now everyone has it. it's $15 a year what we're paying. >> schools are required to consider implementing them after alyssa's law honoring the marjory stoneman douglas shooting. schools like uvalde, texas, have signed up for the app. fire tears through a san francisco apartment complex that started a little over an hour agago. we'lll updadate the situationon includuding the latestt onn evacuauations. >> the deaeadly e earthquakew amam bolt county. the update on that damage. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire and online. let's get things started with taking a quick look at the weather.

a nice look of what to expect. it is still foggy around fairfield. we take a look at santa rosa, 37 as you head out. another cold start. we are headed for sunshine and temperatures that will be warmer today compared to the past few days reaching into the low 60s. kari, thank you. this is a two-alarm fire in san francisco. it is now under control. a live look at the scene happening right now at a building at castro and elizabeth. this is a citizens app video.

one person is displaced. the cause of the fire is under investigation. thousands still in the dark following that 6.4 magnitude earthquake that happened around 2:30 yesterday morning. this happened in humboldt county next to ferndale and eureka. two people died and another 11 people reported injured. there is a widespread issue with damage to buildings and homes. >> 24 hours later at least 14,000 people are without power. the outage map, at its peak 70,000 were without power. pg&e have restored power to at least 40,000 since then.

power could be back on by 3:00 this afternoon for everyone. there is one section that did not lose power, the airport. arcata is miles away from ground zero. it runs on solar and batteries. >> this is the future. decentralized energy in a way that does so in a sustainable format and this is a great example how to do that. >> people are advised to check gas and water lines for damage. if the quake damaged your home or apartment, would your insurance pay for the repairs? for many, probably not. you can watch chris chmura's how-to series on our website, nbcbayarea.com.

look for the how to play list. a live look at the white house. president biden will meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> the surprise last-minute meeting comes as ukraine seeks to secure new assistance. susan mcginnis is live. tell us what's supposed to happen today. >> reporter: president biden just tweeted saying have a good flight, thrilled to have you, and much to discuss. they will meet at 2:30 p.m. eastern time to have some discussions and a big announcement to go with that. also will address congress tonight as lawmakers get ready to put a seal on a deal to fund the government which could mean a lot of aid for ukraine.

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy today making a high stakes and high-risk visit to the white house and the capitol. >> what we've been trying to do and today's visit will reinforce this again is make sure ukraine can defend itself. >> reporter: in a show of strong support president biden will announce a new round of aid including patriot missile defense systems. crucial to ukraine defending itself against russian missiles. zelenskyy will address a joint session of congress, the first delivered virtually from kyiv in march. >> being the leader of the world means being the leader of peace. >> reporter: an appeal for more help, help for besieged cities. tens of thousands of ukrainians

killed, driving millions from their home. zelenskyy's visit coinciding with congress nearing approval of a government funding package that includes $45 billion for ukraine. some republicans have indicated they will pull support once they take over the house. democrats hope an in-person visit will change minds. how will russia react on the world stage? and the two presidents will hold a joint press conference 4:30 p.m. eastern time. marcus and ginger? >> susan mcginnis, thank you. a journalist working with twitter claims they paid money and pressured twitter about its content. >> claims found in what elon musk was calling the twitter files. scott, is that claim true about the money?

we've asked the fbi and so far haven't received an answer. we can't ask twitter because twitter fired its entire team that answers journalists' questions. that's just some of the problem with the twitter files. journalists are revealing small segments of emails that date back years but we cannot show the original documents or contest only what they claim to show. this tweet from shore michael shellenberger hand-picked by musk to go over the twitter files. an email from an executive to someone else in the company noting the company's s.c.a.l.e. department, safety consent and law enforcement department, to ask agencies like the fbi to reimburse twitter for expenses as it cooperated with law

enforcement. again, there's no one answering questions at twitter but one way to understand this memo is twitter was getting so many inquiries it didn't have to answer. it started to charge money for the manpower. twitter generally didn't enforce the fee but that it eventually collected $3.4 million. add to that the pressure of the trust and safety said he was feeling from the fbi and some on the right feel between the money and the pressure there was some sort of government push to quash content on twitter. we know the fbi was tasked about russian efforts to post false information. the head of twitter safety saying he's, quote, not particularly comfortable with the fbi's questions about twitter content.

elon musk had a different interpretation of this money idea saying in a tweet the fbi paid twitter to censor information. what we have seen doesn't seem to support that. it billed the fbi for what it considers manpower. it didn't go viral or get media attention. part is the format. a lot of mainstream followers don't necessarily follow. it's 45-part tweets as opposed into an article. in many cases we covered the issues already. jack dorsey testified under oath about links blocked about hunter biden years ago. he said they blew it. now that very same subject

certainly confirming that. we had the twitter ceo in front of congress answering those questions. >> that it coverage. >> thanks, scott. >> you bet. breaking news now this morning, giants fans are waking up to a stunning development. carlos correa has signed with the new york mets in a $315 million, 12-year deal. the news comes less than 24 hours after they were supposed to hold a news conference. according to some of the reports hang-ups may have had to do with back issues. neither correa or team are confirming any reports. kris sanchez will have much more in the next half hour. downtown san jose, christmas

in the park beautiful as always. another cold start but shaping up to be a nice one. starting out cold but we're at 40 degrees in fremont and just above freezing in dublin. as you head out in antioch, 30s to start but it will be sunny. livermore reaching 62. 62 in mountain view with san francisco in the upper 50s. a look ahead to slight rain chances and what we'll see on christmas day. mike, you may want to stop at the gas station. we do have prices under $4. not the best in the bay but the farthest north at the top of the chart here santa rosa's best and only report below $4 is $3.99 on west college avenue.

the only price below $4 for that city but not for that region. about a quarter higher than that. burlingame, it's not so bad on broadway, $3.89. still not as low as our lowest. traffic is flowing smoothly. in the tunnel is where the second crash may be moved to the shoulder. the other issue is eastbound for the b.a.r.t. tube. i believe they've fixed the problem.

back to you. >> thank you, mike. well, let the holiday baking begin. next on "today in the bay" one expert's tim on how to impress your guests. congress weighing changes to retirement rules like being able to pull emergency money from your retirement account without money. that unusual item in the new spending bill.

good morning. in fremont, it's a cold start. 39 degrees. but we will see sunshine and actually a warmer day as we reach into the low 60s. we'll check out all of our microclimates. you see the backup for westbound traffic. the incline improves and then this direction out of san francisco you can see folks are moving smoothly. we'll track this, of course. markets look like they will take a positive turn this morning. yesterday i was remarking tesla

shares had fallen below $150. today they're below $140. tesla is now worth less than exxon mobil. if you're saying, wait, hold on, a small car company was worth more than one of the biggest car companies in the world? yes. tesla has a profit of about $3 billion, exxon $19 billion. price earnings ratio, the smaller number is better. tesla 42, exxon 8. for years tesla had magic dust because investors thought of tesla as a tech company. now they're starting to think of it as a car company. that's great. tech companies get higher valuations than manufacturing. investors worry tesla ceo elon musk is taking his eye off the ball by also serving as twitter

ceo. musk confirm he would step down as twitter ceo once he found a replacement but says he'll stay at twitter to run the software team. he announced new layoffs at twitter four days before christmas. getting laid off during the holidays is a bummer but more important to these workers is whether musk will honor their severance packages, both those promised and those required by law. there are several lawyers suing for him failing to do so. sam bankman-fried has agreed to be extradited to america. investors lost millions. he'll fly to america later this morning. congress working on an omnibus spending bill they have to pass before friday to keep the government open. it is full of things that have nothing to do with the budget including changes to retirement rules. if passed you'll be able to

withdraw $1,000 from your retirement without penalty for emergencies. and companies will be required to sign workers up for 401(k) and make them contribute 3% into the retirement. they would be able to opt out but it's a way of getting people into the 401(k) system, getting them used to the idea of setting aside their own money for retirement. again, you can opt out at some point. it's a way of getting it started. so many are underfunding their retirement. >> get it started at the very least. >> early. >> thanks, scott. >> you bet. a former white house pastry chef is revealing best tips ahead of the holiday meals. bill yossas served for two administrations. >> work with dough when it's cold.

when you warm out warm dough on a warm counter and it sticks is when the swearing starts. prebake your pie shell. put in aluminum file on dried beans, bake it so the bottom bakes all the way through. no one likes a pie that's raw dough on the bottom. >> he says work with quality tools and you can never have too much chocolate. >> i would just ask kari to make it. >> we've been opening up the bourbon ball factory at our house. it's still going. this weekend it will be really nice. warming up. today is the first day of winter. the day with the shortest amount of daylight. from this point on the days will get longer. cold this morning. warming up into the low 50s

around the bay area and it will be really nice later today. we are getting ready for scattered rain. a quick round of showers and then clearing out on friday. the rest of the weekend is looking good. we'll start to see the storm systems making it in with warm rain on tuesday. there will be another behind that. thursday night and friday maybe a tenth of an inch of rain for some spots. into next week it could be a lot more with the potential of 1 to 3 inches of rain. for the sierras, light snow showers before christmas. after christmas we could see a fairly big snowstorm headed that way with the potential up to 35 inches in total in kingvale.

65 and partly cloudy is not bad at all. mike, now you're tracking a crash? westbound we have a crew arriving for the second crash of the morning. slow across the span but traffic may be moving. eastbound the lower deck out of san francisco. another crash i believe has been cleared by the bridge crew that's there. very slow out of oakland. unexpectedly slow for this time of the year. >> reporter: millions of families might lose money on new year's eve. year's eve. you can protected your - [narrator] every day, our lives are filled with choices,

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giants fans dealing with a surprise twist in the bid to land a superstar shortstop. it now looks like the team struck out. just ahead the sudden turn of events while you were sleeping. and widespread impacts from the deadly earthquake in humboldt county. this is "today in the bay" strepg live on roku, amazon fire and online. good morning. i'm ginger conejero saab in for laura garcia who has the day off. >> and i'm marcus washington. we have so much to get to. our meteorologist kari hall has been tracking temperatures and some fog out there, too. still foggy in the north bay. we've seen that fog moving through into the dell ka. still running into patches of fog on your way to work. a lot of people getting up and out the door. at least visibility is clear but temperatures are just above freezing at 34 degrees.

we'll see sunshine as our temperatures warm up and head to 60 degrees in santa rosa. 60 in heyward as well as 62 in san jose. i'm liking at high-five right here. i think they cleared it. >> teamwork. >> there you go. kari helps spirit and emotion. the backup should clear. the recovery support the speed sensors back to yellow and green. we still have a minor delay but the b.a.r.t. issue has cleared as well. so we're back to a lighter commute as we expect. a 6.4 magnitude in humboldt county.

>> we will continue to follow that story because there are major problems there. the original quake at ferndale 200 miles from san francisco. at least two people were killed, 11 others hurt. it littered roads with rubble. >> many have been ordered out of homes, many more without power and heat. at last check, 14,500 were without power. the damage caused by the earthquake and aftershocks. >> velena jones joins us. i know you've been there since yesterday and saw the damage firsthand. talk to us about what they're saying it's like and what you've been able to experience.

>> reporter: it was a long night for people here. some areas have power again. this area is still in the dark tonight. or this morning, rather. i talked to some people waking up this morning and they said they were still going to work although a lot of the community is not. they spent the night huddled up in plan kets to keep warm. some huddled with their animals to keep them warm at night. this is some of the damage we have seen, homes like this one. the foundation has shifted to the right side. it has been impacted from the earthquake. there's severe structuring damage.

a lot of yellow tags in the area. this is just a snapshot of some of the damage people are having to look at and it's still being evaluated. today they hope to do the rest of the homes and about 100 people or more could be impacted. >> now the issue for so many this morning and maybe even throughout the day will be the thousands of people who are without power and water. is there any help being offered, velena? >> reporter: there's hope coming from city, county, state and even private companies. we actually saw a private company of three trucks coming up with large amounts of water because water is the main issue

people are concerned about. there's water being made available at the local fire department here. with no running water there's no way to use the restroom. there are portable restrooms set up as well. there's still help coming to the area. that private company we saw come up yesterday tweeted me yesterday and said they're coming back again today because there's such a large need in this area. >> certainly a tough time for a lot of those families. it's a reminder to many people be prepared because you never know when an earthquake could hit. velena jones reporting for us, thank you. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency for humboldt county. many victims are probably now still trying to figure out what services it can help provide. >> the communications director with the governor's office of

emergency service. good morning to you. what should people nope about the resources being provided? so many people need them now. >> that report was great to acknowledge there's a lot of need. we are focused on asking one question, what are the unmet needs. we're working with the communities impacted. we have meals on standby. we're working in case the red cross or salvation army need to do any evacuations. our team has been active since shortly after this happened.

we are getting resources where they need to be. >> what can people expect from the resources? >> check in with your counties. we understand power is still off for a lot of people. we know pg&e got a lot of power restored overnight. we're just trying to provide as much as often as possible even working with the hospitals. they had to use generators and we work with the hospitals to make sure they didn't run out of diesel fuel and that people at home with baseline medical needs have enough power and enough

diesel gasoline. we are coordinating with every agency that could be responding to this right now making sure we are working together to respond as quick as possible. >> like you were saying, so many things we don't talk about. talk about things people need to keep in mind. we never know when the big one can hit. earthquake prone as we saw just after 2:30. they don't really pick a great time to happen. this is a solid reminder to be prepared. download the my shake app.

the easiest and cheapest thing you can do to prepare is just begin to have that dialogue with your family. do you have water, enough easy food, a crank can opener to get you through the next couple of days. we have cell towers that are down. do you have a meeting point to meet away from your home, just begin that dialogue. it could happen at any point in time. >> it will happen. just how big we don't know. >> and when as well. we have a great website that can serve as a resource in emergency situations.

receive fresh updates as we get them. a stunning reversal for giants fans, it looks like the team struck out on signing superstar free agent correa with another team sweeping in last night. >> kris, help us out here. i know you've been looking at this. it really does feel like a soap opera we're experiencing right now. sometimes we say things happen while we're sleeping, we go to bed really early. this happened as most everybody was sleeping and in baseball a steal is usually exciting unless you're talking players and not bases. it looks like carlos correa is heading to the new york mets and not the giants after all. the giants were going to announce a deal. the fans were excited to see

correa changed his header to a shot of oracle park. overnight he changed it again and it's a photo of his family. it sounds like an issue came up in his physical. about 15 hours after that "the new york post" and espn reported the new york mets took that moment to snag correa at a discount. the mets will sign correa to a $315 million deal. less than the giants' $350 million over 12 years, one year less than with the giants. he still has to pass the mets' physical. marty lurie said it's because the giants didn't do their homework. >> the giants had to do it for a pr reason and now all of a

sudden our confidence is shaken by will he play or won't he play in a situation that never should have been before the public. this should haveed behind closed doors. >> now their options are limited because most of the big name free agents have been signed. now it's going to come down to trading and it's a bummer. i know your husband is following another deal, too. >> that means i have to be extra nice to him. just kidding. the judge deal, i made sure he was having a good day. >> that's the thing, too, it's been a couple of missteps. >> hopefully we'll make up for it.

an incredibly busy day in washington including an historic address before congress. out to the big board where the dow industrials you will not see because we don't have it. we'll work on it.

good wednesday morning. we take a live look outside. our temperature at 44 degrees.

bundle up. a slow warm-up. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. looking at 101 here but in palo alto a smooth drive with headlights into silicon valley where we have a crash. more traffic coming into san jose. we'll show you the distribution coming up. more traffic coming in, a lot going on in washington this morning. >> scott mcgrew, you normally give us an in-depth look at the complexities of issues but you say not today. >> that's not happening. there's so much going on. the fact the january 6th committee is releasing a report is about sixth on my list. ukrainian president zelenskyy on his way to washington to meet with biden and then make a joint address with congress. the latest video from poland. from there he will go off to washington. all right, what else is happening? president biden will make a

historic an in-person address at congress. to say this is a signal to putin a gross understatement. number two on our list the government runs out of money on friday. but congress is working on an omnibus bill. the thing was published tuesday morning. they would have to read four pages a minute 16 hours straight to know what they were voting on. title 42 keeps immigrants seeking asylum on the other side of the border. the white house is asking for more time to prepare. that's more on our busy day. the house ways and means committee releasing a report analyzing donald trump's income tax says they will release the forms in the next few days.

these are the long-hidden tax returns making their way down a capitol hallway. looking at a president's tax return not that remarkable. presidents have been handing them out for years, candidates, too. if you wanted to see how much tim kaine gave to chirt, you can. he published his taxes. is this a story or is it partisan? it depends on what they find. historians pore over what we expect will be tens of thousands of pages. the committee expected to recommend charges against president trump. we'll be watching the zelenskyy thing. a meeting with biden and then congress. you can find me at scott mcgrew tv. on a new push in oakland to

provide universal access calling for the city to give preschool access to all families. the city started working with nonprofits. observing mayor libby schaaf will tell of her plans to launch that program. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live inside the chase center over in san francisco along with two stars from the team. we'll get an update on that game of horse. bob? >> reporter: i have h-o which is not good. wham and scooter have a clean slate. we're going to turn into a game of pig. i have p-i. in town to announce you will be playing back here in the bay area. go ahead, what have you got? i'm ready.

>> style. calling style again. >> reporter: oh, no. wait a minute. wait a minute. does this mean i'm up? does this mean i'm up? all right. i'm calling style. >> he's calling style. >> reporter: around the back layup. >> just missed it. by a hair, by a hair. >> reporter: scooter going behind the backboard and oh, my goodness, do we have time for one more? wham. >> two of the best free throw shooters on the warriors. >> reporter: keeping it simple. oh, my gosh. i can do this. i can do this.

this is to avoid the pig. i'm the pig. i'm going to concede to both of you, though. you are back january 15th here at chase center. chasecenter.com for tickets. merry christmas. appreciate you. all right, guys, see you. >> it's just conditioning. >> scooter and wham breathed a sigh of relief. >> he was like, i'm the pig. he's the g.o.a.t. at reporting. >> nice. very nice. let's move on to weather this morning on this first day of winter we still have about 26 minutes before sunrise and sunset at 4:53.

today 9 hours and 35 minutes of daylight. tomorrow will be a few seconds longer. a touch warmer today as we head for 62 degrees in fremont and dublin and 60 in napa today. we will see scattered showers moving in and then wrapping up on friday morning. after that we're looking at temperatures reaching into the mid-60s. better rain chances next week. ginger and marcus? happening now oakland is bringing back masks. the oakland city council voted to reinstate a mask requirement for everyone above the age of 6. this applies to city facilities.

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6:56. welcome back. here are the top stories we're following on "today in the bay." >> including thousands that are still in the dark following an earthquake that came in around 2:30 in humboldt county. two people died dude to medical emergency. pg&e estimates power could be back on for everyone.

don't forget our website is a great resource when it comes to emergency situations. you can access our earthquake tracker and receive fresh updates as we get them. breaking news this morning a surprise twist for the giants who now have apparently struck out in their deal to sign shortstop carlos correa. reports surfaced he instead signed with the new york mets. a $315 million deal for 12 years and the giants deal got hung up over an issue during a medical exam. some speculate it may be surrounding back issues. marty lurie believes the team executives may not have done their homework. this is in their haste to land a big name free agent. >> i think the giants really had to do it for a pr reason as much as a baseball reason and now our

confidence is being shaken by will he play or won't he play in a situation that never should have been before the public. this should have been handled behind closed doors. >> neither have confirmed any of the latest reports. a two-alarm fire at a home is now under control in san francisco at a building along castro and elizabeth in noe valley this is citizen app video of the scene from earlier this morning showing smoke blowing in the air. one person is displaced. the cause is still under investigation. a last look at the forecast this morning. >> it looks cold to start but will warm up today. we're dry into early next week.

the holiday means light traffic and a nice, easy drive. so far no slowing shows up. very little out of san martin except for a crash. the bay bridge, good recovery. we had, i think, three crashes, two in the commute direction. the backup at the toll plaza does show traffic along the berkeley curve. unexpectedly slow through emeryville. like here at the san mateo bridge and on the peninsula light traffic. things will get much busier midday. keep that in mind. watch the different traffic patterns. allow yourself more time. we want everybody to have a safe holiday. >> your maps always give a holiday feel, green and red. we like the green better. >> all that's missing is some eggnog.

that does it for us this morning here on "today in the bay." don't forget to join us coming up at 11:00. >> the "today" show is next. have a great day. good wednesday morning. our top story, the one-two punch of snow and record cold set to face millions of holiday travelers. >> we've got what you need to know. it's december 21st. this is "today." >> holiday headaches. with that monster storm taking aim, travelers already running into trouble at the nation's airports. >> it's just been a hectic day. flights are delayed. few cancellations. >> this morning a firsthand look at what you will face as you head out and the storm's latest track. breaking overnight, surprise visit.