(sneezes) earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or.. badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. ad lib live picture of san rafael. . a good thursday morning to you. we're taking a live look outside at san rafael. the s-curve as we get through this week. more of a curve, all week long. >> a little bit. >> thanks, so much for starting your morning with us, i'm marcus washington. >> let's get to that forecast. a little clear right now. >> clear now, when we will be tracking another storm system set to move in. look at storm ranger showing not a whole lot is going on except for a light drmist drizzle.

mostly some spotty light rain today then we'll see it kind of filling in on the radar as a new storm system approaches. i will betalk tracking that for you. mike, you were saying there was a crash on the coast. >> that's the only thing. wow, that's not the crash on the coast. i think this is san jose. i think we got some other video coming up here, folks. i was not aware we have this video in the studio, this is the 10 off the freeway in the south bay. if we can get out to the maps, we will show you what is going on, south of 101 and san jose, not at major issue for the highway the only crash on the chp grid, the only thing they are watching is southbound 101 at paloma avenue. no slowing. let's move into contra costa county as well as brentwood.

back toy. >> it looked like a watermain break there. thank you. the cause of last month's t ethiopian airline crash, they say everything was normal until the pilot could not keep it under control. they held a news conference talking about the preliminary box findings. 1 157 people tied after the max 8 jet took off. the pilot underwent all recommended procedures. they recommend boeing review the controllability of max 737 planes of the flight control system before the jets resume flying. a high powered bay area law firm is now leading the legal area against boeing and the recent ethiopian airline crash. they are suing on behalf of a

woman on that crash. she is also the knees of consumer activist ralph nader. the wrongful death lawsuit is supposed to be filed today in chicago against boeing. ethiopian airlines said it was an allegedly difkt part. -- defective part. they claim boeing rushed it to market. new details, police are saying a bizarre and twisted plot was concocted by this man. he was stopped before anyone ever got hurt. police say he raped at least half a dozen women and had a stun gun he tried to use on his first victim. today we explain his downfall. >> the attack happened five feet from my door. >> reporter: he says the sound he heard from his neighbor haunts him still especially was still in bed and i heard what i thought sound like geese migrating. it ended up being my neighbor

calling for help. >> reporter: she was being attacked by the man, matt ka are you -- caruso. she was likely his first intended victim. it says he had it all planned out, putting a stun gun to her side in the parking lot. >> he has use 5d taser -- used a taser during the attack, luckily it fem. he then fell into a bush and left the scene. >> reporter: dropping his cell phone, according to police, speeding off if a dark silver volkswagon. >> his goal was to rape a jane doe. >> later they found a suspicious box in a dumpster. in it, police found the wig and stun gun believed to be used in the attack. there were also receipts from walmart that led detectives to the under surveillance picture. police say they show caruso pictured on the left buying items for his alleged plot.

police also found handwritten notes with detailed plans to not rape just the walnut wooep creep woman, but a victim from danville. i will tie her to my bed. she is so hot. according to note. cheryl herd, today in the bay. it's 4:35 right now. emotions heated last night in the battle over a plan to assist homeless people in san francisco. >> do you want me to talk or t not? that's mayor london breed, doing little to convince people of a squad navigation center on the water front. they will lead a center to help transition to homeless, others became so frustrated that they left. >> my frustration is today was a sales pitch. it was not a community meeting. it's evidenced by them focusing on colors and lighting and the

exterior look and feel of the facility and fought about what happening to the people on the outside. >> police are trying to assure neighbors there will be added controls organization points have launched a go fund me page to legally challenge the plan. more details. this is the latest example showing how hard it is for big cities to tackle homelessness. another case in point. the battle to recently clear the tent city, even though homeless advocates believed it was really working. in this case, the faa red flagged it because it was too close to sjc. since then, opponents have blocked each and every plan to relocate the village. they hope to come up with a solution. at this point hopes a fading. it is 4:36. a dead wale washing up inside the san francisco bay. the third one in three weeks. the latest appears to be a baby grey whale found by a dock in

rodeo. the scientists are wondering what happened and point to possible environmental issues. >> some of the marine biologists speculate maybe there is some food in the bay that's attracting them in. we don't know. >> scientists say they didn't see any trauma to the young male. coming up here on "today in the bay," high healthcare is forcing some patients to skip treatment. a look at how many people are actually ricking their health because of costs. walmart delivering new products and features on this baby registry. the reason behind the change. for 50 years, cracker barrel

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. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's headlines, market is set to rise slightly higher. investors continues to be optimistic about u.s. and china trade talks. president trump is expected to meet with china's vice premier this afternoon. a watch list for investors. a number of people filing for unemployment. while the high cost of healthcare impacts people's wallets. they find people collectively borrowed $88 billion last year to pay for healthcare. it finds one in four adults say they skipped out on treatment because of the costs. despite that financial strain, 64% say they are completely or

mostly satisfied with their experiencesed with healthcare system. and walmart is hoping to get a baby bump to its sales by upgrading its baby registry that hopes to woo new parents and keep the business long term. it's adding thousands of products online and dozens of new branldz, they are announcing new systems to interact with a chat bo box that offers personal recommendations. they are trying to revamp after babies r us went out last weekend. >> i have to check with who. >> diapers, lots of diapers. >> coming up next, we will check that thursday forecast. and right now at 4:41, we're looking good outside, starting out dry in palo alto as you get ready to head out the door. we are going to still have slight rain chances today, overall, staying mostly cloudy and cool. we will talk about that rain moving in coming up next.

bay bridge, a smooth drive in effect. traffic just starting to move in. light traffic all week. we are talking about the try roads, except for one spot in san jose, we'll clear that out. -

and now - game of thrones fans - this is for you. . good morning to you, 4:44 right now. we take a look at the roads, we will have a look at that commute in just a bit. first, are you a "game of throne" fans, this one is for

you. >> shine, shane. >> my name is kit. >> no, it's not, not today it ain't. >> coming to "snl" this weekend, kit harrington, better known as john snow is hosting and the real mother of dragons leslie jones welcoming him to the show. >> i assume, my lord, you are hear to bend the knee. >> i am not. >> well, that's unfortunate. >> leslie, ah, what are we actually doing here? i poon i have been here for four hours. >> "game of thrones" returns this month for a final season. hopefully no spoilers on saturday night live. it airs here on nbc 4 bay area. it can be a lot of fun. >> sometimes we'll watch herself playing "game of thrones" called

game of jones. >> she must be having so much fun. >> we are getting rain, it's also not too cool out there. as you get ready to head out the door, it's on and off. right now it's off. here's a view of walnut creek. you can see the mostly cloudy skies overhead. we have mid-50s, head into the low 60s by 11:00. we will continue to go up a few more degrees from there. the pollen count, still high on the tree and grass pollen. so as you get ready to head out this morning, we still don't have any rain to help clear out the pollen in the air. but we will get some help headed into the weekend. we are going to see the mostly cloudy skies giving us spotty showers here and there and we are also tracking the next storm system that will be moving in, we can see that solid line of clouds that will be arriving heading into tomorrow. and so we're in right now with

light rain on and off throughout the day. we go into tonight by 10:30, we see pockets of slightly heavier rain moving into the north bay, the radar filling in with heavy showers by late morning and early afternoon and then we'll see things gradually clearing out, heading into friday night and saturday. our rainfall totals are not looking as heavily as originally expected. we are looking at a half inch for the north bay and a quarter inch for the south bay and parts of the east bay and for the giants so home opener, i'm watching this forecast. yes, it looks like we will see scattered light rain moving through off and on. we will see if the timing of that first pitch i pitch gets moved. on saturday, a slight chance of rain. the rest of the forecast trying up, warming up. we will be in the mid to low 70s by early next week.

looking good there. you were saying there was something going on for the compute. >> clear for the freeways and dry roads as far as your forecast goes. down here, i. ed to make sure i got the right detail here. the freeways through the south bay is fine. 10th is a major intersection. a big roadway, not heavily populated. just north of there, right around mappddera. our photographer got out there. the water was spewing out on the roadways, it is damaged as a result of below it. >> that will be closed off heading. heading is opened. the crew took care of this. we will get you back out to the maps. you can use 11 to get by. a block away, heavy again opened for the duration, it's not far from the irrigation store. i'm not kidding, it's not related, though. northbound will be the push, consistent with the rest of the

week, it will be lighter for all around the bay. here's a live look at the dublin interchange west and past it the dublin grave looks just fine. back to you. >> tanks, mike. 4:48 right now, horse racing is set to resume at southern california's santa afifa park. this comes from for diane feinstein to suspend racing since december. 23 horses have died at the track. the most recent death happening on sunday. the senator sent a let their week to the racing board requesting it suspend all racing at the track until the cause of death is investigated. new details, california is struggling with the cost of recent destructive wildfires. lawmakers say one potential option is to dip into a state rainy day fund. the massive wildfires in 2017 and 2018 prompted the creation of a five-member board that is working to decide who should pay for the damage. board members have until july to make their recommendations.

bankrupt pj pj g & e, wheree was the highest paid employee in the country. critics blamed him for acquiring a lavish fleet. johnson says he intends to bolster the company's quote steadfast commitment to relaying safe and affordable power. it's 4:50. this morning, facebook is facing more privacy issues, a cyber security firm uncovered user information on amazon's cloud servers. a firm upguard found over 500 million record of facebook users, including i.d. numbers, comments and account fames n-- names. facebook is under scrutiny for several numerous brooches in the past year. former vice president biden

is on damage control. mr. biden says he gets it. this after three women have accused the veteran politician of physical contact they felt was inappropriate. biden pledged to change his fwe haifa your. >> the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset and i get it. i get it. i hear what they're saying. i understand it. and i'll be much more mind. that's my responsibility. >> mr. biden is expected to announce his 2020 presidential run soon. 4:51, coming up here on the bay, nbc bay area responds. >> unkind, unbending, unsympathetic. that's the irs' reputation s. it buster or authentic? we have an insider's take next. happening now, singer over the weekend accused of stealing songs, three song writers claim the star ripped them off on a hit "lonely night" no word on

how much main they're asking for. "a hopely night" appears on star board, more after the break. lonely night" appears on star board, more after the break. creek

good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside. this is from the east bay over in walnut creek this morning. it's 4:54 right now. >> the deaded april 15th deadline, days away now. as of last week, more than 70 million families still have not filed their taxes. >> so what if you make a mistake in the rush to make a deadline? and what happens if you owe but can't pay? we went to an inside source to get answers.

>> good morning. what about the stuff it doesn't tell you. to fill in the blanks we turn to april, that's not her real name. we made it up. she is a former irs collections act who agreed to speak freely with us. >> they've seeds cars, boats, gone to a business, had to take inventory and close the business down for large amount of taxes that are due. >> sound scary, right? it doesn't have to be, tonight at 11:00, our irs insider shares some of her secrets. she has had vice to help you avoid unwanted visits from an agent like her and what to do if you honestly can't pay your tax bill f. you run into problems of filing this year, we want to hear from you. call us, 888-996-tips or go to bayarea.com slash responds. i'll see you tonight at 11:00. in a little more than 24 hours, giants' fans celebrate the team's home opener at oracle park? between now and then they have to contemplate what might have

been last night against the dodgers. the dodgers hit a two-run double. the giants bats went silent after that they lose the game 5-3. the day off today. giants fans want to make sure you wake up with today in the bay. we will have live coverage starting at 4:30. the giants weren't the only ones bitten by the wild pen last night. the red sox rallied. the game tied in the 9th, mooky best knocked it off the 1st bag. into left field. they were clapping, two runs scored there. the red sox won 6-3. today's series finally gets under way. baseball's back. >> all right. here we have a look at that forecast for us. >> we have a lot of cloud, today there is spotty light rain. that's a live look outside in san jose as we check out our

temperatures, that kind of holds steady throughout the afternoon. we will talk about what's ahead as rain arrives, that comes up next. >> a live look at palo alto, an easy drive here. getting to the peninsula may be one issue. we will show you when coming up. plus the battle over the border is heating up. a key trump official heads to the southern border today as the president plans his own border trip to california. it all comes over another lawsuit is filed over how migrants are handled. you are watching today in the bay. >

. closing down the border would have a potentially catastrophic effect open our country. >> closing the border would do it. >> right now at 5:00, top republicans sounding the alarm about closing the southern board were. the president remains defiant, even planning a trip to california, coming up, a new lawsuit the administration is facing over immigration. plus, armed and dangerous. a violent carjacking in south bay caught on camera. the search for the suspect coming up in a live report. and curry's camp, the warrior star bringing the nba experience and the challenging journey to high schoolers. the particular players the camp focuses on, "in the bay" continues right now. >> a good morning to you. thanks for starting your morning

with us. >> i'm laura garcia, clear right now. kerry is checking that for us. >> for the first part, it will only be light rain, a few sprinkles here and there, as you get ready to head out the door, you are headed to the bart station, a light jacket needed early, mostly cloudy skies, you can leave the sun glasses at home. i'm tracking that next storm, we will talk about the time line, that's a live look at storm ranger right now. mike, you are looking for something at the san mateo bridge. >> they showed a lot of slowing near the toll plaza, we saw traffic moving smoothly, a burst of traffic, i think there may have been a quick traffic break, a quick change for the cash takers. that's all i can think of, there is nothing going on, on the stand now. those sensors are approaching the toll plazas, they remain green