good morning. it is sunday, december first. rabbit, rabbit. to all those who observe the superstition on the first of the month to bring good luck to the

rest of the month. a live look outside in walnut creek. wow, a lot of cloud cover keeping us slightly warmer this morning. hopefully you're somewhere warm and safe. thk you so much for starting your brand new month with us. i'm kira klapper cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. yeah, we are a little bit warmer. thanks to those clouds that came in rolling overnight, some of them making contact with the ground there, some fog. we're watching through parts of walnut creek, but temperatures not bad. we've finally gotten out of the 30s, waking up to some 40s and 50s around the bay. so overnight that cloud cover came in. even some places picking up on just a little bit more of moisture up there towards the north bay. our storm ranger picking up on some returns, but the bottom layers of the atmosphere still pretty dry over the last couple of days, soesulting in possibly some of that not even coming in contact with the ground. so we'll watch for that. shouldn't ruin our sunday plans. it will just take it to a partly cloudy day. we'll continue to watch that dense fog advisory as

people are starting to come home over the thanksgiving holiday. of course, into next week, that will change and we'll get into some warmer numbers. i'll show you the forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. cara. all right. cynthia, thanks. 18 people are lucky to be okay after their boat capsized in the san francisco bay. fortunately, they were all wearing life jackets as they waited to be rescued from the frigid waters of the oyster point channel in south san francisco. as today in the bay marianne favro explains, the victims ranged from adults to children. the mayday call came in at 842. the coast guard saying that a wave capsized a boat and 18 people were in the water with the help of a u.s. coast guard helicopter. the harbor patrol swiftly rescued 15 people in the oyster point channel, but there were still three people in the chilly bay. they were rescued by the brisbane harbormaster and police department. the oyster point harbormaster says all 18 plucked

out of the water were part of a rowing club, and they were all in a 14 foot long platform kayak when it capsized. it happens a lot. there's a lot of kayakers that come out and they underestimate the tides. the weather captain, steve gutierrez, runs deadliest cast sport fishing charter at oyster point. he says it's not uncommon to see kayakers in trouble. i myself have rescued numerous kayakers out here that get in trouble. they get out there and all kinds of kayaks and they can't they can't manage the tide, he says.he challenge with being out here is the water is cold. about 51 degrees and conditions often change. it turns really quick. it can be flat, calm, like this now and in ten minutes there's a tide turns. it gets really bad and really windy, and you get really disoriented and really lost out here really quick. the harbormaster says all of the rescued people, which included a few children, were wearing life vests. they were all returned to the oyster point marina, where they were wrapped in blankets and evaluated for conan. none of

the 18 people rescued were taken to the hospital. marianne favro today in the bay. new this morning we are hearing from the families of the three college students killed in a fiery crash in piedmont the day before thanksgiving. the three victims have been identified as sean dixon, jack nelson and krista tsukahara. there were four people in the cyber truck early wednesday morning when it crashed into a tree and caught fire. they were all standout athletes and 2023 graduates of piedmont high. home for thanksgiving break. the family of sean dixon, who was a student at usc, said in part, quote, we are devastated at the loss of our beloved son, brother and friend. sean lit up a room, made friends easily, smiled and laughed often, and had a unique ability to make everyone feel welcomed and valued. a statement from jack nelson's family describes the university of colorado boulder student saying, quote, jack cared deeply for

other people, was a loving and fiercely loyal friend, had a strong faith. he proudly shared through the cross. he wore every day. and christa's family said the sophomore at the savannah college of art and design was, quote, known for her kind and sensitive heart, love for her family and friends, and for her incredible eye for style and design. krista was cherished by her family and many friends, and was and is loved deeply and will forever be missed. all famamilis expressed their deep appreciation for the outpouring of love and support. meanwhile, a memorial to those victims continues to gw at the scene of the accident. the lone survivor 20 year-old jordan miller was critically injured. his father tells us he is a student at the university of wisconsin-madison. the mayor of piedmont and the families are asking for privacy during this unimaginable time of sorrow. we're going to take a big turn now to a typically quiet

community on the peninsula. burlingame police say they were forced to shoot an armed man who refused to peacefully surrender. it happened around three yesterday morning. police say they received a call of gunshots on north san mateo drive near an apartment complex. when police responded and approached the man, he was walking in an intersection. they say he pointed a gun at them and ran away. bpd officers found him a few blocks away on bayswater avenue in the street, yelling and still holding that gun. police say when the man refused to drop it, he wouldn't. they shot him. the man was taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. now to president elect donald trump announcing his pick to head the fbi, kash patel, a critic of the bureau itself. patel has called for shutting down the fbi's washington headquarters and firing its leaders. trump posted to social media calling patel a, quote, brilliant lawyer investigator and america first fighter. patel

is a trump loyalist who has supported and repeated conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election and has called for replacing certain civil servants with, quote, patriots. patel has also labeled journalists as traitors. trump would need to fire current fbi director christopher wray, whom he appointed in 2017 after firing james comey. patel will then need to be confirmed by the senate before becoming the director of the fbi. trump also has named his pick for ambassador to france. he nominated charles kushner for the role. kushner is the father inin law of trump's daughter ivanka. he is a real estate developer on social media. trump called kushner a tremendous business partner and said he will be a strong advocate to represent america. back in 2005, kushner was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion. witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations. trump later pardoned kushner in 2020. the san jose state women's

volleyball team season has come to a close, and as you likely know, we've been reporting it's been a difficult season because of controversy surrounding a member of their team. yesterday, the spartans lost their final match in the mountain west conference tournament, and it's an ace for colorado state. the rams rewriting their legacy. the spartans battled the colorado state rams in the championship slot, advancing after boise state forfeited its semifinal game. rather than play a team with an alleged transgender athlete. ncaa rules allow transgender athletes to compete under certain conditions. in the beginning of november, a group of mountain west players filed a lawsuit and that included members of the spartans team. local transgender advocates say they worry that the hate for trans athletes could spread. you know, the last thing we want is

this focused hate to spread to all trans folks under any condition you know, if you start hating trans women and being against trans women playing women's sports, what then? you know, what about trans women in the workplace? last week, a federal court upheld that ncaa rule that transgender players were allowed to play in the mountain west competition. for supporters of that lawsuit, they say this decision is just a setback in san francisco, thrive city is ringing in the holiday season chase center the winter wonderland tree is now lit up. the audience of thousands came to see it happen. and look, there's snow today in the bay's alyssa goard was there for the festivities here in san francisco, the holiday mood is really revving up as more than

2000 people gathered for the holiday tree lighting ceremony here at thrive city, one go. and with that, the 90 foot tall tree in the thrive city plaza was aglow thanks to a countdown from grammy nominated artist montell jordan. the tree lighting was wonderful. yeah. montell jordan was the highlight. yes, attendees got a bit of wintry flair with a surprise dose of artificial snow. were you expecting that? no. like it came out of the tree like magic. it was great. all the snow got in my mouth, though, and i had to spit it out. it was. it was crazy. i always loved christmas. the christmas holiday. always. 96 year old san franciscan virginia silva has lots of holiday memories in the city, but this was her first time at this tree lighting. what did you think of the celebration? the festivities here. i love them, i think it's beautiful. yes. i'm glad that i was here to watch

it. there will be more winter wonderland events at thrive city to look forward to throughout december. like ice skating and celebrations for hanukkah and kwanzaa. it was so fun. it was so fun. alyssa goard today in the bay. 710. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, we take you live to washington, d.c. for

break. president elect trump has nominated kash patel to head the fbi. patel himself has been a vocal critic of the bureau itself. please join me in welcoming kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen, hoping you had a great thksgiving with your beautiful family. i want to ask you because this was really breaking news overnight. and for you on the west coast, what do the east coast pardon me, what do we make of this nomination? as trump would need to fire christopher wray, whom he appointed to head the fbi in 2017 after firing

james comey? well, you know, it's interesting. there's already some backlash. and then there's already some people coming out and saying they plan to support him, including republican senator bill hagerty, who i interviewed on the program this morning. kira, who says that he plans to vote for kash patel. he thinks that he's going to bring about the change that the fbi needs. on the other hand, you have someone like the former attorney general, bill barr, who wrote in his book. he doesn't think kash patel has the experience to even serve as deputy fbi director, which trump considered in his first administration. so o there artwo sides of the coin here. the question is this is another big test for republican senators. they already sunk the nomination of matt gaetz. will they stand up to trump a second time and are there enough no votes? basically, he can only afford to lose three. are there four people who are going to vote no. so a lot of questions remaining as we track what happens on capitol hill as it relates to

this confirmation process. and i know you have an upcoming interview with national security adviser jake sullivan regarding the biden administration's goal to keep the fbi nonpartisan. so we look forward to seeing that in just about 45 minutes from much. good to see you. we hope you join christian for this morning's meet the press. she'll have exclusive interviews. as i mentioned, with senator bill hagerty from tennessee and chris murphy from connecticut. she'll also talk to nsa national security adviser jake sullivan. if you just stick right here with us for today in n the bay, meet the press is on at 8 a.m, right after this newscast and coming up in about 30 minutes from now, we'll talk to nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at the new policies, the incoming trump administration wants to set. day one of taking office. well, if you're getting those holiday cacards readto mail to someone, you love in canada, you might

want to listen to this. two weeks ago, 55,000 postal workers started striking against canada post. that's the main postal service in canada. workers are asking for better wages and working conditions. now, the u.s. postal service says it's temporarily suspending all mail into canada. the usps says it's because canada post is unable to process or deliver mail right now. you may have seen this a college football game ending in chaos yesterday. police had to come onto the field and pepper spray players after a fight on the field. it happened after rival michigan upset number two ranked ohio state at ohio stadium. you can see the video. michigan players attempted to plant their flag in the osu field that did not go over well. the situation erupts. you can see players shoving and hitting each other. police eventually came in, breaking up the fight with pepper spray. back here locally and some better news.

the shopping deals will be with us all weekend. but yesterday was a time to highlight small businesses and allow them to shine in pacifica. it was all about small business. saturday shops on palmetto avenue were welcoming customers and people browsed pop ups outside. shoppers told us they wanted to pick up something special and make a difference for their community. local store owners say they hope the day give give their neighborhood shops visibility, especially since they compete so hard with those big box stores. there are a lot of really great small businesses around here in pacifica that maybe a lot of people don't realize are here. we get a lot of people who are like, oh, we never know. like we never knew. you were here. so this is a great day of visibility. according to the national retail federation, a record 183 million people plan to shop in person and online between thanksgiving, thursday and cyber monday. there's also a trend of this early holiday shopping. many

people have completed their planned purchases already. i am not one of them. another event in san rafael aimed to get shoppers spending money locally. the annual holiday of lights and winter wonderland is a popular draw each year, especially for families with small children. look at that. in addition to the festive lights, people could peruse holiday exhibits, food trucks, ride the rides and go to some merchant tents. the event is put on by the downtown san rafael business improvement district and the san rafael chamber of commerce, and i hear santa was even there. well, speaking of presents, someone could be walking away with a very big gift for the holidays. no one won the mega millions jackpot drawing, so the prize is jumping. there is more than half $1 billion at play. that's a level rarely seen. the jackpot now upo $541 million. that's $257 million. if you take the cash option. if won, this would be one of the largest prizes in

the game's history. this lottery has only been around since 2002. a jackpot this large has never been won in december since 2013. the next drawing is on tuesday and another destination for bay area skiers. yesterday was opening day at kikirkwood. e resort sent us this video skiers and snowboarders excited to hit the slopes in the sunshine. kirkwood opened six days early thanks to an extra 29in of fresh snow. so if you want to head to tahoe, you have plenty of options. northstar, heavenly, palisades, mount rose all opened over the past two weeks. homewood resort is staying closed amid financial troubles. so how is that forecast up in the sierra? although i guess everyone's coming back from thanksgiving now. cinthia pimentel has a look at our forecast. it looks clear to go. there's no alerts from my pt. just, you know, drive safe, be nice to each other. getting on the slopes. but some people are lucky enough to extend that weekend and it's looking beautiful. our live camera right

now, but cold, 21 degrees right now in south lake tahoe compared to yesterday and the last couple of days where we've woken up and seen the stars, there's a little bit more cloud cover as some of those have drifted up from the south, and there's also some dense fog for people through the sacramento valley, through the san joaquin valley and down into parts of the five, the 99. so just be careful with that. that's with us until about 11:00. this morning. but those clouds overnight helping to boost those overnight temperatures. no more of those 30s. we've got 40s even some 50s on our maps, so that helped blanket us in the ovovernight hours, some of it maybe even bringing some moisture. but as i mentioned at the top of the hour, the lower levels of the atmosphere still too dry so that rain could not even be making it to the ground. we're going to keep it though, as a chance as we go on into our mid-morning hours up into the north bay, just the outskirts of the east bay and further on south, trying to make their way. really not going to be an event as we go on

and take it hour by hour, for you could get even into some peeks of sunshine. people looking to get outdoors, some holiday decorations up there looks dry for the north bay around three 4:00. we'll keep some partly cloudy skies down here for the south bay and really start to clear up over the next couple of days. the 7-day forecast looks good and that's coming up. we'll take it into noon 50s and 60s and look at that into the afternoon. further down into the south bay. those are some 70s that are trying to make their way as you go down into morgan hill, gilroy, upper 60s around the silicon valley. here we'll keep some low 60s for san francisco, but overall looks nice to get some of the holiday shopping done at union square up towards wine country. also should be a pretty stunning day, but that comes with a little bit of a warning. we do have a winter spare the air. maybe you notice it yesterday. some of that nasty air hanging closer to the surface. we're kind of trapped under this lid of high pressure, so if that's too dangerous for your health, just keep note of that, especially for the north bay and down through the santa

clara valley. we really don't have any air coming in any moisture over the next couple of days to push that out of here. so we'll see if that continues to be extended. day by day. oh my goodness. this is gorgeous weather right here. 60s 70s in the valleys possible as we start december. even san francisco. the peninsula should be in for some gorgeous days. you said it yesterday, karen. this is the kind of weather we pay for. exactly. we love it and we love that you brought it to us, cynthia. thanks. 21 past the hour. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up. wish the niners game were here because the weather is a lot better than in new york. they're looking to heat up their season, but they have to battle the freezing cold whiteout conditions. and oh yeah, the buffalo bills anthony flores joins us from new york. coming up

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of snow is projected to fall before kickoff. the 49ers other major challenge, the bills. so far this season, they're undefeated at home. reporter a thick layer of snow is blanketing the northeast this weekend. so much snow is expected to fall at highmark stadium in orchard park, about 15 miles south of buffalo. the bills are asking fans to help out on game day. the team is offering to pay $20 an hour to anyone willing to shovel snow to clear out the stadium before kickoff. this is not the only storm facing the 49ers. the team is in last place in their division with a five and six record. quarterback brock purdy is expected to be back under center after missing last game with a shoulder injury. even with purdy on the field, the niners have underperformed this year. a win over the nine and two bills would go a long way to try to salvage their season and keep their playoff hopes alive. but first, they have to tackle

mother nature. they're obviously more accustomed to it than we are, but i've been in games where, you know, it is those type of conditions and you got to just get ready for a grimy game. you know, lots of run game. obviously, the tackling is going to have to improve in order to give ourselves a chance to win. you know, and just playing playing to a higher standard than we've been playing at. kickoff is sunday night. 8:20 p.m. local time. 520 back in the bay area, and the game can be seen right here on nbc bay area. trying to stay warm in buffalo, new york. i'm anthony flores, nbc bay area. thanks, anthony. the golden state warriors couldn't put an end to their losing streak last night against the phoenix suns. suns guard devin booker with that 25 foot running pull up jumper. suns with the lead. steph curry though answering booker's shot with his own 25 foot three pointer with the draymond green assist. warriors only down seven going into the fourth. former dub kevin durant who was part of

the 17 and 18 warriors championship wins017 and 2018. now he's making the suns shine with 21 points of his own on the night. steph with 23 for the warriors. but it wasn't enough. suns managed to hang on to win it 113 to 105. 26 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up new overnight. hamas releases a new video showing an american hostage being held in captivity. his mother, now speaking out the message she wants him to hear while she awaits his return. plus, a rescue in the san francisco bay after a boat capsizes. what local authorities are saying about rescues like this and what possibly helped save the people's lives after this

you observe that superstition to bring good luck at the beginning of each new month? a live look outside. transamerica pyramid. you can see all the way back to the golden gate bridge. a beautiful way to start a brand new month. and we appreciate your starting it with us. i'm kira klapper cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. and although for the rest of us, winter doesn't start for a couple more weeks, you said today is the first day of meteorological winter. so we just split up the year into thirds and call it like that. so happy meteorological winter to everybody. mostly clear there through the city. you can see the skyline, but it's a difficult situation that i'm looking at right now with the fog. i want to keep everybody safe. coming back from that holiday. really dense fog through the central valley, trickling into parts of the delta and concord. less than two miles of visibility there. so keep an eye on that. there's also some light showers that stormranger is picking up, mainly to our north. really just a morning event. let's check out santa rosa right now. we've made

it out of the 30s, 43 degrees. just some light showers through the morning and lots more sunshine coming throughout the way. a high of about 66. there. 70s, though, on that seven-day forecast. i'll show you coming up in about ten minutes. sierra. cynthia. thanks. we want to begin this half hour taking you to the middle east, where hamas has released a new video of an american hostage being held in gaza. as nbc's hala gorani reports, his parents are now speaking out, sending him a message. the mother of american hostage edan alexander speaking out to us. i'm still shaking very shaky from the video. after seeing this new video of her son released by hamas. dear president trump, my name is jordan alexander. in it, the 20 year old american israel dual citizen who was captured october 7th, almost certainly under duress, urges the president elect to strike a deal to free the hostages. the first time when i watched the video, i was

i was shocked. you know, it's been 421 days since we saw or heard edan. edan seen in these home videos was raised in new jersey, and after graduating from high school two years ago, joined the israeli military. this video is like screaming to everyone. look at me, i'm alive! please bring me home. they are currently 101 hostages being held in gaza, including seven americans. edan alexander's family says the prime minister called them, saying conditions are ripe to negotiate a deal to bring edan and the other hostages home. if you could speak to your son now, what would you tell edan? i'm just going to say to him that we love him so much is such a brave young man, and we love h him. ad just be strong, survive and

you're coming back home soon. that was hala gorani reporting. now to president elect donald trump announcing yesterday his pick to head the fbi. kash patel. patel is a critic of the fbi itself, calling to shut down the fbi's washington headquarters and fire its leaders. trump posted to social media calling patel a quote, brilliant lawyer, investigator and america first fighter. tel is a trump loyalist who has supported and repeated conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election and has called for replacing certain civil servants with, quote, patriots. patel has also labeled journalists as traitors. trump would need to fire current fbi director christopher wray, whom he appointed back in 2017 after firing james comey. patel will need to be confirmed by the senate before becoming the director of the fbi. back here locally, 18 kayakers are expected to be okay after they

were rescued from the frigid waters of the san francisco bay. the coast guard and the brisbane harbor patrol rescued all 18, which included a few children. they were capsized by a wave near oyster point in south san francisco. the harbormaster says all 18 were part of a rowing club and were in a 14 foot long platform kayak when it was knocked over. captain steve gutierrez runs deadliest cast sport fishing charter at oyster point, and he says it's actually not uncommon to see kayakers in trouble like this. it happens a lot. there's a lot of kayakers that come out and they underestimate the tides. the weather. you can get in a lot of trouble really quick out here. i myself have rescued numerous kayakers out here that get in trouble. they get out there and all kinds of kayaks and they can't they can't manage the tides. all of the kayakers were wearing life vests. none were taken to the hospital. they are all expected to be okay. new. this morning we are hearing from

the families of the three college students killed in that fiery crash in piedmont the day before thanksgiving. the three victims have been identified as sean dixon, jack nelson and krista tsukahara. there were four people in the cyber truck early wednesday morning when it crashed into a tree and caught fire. they were all standout athletes and 2023 graduates of piedmont high back home for thanksgiving break. the family of sean dixon, who was a student at usc, said in part, quote, we are devastated at the loss of our beloved son, brother and friend. sean lit up a room and made friends easily, smiled and laughed often, and had a unique ability to make everyone feel welcomed and valued. a statement from jack nelson's family describes the university of colorado boulder student saying, quote, jack cared deeply for other people, was a loving and fiercely loyal friend, and had a strong faith. he proudly shared

through the cross. he wore every day. and krista's family said the sophomore at the savannah college of art and design was, quote, known for her kind and sensitive heart, love for her family and friends, and for her incredible eye for style and design. krista was cherished by her family and many friends and was and is loved deeply and will forever be missed. all families expressed their deep appreciation for the outpouring of love and support. meanwhile, the memorial to the victims continues to grow athe scene of the accident. the lone survivor 20 year-old jordan miller, was critically injured. his father tells us he is a business major at the university of wisconsin-madison. the mayor of piedmont and the families of the victims are asking for privacy during this unimaginable time of sorrow. we're going to turn now. happening today in san francisco's castro district, activists will mark the 36th annual world aids day with colorful messages and illustrations. people can

participate in the event, inscribe where they can write chalk messages to themselves, to friends, to loved ones, those who have lost their lives, to hiv. the art will be displayed on castro street between 17th and 19th streets. the event starts at nine this morning. muni will also offer a shuttle bus service between the national aids memorial in golden gate park to the castro. that shuttle is free. it will be running every 30 minutes beginning at 11 a.m. now to a pair of engineers from facebook and next door who quit their jobs to create what they hope is the future of learning. it's an ai powered computer course that goes as quickly or a as slowly as the student needs it to. our scott mcgrew reports it's attracted some unexpected students. those students are prisoners at san quentin who are learning to use that platform you're talking about. it's called formation to learn to how code. now, we've

talked about coding at san quentin before. here's some video of the prisoners. the men in blue, they call themselves learning how to program tic tac toe, part of san quentin. surprisingly rich offerings of classes and other self-improvement, all coordinated through a program called the last mile. now, those engineers you're talking about discovered the last mile and offered their coding course to the men in blue. now keep in mind, when you're teaching someone at san quentin to how code, you're teaching someone who may have never seen a website before. here's foundation founder and ceo sophie nabati. i was visiting and seeing some of the student projects, and they were asking me, hey, like, does my shopping application look good? and i looked at the website and it just looked bizarre. you know? and the reason is because they never seen a shopping website before, right? they don't have access to the internet to know what the norms are on the internet, and they're just, you

know, they're just imagining reimagining what the internet could look like based on, you know, renderings that and kind of in their own creativity. and, you know, they have to transition through that. now, inmates who go through these programs like these end up with marketable skills in the last mile, has success stories of inmates released who got actual high paying jobs in bay area tech. and of course, there's another challenge before landing that tech job beyond just coding. it's the job interview, which may be the first job interview they've ever had. but for people who have, who aren't used to talking to people in the tech industry at all, or an engineer is critical practice to help them be able to be able to succeed in the technical interview process. now, the program is not just limited to the incarcerated, formation says a lot of their paying customers are people from underserved communities as well. and indeed,

anyone can try their hand to learn to program like any school. this one's expensive, actually, very expensive, but the jobs are available and may be worth it. back to you. very cool scott. thanks. the 49ers are bundling up set to play the buffalo bills later today as several inches of snow continue to fall in the region. a look at the bills stadium from last night was just there on your screen. they are offering fans $20 an hour to clear the stands and the seats and the field for today's game and in much better climate, we are hosting a 49ers watch party at thrive city. it starts at five today. you can reserve your ee spot online. we just need to estimate how many people are coming. go to nbcbayarea.com slash football night and remember if you want to stay warm at home bills versus 49ers tonight right here on nbc bay area. our coverage starts at 4 p.m, kickoff is at five, 2040 past the hour. still

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in through parts of walnut creek. the delta there, the sacramento valley down into parts. after you make your way past the altamont pass into the central valley. and that's with us until 11 this morning. so just keep the distance in between cars and just take it slow. i know it will add some traffic time, but we just want everybody to make it back home safe. the other thing that you might be using on your car today is those windshield wipers. briefly storm ranger on top of san bruno mountain right now scanning just a little bit more of those returns up towards the north bay, but that should fizzle on out of here. as we go on into about noon, we'll continue to watch it on the

radar through parts of the hills down here in the south bay. again, still through parts of livermore. could see some light showers as we go through the middle part of the day, getting into some cloudy skies partly down here into the south bay. better clearing up there into the north bay, but it could be a really stunning sunset once again as we see those high clouds pushing on through. so where is that going to make us head for today? i'm seeing some upper 60s up there in santa rosa, as well as down here in san jose, a high of about 67 downtown. in between, we'll see about 63 in san francisco for all those holiday festivities. and look at that. maybe even getting a few 70s on the map as we transition into some warmer weather ahead. i wish the 49ers were playing here where we do have warmer weather for sunday night football, 26 degrees at kickoff there in buffalo, new york, as they see that lake effect snow shoveling out of there and that wind chill factor that could even dip those numbers down, make it feel like numbers in the teens. so good

luck to everybody out there. we'll make our way back west here and see that there is just dry weather ahead. those storms are making their way around the bay area as high pressure just keeps everything out of here. so no moisture for the next couple of days. aside from those early sprinkles today, san francisco and the peninsula should see some really nice weather in the 60s. sunny skies over the next couple of days, and our inland valleys upper 60s for today. maybe even switching those over to some 70s as we welcome december here. should be some nice ones. and even continuing into the end of the week, i'm looking at a dry weekend for now, as we look forward to that first weekend of the month. love that cynthia. thanks 45 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here to discuss new tariffs that trump administration wants to impose and hoitw

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president elect donald trump is not only threatening tariffs on canada, china and mexico, but also a handful of non-western countries if they abandon the u.s. dollar. brics is a coalition of countries like russia, india and brazil, among others. brics mainly uses the u.s. dollar for trade, but in recent years, members of the coalition have talked about creating a new currency for trade. president elect trump posted a statement on social media yesterday, saying he would impose a 100% tariff on brics countries if they move away from the u.s. dollar. brics countries like india and china are some of the largest trading partners for the u.s. trump also has promised to round up undocumented residents, as well as new 25% tariff on mexico until the flow of migrants and drugs over the southern border ends. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us. hope you had a

great thanksgiving. oh, yes. what? yeah. me too. what's the connection? you know, an unintended consequences, i assume. yeah, that's that's a good way of putting it. an unintended consequence. look, we go back to the election. election promises.s. right. d what did president trump promis? i'm going to bring down the cost. we've had a 20% increase in cost. i'm going to bring them down. a big portion of that is food. so he's now saying, well, how are we going to do that? well, we're going to bring it down through these tariffs. the same thing he's been talking about all along. so is it all tied together. the promised deportations and the tariffs and how you know how is that all. you kind of wonder how tariffs will bring down costs when they seem to raise costs. well let's start first though with the folks who produce food right here. remember he's going to eliminate take away as many as 12 million undocumented people in this in this country. so what happens here when he does that? well, farm workers are largely

undemocratic and undemocratic. undocumented okay. undocumented people, if you look at california, literally one out of two farm workers in this state, one out of two. 49%, to be exac, are undocumented farm workers. now, if these folks are going to go away, who's going to replace them? well, the president and his colleagues say no problem. if these folks go away, we'll go ahead and have unemployed people here do the jobs instead. well, you kind of wonder how many people here want to go ahead and do these jobs that are really very labor intensive, very hard on the body. and these folks, these undocumented, are doing the job right now. and you wonder who will do it instead. and, you know, trump is saying those countries will pay for the tariff, but experts are saying the u.s. will pay the tariffs. so how would that fit in with mexico and the food that they grow right. that we need, right. first, let's let's talk about tariffs just for a second. yeah.

tariffs are not paid by countries okay. they are assessed to the countries and the countries. then their businesses pass it on to the people who buy the products. that's how it works. so let's not be fooled about that. as far as mexico goes. remember mexico and canada for the future president said are going to be assessed 25% until things get in shape. what does that mean? wel, intend until undocumented stopped coming to the united states until fentanyl and other drugs stopped coming into the united states, 25% tariffs. well, guess what these countrie, particularly mexico, spend, send an awful lot of products. again, food products to this country. look, two thds, two thirds of the of the vegetables that we eat in this country come from mexico. almost half of fruits and nuts, even a fifth of the beef that we use comes from mexico. now let's put these things together for a second, okay? you're going to lose undocumenteds because of rounding them up. you're going to see higher costs for food

because of tariffs. the only answer to this is that cost in this country for those products, food, which is a big portion of our consumer budget, is going to go up. and this is the opposite of what the president said would happen. back to what you said at the very beginning, unintended consequences mean a lot in life. oh, that sounds so stressful. all right, larry, we know you'll continue to follow it for us. thank you. 52 past the hour. up next, a quick look at the top stories. we're following, including a rescue in the frigid waters of the san francisco bay. what the 18 people did to save thselves whileem

following on this sunday morning, including president elect donald trump announcing his pick to head the fbi. kash patel. patel is a trump loyalist. a critic of the bureau has called for shutting down the fbi's washington headquarters and firing its leaders. the president elect posted to social media, calling patel a brilliant lawyer, investigator and america first fighter. trump would need to fire current fbi director christopher wray, whom he appointed in 2017 after firing james comey. patel will then need to be confirmed by the senate. back here in the bay area, 18 kayakers are expected to be okay after being rescued from the frigid waters of the san francisco bay. the coast guard and brisbane harbor patrol

rescued all 18 who were thankfully wearing life vests. among the victims, a fefew children. they were capsized by a wave near oyster point in south san francisco. the harbormaster says the group is part of a rowing club and were in a 14 foot long platform kayak when it was knocked over. happening today in san francisco's castro district, activists and community members will mark the 36th annual world aids day with colorful messages, and you're invited to take part. people can participate in the event, inscribe. they can write chalmessages to friends or loved ones or those who have lost their lives to hiv. the art will be on display on castro street between 17th and 19th. the event starts at 9 a.m. there will be a free shuttle even from golden gate park to the castro. and cynthia has one last look at the forecast before we go. lots of events to bring people together. we have the watch watch the niners game there in

the city. looks like a gorgeous day. of course, just bring one more layer there as we are looking at temperatures cooling down later tonight and as mentioned, we will be hosting football night in america. so n. 5 or 6 p.m. news tonight. it's football night in america right here on nbc bay area.falo bills hosting the san francisco 49ers. we have a watch party at chase center starting at 5:00. just rsvp online. it's free to attend. we just need to know how many people to expect. kickoff is at 520, and you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. we hope you have a great first week of december. sunny and warm one. we hope

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