reporting live in hayward christie smith, nbc bay area news. all right, christie, thank you. a live look outside across the bay area right now. things have dried out a bit after some showers earlier today, but the high surf, well, that's not going anywhere. and an advisory remains i in effect. you can see the big waves in pacifica this afternoon splashing over the railing. although down in capitola, the beach did reopen today. the rough surf yesterday led to several rescues forcing lifeguards to close the beach. meteorologist rob mayeda is here. rob, how are we looking as we head into the week? well, the headline there is the high surf advisory will last through about 9:00 tomorrow evening as we're still seeing some wave heights off shore up to about 14ft. in addition to that, we have wind generated waves across the inner bay. you can kind of see it a little bit there from the emeryville camera looking out towards san francisco, some very blustery conditions right now. wind speeds up to 36mph into oakland. but good news. where that wind is concerned, we'll begin to see the wi

christie smith, nbc bay area news. well, a show of support for ukraine in san francisco this afternoon. this was the first demonstration in the bay area following the oval office clash between president trump and ukraine president volodymyr zelensky. this was on friday. ukraine is not for sale. ukraine is not for sale. hundreds of people gathered at harry bridges plaza, many of them ukrainian americans. people we talked to say they were outraged by the president's b my entire family is still in ukraine. pretty close to the front lines. so a lot of my, like, people i know are fighting in ukraine. my best friend is a war journalist who has seen a lot of what's happening and talked to a lot of families and our defenders. so i can't stay silent. organizers hope to put pressure on the trump administration to improve its relationship with ukraine. meanwhile, european leaders are rallying around the ukrainian president, the uk pledging billions in support for ukraine. prime minister keir starmer vowed to bolster ukraine to al

attorney, chris christie.e closely at why kushner might have turned down the plum gig in order to not have to testify, chris christie discovered that not only did kushner funnel a suspicious amount of money to mcgreevey's campaign, the way he had donated to certain campaigns was illegal. if you are corrupting our political system, this office will bring you to justice. charlie kushner violated fundamental principles of political giving. he would give money in the names of other people. if you are jim mcgreevey and you want money, this is a very beneficial practice, because it wasn't just the money that he could give, but the money that he could mobilize on someone's behalf that made him particularly attractive to people running for office. he also secretly used partnership funds for political contributions, and when his siblings, including brother murray kushner, found out that their money was being used to fund politicians without their consent, they started cooperating with chris christie. if you choose to v

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. there's a new member of san francisco's leadership team. mayor daniel lurie today swore in former u.s. attorney wilson liang to fill a seat in the police commission. the board of supervisors confirmed liang for the post on tuesday. the board also removed former commissioner max carter this week. mayor lori says he is confident leon will help make san francisco safer. wilson is extremely qualified for this role with 14 years as a federal prosecutor and his private sector experience. he has the expertise to help our police department keep people safe. the mayor also announced he's appointing gun violence prevention advocate maddie scott to the police commission. identity theft can be very destructive. now, one bay area police department is providing support for people whose identities have been stolen. today, san jose police launched an online tool. it will connect identity theft victims with a counselor through the san jose police website. that counselor can offer support and guidance

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news.l comes a week after park rangers at yosemite hung that upside down american flag atop el capitan. it happened as thousands of visitors came to the park to witness the firefall spectacle that happens when the setting sun illuminates horsetail falls. the upside down flag is known as a signal of distress. this just into our newsroom, 49ers wide receiver deebo samuel is headed to the nfc east. the team has traded the veteran to the washington commanders in exchange for a fifth round draft pick. a source confirmed the move with nbc sports bay area. samuel requested a trade this offseason after a disappointing 2024 season, one in which he scored only three touchdowns. the move will reunite the wide receiver with former 49ers assistant general manager adam peters, who now serves as the commanders gm. deebo played for the 49ers for six seasons, where he scored 22 touchdowns and almost five, and had almost 5000 receiving yards. the deal won't be official until march 12th. turning now to our we

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. the protest could also be seen at yosemite park today as well. signs were posted in front of the park's webcams. one read stand up for public land and the people who protect it. another urged people to call their local lawmakers. this comes a week after park rangers at yosemite hung up an upside down american flag atop el capitan. it happened as thousands visited the park to witnes firefall, a spectacle that happens when the setting sun illuminates horsetail falls. the upside down flag is known as a signal of distress. do not comply. that is the message at a rally for trans rights in san francisco today. hundreds gathered at the corner of turk and taylor streets, a historic location for lgbtq rights. now, in 1996, trans women fought back against police harassment. the event became known as the compton's cafeteria riot. today, speakers at the do not comply rally blasted the white house's anti lgbtq policies, including the decision last week to bar trans people from serving in the milit

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>> greg: you haven't seen chris christie at all.tzker is a cannibal, but i'm not not saying it. you know, it's funny, you said we wanted to make fun of it, i think that cnn has created a new media specialty. jennings porn. it is like porn. it lasts 3 minutes and you watch it over and over again. i feel bad for the bookers at cnn. the guests that they feed to the slaughterhouse, to jennings, they look like a model u.n., like a collection of high school debaters who have no idea they're on a tv show. "scott jennings isn't on. you are safe." it's like, when you watch jennings ask whatever his name is -- this goes to your point -- his reason behind his banal assertions, his eyes are as wide as saucers because nobody asks a follow-up question. jessica is right. you've got to come armed with specifics, because one day someone is going to ask you, why do you think that? james cameron, why do you think it has been terrifying? what makes you feel that way? how is it terrifying? why are you -- it's like, you've got to be beyond these load-bea

i see christie bathroom at the publish. shouldn't be. should be on the sheets, which really isn't fine. be the by actually that was the was because the patient blush is i will try it on i'm so i mean that a, so one of the but the, you model to mess but, but by service of some of the them, most of the plastic with a on the lease, but after i submitted it, you just simply supplement them cuz they buy into this and i put those sensitive careers. all you put them zimri's me did precise about quarter with them. have to wait for the problem. the so the results are but you said a substitute with the job, most of your on your able to put them in your little hallways or to buy some sort the better just to go. we just don't have the have the pleasure of speaking with richard goose because good enough for people who sort of left us that your stuff is that there's a big do. so unless i, what's your, what's the problem aside and put them on your system isn't even if there should be a 100 them, of course, to go right. why, why, why, why? you called 1s

, to play cards. >> so that's me and christy and my grandmother we called gammy. >> you played cards with your grandmother. even that, you look back on and see the way your brain was operating during that. >> well, i got this notion of, hey, why is she beating us all the time? and i'm going to figure out what that is. it was kind of irritating to me that, hey, aren't we just randomly dealing these cards, you know? shouldn't it be 5050 that we're playing this pounce game where you're turning cards over and playing them? she would tell me. plays i was missing, that she had so much awareness that she could see me turning over cards. and i was like, wait a minute. uh, that's more bandwidth. how how does that work? >> he began to focus intently on how she played and figured out she wasn't just watching her own cards. she was tracking her grandkids cards and choices as well. it was around then. gates began to, as he says, hyperfocus on things he wanted to understand. he calls that ability to focus intently on a subject his superpower. >> that was my comfort zone, that okay, i can think som

he ate chris christie. >> so mean. >> no, you haven't seen chris christie at all. i'm not saying that pritzker is a cannibal, but i'm not not saying it. you know, it's funny you said we watch it to make fun of fun of it. i think that cnn has created a new media specialty. jennings porn. it is like porn. it lasts about three minutes and you just keep watching it over and over again. and i feel bad for the bookers at cnn because they have to like they have to look at the guests that they they feed to the slaughter house to jennings. they look like a model un, like a collection of high school debaters who have no idea they're on a tv show. they know. no, scott jennings isn't on. you're safe, scott jennings isn't on. and they say that. it's like when you watch somebody, when you watch jennings asked terry, or whatever his name is. this goes to your point, his reason behind his banal assertions. his eyes are like as wide as saucers because nobody asks a follow up question. so jessica is right. you got to come armed with specifics, because one day someone's going to ask

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[laughter] [laughter] i love you chris christie and i only tell that jokes about you because i am chubby i dress like lizzo's twin brother rizzo. tomorrow is the 97th academy awards which means the oscars old enough to run for congress, that's a big deal. [laughter] they got so political and i agree about that the only thing they been interesting in the last 20 years, stacked chris rock. [laughter] that was a big deal because it was the first time in history was acknowledged black on black crime. [laughter] [applause] for real, i don't hate hollywood, i feel bad for them because they are too stupid to realize they have a good thing they are running like hollywood actors, nobody wants to hear your political views. you guys are famous because you did the genetic lottery. okay? born so gorgeous that we are willing to pay $20 for a popcorn to watch you recite words written for you by an ugly person. [laughter] just saying. [laughter] i know because i worked in a few of those rooms. you know what i'm saying? whenever asked doctors to pretend they were like us, we watch them because they want.

julie, julia roberts, elizabeth shue, audrey hepburn, julie christie, jodie foster, madeline kahn andn voight in midnight cowboy. >> oh. it's true. that's 20. >> 20 women and one guy. shame on you, hollywood. i thought you cared about diversity. >> and finally. uh, new. >> rule to everyone who's been stopping me lately and asking bill if by some weird fluke, stephen a smith doesn't run for president. who are we going to get? well, i'm going to tell you. but first, a word from common sense. the the democratic party's current approval rating is 21%, which is only slightly more popular than kanye's swastika shirts. maybe that's why, according to a new gallup poll, 45% of democrats want the party to move to the center, which is up 11 points from four years ago. now, whenever a political party finds a real star president, the other side always says, well, we have to find our bill clinton, our reagan, our obama. well, the democrats need to find their trump, not the authoritarian part, but the part where a politician bonds with every day americans because he talks like them. and the. the goo

jon: new homeland security secretary christy gnome says illegal border crossings last month for the lowest southern border to help keep things secure there. cb caught in his life for us with more. >> president trump says there were only about 8300 migrants caught illegally crossing the border in february. get this that number is 96% drop from the record high that came under the biden administration border patrol reported around 302,000 arrests in december 2023. so, how did this a client happen? when trump returned to the white house he made a flurry of executive actions on the border to include declaring a national emergency deployed u.s. military personnel to combat the surge. trump ended the use of a cell phone after the border to which admitted migrants to be admitted to her manager and patrol. that word or walk a check has picked back up but of course of the present executive orders on immigration are facing challenges and criticism. early february at the american civil liberties union sued the trump administration over a sweeping ban on asylum access at the border by the aclu send the