is dead.. sources say he blew himself up.. as police closed in on his location. good afternoon, now at noon, police say the suspected serial bomber who terrorized texas is dead. sources say he blew himself up as police closed in on his location. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. the dramatic events ended nearly 3 weeks of terror in

the texas capital. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is live in the newsroom with how events unfolded. >> reporter: police say information they gathered over the last day or two led them to consider mark condit a suspect. surveillance teams were then able to locate his vehicle in round rock, texas, leading to the confrontation and explosion. police collected evidence wednesday morning from the scene where the austin bombing suspect blew himself up. law enforcement sources have identified the bomber to cbs news as 23-year-old mark condit. investigators say they had tracked him down to a red roof inn north of austin overnight. they were waiting for tactical teams to arrive but when left the hotel in an suv, officers closed in on him. >> as members of the austin police department s.w.a.t. team approached the vehicle, the suspect detonated a bomb inside the vehicle. >> reporter: authorities say condit is behind at least five explosions this month, four in austin that killed two people and one in a fedex facility

near san antonio earlier this week. we got these surveillance photos. it's believed the suspect dropped off two suspicious packages at a south austin fedex office and even though condit is dead, he may have already planned other attacks so the threat may not be over. >> be vigilant. we are concerned that there still may be other devices out there. >> reporter: there was a heavy police presence in the austin suburb of pflugerville wednesday where condit lived. find it hard to believe. >> nice as family as you want to have nice as neighbors as you want to have. >> reporter: investigators say at this point, they don't have a motive and don't know if he had any accomplices. one s.w.a.t. member was blown back by the explosion and had minor injuries. in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. back here in the bay area, let's take a live look out at sfo where it has been rough for some travelers today. so far, the weather has led to more than 150 cancellations

and delays are averaging about an hour. the rain is coming down. >> it is. finally giving us a little bit of a break during this lunch hour, a lot less lighter showers as opposed to what we had to deal with this morning. so here's hi-def doppler and let's show out areas. so the lighter green is great news. you i'll have theimpressive rain totals. in yountville just drizzle and hercules, as well. it's calmed down a lot but the problem with that means we are starting to get warming in the skies. that could lead to thunderstorms. now for the afternoon, even though hi-def doppler is not looking as impressive, we could see lightning even areas of hail all possible. here's a look at the 24-hour

totals? mount diablo 2.4 inches already. kentfield 3.35. mill valley 1.95." san anselmo 2.28" in just 24 hours. tonight 11 p.m. to 11 a.m., we'll be impacted by heavy rain and strong winds. we have poor visibility, too. 2 miles in half moon bay, concord 2. the airports have delays because of the west coast weather. but also the nor'easter, not so much because of the visibility at least. but there are some definitely low clouds lingering across the north bay now. 1.7-mile visibility in santa rosa and three in petaluma. sustained winds are strong in the south bay. south-southeast winds in mountain view, 16. 16 in san jose out of the east. wind gusts will pick up to 45 miles an hour. more coming up. in the north bay, the sonoma county sheriff's office posted this on twitter: t weeks, santa rosa officials have been working with cal fire to make sure dirt and debris in burned out neighborhoods... like you see here... don't start sliding away.

santa rosa officials have been working with cal fire in recent weeks to clean out debris in burned-out neighborhoods. today in san francisco a federal judge had a hearing on a climate change case. two bay area cities are suing oil companies over global warming and rising sea levels. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in san francisco to break down the lawsuit. >> reporter: this case is getting a lot of interest, so much so, it was a packed courtroom. it also required an overflow courtroom which was also packed. and it has an unusual start. before the judge will decide if this case can indeed move forward to trial, he asked for a tutorial from both sides on climate science. so the cities of oakland and san francisco brought on leading scientists to discuss everything from sea level rising to melting ice to global warming and coastal flooding. city attorneys say "big oil"

is to blame for climate change which the cities says rising cities will wipe out the bay area. the lawsuit names chevron, exxon, bp, shell and conocophillips. the cities seek billions for building seawalls and infrastructure to protect the waterfront. >> many fossil fuel companies were aware of these effects and continued to choose profits at the expense of residents. >> reporter: representatives for chevron also gave a presentation on climate science and the representative said the oil industry accepts that humans are the driving force of global warming, but oil companies argue they can't be held liable for emissions that are indeed government- regulated. now, so everyone here, both parties are agreeing that people are responsible for global warming. but again, these companies are saying that they should not be held liable. the judge still has to decide whether or not to dismiss the

case and that decision is expected next month. live in san francisco, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. a preliminary hearing is under way for two former sheriff's deputies. they are accused of beating a man in san francisco back in 2015. the former alameda county deputies are accused of beating stanislaus petrov two years ago: he led officers on pursue from the east bay to the san francisco mission district. surveillance video caught deputies beating him. they are charged with assault and battery. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg will speak in the next 24 hours about a data harvesting scandal that plunged his company into crisis: news site axios reports he is hoping to rebuild trust. kpix 5's anne makovec says scrutiny of facebook is intensifying. >> reporter: people here at facebook's headquarters are likely getting a little nervous as lawmakers from the uk to washington, d.c. are demanding answers. now the attorneys general of

massachusetts and new york are launching a joint investigation into exactly what happens. >> it's serious what facebook has done and it violates privacy. >> reporter: ceo mark zuckerberg has yet to comment on the growing scandal over the company's involvement with the british data firm cambridge analytica. >> a puppet. >> reporter: this new undercover video by britain's channel 4 reveals cambridge analytica ceo bragged about helping mr. trump win the election. >> have you met him? >> many times. >> reporter: nix was fired tuesday. cambridge analytica was said to have purchased personal data for 50 million facebook users through a third party that was not authorized to sell it. cambridge analytica denied any wrongdoing. facebook asked the company to delete the data in 2015 but is

now under fire for not verifying they did so. in a statement, facebook said, we are committed to vigorously enforcing our policies to protect people's information and will take whatever steps are required to see that this happens. >> i care deeply about the democratic process and protecting its integrity. >> reporter: last year zuckerberg was forced to defend facebook amid accusations the platform was infiltrated by fake russian accounts. the federal trade commission is now looking at whether facebook violated the terms of a 2011 privacy agreement. >> the question is what users will think. at the end of the day, will user put up with it or will they vote with their feet and move somewhere else? >> reporter: and we already know that the hashtag "#deletefacebook" is already trending on all sorts of social media today. in menlo park, anne makevoc, kpix 5. separately, facebook is planning a major expansion into sunnyvale. the "mercury news" says the social media company recently leased three buildings in a

complex that's still being built on 11th street. facebook's buildings will have roughly a million square feet of office space and could hold as many as 6,000 workers. today on capitol hill, senators are expected to press the homeland security secretary about the department's efforts to secure state elections systems. today's testimony will focus on when russian agents targeted election systems in 21 states including california ahead of the 2016 general election. senators have criticized the department for not moving quickly enough to prevent the russian threat. >> the department of homeland security and the fbi alerted states to the threat. the warnings did not provide enough information or go to the right person in every case. >> the senate intelligence committee is now launching a new effort to prevent foreign meddling in this year's midterm elections. president trump is criticized for a phone conversation he had this week with russian president vladimir putin. on monday, mr. trump went against the advice of his

staff and congratulated the russian leader for being re- elected. critics say he should have brought up the issue of russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. top american intelligence officials have been warning there could be more interference this year! >> the fact that the president didn't even bring up the topic of our election security when he called vladimir putin to congratulate him on his victory in a pre- cooked election i believe is extremely troubling. >> when i look at a russian election, what i see is a lack of credibility in tallying the results. >> mr. trump also did not the assassination attempt against a former russian spy in britain. u.s. and british officials say russia was responsible. still ahead, a reunion 14 years in the making thanks to a microchip. >> mobile showers for homeless are coming to the north bay where you will see these services in marin county.

new set of mobile showers for the homeless. new at noon, a ribbon cutting this morning in marin county to celebrate a new set of mobile showers for the homeless. two trailers have three showers each and they have already been up and running for weeks. their locations will alternate between novato and san rafael. the goal is to provide about 300 clean and safe showers a week for people in need. >> how much better does it make you feel when you get up in the morning and have a shower to start your day, you know? just some of the basic necessities that they are being able to give people here and i love it. >> plans are in the works to expand the program to cover sausalito, marin city and point reyes. an estimated 1100 people are homeless in marin county. now to storm watch. winter weather warnings are in

effect from south carolina all the way to massachusetts as residents brace for yet another nor'easter. there's already more than 8 inches of snow on the ground in maryland. hundreds of crashes have already been reported there while parts of central pennsylvania will see 9 inches of snow. and washington, d.c. should expect 8 inches today. students in new york city preparing for a snow day. >> probably just going to read for like 20 minutes, just relax with my beautiful mother. >> sounds like a fun day. forecasters say that wind gusts of 60 miles per hour are possible. and widespread power outages are expected. thousands of flights are already canceled. most airlines are offering travel waivers. we don't have to have snow blowers here but we have to have umbrellas, neda. >> yeah. because of the heavy rain, we should all chill out and stay indoors especially after 11 p.m. tonight. there's no reason to be out and about because the rain will be heavy and same with the wind. here's hi-def doppler finally giving us a break.

we have had all kinds of colors on this since this morning. some areas of scattered downpours but right now light rain through st. helena, yountville and napa, light drizzle so that's a nice welcomed relief. a little bit of a break but this afternoon we could see the chance of thunderstorms through hercules and el sobrante right now. you're dealing with some rain but also not as bad as earlier. hopefully the ground will have a chance to dry up a little bit. here's the view of some of the storm clouds. this is our cliff house camera. we are going to deal with some strong winds. so we'll notice that later on. afternoon thunderstorms still in the forecast for today. keep your eye to the sky of course. if you hear thunder, go indoors. heaviest wind and rain will start tonight through the morning commute tomorrow. so 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. would be the timeline for the

most rain to get to us. concord right now 58. oakland 59. livermore 61 degrees. of course, this is atmospheric river which means it's warmer out there. it definitely feels tropical considering. our temperatures are definitely above average. sunset happening tonight at 7:22. sunrise tomorrow at 7:09. most likely not getting much of a view of that because of the cloud coverage. here's the futurecast. here we go. this afternoon, it may look clear according to this futurecast. but we could see that chance of thunderstorms as temperatures warm and instability rises. later tonight 9:00 we'll start to see the rain coming in but by 11:00 it will be widespread and come down heavy. and it's going to stay that way through the morning hours. it will finally start to taper off late morning tomorrow but still that morning commute is a moment of big concern because we'll have a few hours of heavy rain overnight. so by the time you wake up tomorrow morning there could be some flooding problems. 11:00 tonight, look at the winds, 27-mile-per-hour gusts up to 45 miles per hour expected for the santa cruz mountains across the north bay

hills as well through the morning. see this could lead to downed power lines and tree -- so that could lead to downed power lines and tree limbs and blowing trees because of the atmospheric river, the pineapple express, the moisture is dumping in california. it's heading for central california. santa barbara could get up to 8 inches of rain. we could see up to 5 inches. let's go to the mountains. here's a view of homewood ski resort. you can see the flurries now already. right now hi-def doppler showing some lighter flurries and here's tour hoe report: -- here's the tahoe report. >> here's the seven-day forecast. next week drying out. it will feel like spring. >> thank you. >> it's that time. >> thank you. it is a reunion that was 14 years in the making. it's almost a lifetime when you're talking about a cat.

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so far the film has made more than $1.1 billion worldwide. fbi profilers are trying to track down a killer clown tonight on "criminal minds." the episode is directed by show star matthew gray gubler who has a soft spot for clowns. >> i practiced it on myself so i would have an understanding of colors and shading and the way that i wanted it to be done, sort of haphazardly. >> the clown in "criminal minds" airs tonight here on kpix 5 at 10:00. and reminder if you have a consumer problem or question, email us or call us. that story and more at five.

pot... and pop. it's a mix that s one of a kind.. and now on dispensary store shelve ell, today's tip of the day is going to be asparagus, pencil asparagus. it is thin like a pencil. that's why it's called that. it's imported now of course not locally grown. they are being imported and the quality is good. but just make sure you buy them. they are green from top to bottom. no white trunk. since it weighs, you pay by the pound, you have to throw away some money. you don't want to do that. squeeze it. make sure it's green and fresh. when you bring them home, store them in the refrigerator. i like to put it in the broiler olive oil on a brush,

salt and pepper two or three minutes, that's it. really, that's it. any longer than that they will shrivel up. and you lose the flavor. just a couple of minutes, just roll them around. pencil asparagus in the market, imported, they're nice. and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. remember, squeeze. make sure they're squeaky. pot and pop. it's a mix that's one of a kind and now on dispensary store shelves. the bubbly soda being made here in the bay area containing thc. that and more at 5:00. >> i love this story. 14 years later a florida resident and his cat have been reunited. the orange tabby named t2 went missing in 2004 after a hurricane hit. his owner perry martin microchipped him. after the hurricane martin assumed the cat was dead. just last week the cat turned up in a shelter after vets scanned his microchip. >> there was an old phone number and we were able to track down from that old phone number the actual owner.

>> i said, perry, what would you do if we told that you t2 was alive? i said, well, i would probably tell you that you're crazy because he died long, long time ago. >> they weren't crazy! he is alive. martin says he plans to keep him spoiled for the rest of his life. >> oh. >> t2. >> awww. >> great. >> have a great day.

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