breaking news. now at noon, and streaming on cbsn bay area, california senator kamala harris is out of the 2020 presidential race. i'm michelle griego. harris made announcement to sups spend her campaign within

the last couple of hours. let's get ride over to cbs reporter natalie brand live on capitol hill with the latest campaign shakeup. natalie? >> good afternoon, michelle. an aide tells cbs news that senator harris made this decision last night but then publicly announced it online this afternoon calling it one of the toughest it decisions of her life. so she posted this on medium, writing, my campaign simply does not have the financial resources to continue. she goes on to say she's not a billionaire an apparent jab at some of the other candidates in this race. senator harris says as her campaign has gone on, it's become harder and harder to raise the money she needs to compete. this announcement comes as senator harris continues to struggle in recent polls and struggles with her campaign message and where she fits in

in the ideology. she closed field offices, some of her field offices in new hampshire but the senator was making a full-court press in iowa. she even there, campaigned there and had events through this week. governor newsom was planning on visiting iowa to campaign for senator harris. she already qualified for the upcoming debate to be held in los angeles later this month but in her announcement today, she said she's taking stock and looked at this from every angle. >> in good faith, i coo tell you, my supporters and volunteers, that i have a path forward if i don't believe i do. so, to you, my supporters, my dear supporters, it is with

deep regret and deep gratitude that i'm suspending our campaign today. >> reporter: she ended on an optimistic note saying that she will continue to fight what her campaign has been all about, she says justice. the timing of this unexpected announcement comes two months before the iowa caucus but very interesting timing here as senators wait to hear if they'll sit at jurors during the impeachment trial. >> thank you. >> we'll have much more on the story at 5:00 and 6:00 and throughout the day on cbsn bay area. back here in the bay area, another water main break in san francisco. it is the latest in a series of infrastructures preaches amade of week of wild weather. anne makovec is on the scene with more. >> reporter: they are working to replates water main that broke this inright now

but that break left quite a mess behind. it was an 8-inch water main that broke, sending water gushing down norietta street, some of it flowing straight into people's homes. >> we had to get in as quickly as possible, isolate the leak, shut the water off, which is why there is a water interruption for some customers in the area. >> reporter: this is one of 12 breaks we have seen in san francisco in the past two weeks, including three in protero hill and one along the cable car line on mason and jackson, most of them caused by the cold weather and the rain we have seen soaking the ground. the public utilities commission says that san francisco sees about 130 large main breaks each year and we will see more this winter. the city has over 1200 miles of piover 100 miles of over 100 years old. >> so when we have these

breaks, our prime objective is to preserve the public health and safety and maintain water service or return the service as soon as possible. the city is replacing 12 miles of pipe per year with stronger, more earthquake resistant iron material. >> and, now, they're going to have to repair that road, so noriega will be shut down for at least the race of the day. anne makovec, kpix 5. to the weather now. break in the rain for some of us here in the bay area. blue skies? san francisco and oakland but some scattered showers in the south bay. here is meteorologist mary lee with more on that. >> i'm tracking some strong cells, michelle, into the south bay and even now into the east bay. we have getting that wet weather, especially right over livermore. a downpour right over you, looking at light rain, pushing

across pleasanton as well as union city and viewmont. here is a closer look of the showers pushing across mountain view and sunny vale. as i widen this out, you can see more of that wet weather just offshore and about to push into the bay area. we are still looking at unsettled weather today and for tomorrow. we'll talk about a big storm system coming our way by the end of the week. details on that in a few minutes. >> thank you, mary. as the weather changes throughout the week, stay with kpix 5, kpix.com and cbsn bay area for continuing coverage. polionrmthat one person aking d is dead offer 69th avenue and spencer the air as

police canvassed the street. the victim went to the hospital on their own but died there. no word on any suspect. a gas leak in san jose prompted evacuation. hazmat teams responded at 7:00 on rogers avenue. the street was shut down between junction and queen. crews secured the leak on a 2500 poe pain tank, a a little later than an hour. evacuations have been lifted 6789 many. president trump is in london with nato and world leaders. he had some sharp words for ally, including a tense exchange with french president emanuel macron. the two clashed over isis, interaction with russia. macron called nato brain dead due to lack of leadership of

the u.s. >> president trump fired back,. >> when the french president makes a statement like that, that's a very dangerous statement. >> he says that his impeachment won't affect his act to make deals at the summit. the dow is down, waydown, about 340 points. stocks sharply lower after president trump threatened to impose tariffs on french goods and cast doubt over the potential for a trade deal with china this year. meantime in washington, the house intelligence committee released a report summarizing its impeachment inquiry. the more than 200 page report says that president trump held up military aid to ukraine while he and top officials pressured the country's president to investigate his political rival, joe biden. republicans released a counter report criticizing the inquiry. the house jude dry committee will host its first hearing including four constitutional

experts discussing the precedence for impeaching a president. one of those experts is from stanford law. people around the world will open their wallets for giving tuesday. the movement started seven years ago. meant to encourage charitable donations during the holidays. last year, americans, including companies and foundation, gave an estimated $427 billion to u.s. charities. that's an age of more than a billion dollars a day. a lot of bay area families are struggling to put food on the table this holiday season but can you help. kpix 5's julia goodrich is live with the bay area food drive. juliet? >> hi, michelle. we are partnering again for the 11th year. when you walk through the door of any market, and bring reusable bags, you are already donating to bay area food all, by something that we all can help out and fill, right?

different ways to donate. the fist is those barrels. all you have to do is place the item in the barrels. that's something that you can list here, peanut butter, cans of soup and all of that will go to the local foot bank. >> and you can help out at the checkout counter with any donation. and explain nickels for nonprofit. this is a fantastic program that we offer. basically, all you need to do is bring in your reusable bag. for every reusable bag, we'll give you a nickel credit and you can take that nickel and donate it to your favorite organization. juliet goodrich, kpix 5. still ahead, helping homeless individuals nt oppoies. y. up plus, the new housing on the way near a bay area transit hub. and don't forget that we

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tomorrow, crews will break ground on one of the bay area's largest transit oriented housing developments. located at the milbrae bart station. the development will have

152,000 square feet of office space, 320 apartments, 80 affordable housing units, a hotel and 44,000 square feet of retail. the estimated cost, more than $400 million. the construction is scheduled to start tomorrow and be finished in 2023. now, in our original series, project home, many of us take having a mailing address for granted. but for people who don't have a home of their own, a santa clara county church provides a window of opportunity. catholic charities of santa clara serves as the permanent address for nearly 1000 people in chart county. about 150 people visit this window each day to pick up their mail. that stable address leads people apply for jobs and start to break the cycle of homelessness. >> a stable address is what you put on a resume. it is what you put on your application for employment. >> sharon miller started the mail service 30 years ago. in addition to a mailbox, the

charity offers free health care, food, toiletries and job placements. she says that every week, 15 new people register for mail services and she helps about 10 people find permanent housing. >> i never felt so close to god until i looked into the eyes of those people and spoke with them, realizing they were no different. >> and word about the window is spreading. homeless advocates in new york city even reached out to the santa clara charity to start a mail service for the homeless in manhattan. if you have a story, send it to us at project home at cbs.com. one way to help neighbors in need is through a food for families drive. juliet goodrich is live in santa clara with how some local families are helping out. juliet? >> reporter: hi. they are so generous here.

i wanted to introduce you to rita holiday -- lot of the way. she is from intel. intel made its mark this season on helping out local food banks. tell me how. >> yes. we have a generous donation from the intel foundation but we also volunteer employee time, our organizations get involved. we are very, very happy with what we are able to present. >> reporter: lets present it. let's reveal. i'm going to let you have the honor of revealing this amazing a. >> we are presenting this check for 527, $790. >> we have the zero correct into? >> this is correct. this is half a million dollars. this is going to go a long way? >> for every dollar donated, we can provide food for two

nutrition meals. so this will provide over a million meals here. >> and there maches program with the family foundation happening today through end of the year. >> that's right. thanks to a very generous family, now few december 25th, every donation will be matched, dollar per dollar up to a million dollars. >> this family is ready to give a million dollars match? >> that's right. they are giving lots of community support. >> and intel has done its part and the employees and i can't thank you enough. give a shoutout. there are many ways to help out on this giving tuesday. just go to our website, kpix.com/give and you can help out as well. we'll do the check presentation throughout the valley. >> that is so cool, juliet. that is a big check but even if you don't have a lot to give a little bit goes a long way, right? >> reporter: right. >> thank you, juliet. >> reporter: absolutely. >> thank you so much. time for a check of our weather

and, mary, you are giving us some good weather right now in between some rain showers. >> that's right. for sure. we have sunshine across portions of the bay area and also tracking some showers as well on hi-def doppler. let's get right to it as we look at the noon hour. you can see right across the tri valley, from altamonte, livermore as well as dulin, right along 580. you can see that wet weather there. and the strong cell near altamonte there. so tracking rainfall rates, about a half inch coming down per hour. zooming out, you can see this is generally pushing to the north. some spots are get willing some sunshine. other spots are getting some showers this afternoon. you can see mostly sunny skies there. temps in the 50s in concord. 56 san jose. santa rosa at 53. here is the satellite and radar

view. the reason why we have this unsettled weather today and tomorrow is because of this low pressure system so close to us. we'll keep that chance for a few more showers as we go through the day today. even though our weather model here keeps us dry. i think we'll have that chance to see a few more isolated showers as we go through the rest of your tuesday. watch as that low pressure system pushes in land. so for tomorrow morning, starting off today wet, this is 7:00 a.m., starting at scattered showers through the rest of the morning. catching a break. tracking the next storm system, that will bring the rain as well as the wind. widespread rain back to the bay area on friday. this is a strong cold front. that will bring heavy rain at times, strong winds and isolated thunderstorms along and behind this cold front. we are watching that closely as we look ahead to the end of the week. sunset at 4:50 and sunrise at

7:08. daytime high mild, above average. 63 in concord and for livermore, 65 and san jose. 62 in oakland and san francisco. a few more showers today, scattered showers tomorrow. catching a break on thursday and here we go with the wind and rain. mountain snow as well to end the workweek. we look ahead to the week, it does look wet, saturday and even now for sunday. >> all right. mary, thank you so much. we have to pay attention to this next story because it is a fast food dilemma. what may cause a french fry shortage later this year. we'll have more on that.

>> it is a fast food stamp but bloomberg reports a french fry shortage may be on the horizon. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates that domestic potato output will drop 1.6%. can you blame hurricane dorian along with cooler weather for stunting the spuds' growth.

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