the action he's set to take today and why he believes he's being treated unfairly. >> and we're live in washington with a look at where things go from here. this is after u.s. forces blasted a suspected chinese spy balloon from the sky. the backlash president biden is facing from some republican leaders. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. good morning. thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has what we can expect. >> it is chilly and there's a frost advisory in effect for the north bay in the areas that are shaded in blue. temperatures will drop into the mid-30s in some spots and that may mean a layer of frost on the windshield. we're seeing that in santa rosa with our temperature at 35 degrees. it is also 35 in dublin, so some frosty conditions as well, in parts of the tri-valley. we have low 40s in the south bay. take a look at our afternoon

high temperatures. kind of cool, so we're keeping our jackets on as most of us stay in the upper 50s for later today. mike, you were saying that it looks like they ran a traffic break. >> that's what the sensors looked like. there was a lot of slowing from yellow, to red and orange and now back to green. i believe they ran the traffic break because of the crash reported north of 980. we've been watching those changes. no changes for the rest of the east bay. contra costa county moves well, toward novato without any major problems. bay bridge shows a light volume of traffic. calm in the bay area. back over to you. >> thanks, mike. we want to begin with breaking news. the tragedy unfolding in turkey and syria after more than 1,000 people have already been killed. >> it is tragic. the number of deaths is expected to climb higher.

look at that. this video showing a building collapsing during an aftershock from the 7.8 earthquake, which struck a little after 4:00 a.m. monday local time. it's been about 12 hours now since the quake and the number of confirmed deaths has already shot past 1,000, as marcus mentioned. the same area is being hit by a swarm of aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 7.5. here is a look at where the quake was centered. the damage heavy on both sides of the turkey and syrian border and now the search is under way to find survivors that have been trapped in all that rubble. but there are simply layers of it. be sure to stay with us as we continue to follow the very latest developments out of turkey and syria. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is in the newsroom right now gathering the very latest information. she'll join us with an update at 5:30. you can find more online at nbcbayarea.com. it is right there on our home page.

5:02, and threats of violence against locally elected officials is a growing problem in the bay area and across the u.s. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us this morning in alameda county and local leaders are demanding change here. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you, marcus. in the past few months we've already seen threats made against several local lawmakers, including state senator who represents part of the east bay where i'm at. during her election campaign this past fall she posted one of the voicemails she received. what's up [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: you can get the sense it was very vulgar. she's not the only local leader facing threats. last month carrol fife tweeted out a voicemail she received. unfortunately, politicians

throughout the country are receiving these kinds of threats. there's an initiative that started tracking these threats and they have found that they, quote, present a significant challenge to american democracy. the oakland progressive alliance, which is a housing and labor coalition, has set up a petition to get people to condemn these ongoing attacks against local black community leaders. several leaders are also raising concerns following the attack on congresswoman nancy pelosi's husband who was attacked inside his home. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." this morning the u.s. is working to recover pieces of the chinese spy balloon, the debris field spans about 7 miles. president biden directed the military to take it down over the weekend. "today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live from washington this morning. there's really mixed reaction to president biden's decision. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, laura.

the president is receiving praise from his allies, while critics say the biden administration should have shot down that spy balloon sooner. >> boom! >> reporter: eyes were glued to the sky as an f-22 raptor shot down a chinese spy balloon saturday. >> i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. >> reporter: the biden administration first detecting the high-altitude surveillance tool on january 28th in alaska. its path eventually crossing over into montana, wyoming, kansas, missouri, and finally the carolinas, flying over sensitive military sites before it was blown to pieces over the atlantic ocean. debris picked up and brought to shore. >> the president taking it down over the atlantic is sort of like the quarterback -- it's sort of like tackling the quarterback after the game was over. >> reporter: republicans argue china was testing president biden's strength. >> unfortunately, the president

failed that test and that's dangerous for the american people. >> i would use two words in answering these gop criticisms, they are premature and they are political. our friends are playing politics with u.s. intelligence. >> reporter: administration officials saying the president's actions weaken china's surveillance capabilities. >> we saw a great example of the coordination and cooperation between a lot of differently players in our government to make sure everything happened safely. >> reporter: tensions with china are rising. officials in beijing blasting the united states for shooting it out of the sky, calling it a clear overreaction. and today china accused the united states of indiscriminate use of force. the vice foreign minister said he launched a formal complaint with the u.s. embassy on sunday, and on february 15th senators will receive a briefing about the chinese spy balloon, laura. >> really interesting updates

over the weekend. thanks, brie. well, president biden will deliver his second state of the union, as mentioned, tomorrow night. he's expected to cover a wide range of issues from the economy to international security, to policing and gun violence. you can watch the president's address right here on nbc bay area. coverage starts at 6:00 tomorrow night. oakland police are asking for witnesses to come forward. this is after a deadly double shooting. it happened yesterday afternoon near east 18th and 40th avenue in fruitvale. one of the two victims died. there's been no update on the condition of the other victim, but doctors do say that that person is now stable. authorities so far are not revealing the identity of the person who died or if they know a possible motive. oakland police chief leronne armstrong today plans to ask for reinstatement following the event yesterday organized by oakland naacp. the new oakland mayor, thao,

placed him on leave after allegations they mishandled cases of officer misconduct. armstrong says the findings do not add up. >> my view says the conclusion about me is not supported by evidence. frankly, the confidential report and information provided by the monitor is embarrassing. it's inaccurate. >> armstrong argues the narrative of his role in that investigation, quote, defies even common logic. the mayor's office did not respond to our request for comment. moving you forward on the fentanyl crisis and local health experts believe they've found a way to address addiction more effectively in teens and young people. experts say more and more opioid add addicts are turning to fentanyl. they're trying to address it rather than send people home for home. it includes a drug called

buprenorphine. >> we continue to assess them and give them enough of the medication until they feel what i would call normal again. >> deaths from fentanyl happen when users unknowingly take it with other drugs. but the rate of fentanyl addiction is said to be climbing. happening today, victims of a recent winter storm can learn more about the resources they can now tap into for help. california u.s. senator alex padilla will join insurance commissioner riccardo laura for a virtual forum. it will focus on federal and state resources being offered. it will include representatives from fema, small business administration and california's department of insurance. 5:09 on your monday morning. taking a peek outside. we had some rain showers over the weekend. what are we in store for today? let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. >> we're going to see a lot more sunshine than we had over the weekend, but we are still starting out cool as we take a

live look outside in oakland as you get ready to step out the door. keep on that heavier coat, but you don't need the umbrella today. we're in the low 40s to start. we'll see sunshine and a warm-up into the mid-50s at noon, eventually reaching about 60 degrees in oakland, 62 in napa and we'll see a high of 57 in san francisco. we'll also see some upper 50s in the tri-valley and it does get slightly warmer as we go throughout the week as the sunshine continues. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike, stopping at the gas station, you might want to look for lower prices. >> san francisco county, san mateo county, nothing under 4 bucks. north bay, san anselmo, lucky service on sir francis drake. contra costa county, in concord, $3.89. and then great gas, in

cupertino, it's been about a week they've had the leader for much of the state. as we look at the roadways, a smooth drive. everybody is going about the limit or should be going about the limit. north 680 i did see blips as you approach the construction zone, the overnight paving work. it looks like it should be just about cleared and everything is back to green. i'll confirm if there's a problem and let you know. we know early slowing out of the altamont pass and that's happening right about now. coming up on "today in the bay," a power play of sorts an electric company and solar company getting together to try to solve some of california's energy woes. plus -- >> a grammy tribute to hip hop's first 50 years. one local icon's special appearance and a look at how the genre continues to shape the genre continues to shape the music industry.

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across the golden gate bridge, there were taillights in that direction. we'll see more build there, the commute into the city through the north bay, no problems, including at the top of robin williams tunnel. good morning. very happy monday to you. dell will reportedly lay off several thousand employees. there are dell offices in the bay area but it's based in texas. this comes as the computer world notices people don't want to buy new computers. they bought so many during the pandemic. santa clara's intel announced cuts last week. they make the chips that go in the computers. pg&e is going to pay sun run customers as much as $750 for the rights to tap their home batteries in the early evenings to ease the load on the electrical grid. some solar power systems store electricity during the day so homeowners can use it when they get home at night. under this new arrangement, the

solar customers will help power their neighborhood instead. bloomberg was the first to report the deal. pg&e says it will leave some of the power in homeowners' batteries. >> the unemployment rate is at the lowest in 60 years, more than half a million jobs added to the economy last month alone. head of the fed, jay powell, will speak on tuesday. wall street may wait until then to make any big moves. and mortgage rates had been sliding, but that could change. the fed doesn't set mortgage rates, but as a rule of thumb, mortgage rates go down when money pours into the stock market. also, as a rule of thumb, money comes out of the stock market when investors think the fed will up its own rates, and it probably will. >> beyonce's tickets go on presale today after her showing

at the grammy. she has 32 of them, more than anybody else. can the ticket systems handle this? you'll remember ticketmaster and live nation execs got dragged before congress to answer after the taylor swift debacle. they largely blamed automated scalpers, but it was frustrating to so many people who wanted to go to a concert. >> there were girls online crying about it. you talk about beyonce. she was fashionably late last night for the grammys. there was a big tribute, a special tribute to hip hop at the awards show and they celebrated 50 years of hip hop. take a look. ♪♪ >> yeah, that's our own too $hort represented last night, legendary oakland rapper, took the stage with his hit single.

one of my favorites. the performance featured a slew of rappers over the decades representing each era of hip hop. among them, grandmaster flash, who actually talked this morning on "today" with craig melvin about the birth of the genre and the explosion in the year since. >> do you ever listen to hip hop now and you think, this is not what i intended? >> i'm happy. because the way that i see this here is, something that is loved by so many people has to change, it has to go through its changes and do different things. it has to. otherwise, it's stagnant and it doesn't grow. >> hip hop didn't even have a genre at the grammys years ago. will smith was the first one to win it. a little fact for you. >> he wasn't there last night. >> he wasn't. keep his wife's name out your mouth. later on today they talked about topics including how much flash is tied to the celebration of

the genre and among last night's big winners, kendrick lamar won best rap album. >> a lot of big winners. scott mcgrew already mentioned beyonce making history for the most grammy wins, 32. sam smith and kim petras with best pop duo. adele and harry styles had best album. viola davis can add egot to her resumé. she won for her memoir "finding me". >> she's one of the few of the most recent to win all of those by performance. some have from producers and stuff like that. jennifer hudson and john legend. but she's all performance. so there you go. >> it was an entertaining show. >> i have to find it now.

i forgot to record it. >> a lot of times i don't watch the award shows because we're going to have a recap throughout the next several days, they're going to be talking about who wore it best on the red carpet. >> i think we're all going to wear some of the styles, right? >> you've got to check out cardi b's outfit. it was this blue thing. seriously, it was like this. it was like an art sculpture. >> we're going to have you wear that next week. >> i'll be doing weather, and people will be, like, what is going on? the ocean. let's talk about what we had over the weekend. they didn't get any rain in l.a., but we are seeing some showers moving away from the bay area and it's all quiet. i've been tallying up how much rain we got, totals, most of the north bay had about an inch of

rainfall. a little higher for calistoga. san raf fell had over 2 inches of rain. san francisco, close to 1 inch of rain. a lot of the east bay, about 1 inch or 3/4 of an inch. for san jose, less than 1/2 inch of rainfall. a lot in some of those coasting areas and some of the hills. and then today, as we see, sunshine, highs into the upper 50s and about 60 degrees for most of us. it's going to be another cold night. we'll start out tomorrow morning at 35 degrees in fairfield. one of the colder spots. and then mostly upper 30s for the north bay, the tri-valley starting out at 36 in dublin and also 36 in san jose. as we go throughout the week, we'll have a couple of cold front coming in that will be dry as they pass. and then for the weekend we may see rain getting closer and falling apart as it gets here. i'm going to keep a slight

chance of rain in the forecast for saturday and sunday, but then next week we may have a better chance of rain. we'll have to get a little closer. there may be some showers on valentine's day. that's something that we'll see possibly in the distant forecast. we're still looking at a really great sierra snowpack. more than double its normal amount. we're at 129% of the normal snowpack as we take it out to the end of the season for april 1st. we do see some additional light snow on the way, not a whole lot here. i'm taking it all the way through february 16th and there's about another foot of snow possible. we're dry throughout much of the week. temperatures warm up just gradually by the end of the week, we're in the low to mid-60s. the weekend, it will be slightly cooler and we'll have slight rain chances. we've been seeing a change in patterns now. instead of tuesday, sometimes wednesday kicks in stronger. this is monday, neither of those two, and we're looking at a

smooth, easy drive. san mateo bridge, good space in between the cars. great speed. green across the sensors here. 237, still activity from an earlier crash on the on ramp or off ramp at 1st street, but no problem onto 237 itself. a smooth drive for the tri-valley. we are looking at north 680, the last of the construction crews, i believe, should have cleared from the area. waiting for the all clear from caltrans, but no major issues. there's a crash reported, but i don't see any slowing heading toward the dublin interchange. back over to you. >> smooth drive. >> we like it. thanks, mike. 5:23 right now. no curry on the court tonight, and we hate to stay this, but maybe for a while. >> next on "today in the bay," an update on his injury and coach steve kerr's glass half fullpproach to it al al.

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welcome back. it is 5:26 this morning. the warriors will be without star steph curry when they return to the court tonight against oklahoma city, and it sounds like they may be without him for a while. >> what a bummer. here's a live look at chase center. steph injured his knee late in the third quarter of the warriors game saturday against dallas. according to espn, curry is likely to be out at least through the all-star break. head coach steve kerr says curry suffered a partial ligament tear in his left leg, but at least he's not lost for the season. >> the good news is he's going

to be back. we don't exactly know when, but it's not an injury that's going to keep him out for the season. he's going to come back this season and hopefully sooner rather than later. >> so far, the team will only say they plan to get a more clear timeline for curry's return over the coming days. the all-star break takes place the weekend of february 19th. for now, curry is still slated to take part. coming up next, the top stories we're following, including taking preventative action. the new steps santa clara county leaders are taking to crack down on gun violence. >> and the rising death toll coming out of turkey and syria.

breaking right now at 5:30. a deadly and powerful earthquake in syria and turkey. we'll take a look at it as the number of deaths, sadly, shoot higher. >> facing a judge. an assisted living worker will be back in court today in connection with the death of an elderly resident in her care. where the case stands right now. >> and a live look outside with the bay area drying out again, after this weekend's storms. meteorologist kari hall will break down how our week is shaping up. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and online.

good morning to you on this monday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's start with a look at the forecast. >> let's get a look at it. meteorologist kari hall will be tracking what we can expect. the rain is gone for now? >> now the cold air is settling in and we have frost advisories in effect for the valleys and areas shaded in blue. that continues until 9:00 this morning as our temperatures dip down into the mid-30s. may be a few low 30s there and we'll have more cold mornings. right now as we are looking at our current temperatures, it's coldest in fairfield, 34 degrees, 35 in santa rosa and 38 in mountain view. after the cold start, it will be a fairly mild and sunny day. walnut creek, we'll head for the upper 50s, may briefly touch 60 degrees, and then throughout the rest of the forecast we'll see slightly warmer temperatures. mike, you spotted slowing out of contra costa county. >> we're looking at vasco,

speeds dipping toward 50. we're still only about 20 minutes off from marsh creek, but you see the volume building out of brentwood. discovery bay has a little slowing, but no surprises. we're looking at the rest of the bay. south bay we may have a disabled vehicle around the 85 split with 101. no problems for the speed sensors. and the bay bridge toll plaza sees more volume, but no metering lights just yet. we're looking for the next ten minutes to see changes there. back to you. >> thanks, mike. breaking news, we're covering at the turkey/syria border after a 7.8 earthquake that killed at least 1,300 people. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here with the details. >> they had a 7.3 aftershock. >> this is disastrous for the people of turkey and syria and the latest estimates of people

killed is expected to rise. the rescue efforts may be hard to watch. this one in syria, a person was buried in the rubble of that building. in that area alone, 230 people died and that doesn't include the areas held by opposition forces. a similar scene on the turkey side of the border where rescue workers and residents shouted out to people trapped in their apartment building, which was threatening to fall. rescue workers were using flashlights to search through the concrete and metal rubble. this is the moment the quake struck early this morning, as captured by surveillance cameras in turkey. emergency aircraft have been delivering rescue teams and supplies to the area, declaring a level 4 alarm that calls for international assistance. now, this is the east anatolian fault and it is similar to the an andreas fault.

>> specific type of construction that at least i saw in turkey is called non ductal reinforced concrete. there's a type of construction that we haven't allowed to be built in california since 1980, but we have not required retrofitting of these known very dangerous type of concrete structures. when we have our biggest earthquake, we expect to see this as well. >> president biden responded to the quake using the traditional spelling of the country, saying i am deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation caused by the earthquake in turkey and syria. i have directed my team to continue to monitor the situation and provide any and all needed assistance. in addition to now the 1,500 people that we know are dead, 7,000 more people are injured in turkey, 700 in syria. we expect that number is higher because there are rebel-held areas that a lot of rescuers

cannot access. >> we're seeing layers and layers. it's just so sad. >> it is comforting to know that we don't have that same kind of construction here. >> thanks, kris. we are continuing to monitor this breaking news, as you can see things are developing overnight. when we're not on air, you can find the latest updates online. you can find a link on our website, it's up on the trending bar. head to nbcbayarea.com. 5:35 and happening today, santa clara county leaders will roll out a push to crack down on gun violence. the team is working to take illegal guns off the street, especially people with gun violence restraining orders. the million dollar grant will provide more staff, including investigators, analysts and attorneys. an assisted living worker charged in the death of a resident at a walnut creek facility is scheduled to return to court. prosecutors say letitia starling

allowed a 94-year-old patient at the atria facility to drink cleaning solution. that led to his death. she appeared in court last week asking the judge to delay her arraignment. that incident is not tied to a separate but similar death at an atria facility in san mateo. this is where a patient accidently drank dishwashing liquid and died. charges in that case were not filed but the patient's family did file a civil suit claiming negligence and abuse. our investigative unit has been following this story very closely. you can watch the previous reports on our website. just go to nbcbayarea.com/investigations. taking you outside on this monday morning. 5:36. taking a live look at highway 50 in south lake tahoe. not a lot of movement, but chains are still required from the heavy snowstorm that moved through over the weekend. conditions that drivers faced were rough. they had snowplows out working full-time.

yesterday there was a lot of wind and snow. at some points interstate 80 was at a standstill near donner summit. you had to clear the signs so you could see you had to put on chains. meteorologist kari hall joins us. the warning is over right now. >> it is and things are clearing out. we're still seeing a lot of snow from over the weekend, the storm system has moved on out of here and we'll see some dry weather as we go through much of the week. but taking a look at our sierra snowpack, we'll get another update today, but we're still more than double our normal amount of the sierra snowpack. and we're seeing the highest amount for the southern sierra that is at 242% of normal, and even if we don't get any more snow, we'll wrap up the season with more of our usual amount of the sierra snowpack. as we go through the forecast we are going to see additional light snow. i had to take it out really far to get this amount. between now and the middle of the month, we could see up to 12 inches of snow in kingvale, 13

inches in kirkwood and south tahoe could see another 8 inches. we're at home we're enjoying sunshine but it's going to be a chilly day. your microclimate, most likely, will stay in the 50s and low 60s for parts of the north bay. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week. mike, you're looking at what's ahead for drivers. we're going to see a build in volume. right now san rafael is moving slowly, picking up just a little more volume. at the limit all the way from petaluma through the golden gate bridge. highway 1 with repair work from the storms. and other patches in the bay, they just called that out for highway 1 in marin county. 101 past spencer, during the middle of the day from 10:00 to 3:00, it's going to be down to about three lanes. so watch for that portion right here, you may see slowing because of repair work going on. watch for moving crews. still moving, but slower here,

highway 37, 4, your traditional build coming into the area and out of the north bay, as well as vallejo. no metering lights just yet. we should see those activated over the next few minutes. slowing getting into san francisco and tonight the warriors will play at home. we haven't had a lot of home games recently, but they will be home tonight at 7:00, so keep that in mind. we're looking toward 92, we still have that pothole repair work. if you haven't driven through the area since the storms, they're still repairing it. one lane in each direction east of 35. a crash still at the off ramp of 237, no major problems. >> speaking of potholes, helping our roads, transit and infrastructure. coming up next, mike inouye is actually breaking down improvement projects that are in the works across the bay area. >> internationally, china wants to be feared, but also wants friends and finds out it can't

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incline at the bay bridge but the live camera doesn't show that. it looks like things might have cleared up, probably because they've activated the metering lights. the buildup is forming in the last couple of minutes. the metering lights were a little early heading toward san francisco. we're examining a legal decision that's having a big impact on transit, traffic and more in the bay area. a judge overruled a challenge recently to regional measure 3, setting the stage for a windfall in funding to help our roadways, rails and more. joining me to talk about the efforts to relieve traffic congestion is john goodwin with the metropolitan commission. thank you for being here today. once the money gets released, we've already had press releases from other agencies talking about all the improvements they have on slate. can you help us understand some of the things like the regional programs, for example, b.a.r.t., they're talking about extension cars? >> yes. one of the biggest pieces of the

regional measure 3 expenditure plan is more new b.a.r.t. cars to allow for the eventual expansion of b.a.r.t., the silicon valley extension will go from the current terminal into downtown san jose and up to santa clara. they're going to need more cars to operate that extension. in addition to the ongoing replacement of the legacy cars with what b.a.r.t. calls the fleet of the future. >> what about water? the ferry systems are being enhanced? >> that's right. this will allow the san francisco bay ferry fleet to expand and to expand its route network. i think next up is san francisco's mission bay district and berkeley, i know, are on the expansion horizon. while some other project

sponsors have been able to use other funds to proceed with projects while awaiting the release of regional measure 3 money. >> i'm focusing on the fremont area. the funnel where 680 and 880 come together. i heard about a change over there from mission boulevard. can you expand upon that? >> again, that's another project that has been in the works for many, many years. that's to create a direct connecter to essentially replace mission boulevard with a direct connecter between 880 and 680. so that's a project that folks in the south bay and the southern part of alameda county have been clambering for for decades. and the release of regional measure 3 funds later this year will put that another really important step closer to reality. >> mike and john talked about so many other things, including

what can be done to fix the process that's had these funds in limbo for so long. also, updates on an extension for caltrain and whether the express lanes have been a success. you can watch on nbcbayarea.com and also on roku and amazon fire. u.s. forces are searching for the wregage of that chinese spy balloon. >> scott mcgrew is joining us. they say the debris is spread over seven miles? >> that's from the balloon. on top of that, a nine-foot missile. so seven miles of stuff falling to the earth is one of the main reasons the u.s. waited instead of shooting that balloon down over the continental united states. instead, it was shot down after it left south carolina, headed out to the ocean. critics are quick to say that was too late, even though it was the u.s. military who had advised the president to wait. >> do you think we should have a policy that just anything that enters our airspace that's a balloon from china gets shot down immediately?

>> first off, you have to understand this administration didn't just fail here. they failed to prepare after the first time this happened during this administration. the administration has already admitted that china has done this before in the continental united states during this president's tenure. >> done this before, in fact, there have been four balloon incursions made public in the last few days. one earlier during the biden administration, three during the trump administration that we're just now hearing about. bloomberg is quoting intelligence officials about those. our u.s. secretary of state canceled a trip to china over the incident. china warning it reserves the right to take action, sticking to that story the balloon wasn't designed for spying, it was simply off course. china and president xi really have found themselves stuck between a desire to be a feared world power and continued good relations and trade with the west. it's been saber rattling with artificial islands in the south china sea, and now this balloon. at the same time, china wants to

engage with the world to get us to drop some of our trade restrictions, but they're finding out you can't have it both ways. here is senate leader chuck schumer. >> and i will say this, the biden administration is considering other action against china for their brazen activities, and we can work with them on this process in the senate should the need arise. >> a poll shows americans not excited about a biden/trump remarch. many say they would be dissatisfied or angry if biden returned to the white house. about the same, slightly less, feel the same about trump. state of the union is tomorrow. what will silicon valley have in there? we'll talk about that tomorrow. maybe give you a preview on social media. on twitter you can find me @scott mcgrew. >> thanks a lot, scott. 5:48 right now. a giant jackpot will be on the line in tonight's power ball drawing.

>> the jackpot grew to $747 million. this is the ninth largest in lottery history. late november was the last time someone hit all six numbers in the power ball drawing. the drawing takes place at 8:00 p.m. our time tonight. >> that would really turn around a monday, wouldn't it? >> what a monday, what a monday. >> it's not like it's billions. >> i know, right? >> it's only the ninth largest. >> i like how you aim high. >> exactly. you've got to, because then if you only hit $747 million, you feel okay. >> well, numbers of a different sort in the weather department. it's going to gradually start to come up a little, but we are going to see a lot of the greenery around the bay area, once we get that sunshine today. our weekend rainfall totals, we had about 1 inch from napa.

santa rosa with over 2 inches of rainfall, with concord reaching over 1 inch. most were three-quarters of an inch, in half moon bay, an inch and a quarter and ben loman 3.9, so there was a lot of rainfall along the coastline and in the santa cruz mountains. we're drying out today, still maybe some puddles left on the road in antioch as you're starting out. temperatures in the low 40s. we will see sunshine and it's going to be overall a good day. we're staying in the upper 50s and low 60s for a high temperature this afternoon, just a little cooler than normal. we reach 59 in morgan hill and also 59 in san mateo. san francisco reaching 57 degrees. tomorrow morning we'll start out with upper 30s and low 40s. very much like this morning, with dublin a low of 36 degrees. and we'll dip down to 39 in los gatos as well as know vat oh. as we go through the week, it's

pretty much dry all week long. there will be a couple of systems moving close and the models show there could be more cloud cover and possibly some rain just to our north between saturday and sunday. but it doesn't look like we're really going to see the systems hold together. we take it all the way out to valentine's day, there may be the possibility of showers moving in. we'll see as it moves closer, because a lot of times it dries up and weakens before it gets here. we're doing well with our water, taking a look at how much rain we've measured in santa rosa. over 25 inches of rain since october 1st and we're at a surplus of nearly 6 inches of rainfall. san francisco, as well as oakland measuring about 22 inches of rainfall. livermore, about 17 inches of rain so far. in san jose, over 9 inches of rainfall. so we're not seeing any more additional rainfall for much of our week. we are going to have sunshine, cold mornings and mild afternoons.

it does get a little warmer towards wednesday and thursday, with low to mid-60s for highs. and just slightly cooler for the weekend as we see those systems get closer. once again, some slight rain chances in the forecast. mike, you're seeing a backup build quickly out of oakland. >> i'll be honest with you, i didn't think it was going to be this much backup at this time. i know it's not filling in the entire screen, but this is going past the end of the parking lot for those middle lanes. that sometimes doesn't happen until about 6:05, 6:10 on a monday. metering lights are on. 880 is just fine and coming off the eastshore freeway. but look, there's the slowing through richmond. the reason they turned those on, likely because those cameras saw a bigger volume building. coming across the bridge, 242 still at speed, with a lot of traffic feeding into the walnut creek interchange. a little slowing outside the

tunnel. pointing out little differences because that could amount to early slowing for a lot of folks through contra costa county. we see more slowing, below 20 miles per hour on vasco. you're about 25 minutes out of brentwood toward 580, just under a half hour. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive with san jose building as we expect around 101. back to you. >> thanks, mike. now for you, millions of california residents, they are set to lose access to food. calfresh is expected to issue its final emergency covid benefit allotment next month. they were put into place to help people struggling for food access during the pandemic. many food banks and pantries across the state are bracing for the so-called food cliff and an influx of those in need of services. this morning we continue to follow breaking news. ahead at 6:00, the rising death toll coming out of turkey and syria. the recovery efforts under way and shocking new video showing

the moment the powerful quake hit. >> plus, shot down. we're live in washington with a look at where things go from here after u.s. forces blast a suspected chinese spy balloon from the sky, and the backlash president biden is facing from some republican leaders. we have all the

massive lunar new year celebrations over the weekend have come to an end. >> on saturday thousands of people packed the streets for that parade, despite a weekend downpour. ♪♪ >> a lot of fun there. so the celebrations echoed across san francisco's chinatown as the annual lunar new year parade made its way through the city, ringing in the new year of the rabbit. despite the weather, the chinese chamber of commerce say they got record-breaking attendance and the weekend street fair wrapped up on grant avenue. food plays a big part on the celebration. a special tour of chinatown, with journalist and former editor of the "rolling stone". they stopped at a lot of spots,

starting with china live on broadway. >> and so -- oh, wow. >> oh, this is a kind of pan fried pork filling, with dumplings. it's like the rolling of egg rolls and the folding and making the envelopes that are the wonton. >> kind of reminds me of going to grandma's house and making tamales. >> you'll see the shape of the bao, the dumpling, is kind of like a gold ingot. it symbolizes the hope for prosperity. >> we're going to walk around a little bit now. >> that's right. maybe eat some more food. >> all right. >> looks good. >> yeah, it really does. that's just a small piece of the walking tour. you can watch the entire story on nbc bay area's streaming app, download it for roku or amazon

fire tv, and find it under the must-see playlist. 5:58 right now. a catastrophic earthquake rocked turkey and northern syria. a number of deaths already surging past 1,000 and new video shows an entire building just wiped out during this powerful aftershock. >> lawmakers are facing racist and violent threats. new data showing why women of color are more likely to be a target. and the action being taken today to address the wave of violence. >> confidential report and information provided by the monitor is embarrassing. it's inaccurate. >> oakland's police chief demanding he be allowed to return to his job after being placed on administrative leave. the new action he is set to take today and why he believes he's being treated unfairly. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and online. good monday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington.

it is a busy morning here. we want to start things off with a look at weather and traffic. i know, kari, you have been checking that forecast for us and you say it's going to be a cold one out there. >> it's a cold start. we have a frost advisory in effect for parts of the north bay. some of our valleys and the areas you see shaded in blue are included in that frost advisory until 9:00 this morning. we may see temperatures dipping quickly around sunrise and then some of the valleys may dip into the low 30s in a few spots. we'll take a look at our current temperatures right now. 34 in fairfield, as well as santa rosa, 35 in dublin and livermore. we have some upper 30s for mountain view and fremont. after this cold start, it will be kind of a cold day, reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. but at least it will be sunny. we'll talk more about sunshine and temperatures in the forecast coming up. mike, you're checking on the backup at the bay bridge. >> yeah, metering lights were turned on at 5:35, earlier than we often