bay bridge is fine. as we zoom out, we'll show you the road weather index shows you the green highlighting all over the bay, slick roadways. we have the closure right here for niles canyon. roz plater is following that, because of a mudslide there for 84 between 680 and mission

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political world this morning. sitting virginia governor "ralph welcome back everyone. the story rocking the political world this morning, sitting virginia governor ralph nordham admitting to wearing a racist costume in a jeerbook. since the picture surfaced friday there are numerous calls for the governor to resign. some constituents are supporting him staying in office.

>> you've got to work as one unit to move your commonwealth forward and he's just not going to have that ability to do it. >> i think so. i mean, again, that's something i struggle with personally, because i admire him, i respect him. he's done a good job. >> the governor called for an urgent meeting this morning with members of his staff. we're still waiting to hear details of that meeting. we have video from an emotional concert from actor and singer jussie smollett. he says he was a victim of a hate crime in chicago. smollett who grew up in santa rosa performed in l.a. this weekend, and opened up about what happened. >> i'm okay. [ cheers and applause ] i'm not fully healed yet, but i'm going to. >> yes, you are! >> that's right! >> and, uhm, i'm going to stand strong with you all. [ cheers ] >> smollett says two men attacked him last tuesday night. he says that they yelled racial

and homophobic slurs at him and tied a rope around his neck. here is once again smollett talking to his fans in l.a. >> take love back, because it's the only thing that we have and i genuinely mean that from the bottom of my heart. >> chicago police are investigating. they only have this surveillance image we want to show you of the possible suspects. we'll go tote that in a bit. investigators are also examining hundreds of hours of other surveillance images that say so far, no evidence of an assault has been found. the worst fears coming true for the family and fans of a popular international soccer player. search crews discovered the wreckage of a small plane car carrying emilliana sala, he was just 28 years old. new video you have to see this here, a giant sink hole in ventura county, swallows a large

construction vehicle. crews say the hole opened up following torrential rain in southern california. the vehicle's operator was rescued safely. the road is expected to be impassable for an unknown period of time. drivers are asked to avoid that area. and during the super bowl, there was another battle going on during the breaks, every year, companies bring their best to create a memorable super bowl commercial. however, it's easier said than done. >> out of all the commercials out there, this one was a favorite for many, the nfl's ad celebrating 100 years. the league celebrated with a gala featuring several well-known players. it was kind of cool, they kept passing the ball around. actor harrison ford appearing in an amazon alexa commercial. it chronicles the failed attempts to add alexa to just about anything. what was your favorite super bowl commercial this year? let us know on facebook and

twitter. >> mine was the football 100 year. >> it was cool, oh my gosh, there's montana, there's -- it was really cool. >> my first time seeing it was without the sound. >> i wonder how they shot it as well. >> did they have stunt doubles. >> to get everybody all together. >> the brutal commercial on the body. >> fun to see. 5:27 right now. coming up, families, a family is mourning this morning, this is a tough story, before a deadly accident involving a wrong-way driver and a father. >> he was a nice guy, but without him, we're nothing. >> we'll tell you about how the family is trying to make money for his loss. just heartbreak for that family. a bold new idea to protect those behind the wheel. and taking a look at our radar there, as you can see the storm hanging on over the bay area right now. kari is monitoring every move of

that storm, when you can expect that rain, that's going to come up for you in a bit right here on "today in the bay." i knew about the tremors.

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the door for work this morning. looking at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar showing on san bruno mountain that scan there quindicating rain moving through contra costa county, toward alameda county as well. we're seeing rain for the peninsula, starting to ramp back up once again. it doesn't matter which interstate you take. it's going to be soggy, and we're still going to see some of that rain moving through that will be coming more scattered through late morning into early afternoon. by this evening, the temperatures drop, and we could see some of our bay area hills capped with snow, so we'll talk more about that, and what's ahead for the weekend coming up. mike, you're taking us back to walnut creek. >> got to go back. we have the traffic alert. we have southbound 680 still crawling. the bad news is highway 24 picks up the volume, that's at the top of the screen, making that split. more folks might be trying to find another avenue, to get out of the backup and hit city streets, surface streets and that will be an issue. folks pleasant hill road or other avenues alongside the

freeway, maybe south main. getting down past olympic, that's where the problem is there. because of that spilled wood and nails in the roadway, caltrans is setting out a loader there to try to scoop that up and clear lanes but the backup start there had. rain coming through the same area pushing over toward discovery bay as kari showed you. the rest of the bay shows a pretty smooth, easy drive as far as the volume of traffic. slick roads are a major concern. part of skyline closed between alejandra and cupertino. we're watching highway 84. i'll hand that off to us but roz got out there earlier. >> yes, she did. >> breaking news, a busy hot spot, the traffic on the east bay closed right now. mudslide closing both directions of niles canyon road. >> "today in the bay's" roz plater is out there live this morning in fremont, with the latest for us. roz? >> reporter: good morning. we have seen a couple of pieces of heavy equipment come through, some bulldozers, just a few minutes ago, and also a tow truck, but as you can see behind me, the chp still has this road

block in effect here, so from mission here down to sunol, niles canyon road is shut down. now, we've not been able to get any further but here's what we've learned from the chp, that mudslide happened just before 4:00 or so this morning. it came down so hard that it struck a car, hard enough to deploy the air bags. we don't know about injuries, but we also don't know the extent of it, so we have to wait until daylight to get a better idea of the extent of that mudslide, but we are learning from the ace train twitter account there could be problems for the train. they are having an inspector to check that out. for now, we are told via twitter that the ace 01 is being held at livermore until they make a determination. again, the road shut down here from niles canyon road from mission to sunol, and we'll get hopefully a better idea of what that mutt slide looks like, as soon as it becomes daylight and for now, we are just watching to

see what comes through and again, some tow trucks and heavy equipment but that's it so far. back to you. >> roz, thanks so much for the update here. the rain causing problems in a lot of different areas, including the peninsula. part of highway 35 is expected to be closed all week because of a mudslide. the closure is in the remote area of highway 35, known as skyline boulevard, just north of castanea ridge road. if you live or work in the area, warn drivers. the cold weather is moving in, later this morning we'll find out if cold weather shelter also remain open for the rest of the week in santa clara county. county officials tell us the decision will be made around 11:00 this morning. east palo alto, sunnyvale, san jose and gilroy. tragedy for a bay area family, a one-way car accident on 101, leaving a family without their father. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from where

the accident took place in san francisco. pete, the family of one of the victims is speaking out. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. the family still trying to process the tragic incident, and it happened behind me, the driver entering the wrong way on 101 north off-ramp just off of vermont street. that's where the one-way driver entered on sunday morning. we'll show you guys some of the video from after it all took place. the driver has been identified as 21year-old kayla wilson, and ard coulding to chp, she entered the freeway the wrong way around 2:30, traveling southbound on the northbound freeway, striking several cars. she did die as a result of the crash and so did this man, 40-year-old waheed etimad of concord, an uber driver carrying customers at the time of the crash. he and his family came to the area from afghanistan after he received special permission for helping the military as a translator while there. crews spoke with his family and close friends about this tragic

incident. >> he was a nice guy, but without him, we're nothing. like he was the only one who cared about us. like without him, we're just nothing. >> who is going to drop off the kids to school and pick them up and what kind of car should they use to do that? obviously they have their own mini van and that was used for work and family. >> reporter: several other people were injured as a result of the crash, and chp is investigating if the driver may have been under the influence, but we do know he leaves a wife and total of seven children. a go fund me page has been set up for the family. we have the information on our website at nbcbayarea.com. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> very tragic weekend for that family. thank you, pete. 5:36 right now. new this morning, new calls to allow uber and lyft drivers to carry guns. this comes after a passenger slashed an arizona driver uber's throat.

"today in the bay's" thom genson is live in walnut creek with more on the controversial issue. >> reporter: good morning. this question of allowing drivers to arm themselves in ride sharing has come up before but it has met a lot of resistance from some people especially in california, where the laws are really strict, as far as gun control goes. uber and lyft both the giants in ride sharing headquartered in the bay area are no doubt fielding new requests from drivers to carry guns, especially after the second attack on a driver in arizona, in just a week. a pregnant lyft driver and her unborn child were killed after a rider stabbed the woman in tempe parking lot eight days ago, and thursday night, the tolleson arizona police department said 45-year-old francisco diaz attacked another arizona uber driver, slashing his throat and cutting his hands, as he fought off the attack. the driver who needed more than 20 staples to stitch up his neck

told nbc news, dee yoiaz pulleda knife and attacked him. >> i did this two years. most of the time i drive at night and i never in my life thought like this can come my way. >> reporter: diaz told police he feared for his life, and that's why he slashed the driver's neck, but the driver says he has never met diaz before, and he did nothing to frighten him. a series of nbc bay area investigations exposed the risk of ride sharing alone and underage ride sharing along with a scheme that could allow criminals and unlicensed drivers to get behind the wheel. some ride share drivers admit that they already carry guns but lyft and uber strictly prohibit carrying concealed weapons in their cars. we're live in walnut creek, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> that's a big talker there, thanks for the update. it is 5:38.

oakland teachers plan to announce whether they will strike. as we've been reporting, union members spent much of last week casting ballots on whether to authorize a strike. teachers have been warning for weeks that they are prepared to strike this month if the district doesn't agree to smaller class sizes, better wages, and more resources for educators. the district says it is in a financial crisis and it planning to cut administrate yive jobs a possibly close 24 schools over the next five years. to san mateo county, hundreds of county workers are expected to strike today and tomorrow. about 1,700 workers are expected to hit the picket lines. they come from several county departments, demanding higher wages and benefit increases. 97% of the workers voted to strike for two days, after contract talks broke down. all right, folks, we have updates here, we have a couple of areas to alert folks. one of them was the ace train. as roz reported, the mudslide for niles canyon closing highway

84, an issue for ace rail, they had to inspect the tracks. we got word from ace train they approved the tracks for service so train number one held in pleasanton will come through the area with some delays. trains three, five and seven should be okay. the rest of the railways reporting problems because they don't take the rails through the area. highway 84 will not be accessible to cars 068 and mission boulevard. folks slowing down to figure out what to do and travel to south where they both meet farther in fremont. wet areas around the bay we keep tracking that and we have the traffic alert for walnut creek, you'll update south 680 coming up. that's the roads in the bay area. what about through the sierra? right now, driving through the sierra is virtually impossible we're told. a blizzard warn something in effect there. the crews where the plows spent the night clearing snow and you know what? more is on the way. take your chains. caltrans telling people not to drive up to the area if you can

actually avoid it. >> i had friends who canceled their plans to go to the sierra because of the warnings they heard from us, so that was good stuff. >> a blizzard warning continues until 10:00 p.m. and it's still snowing through tomorrow morning. it's hard to get there. we've had a lot of snow, a lot more on the way and bay area waves of rain coming through, not letting up as of now. as we get a look at once again how much more of that sierra snow we'll see, as we look at the forecast through this evening, still going to be coming down pretty hard, and that blizzard warning means that visibility will be near zero, and those winds will be really high. so that's what we'll see once again through tomorrow. our forecast shows that for the bay area, we'll have a wintry mix and headed into the weekend, more rain moving our way, so it may look just like the weekend we just had. we'll talk more about today coming up in about three minutes. >> all right, thanks, kari. 5:41 right now. coming up, a northern california town is literally sinking.

what a new state survey just uncovered. plus the president says a bipartisan effort to provide security for the border is pointless. so then what happens next? we'll take a look coming up.

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by 9:00, the rain comes back, and it may be quite heavy, and we are going to also be tracking the rain throughout the day, and then colder temperatures tonight, possibly a wintry mix or some bay area snow on the hills. i'll talk more about that coming up in less than five minutes. we still have this traffic alert for walnut creek, half of southbound 680 is closed, and that's in your commute direction. wet roadways around the bay, and in san francisco. we're still tracking this other alert, where one lane in each direction for 101 is closed at cesar chavez because of an overnight crash there as well. the raiders now know where they'll call home next season. nfl sources tell nbc bay area's raj mathai the raiders agreed to a deal in principle to play the 2019 season at oracle park in san francisco. official oannouncment is expected this week. the raiders were left without a home after the city sued the team late last year.

the raiders will move in their new stadium in vegas in 2020. a potentially alarming side effect reportedly recently, reportedly recently tied to groundwater pumping in the sacramento valley. parts of the land are sinking, in arbuckle it's sunk two feet in the last nine years, 30 areas have sunk up to a foot over the time, largely due to lower groundwater levels. the president is putting final touches on his state of the union address. >> which he will deliver tomorrow night. >> that's right, nbc will carry that live, we'll stream it live at nbcbayarea.com. we know he'll talk about immigration and border security. what we don't know is what he's going to do about it. will he declare an emergency and take the money away from the defense department to pay for it? he's already said the bipartisan group needing to come up with a solution is, in his words, wasting its time. meanwhile, more u.s. troops are

headed to the border with mexico. the pentagon says 3,750 additional u.s. forces will deploy for 90 days. they've been putting up wire and provide surveillance support for customs and border protection. president trump did an interview over the weekend with cbs, which aired before the super bowl, in which he said the government may still shut down, that's my calendar. the state of the union is tomorrow, government runs out of money ten days later. the president also spoke, as you might imagine, about the investigation and the connections between his campaign and russia. >> even the mueller report said it had nothing to do with the campaign. when you look at some of the people and the events, it had nothing to do. >> you wouldn't have a problem. if it became public. >> excuse me, that's up to the attorney general. so far this thing has been a total witch hunt and it doesn't implicate me in my way. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there was no nothing. doesn't implicate me in any way but i think it's a disgrace.

>> we will continue to watch what's going on. meanwhile in richmond, virginia, and the governor there, who is both apologized for a picture apparently appearing in blackface and later denied he did. democrat ralph northam could step down as soon as this morning. we'll continue to watch that. follow me on twitter as always, find me @scottmcgrew. when it rains outside, people like to read a book, go to the movies, no the this guy. he decided to surf on a golf course, check him out, wet suit and all going down the greens there, water-logged golf course, this was in thousand oaks. he made lemonade out of lemons and said hey, it's raining but i'm still going to the golf course with my surfboard. >> that looks fun. >> it does. >> it looks safer than being on the ocean. >> i think it's true. people have gotten in trouble for wearing the wrong kind of

spikes so i don't think there's a fin on the bottom. >> a little rough. >> water here, too. >> we're seeing a lot of rain this morning. we'll take a look at our rainfall totals since friday, and look at this, parts of the santa cruz mountains around ben lomans had over eight inches of rain. in morgan hill over 3.5 and san jose 1.75. we've had a little bit more than an 1.5 inches in dublin and redwood city almost matching san jose and san francisco, close to an inch and a half there. it's still coming down, too and close to an inch in oakland and concord. brentwood almost an inch and a half and san anselmo over four inches since friday with napa close to two inches and a little over two inches in santa rosa. we're measuring more rain, it's going to add up in our rainfall totals and some of the heaviest rain moving close to where storm ranger is parked on san bruno

mountain. in the south city the rain is also around lameda park and burlingame and headed down the peninsula. a little break in redwood city but still some heavy rain coming down in palo alto and los altos hills. waves of rain coming through, heavy sierra snow and we'll see it more scattered throughout the day so additional rainfall may measure anywhere from a little over 0.75 of an inch to 1.5 inches, so there's localized flo flood risk. the wind speeds 35 miles per hour will make it feel cooler. east bay and north bay hills will be capped with snow as we get still some of the moisture rolling through, and the cold air arriving. our seven-day forecast shows a chance also of a wintry mix during the morning, and then our temperatures that will be freezing for the inland valleys for the next couple of mornings starting on wednesday and

thursday, rain comes back in time for the weekend. mike, you're busy tracking two traffic alerts. >> i'm busy because of what you're reporting, wet roadways. this isn't related but may be complicated the cleanup. this row in the middle is south 680, almost at a standstill as the traffic continues to build and more folks are getting toward highway 24 as an option, that's west 24. looking at walnut creek, b.a.r.t. is a good option with the parking lot, still spaces available. not a lot of space available for south 680 coming out of pleasant hill and concord and off of 242, just past the interchange is where we have that wood and the nails spilled onto the roadway blocking two of your four lanes, that's the first alert we have here. let's take you to the waze system. they can save you a little bit of time. taking normal route 242, 680 through the mess takes you 50 minutes. they'll save you at least 15 minutes if you map through one of their areas. join nbc bay area wazers, that's our team, to help share the information and the quicker route. we'll get back out to the maps,

another traffic alert in zbrsan francisco, one lane remains closed each direction from cesar chavez from an overnight crash repairing the median. it's just your typical slowing. we have the closure for niles canyon highway 84 between 680 and mission, where roz plater continues to follow the mudslide and part of the sky line there, connecting between cupertino and lajada not a good way because that's closed for about a week here because of the mudslides. happening now, soon there might be no smoking on paradise there. a lawmaker wants hawaii to become the first state to ban the sale of cigarettes. a bill hopes to stop the sale of cigarettes by increasing the minimum age to 30 in 2020, and then, get this, increasing the age required to buy cigarettes to 100 in 2024. the bill does not apply to electronic smoking devices or cigars. do you love putting ikea furniture together? what about after all that trouble you had to give it back?

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marines. you can watch his full tribute following pete suratos tv on twitter. new for you this morning, ikea planning a radical departure from its business model, as you look live here at that bright ikea sign in palo alto. the world's largest furniture retailer will start leasing products, which it believes could lead to new ways of customers owning everything from office chairs to kitchen cabinets. the first trial program will begin in switzerland this month. ikea is moving away from purely selling products in warehouses. it's opening smaller stores in city centers, pop-up shops for kitchens and bedrooms, as well as improving online sales and home delivery. another expansion for going, the, mountain view company is reportedly building a 35-story office tower in austin, texas. >> the tower would provide space for 5,000 workers. it will be located close to another google building already there. it's just the latest in a string of big real estate moves.

in november, google announced plans to build a mega campus in san jose. a month later it announced a new campus in new york city. google's parent company, alphabet, is set to report new quarterly earnings today. 5:56, a new video to show you, showing pope francis on a historic trip, the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula. he arrived in abu dhabi last night. the pope was greeted by a crowned prince, and hugged by an imam in the mostly muslim country. during the visit, he plans to promote interfaith dialogue and celebrate mass outdoors for some 120,000 catholics. if you are looking for a way to keep your kids active, you may have taken them to a trampoline park before. the centers are popular but are they safe? >> investigative reporter liz wagner is here with a warning for parents. >> trampoline parks are clear. you jump at your own risk, but some local moms and dads say safety rules are rarely enforced, and their kids have ended up with significant

injuries. take donovan segura, he was just 5 years old when his mom says a bigger kid bounced him into the air at the center in the east bay. he landed on a hard padded surface in between the trampolines and broke his leg. >> i can't walk. i had to use my wheelchair to go everywhere. >> i did not expect this kind of injury to happen where he wasn't, you know, doing anything reckless. he fell within their jumping area on a place where i would think people would commonly fall on and had a serious leg injury. >> he's not alone. a 2016 study by a research scientist on the east coast showed an 1,100 spike in trampoline park injuries during a five-year period. coming up tonight we'll show you surveillance video from one trampoline park that helps explain how people are breaking bones and we'll break down just how often ambulances are called to trampoline parks here in the bay area. that's tonight at 11:00 on "nbc

bay area news." see you then. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, give them a call, the number is on your screen, 888-996-tips or email them, go to the website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. right now at 6:00, overnight, mudslide. breaking news we're watching unfold in the east bay, where it's exactly happening, plus the impact on your morning drive. serious snow in the sierra. brand new video in to our newsroom, in the past few minutes, as the tahoe area braces for a winter wallop. it's not over. rain still falling across the bay area, and this time tomorrow, some of us might even see a little snow right here. "today in the bay" continues right now. not enough to get the skis out just yet. >> don't go driving up there. >> you can go see it in person. >> there you go, good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington.

mike will have a look at the commute for us and issues this morning. first we start with meteorologist kari hall dealing with the wet weather. >> it is really exciting, when we say hey, we could see some snow amount in hamilton. this could be over mt. diablo and the santa cruz mountains later on tonight. we're going to be watching out for that. right now temperatures are a little too warm. we are tracking a lot of rain moving through and it's going to make your morning commute wet and dangerous as we've seen some standing water on the roads, from the peninsula down to the south bay, to the east bay. it's been drying out a little while longer for parts of the north bay. as we head over toward cupertino we'll see some scattered showers continuing, and look at the temperatures, it's only going to reach about 50 degrees for the high today. more on that in just a few minutes. mike, you have more rain and several traffic alerts. >> you've had allique wou weeket accustomed to driving in the rain. one of the traffic alerts 101 at ce