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news, the nfl settles the collusion lawsuit by two former 49ers. >> former san francisco 49ers colin kaepernick and eric reid filed grievances against the leak claiming they were blacklisted because they protested the national anthem by kneeling during the song of games. neither of the nfl or the former players are releasing details about today's settlement. kaepernick hasn't played in the leak since 2016, reed missed three games last season before signing with carolina. trocar the top story this afternoon is high waters, closed roads and muddy mess left behind, all thanks to the bay areas latest storm.

>> frowe take a look, we will see a mix of sun, clouds and rain drops from the bay area. some places getting a break from the storm but i'll get used to it. >> reporter: mary lee is here with conditions. >> we have seen it all. we've seen thunderstorms, some sunshine as well as snow and i higher bay area mountain peaks. let's show you some video. this is hail, small hail this morning in the north bay and son raphael and the sun valley neighborhood. we've seen lightning strikes as well up in the north bay. so, we will continue to see isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours and catching some sunshine as well. the atmosphere is so unstable with this cold. you can see light to moderate showers pushing from santa rosa, petaluma, across concord, walnut creek right along 680 you can see a downpour. and then heavy rain from san mateo, redwood city down across sunnyvale. the red colors indicating heavy rain and also the possibility of small hail as well.

so, here's how much rain we have seen. we have seen a lot of rain and the rainfall water since october 1, a lot of rain we are talking about when under 10% of average from many locations across the bay area. we are not done with the rain just yet. we'll talk about the rest of your weekend coming up on future cast. flooded roads and broken levies, north bay residents have been hit hard by this week's term and some residents are being asked to evacuate. kpix 5 and mecca vick is in guerneville with the details. you can see this golf course off of 116 is inundated with water but its in a low lying area. >> reporter: this gorilla, just 2 years ago was up to its neck in rainwater. for locals, this weather is par for the course. today, dozens of homes in and around guerneville are accessible only by boat. >> you could walk . its waist high water.

>> reporter: that is kind of deep. matt lives a few blocks away from downtown. this is what is neighborhood look like when the rain started collecting yesterday afternoon. as the russian river and its tributaries overflowed. entire neighborhoods were evacuated as roadways became rivers. >> i drove through water that was in that high but driving back through it flooded my car. >> reporter: travel is dicey. ask edward who has a tree cutting job across the way. >> i'm out i can you get through? i will go look. >> reporter: the answer was no which means no pay, either. spare me, maybe just for the day. >> reporter: is not nothing. they know the drill. >> will remove everything that's on the ground up, we move it up to a and parker cars at the post office.

were living in california. >> reporter: the floodwaters aren't expected to completely recede until very late tonight. in indirect map of flood stages can be found at the sonoma county emergency preparedness website. we have a link to that website on ours. sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com. continuing our storm watch condo video from chopper five showing traffic being diverted off of highway 37 . the westbound lanes are close right now. still, because of the flooding from the breaches. the marin county sarah steve hartman telling us that the lanes between lakeville highway and 101 will be closed until at least tomorrow mo g couters being rted off the highway. the levy breached in two places and a second levy has water spilling over the top near the pond. take a look at the map of whicnormbut the water is flowing in sausalito, 50 homes aren't, under evacuation orders.

the threat of a new mudslide is not over yet. chopper five flu of the area early today. you could see all of that debris after a duplex on sausalito boulevard slid into another home yesterday. there is no word on one power will be restored. in the south bay, hicks wrote near the guadalupe reservoir still close because of a landslide. we spoke to public works on what is next in this cleanup process. >> reporter: the good news is that dumb truck after dumb truck has been going around the clock all day long. the bad news is it is still erucksto 60 ipa ys front loaders have been scooping up the dirt in earnest . the problem is when they do, more just cup ery time we take

down, it wants to come down. it makes it unsafe. >> reporter: this is a scene on hicks road earlier this week when the atmospheric river began pounding the bay area. days of rain turned the steep hillside into a soupy mess with rocks tumbling down. after days of work, the crew seemed to have made some progress. the county has scaled down the closure of hicks wrote down to a one mile stretch going east from pleasant roadfearis e hide will deta come down. what have you learned about the power of mother nature? >> don't mess with mother nature. >> she always wins. >> reporter: back to you. in livermore, that includes the campground

and arena. in southwest martinez, crews were out in the early morning trying to repair this crumbling roadway. chunks of bear creek road fell into a creek just north of garcia ranch road. when lena shut down on the route which links brioni is to martinez and canola. in san francisco, residents living in flood prone parts of the cities can pick up free sandbags. you can grab them from 8 am until 2 pm at the operations large on kansas and marin. you are allowed 10 free sandbags. skiers and snowboarders hoping to enjoy the powder maybe , may have to turn around because there is too much. take a look at this. near whiteout conditions on i 80 in the sierra. caltrans announced parts of that road closed because of the poor trouble conditions you are

seeing. drivers are being turnaround eastbound at colfax and westbound at the nevada state line. we will be honoring the closures and up to you with the details. as if wind and rain aren't enough, a small earthquake shook the south bay today. the usgs measuring it at 2.7. it struck just before 8 am just east of milpitas near the calaveras reservoir. no reports of damage. the police are expected to release new details about a hostage standoff in san jose that ended in deadly gunfire. sources tell us the suspect is mark murawski. the sheriff steve hartman says hewoman led deputies on a chase around 5 pm. the suspect reportedly abandoned that car, carjacked a ups truck and took the driver hostage. they were able to leave the truck early in the standoff. the suspect was fatally shot by law enforcement after trying to make a run for it. a crew was preparing for life h

>> you can see him run out. you screwing something anywhere across the street and he heard a pop. >> reporter: he had a long rap sheet including arrests in 2012 for carjacking and robberies. investigators have not said why they pulled him over in the first place. truck within the last half hour, president trump's signed a bill that would avoid it government shutdown and fund limited border fencing but he also announced he's taking action on his own to secure billions more for a border wall. natalie brand has the details. >> reporter: present trump is declaring a national emergency to get the money he says is needed to build a border wall. >> i want to do it faster. i could do the wall over a longer period of time. i did need to do this. but i would rather do it much faster. >> reporter: he will sign the deal but he's taking executive action to round up a total of $8 billion from several government sources including 3.5 billion from the military construction budget. >> some of the generals think

importth was important. i was o going to be used for. but, it didn't sound too important to me. >> reporter: the white house says it is expecting and prepared for legal and congressional challenges to the presidents emergency declaration. >> sadly, we will be sued and sadly it will go through a process and happily, we will win. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says she will consider a number of options took about the emergency declaration. >> we will not have an end run around the congress of the united states. >> reporter: some rebellions may side with the democrats in opposing the emergency declaration. >> i do not see the grounds for declaring and a national emergency. i think that is dubious from a constitutional perspective. >> reporter: florida center marco rubio issued a statement saying a future president may use this tactic to oppose a new deal. i'm schedule it will be something i can support. is a short time ago

governor gavin newsom and tell fernie junior threatened to sue the president. the message the president, our state is not on board. >> he's been embarrassed and his base needs to be fed. as a consequence of that, he is impacting the lives of millions and millions of californians and millions and millions of americans that demand and deserve better. >> reporter: he says that staff is reviewing the emergency declaration right now and is prepared to file action against the groundbreaking move. truck just in the supreme court will decide whether the 2020 senses can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the house of representatives

and how billions of dollars in federal funds are distributed. arguments will take place in april with the decision by late june. please question two suspects in the alleged beating of a actor, the new questions about whether this attack was stage. a los for a former fresh prince actor. the ruling regarding his signature dance moves.

chicago police are questioning two men who are suspects in the alleged beating of empire actor jussie smollett. officers raided the home of two brothers who leone. they found blch, a black face back and an empire script. some media reports question whether the attack was stage. smollett's publicist said he met with the police and is core

operating. truck you can't copyright the carlton dance move. the former fresh prince of bel air star, alfonso ribeiro moves, are a simple dance routine. let's take a look and see how wall street is doing. is finishing up strong, it is up more than 350 points. socks are higher after chinese and u.s. officials agreed to continue trade talks in washington next week. truck if you're tired of the rain, oh well. i know. for couple more days. we have the rain just off-and- on. we have presidents' day to look forward to on monday for drier, sunnier weather. in the meantime, you can see this downpour on high def doppler. even some lightning strikes. some isolated thunderstorms as well so you can see from pittsburgh over clayton. it is pouring down through

walnut creek also if we zoom out you can see right over san francisco, the golden gate, getting a pouring right now. just west of san mateo, a lighting strike. some active weather for sure across the san mateo bridge, redwood city is pouring. we are looking at heavy downpours and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. here's a live look at the bay bridge cam. you can see temperatures in the upper 40s to low to mid 50s this afternoon. let's check the wind speeds out there because we're looking at 22 mph winds in sfo. san rafael and vallejo at 60 mph, currently. the satellite radar view, all of this instability is because of this cold, low pressure system. the atmospheric river well to our self and into southern california. let's time it out on future cast story looking at off-and-

on showers. this is at 3 pm and were catching son, catching some showers and heavy downpours. here we are for saturday looking at off-and-on showers and into sunday. we are not done, yet. we have the weekend to look forward to and as we head through presidents' day, a lot drier and sunnier. her sierra snowpack looks good with one 36% of average. a winter storm warning is in effect until 4 am on saturday. we are looking at an additional 3-feet of snow. here's what you can expect. highs will be in the low to agffnder e re of today. for the weekend as well, there we go. more sunshine for presidents' day and for tuesday with showers returning by wednesday. a couple of days, monday, tuesday for drier weat >> and monday is a holiday.

still ahead, giving students a new experience on the ice. how an olympic champion and his coach are inspiring bay area kids. a reminder, if your consumer problem or question, email us at consumer watch@kpix.com or call the hotline. we'll be right back.

truck back 198, he won olympic gold and became a household name in figure skating. he is partnered with his coach to introduce emphasis's students to the sport. >> reporter: once a month, during the school year, you will find olympic gold medalist brian potent. and his coach and manager linda lieber teaching kids on the ice. for the last 21 years, they've introduced 10,000 inner-city children to ice-skating through their nonprofit, youth skate. >> i really like seeing this is of a kombucha they have from physical activity. >> is cold and slippery, is scary. and, there like i don't know if kidse rst time on the an hour ice.

>> as a going? >> good. >> reporter: fifth through ninth graders take part and is supported by the city of san francisco, the school district and ice rinks. on this day, about 50 kids learn not to give up. >> i thought it would be bad but its working out, i guess, for me. >> if you can practice, you can do a lot of stuff. >> reporter: this teacher can see your students build confidence perks some kids who normally say this is to our, they are totally into it. >> reporter: linda and brian have worked together almost 50 years. she started coaching him when he was a. and youth skate they work side-by-side. he helps beginners and everyone wins. >> the memories in the sense they can do something they didn't think they could do is really important. >> that's why is so fulfilling. you seen improvement and they love it. >> reporter: forgiving san francisco students lessons on and off the ice, this week's

jeff and son award goes to brian but tana and linda lieber. you can nominate your own local hero for jefferson award online at kpix.com /hero. we'll be right back.

truck coming up tonight at five, much more on ttlement it is col against the nfl. will of reactions from a sports arcing expert on what the future could hold for cabinet.

another check on whether, we have rain and possible hail? >> that's right. we are tracking isolated thunderstorms with small hail and getting reports brought outside of our studio of that small hail. that will continue, off-and-on showers, and sunshine today through the weekend. another wet weekend. that will do it. have a great weekend everyone.

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