in the field to get you ready. breaking news for you a death investigation in the south bay, the street closures in san jose that will last for several hours this morning, we're live at the scene with more. plus -- >> i'm staying home. >> because of that? >> yes. >> danger zone, highway 101 a car window shattered by something either thrown or shot. the new reaction from drivers this morning, what you need to look out for as well. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. before we get to the weather and traffic for you, we have breaking news this morning. we're getting word that a lockdown is under way at the white house and nbc news producer says the white house lawn has been cleared and pedestrian traffic is restricted as well. nbc news is reaching out to the

secret service for comment. we will bring you that live during "today in the bay" as well as online. >> in the meantime here in the bay area a big storm is approaching. >> we're think being this on the busiest travel day of the year and a big storm not only approaching the by area. the radar and satellite we can see a lot of clouds here on the satellite imagery, rain approaching the very far northern coast of california and then as we look at storm ranger that's our mobile doppler radar, the red scan you're seeing there south of san francisco, at that storm approaches we can use our mobile doppler radar to give us the best view of the rain. it's starting to move in and we'll approach the north bay going into late morning and spreading ac ross the bay area for this afternoon. we'll go hour by hour and talk about how much rain we're going to see but mike, you're already tracking a crash that may

faeblgt your drive acroaffect your drive across the bay bridge. >> the metering lights are on not only here at the toll plaza slowing down and pinole. i hear reports of a crash not from chp but partners at waze. another crash on the peninsula, more details to come and in the south bay the freeways are moving smoothly as you the examine for the surface streets. for that and the rest of the breaking news we hand it back to you. in downtown san jose police confirm there is a death investigation under way. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live with new information that's coming in. >> reporter: good morning to you. san jose police confirming it is a death investigation within the last hour. we don't know who or how that person died. a vehicle is on santa clara street closed between seventh

and eighth perhaps as far as ninth street in downtown san jose. here is what our crews saw as they arrived early this morning, about 3:00 this morning a san jose police officer spotted what seemed to be a suspicious car and called for backup. police didn't know what they were dealing with. loud speakers called for anyone in the car to get out, our crew did not see anyone get out but we saw rubber bullets on the ground. the car is in a parking lot for a small office building with signs for a dentist and a lawyer, this is just blocks from san jose city hall and from san jose state university. we did see several campus police patrol cars here, when we arrived, about 45 minutes ago. i did talk with a dispatcher there. they said they were assisting with traffic controls so again, a death investigation has santa clara street shut down in downtown san jose until at least 10:0 thank you, kris. breaking news for you this morning, more breaking news

overseas, a frantic search for a strong earthquake collapsing buildings trapping people inside and so far, at least 14 people have died and at least 600 are injured. the scene is playing out all over the country, people going through destroyed buildings, trying to save people caught in that debris. that 6.4 quake was centered about 20 miles northwest of the capital tirana, felt along the albanian coast. so far more than two dozen people have been pulled alive from the collapsed buildings. this video from bosnia shows the moment that quake hit. the shaking and the birds flying away no immediate reports of cash umts or damage in snvery h.

as much as an inch of rain is expected to fall in some parts. >> a live look all quiet right now but soon going to change. the first of us to see the storm is the north bay. "today in the bay's" sharon c katsuda is live with what you can do to prepare. >> reporter: that's right. there's a lot of talk about the weather, the owner at the station is frustrated he spent on power $4,000 for generators for the possible shutoff and it didn't happen so he wasted he says $4,000 on that but he may need them for the thunderstorms come up this afternoon. ? you're staying put you want to clear out your gutter before the wet weather arrives around 1:00 in the north bnd be in the east bay around 2:00 to 6:00 and the south bay 3:00 to

6:00 a.m. after bone dry weather locals are excited about the rain. >> blackouts, showers, cold, pets >> it's been a rough northern california here and even southern california as well. we could use the rain. >> reporter: local public works departments have been cleaning out debris and crews are ready to respond starting this afternoon. back here live we could see hail in parts of the bay area, snow in the mountains and thunderstorms this afternoon so if at all possible, we're letting people know you might want to take off this morning to get to your destination by this afternoon, when all this mess might start with the traffic. reporting live in mill valley, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thank you for the latest there, sharon. we are following breaking news out of washington, d.c., where the white house has been put on lockdown. we're now hearing there's been an air space violation, fighter

jets have scrambled overhead. the lockdown remains there, from all the front walkways as well as the lawn was cleared. this is video just to our newsroom showing police at the scene, heavy police presence and of course secret service security. we'll continue to monitor this developing story. 6:07 and developing this morning in southern california, we want to take a live look in santa barbara. this is still at the white house but there we are in santa barbara right now, hundreds of those homes are evacuated from an out of control wildfire, burning in the foothills. late last night, that fire had burned more than 3,000 acres in the area around marcos pass and painted cave. highway 154 is now closed and so far no reports of any homes destroyed, that's good news, but people there spent a nervous right hoping those conditions would improve. of course the strong winds, something that we're going to experience here in the bay area, down there

something thrown or shot just south of highway 101, investigating another car hit by with thethehp is stepping up pa before osomeone gets killed. the latest incident yesterday before 5:00 at night, a fan with a family of six driving 101 southbound near the big red barn if you're familiar with that area, when something hit the van. it tore through the rear driver's side window. luckily no one was hurt, but as that thanksgiving travel is ramping up, some people are actually trying to change their plans or telling relatives to avoid the area. >> his family coming but we've told them to avoid that road. >> really? >> i'm surprised that nobody's caught him. >> this is the fourth incident there since friday. someone threw a rock at the carmel high school football team bus in the same area as they were traveling to san jose. one student got cut by the glass. a live look this morning at sfo, this is one ofea 20 airports nationwide, happening

today, union protests are planned, catering workers are planning to demonstrate in part against american airlines, but more significantly, the companies contracted out to air carriers for onboard food. union leaders tell "forbes" they don't expect protests to disrupt a busy day for air travel. today's sfo protest is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. back to that incoming storm that we're going to have here in the bay area where the conditions are expected to really intensify conditions on the coast. this is video you're looking at now from overnight from the pacifica pier. this is one of many places expected to be under high surf advisory, beginning at 7:00 tonight. breakers from 22 to 27 feet are expected from point reyes down through the peninsula to monterey. that advisory is expected to last until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. all right, so we're getting ready for the storm, hopefully people have cleared some of their gutters as well. sounds like it's going to be a

big one. >> yes, what's driving those waves along the coast will be near hurricane force winds off the coast, and so that's the reason why we do have that high surf advisory and the breakers up to 27 feet. a very significant storm as it approaches and we'll also bring in some gusty winds for the bay area. here we are timing it out, hour by hour, we see the rain moving into the north bay, by late this morning, even some snow for the interior mountains farther to the north. we'll see this working its way into the bay area, with some heavy rain, right at about 7:00 moving into palo alto, pleasanton and in san jose, and we're going to see that first initial wave come along with some high winds that could gust up to 50 to possibly 60 miles per hour. we see more scattered activity going into tonight, as well as tomorrow, but there's also a chance of some more storms, so we'll detail that along with sierra snow coming up. mike, you have a follow-up on a crash near sfo. >> we' detail as soon as we heard from chp. a smooth flow but look at the

big view, pretty good for the speed sensors, and we'll predict what you can expect coming down through the east bay come up. right now i wanted to talk about southbound 101, just before the millbrae avenue exit, you see a little bit of slowing, there was a crash three vehicles involved and one may still be in lanes that will cause a bit of slowing right here, marked by sfo. the airports will be busy, parking lots watch the on and offramps. bay bridge toll plaza slowing, waze we have a report from our wazer we thank them, join nbc bay area wazer and contribute to the knowledge. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> 6:11. if you like the classic board game monopoly but find yourself thinking i wish this could take longer. well, we've got good news for you. >> i don't know if i ever wished that. but the world's longest board game is getting even longer. the new edition is generating a lot of buzz. we're going to talk about physics this morning in business and tech but i promise to make it fun and interactive this

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we're coming up on 6:15, let's head outside in walnut creek, it's a very cold sta the day, and so far, we're starting out with some clear skies. we will see our temperatures right at about 36 degrees this we useetto it. there is early this afternoon, along with some gusty

winds, and rain gets heavier this evening. i'll detail that, and we'll talk about what's going on in the sierra, that's coming up in about five minutes. looking at the san mateo bridge, west 92 on the span, is fine. you may have an issue getting here, getting to the san mateo bridge a crash is reported near the toll plaza, we'll sort that out and also if you're headed past the san mateo bridge we'll give you some idea of what to expect, coming up. and some good news coming out of washington this morning, we were talking about the airborne threat in washington. there is according to msnbcl cl everything is going to be okay. markets will start at new all-time record highs, there is word china and the united states at least talking to each other on the phone. sounds like they're in the first steps of the trade deal. traditionally a slow week this week. the markets will be closed on thursday, with a shortened trading day on friday. four people have been fired from google accused of accessing company information they should

not have. one led a protest at google's offices on friday. our bob redell has been looking into that, and has live reports from google throughout the morning. redfin did a study and discovered people are staying in their homes longer. this means fewer homes are up for sale nationwide. part of it is seniors, deciding to age in place. many states offer property tax reductions for seniors, so they stay in their homes. it's a good example of what sounds like a fair and decent thing to do, hurting the housing market. example of that. many economists say rent control discourages building, which drives prices up. elon musk says he knows why the windows broke on the cyber truck. you may recall they threw a steel ball at it, in much of a disaster. musk says this, hitting the truck with the sledgehammer earlier loosened or damaged the windows. he says they should have done the window demonstration first, and then did the sledgehammer.

and ford is calling shenanigans on a tesla demonstration where a cyber truck pulls a ford f-150 uphill though the ford is trying to drive the other way. ford and other commentators say this isn't about engine power. it's a matter of traction. physicists would call this friction. a tug-of-war is never about power. it's about mass, making the ford heavier would actually help it, if you put some weight ea wheel, fohe written it up force of friction, times the coefficient of friction and force and you increase the n and the ford wins. >> pretty interesting. >> i can goingle that again if you'd like. >> that's okay. we want people to watch. >> science with scott mcgrew. all right, so if you need a game to keep your family occupied for hours, and hours, look no further. there is a new version of monopoly and it's called the longest game ever. here is the new rules. there's no bankruptcy in this

one. the game doesn't end until someone owns every single property and there's only one die instead of two dice. the game will end with someone probably flipping over the board so i don'tow no bankruptcy. >> so really no changes? all you have to do is take away one die and it's the same game? >> no bankruptcy, you've got to sell everything on the board. >> and there's another ring, so you have longer until you pass go. >> and more to buy. >> already such a very long game. >> you longer. >> i want to be the banker. >> that may be something over ts because it will be much cooler off and on rain, and then of course thanksgiving day we want to you get outside and enjoy it. we're going to start out with this storm approaching, as it continues to move closer, now take a look at the wide swathe of clouds and the rain, as it approaches the coast. so it's going to take a while before this whole system works its way through the bay area,

we're already starting to see that snow coming in to far northern california and some of the upper elevations around crescent city down to eurekeure. for the bay area still all dry but we'll be using our storm ranger, and mobile doppler radar. we have it parked on san bruno mountain so scanning around the bay area it will give us the most detained view of all of the rain as it moves into the bay area. you can track it, too, on the nbc bay area app. we have the same tools on your smartphone. we're going to see as we go throughout the day mostly cloudy morning and here we are at 11:30, seeing that rain moving in the north bay, some snow in our interior mountains in the north and we're going to see some off and on showers through 3:00 to 4:00, and then approaching parts of 7:00. notice how bright this is. this is going to be some heavy rain, with some really high winds, at times 50, even possibly 60-mile-per-hour winds, so make sure everything around the house is secure, and we're

going to see the potential of some spotty showers and some thunderstorms continuing into tomorrow, with some low elevation snow, and we are going to see the possibility of getting anywhere from about three quather e quarters of an e east bay and maybe over an inch nap in san anselmo. for the sierra, planning to drive to or through the sierra, at noon we're starting to see the snow falling down, starts out light but quickly gets heavy and by this afternoon, all bets are off. they may be closing some oo nex. so we're going to see some breaks here in the bay area from the rain, and the storms on thanksgiving day and friday, we're looking pretty good but it's just going to be chilly and breezy. headed over to mike now you're updating the crash on i-80. >> the upper east shore freeway. traffic is lighter today as we expected but we did have that burst toward the toll plaza, and we had slowing here through pinole and hercules, reported from our partners, one of our friends on nbc bay area wazers

and the community out there, that is cleared up and slowing, quick recovery. the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza and building over there for richmond so that's when we expect to see and expect slowing highway 4 which you see there as well. partners at waze are talking about slowing here as well as our chp reports where the slowing has cleared the last few minutes. chp reports the crash south 101 at millbrae avenue just past sfo but judging by the speed sensors, everything should be okay once you get there. we'll keep tracking that and the peninsula just starts to build here, more slowing on el camino and not highway 101. san mateo bridge an earlier crash watching for the activity as three vehicles have to get over to the shoulder, slowing you from the 880 over to the toll plaza but it's okay on the span, and also waze predicts more slowing starting now up to about 7:30 we're holding steady at that point and things will ease up for the morning commute through that stretch of 880 and the south bay looking just fine except for santa clara street, still closed and continued from

seventh to ninth, is on that crimehet straight ou. >> nearly $1 billion of jewelry stolen in germany. we'll show you how the thieves used the vault's own security system against itself just to get away. fascinating.

this morning, german investigators are looking into a crime that sounds like something

straight out of "oceans eleven" movie. thieves made off with nearly $1 billion in royal jewelry from the world renowned green vault in dresden. both suspects were caught on surveillance video earlier yesterday. the crooks started a fire that led to a big power failure that disabled security alarms. a car matching the getaway vehicle's description was later found burned in an underground parking lot. kelly clarkson loves education. >> and today on her talk show giving a big shout out to two colleagues from right here in the bay area with a very special connection. meghan soldadi was a kindergarten student in heidi dearinghoff's class. she said the experience influenced herself to become a teacher at the exact same school. dearinghoff is the school's principal and knew that soldadi was destined to follow in her footsteps. >> when i was teaching, meghan

would come back on half days and she was just coming in for a quick little visit but i knew better, i put her to work trying to inspire future generations so she was working with students, hanging up bull pin boards doing great kinds of things for me. >> what a great leader there. you can hear more about their amazing connection and the big event, the pair will soon attend on "the kelly clarkson show" this afternoon, and ellen comes on at 4:00, you can set your dvr so you don't miss it. >> cool to see. still ahead much more local news, including the growing tension at google. four workers fired but there is a dispute about why. the protests that followed and the concern google is citing, we'll talk you through it all. plus another check of the forecast, kari is tracking high winds, cold temperatures and rain headed to the bay area. we'll talk about the timing for the first significant storm of the season.

and welcome back to you on this tuesday morning. of course, one thing we're talking about, you see it right here, the map and you know we'll talk about rain coming our way. we are also talking about snow in the mountains and strong winds, just a busy day weather wise but don't you worry, we have you covered on all angles. thanks for starting your morning here with "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's talk about that forecast right now. meteorologist kari hall, a lot of people traveling this week, too. >> this is a huge travel time, one of the busiest of the year and to have a significant storm coming in, is really going to throw a wrench in a lot of people's plans. it's moving very fast and so, so far we have a couple more hours to prepare, but we are seeing that rain moving in to far northern california, and that will be approaching the bay

area, but we already have our storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar powered up and ready track this storm. we're going to be tracking this red scan and seeing a storm from very detailed view as a result, so we're going to see that rain first approaching the north bay, right at noon we're seeing the scattered showers, and even some snow coming in, and that spreads from north to south going into the afternoon, and this evening. we'll talk more about that coming up, and mike, you're seeing the traffic jamming up at another toll plaza. >> and by another, i mean other than the richmond toll plaza and the oakland toll plaza that we see on this map. you notice that overall contra costa county looking a little bit lighter with highway 4 still slow. we approach thanksgiving we have lighter traffic flow, fewer people there but some colleges and other schools that have session right now and a jam up approaching the san mateo bridge toll plaza, a crash involves three cars there and we're still having that taken care of. no problem other than the slowdown off of 880. the dumbarton bridge a great alternate if you can choose between the two and other than that, the freeways are moving smoothly in the south bay, we

have one disabled vehicle on 101, we'll check on that, but we also have that crime investigation on a major city street that's santa clara, that's coming up but first you guys are talking about breaking news in the capital. >> a lockdown has been lifted at the white house and the capitol building this morning. we have a live look from washington, d.c. this is after a plane entered restricted air space. fighter jets skremblecrambled t white house area, pedestrians held back. no word on why the plane violated air space rules. so far what we know so far is the lockdown itself has been lifted at the white house this morning. 6:32 right now. now back to that breaking news happening right here in the south bay and confirming there's been a death investigation overnight. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been following this story for us, lin. kris? >> reporter: hi there. we know somebody died. we don't know who that person is and don't notesi east santa cla

street closed between seventh and eighth and perhaps into ninth, the 900 block. santa clara will remain closed until at least 10:00 this morning. here is what our crews saw as they arrived on scene this morning. that was about 3:00 this morning, that a san jose police officer spotted a suspicious car and called for backup. there was a swarm of officers who arrived, including an armored personnel carrier. over a loud speaker, officers called for anyone in that car to get out. our crew did not see anybody get out but we did see rubber bullets on the ground. the cars in a parking lot for a small office building on santa clara with signs for a dentist and a lawyer, this is just a block from san jose city hall and from san jose state university. in fact we did see several campus police patrol cars here when we arrived about 4:00 this morning, about an hour or so ago i talked with a dispatcher who told me that san jose state police were just assisting with

traffic control. so the death investigation will continue out here for the next couple of hours. santa clara street is expected to remain closed until at least 10:00. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you. 6:34, and tensions inside google are on the rise again after tech giants fired four of its employees. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live outside of google headquarters in mountain view. some workers are calling those firings retaliation. what is google saying? >> reporter: google confirms the four employees were fired for repeated violations of data security policies, but in a statement to bloomberg, some employees trying to organize into a union here believe the firings are an illegal retaliation against some oys wh company policies. we want to show you images from last friday more than 200 google employees who protested outside

the company's sf location as you can see in the pictures, posted by cnbc. they were demanding the reinstatement of two employees who had been recently suspended, one of those employees had reportedly spoken out against google's contracts with u.s. customs and border proioe otr r youtube's policy towards hate speech. both of those employees plus two more, so a total of four, were subsequently fired. in an internal mem row obtained by bloomberg and confirmed by google claiming they were fired for security policies. the memo states none of these individuals were fired for looking at documents or calendars during the ordinary course of their work. the memo continues on "to the contrary our thorough investigation found the individuals were involved in systematic searches for other employees' materials and work, this includes searching for, accessing and distributing nesse were met with and reminded about our data security policies. this information along with details of internal emails in an

accurate description about googler's work was subsequently shared externally." reporting live outside google headquarters in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay.". union city police so far are coming up empty in the search for a gunman who shot and killed two young boys over the weekend near a school parking lot. new surveillance video from a home of someone who lives nearby shows a volley of gunfire that killed the two boys, ages 11 and 14. the boys were in a van that appears to have hit a tree, that shooting happened early saturday morning. here is what union city police are saying about that investigation. >> we've yet to find any suspects involved in this, and we have yet to find a motive for this. we are still looking into the potential angle that this could be, there could be some gang involvement in the shooting. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> that woman is the mother of 11-year-old victim in that

situation. when she visited the parking lot where her son named kevin and his friend were killed. she told us that nothing will bring him back. new details in the person who was shot during a gun battle at an oakland coin shop. the shoot-out happened yesterday in the grand lake district involved armed robbers and the store owner. an innocentby stander is expected to be okay. the robber made off with a 100 pound bag of jewelry but he grabbed his own gun and chased after them. >> when they ran out the door, i ran after them. and they shot at me, i shot at them. they got away. but i got most of my stuff back. >> police meanwhile are urging anyone against fighting back like this during an armed robbery saying it's a stroke of luck no one was killed. unfortunately folks we have another issue, a crime scene in san jose, where we have a

closure, not the one on the freeway. 101 the disabled vehicle theis r on the shoulder, and a distraction with your typical pattern for 101 and 87 cominndg that's where we have the major street closure, that will potentially continue until about 10:00 from what kris sanchez has told right now from seventh to ninth, that's the closure for santa clara east santa clara. she mentioned san jose city hall and san jose state being in close proximity. san fernando is your alternate route sebnds you into the congestion. zooming out toward the rest of the bay, slowing west 92 headed toward the san mateo bridge toll plaza the crash shy of the toll plaza no major injuries but it is say distraction looking at the rest of the bay. things are calmer and lighter today, as folks have headed out of town. >> that's right, a lot of people getting ready for the thanksgiving holiday weekend. i guess the shopper's paradise on friday, too. >> so we're going the wet weather and the storms headed into thanksgiving. if you're going to be up in napa

valleypect thanksgiving temperatures in the low 50s. quiet friday and the rain returns on saturday and chilly temperatures, in san francisco we also have some cool air but you will be able to get out and take your family out around some of the sights around the city. by saturday we're going to see that rain returning during the afternoon, and off and on going into sunday. in san jose getting ready for the turkey trot and we have nice weather but it will be chilly and the pavement may still be a little bit wet after that rain moves out. we'll see temperatures reaching the low 50s for friday, as well and then some showers moving back in late on saturday, and off and on through sunday. we're tracking the incoming storms set to arrive this afternoon. i'll show thaw in our hour by hour forecast coming up in about three minutes. >> sounds good. thanks, kari. 6:39 right now. >> next and new this hour, the end of an era for non-profit that's been helping people in the north bay for over three

decades. what's next for habitat for humanity. first our top >> i'm staying home. >> reporter: because of that? >> yes. >> danger zone, it's happening again on highway 101, someone threw something at a passing vehicle, the new reaction we have from drivers this morning. does the president's actions with the navy s.e.a.l. interfere with themilitary's chain of command? we'll take a look. let's take you out to the big board. looks like everybody went home early, started a record but no movement on the dow. good morning, i'm vick i-nguyen. coming up on "today" can you tell the difference between these toys? they both came from amazon but one came from a third party seller. why does it matter? you might not be getting what you expected. coming up, we'll tell you what to look for before you buy anything from amazon, plus the categories and products that might be a safety risk. that's all next on "today." here, it all starts with a simple...

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right now we're scanning the storm as it arrives. we'll see where it's picking up on the rain and we'll talk about the outlook for rain andee months, coming up in less than five minutes. the caltrans on the right, talking about high winds overnight on the san mateo bridge. you see the volume picking up. there is a crash getting over here so that slows down your travel times. these travel times look great getting toward the bay bridge toll plaza and we'll show you what to expect for your drive down the peninsula, coming up. authorities are

investigating another car hit by something thrown or shot on highway 101 south of gilroy. you see it here 156. this is at least the 42nd case since august and with the holiday travel coming up, the chp is really stepping up patrols before someone gets killed. now the latest incident happened yesterday before 5:00 p.m. a van with a family of six was driving on 101 southbound near the big red barn if you're familiar with the area when something hit the van. it tore through the rear driver's side window. luckily no one was hurt but now as thanksgiving travel is ramping up, some people are changing their plans or telling relatives to avoid that area. >> his family come in but we told them to avoid that road. >> reporter: really? >> i'm just surprised nobody's caught them. >> this is the fourth incident since friday, someone threw a rock at the carmel high school football team bus in that same area as they were traveling to san jose. one student was cut by the glass.

this is a big hit to housing in the north bay, sonoma county's chapter of habitat for humanity has suspended plans to build any new homes. the organization is running out of money and unable to cover expenses. the financial situation is already forcing it to lay off a dozen staff members by the end of the month. habitat for humanity answer board president foinds a way to regroup and the best way for the organization to move forward. marijuana users across california may have to pay more when they buy pot. several taxes are going up january 1st ford user also make the difference at the register. the price increases may lead a surge in black market sales. accusations the president is interfering with the military chain of command. >> he tweeted something that alarms military leader. >> he tweeted this morning, he will always protect our war fighters.

which sounds innocent enough but it does come after president trump got deeply involved in the military discipline of a navy s.e.a.l. accused of war crimes. eddie gallagher's case has been in the headlines for weeks and caused at least one official the secretary of the navy, to lose his job as the white house protects gallagher and the military tries to discipline him. the president is commander in chief of the military, has the power to weigh in on anything he wishes, but it is extremely unusual for a president to overrule decisions on discipline and order in the military. mr. trump points out correctly the previous violators of military law like bowe bergdahl and chelsea manning got light punishments. the president showed off the military dog that took part in the raid on abu bakr al baghdadi. later today the president will pardon two turkeys named bread and butter. the president had a win and loss in court. the supreme court says the house can't see his financial records

for now until it makes an overall decision whether to take the case. that's the win. the loss, the federal judge says former white house counsel don mcgahn must talk with the committee. the president is not king, said the judge, also this would potentially open up testimony for people like bolton. here is reaction from the second most powerful democratn judiciary committee. >> their whole m.o. is just delay, delay, delay to avoid accountability. i think you can make some good guesses if they are so unwilling to let people testify, what are they hiding? >> we're following everything that's happening in washington, including a presidential pardon of turkeys, on twitter, follow me @scottmcgrew. >> bread and butter. i always love the names they come oup with. >> makes you hungry. >> so you got a look at the morning commute?

>> the south bay is building. we have new one crash to report. a live camera 101 at 680, beautiful sunrise, we're looking at the headlights, not so bad today. a lighter flow of traffic 101 at 680, in the area reports of a crash but we didn't see any slowing on our live cameras or map, pointing out it's right here 680 near the 101 interchange. you see the push from san jose pushing up to the rest of silicon valley. the pattern is typical, a lighter volume, one big concern over here if you're headed to city hall, san jose state anywhere from now through 10:00 in the morning, avoid santa clara street and 10:00 is not a firm time. that's an estimate how long the investigation may continue. kris sanchez is on the scene. there is city hall and san jose state and use san fernando as an alternate. it takes you in between the two major areas of activity. the rest of the bay a smooth drive. slow but recovering toward the san mateo bridge after an earlier crash and move out of your screen your traffic all over the bay, the drive from san francisco down to facebook and

palo alto, menlo park area is just fine right now. it's under an hour, but it starts building right now through the peak between 8:30 and 9:30 our partners at waze are predicting that will be the max period of drive right here through this portion of 101. right now looks great, kari. >> and that storm is coming in, in time for people to be hitting the road, mike, we are going to see this having a big impact on travel today. we're seeing it quickly moving into the far northwestern corner of the state and producing some snow, in some of the upper elevations. it's going to do the same as it approaches some of our interior mountains farther to the north. we've got storm ranger on it, and it's going to be tracking this storm throughout the day. it's the red scan that you're seeing right there south of san francisco, and you can also track it as well on your smartphone, get the nbc bay area app. we're going to start to see the showers approaching the north bay and santa rosa right at about noon and then making its way into san francisco and oakland by early afternoon,

quickly spreading into the tri-valley as well as the peninsu peninsula, to the south bay later on today. where we see the bright red that shows the most intense rain and there is going to be a squall line rolling on through with some high winds, some heavy rain, right at about 6:00 to 7:00, so that's going to be main commute time and shortly thereafter, as we see some really heavy rainomafter that, up, becomes more scattered and we will in some of these cells still see the potential that we could see some heavy rain, some thunder and lightning, maybe even some hail and throughout the day tomorrow, we'll see some snow on some of our mountain peaks for mt. hamilton to mt. diablo and the snow continues around mt. st. helena and farther to the north. we'll see unsettled weather headed into wednesday night and moving out by thanksgiving day. we're looking at the potential of getting anywhere from three-quarters of an inch of rain in parts of the east bay up to over an inch of rain for the north bay, san francisco and down to the south bay, and it's

also going to be really windy. let me show you this wind forecast going into this afternoon, we start to see the bright colors in the north bay, and check out those wind speeds, gusts up to 51 miles per hour, we're going t s that movings ha really gusty winds, so make sure everything is strapped down and ready for this very windy storm. going into today,ternoon, that arrives, temperatures are going to be very chilly, and we're going to see the break on thursday, thanksg gcomes in, late on saturday, ino sunday, but we've got a lot to get through here and it's going to be very cool over the next several days. >> you know, we're anticipating the frame we know we need it so much, the rain. talk about the long range forecast. people always talk about el nino, la nina. what are we facing? >> that usually gives us an indication how this winter will shape up. right now it's neutral so it doesn't give us a hint either

way. let's talk about it, the climate prediction center put out their forecast for temperature as well as precipitation from now through february, and it shows that we're going to have above average temperatures for much of the country, including california, the bay area. in terms of rain we're going to see well below average rainfall, and we know that even right now, in santa rosa, we need nearly six inches of rain to catch up to normal and it looks like unfortunately going throughout the winter, that may continue with a lack of rainfall. let's talk about el nino, because once again it does give us an indication o pacific and the trade winds that carry the normal than water surface water to the west. me activ in the jet stream rt in those warm equatorial pacific waters roll closer to the bay area and the last major el nino we had we can see the warm water temperatures near the equator, that was back in 2015, and before that, we had a strong one

in 1997, so here is what we're expecting this year. unfortunately without an el nino, without a la nina, we are not going to see a hint either way but once again with el nino, we see wetter than normal conditions for the bay area, and so at this point, it looks like for the next three months, we can expect below normal rainfall. i'll be tracking it all for you storm by storm, make sure you keep checking in and of course another update on this storm coming uhm in a few minutes. >> all right, sounds good. thanks, kari. 6:53 right now. happening now, down under firefighters and locals are seen celebrating rain as it brings much needed relief to tinder dry australia. people were dancing in the rain near new south wales up the coast from sydney. some 80 fires have burned for more than two weeks there. and next a quick look at top stories including overnight an earthquake, a big one rattling europe leading to deaths and many collapsed buildings. this morning, new video in to our newsroom as frantic rescue

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closed near seventh, eighth and ninth streets, it started about 3:00 this morning when officers approached a parked car. over a loud speaker this he callthey called for the person inside to get out, fired rubber bullets. police are not confirming if the person who was dead was inside that car. the santa clara street is remaining to be closed and it should be closed until about 10:00 this morning. breaking news overseas a strong earthquake collapsing buildings in albania. people there trapped inside. so far at least 14 people have died, and at least 600 are injured. that 6.4 quake was centered about 20 miles not of the country's capital and was felt along the albanian coast. so far, more than two dozen people have been pulled alive from collapsed buildings. numerous aftershocks are complicating the rescue efforts. this is video from nearby bosnia, showing the moment the quake hit. u see there the shaking and the birds flying away.

there were no immediate reports of damage in bosnia. developing this morning in southern california, a live look in santa barbara where hundreds of homes are evacuated from an out of control wildfire burning in the hills. this is a live camera they're trying to establish. look at the size of this fire before, burned more than 3,000 acres in the area around san marcos pass and painted cave. highway 154 is closed, and so far, no reports of any homes that have been destroyed, but people there spent a very nervous night hoping the conditions would improve. the problem is that strong winds there are fanning those flames. the first significant rainfall of the season is headed our way, in parts of the bay area, could see hail, thunderstorms, and road closures. drivers we spoke with this morning say they plan to take it slow. >> i'm going really, really slow because it's not, i'm not accusing anybody of anything but obviously people haven't driven

in the rain for a while, they get tired and drift in their head so it's your job to be defensive and very self-aware of not only your behavior but everybody else's. get slick.ice. local public works crews in the north bay are cleaning out debris and have teams ready to respond starting this afternoon. going to be a big one. >> we're going to see some gusty winds and all of that starts to move in late this morning in the north bay, spreaded southward going into the afternoon. we'll have more updates throughout the day on that. >> and last look at traffic? >> the morning commute is lighter but a burst of traffic flooding toward the san mateo bridge, the crash cleared near the toll plaza. better news but not if you're on the bridge, it's slower. >> another local news update in half an hour at 7:25. >> our midday newscast at 11:00. have a great morning. thanksgiving threat, snow, rain, dangerous conditions sweeping

across the country just in time to snarl travel during the busiest week of the year the fate of those world famous balloons for the parade hanging in the balance al has the latest on that, airport delays and your holiday forecast. showdown, a federal judge orders former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify before congress. the trump administration vowing to fight back as house democrats are even closer to releasing their impeachment report we're live at the white house. breaking overnight, a deadly earthquake rocks albania, killing at least 14 people, injuring hundreds more buildings collapsed and