21st. right now at 6:00, under investigation. new questions being raised about a potentially hazardous refinery flaring up in the east bay and the action city leaders are recommending. and charges looming for former president trump maybe. we are live in washington with what to expect from today's final public hearing for the january 6 house committee. and a new twist at twitter. elon musk is giving users the power to vote him out as ceo. but will he actually step down? our scott mcgrew breaks it down ahead this morning. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. here we go monday morning getting you started with the workweek. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> laura garcia has the morning off. i'm kris sanchez. a foggy morning will keep mike and kari busy.

we're starting out with really dense fog in the tri-valley as we are seeing the low visibility moving through. it's been bad in some spots but also cold. 39 in concord and 37 degrees this morning in sonoma as you get ready to head out the door. visibility down to a quarter of a mile. really dense fog and we're only headed for the low 50s today, upper 50s for the south bay. a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights weren't even turned on until 10 or 15 minutes later than we often see. a little slowing on the sensors. to san francisco, more crowded. that's why they start to meter the traffic there. dense fog up here in the north bay, highway 29, american canyon, vallejo and just past the carquinez bridge possibly in

the fog there is a disabled vehicle. we have crews out there. over here a little build out of the altamont. a chance of fog registering throughout the county. the build a pretty standard area but mild in the south bay. we have the relief from the first burst of traffic. back to you. >> thank you, mike. later today virtual town hall meeting to address questions about two recent troubling incidents at an east bay refiny. >> bob redell joins us live. contra costa county is also calling for an investigation here? >> reporter: correct. good morning to you, marcus and kris. contra costa health is calling for an independent investigation into an incident that took place here at the martinez refinery company behind me here in martinez taking place on thanksgiving eve when the refinery accidentally released

20 tons of spent catalyst, a dust containing heavy metals that left cars covered in ash. the county says that was, quote, a major chemical accident or release. the refinery violated state law and local policy when it failed to immediately notify the county of that incident. there was another incident earlier this month when on december 9 the martinez refinery experienced a larger than usual flaring event unsettling to many people who live in the area. the county is investigating both incidents. we are taking these events seriously. we will investigate these events to the fullest of our ability to completely understand the impacts that have happened and we are taking all of the steps necessary to be able to hold the refinery accountable for any regulatory standards they have violated. >> reporter: the martinez refinery company says an equipment malfunction caused the december 9 flaring and in a

statement wrote the flare work as designed to safely combust excess hydro carbons. we apologize for impacting the community. the city of martinez will hold the virtual town hall meeting to address concerns about the two incidents. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. just shy of two years after the 2021 january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol, poised to make its final presentation of its key findings later. republicans take chrome of the house in the new year. "today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live this morning. what can we expect from today's hearings? >> reporter: the january 6

committee will refer criminal charges for former president donald trum am in congress. nbc news has learned the january 6 committee plans to issue at least three referrals for donald trump today. >> these are potential violations of law we think there is sufficient evidence to make that referral that will be what we will be deciding today. >> reporter: the referrals carry no legal weight but they will ask that the justice department refuse charges including obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government and inciting or assisting an insurrection. >> doj will have to determine whether there is admissible evidence. >> reporter: the committee also plans to refer four republican members who defied congressional subpoenas. the committee finalized plans during a closed door meeting and will lay out plans this

afternoon. former president trump blasted the committee over the weekend calling them, quote, thugs and scoundrel scoundrels. they will have more to say after referrals are made public. the january 6 committee plans to have a report detailing findings and republicans say they plan to release a counter report later. >> live coverage of the hearing this morning. you can watch that special report starting at 10:00 a.m. turning now to decision 2022 and it is well over a month since the november election wrapped up. a sunnyvale rate that has still not been decided, it was decided with one vote making the difference. today another recount is expected to begin and is costing an estimated $12,000 per day.

murall srinivasan actually beat out justin wang by just one vote. the registrar's office says that triggered a recount that came back with the same result. wang requested a second recount. the registrar says wang and his supporters must pay that bill. the process is the same as before and it's being revived because of the growing number of covid cases. go to the government's page and put in your information. a live look at sfo and the travel rush is only starting to build up. friday is expected to be the busiest by air, train and on the roads. in fact, 12 million people are

expected to drive between friday and the new year. >> reporter: welcome to the holiday travel rush. roughly 113 million americans will travel about an hour or more to be with loved ones for the holiday. this rush is on and they expect it the next couple of weeks. the vast majority will be driving. if that's you, hit the roads before 2:00 p.m. or after 8:00 to avoid the vast majority of the traffic and check the weather forecast along the route including your destination to know what you're driving into. if you're flying, that's what experts recommend you try to fly direct and in the morning sign up for airline alerts.

this holiday stretch there doesn't seem to be one. the airlines named different days. they named likely peak travel days, united named january 2nd. you will probably see long lines and packed airports like this throughout this entire holiday stretch. plan accordingly. back to you. i know you've been tracking the low gas prices. it's not as bad as what maggie showed in her package. i hope people are grateful for the conditions this morning as we show the packed roads. look at the top, the best in the state. san pablo has the great gas $2.99 a balance.

the next best are $3.19. great options for contra costa county. we have $3.78 through the area. and our highest low is for san mateo county at the bottom a&a gas in burlingame, below $4. not bad but most gas we encounter will be $4. just so you are prepared. a nice, smooth drive. fog out of the area. the altamont path with some build, dense fog is out there, right? it's been very spotty. you're going to be driving in and out of the fog through the tri-valley as well as the delta as well as the north bay. seeing it registering at the airport down to a quarter mile visibility but really tough to see through antioch and that commute in the upper 30s. we will have a very cold morning. in fact, it won't warm up much

today. 39 in concord and it's 37 in sonoma. we'll be watching these cold temperatures and talk about what's ahead coming up in a few minutes. thanks, kari. striking for fair pay. san francisco's uber facing trouble in the big apple. the boycott under way right now and the last-minute change that prompted drivers to strike. elon musk often says the people have spoken when he runs a poll. the people apparently want him to quit. out to the futures this morning, looks like a soft opening. a lesson in civics you don't want to miss. how one 7-year-old achieved a seemingly impossible and got what could be the world's first unicorn license. unicorn license. stay witus. you'reh w

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the time is 6:14. happy monday to you. we are under a spare the air alert day because of the high pressure. all of those pollutants and valleys, the north bay and santa clara valley. you want to limit your time out there. what's ahead coming up. an indicator of how light

the traffic flow is now, taking a half hour and we're still not filled in at the toll plaza. getting there, though. what's going on here. 880, the nimitz freeway coming up. good morning, a very happy monday to you. a poll on twitter created by elon musk asking if he should step down. not a scientific poll, easy to vote more than once and it's an unusual way to run a company, but the voice of the people is the voice of god he has said. if that's case he will step down. he will still own twitter, a company he said he wanted and then fought for months not to buy. he's had to sell big portions of his ownership in tesla and that, among other problems, has made tesla one of the worst

performing stocks on the market for the year. we may see more shareholders selling soon and here is why. you get a tax break. if you sell your crypto at a loss that's also a tax deduction. >> you can use crypto to essentially cancel out any taxes you would have had to pay on assets gained. >> what a difference a year has made. last year and the year before i was reminding people who made tons of money using coin base buying bitcoin and selling it for a huge profit, you have to pay a capital-gains tax. a lot of people, what? i've already spent all that money on a new car. the opposite is true. most people have lost money. make sure if you do sell it, you should sell it, i think, because

you get the tax break. >> my nephew, you need to get on doge coin. okay, honey. you will get all your gifts in doge coin. he's like, hold on. >> i was astonished to find out my oldest has been doing some of that and his profits were in the thousands of dollars. they're not making money anymore. >> good for those who spent money on their cars, though, got something tangible. thank you, scott. happening now for you, uber drivers are on a 24-hour strike and calling for a passenger boycott after a judge temp rarely blocked wage increases. the taxi and limousine commission approved the raises.

it was supposed to go into effect today but it's now on hold until the next hearing next month. a spokesperson for the san francisco company writes in response drivers do critical work and rates should be calculated in a way that is transparent, consistent and predictable. one girl in l.a. has received a birthday gift of her dreams. this is the ability to own her own unicorn. if she finds one. >> you might remember a little girl went viral asking animal control if she could have a unicorn in her backyard. now she can. this is footage of her 7th birthday where she was presented with a license from animal care and control. the license approved her for the ownership of a magical creature. it inspired many people to send letters to animal control, too. now animal control is handing

out for donors who pay more than $25. >> a good fund riser. >> from the mouths of babes. >> can i have a mermaid in my pool in the backyard. >> i didn't know marcus had a pool. >> he's like only if you come help dig it. >> that's a magical event, too. >> it is chilly out there, kari. the cold again. we've seen a lot of fog moving around parts of the bay area. a heads-up as you drive to work, the fog has been very patchy and the cold temperatures are widespread. take a look at where we are right now. it is 37 in livermore, 39 in concord, and martinez 36 degrees. so it's another cold start along with the fog that, to me, makes it feel even colder. it's so damp outside and the visibility in the north bay down to a quarter of a mile and we're seeing the fog moving through the delta as well as the tri-valley.

so here is what's going on. this happens every fall and early winter after that first big rainfall that we had, that central valley tule fog. high humidity, cool temperatures and that moisture left on the ground starts to condense and reduces 600 feet or less and then the fog for the bay area comes in through the mountain gaps into the south county and then it moves through the tri-valley as well as the delta and then it starts to drift into the north bay so that's what we are seeing this morning. it also keeps temperatures from rising as the clouds linger throughout the day. so we're only going to make it up to 50 in novato, napa, martinez, that's the high temperature in fairfield. when you compare that to some of the areas that will be sunny today like morgan hill reaching 59 degrees, much warmer there. if you do have weekend plans, holiday plans to go to the sierra, the snowpack is still looking good.

we're at 182% of normal around the tahoe area and more than double for the southern sierra. throughout the week there's not much snow coming our way, only about 1 to 3 inches but there could be more snow by next week. in total a foot of some resorts and then for the bay area a couple of scattered showers by the end of the week as well as the christmas we'll see it drifting to the north. we may see more rain by the end of next week but this week we're only looking a tenth to a quarter inch of rain in total and that's coming in around thursday into friday. christmas day is looking nice, upper 60s and sunny. our temperatures will warm up by the end of the week. mike, you were saying something about a wrongway driver. that's the report i got. i'm concerned here as i look it at the fremont camera. it was reported for northbound 880. just north of tesla no traffic interruption but there was a traffic break called potentially sourcing itself at brokaw in san

jose and perhaps going up as far as dixon landing road. the reports of the wrongway driver would someone being southbound from the northbound side. it was just an initial report. nothing else happened after that. it's been a couple of minutes and usually we get a lot of information if that is what's going on. no intersupruptions to service. the backup at the bay bridge, of course, at the toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: one of our nonprofit partners is spreading tons of holiday cheer. they need a little more help in a short period of time. i'm chris chmura i'm chris chmura i'll. s

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right now at 6:30, we are just hours from the final hearing from the january 6th committee. our scott mcgrew is looking at

the changes former president -- the charges former president trump and his role in the capitol insurrection. they are on the corner, also walking around. >> what local leaders are saying about the stepped-up security you can expect. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to get you started with this frightening scene here. look at this fog rolling into martinez and central costa county. the drive on highway 4. that means some of the cars are driving through what is zero visibility in some spots. look at that. >> kari hall joins us now. you're keeping an eye on the visibility. we know it takes a long time to

burn off. in some spots it doesn't clear out at all. with that tule fog through parts of the east bay and now the north bay as well. we've seen it not register in all of the spots if it's not right there at the airport. so we're down to a quarter mile visibility in santa rosa. one of the characteristics of tule fog it is so spotty that it is hit or miss as you drive in and out on your way to work this morning. now our temperatures are starting out cool but only headed for the upper 50s and low 60s. we'll be up to about 60 degrees in gilroy while other areas may not make it out of the 40s because of the fog and the clouds. i'm watching all of that as well as what's going on with the fog impacting the commute. this is a look at fremont. kari this is where we had the report of a potential wrongway driver. good news, no news. chp has called off whatever

break they were going to do. not the scene of any problems right now. that's a great drive here. there's some fog showing that bright yellow. it's moving around quite a bit. look at that off highway 4. a build at the bay bridge. only just now has it filled in all lanes. you see the big advantage three or more is. the january 6 committee will meet one last time later this morning. >> they call a criminal referral to be made to the justice department. we'll know more later this morning. the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol will hold its final public meeting and nbc will be carrying that live gavel to gavel this morning. among the charges the committee may recommend for the former president and possibly members

of congress, object strucking the business of congress, fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and the big one, inciting an insurrection against the united states. congress doesn't charge people with crimes but if it recommends charges it will likely have evidence to back it up. any charges that trump may face related to january 6 will be coordinated by the new special counsel, jack smith, looking into the apparent theft of classified documents. wednesday, the committee is expected to issue its final report on the attack. important for historical purposes if nothing else. the same way the u.s. investigated what went wrong on 9/11, the kennedy assassination and the attack on pearl harbor. there is a push to do a postmortem, if you will, on how we handled coronavirus, the good, the bad. it's unlikely that will happen. the mayor of el paso has declared an emergency in that border city as we draw closer

and closer to the end of title 42. a pandemic-era rule. a federal judge ordered the biden administration to end title 42. the biden administration told the judge we are not prepared for this influx. give us time. the judge emmitt sullivan from the federal district in washington said, okay. you have until december 21st. that's this wednesday. here is the mayor of el paso. >> i said from the beginning that i would call it when i felt that either our asylum seekers and our community are not safe. they are not safe as we have hundreds and hundreds on the streets and that's not the way we want to treat people. >> i've said this before but it's an important point, people, thousands that will cross the border wednesday, that is going to be a crisis, but they're all

following american law. our law says if you want to be considered for asylum, show up at a legal point of entry and ask for it. since the judge has struck down title 42, we're going to let you in until we can adjudicate your case. congress has not made any moves to change that, not when the democrats were in charge, not when the republicans were in charge. we've enjoyed getting questions about this and comments as well. if you'd like to talk to me on facebook you'll find me at scott mcgrew tv. new developments in a carjacking and chase in the east bay. officers arrested three of the suspects. police were led on a wild pursuit from fremont to 680 in milpitas. fremont police say it started around 5:00 yesterday evening in a parking lot on stevenson boulevard in fremont not far from john f. kennedy high school. at least three people confronted a woman and stole her car. officers then spotted that car shortly after it got onto

southbound 680. that's when the chase began. it ended when the suspects crashed into another car near landis avenue in milpitas and a man in that second car was ejected. paramedics rushed him to the hospital. we don't yet know his condition this morning but officers did arrest the three carjacking suspects. it's hard to believe but just six days away from christmas and shoppers are out in full force getting the last-minute shopping done. in san francisco efforts from law enforcement really helping people feel safer out there. this comes after last year's holiday season was plagued with mass looting. "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab joins with us a closer look at that. ginger? >> reporter: marcus, i have to admit i am guilty of that procrastination. i was out there this weekend and did feel the presence of san francisco pd and community ambassadors. it's something i'm sure local

authorities hope other shoppers and visitors downtown will feel and that's what they're focusing their efforts on again this morning. at 10:00 a.m. san francisco's fire department and sheriff's office will meet shoppers outside macy's union square to share some tips to keep them feeling safe this holiday shopping season. reminders of safety come as the downtown area remains alert to organized theft and mass lootings. you will remember the viral videos from 2021 showing luxury stores in the area targeted to theft. this year already a different feel so far. last night was a busy night in union square. plenty of shoppers with some families coming in to see the first night of hanukkah celebrated in the heart of san francisco. san francisco pd's assistant chief noticing the square reaching bigger numbers, and he believes the turnout shows police presence is working. >> what that has done is prevented any of the major looting to take place.

>> reporter: visitors and shoppers agree with the assistant chief saying they feel safer with sfpd around but not just police. also an increased number of community ambassadors patrolling the area. stores in downtown san francisco have extended holiday hours now, so you will see people around a little bit later. that ice rink over at union square until 10:00 p.m. if you celebrate hanukkah, you can come for the menorah lighting every night at 5:00 p.m. a lot of things to do in downtown san francisco. good news people are feeling safe enough to do so. marcus? >> folks need to get last-minute things done, that's the place to go it seems like. >> so many last-minute things. two lake tahoe ski resorts celebrating a $25 million opening years in the making as palisades tahoe opens its new base-to-base gondola lift.

more than a decade of back-and-forth legal battles. the lift stretches about 2 1/2 miles connecting 33 towers between palisades and neighboring alpine meadows and makes palisades the largest ski resort in california and the third largest in the nation. here is a live look at what it looks like now at palisades. no new snow on the horizon, kari tells us. at least before christmas weekend. but there is a lot of snowpack. >> that's a good thing. >> they can continue to make snow if they want to. it's been very cold. as we take another live look at the palisades, the upper mountain part of the resort has a camera, too, as the sun gets ready to come up over the hills. in some spots temperatures are in the single digits. the sierra snowpack is doing well at 182% of what's normal this time in december and the

southern sierra more than double the normal amount of snow and although there won't be much additional snow, only light snowfall totals of about 1 to 3 inches there could be some more before we make it to the new year in total about another foot of snow. we'll see rain coming in starting on wednesday into thursday, possibly moving out by friday and then as we go into next week there may be more rain coming in. at 6:40 a.m. when things are getting lighter, a problem on the east shore freeway. we don't have anything unusual. a mild build coming past the golden gate field.

overall we're going to see a lighter earlier commute, late morning and into midday, a lot more traffic. the warning, remember, it wasn't a one-week closure. they will have the closures. everything moving smoothly through the tri-valley. coming through san martin, it's a lighter build or better speeds than we see usually indicating lighter morning traffic. that's one note from the south county. we have caltrain which starts out of gilroy. rocked by severe turbulence, a scare in the air for one packed flight headed to hawaii.

some passengers were injured and one of them is sharing the experience with us. plus -- santa is coming to town. >> oh, my god! >> i feel the same way. you heard it there. santa is coming to town and we are counting down the days by taking a look at this year's most watched christmas movies. the decades old classic taking the top spot when we return. we'll tell you what it is. but until then, santa's coming!

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good monday morning. right now it's 6:44. we're still 30 minutes away from sunrise and it's foggy in spots as we take a live look outside in dublin. not too bad with the visibility here. you may be driving in and out on your way to work. temperatures in the upper 30s right now and it's going to be a cold day. we'll take a look ahead to warmer temperatures coming up. that might be the case traveling with the taillights down past north san pedro road, in toward what looks like low clouds through san rafael. still, we're basically at speeds, santa rosa down to the golden gate. we'll track the traffic. it's a lighter build this morning. i'll show you where coming up. more than 3 dozen people injured after a flight to honolulu experienced some severe turbulence. take a look at the photos we have for you. you can see the damage after it happened on a full hawaiian

airlines flight from phoenix to honolulu. that turbulence hit as the plane near oahu sent some people flying out of their seats. one person actually smacked their head into the ceiling leaving a small hole. look at that. after the pilot safely landed the plane, the paramedics treated 36 passengers for cases ranging from cuts to nausea. ages range from 14 months old to adult. everyone is expected to be okay. we spoke with one college student who shot video. >> we were in the air for a quick period of time but during that time that's when i was thinking are we going to crash or keep falling? the aircraft was damaged on the inside, there were bags everywhere all over. >> the faa and ntsb are both investigating.

the thrilling story of argentina's victory at the world cup is still being celebrated on so many levels this morning including that winning penalty kick called by legendary telemundo broadcaster andres. take a listen. [ speaking non-english ]. >> argentina [ speaking non-english ]. he was overcome by emotion. he has been doing telecasts for decades but he is from argentina. he spoke to the "today" show about how this almost left him speechless. >> i was trying to be calm, cool and collected. with the last pk for me to say argentina champion of the world was 36 1/2 years in the waiting. >> and a half.

he's been counting. after the win, it seemed like everybody in the city of buenos aires hit the street to celebrate. our own carlos yustis with a wrapup. >> reporter: argentina are the new world champions. after suffering a loss in the first round against saudi arabia, from there they were able to get stronger. they started managing the games better. there were two times they came from the back to score goals and be able to tie games, make it to the final. today in a really exciting match that ended up 3-3 in regulation. the goalkeeper was just fantastic. they were able to give lionel messi their first world championship. lionel messi is called to be the best player that has existed, the g.o.a.t. the only thing he was missing was this one. he needed to win the world cup in order to be the best ever and

put himself among the best in history. this is also the end of the fifa world cup fifa qatar 2022. the next time we see each other, i will be home. back to you. >> 40 days he has been gone. he has a little baby, too. that baby will be happy to see him. debate over the greatest christmas movie of all time. >> so the list of the most watched christmas movie, and it turns out the modern classic, well, take a look. >> i give you the griswold family christmas tree. >> i hope you're not getting sap all over your sweater, clark. >> i love that movie. >> why is the floor wet? >> most people probably know that, the most watched christmas movie of all time according to that study and followed by the classic "home alone," "elf,"

"four christmases" and "a christmas story." >> four of the five favorites in our house. >> "die hard." >> that one, too, for sure. >> we watched "home alone" over the weekend and then put "the christmas story" on repeat on christmas. >> the movies kids get any inspiration. >> i hope not. >> be careful walking into the house today. it's that time. it's the last week and it certainly feels like it outside. it's been very cold but as you want to set the mood, unfortunately, no wood burning today because we are under a spare the air alert day and also it's unhealthy for people who are sensitive to particulate matter, all the wildfire smoke and also the pollutants. we are going to see that

continue today in the north bay and santa clara valley. trying to keep warm because it's been so damp and cold as well. with our visibility down to about a quarter of a mile in parts of the north bay, we've also seen some really dense fog moving through the delta. that tule fog happens after the first big rainfalls of the fall and early winter and now that we have a clear sky overhead, high humidity as well as cool temperatures, all that moisture in the ground is condensing into dense fog. visibility can be 600 feet or less. coming into the southern south county from the central valley as well as the tri-valley and through the carquinez strait and moving into the north bay. so that's what we are seeing this morning looking at martinez. the fog will linger and most likely we won't see any sunshine here. it will be a very cold morning in the upper 30s and only make

it up to 50 for a high. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s and back down to cold temperatures for tonight. over the next few days we're only looking at slight rain chances especially for thursday into friday. the weekend is looking nice but the storm to the north of us. we should see a better chance going into next week. as far as how much rain, we're looking at mainly dry conditions but the big story for christmas day will be the warm-up with sunshine. it will look much nicer than the way we start out the week. mike, you were checking out that commute at contra costa county. for the few minutes in between when i prepped the report and when i show it almost no traffic here. lighter overall build throughout contra costa county and that's what we expect the week before christmas and the way the holidays are laid out this year

lighter traffic and have been seeing a lighter flow since thanksgiving. the metering lights are on and the toll plaza. over here 680 a little slowing but much less than last week. heading down for 880 through hayward. we're just starting to see more traffic. back to you. happening now children's doctors everywhere are advised to focus more attention on the risk factors for tooth decay. almost half of all children will experience some sort of decay and eliminating factors such as a high sugar diet and frequent snacking can help, boosting overall health care would be critical, increasing coverage would be critical in boosting health care. a quick look at the top

stories this morning including under investigation. we have new questions being raised about a hazardous refinery flaring up in the east bay. the action city leaders are recommending. plus, free covid tests before the holidays. how to receive yours in the face of the new surge we're seeing with covid cases. we'reack in just three b

welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories including getting to the bottom of two troubling incidents at one east bay refinery. >> an independent investigation after a recent incident on new year's eve.

cchs says it accidentally released 20 tons of spent catalyst powder dust containing heavy metals. they say they violated policy when they failed to send notifications. there was a flaring. a town hall will be held to answer questions about the incident. the january 6 committee will issue a final report of their findings. the committee will issue three referrals for several lawmakers. they would be passed forward to the justice department which would decide next steps. the "today" show is coming up. they will have a team of

reporters live. nbc will have live coverage this morning. amber heard is settling her defamation case against johnny dep. heard called the decision to settle, quote, very difficult. it follows a months long televised trial. jurors found heard had defamed depp and awarded depp $10 million in compensation and heard $2 million. the white house is bringing back its free testing program. the process is the same as before. you can request your free test through the government's covid webpage, put your information in.

ro a last look at the forecast. cold and foggy. >> that does it for us on "today in the bay." have a great morning. see you back here at 7:25. >> have a great day. and a good monday morning to you. the holiday travel rush is here. off to a rough start. >> one jam-packed flight rocked by extreme turbulence while tens of millions brace for a powerful winter storm. it is december 19th. this is "today." breaking overnight, more than 30 passengers hurt after severe turbulence. a dozen hospitalized. >> my life flashed before my eyes. i was scared. >> we'll take you inside the mid-flight scare. bundle up. dangerously cold temperatures on the way for much of the country, just days before christmas, and