i'm laura garcia. >> i'm krz kris sanchez. mike will be tracking the rolls. kari, when will that be? >> we'll see rain later this afternoon but the wide view of all of those storms lined up out there in the pacific and as we mentioned one, two, three storms is on the way and we're not looking at really strong storms, but they will each bring in beneficial rain to the region. this one starts out with light spotty sprinkles for the north bay and heavier later on this afternoon as it moves into the north bay by about 1:00 to 2:00 today. we'll talk more about this and what's ahead in the forecast coming up. mike, how is it looking heading to work? >> overall things are moving smoothly, but heading to work from the peninsula towards san francisco look at this some slowing for a crash that happened recently over there in northbound 101 approaching oyster point.

the block is making it slow for most lanes prior to that interchange. san francisco, a smooth flow of traffic from the city from the bay bridge toll plaza a little slowing on the sensors and the toll plaza traffic builds up a bit, most of the slowing on the incline. back to you. >> thanks so much. we begin at the nation's capitol, it is day three of donald trump's impeachment trial. house managers say trump strategically lit the fire that started the insurrection. susan joins us live in washington. never before seen video yesterday and what should we expect today? >> that's right, laura. we expect more video to be shown today. yesterday was an emotional day for senators who witnessed the actual insurrection here at the capitol january 6th after all of this video, eight hours of testimony yesterday, they in a way lived through it again. >> house managers prosecuting

donald trump continue presenting their case today after showing dramatic video wednesday of the january 6th insurrection not before seen publicly. the video rekindling memories of the horror for senators and the nation. >> i'm angry, i'm disturbed, i'm sad. >> they came, draped in trump's flag and used our flag, the american flag, to batter and to bludgeon. >> reporter: house managers detailed donald trump's efforts to overturn the election. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: alleging the riot was far more choreographed than it appeared. >> there was method in the madness that day. >> they believed that they were following his orders. they said so. >> we were invited by the president of the united states.

>> reporter: impeachment managers telling of a commander in chief who after egging on the mob watched the violence unfold with glee. >> president donald j. trump ran out of nonviolent options to maintain power. >> reporter: some republican senators noted they were not impressed. >> there weren't a lot of surprises. we were all here. >> reporter: the trump legal team takes the floor tomorrow and will continue to argue the president's words are protected free speech and he never intended to provoke the attack. and the defense is not expected to use up all 16 hours that it has allotted to it to lay out its case, figuring that an acquittal of donald trump is a foregone conclusion. back to you. >> dramatic days. thank you very much, susan. of course, see it all play out stay with nbc bay area for coverage on the trial. nbc news will air a special report when today's hearing begins and we will stream it on our app. it is scheduled to start at 9:00

a.m. it is 6:03. new this morning those who lost a loved one due to covid-19 can get help with funeral expenses. barbara lee says families can receive up to $7,000. the money is coming from fema. funds will be retroactive through the start of the pandemic. this is part of the covid relief bill passed in december. by now you've probably heard about another covid variant coming from another place. this one identified first in south africa and has now arrived in the bay area. stanford labs discovered one case in alameda and santa clara counties. each involve international travelers who quarantined when they returned. so far there's no evidence the variant is more deadly but it has to be said to be more resistant to the vaccines already approved. coming up in the next half hour a closer look at covid-19 travel restrictions under the biden administration. and find out who can get the

vaccine and when, finding that out is tough because the guidelines are constantly changing. nbc news and our parent company nbc comcast universal is trying to make that easier launching plan your vaccine.com called a one-stop shop getting you all of the information on when, where and how to sign up to get the covid vaccine in your area. you can reach out and make appointments for relatives who live in other states. the robin boods trading app getting all sorts of attention as everyday investors take on wall street elite but now the menlo park company faces a lawsuit from a midwest family that suffered a personal tragedy. suicide. "today in the bay" susan katsuda is live at headquarters to explain the legal action and how the company is responding to the sad story. sharon? >> it is a sad story, kris. the company says it is, quote, devastated by the man's death.

the family of alex out of chicago claims the 20-year-old last saw last year saw negative ambulance balance of $730,000 in his trading company and believed that was the sum of money he owed. the family says kearns tried to reach robinhood to clarify what he saw but could not get through to the company. he took his life after leaving a note expressing confusion over the financial loss. >> i realized that someone that i love opened up his screen that has a user interface that presented them with their perception of an obligation that didn't even exist. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] targets young investors without them understanding the risk. robinhood executives are expected to testify before a house panel on exploiting trading turmoil in gamestop corporation and related stocks. in a statement robinhood says in

part we, quote, changed our protocol to escalate customers who e-mail us for help with exercise and early assignment and we remain committed to making robinhood a place to learn and invest responsibly. the company says it has added live voice sup for its customers. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> a terrible way to learn something about an app like that. a reminder if you know someone who is struggling because of any reason there is help available 24/7. the number on your screen 1-800-273-8255 is open any time. if you know somebody that's struggling and you want to call on their behalf you can chat with a counselor online at suicide prevention lifeline.org. cleanup efforts will resume this morning in san francisco bay where about 600 gallons of oil spilled this week. an underline pipe released fuel

over about two hours on tuesday. so far authorities say there's been no sign of impact to wildlife. more people are taking a stand to stop the violence against oakland's asian american community. one group of volunteers is patrolling chinatown. video from one attack shows a 19-year-old man shoved to the ground. the violence is sparking anger even drawing the attention of hollywood actors like daniel wu and daniel dae kim. they put up a $25,000 reward for information to help police find those responsible. one man is now in custody tied to at least three cases. >> the whole neighborhood is under siege. people beat you up, beat rob you every day. at least 10 to 15 cases just within a few blocks here. >> also concerning, friday's lunar new year. it's normally a time when families give each other money and some fear that they may

become victims while they're using their atm. you have to be on high alert. developing right now former stanford employee accused of stealing hundreds of university laptops. prosecutors say eric sold hundreds of stolen laptops over three years costing the school around $2 million. his sister also worked at stanford. they say she would buy the computers and her brother resold them along with an accomplice. prosecutors say for now only casnayda has been charged. switch gears right now. there's rain coming our way. we've had a few days off, but we certainly need it by this afternoon, should we all be feeling it? >> yes. i think so. i'm going to get my plants ready for the rain that will be coming in later today. we have a couple spotty light sprinkles for the north bay, we're starting out the morning with storm ranger tracking where we are seeing that rain. it's mostly been over some of the hills in the north bay so

we'll also see some of the valley fog to start out. as you head out for your morning commute in parts of the south bay rain not until later. we'll time it out for all of our microclimates coming up. how is it looking for the commute across the bay area? >> i have technically breaking news in the traffic center, technically because let's look at the map. we have slowing and the issue north bay 101, the crash and the overturned vehicle heading just past oyster point boulevard. it's been called a traffic alert by chp but the slowing started to clear north of sfo. i'm going to leave that as an alert for you but note the slowing has cleared there. the rest of the bay moves slowly and bay bridge toll plaza moving so is freemont, more traffic into the south bay. back to you. >> thank you. coming up next, scott mcgrew facebook making promises again. >> again. boy, they make a lot of them. they're saying maybe fewer political posts after their

contributions with the problem at the capitol, and maybe more baby pictures. turns out that the fed says the economy is not doing very well and investors like that. we'll explain why coming up. plus, people have been asking where are the beloved swans at san francisco's pal his of fine arts? we've got the answer and tell you next. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:13, it's time for the tahoe report heading to squall valley and alpine meadows for the weekend today a wintry mix changing to snow. travel a good travel day but snow coming down on saturday and a lot of those trails and runs open for the weekend? we'll talk about how much snow we may see there and how much rain we'll get here in the bay area coming up in a few minutes. good morning. very happy thursday to you as well. facebook would like its users to see fewer political posts and maybe more baby pictures instead. facebook will start experimenting with slowing down the distribution of political posts in brazil and canada and then bring the idea here. of course the question becomes what is a political post. is sharing an article about somebody who stormed the capitol a political post? probably. is an article about raising money for the officer killed at the capitol political? those are hard questions

facebook is going to have to answer. twitter says it will ban donald trump forever even if he's running for president next cycle and wins and is president for four more years. a commentator on nbc yesterday pointed out if trump had twitter right now he would probably be hurting his own impeachment case live tweeting it. >> hid in the inside and emergency escorted away because of fear. >> that's one of the video clips played by the house prosecutors at the second day of the trump trial. they got it from parler. parler doesn't exist anymore but computer users were able to download parler's database of content and user information. parler left it exposed and that's been a treasure trove for house impeachment managers who have an unfettered look inside all of those parler conversations even the private ones. 793,000 americans told the

government they needed unemployment benefits after losing their jobs last week, more than expected. the head of the fed jerome powell warns the economy faces months of difficulty ahead pushing stock prices higher because investors expect the fed's interest rates to remain low. low rates, more money in the system. and best buy says it will cut jobs perhaps cut the number of stores as well. now the thing is sales at best buy are up a lot, but people in the pandemic are not doing what you're seeing in the video. they're buying tvs, video game consoles and freezers, sure, but getting them delivered and doing it online, having it shipped or picking it up curbside and for that you need fewer employees. >> yeah. what a -- >> check out my -- but i don't need to look. thanks. >> thank you very much. let's check in with marcus washington right now.

>> marcus, the boss facing a lot of fallout this morning. >> yeah, absolutely. we are hearing that bruce springsteen was arrested in november for driving while intoxicated in new jersey. and because of that the automaker jeep is responding with that news. they're pulling what was a really popular commercial during the super bowl that commercial is now being pulled from airwaves staring the rock legend. according to a spokesperson for national park service springsteen was arrested in november and gateway national recreation area known as sandy hook and there has been no comment from springsteen's reps. social media has called gina karano to lose her role in man da loran. lucas film cut tice after she posted messages. the company called the messages unacceptable. nbc news has reached out for comment. and

popular "new york times" documentary raised new concerns over the pop star's well being. brittney's father james spears has been her conservator since 2008 and grants him control to manage her financial, legal and social affairs, however that could change today depending on what plays out in court. rihanna's clothing line brand fenty is currently being put on hold. the label debuting two years ago through french company lvmh behind brands like louis vuitton and dior, but don't think the singer is sending out an s.o.s. they plan to focus on her other interests cosmetics and cologne and lingerie just in time for valentine's day, of course. >> i just want a heart shaped [ inaudible ]. thanks, marcus. new this morning, you may

notice something missing the next time you're at san francisco's palace of fine arts. two of the resident swans are being taken care of at the zoo. palace workers posted this photo to twitter yesterday. care takers noticed blanch, the 25-year-old white footed polish mute swan was having problems a few weeks ago. her companion a 14-year-old swan named blue boy joined her at the zoo on tuesday as a precaution and maybe to provide comfort. wow. who knew blanch was a cougar with blue boy. >> hello. >> oh, my goodness. let's talk to kari. good morning, kari. >> good morning. we're starting out with some clouds and we're getting ready for some rain. that's set to move in later today. right now tracking spotty light showers starting to move in.

home schooling in petaluma and looking for those opportunities to get outside, get out there early if you can in between the breaks with the virtual learning. later today, we'll see that rain coming in and it's basically going to be raining all throughout the evening. we'll first start to see the of heavier rain starting to roll late this even the rain will start to taper off from north to south. tomorrow looks good and we're going to take a break with sunshine in the forecast, saturday a new storm system comes in but it looks like this one continues to weaken so it may not really ruin your outdoor plans on saturday. the rain looks very spotty and is mostly throughout the morning for saturday afternoon. looks like we are also going to be in the clear. sunday is looking good too. now there will be a third storm system approaching on monday and that is what we could experience as we start out our morning

commute and a lot of people heading out the door. so in all wear looking at rainfall totals over the next couple days up to about a half inch, maybe a little bit higher for parts of the north bay while ill see some decent amounts of snow up to at least a foot of snow. as we are looking at our climate in crisis we've been looking out for ways to reduce your carbon footprint. throw it over to vianey arana with her climate hacks. >> we started vianey climate hacks for around the hacksp today may help you declutter your house. let's take a look at what i'm talking about. paper bills. the stacks of paper bills lying around your house, the average american household throws away 13,000 pieces of mail per year. that's a lot of paper. what can you do in the easiest

swap is the eknow if ication online through texts and e-mail notifications instead of a physical piece of mail. a lot of companies offer now, and it's easy to sign up and some offer perks for it and if you do that, one person just one person, can save seven pounds of paper from being printed in the first place by making that one simple switch from paper bills to enotification. it's a simple switch and i have more climate hacks at nbc vianey and nbc bay area climate in crisis, a swap to your toothbrush, paper trash bags, single use plastic we're trying to get rid of that and trying to have more eco-friendly reusable items that you can do right at home which is where i shop most of my segments which is cool to see. follow me at nbc vianey arana or on facebook, tiktok, so i will see you online.

but for now send things over to mike because he has breaking news. >> that's right. vianey, we'll take you for an overall look seems fine but we have the breaking news for the chp alert on the peninsula. northbound 101 where we continue to have an issue as you're approaching north of sfo. it's oyster point boulevard where we will have this one lane blocked but the overturned crash is a concern for the chp. no major injuries or slowing. a car fire to the north as you're approaching the 280 interchange and the bay bridge toll plaza did see a backup. you see folks waiting off the 880 overcrossing. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> consumers spend a small or not so small fortune on flowers every valentine's day. we want you to make sure you get what your heart and wallet desires. i'm chris chmura. some advice next.

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right now at 6:30, in a matter of hours house managers back at it in day three of the trump impeachment trial. they're laying out their case with never before seen images of the january 6th riot. our coverage continues next. back home, california passes another milestone in the covid pandemic and some parts of the state now running out of vaccines. we have live team coverage coming up next. here we go again, rain moving back into the bay area. and this is just the start.

more storms are knocking at our door. meteorologist kari hall's forecast in just seconds. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. >> thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in a moment. he's got a look at that traffic out there this morning. but kari, i think i have to walk my dog this morning because by this afternoon he won't want to go out. >> nope. you've got it, laura. we're going to see the rain coming in later today although as we take a look the at the approach of this system we're starting to see spotty light rain. such a cool shot of storm ranger right. this is what it's picking up on. we are seeing some of the rain, spotty showers moving into the north bay. as we get a closer look turn on the windshield wipers on your way to work in spots. we'll track this with >> looks like you should be on

time except for the peninsula where we're looking at the continued alert of the breaking news here, north 101 towards oyster point boulevard the overturned crash still has a backup. the backup at the toll plaza, the map shows you slowing approaching that portion of north 101 from sfo past oyster point. the good news no one was in the overturned vehicle. minor injuries on the scene. back to you. thank you very much. on capitol hill house impeachment managers are building the case donald trump incited an insurrection. they're expected to wrap up that case today and trump's defense will follow. yesterday senators clearly rattled by some of the graphic evidence detailing what happened on january 6th. many believe donald trump will still be acquitted in the end because democratic senators won't have the votes from republicans. coming up in less than 15 minutes, we'll check in with scott mcgrew bringing his

analysis on the trial. california is showing more signs of progress in fighting the pandemic. cases are down, but more thanh . approaching 3.5 million. but new covid concerns are popping up here in the bay area regarding the vaccine crunch and the new covid variants. let's start with bob redell live outside levi stadium the mass vaccination site. bob, any indication we might run out of doses here as we're getting started? >> so far no indication of that as you were mentioning, kris. levi stadium behind me in santa clara started administering a thousand doses a day. last week mess coney center became a mass vaccination site and the oakland coliseum will become one as well. los angeles is temporarily shutting down dodger stadium and

four other mass vaccination sites because it's expected to exhaust supply of the moderna vaccine today. mayor eric garcetti said l.a. only received 16,000 new doses this week, 3,000 more than it uses in a typical day but the state of california set to receive another 622,000 doses next week. that's 29,000 more shots than we received this week. so far, as you can see on your tv screen, california has administered nearly 5 million doses. that's about 65% of our allotment. cvs pharmacy was supposed to start its mass vaccination program today but that got pushed back to tomorrow. at 100 locations throughout the state including at least three here in the bay area namely sunnyvale, sf and sonoma. the rollout for california pharmacies is limited to 82,000 doses. the goal for cvs long term is 20 million to 25 million shots a

month. those vaccinations by the way are appointment only. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." now that bay area has two confirmed cases of the covid variant first identified in south africa a watchful eye on sfo where travellers are coming in from international locations. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live to explain how researchers connected the dots to those travelers. good morning, cierra. >> they were able to connect the dots and pin it to international travel how the variant was able to make its way to the bay area. one of those individuals traveled as recently as mid-january. they had been quarantined and still fell ill. health officials were able to confirm the two cases of that specific variant, one out of the santa clara county and the other out of alameda county. according to dr. moss, alameda health officer some counties like alameda are working to

improve how they monitor for that variant. dr. moss says his county is expected to start receiving reports from labs detecting variants of the virus in the coming weeks and as the strain first identified in south africa is identified in the bay researchers are looking out for other variants including strains first identified in the uk and brazil. the question across the united states right now, how effective are those available vaccines across the various strains? dr. anthony fauci spoke on the "today" show with savannah guthrie about the variant. >> the sobering news it does spread more rapidly. we know that from the uk experience. the uplifting news is that the vaccines that we now have, the moderna and the pfizer and very likely the ones that will be coming on-line soon, seem to do well against this uk variant. >> reporter: dr. fauci said the

next step to slow the spread of the variants will be stepping up public health missions of things like masking and physical distancing combing with vaccinations, those two steps should be able to slow the variants. it is important to note that the cdc is doing two main things to help slow the spread through travel. the first is requiring folks coming to the united states from international countries to provide a documentation that they are negative. that would take them within three days of travel. the other is listing all of the countries that are high risk for covid and its variants that can be found on the cdc website. it is important to remain vigilant in the midst of the vaccines because some of the variants are making their way to the bay area. live in front of sfo, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. mane californians this morning wondering if gavin newsom will deliver on what he calls a $6 billion early action package for school reopenings.

he suggested an announcement could come as soon tomorrow. some bay area school districts are stuck with their unions unwilling to agree on reopening classrooms without vaccinations. the issue has come up for schools including those in san francisco and berkeley. other districts say they're waiting for more guidance from the state. renters struggling to make it in the bay will be receiving a boost from the county. san mateo county supervisors setting aside nearly 47 million dollars in rental assistance for tenants and landlords impacted by the pandemic. supervisors say for assistance over the past year, five times normal rate there's no timetable for distributing that money. marcus washington back with a look at the new way to help you figure out your vaccine journey. >> we're going to tackle that question when will i be able to get that vaccine. there is a new way to get information out to you to get alert on changes hopefully

cutting down on stress. i'm going to talk about that coming up in just a bit. for our special bay area black history month series we honor musician singer and songwriter jimi hendrix. hendrix lived in san francisco during the 1960s. his apartment in the district is a tourist destination known as the hendricks house. among his many career accomplishments the musician headlined the famous woodstock festival in 1969. his band the jimi hendrix experience was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1992. "rolling stone" magazine ranked the band's three albums as among the 100 greatest albums of all time. we remember the sounds, life and legacy of jimi hendrix. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:42, if you're planning to head to the sierra this weekend, here's a look at your tahoe report. it's going to be a wintery mix with some rain and snow but clearing out tomorrow. we'll see more snow in the forecast heading into saturday and we are going to also get some much needed additional snowfall on top of the 86 inches you have in the upper mountains. we'll talk about how much rain is headed to the bay area coming up in a few minutes. >> a lot of folks headed to the

bay bridge. the backup. the metering lights on the left for 20 minutes, backup formed off the berkeley curve as well. continue to follow the breaking news the crash on the peninsula north of sfo we'll have more on that coming up. >> thanks so much. 6:42. on the first day of the impeachment trial house managers shouds showed some pretty graphic video that horrified much of the american public. >> on day two video reminded the folks inside that building of how close they came to harm. scott mcgrew, that must have been rough to watch for them. >> oh, i'm sure it was. for the people who had lived through it. you saw the strategy change both of you are talking about. tuesday reminding us how bad it was. wednesday, reminding the senators who will deliver donald trump's verdict how bad it was. an extraordinarily well done and well organized presentation was put together by virgin island stacy massket showing lawmakers

new video of the january 6th attack. you've seen this video but house managers showed this, new security footage from inside as the invader reached the windost secret service as the attackers headed his way and escaped with moments to spare. we heard again as the trump supporters called for pence to be executed. >> trump suppers had erected agallos on the lawn front of the capitol building. is another group of rioters chanted "hang mike pence" as they stood in the open door of the capitol building. you can hear the security alarm through the door in the background and you can hear the mob calling for the deaths of the vice president of the united states.

>> this is the first time we and the public have seen just how close the attackers came to reaching america's leadership. members of congress know full well, but we were reminded by that video. >> i'm angry, i'm disturbed, i'm sad. as you say, we're reliving this. we lived it once and that was awful. and we're now reliving it as a more comprehensive timeline. >> house impeachment managers trying to show the attack was not about political party, it was one branch of the government, the executive, turning fces on another branch of the government the legislative. we saw for the first time body camera video from one of the capitol police officers as he was beaten. you can see a hockey stick fly up in the air and down on the officer. one ofcer died aer he was struck by a fire extinguisher and another suffered a heart attack after he was beaten with

a blue lives matter flag. in all of this reuters reports a significant number of what we might call traditional republicans, law and order, free trade, low deficits are thinking about forming their own center right political group led by some of the same leadership in the the bush and reagan presidencies. reuters says names under consideration including the integrity party and center right party if they form a faction, not a party, they may call themselves the center right republicans. we'll be watching everything and impeachment gets under way today with the secd half of the house impeachment manager's first initial arguments that begins later this morning. >> thank you very much. a larger number immigrant families are crossing the u.s./mexico border. also crossing the border hundreds of immigrant newly released from holding facilities. measures to control the virus have cut space in the facilities that got overwhelmed during a

surge of arrivals in 2018 and 2019. the border patrol this week reopened a large tent facility in south texas to house migrant families and children. president joe biden once again reaching out to california in order to fill his cabinet. the president has nominated julie su as his deputy labor secretary. she's been california's labor secretary since 2018 but her labor and workforce department has been under the microscope recently in connection with the massive unemployment fraud at the employment development department. the problems began long before su took over that department. this morning, we want to check in with "today in the bay" anchor marcus washington to talk about this new website that's up to help people navigate that daunting process of figuring out when you can get vaccinated and how to sign up, the works. it can be overwhelming for a lot of folks, marcus. >> it really can, laura.

for a lot of people finding out who is able to get the vaccine right now is still tough, but hopefully this will all help, you know, manage things and make it easier for a lot of people. this won't determine who will get the vaccine but when it is your turn it will help make things move smoothly. this is a partnership with nbc news and nbc comcast universal, the site launching today is called a one-stop shop. once on the site you will log into your location and information will determine when you will be eligible to get vaccine. >> it will lead you to where you can go, what sites you can go to and keep those updated which is more important so instead of you having to constantly go back it will notify you when changes have been made. these are important steps to make it easier because if it's easier you're more likely to get the vaccine. >> dr. torres says this is a great resource for a lot of people and hopefully make it easier for people to get the

vaccine putting us closer to vaccinating more people. also another feature on this website that is really great, you living here in california but you have loved ones in another state and you want to keep track of maybe when they will be able to get the vaccine that's possible through this website. it's located through all 50 states and what you can do is get the alerts on any changes or when they will be able to get that vaccine. you can help your family members who might need help navigating the internet to find the information. i'm going to probably do that for my parents as well, laura. >> it's really important to watch out for them as well or any elderly loved ones you may have. >> thanks, marcus. >> flipg for a win. the ucla women's gymnastics team at it again. the women had a comeback win against the byu gymnasts to win their meet yesterday and again, gymnasts nia dennis stole the show with a floor routine. so much pep. her music inspiration, someone

our own marcus washington loves. take a look. busts a move to janet jackson. >> she dance to janet jackson's songs doing moves to the rhythm nation video. they will try to keep their winning streaks and next two meets coming up next week. amazingly talented and entertaining to watch. >> we can't flip, but we bet he can do the dance moves. i would love to see them. >> fresh off winning the super bowl, tampa bay buccaneers still celebrating. players on boats rode around the hillsborough river. the fans gathered and cheering them on socially distanced sometimes, masks sometimes. the craziest part of the celebration is this, when tom brady decides to throw the lombardi trophy from his boat

into another boat as they're both moving. he tossed it to cameron brate and it's a good thing that at the tight end has good hands. bucs star devin white carrying the trophy on the field while riding a horse. s. >> i think they were tossing it around because they were tossing back maybe a few things in celebration earlier. >> i bet that is probably safe to say. >> it's a good thing no one spiked it after the reception, right. >> right. >> no kidding. >> talking about how sometimes we get these stanley cup and the world cup -- the world series trophy coming by for a photo on. we're not allowed to come within six inches of it. >> kari has a point, they won it. >> i'll shut up. >> when i win a super bowl i am

not going to do that. >> that's one of the trophies they might let you touch but that was a long ago. >> all right. the celebration for them still continues. we're celebrating the fact that we have rain headed our way and three storms that will be moving in and going to see them basically every other day here. none of them are really that strong and the first one starting to bring in light showers to parts of the north bay. we've been watching this approaching and storm ranger powered and ready to track it. you can look at what storm ranger is picking up on. if you have the nbc bay area app you will zoom into where you live and the north bay where we are starting to see green here on the map. you're dry from clover dale up towards petaluma as well as we're also seeing the rain extending up toward ukiah. 101 starting to get soggy but if you're wondering about the

pollen count having to take your allergy medication every day, moderate levels of cedar, ash, elm and pine and we should get some relief because the rain actually helps to wash some of that pollen out of the air. it basically pulls that pollen out of the air, brings it to the ground and breaks it apart into smaller pieces and not just floating through the air and making us sneeze, but we may see an increase in mold pollen. with all of that rain that's something we will be watching. the rain first starts to spread into the north bay over the next couple hours and then the rest of us seeing it through this afternoon. gets heavier later this evening but tomorrow we wake up to a clear sky and we're going to see some sunshine once again. we will have to keep the umbrella close by on saturday as we see the second storm system coming in with spotty rain. what's the update on the morning commute? >> kari, we still have the breaking news over on the peninsula. let's take you out to north 101

where we still have it's 101 just one lane b important part travel north of sfo. your slow lane is blocked and chp asking for an update on where the tow truck is trying to get a status. the backup the at the bay bridge, the only backup out of the east bay. in the south bay we see slowing 101 from about story road. live shot shows you north of 280 we are jammed up and a crash in the middle of 101 at oakland road. at least there's that beautiful sunrise for folks heading the opposite direction back to you. happening now, the president of the tokyo olympic organizing committee is reversing course and now stepping down following growing pressure over sexist remarks he made last week. what do you think he said? he stated when a board has a lot of female members, it requires

more time for meetings and he stay on board but he's gone. they will air on nbc bay area starting july 23rd. coming up next a quick look at our top stories including what we're just finding out about the fast moving covid variant now being found in two local counties. we'll talk about the growing concerns next.

welcome back. a look at our top stories that we're following this thursday >> stanford researchers confirm the arrival of a covid variant in the bay area first identified in south africa. there have been two cases in the bay area one in alameda county and one? santa clara county and each involved international travelers who quarantined upon their return. while there is no evidence this variant is more deadly it is more resist tonight already approved -- resistant to covid vaccines. the daily count is down two-thirds from the peak of last month infections nearing 392,000, more than 4700 people in the bay area alone have died. more people are taking a stand to stop the violence against oakland's asian american community. it's even prompted one group of volunteers to start patrolling the city's chain thattown.

video shows a 91-year-old man shoved to the ground.the violen and drawing the attention of actors like daniel wu and daniel dae kim. they put up a $25,000 reward for information to help police find those responsible. one man is in custody. let's take a peek outside and we have a gorgeous sunrise as we take a live look outside. kari has a look at the forecast an how it is changing today. >> yeah. we're going to start to see rain moving in today and rain off and on throughout the next several days. you can be track it from home by looking at storm ranger on the nbc bay area app and get push alerts as rain approaches your location. what's going on with the commute? >> it's slow as you're approaching sfo and traveling toward oyster point boulevard. one lane blocked, overturned vehicle for that traffic alert. in the south bay it's a slow drive north 101, crash at oakland road, but there's that

beautiful sunrise to distract you in this shot. >> that is dreamy. thanks so much for watching. >> that's right. we're getting a peek at the different ones as we take a live look outside as well, storm ranger getting ready for the rain. ♪ good morning making their case. house managers set to wrap up their opening arguments at the impeachment trial against former president trump today after using disturbing never-before seen video of the capitol riot to try to prove he sparked the insurrection >> on january 6th, president trump left everyone in this capitol for dead >> lawmakers running for their lives pulled to safety by quick-thinking capitol police officers so what's next in the case against the former president we are live in washington with