in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> community colleges can now choose to have the day off for lunar new year. assembly member phil ting introduced a new bill today in california that allows community colleges to observe the lunar new year without a holiday. last year a bill passed making the lunar new year a state holiday. this affects community colleges specifically. it is usually celebrated with a break from work and school as people enjoy the holiday with their families. >> i know for my parents it was the holidays they most look forward to because they have to go to work, we had to go to school. it never felt like a complete holiday our family could really take the time to celebrate, the time to be together and really be with each other. >> ting hopes observing the holiday will education students about the lunar new year while promoting cultural acceptance. >>> a popular camera shop becomes a crime scene. an armed robber's attack inside when we come back. >>> and tesla announces its highly anticipated earnings report. did the automaker exceed expectations? we'll tell you. >>> i'

alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: house republicans are stepping up the pressure on president biden after news over the weekend that five more pages of classified documents were uncovered at his delaware home. for a fourth straight day, the president ignoring reporters' questions. >> are you sure there are no more classified documents? >> reporter: about what is now the third covery at that wilmington residence since late december as the president's personal lawyers have continued to search for any sensitive material left over from mr. biden's time as vice president. >> more of the data than the information. are there more documents out there? >> reporter: republicans comparing it to the fbi search of former president trump's mar-a-lago estate, though that came after he resisted multiple requests to hand over documents, prompting an obstruction of justice investigation. house gop leaders now want visitor logs for mr. biden's home, which the secret service says don't exist because it is a private residence. the first batch of documents, less than a dozen, were unco

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> he said he has no plans to resign but for a moment appeared to be changing his mine. new york representative george santos said he would resign if 142 people asked him to. you remember santos recent lip admitted to lying about his background before he was elected. everything from his education to past jobs, even jewish heritage. when asked to clarify what he meant about 142 people, he said he would only resign if the 142,000 people who elected him in november decide he should. fellow republicans are calling for him to step down. santos has apologized for, quote, what he calls embellishing his resume. let's bring jeff back in. >>> so that break was just so great to have today. the time line for the next storm tomorrow morning? >> a system on saturday and another one after that. it does look like there are hopes coming in the seven-day forecast. look at these 15-day rain totals from eight different storms that have been back-to-back. kent field up to 18.62 inches. danville 15.67. san francisco over 15 inches. redwood city over 11. south bay rang

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> still to come, months after the election, a school board race in the east bay may be helpeded to the courts to be decided. two people are claiming to be the sole winner. >>> and as that rain returning for part of the weekend, winds will kick up tomorrow anywhere from 20 to 50 miles per hour. i'll show youhen that kicks w >>> the courts may have to sort out a contested election. a mistake in how it set up the vote count software in the oakland unified school board election. now the candidate who originally placed third says he's the winner. but the original winner says he's not conceding. >>> we are concerned because of the timing of all of this. >> reporter: a rank choice voting reversal days before a new oakland unified school board member is set to be sworn in. the county originally said mike hutchinson came in third in the race. now the registrar admits there was an error and hutchinson says he's been told he actually won. >> the registrar called them the corrected results. so i don't think there's any question about that. and i don't think w

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> this could be a good gig. netflix looking to hire a personal flight attendant. the company willing to pay $250,000 for the right candidate. it is for one of the private jets based out of san jose. here's the job description. the company says the flight attendant needs to operate with professionalism, little direction, and have flexible hours. if i can get janelle to cover some of my shifts here, i feel i could do this as a side job. >> how much is the salary? >> 250. >> wow, that's impressive. >> i can do it. >> they can do it as a tv show. follow me around. >> oh, may gosh. jessica, directing it. >>> okay. we have more rainfall on tap as we move through the next 24 hours. then we'll get the sunshine back in the mix. so let's look at storm ranger. in san francisco, and across the bay area. we have seen in three and a half weeks. just kind of strange, right? to look up and see the blue skies. let's begin with the morning forecast. not as sunny as it was today. we had the cloud cover starting to return at eight

nbc's alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. economy showing resilience with the new report today finding gross domestic product grew 2.9% to close out 2022. >> i think it is better than just about everybody expected. >> reporter: the key indicator of economic health bounced back in the second half of last year after shrinking in the first two quarters. >> we did see a sharp slide in housing amid higher mortgage rates. >> reporter: the housing market dragged down gdp last year but now more people are looking to buy with mortgage rates ticking down. still, lingering recession fears remain. >> we are living in the world of the present which has pretty strong economic growth right now. we're living in the future of a really lack luster, lame forecast of a stalling economy. >> reporter: president biden at a steam fitters hall in virginia today announcing a new invest in america cabinet charged with keeping up the momentum on his economic plans. >> we're on the right track. roads and bridges are being built. factories coming online.

here's alice barr. >> reporter: epic air travel gridlock, slowly unsnarling with flights gradually resuming after a computer outage at the federal aviation administration forced it to halt all departures nationwide its preliminary work shows a damaged database file is to blame, adding at this time there is no evidence of a cyber attack >> i've directed faa to figure out exactly how this happened. >> reporter: the faa's notice to air missions system that alerts pilot critical things like runway closures failed forcing a ground stop for about an hour and a half >> i had to change my flight to tomorrow morning >> put as damper on things for sure >> reporter: the massive disruption raising questions about the state of technology at the faa and comes as congress is preparing to reauthorize faa legislation that sets the agency's course for the next few years. >> if we need to, make some improvements, make some funding increases so that they can improve the system. >> money's been thrown at the problem, and the problem seems to get worse >> reporter: republicans slamming the biden administration f

alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the questions are growing louder. president biden's silence, pro pronounced. >> when it comes to legal issues, it is very clear that we are not going to politically interfere. >> reporter: as republicans press for answers about classified documents from mr. biden's time as vice president found at his home and former private office -- >> prior to an election, they kept it secret. at no time did he get raided by the fbi. >> reporter: house republicans opening investigations and demanding visitor logs from the president's delaware home, citing national security concerns. >> a lot of people came over there. >> reporter: the secret service says it performs background collection on visitors but does not maintain logs at a president's personal residence. sources tell nbc news, president biden is frustrated with the administration's failure to draw a contrast between his team turning over uncovered classified documents and former president trump's refusal to do the same, leading to the fbi's search of mar-a-lago. still, repub

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> thank you, alice. >>> new trouble for the trump organization. a judge just dealt the organization a hefty fine for tax fraud. two companies within the trump organization have to pay a total of $1.6 million in fines. a jury found the companies guilty last month, accused in a tax fraud scheme that lasted 15 years by avoiding taxes through a host of methods especially giving executives a large part of their income in off-the-book ways. mr. trump was not a defendant in the case. >>> we have been struggling with flooding and landslides and a massive string of storms but in the west and south storms brought another kind of hazard, talking tornadoes. recent storms have spawned dozens of tornadoes and they have left a deadly path. at least seven people killed. 23 million people impacted some way or another by these tornadoes. the hardest hit states have been alabama, georgia, and the carolinas. we really saw a lot of devastation in selma, which they are still trying to deal with all of this. it's just been, obviously we have rain here, but the tornado c

nbc's alice barr says tonight there is talk of an even bigger deal ahead. >> reporter: the call to order on the house floor today taking on new urgency. on day three of disorder and dysfunction among house republicans divided over who should be their speaker. republican leader kevin mccarthy offering substantial concessions overnight aimed at winning over an entrenched group of far-right members blocking him from the top leadership role. >> i'm a no on kevin. >> we'll keep working until we solve it. >> reporter: representative mccarthy agreeing to a new rule allowing just one member to call for a vote to remove the speaker at any time and offering the holdouts control of prime committee seats. mccarthy has the backing of 90% of gop members, and frustrations are growing. >> there's 200 of us that support kevin. there's a couple dozen or less who don't. we're not going to be ruled by them. >> reporter: until they pick a speaker, the republican-controlled house cannot vote on any other business for the american people. >> they want a government that works and doesn't embarrass them, and we

alice alice barr has the latest from washington >> reporter: another day of chaos in the house and still no house speaker chosen leaving the people's business on pause. >> the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. >> reporter: front runner kevin mccarthy trying to win over a band of far right rebels locking horns with the vast majority of gop members who want mccarthy in the top post >> i nominate kevin mccarthy >> reporter: despite huddling behind closed doors. >> we'll keep talking. >> reporter: mccarthy is no loser to overcoming the far-right revolt blocking him from becoming speaker. >> this country needs a change >> reporter: a small group of right-wing members holding firm against mccarthy and holding on to the appeal from former president trump. >> i still have the most votes >> reporter: the logjam pre preventing any business from happening. when you look at the larger picture here, the stakes are higher this is really a fight over whether a small group or the vast majority of house republicans will have control of the agenda while republicans are in the majority for the ne

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> back here locally and happening today, history will be madesan mateo county. sheriff-elect christina corpus will be sworn in today. she beat her boss, the current sheriff of san mateo county. corpus is now one of the first latinas to be elected sheriff in california's state history. another is the alameda county sheriff. corpus's swearing in starts at 1:00 p.m. at the college of san mateo. >>> at 7:41, still to come on "today in the bay," remarkable improvement for the buffalo bills' player who suffered cardiac arrest during monday night football. you'll hear what he did with his teammates and how the 49ers plan teammates and how the 49ers plan to honor him. why do dermatologistss woworldwide rerecommend la r roche-posayay? effectivive skincarere lilike la a roche-posasay double repepair faface moistururizer delivers d double-actition to help rerepair skin'n's barr and prprovide 48-h-hour hydratn fofor healthy-y-looking sksk. la rocoche-posay.. ♪ every s search you u make ♪ ♪ every c click you t take ♪ ♪ i'l'll be watchching you ♪ - - [narrato

alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: a debt ceiling showdown on capitol hill that threatens economic catastrophe across the country hits its first deadline tomorrow. >> really just the starting gun of the process. >> reporter: that's when treasury secretary janet yellen says the country will reach the current $31.4 trillion cap on how much money it can borrow to meet its existing financial obligations. the treasury debt will then use extraordinary measures to keep paying bills, extending the timeline to early june for congress to raise the debt ceiling in order to pay back money the government's already spent. >> we're six months away. why wouldn't we sit down now and change this behavior? >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy backing a push by far-right republican members to demand spending cuts as part of any debt ceiling deal. >> let's start paying this debt off. >> reporter: the white house is demanding that congress raise the debt limit, a standard practice across administrations, without conditions. >> we're not going to let the economy be held hostage by

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> the research analyst at iss. thank you for the time did any ofthe nations have a choice at this stage and time? it felt there was continued pressure ukraine needed the help. especially germany who didn't want to take the lead in the fight against russia specifically was there any choice >> unfortunately , if we want t support ukraine and russia loses, we want to make sure ukraine has the tools to do it again ourks -- if they want to sell tanks, they might have to deal with the responsibility it is a good problem to have for the industry one of the things ukraine needs is infantry fighting if we want, again, if we want, that is a political choice, supporting ukraine victory or at least helping russian defeat, we need to make sure we provide in the way that will be european responsibility >> this is the first time particularly since world war ii that german battletanks will fight on a european battlefield. how badly could this escalate the war? >> i don't see any real reason for escalation european partners are rea