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[tense music] - he knows what's igonna happen if i win. - so you're saying, tonight, either you're going home or dickson's going home. - yes. - i don't like being strong-armed, lete. and her plan to come at me is to threaten my son? best-case scenario for me tonight, lete goes home. - the die has been cast. lete is playing the banker. all right, lete, tonight you're pying to add money to the final case. - mm-hmm. - david secured the $2.5 million case at the excursion, so let's put that up on the board. - hey! - we're also adding the rest of the money that you successfully made it past the quicksand pit with onto the board. and to throw you off your balance again, the banker has filled the left side of the board with low values. - [groans] - they start at a penny and go all the way up to $2.5 million. - oh, yes! - whoo! - all right, lete. let's play deal or no deal. - come on, lete. - come on, lete.

- get some money. - you got it. [applause] - ben, kamari, welcome. loving the fit tonight. - oh, yeah! - thank you. - all right, lete, you have to pick your case first. which one of these 12 cases will you choose? - joe, i'ma be busting down with number 2. that was my volleyball number. and so i'm feeling number 2. - number 2. - ben, would you bring that over? - this one smells good, joe. - let me smell it. [sniffs] oh, wow. coconut? - whoo! - [laughs] - all right, you u have to open four cases in this first round. - mm-hmm. - [laughs] - where are you going first? - i choose case number 6. - all right. ben, case number 6. - let's see it. - come on, now. - ben, please open it for us. - let's get it! - oh! - yeah! - $500 comes off the board. okay, where are you going next? - uh, 9. - number 9. - 9. - kamari, please open that case. - dolla, dolla bills, y'all. [cheers, applause]

- here we go. - $100. - okay, okay. - off to a good start. where are you going next? - 11. - case number 11. please open it. - one, one, one. - whoa! [applause] - yeah, lete! - and the dollar is no longer. all right, where are you going last in this round? - i'm going number 10. - kamari. - okay, kamari. - please open case number 10. [suspenseful music] - mm. - ah, the first one. it's okay. - okay. - it's okay. - $2 million. three from the left column, one from the right. you still have your top two amounts on the board. [phone rings] let's see what she has to say. yes? hmm, okay. well, well, well. okay. whew. she's not sure if you're gonna like the opening offer. - okay. - but nonetheless-- - let's see. - your opening offer is $273,000.

- wow, that's really low. george washington university does not need me to tell her that that's not a good deal. [laughter] she, like--she's a smart girl. - but she's got a lot of really high numbers on that board. - yeah, i'm gonna just-- can i just go ahead and--ask me the question. - all right, lete. for an offer of $273,000, deal or no deal? [tense music] - no deal. - okay. [applause] lete said no deal. - all right. all right. - you have to open four cases in this round. where are you going first? - i'm gonna go with number 1. - number 1. kamari, please open that case. [tense music] $1.25 million. - okay. - yeah, that's all right. - yeah. - if you were going to lose a high number-- - lower. - it's not a bad one to lose. what's it gonna be? - we'll go with 12. - okay. ben, open case 12. - pretty good. - oh! - hey! - wow.

[applause] - there you go, lete. - $1,000 off the board. let's knock out some low numbers, lete. - uh, let's do 5. - case number 5. ben, please open that case. - oh, it's not good. - it's not good. - [groans] - $2.25 million comes off the board-- the second-highest number in play. whatever you do, don't pick the $2.5 million case. - listen to him, lete. - that's a good idea. [laughs] - where are you gonna go to finish off this round? - whew. we'll go with number 7. - please open that case. - okay. - okay. - it's on the lower side. - $1 million comes off the board. two seven-figure cases out of play, but two still on the board. looks like you've evened out your odds. - yeah. [phone rings] - let's find out what the banker has to say. yes?

[sighs] she did. - i agree. - mm-hmm. - you got it. well, you're gonna have a nice offer. - okay. - it's gone up. - okay. - but you dinged the board a little bit. - a little bit. - the million-dollar case came off. the $2.25 million case came off. - yeah. - your offer is now $599,000. - mm. - okay. - [exhales] - if you want to go into the next round, you only have to open one case. but your odds could greatly change. - how are you feeling about it? it's 50/50 odds. - oh, i'm going. - okay. - go. - okay. - go, then. - all right. - for an offer of $599,000 towards the final case and 50/50 odds, deal or no deal?

[suspenseful music] - it's gonna have to be a no deal from me. - okay. [applause] - all right. lete said no deal, which means she has to open one case in the next round. lete, you cannot afford to knock out that $2.5 million, whatever you do. - i can't do it. - lete, 3, 4 or 8? where are you going? - let's go with 8. - good. - 8. - yeah. - all right, ben. - there it is. ♪ - go ahead and open that case. [suspenseful music] - oh! - oh! - no. bad news. - the $2.5 million case comes off the board. - that's not good. [phone rings] [tense music] - yes? ooh. okay. oh, i sure will. all right. ♪

okay. how do you feel this is gonna go for you right now? - i feel like it's gonna to go down. - you're right. it is going down. - yeah. - $550,000. - oh, okay. that's really not bad. - talk me through this. what are your odds right now? - the odds are good. - good deal? bad deal? - 66%. it's a nice percentage. - if you move on to the next round-- - mm-hmm. - you only have to open one more case. - right. - let's see what the bench says. dickson, what do you think she should do? - [sighs] i mean, she said she's coming after me, so i want her to say no deal. but i would take the deal, in all honesty. you know, i felt like i've been honest with her since our one conversation, so-- - i think i either have the $0.01 or the $1,750,000. you know what i mean? that's the kind of vibe. - i do know. - yeah. - yeah. - yeah. - okay, it's time to see what your gut says. - yeah. - for an offer of $550,000. deal or no deal? [suspenseful music]

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[applause] congratulations. - oh, i've got a bad feeling now. - oh. - oh. - we have to see whether you made a good deal or a bad deal. if your case has a penny or $250 inside, then you've made a good deal, and you'll be safe tonight. and you must choose someone else to be eliminated. - yeah. - but if your case has the $1.75 million-- - mm-hmm. - then that'll be a bad deal. - yeah, it would be. - are you ready to find out? - yeah, yeah. - open number 2. - oh, [bleep]. [suspenseful music] ♪ oh, [bleep]! - oh! - oh! - lete, you made a good deal. you beat the banker, and you are safe from elimination. - that's wild. that's wild. i was not expecting that. - okay, lete, your big night is someone else's last.

- yes. - you must choose who leaves the game. you can choose only from ck, phillip, and dickson to be eliminated. - i'm so sorry to have to do this because we've been through so much. but, dickson, i'm a woman of my word, and you're still gonna go home. - whoo! - wow! [applause] - mm. - damn. - dickson, any final words for the group? - love all you guys. it was a pleasure meeting everyone. you know, no hard feelings, i promise you. you're still my island babe, so-- - aw. - aw. - we love you, dickson. - [groans] i am very sad to be leaving the island, but i'm very happy that i made it to sixth place. you know, it was super cool getting to meet david. i can just tell he's a great dad at home. and being able to play with one of the "survivor" best-- parvati, my island mom. - aw. we're gonna miss you so much. - just an amazing experience overall.

- dickson-- - go ahead and say it, joe. - your path to the final case, unfortunately, has come to an end. - understandable. - you must leave the temple immediately. [downbeat music] - congratulations on making it to the final five. with the $550,000 added to the final case tonight, its current total now stands at $9,732,000 and counting. - and counting. - all right, you can head back to camp. - all right. - all right. - good job. - good night. - good night. [phone rings] - oh, wait a second. - oh. - oh, she's calling? - oh, no. - oh, we have a call? - oh, hold on, - i guess the banker has something to say. [tense music] yes? they sure are. well, that is a twist. - oh.

- oh. - a twist. - oh. - oh-ho-ho. - i'll let them know. - [laughs] - tomorrow's excursion will lead to a double-elimination at temple. - oh, god! - oh, dang. - only three will move on to the final. it will be the first double-elimination in the island's history. - here we go. - okay. - two of you will be gone after tomorrow night. get some sleep. - great. - good night, joe. - can't wait. - and beware the banker, 'cause you never know what she has planned next. - ooh. - oh, my god. ♪ [dramatic music]

citizens. america is back. right now on nbc bay area news tonight. a lengthy speech by president trump in front of congress, his message on the economy slashing government spending and dei. our live team coverage starts right now. good evening. thanks for joining us for this special primetime edition of nbc bay area news. i'm raj mathai. and i'm gia vang. it was a long and fiery speech to both chambers of

congress, president trump calling out his critics. but many democrats pushing back the speech 21 pages long. mr. trump went on an hour and 40 minutes, the longest presidential address to congress in history, including some clashes and a rare removal. take your seat, sir. take your seat. that's texas congressman al green, a democrat from the houston area, removed from the house chamber during the president's address for his outbursts challenging president trump. right now on capitol hill, lawmakers are clearing out. the president used the speech to declare the first 43 days of his second term in office as the most successful in history. and we have team coverage tonight. our political analyst is standing by, and scott budman is tracking the effect of those newly announced tariffs. but we start with nbc's jay gray right there on capitol hill for us. jay, it was a long night. what are the main takeaways for you? president trump walks into the house

chamber with a raised fist. u-s-a, u-s-a, beginning his address with a bold declaration america is back. he describes his return to the oval office as a mandate. from that moment on, it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action that met with loud protests from democrats. members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the house, and to cease any further disruptions. texas representative al green refusing to sit down and ultimately led out of the capitol. democratic lawmakers holding signs wearing pink jackets and yellow and blue in support of ukraine. many sitting with recently fired federal employees as the president celebrates his initiative to slash the cost, size and scope of the federal government, recognizing billionaire elon musk for his role in the widespread cuts that cost many their jobs. i have created the brand new department of government efficiency gauche,

which is headed by elon musk, who is in the gallery tonight. he defends 25% tariffs taking effect today on imports from canada and mexico and doubling the 10% tariff on goods from china. despite significant drops in the markets over the last two days amid concerns of a trade war and continuing inflation and price hikes. tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening and it will happen rather quickly. there will be a little disturbance. and he's asking for additional funding from congress for border security and deportations, promising the lightning pace of change that's marked. his return to the white house will continue. and tonight, the white house is saying president trump will not travel the country promoting the agenda he laid out during his speech. many times presidents do that after an address he did during his first term. but advisers say he can be

much more effective with the changes he's pushing from the oval office. all right. jay gray in washington thank you. jay thank you. as part of the protocol here, the opposing party has a chance to respond. shortly after president trump's speech, freshman senator elissa slotkin of michigan delivered a message focusing on the economy. president trump is trying to deliver an unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends. he's on the hunt to find trillions of dollars to pass along to the wealthiest in america. and to do that, he's going to make you pay in every part of your life. grocery and home prices are going up, not down. and he hasn't laid out a credible plan to deal with either of those. his tariffs on allies like canada will raise prices on energy, lumber and cars and start a trade war that will hurt manufacturing and farmers. senator slotkin also attacked mr. trump for his stance on ukraine, arguing the president reagan must be rolling

over in his grave over trump's recent clash with volodymyr zelensky. and besides texas representative al green getting kicked out of the chamber, several democratic lawmakers walked out in the middle of mr. trump's address, including bay area congresswoman lateefah simon. when you start attacking social security, when you start making fun of arab folks, when you start making fun of our international efforts to quell hunger and hiv and create unity globally, when you attack social security and you lie to the faces of the american people, and you say you want to care about veterans, but you're cutting their benefits and the staffing at the va, i mean, what am i going to do? i'm out. and bay area congressman sam liccardo invited disabled army veteran daniel ledecky to attend the address. he lost his federal job at the palo alto, va last month. liccardo said he announced ledecky as his guests this morning, and two hours later, his termination was rescinded. liccardo, blaming the poor decision making on cuts by musk's dodge crew. so what else came of tonight's speech, and

what does it mean here in the bay area and beyond? let's bring in donna crane, political science professor at san jose state. professor crane, thanks for being with us. one hour and 40 minutes. this was long. did the president lose the interest even of his own supporters during the speech? oh, no, i think it was. they were absolutely delighted with with every minute of it. i don't i don't think it was boring at all. most effective part of the speech. what stood out to you in terms of his base? what did they like the most? oh, i think they probably liked absolutely everything. something that did surprise me a little is that he he spent a lot more time than i expected on culture war issues. and that surprised me because he ran and arguably won on issues around the economy and maybe immigration second. but he he really leaned into culture war issues. and those are, of course, popular with his base, too. but it does nothing to appeal to people who are, you know, maybe still like voting for him, but maybe still a

little bit unsure about whether he's going to deliver what they really hoped for. yeah, he really doubled down. biggest missteps for mr. trump tonight. tomorrow. what are the democrats going to go at him for? well, you know, i think his biggest weakness right now is the actions that doge are taking. doge is taking. so elon musk is becoming more and more unpopular. and the doge sort of slash and burn approach is proving to be problematic. so i think that's his biggest weakness. i think that's i think if democrats were smart, that's probably what they would go after. it's very clear to me that they do not have a cohesive strategy at the moment. and so i don't know whether they'll take advantage of that. i do see them trying lots of different angles, but i think that's his biggest vulnerability right now. and i do think that elissa slotkin smartly honed in on this in her response by saying, look, everybody thinks government can be made better, more efficient. everybody knows that when you

spend $7 trillion, there's probably going to be some money going to wrong places. let's fix that. but let's do it not by burning the whole place down. let's be more, more focused in how we make those those corrections. as we wrap it up, the democrats are looking for some sort of breakout star. is senator slotkin that person, possibly for four years from now. she's up and coming for sure. she's a real talent and she's a newer generation with an interesting background. but she does she does represent sort of the moderate wing of the democratic party, not the liberal wing, where someone like aoc is, for instance. so they there is still a tussle happening inside the party about which way, which direction they should go to be more appealing and have a better chance at winning elections in the future. and perhaps the democrats need a moderate to lead their party. professor craig from san jose state, appreciate your time and your insight. thanks for having me. okay, probably no surprise elon musk was in the gallery tonight. the ceo of tesla, spacex to now presidential adviser stood for applause when president trump acknowledged him

during his address. the president says he created doge and put musk in charge of it to end the flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars. he's working very hard. he didn't need this. he didn't need this. thank you very much. we appreciate it. everybody here, even this side, appreciates it. i believe democrats don't appear to be on musk's side tonight. michigan senator slotkin, giving the rebuttal speech immediately following the president's address. is there anyone in america who is comfortable with him and his gang of 20 year olds using their own computer servers to poke through your tax returns, your health information, and your bank accounts? the price you pay for groceries, cars and alcohol were also in the spotlight tonight as president trump spoke about the new tariffs he just levied on three of america's biggest trade partners, our business and tech reporter scott budman is here with that part of the story and what it will mean for your wallet. well, gia, today was officially the day tariffs levied on canada and mexico kicked in. local merchants tell

us they're already feeling pressure to raise prices. so ese are all canadian whiskeys. inside, royal wines and spirits owner david tabibian and his customers are bracing for price hikes because of tariffs levied against imports from canada and mexico. tariffs are going to hit our whiskey canadian whiskey category, and it's definitely going to hit our one of our top categories tequila category. they are concerned about that. the tariffs featured in president trump's speech over the last three months about mexico and canada. but we have very large deficits with both of them. but even more importantly, they've allowed fentanyl to come into our country at levels never seen before. tariffs expected to raise prices on construction materials, the auto industry, food and drink. with those price

hikes being passed on to customers, that tariff is going to end up being on the shelf. all right scott. so any idea how long these tariffs will last. we really don't know how long. there is some history here with this president of trying to use tariffs as a negotiating tool. these are in place. we've already seen the retaliatory tariffs. so it's likely that they'll stick for a bit. but until and unless president trump gets something. expect them to stick around as soon as he gets something from canada and or mexico. they could go away. all right, scott budman. thank you. you bet. well, before tonight's speech, dozens of people rallied in san francisco. take a look. in support of ukraine. this was in front of the ferry building. coming up in just a few minutes. we're talking to a former ambassador to ukraine about this now fragile relationship. well, polls closed in san mateo county in the past hour. in the much anticipated vote over the fate of embattled chair of christina corpus. and we've got the first

vote counts. measure a would give the board of supervisors the power to remove her. so here are the first 87,000 mail in and vote center ballot counts right now. 85% are in favor of measure a 14% against it. now, nbc bay area's thom jensen is live in san mateo at the elections offi. and, tom, what's the latest effort in this effort to remove the sheriff? well good evening. i can tell you they have counted a couple hundred more votes. we're still waiting for the ballot boxes from 15 polling stations to come in here to the dock at the county elections office, and they'll start tabulating today's vote. but there would have to be an awful lot, a record number in a special election of votes. and that almost all have to go against measure a to probably flip this withh already about 2% of the vote out there counted. i don't see any way they're going to do it, but they're going to count the votes and we'll see.

turnout in this special election was less than 20% when polls opened, but voters continue to cast ballots into the night. in san mateo's measure, a special election. we are getting ballots that are coming through the mail. we have people that are voting at vote centers, so that number invariably is going to go up. measure a is a temporary amendment to san mateo county's charter. if it's approved, it gives the board of supervisors authority to remove an elected shiff for a period of three years. a 4/5 vote is needed. i voted yes vote corruption out, a 400 page report released in november alleges sheriff christina corpus abused her power, made racist and homophobic remarks about community members, and arrested and jailed the deputy union's president in retaliation for exposing corruption. and in december, voters approved this special election. and here in san mateo county, where it's kind of purple, you know, we i want to make my voice heard for

the five supervisors have already endorsed measure a publicly, along with numerous other local, state and federal political leaders. the san mateo democratic party and labor unions, including the deputies union. but sheriff corpus says she's a victim of false allegations, has refused to step down and filed a $10 million lawsuit against the county. and some voters worry charter amendments like these are a way to usurp the normal democratic process. should have been out in the open and we should have had a recall election, not this. i think it would set up a negative trend for the future, that any time somebody is not happy with somebody, they create a charter amendment. if the measure does pass, sheriff corpus will have another chance to make her case in front of the board of supervisors before they cast a final vote on her fate. that means that the sheriff would go before the board of supervisors and have an opportunity to answer questions. in her case, yes. and then after that process, then the board would take an action. and they are still going to bring. we were expecting those ballot boxes to

come in again. election officials tell us if it is close, if they get enough votes in those boxes on same day votes that are coming in and it's close, it could be a week before we have a confirmed vote. but right now it looks like the vote is overwhelmingly in favor of measure a. we're live in san mateo. thom jensen, nbc, bay area news. tom. thank you. let's get to some other headlines tonight. a beautiful tuesday evening across the bay area, but things are going to be changing. rain on the way. let's get to our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. what are we seeing right now? and then what comes the next 24 hours, jeff. well, we had a few spotty showers today. nothing really huge to speak of. trace amounts to about two hundredths of an inch right now in the stormranger scan. we are dry, but the next system, it's already lining up just here, off to the south. so as we head through tomorrow morning's forecast, the best chance of rain is going to be right here for the south bay peninsula and also for the east bay. so some on and off rain chances coming over the next two days. and over

the next ten days we'll see three different systems. we'll take a look at the forecast and what it's all going to mean for us. i've got that new update coming up in here in about ten minutes. jeff thank you. up next, we're continuing our coverage on the president's speech. and that includes his message about ukraine. plus, the bay area congressman s selecteds a designate

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speech is what comes next for ukraine. president trump said he received a letter from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky saying that ukraine is ready for peace. i appreciate that he sent this letter, just got it a little while ago. simultaneously, we've had serious discussions with russia and we've received strong signals that they are ready for peace. wouldn't that be beautiful? this comes on the heels of friday's explosive oval office meeting, when the white house asked the ukrainians to leave. mr. trump has also frozen

all military aid to theountry. here in the bay area, people are making their voices heard in support of ukraine. nbc's damian trujillo has that part of the story. ukrainian americans rallied before and during the speech tonight at henry bridges plaza in san francisco. so we are here today to protest against the recent by the trump administration regarding the military aid to ukraine. and we want to make our voices heard and our opinions heard about that. it's terrible. i'm scared for ukraine because i know now all support is stopped now. and it's i, i can't believe i just we need to pray for ukraine now. you don't have the cards right now. many in the ukrainian american community are still fuming after this heated oval office exchange between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky last friday. tonight, they're

wondering what will become of the relationship between both nations. it seemed to me that there was an effort by the vice president and the president, really, to ambush president zelensky. steven pifer is a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine.e, too, is watching the president's comments on ukraine closely, and he warns against underestimating the russia china relationship as he shapes his international policy. if they throw ukraine under the bus to russia and maybe back away from europe, they're thinking that perhaps they can somehow peel putin away from china, if that's in fact the strategy. i think it's based on a gross misunderstanding of how deep the relationship between president xi and president putin is and how dependent russia is on china. tonight, the world is watching both the president's words and his actions. nevin harrison damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. the north bay congressman was named a designated survivor for tonight's speech. mike thompson

of saint helena was picked as the democrat's designated survivor for the house of representatives. that means he watched the address address from an undisclosed, secure location away from the u.s. capitol campus. designated survivors are essential in the case of a mass casualty event. during a gathering of top leaders. a stanford professor of medicine goes before the senate tomorrow as he looks to ad the national institutes of health. doctor j darsha will face his confirmation hearing. he became widely known during the pandemic. in 2020, he coauthored an open letter calling on public health officials to roll back covid lockdowns. the nih is made up of 27 research institutes, each focused on their own areas, including cancer, infectious diseases and mental health. up next on this special primetime edition of nbc bay area news, people living in rv's kicked out of a safe parking site in san francisco. why? many feel the city is going back on its word. plus the bay area getting into the mardi gras spirit. w

in oakland, fears of a freeway shooting triggered a full closure of 880. the chp closed all southbound lanes at broadway so they could search for evidence. look at that. this was around 1045 this morning. our sky ranger was there. you can see a lot of cars jammed up at the top of your screen, just stuck in traffic. while investigators walking the freeway, there they were. the chp hasn't said what evidence they found or if they confirmed a shooting even happened. this whole thing lasted just about 20 minutes. 880 did reopen shortly after. well, several rv dwellers are back out on the street today after the city aggressively shut down the safe rv park where they had been living. momeni say the city also went back on its word, initially telling them they could stay until more permanent housing was ready. today, we counted 11 rvs that are now parked on gilman avenue, near that now shuttered rv park. they were all evicted from that park

yesterday afternoon. most of the people we talked with say while they were warned of the closure months ago, they were also told they wouldn't have to leave until alternate city housing was open. but yesterday morning they all got notices to leave immediately, and at 5:00 the eviction started. they rounded everybody up. they told everybody everything's getting locked up at five and threw us out. they said the sheriff's coming. the san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing and the mayor's office have not replied to our questions about the sudden decision to evict everyone. and ironically, it comes at the same time the city announced a new homelessness pilot project with tipping point community, a group founded by daniel lurie. the current ceo of tipping point says it will be spending $11 million to try and prevent family homelessness. he says all the money comes from private donors. okay. are you ready? today is the official start of mardi gras, which means there's a big party in new orleans. this is a view from bourbon street. just take a look

at it. seen on the earth cam live stream. but the fun. not just in new orleans. this is the start of months of celebrations in san francisco, too. tonight, more than 20 local venues are participating in nbc's velena. jones explains. this is much more than a party. today is fat tuesday, which kicks off the carnaval season here in san francisco, and organizers say this is more than just a party, but a way to highlight culture and tradition while boosting the local economy. tonight, the mission district is filled with music, dancing and colorful costumes as san francisco carnival kicks off its 47th year celebrating latin, caribbean and african culture. we wanted to dance. we've been really lacking in the dance department. i've taken samba before, so i wanted to see some of the samba performances. tuesday's events include celebrations across 20

venues with free live performances. those looking to fill the beat say it's a good way to let loose while celebrating culture. just having a space to get out of there, that mindset is important right now, so anything that will get us out of the stress of life and have fun with people that need that same stress relief. business owners hope the entertainment and excitement translates to a boost in business. yeah, i'm so happy because maybe new people coming today. i don't know how many people come in and maybe it's the first time. maybe they know the place, maybe they like it and they love the food and come back. this is just the start of a series of celebrations coming for the city, culminating on the weekend of may 24th, when 500,000 people are expected to gather for a two day carnaval celebration. because it is san francisco and so multicultural, we also have panamanian roots, brazilian roots, mexican roots,

and caribbean roots. right? and so that gets all put together in this beautiful pot. beyond the music, organizers say these festivities are meant to bring people together. happiness comes in the form of people coming together. and coming together allows these businesses to thrive. it allows the artists to thrive. in san francisco. velena jones, nbc bay area news. much more interesting there than here right now they're partying, right? speaking of fun, yes, i'm ready to join that party. and this party. tell us what's going on with the rain. we got some good stuff coming on the way. as we roll through the next couple of days. some more wet weather on the way in the next two day forecast. let me get you more details in that microclimate weather. and this system looks impressive out here in the pacific. but what i can tell you about it right now is it's not going to be able to produce some super heavy rainfall totals because this area high pressure is building in so quickly behind it, so dry, high pressure really

just kind of limiting the amount of rainfall we'll get from this storm system. so we'll get some rainfall, but certainly not the biggest storm in recent memory. as we head through tomorrow morning, we'll get that rainfall bubbling up here over the peninsula, east bay, and also for the south bay. then as we head through tomorrow afternoon, we can expect a little bit of a break here with some sunshine. and then as we roll into tomorrow night, a few more areas of scattered rain that could fire off a scattered thunderstorm or two, and we'd hang on to some of these thunderstorm chances into thursday morning, maybe even some low snow for mount hamilton and right into thursday afternoon. so rainfall totals with the way all of this is moving in from the south would be the highest for the peninsula, south bay and east bay, about a quarter to half inch and much less on the totals here for the north bay trace amounts to right around 16 hundredths of an inch. so along with that rain chance tomorrow morning and the clouds are going to start it off on the chilly side. lots of 40s to low 50s out here across the bay area. that

will bring you down to 49 through the south bay, over to the north bay 45 and for the east bay 48. daytimemeighs for tomorrow. this is it. 50s and 60s across the bay area, so probably have some sort of a jacket right through the afternoon. 57 in san jose, 60 in santa rosa and mid 50s there along our coast on the 7-day forecast here in san francisco. some scattered thunderstorms. wednesday. thursday. dry. looking nice for this upcoming weekend. make your plans now and then we get the chance of some rain returning by the time we get into monday, and that storm on monday likely would have some higher totals. widespread rain of one half to one inch throughout the bay area, and we might be looking at another storm by mid next week as well. so next week certainly could be a lot more active than this week. okay, it's good mardi gras weather. we'll take it right? anything with mardi gras? rain or shine. thanks, jeff. up next, how did actor gene hackman and his wife die? new information about the investigation

his wife betsy and their dog. today, the santa fe sheriff's department confirmed there was no carbon monoxide or gas leaks at their home. that's based on inspection by the new mexico gas company. last week, the family and one dog were found dead in separate rooms. investigators believe they may have been dead for more than a week before the bodies were discovered. the sheriff says there is no sign of foul play, and they're looking into other clues at the scene, including cell data, pills found near betsy's body and data from hackman's pacemaker. well, there's a new costco coming to the east bay, and police are already warning people to be ready for extra traffic. the new store is opening friday in brentwood at the lone tree plaza, right on the border with antioch. the grand opening will be crowded, so plan ahead. this will be the company's fifth location in contra costa county. all right, up next, the warriors

on the big stage. what steph curry continues to do. that prompted some interesting commen fromts

years were on national tv tonight, so that means everyone got to see the steph curry jimmy butler show. curry has been re-energised since the butler trade. it's a show, shaquille o'neal said on the tnt broadcast after the game. curry needs to be in the conversation of the greatest nba player of all time right there with michael jordan, lebron james, maybe even kobe tonight in new york city. it's a beautiful sight. statue of liberty warriors and the knickerbockers for madison square garden. there is curry but we're going to pick it up here. brandon pisemsky goes to the rim and there's jimmy butler to clean things up. the warriors had a four point lead. buddy hield had a good game t this evening. the end of the third quarter. he launches from way downtown for that three pointer. and then in the fourth quarter

watch this draymond green with the steal. he finds his buddy steph curry out in the wing there. that's the clincher. curry had 28 points. warriors beat the knicks 114 to 102. they are nine and one with jimmy butler in the lineup. good work. all right. honoring friendships mattel will be releasing a one of a kind barbie doll for international women's day. that's right. the new dolls represent four duos, including u.s. olympic gymnastics gold medalist jordan chiles and jade kari. they are part of barbie's role model series, which celebrates remarkable women. the dolls are not for sale, though they were created specially for each of the womeneatured. so we can't buy them. they're just going to be there for jade and it's for jordan goddess, so we have to know them to get them. you have to be them, i think, to get them. jeff, final word for you before we go. chances. some scattered rain next two days. looking good this weekend. we'll see yo back atu

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