doom and groom scenarios, ukraine didn't fall. ukraine is alive. >> right now at 5:00. seeking aid for ukraine. coming from the front lines on the war with russia, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy meets with top u.s. leaders. also, how much the u.s. has already given the country. >> making it in the bay. inflation is causing the prices of food to skyrocket. one local food bank shows the drastic differences of what you can buy with $25 now compared to a few years ago, and how you can still help families in need. plus, the winter wallop.

cold temperatures and strong winds are creating dangerous whiteout conditions. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking the storm and we take a look at the impact the weather is having to holiday travel. good morning. it's thursday. i am ginger conejero saab in for laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we want to get you started with this thur -- is it thursday? >> yes. >> kari, how is it looking out there? >> good as far as our visibility. and as we take a look outside in san josé, christmas is lit up in the park and as we go into the rest of today, not going to be as sunny as we have seen recently, so more clouds moving in and at least that is keeping your temperature slightly warmer, and we are headed for 62 degrees for today.

concord reaching 57, and santa rosa in 57. mike has a look at what is happening in the south bay? >> folks over here in silicon valley, i will talk about what is above your heads. there's an issue on 101 northbound. i am hearing chp update their location, and it's a transition from 85 on 101, so there may be a disabled vehicle. the vehicle may be blocking one of your right lanes, so we're watching one of our issues here. we do have crews that should be clearing from north 680 any second now. a little slowing in the area, but 84 and 680 should be opening shortly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. congress is set to vote on sending more funding to ukraine. so far the u.s. has spent over $100 billion since russia invaded the country more than 300 days ago. >> and last night ukrainian

president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke on the hill addressing members of congress. and brie jackson joins us. >> good morning. president zelenskyy says the billions in funding that congress has provided to ukraine is not charity, instead, he says it's an investment in global security. a historic moment on capitol hill. ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, leaving his war-torn country and addressing a joint session of congress. >> the gloom and doom scenarios, ukraine didn't fall. ukraine is alive and kicking. >> giving thanks to the u.s. for providing weapons and financial support, and presenting this flag to lawmakers. >> this flag is a symbol of our

victory in this war, we stand, we fight, and we will win because we are united. >> zelenskyy also tweeting a behind-the-scenes video of his visit to the white house where president biden is pledging aid as long as it takes. >> mr. president, you don't have to worry. we are staying with ukraine. it's not escalatory, it's defensive. >> the wartime trip comes before republicans take control of the house next month, and kevin mccarthy has said his party will not write a blank check for ukraine. >> my hope is we stay united in support of ukraine. >> your money is not charity, it's an investment in the global security and democracy. >> zelenskyy also sending a

message to americans wishing them peace as his country prepares for a winter of war. ukraine could get another $45 billion if congress passes it's spending bill by the end of this week. >> before you go there, i know speaking a lot about money, i know the government funding bill hit a snag overnight. what is the latest on getting that bill passed? >> the process fell apart over the title 42 immigration policy which allowed migrants to be quickly expelled. lawmakers are going back and forth about that. and senator schumer said he does believe a deal will be reached soon, and they are expected to come back together this morning and hammer a deal out before the end of the day. >> thank you. 5:05 for you right now. the district is preparing for

the worst in castro. last night business owners took part in an event on market street to make sure they know what to do in case of a shooting. >> if you look at synagogues or a lot of other places that are vulnerable, i think people are starting to look at this as something that is necessary. >> recommended precautions include a highly visible security team, checking every single person for weapons before they enter and having a detailed response plan in place. this season many are struggling to make it in the bay, and this comes as inflation currently stands at 7.1%. food banks are struggling, including several in the bay area. let's take a look at the photo from second harvest in silicon

valley, and it shows the power of inflation in just a year's time. on the left, a photo of what could be bought with just $25 just in 2021, and on the right, a photo of what could be bought with the same amount of money now, and there is a difference. look at that. nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and safeway are teaming up to feed families in need. so far you have helped raise $3 million for our nourishing neighbors food drive. there's still time left if you want to pitch in. the next time you are at a safeway, all you have to do is tear off the sheet at the checkout counter, and scan the code and it will add $10 to your total, and that will provide 20 meals to people in need. could we find crab back on

the market? this is a rule on the crab can continue, and it's the fourth straight year this season that we are seeing those delays. so officials say that this is happening to protect the population of migrating humpback whales moving south along the coast. a lot of people are warranting their crab. >> uh-huh. severe winter are pounding the rockets and parts of the midwest. these winds are turning cheyenne, wyoming, into a winter tundra. this is all, as you can imagine, impacting holiday travel. bob redell will have a live report ahead in the next half

hour. >> kari is joining us right now. this puts the cold in perspective for us. >> when you talk about 60 below zero with the windchill, that is life threatening. if your vehicle breaks down, you are all in danger within minutes. that's something you have to think about if you are going to be traveling. not only that, but we are seeing the snowstorm making it across the country and still snowing in denver, and it's approaching chicago as we see the bitterly cold air coming in. this will continue to have an impact over holiday travel over the next couple of days. it may not even get to zero in chicago. even in the deep south, they are talking about temperatures in the teens as the highs and it continues to move over the east coast over the next couple of days. in new york city, we are going to see a high of 22 degrees, and 32 even all the way down to arkansas. we will continue to watch this

very cold air coming in over the next couple of days. and mike is saying for us, looks like a smooth drive. >> when you say it may not get to zero, you mean it may not get up to zero in some places? >> up to zero. >> chilly. there's slowing on 680. crews are cleared from 680 and that's good news. i believe that should be just fine if you are leaving the south bay and heading up there, should be no problem by the time you get into sunol. activity off to the shoulder on 80, and an easy and light drive here. the north bay coming across the bridge, there may be fog, just note. back to you. the disgraced founder of

ftx, he's now up in the u.s. and prosecutors plan to move fast in charging sam bankman-fried. we will look what is going on inside a federal courtroom. and tesla, the big discount and other perks available and the catch that comes with it. >> there's always a catch. drink up, we have a holiday twist on your standard eggnog, and a substitute some

it's 5:13. as you are heading out in martinez, another foggy morning. it's only 40 degrees. it's going to stay foggy through about 10:00 and then remain cloudy. a very slow warm-up, and that's going to keep the temperatures down today. i will have a look at the timeline for rain coming up. and then 580, over in dublin, we can see the roadway from our rooftop camera, but you can't see behind the buildings because of the clouds. just that note for the dublin grade. first, let's check in with silvanna. >> wall street is set to open lower after stocks rallied yesterday. the s&p 500 and nasdaq were both

up about 1.5%, boosting by earnings that were not as bad as expected. even with the gains the markets are on pace to finish the month in the red and break a three-year winning streak, posting the worst annual performance since the financial crisis in 2008. in focus today, third quarter gdp. amazon is once again giving customers to thank their delivery driver with a $5 tip, and it's bringing back the program after originally launching it earlier this month. the promotion was so successful amazon had to shut it down with just one day, and customers with an alexa device can say, alexa, thank my driver, and the driver that made the last delivery will get a tip.

and then tesla is doubling the credit offered on some of the vehicles and offered super charging for 10,000 miles for vehicles sold in december, and it comes after there was a delay in the deliveries. it's 5:16 for you right now. bay area native and ftx founder, sam bankman-fried, is back in the u.s. he will face federal fraud charges following extradition from the bahamas. he arrived at westchester county airport in new york last night. he's now in federal custody and could appear in court as early as today.

this is to face wiring fraud and securities fraud and money laundering charges. he will face life in prison if he's found guilty. the most popular christmas gift might be in our backyard. bart's ugly christmas sweater sold out for the second year in a row. the photo you see on your screen, well, that's what the transagency is selling for $50. the sweater features a bart train with reindeer antlers covered in snowflakes. in 2021, bart's sweater sold out in less than 40 minutes. >> remember, it's all for a good cause. >> yeah. >> you can wear it to those ugly sweater parties, so there you go. and then the best known

mayonnaise has inspired recipes. yeah, snicker doodle mayo cookies. if you are curious, you can still find the mayo-nog recipe online. >> they swapped out the mayo for eggs, right? >> well, mayo has eggs in it. >> so do cakes. you can't just put cake with nog. >> yeah. >> we show the mayonnaise, and it's helmands, and it's different brand names on the west coast. if you are looking for the

ingredients to make your mayo-nog. >> kari is, like, i won't be looking for that at all. only a few days until christmas, and we are also dealing with king tides. i know you may have family in town and may want to head to the coast, but a heads up that those tides are going to be a lot higher than what we typically see. what is happening now is the sun is at its closest point to the earth, and the moon is at its closest point to the earth, and that's creating a gravitational pool on the ocean, and that makes the water come further inland and also creates flooding in some of our low-lying areas. that's what we are going to deal with today and the next few days. so it's basically late morning when we see the highest of the tides, and we see the typical areas near the embarcadero, and marin county. we see some of the areas that are usually flooding during king

tide, and we will have to deal with that today. also a storm pushing inland will help build up some of the higher tides but this is not a significant storm at this point. we will see spotty showers coming in late this evening, starting in the north bay and then continues to spread across the rest of the bay area with breezy winds and light rain. we are looking mostly about a tenth of an inch or less. we are dry throughout the weekend and next week we have the significant storm that we are going to be watching on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. it may be a while. during that time we are looking at the potential of maybe three to six -- maybe even seven inches of rain next week. it's going to be pretty big if it holds up as computer models are showing right now. for the sierra, no snow throughout the weekend, and next week we could see several feet of snow, maybe two to three, four, five feet of snow in the

sierra. that's going to be a big one, and at least we have a few more days to prepare heading into christmas. 60 degrees, and we will enjoy that for the next few days. mike, so far the commute seems smooth. >> not so bad. chp just called out one spot where there's low visibility there, and low traffic flow going on and you see green sensors around the bay, and you know as we get close to the holiday weekend and the holidays are on the weekend, we have a lighter traffic flow. westbound is your commute, and the slowing on 680 did clear. watch for the lights, and it shouldn't be a big deal, just a little fog reported for the north bay and chp did call out the benicia bridge.

next up, "nbc bay area responds." >> good morning. perhaps this week's earthquakes have you considering earthquake insurance for your home, apartment or condo. i am consumer investigator, chris chmura. we will show you where you can get it and how much you can expect to pay, straight ahead. i wanted to post my own new year's eve party on nbc because i think it's really important that we can all spend it together, and the only way to really do that is get some of the biggest artists and the best talent and having dolly pardon doesn't hurt. >> her new year's eve party will air right here on december 31st, and you can watch dolly pardon, aka, marcus's bff after the due

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why and to correct the gap that affects millions of us. >> earthquake insurance is not part of a standard homeowners insurance policy. you have to buy a separate earth quake insurance policy. here's the thing, most people don't. there are 14 million housing units in california right now, and yet the california earthquake authority says it only sold 1.1 million policies. let's talk about how much it costs and how to see if maybe it would work for you. we asked how much is a earthquake policy on average, $815 a year. you can get a quote for free at earthquakeauthority.com. if you have insurance, you already likely have an insurance agent and you can ask them for help, too. click the qr code on your screen

to fill out the consumer complaint form online. the flu and covid and rsv cases rise here, and the steps the government is taking to help with that issue. a big winter storm about to clobber the eastern part of the united states. the potential impact on people trying to fly out of californi fora

right now at 5:30, after the earthquake, one home goes up in flames. we speak with the humboldt couple that lost everything and the community facing the challenge of rebuilding. holiday plans may be turned upsidedown. a big winter storm is moving through parts of the u.s. ahead in a live report, the ripple affect already being felt at bay area airports. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. good morning. i am ginger conejero saab in for laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. before we get you out with those top stories, here's a live look this morning at a unique harry potter-inspired christmas attraction. coming up at 5:45, kris sanchez will take us all on the stroll along this alley there.

get ready all you wizards and witches out there, because it's going to be a jolly ole time this morning. we do have team coverage on the weather across the nation that may impact holiday travel plans. and let's start with meteorologist, kari hall. we're talking cold. >> yeah, the coldest a lot have seen in 30 or 40 years for this holiday. so far not seeing any major delays, and that's the good news. we are tracking a very strong stone from denver to kansas, and there's bitterly cold temperatures. in a lot of spots it's going to be sub zero. this is a look at our friday afternoon temperatures, where it's 1 degree below zero in chicago, and this extends to the south and even houston will be in a deep freeze.

saturday, we are looking at the cold and it moves towards the east coast, and this could have major impacts to travel. let's go to "today in the bay" bob redell over at the airport. this is going to be a big headache for a lot of people. >> reporter: yeah, and fortunately we are not seeing major cancelations yet at the three bay area airports, and the good news, the departure and arrival board do not have too many yellows or reds, and yellows are delays, and there are a few cancelations. we saw one to denver and another one to kansas city and a couple more to l.a. and hawaii. this is the scene this morning out of sfo. not too crowded so far, and this taken by one of our colleagues

about an hour ago, and according to flight aware, there's a few cancelations or delays. and the fact that so many people are traveling by air this weekend, aaa reports that over 7 million people are expected to hop on a plane over the next couple of days. that's close to the numbers we saw before the pandemic. flight aware is already reporting around 810 delays of flights in or two the united states for today. >> i am taking a redeye out of portland. i may get stuck in chicago, but i don't really think so. think positively. >> everybody is stressed. pilots are stressed. the crew is stressed. passengers are stressed. >> take a deep breath. >> some airlines, including american, southwest and jetblue are waiving flight change fees,

and others are offering waivers, and if your flight is canceled by the airline it's a good idea to ask about travel credits even if it's a nonrefundable fehr. it doesn't seem too chaotic and very orderly before -- what is today? thursday. three days before christmas. let's head over to mike inouye for more on who is going to be heading out for the holidays. >> looking over here, and we checked with our buddies at gas buddies, and we are starting with 3.49. it's the arco in mill valley. that's in the north bay. castro valley, 3.81, and that's over in the east bay.

south bay, 3.77. check for gas buddy on what is closest to you. and then we are looking at green sensors, and the fog is called out by chp and by kari as well. fog in the north bay may affect folks heading to and across the benicia bridge. we are picking up a little volume and seeing more folks. back over to you. >> thanks, mike. after a major earthquake shook humboldt -- >> the 3.3 magnitude centered east of union city. people say they felt it as far north as concord and as south as san josé. a lot of people on edge. this is following the strong earthquake along the humboldt

county coast. >> i was at my dad's and i felt shaking and i thought somebody was playing, and a buddy of mine said we have an earthquake. >> the whole room started shaking and i went outside to see my parents and they were all panicked and they said, did you feel an earthquake. then the chat started blowing up. >> people are on edge. this morning, 3,400 people are still without water after that deadly quake in humboldt county. you can see the damage in the video. two people died as a result of that earthquake. now, two humboldt residents lost their dogs after their home caught on fire. they say they only left their home for 20 minutes and that was enough time for their home to catch completely on fire. >> i had to come out three times to get breath before i finally found them in the back bedroom and i carried them out but was not able to save them.

>> their friends started a gofundme page to help out with their loss. they are not the only ones that lost their homes, and more than 62 homes in that area have been red or yellow tagged which means they are too dangerous to enter. and many homes are without water and those that do have water are being asked to boil their water. >> it's important that you boil your water before you drink it. it will be sometime before we are able to test the system to make sure that it's clean. >> pg&e says there are only a few hundred homes without power still, and the 1300-foot grid that is closed because of damage from the earthquake is now

closed. you should check out our site. the white house is stepping in what it can do to lower the number of flu and cold suffers out there. they are opening the federal stockpile of tamiflu to respond to the heightened demand. >> for some, the relief cannot come soon enough. nbc's sam brock looks at reasons behind the shortage and helpful alternatives. >> great to be with you. this is a problem that is, no doubt, plaguing so many families and people who are just trying to find tylenol or ibuprofen for their kids or themselves. the owner of this pharmacy says people are coming and looking at medications that are not

available, and so what are you supposed to do? you find yourself in this position where you are trying to figure out if there are substitutes that can work, and can i talk to my doctor and maybe get a different prescription, and what about generic medications, and we will run through that, and you can't do some things which is use expired medication. we'll talk about that, coming up on "today." king tides are expected on the coast and a warning starting at 6:00 a.m. the highest tides are expected to occur in the mid to late mornings for the next few days. the warning is expected to be in effect until 2:00 p.m. on sunday. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking our weekend forecast. kari, what is it looking like? >> we have been talking about the king tides coming back, and the low-lying areas that flood

during these times. also if you are going to be in santa cruz this weekend, a nice weekend for enjoying sunshine and some of the waves but it will be chilly, only reaching 60 degrees on friday. we're headed for the mid-60s on christmas day. if you are going to tahoe this weekend, it looks clear getting there and back. the temperatures headed for the low to mid-40s for friday, but upper 40s by the end of the weekend and on saturday we have the 49ers game at levi stadium, and it's going to be beautiful out there, upper 60s and a light wind. we are also going to see mild weather. warming up for l.a. this weekend, if you are going to visit family, near 80 degrees in southern california. mike, heading off from work this morning, how is it looking for us? >> looks like people might want more company, and i don't know why you would want more company at a toll plaza, but it's light, and with the fog drifting around, no surprises, no

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good thursday morning. as you are heading off to work in fremont, parts of the east bay in the 40s thanks to a blanket of cloud cover. it does stay mostly cloudy today and at least mild for the

afternoon, but we're getting ready for some of us to get some rain. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. as you are crossing to or from the east bay, here the san mateo bridge no problem. there was flashing lights but you saw them extinguish. look, they are putting up the flashing sign. crews are finished for their morning job, and others getting to their morning job, we will track the build coming up. a national cookie chain facing fines for allegedly violating labor laws. a series of fines have been issued against a dozen crumbl cookie stores, and the fines amount to just under $60,000. in a statement the company expressed disappointment in

discovering some franchises committed the violations, and noting it only hospitalized at a few of the brand's many stores. we're guessing it's break for students at hogwart's students. kris, it looks like the spirit of harry potter is alive and well where you are. what is the house you are going to visit? >> reporter: yes, this is the harry potter house. i am a humbopuff, i just found out. it's such an elaborate display, and this is the work of two people and they are opening it up to the public. we are going to have a butterbeer, right?

yeah, it's butterbeer light. >> this is just -- it looks absolutely like a movie scene here. this is glenn. good morning, glenn simon. i understand the wand picked me? >> yeah, the first step is for the wand to pick you. there's a number of spells you can choose. they are listed on that sign over there. you know which spells are actually allowed in the alley. try this one. >> by the way, this is really legitimate. i just smelled cotton candy over there. all right. aloh mora. maybe it's my tv accent.

you have a number of different spells and it's super elaborate. you are an artist and glenn is an engineer, and it came together perfectly. >> yeah, 20 years of harry potter collections. let's do another spell. >> reporter: okay. >> incendio. come on, glenn. do we need -- oh, there, we got it. there we go. sometimes you need practice for your magic to work. >> if magic were easy, everybody would do it. >> exactly. >> reporter: exactly. there we have the book of monsters. this is all for fun. you do it because you love harry potter and you have had collections for halloween and you stretched it out to christmas, but this is also a fundraiser? >> correct. >> we wanted to give back and

give people a chance -- we don't charge admission, but we wanted to give people a chance to give back, and we posted a fundraiser and it's a resort for critically ill children and their families to spend the week there. >> when the neighbors are awake, there's music and snow sometimes. we will post some of that on facebook and on instagram so you can see that. the address is on magnolia avenue. it's not too far from alameda and 880 in san josé. we will post that as well, too. we will be back here for more magic at 6:45 if you are still around. i hope you join us. >> if people leave, kris, use the magic and zap them back.

>> reporter: that's not the sound of my stomach growling. it's the book of monsters. >> okay. i was going to ask. >> reporter: i don't want to spell you -- it starts on monday until january 1st, not 31st, but new year's day. >> looks like a lot of fun. >> hufflpuff. whatever that means. >> you will need a puffy coat. >> yeah, it's cold. at least it's warming up a little bit for us, but we are getting ready for rain. take a look at the system approaching the bay area. even though it's looks pretty big, it's not going to be a significant storm for us. in fact, it just brings in overnight rain and we need it. we just got the drought monitor update and across the west the drought persists, and we are

seeing no change as we zoom into the bay area. we are still seeing some of the worst of the drought right here in the central valley as well as parts of the bay area. we have had so far over five inches of rain, and that's a deficit of over four inches of rainfall. oakland needs an inch of rain to catch up to normal, and half inch in san francisco to get up to normal for this date. and it looks like with the next several days we could see this starting to make it up as the spotty rain moves in later tonight. we are dry for the weekend, but then going into next week several big storms coming our way that we will be watching starting on tuesday. it could bring possibly several inches of rain as you take a look at the screen, maybe three, four, five, six, seven inches of rain. it looks big next week. for the sierra, you could see a

significant amount of snowfall with the potential of several feet between christmas and the new year. mike, on the roads, it seems like it has been good, all except for the fog. >> yeah, the fog is the issue for some folks. traveling through san rafael, you can see it. no problems from santa rosa down to the golden gate bridge. we don't register the fog on the roadway with the index, and if you saw that last shot, you know it's probably tougher to see up through here, and we had slowing through the altamont and vasco. back to you. >> thanks, mike. many americans are saying they like to work from home but this time of year they are feeling lonely. >> yeah, no secret santas or office parties, but it's just you and your webcam. and now scott mcgrew shows us a

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it's paper, right? think again. because gift wrap is made with plastic, yes, even paper wrapping has plastic fiber in it, and some has aluminum or metal or glitter that could cause big problems for fish and birds. i learned this from my mom a long time ago. save the bags you have been given in the past for future gifts. another great one is to buy cloth bags that can be reused for multiple purposes. here's the payoff. earth 911 estimated only half of the gift paper bought gets recycled. for more climate hacks follow me at nbcvianeyarana.

at 6:00, high stakes address to congress. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy leaves his war-torn country to make a historic trip to washington, d.c. i am the looming decision for the bay area during crab season. inflation causing the price of food to skyrocket. ahead, the dramatic difference of what $25 will get you today compared to a few years ago. good thursday morning. i am ginger conejero saab in for laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. let's