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right at 6:00, rain is arriving in some places. green, yellow, red, you name it. we've got live team coverage of this incoming bomb cyclone, as neighborhoods brace for the possibility of more falling trees and power outages. >> a nashville community in utter heartbreak after another school shooting. we're live with new details on the investigation from the mayor, plus new video emerging showing the moment the shooter got past the school's locked doors. this is "today in the bay." and a good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's get right to the storm that's taking aim at the bay area. our damon trujillo is along the
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peninsula where residents are bracing for dangerous conditions. mike inouye is monitoring road conditions. first, let's get a look at the timing of the storm with meteorologist kari hall. >> we're starting out this morning with stormranger tracking activity mostly for the north bay with light to moderate rain and also the wind starting to pick up at about 10 to 15 miles per , ande're seeing a new wave of rain that will be approaching the coastline and will be soon moving into san francisco. but we can see pretty much the steady rain that we're seeing from parts of northern sonoma county, lake and mendocino counties, and then moving over towa napa county as well.wn thr marin as we go into the next few minutes with some heavier rain picking up near san rafael. for san francisco, it's been off and on with the wave of rain that was just over the city, now moving toward oakland and that's going to continue to push off to the east. what we're expecting, the brunt of the storm is still well off the coast and will continue to
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bring in some waves of rain, with the heaviest rain hitting us later this morning and also the winds picking up. we'll also have a potential of thunderstorms, and this with it being another cold storm, could possibly coat our bay area hills with some more snow. but looking at this quickly intensifying storm that we are coining as a bomb cyclone, it could produce high winds and bring down more trees, also having power impacts. we're going to talk more about this coming up. mike, you've been watching the roads. how is it looking in the north bay? >> a smooth drive. damp roadways are showing up. iid want to show you the build in traffic over the last 30 mies, a steady flow of traffic continues. you can see over the high-rise a little less spacing and that indicates more traffic. you're at the limit on the sensors. the road weather index, cotions the roadway, rain coming across and making the roadways damp and wet approaching the san mateo bridge. we see it pushing into the east
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that, north of the dublin interchange. just south of there, 680 did show slowing but that seems to have cleared up over the last couple of minutes. we're right on the cusp of changing from green to yellow there. here is the contra costa county drive, still slow for highway 4 coming into concord. there's the north bay, it's been seeing rain for the longest time. definitely damp roadways, but no complications for the commute. back to you. >> thank you very much. so we've been seeing the storm move from the north bay on down south. >> nbc bay area's damon trujillo is joining us this morning and kari was telling us about that. i know you're in a neighborhood where i would imagine they're just as worried about the strong winds as they are the rain. >> reporter: yeah, those winds have hit hard over the last few weeks. we're in menlo park, that's seen its fair share of downed trees and power lines.
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we had a few raindrops but no major wind activity. this is literally the calm before the storm. that is soon going to change as the wind and the rain make its way down south toward the peninsula. pg&e says it is prepared for what is to come. it has been such a wet season so far, this is the 15th storm since the start of the year. pg&e saysnhat time they have removed 13,000 trees that have damaged their equipment. and they've replaced more than 900 miles of line and they've replaced about 5,000 power poles. so it's been a crazy three months and more is on the way. in fact, in contra costa county, more and more residents are not taking any chances. they're removing their trees before they come crashing down. l torrential rains have saturated the grounds so much, there's a fear it will continue for the next few days.
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>> each of the storms are so powerful, many of them with hurricane or tornadoorce winds and each have been pretty phenomenal and really have had an impact on our infrastructure. but our crews have been ready for them, they've been standing by and working around the clock to restore customers safely. >> reporter: pg&e has once again opened its emergency operation center ahead of the storm. they do have crews from across the state to help out. the utility says it's not the rain so much they're worried about, it's the wind that they fear is going to topple those trees, hit the power lines and put people out of luck because they will not have power if, in fact, that happens. we'll keep monitoring the situation. for now, the wind is calm, no major activity here, but that will soon change. we're live along the peninsula in menlo park. damian trujillo, "today in the
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bay." >> stay safe out there. we know there's a wind advisory right now. it has nothing to do with this. did you feel it? a 3.5 earthquake just hit along pacifica, close to pacifica. we're trying to get an attempt at the seismograph in the newsroom to see if we recorded any of the shaking. if you felt it, make sure you reach out to us here at nbc bay area. but a 3.2 magnitude earthquake just a short time ago, centered along pacifica. we'll continue to follow the very latest on the storm that is brewing across the bay area as well. if we have any other developments, of course, we'll bring them to you. sadly, we're following the latest developments out of tennessee, as the nation is grieving for children and staff members shot and killed at a nashville christian school. we want to check in with "today in the bay's" jay gray. he is live outside of the school
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this morning with heartbreaking new details about the attack. okay, i'm told jay gray is not available at this time. we'll continue to follow that story. let's go over to meteorologist kari hall. we're talking about the storm across the bay area. we've seen it move from the north to the south at this point. and we're still monitoring this earthquake as well. >> trying to make a graphic for it. let's go back to stormranger, where we are seeing this storm moving through, with some waves f rain coming in. and it's mostly been steady rain for the north bay, but we're still seeing heavier rain off the coast, as we get a look at the activity that continues to come off and on throughout the north bay. there are some breaks, we're seeing it taking a break around santa rosa, down to petaluma, but some of the heavier rain picking up for marin county, around san rafael. notice the reds are once again
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off the coast. that's going to be moving toward san francisco. it's also going to be off and on for the east bay. we're still expecting the brunt of the storm to hit us later this morning and we can see the swirls of clouds still well to the north and west of us. that's going to continue to slide down and bring in a lot of moisture with some off and on showers and possibly some thunderstorms later on today. so as we go hour-by-hour, we are going to see some rain picking up in parts of the north bay, and then as we go into late morning into the afternoon, it's going to be pushing from north to south. so we'll start to see the activity winding down later on this evening, and then going into tomorrow the potential of some pop-up showers and thunderstorms as the cold weather continues. we're looking for most of us at the possibility of anywhere from about an inch of rainfall, but it could be as high as 2 to 3 inches, especially near the coastline. we'll talk more about the impacts and what to expect.
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mike, you've been watching the roads and you're seeing some of the rain really starting to pick up. >> that is having an impact. we were saying watch out for delays for b.a.r.t. they've slowed the trains as they typically do with the wet rails. laura told you about the 3.5 magnitude around pacifica. wherever there's an earthquake around that size or larger, they slow the trains down. we haven't heard about them stopping the system or slowing trains. i'll monitor any updates from b.a.r.t. or the rest of the rail services. right now it's the weather that's impacting b.a.r.t., slowing trains down perhaps ten minutes at the most. none of the other rail systems have impacts from the weather and of course we're tracking the impact, if there is any, from the 3.5 earthquake. so far, the roads are moving smoothly and i expect the rain to push through palo alto. so far, no major complications. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:09 right now. thinking about making a phone
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call to the moon? >> not really. >> most of us wouldn't. coming up next on "today in the bay," wee going to talk about a new push to deliver internet technology to outer space and the unique plan to deliver it. >> if you want to vote in a twitter poll, you're going to have to start paying for it. we'll take you to the futures. it looks like wall street is going to have a very mi
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welcome back, everyone. we are monitoring breaking news right now, a 3.5 earthquake centered near pacifica, it happened at about 6:01 this morning, and i'm just learning there was a 2.6 aftershock in the same area at 6:04 this morning. so just moments ago, some people along the pacifica area felt the shaking. did you? reach out to us. we're on twitter and facebook this morning. people are reaching out already, telling us that they did feel the shaking out there. no reports of damage so far and we're monitoring the quick aftershock just moments right after. right now at 6:13, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we are seeing some waves of rain coming in. but still the brunt of the storm is expected to hit us later on
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this morning. i'll be tracking what you can expect, more of the timeline coming up in a few minutes. we're looking at the impact of the metering lights. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. notice the tree in the foreground there, moving around quite a bit. winds and rain will be an impact on your morning commute and throughout the day. we're tracking the changes on the speed sensors and otherwise. good morning. very happy tuesday to you. disney telling employees they'll learn this week if they are part of some prey big layoffs. >> the senate banking committee will hold hearings today into what went wrong at silicon valley bank. fed vice chair michael barr will tell song silicon valley bank failure is a textbook case of mismanagement. now, barr is the person at the fed in charge of keeping a lookout for mismanagement and he routinely testifies before the senate banking committee to tell them the fed is looking out for
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trouble at banks. here is barr doing exactly that in the fall of last year. >> we're worried about making sure that financial institutions are thinking about potential risks if the economy softens, so particularly, as others have said, in commercial real estate, residential housing, the sectors most often that are leading indicators for risk in that area. >> other news, john zimmer, the founder and president of lyft, will step down, along with his co-founder, the ceo of lyft. so a new generation of management can take over, see if they can boost business at the perennial runner-up in ridesharing. >> twitter's ceo, elon musk, says you're going to have to pay if you want to vote in one of those twitter polls. musk claims the age of ai means it's too easy for ai to create twitter bots and, conveniently, paying twitter 8 bucks a month for the blue check guarantees
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those who vote are real people. not that these polls are scientific. musk says people who don't pay won't show up in the for you feed. it's a relatively new feature and it's one that people tend to complain about. there are a lot of changes coming where the people who have blue checks will lose them, the people who pay for them gain them and they get boosted up in twitter. so the things you see are generally going to be essentially people advertising themselves. >> which iinteresting. i wonder what normal twitter users will think about the reliability of it now. >> it's a very small percentage of twitter users, too, that have the blue checks. you'll see a lot of them because they're going to get boosted. >> i'm surprised we haven't seen a new twitter emerge. >> or a new tiktok, because it looks like that is going away. >> it could be coming. >> i'm sure they're working on it. >> if i knew how, i would do it. >> thanks, scott. 6:16th morning. and internet technology may soon
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arrive on the moon. nokia plans to connect 4g service by the end of the year with the idea of eventually being able to use future space missions, they're going to be able to call. so what it will do, it will get there with the help of a lunar lander and a rover, sent from the space x rocket, nasa's artemis 1 mission calls for man trips to the moon as soon as next week. >> i'm sory, i just need it when i'm in morgan hill every once in a while. let alone the moon. >> okay, look, we could all probably use a little pick-me-up right around now, so this one comes courtesy of the u.s. men's soccer team. >> let's just say this gender reveal is one of the most unique we've ever seen. isn't that fun? >> that's cool. >> goalie matt turner found out he's having a girl, his
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teammates and a few fans cheered for him last night in las vegas. he and his wife already have a son that was born last year. and with the kick right here, a lot of pink. he'll definitely be a girl dad. >> absolutely. here we go, 6:17. we're still talking about the weather. >> we've got another storm coming in. we're starting to see showers moving into the north bay, but we are going to continue see it picking up, and you've probably heard us call it a bomb cyclone. what does that mean? it's basically when you think of the bomb part of it, it's something that's dropping quickly. the pressure is dropping quickly within this area of low pressure, and the cyclone is any low pressure. so when you see the pressure dropping quickly, that means it's intensifying. so far we've seen it drop about 17 millibars, when you measure how intense this area of low pressure is. and it's happening over a short
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period of time, within 24 hours. and so that causes the winds to get stronger and we're looking at the possibility of winds gusting at 20 to 55 miles per hour, along with heavy rain. we also look at the storm track. is this tapping into some deep subtropical moisture coming all the way across the pacific from around the hawaii area? well, it is doing that as well. so that's going to enhance the rainfall, especially farther to the south of the bay area. all of this meeting up to cause a stronger storm to come in. but it won't be directly over us, like the storm was last tuesday. so we're starting out with some waves of steady rain, and in some spots stormranger is showing the yellows and darker greens there indicating some heavier rain, and that's right over marin county. we've seen it raining for hours around lake and mendocino county, even switching over to snow for those upper elevations. and then where we're seeing the biggest impact right now over
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marin county, it's continuing to increase there in terms of how heavy that rainfall is, and now moving into san francisco as well as the south city area with lighter showers but gusty winds. we've also seen it off and on for the coastline and now moving toward 280 around the millbrae area. this is what we can expect, at least in the near term, when we see the center of the storm continuing to get closer, the storm is going to intensify for us. it's going to really start to pick up with the heavier rainfall by late morning. so here we are at 9:00, we're still seeing the north bay, the target of the heavier rain. then it does start to shift into the peninsula, as well as parts of the east bay, and eventually into the south bay. right around 11:00 to noon. then it starts to ease up for the north bay by early in the afternoon, but still coming down for the rest of the bay area by 2:00 to 3:00. 4:00, we're seeing it taper off
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for areas from the peninsula on northward, while we're still getting rain in the tri-valley and the south bay into the evening commute. then we start to see these pop-up showers and this is when we could see some thunderstorms. that's when we also may have some small hail, some rumbles of thunder and brief heavy downpours. but notice the change in the colors around the mount hamilton area, so as you go up above 3,000 feet in the hills, you could see it getting at coating of snow in some spots. and then eventually by early friday it's going to give us a brief break. as far as rainfall totals, anywhere from three-quarters of an inch of rain in livermore to over an inch of rainfall for san jose, morgan hill, as well as some higher rainfall totals farther to the north. the areas in purple is where we could see anywhere from 2 to possibly 4 inches of rainfall. as we go through this last week of march, when will it warm up?
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well, our models in the long-range forecast are still showing that cold air spilling down due to the dip in the jet stream, as well as more sierra snow and more bay area rain. take a look at santa rosa. this is looking out ten days and those high temperatures through early next week still showing that we're going to be well below 9/;■normal, only reachingo the 50s. we're keeping those sweaters, jackets, coats, scar vs, all of that stuff on. we'll need the umbrella again this weekend. it won't be a total washout but we'll see more scattered showers moving through. mike, is the drive getting a little tougher? >> getting tougher here, a little movement because of the wind. that indicates the increasing conditions over here. southbound 101, they're doing all right, the span itself. fog is not the issue. but definitely maybe rain in many parts of the bay as it continues to come in.
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also reports of some sort of incident on the north side. we didn't see it on the live shot but we'll watch for that and i'll keep checking the chp report. we had a buildup at the bay bridge, relatively mild. some folks have held off from driving in today given the reports and the forecast. kari warned us about the incoming weather. there is a minor incident around the bay bridge toll plaza. i didn't see a problem on the live[7xç camera. there is a slight bit of slowing for 580 and vasco and the hazard is going eastbound. back to you. >> we are monitoring the earthquake that hit near pacifica, a 3.5 and then a 2.6. i'm on twitter, so let me know if you felt it. next, a look at nbc bay area responds. >> good morning. first the pinch of ongoing power outages, now a shock, a bill for electric that families know they didn't use. i'm consumer investigator chris i'm consumer investigator chris chmura.
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good morning. here is the basic gripe. people whose power was out for days or weeks are logging into their pg&e accounts and seeing a chart that shows a bill for normal use every day. we've heard from several people, including larry in los gatos. >> they charged us the full amount in january when we had 17 days of no power. >> so what's going on? we asked pg&e. it told us when its billing system doesn't get any meter
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data for a particular day like during a malfunction or power outage, it reverts to a historical estimate of electricity used for that day. if the power is out when your billing cycle is up, your bill might include charges for historical power use you didn't actually use. pg&e told us it will reconcile that the next month when it gets a real meter reading. larry says his recent bill was $150 lower. still, he recommend you double-check your bill. you can do that at pge.com, log in and then click the link that says energy usage details. next, you'll get a bar chart day by day. look for shaded blue bars. those are estimates. if you see a discrepancy, pg&e says called in at 800-743-5000. when i called around noontime on
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friday, a nine-minute wait to speak to someone. scan the qr code on your screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. >> thank you. it is 6:27 right now. we're continuing to follow breaking news on the peninsula, three earthquakes now hitting pacifica. a your brother has landed in t the dark lalands. ththey're undeder bowser''s con. [ scscreaming ]] hang on, l luigi. [ [ ominous mumusic playinin] [ screamaming ] yes! fire!e! [ chucuckling ]
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breaking right now at 6:30, dozens are dead after a fire at a migrant detention center near the u.s. border with mexico. the unanswered questions and new details on the investigation. >> plus, rain already falling in the north bay. we're in another microclimate weather alert, with the arrival of a bomb cyclone. we have your hour-by-hour forecast and the dangers some neighborhoods are facing as the latest storm arrives. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, xumo, and online. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first, breaking news, within the last hour an earthquake shaking parts of the peninsula. a 3.5 quake hit right around 6:00 this morning, and then two small aftershocks followed since then. we know people felt it as far away as hillsboro, as well as san francisco. so far, we have no reports of any damage, but people are
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tweeting about that. you can see right here on our screen. >> that's right. we've heard from people in burlingame, of course in pacifica, along the sunset district in san francisco. we were tweeted, someone was awoken by it in millbrae, daly city, redwood shores and one person along the east bay reported feeling the quake. we don't have any reports of damage or injuries thus far, but of course we're monitoring. what a way to wake up across the bay area, with a series of small shakes. now we want to jump to our live team coverage of the storm that is moving into the bay area. "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez is in the north bay where the rain is already falling. but let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. she's got a look of the radar and we see it really moving in. >> we mostly see the rain in the north bay, where stormranger continues to track a pretty steady downpour. it's not really heavy, but we
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are expecting to intensity to pick up as we go through late morning. so we are seeing some of the heaviest waves of rain moving into parts of lake and mendocino county, parts of northern sonoma county, where it's been raining for hours. but some of the heaviest and the steadiest rain is moving through marin county, near fairfax, and moving closer to san rafael. we've seen a batch of rain moving into richmond. it's going to be off and on. just a few minutes ago it was rainy in san francisco. now there's a break, but there's more off the coast. we've also seen some of the downpours moving into the coastline. once again, it's going to be off and on until the center of the storm gets a lot closer and that will be happening within the next three to four hours where we'll see heavier rain and gusty winds. we'll also have the potential of thunderstorms going into today, as well as tomorrow, but the brunt of the storm with those highest winds that could gust 40
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to 50 miles per hour set to arrive a little later. mike, you've been tracking the roads, getting a little wet on the bridge. >> we have raindrops, maybe more drops than backup at the bridge from richmond into san rael, but we have seen that continue to develop toward the east bay. the bay bridge shows a slower backup, i think we have a lighter volume of traffic. again, the warning about the weather may have some folks deciding to commute from if we can. we're looking at the rest of the bay, a smooth drive, a slower drive in the westbound commute and the green highlighting shows the east bay and north bay, a slower drive, really just starting to kick in for the westbound routes. b.a.r.t. only reports slowing trains for the west conditions but no impact for the rail services due to the quake. we're monitoring that, too. >> thanks, mike. as kari is telling us, that storm is hitting the north bay first and neighborhoods there are already feeling the impact. >> let's check in with "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live in
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the north bay this morning. the rain is already coming down where you are? >> reporter: yes, and it is at this point what i heard the meteorologist called hairspray rain. it's really fine. we don't need much more rain here in this neighborhood in santa rosa, where there are already two homes that are red tagged because of a landslide that's coming down the hill. there are about four other buildings that are also compromised and under threat and for the last week engineers have been monitoring the sliding and trying to remove some of the soil. at this point, six homes and buildings are under watch, two of them are unlivable. coastal communities are going to get the worst of this stormy weather, especially at higher elevations. that includes the santa cruz mountains that face the west where the wind will be coming from and higher spots in oakland and berkeley hills. then the rains will pick up in
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time for the drive home night. the national weather service briefed local emergency leaders, including santa rosa's chief fire marshal. >> the warnings, especially with the wind advisory in effect, survey the freese on your property and make sure nothing is looking like it's damaged or has the potential to come down. don't hesitate to reach out to an arborist or professional that can evaluate the tree. the last thing we want to see is it come down, cause damage or potentially worse. >> reporter: now, that's if you can get an appointment with an arborist. they are clearly busy at this point. he advises if you took out the patio furniture during this weekend's nice weather, make sure to secure it so it doesn't blow into power lines and causing outages. pg&e has already warned us that the high winds and saturated ground could lead to more outages, so, also, a good time to restock your emergency kits while we can. we know you probably already
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dipped into them once or twice. you should have about 72 hours worth of food and water for each member of your family, including your pets. make sure you have a battery-powered radio and your phones are charged, a flashlight and extra batteries will be handy, and a basic first aid unit. if you want to go to the next level, put cash and change in your emergency kit so if your local market or gas station can't make change, you are not stuck. make copies of family documents, including insurance paperwork, and know where extra bedding is because this storm is already very cold. make sure you have matches and you know where your fire extinguisher is. the winds are already starting to pick up in santa rosa as well. in santa rosa, krissanchez, "today in the bay." >> bundle up as much as you can. we'll be tracking the storm throughout the day both on air and online. for all things storm related, head to nbcbayarea.com. you will also have access to our
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live doppler radar to track when that rain will arrive in your area. more breaking news this morning, this out of mexico. at least 39 people are dead after a fire at a migrant detention center. now, it happened late last night in the city of juarez and this is near the border of texas and mexico near el paso. authorities say that the victims are all migrants from central and south america, and the fire was sparked during some kind of rally or demonstration inside the dorm at the facility. at least two dozen more people are injured. it is 6:37 right now. we turn to the heartbreaking developments in tennessee and the latest mass shooting tragedy, where a shooter killed three children and three staff members at a christian school in nashville. >> the gunman also dead. a warning, we're about to show images that may be disturbing showing the moment she gained access to the school.
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here is nbc's katie beck from nashville with more on the investigation and where it stands right now. >> reporter: police say the 28-year-old shooter was living as a transgender person, a former student at the school, who left behind a detailed manifesto of their plan. we're also learning this morning that if not for the quick reactions of police, this tragedy could have been far worse. >> we turned it over to the fbi, we've looked over it as well. it indicates that there was going to be shootings at multiple locations and the school was one of them. there was actually a map of the school detailing surveillance entry points and how this was going to be carried out on this day. >> because this is a private school run by a church, the nashville police department says she don't staff it with school resource officers. police also say the shooter had another intended attack, but decided against it because of security reasons. we do expect to hear more on the
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ongoing investigation and the potential motive later today. back to you. >> thanks, katie. well, a bill that would punish oil companies from making too much money off of california drivers now sits on governor gavin newsom's desk and may be signed as soon as today. state lawmakers yesterday approved the measure, which the governor actually first called for last year in the wake of skyrocketing gas prices. it calls for a new committee that would cap profits and penalize companies exceeding the cap. following the vote, newsom praised state lawmakers, while republicans called the bill a job killer. >> big day for consumers, a big day for mother nature, a big day for this country, not just this state. >> california families are demanding affordable gas prices, not more red tape. this bill, despite what the author says, does nothing to lower the price of gas. >> the oil industry argues the law will never work as planned,
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but once the governor signs it, it can go into effect in 90 days. many parts of that are not expected to be operational for some time. it is 6:40 on your tuesday morning. taking a live look outside overlooking san francisco, a nice view at this point. but you see a new storm is arriving with more rain and some strong winds anticipated as well. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking it all for us. >> yeah, and so far the north bay has been the target of the heavy rain and wind. this is a look at our san rafael ca. sloppy start to the morning. and once again, the wind is not as strong right now, but we are expecting the brunt of the storm to come in a little bit later. as we track it, we are seeing the waves of heavier rain move through marin county and light and steady rain elsewhere across the north bay. the rest of the bay area is still waiting on it. it's changed over to snow and looking at the sierra snowpack at this point, we're already at
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227% of what's normal. more than double here. and there's more on the way. so even if we don't get another snowflake for the rest of the season, we are still going to end it with about double the normal amount of snowfall and record setting in some spots. another 2 to 4 inches -- or 4 feet of snow over the next week. we'll talk about the impacts of the storm on the bay area. mike has a crash he's tracking. >> a crash, we're looking at north 101 and 87. the slower drive kicking in for the south bay. on surface streets, major surface streets, look at this. we do have a crash reported, house steter at flickinger avenue. the major intersection, there is a crash involving a pedestrian. we're tracking th in the newsroom and that person has been transported to the hospital. stay away from that, if you can. golden tree or other local streets are a couple of options to get you around.
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police are telling us to avoid that particular part of san jose. the rest of the bay showing a smoother drive. we'll watch for more delays. no major complications. continuing coverage of the little shake coming up. also, washington's reaction to what happened, the awful traedy g g martial ararts is my p passio.
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ready to step out the door, mostly cloudy. we are going to continue to see the rain moving in over the next few hours and potentially thunderstorms as the wind increases as well. i'm tracking all of the microclimates, talking about the impacts and what is coming down the line in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. and the oakland camera, a little movement from the wind. good movement on the roadway. still moving very smoothly. we're seeing the rain, wet roadways impact some of our cameras. we'll show you how that's impacting the morning commute coming up. it is a quarter until 7:00: >> president biden calling for a new assault weapons ban after a deadly school shooting in tennessee. >> scoot mcgrew joins us. america had a ban on assault weapons for a while. >> for a while. it was about ten years, exactly ten years. written by california's dianne feinstein. it lasted '94 to 2004. critics say its effects were
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inconclusive depending on how you look at the numbers. we'll talk more about the ban in a second. first, here is the first lady speaking at a conference only moments after she had heard the news. >> you're so enthusiastic and with so much energy and i feel it, but while you've been in this room, i don't know whether you've been on your phones, but we just learned about another shooting in tennessee, a school shooting. and i am truly without words. >> i call on congress, again, to pass my assault weapons ban. it's about time that we begin to make some more progress. there's more to learn, but i just wanted to send my concern and heart out to so many parents out there. >> there's not enough support in congress to pass another assault weapons bill. congress didn't pass one after the death of 20 first graders at
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sandy hook. but a few years back, after 23 people were murdered at a walmart in el paso, then president trump sat with dianne feinstein and said he would consider a new assault weapons ban. >> if you could add what you have, also, and i think you can, into the bill, can you do that? joe, can you do that? can you add some of the things? >> if you help. >> i'll help. >> trump would change his mind publicly, but he did bring up assault weapons bans again after stoneman douglass. years earlier he had laid out a plan in his book. there's an average school shooting one every 14 days, we know that from our tracker we have online. you can find me on twitter at scoot mcgrew. >> thanks. 6:48 right now.
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palisades tahoe ski resort. the latest storm is expected to drop up to 4 feet of new snow there, with winds up to 60 miles per hour. the national weather service is warning everyone to avoid travel to the sierra right now. this all comes with parts of the sierra seeing record snowpack and palisades extending the ski season until july. you're going to have a little extra time to get up there. right now is not a good time to go. >> we haven't had the windows ve often open up. >> we've had a lot of snow coming down and we're also getting another wave of rain as the storm is quickly strengthening, but staying off the coast. so as we take a look at this bomb cyclone, as we've been calling it, and so far we've seen the pressure drop 17 mill millibars, any low pressure is called a cyclone. so we've seen it strengthening rapidly. but this time, compared to the
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last storm, it won't be directly over the bay area. it's going to stay off the coast. but we also look into the tap of the deep subtropical moisture, extending all the way across the pacific. and it does look like it taps into the deeper moisture, but it does happen a little further south of the bay area. we're still going to get heavy rain and gusty winds. as we take a look at stormranger tracking the system coming in, the rain is starting to intensify in parts of the north bay, we can see that connection with the wave of rain that's coming off the coast and directly into marin county. that's where the brunt of the heaviest rain is hitting right now. it's also going to start to pick up in san francisco, where it's been off and on throughout the morning. but we are, once again, starting to see it intensify a little more there as well as some heavier rain just offshore that's going to be moving in. some off and on light showers for parts of contra costa county, where you've seen the rain also coming in and then it takes a break, then it's off and
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on. so we're looking at more of the waves of rain coming in today, and once again, the center of this storm staying off the coast. but it has definitely strengthened quite a bit over the past 24 hours and we're seeing moisture being drawn in, even a few isolated thunderstorms farther to the north. so as we take a look at this season, where do we rank this year? san francisco has so far measured over 30 inches of rainfall and this is the most rain we've had since 2005. so at this point we're at the 12th wettest season ever. but the number one season was in 1983, where over 43 inches of rainfall fell, and our records go back 174 years. also looking at how many rain days we've had, 38 rain days just last year compared to 60 this year, and we're going to add another one for today and tomorrow. many of our bay area cities have already exceeded the seasonal averages for the monthly rainfall for march, and we're
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going to once again see more added on top of that today, with the heaviest rain picking up later on this morning into the early afternoon. but we should start to see a break later this evening and then these isolated cells and thunderstorms popping up through tomorrow. as we go through the end of march, unfortunately we're going to see the cold air continuing to dip in, as well as a very active storm pattern continuing, more rain chances will be ahead, even going into next week. so take a look at our seven-day forecast, we're going to see those gusty winds picking up today, 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. that could bring down more trees and cause power outages, as well as additional rainfall that could total anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rainfall, with the highest amounts near the coastline. and then tomorrow spotty activity, and then off and on rain, not a washout this weekend, but the weather stays cool and we'll see some showers. mike, how is it looking at the san mateo bridge?
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>> traffic is moving well. chp has not given any significant wind advisories, but we know about that and wet roadways continue to build up around the bay. nothing major on the blotter regarding water. we're looking at a crash clearing south 880 between the san mateo and dumbarton bridge. in the south bay, the northbound build kicking in stronger than we sometimes see. so it's 6:52 now. about 7:00 we see the south bay start to build and 237 coming off of 880 as well. over here at the bay bridge, we have just seen in the last ten minutes all lanes fill in at the toll plaza. the build was more gradual. the rain is coming in and some folks might be shying off from driving in this morning. back to you. >> sounds good. thank you, mike. 6:53. happening now, san francisco hospitality leaders plan to gather to talk about how to move forward from the pandemic.
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they'll outline methods they claim policymakers can take to attract more visitors. organizers say san francisco has been slow to return to pre-pandemic levels, however, hotels anticipate increased demand this summer and plan to fill more than 1,200 open jobs. the news conference is expected to start at 11:00 this morning. just ahead, we'll have a look at top stories, including details on a minor earthquake felt this morning on the peninsula, a 3.5, followed by aftershocks. >> plus, we are in a microclimate weather alert with a new storm moving in from the north. we'll take you live to one neighborhood facing the danger of a
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it is 6:56 this morning. we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories today, including some breaking news within the last hour, an earthquake shaking parts of the peninsula. >> it was a 3.5 earthquake that hit about 6:00 a.m., at least two small aftershocks followed that were 2.6, centered near pacifica. we have a live look from pacifica this morning where our crews just arrived.
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we do know there are no reports of damage, but some agencies, including cal fire, double-checking equipment and of course structures. we spoke to one man in pacifica who says he was watching our newscast when the shaking started. >> it was very short, it was a very singular jolt, there wasn't time for things to start shaking. it kind of felt like a truck crashed into the house. that's how i would describe it. it's garbage day here and we thought maybe a garbage truck crashed into the house. >> i had another viewer tell me she thought had tree had fallen in the area. people felt it as far away as hillsboro and san francisco. there were certainly a lot of people tweeting about it this morning. also breaking, new accusations made against palo alto native sam bankman-fried. federal prosecutors say he paid out tens of millions of dollars worth of bribes to chinese
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officials. the indictment was filed this morning. he's pleaded not guilty to criminal charges tied to allegation he stole billions of dollars to plug losses at his alameda research hedge fund. the trial is scheduled for october. new it's time to look at our microclimate weather alert for you this morning. the new storm is moving into the bay area. meteorologist kari hall has been telling us the north bay is getting hit right now. >> and that's where our own kris sanchez is live this morning. she's been monitoring the rain coming down. you said it was misty earlier. >> reporter: misty and little heavier and the winds are starting to pick up t. rain is the issue here in this neighborhood because there are two homes that are already red tagged, and there are about four other structures that are under threat because of that land that's moving down the hillside this morning. the city has been monitoring the situation, they also have been
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removing some of the oil, hoping to stem the loss at that point. i'll keep monitoring and bring it to you in our midday news at 11:00. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> we'll check back with you. we're going to see the rain starting to pick up later on this morning, as well as high winds. we'll be tracking spotty thunderstorms through tomorrow, a little bit of a break andthen more activity this weekend. >> tougher conditions in the north bay. san rafael is definitely an issue as far as visibility and traction. still waiting for the big stuff to come in for san jose, but i'm really concerned about debris today. >> we' have a local news update in half an hour to keep you updated on everything going on. >> stay safe, and, remember, we're ys on good tuesday morning. the search for answers in nashville. >> police piecing together the

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