his defense. first annum march in san francisco, a little more spirited this year after an historic move by president trump. the news starts right now. good afternoon. i'm terry mcsweeney. thanks for joining us at 4:30. thousands of people turned out for the walk in san francisco but also showing support for president trump. tom has the story. tom? >> reporter: a lot of people coming out, very enthusiastic after the president's comments at the walk for life rally in the nation's capital yesterday fueling many of the footsteps yesterday. organizers of the march yesterday say most of the advocates were highly energized even before the president's speech. anti-abortion advocates packed san francisco's streets.

>> pro life, you and me. m generations of them who say their museum has never been stronger and more youthful. >> this crowd is mostly young people. they call themselves the pro life generation. >> many enthusiastic about president trump who bake the first president ever to speak in a match or live rally. the historic appearance happened yesterday. . >> unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the wous. >> organizers also preaching his judicial nomineeses filling two seats with what they believe could be anti-abortion chances and a chance to overturn row versus wade, the case that legalized abortion. >> we all agree abortion is a bad idea. oakland as fans celebrated if we have people who are well reasoned on the court, we trust today. as hosted their fanfest this

that they're going to see it that way, too. >> ralliers also hoping that row afternoon at jack london square. fans got to meet players and coaches. v wade will soon be overturned. >> i feel like as a die hard fan >> we're hoping. i have an obligation to be here. >> what we know about life today i almost want to meet my favorite players. and all the things that we know >> the as home opener, match that are happening inutero, the against the twins. it's a niner's tradition at row v wade would not pass today. levi's stadium. >> reporter: meanwhile, the head of an abortion rights group, pro did team will feel good in miami. choice america, had sounded off you see that saloon font in the on twitter saying she believes end zone. that the president's comments at for the niners. the rally were aimed at general manager john lynch is diverting attention away from asking about lineups at stars the senate impeachment trial. and stripes drive at the amtrak tom jenson, nbc bay area news. station 10:15 tomorrow morphing >> thank you. to see the team off for miami. major decision draws backlash from the san francisco police sourdough some posted this department. video. he's ready to fly to miami with the new district attorney is the finers. he's only going to bring

working on the case. pompons, a boom box, a drum and sam, don't forgot -- he's got videos peer to show jamaica tickets. hampton hitting an officer with i was worried about that. that could be the worst thing of all time. a bottle before being chasd and shot. all dressed up. number one they're investigating the two officers who shot him. the san francisco police officers association is blasting the decision. the statement reads in part -- show, sunday night football, only on nbc. much more on this story coming up tonight at 8:00 after hockey. ♪ we just received an update on ♪ welcome to downtown st. louis where the celebration of that cement truck that hockey continues this weekend at overturned in marin county the home of the defending between taylor state part and stanley cup champion blues. the most talented players in the the town of alima. world are on hand to showcase their skills and bring fans out the chp says backups minimized, mvps patrick kane and connor mcdavid are here as is all lanes open. looking at san francisco and san the league's leading goal scorer jose, you can see clouds are there. rain's not far behind. david pastrnak

let's check to see when it's going to get here. rob. >> it's the san francisco we're going to look at again. we're seeing rain over there towards ma rib and sonoma coin our storm ranger mobile doppler radar shows you those areas of rain picking up moving off to the south and east at about 15 miles per hour. this is going to be the trend of the evening, how most of the hours are going to set up for the central bay and the north bay over the next 24 hours. this line of clouds will bring us a better chance of seeing rain kbroercht tonight. few of us will pick up a half inch of rain. that is a steady soaking. numbers will drop off rapidly by the time you get into san jose totals factoring into your

sunday plans. we'll have the forecast coming up in about 12 minutes from now. >> downlot our free nbc bay area app. get breaking news and weather sent straight to your phone. a man considered armed and dangerous is on the run in the east bay this man, 29-year-old alexander mcgee is wanted in connection with a deadly hit and run last week. do not approach him. call 911. he was seen attacking a woman in a car. he drove off, drove on to the sidewalk and hit and killed a 58-year-old woman. he said he knows he's wanted and has been nope to fight police. >> in san francisco, a chp spotted this van on the embarcadero. pursued the van on to 280.

at the off ramp the driver hit the guardrail, rolled over. he tased the suspect and arrested him. cleepg chemicals are believed to be responsible for about 20 people complaining about irritation in their eyes and throats. two people were taken to the hospital. live look at capitol hill. they say he did nothing wrong when he asked ukraine's leader to investigate joe biden. here's more from washington. >> sir, to begin -- >> reporter: the stage belonged to president trump's lawyers to defend commander in chief. >> you will find that the president did absolutely nothing wrong. >> house managers have argued

the president abused his power by requesting zelenskiy to investigate joe biden. the president's defenders say there was no quid pro quo. >> he said he felt no pressure. we know better. >> they say they ignored information from a key person on the phone call, lieutenant general keith kellogg. >> i had and have no concerns. >> they're asking you to remove president trump from the ballot. >> democrats say the white house is ignoringteam >> there are gaping majity leah mcdonnal is still not saying if witnesses will be call. >> it's proved to us that we can only grapple with the facts in this case if we get witnesses and duty.

>> praising the defense and confident the president will be acquitted. president trump was not happy. his team began his case on a saturday morning calling it death valley and tv. this was just a sneak bre view and they'll continue their defense on monday. >> as we did all week, we'll have another newscast about the impeople trial. we'll they're from more conservative voices. senator elizabeth warren is beefing up for bay area president this weekend. her campaign is opening a new office here tomorrow. she won't be there. the office is in the mission district. the launch is set for 17k in the afternoon. the drastic new measures china is taking to prevent spread of

the corona virus. others are in europe, australia and the u.s. in wu hahn, 11 million people are effectively quarantined. hong kong closed schools for two weeks as well as blocking flights and trains. in many places new year's celebrations are cans fld. here in the u.s., two cases confirmed, one in washington, another one in illinois. it's been closely watched. >> we're working to compare for the expected, the unexpected and the unimaginable. >> here in the bay area there are no confirmed cases. county leaders say they're monitoring the situation closely. >> chinese celebrations in china are few and far between. today is the lunar new year. and city leaders had a special

celebration. the chamber of commerce putting on a weekend long event. there's activities, food, music, much more at the opening ceremony. they recognize the 40-year relationship with hang high. >> a relationship of friendship, one of economic growth and development. this year to commemorate that 40-year anniversary, we will actually celebrate with the chinese new year parade with an incredible float. >> go toports mother square on port street in san francisco. the parade is set for february 8th. >> coming up, the plane that took its maiden flight today. and the niners heading to miami for super bowl 5 iv. >> right now you see cloudy

skies. looks like it wants to rain. the radar agrees with that. how much will stick around for sunday? when we come right back.

the excitement just keeps building, just eight more days until super bowl liv. as some fans were able to check it out. >> the 49ers will leave the south bay for south beach tomorrow. today linebacker fred warner did a little meet and greet. this is an entrance. check that out. fans high-fiving the leading tacklers as you arrived in sun va veil. >> that's how you enter the newsroom. >> he fiekts of fans who are excited they're back in the super bowl. >> he signed the super bowl.

we've be waiting 25 years. we're cheering our team on. we're faithful, we're a faith family. >> these guys show so muff thereof me, so the team, try to give back a little bit. >> the guy ready to take a selfie and it didn't work. o! >> the niners will leave summed for miami to begin their final week of preparations for super bowl liv against the cheese. antoine golden receiving a special delivery node miami. why the niners are going to south beach for the lombardi trophy. check this out. he has to sign for the packag p before holding one of the most recognizable trophies in all of sports. bolden won a super bowl when he played for the rain, so he knows

what it's like to hold it. who's he picking to win? >> playing in san francisco for three years, i would love to see them bring home the sixth championship. i would also love to see anticipated reid win it. he's a great coach and he's went about it the right way and deserves to win it. but i think i'm overboard san francisco 49ers. >> did he say that? >> 54%. >> three seasons with the niners. he was a mechanical of the ravens team that beat the niners in super bowl 47. let forget about that. the fun really begins as they kick off super bowl week in miami. should be a lot of fun. >> when you heading down? >> tomorrow. >> you going tomorrow. >> we'll be there after the 49ers but we'll be there all week. >> yeah. >> on the board. >> yeah, please.

>> there is some work to be done. >> i had to shop for sup block today. >> anthony flores, sheryl herd will be there, a supporting cast of thousands -- maybe not thousands. they're going to be covering the 49ers. we have extensive niners coverage and on our free nbc bay area map. the next installment of bay area revelations profiles female sports icons from the bay area. natalie coughland had 12 medal. she won every swimming event that she entered. she said the critical moment kale after she failed to make the 2000 team. >> missling that olympic team made me want to win multiple

medals. it made me want to prove myself at a higher level because i missed it. >> she did that. >> female sports icons tonight at 10:00 right here on nbc bay area. >> an open skater made history in greenspanboro, north carolina, this weekend. 14, 14-year-old el lirvegs sa liu overcame a short program deficit to rocket path her competition. she's the first female to land a squad rauple of open ice centervisly that's in oakland. map! outrageous. we're looking outside. doesn't look threatening, you be i guess the rain's coming. >> depending on where you are. in san jose partly cloudy skies and i think the makings of a

good sunset taking shape. right now, high-level clouds, that's the view. we had 66 degrees for a high most of the bay area that reached the mid to upper 60s. that's about 10 degrees above average for temp. there you go. a few more clouds in emoriville. we'll likely sigh more showers here. there you see some rain lurking to the northwest of san francisco currently a mild 64 degrees. we'll have some rain at tiles tomorrow morning. for sunday most of the rain that falls will be right before sunrise and then we transition to a dryer and slightly breezy forecast for the afternoon. s the 60s but maybe not as low as we saw today. 59 in oakland and 60s near santa rosa. doppler radar showing you rain across sonoma county.

it will be the place that gets the most rain over the next 24 hours. the real main event is still a bit farther off shore. i'd that patch of cloud right there with these little two waves of showers coming in. did one we're seeing for the evening and another arriving after midnight. you probably want an umbrella for both of the area. we see around 8:00 to o 10:00, the showers pass by the east bay. then approaching midnight things ease up a little bit. from 3:00 to just around sunrise, you can see the showers po passing through san jose. notice what happens for the afternoon. up like today where we're seeing increasing clouds during the day, tomorrow we'll see decreasing clouds headed towards sunset. rainfall projections, south of san francisco expecting a tenth of an ichbl or less but we could close in on close to a third of

an inch in the way. the main event will be in the north bay. close to 26,000 feet, wind and snow at times. about four to six inches across the higher ter ain. after the weekend showers, that may be the last of the rain we see for a while. it's not that much. mostly for the north bay on tuesday morning. high pressure building in. i'd possible late next week we could see temperatures in the 70s. so things are starting to dry out. in fact, the ten-day look out for rainfall goes way below average for this kind of year. we'll be there on tuesday. notice the trend in the seven doi forward. we have a few showers to start the day. we should see clearing. we finish the weekend on a one chance of showers monday through tuesday. that's about it. especially by friday i think

we'll get in the 70s. this is supposed to be the wettest time of year, so it's a mixed plessing. we really could use the rain and snow that we're missing in the seven-day forecast. >> we can come back in february, right? >> yeah. >> up next, historic memorabilia going on the auction block and former governor jerry brown has questions tied to president john kennedy. tom steyer: no child should have to worry

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the victory for boeing today amid major problems. the 777 x has completed its maiden flight. it took off from everett washington and landed at seattle's boeing field about four hours later. flights were posted tuesday and yesterday. the process promises to receive more scrutiny after the two crashes of the 37 max which killed 346 people combined. those planes grounded since match. if you kmoo nut the north bay they're putting money back into your pay. share your lyft ride with somebody else. the transit will pay $5 of that

fare. they say it's been a popular way for passengers to get there without driving their own car. >> he wants to know who's selling private letters and other actuals that had belonged to ed monday g "pat" brown when he was govern, being auctioned by sothebys. jerry brown was not consulted or informed of the sales of his father's belongings. he believes the actuals should he side at uc berkeley. >> crews recovers bodies in australia when their c 130 herk lead thanker crashed after a retardant drop. it helped fight bay area fires.

none of the men were from california. new video out of turkey tonight, rescuers keep pulling people out of rubble. they pulled this five-year-old girl out of a collapsed home today. she nor her mohr were hurt. it's killed 29. some 460 after shocks have hit since that initial quake. coming up, the players are not the only ones hitting the road for the super bowl. how about sour doe sal? what's he doing to get ready? when we cull back.