now back to my colleague, chris lawrence. chris? >> reporter: yeah, jeanne, we're starting to see some of that flooding in the streets here. and of course, obviously, the storm surge is still something that is going to weigh on a lot of people's minds. they're going to keep a close eye on how those winds continue to turn, especially when you consider that high tide here will be about 3:30 in the morning. it's going to be the middle of the night. and so people are obviously, very, very concerned about how much water could be pushed from the ocean into the chesapeake bay, and then how much of that is going to get pushed onshore. i'm going to throw it back now to kyra and marty back in atlanta. >> all right. chris lawrence, appreciate it. jeanne meserve. also, chad, you still there? >> yes. >> i want to ask you a question. as we are looking at the situation with jeanne and with chris, and then we're looking at the situation in new york, what is your take? you mentioned early on, about 45 minutes ago, north carolina did not end up the w

chris lawrence is live from chesapeake beach, maryland. ey, too, are trying to restore some normalcy. folks eating on a kind of patio restaurant not far from where you are, chris. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, fred. i mean, nothing like -- will help you get back to normal like a beautiful sunny day like we're having here at chesapeake beach. take a look over here. you can see this restaurant right over here where people are sitting out, really enjoying the day. but it's somewhat of a mirage in that we've spent a lot of time in there talking to folks. a lot of these folks are from other counties here in maryland and none of them have power. in fact, a lot of people in there were saying, man, this is the only restaurant within miles and miles that we could find that was even open. they're rung off a generator, were able to get power and keep power. a lot of folks in maryland, about 800,000 are still without power. the problem is, you've still got a lot of downed trees, downed power lines. some of the roads that people would normally use to

and welcome back to the kaiser report thank you max good to be here all right chris lawrence and markets have been extremely volatile for the last two weeks is this the resumption of what we saw in two thousand and eight or something new well it's both i think it's a lot like two thousand and eight we have critics for it's blowing out all over the place if we keep our eye on the ball remember this is a monetary crisis that it's harder we you know mostly witness this as a fiscal crisis or financial crisis so i'm looking at the financial sector you look at the b.k. x. or some of the indicators that are around maybe the insurance sector is and you're seeing a lot of distress there became ex-pro below the former lows in this rundown and so that's what we're seeing the stress i mean obviously when you have credit spreads blown out you know if you were huge debt crisis so those are the echoes of two thousand and eight what's different this time is gold gold and silver signaling that maybe this time i think people are understanding. this is a monetary crisis too it's not just some weakness in t

chris lawrence and i saw an interesting statistic a couple of days ago that all of the market capitalizations of the something like the twenty eight biggest banks and continental europe the add them together they still wouldn't equal all the market capitalization of one company apple computer i think that's certainly a lot about apple computer but more importantly it says a lot about the european banking system their market capitalization and these banks in the europe and in the u.s. saying awfully thin when you look at the amount of debt they're carrying the bottom line here is that this is fundamentally a crisis of insolvency it always has been a crisis of insolvency the big banks are trying to treat it as a crisis with liquidity you see the big federal reserve liquidity you saw the federal reserve wonderful report coming out you know should the federal reserve supplier who were a trillion dollars worth of actual cash we query and even that wasn't sufficient to patch the wall in the ship it's really fundamentally an insolvency situation that's what we're going to have to thieves look to i t

chris lawrence reports from chesapeake beach, maryland. >> reporter: it's amazing what a difference aturday night into sunday morning we were getting knocked around by fierce winds. we watched the water raise, watched the waves crash against the shore. it was a real worry about intense flooding here. a lot of the homes here are built up on a cliff. there was a worry if so much water rushed in it could really cause damage to homes. overall people here fared better than they initially thought. there was a death in maryland where the wind collapsed a chimney onto a woman's home and killed her. we spoke with several people who had close calls. one man was in his home and a tree fell on top. the power had gone out a couple hours before. he was so bored that he went down stairs to do a puzzle and that took him out of the line of the tree falling on his house. >> they say things come in threes. we had the earthquake, this and god knows what else. hopefully nothing else will happen. god, just helped me that i wasn't in that room. i would have been killed. >> reporter: close calls but people a

we want to start with chris lawrence, he's joining us from maryland, the chesapeake beach, right now, chris, this powerful storm is moving in your direction, what are you seeing and what are you feeling? >> reporter: i feel very wet, and i can feel a tremendous amount of wind, that kicked up in the last few hours. where i'm standing now and a lot of the areas right around it, earlier this morning when we were here at 11:00 in the morning or noon, this was sand and very quickly over the past few hours, we have seen the tide start to rise and the winds get more and more intense here. it really says something, when you consider how far we still are from the -- a lot of these homes are built on a cliff and i was speaking with the mayor here a little while ago and he said there was a real chance that because the majority of -- is going to hit this area at got maybe 2:00 in the morning. and 4:00 in the morning is high tide. and he's very, very concerned with the amount of energy and -- storm -- that might just erode the soil enough to send some of those houses collapsing underneath themselv

chris lawrence is standing by. set the scene. chris, what's going on along the beaches of maryland? >> reporter: well, we're in chesapeake beach. we're starting to feel some of the outer bands of that hurricane. what we feel here is -- [ inaudible ] the waves start coming in a lot more strongly. things will die down for a while. i think that's some of the bands that are starting to hit this area, and then as it is right now, some of those, those bands start coming back through and we get heavier winds and heavier storm surge coming up the beach here. we're standing, a lot of this was beach. we got here this morning. quickly it's already risen several feet. i was talking to the mayor. he said one of the big worries in this area is when you go past here, there's homes that's built on a cliff. at this point their worries not so much the wind, this is not going to be the kind of storm here where the wind is going to do catastrophic damage, but what they are worried about is, it's moving so slowly, and it's going to hit right before high tide which comes about 3:30 in the morning here, t

let's go to chris lawrence. live now. this is chesapeake beach, maryland. i'm guessing maybe sunny skies for now but what do you see around you? >> yeah, brook. this is a world of difference from what it was 12 hours ago. now i look around and see the water levels have dropped so far from where they were. i'm looking at beach where beach didn't even exist before and the waves were literally just lapping up against the shore. the big worry here wasn't so much the wind. it was the storm surge, especially with high tide coming in overnight. they were very much worried about how much water was going to get pushed onshore. the way the winds moved, it sucked more of the water out instead of pushing it in. a lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief. you mentioned the death in maryland in queen ann's county. the wind did collapse a chimney on to an elderdy woman's home and killed her. we've been talking to people all morning. it's amazing how many other people came very close to having a similar tragic story. we spoke with one man who said the power went out in

cnn pentagon current chris lawrence is here to tell us more. just how large is syria's stockpile of chemical weapons? >> well, gloria, by most estimates syria has one of the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, if not the largest. whereas we were concerned about libya having maybe ten tons of mustard gas, most experts believe syria could have upwards of thousands of tons of these chemical weapons such as vx and sarin. these are such viral agents that even just a few drops can kill a man, sarin, for example, was used in that 1995 attack on the tokyo subway, killed 13 people, made about 1,000 more people sick. so, these are very, very vile agents and there's a lot of them in syria. >> so, chris, what's the major fear here, that president assad will use it on the protesters, or that the protests are actually occurring near where the stockpiles are? >> that's it. some of the location of the protests, places like hama, latakia, these are sites where some of the chemical weapons are stored. i spoke with an official who said, look, syria

. >> talking about the water rising and the erosion in chessches chesapeake beach where chris lawrence is joining us live out of maryland. you've got some new information, chris? >> reporter: keira, you know, here we're not that far from jeanne, we're on the other side of the chesapeake bay. we're more on the other side, the western edge of the chesapeake bay. and i can say, you know, although we are still getting rain, you know, jeanne mentioned it it pretty much stopped raining there briefly. we're still getting rain but not to the extent we were. i think as we pan around, the wind is still whipping up and, you know, we do get occasional gusts that bring a lot of rain in, but not to the extent we did an hour ago. i wonder if our meteorologist chad myers is standing by, chad, maybe if you could help us to sort of make sense of this. does this mean sort of we're kind of caught between bands of the storm at this point? >> that is exactly right. there is another band right across the bay on the eastern shore, north of the chop tank, and it is going to come across the chesapeake bay right

very profound period of instability right now right below the press forks i guess of the mess as chris lawrence of thanks so much for being on the kaiser report my pleasure all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacey however i thank my guests chris martin said if you want to send me an e-mail place to sell at kaiser report at r t t v are you until next time this is back guys are saying.

i'm chris hayes in for lawrence o'donnell. we are one day away from the ames straw poll and what is the first real weekend of 2012 presidential campaign. well, kind of real. when it comes to the ames straw poll's influence on the presidential campaign, certain

chris lawrence is live there. chris?people are breathing a sigh of relief tonight. you mentioned that one death, what we've heard from talking to people here is how close other people came. though today they're saying, look, this wasn't as bad as we thought. we came out of it okay. it really could have been down to one decision. like the man we spoke to who had a tree literally fall right on top of his house, the only reason that he was able to avoid it was because the power went out just a few hours earlier and he went downstairs looking for something to do. >> they say things come in threes. we had the earthquake tuesday, this, and now god knows what else. hopefully nothing else will happen. god just helped me that i wasn't in that room. i would have been killed. >> reporter: just an amazing story. right now what we're seeing out there, not too bad. damage hasn't been that extensive, but some trees are down blocking some of the roads. some power lines are still down and there's about 800,000 people without power here i

our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has been tracking this part of the story for us. here, chris? >> reporter: yeah, wolf. we've learned that u.s. and nato officials have been talking to national transitional council officials for several weeks now about libya's stockpiles of mustard gas. look, nato was instrumental in helping the rebels fight their way into tripoli, but now there are serious questions about how far nato will go to help secure those chemical weapons. the pentagon has released new numbers that show u.s. air attacks on gadhafi targets nearly doubled over the past 12 days. and as the rebels captured territory and gadhafi fighters pulled back towards the capital, it isolated the regime's leadership. nato was able to focus on tripoli and began to destroy moammar gadhafi's command and control. >> they would not be anywhere close to where they are without nato's support. >> reporter: pentagon officials believe gadhafi is still in libya and say his forces fired a scud missile monday near the city of sert. >> he's not acting like someone who will give up and i

we want to go to pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. we're uncertain where gadhafi's sons are.tockpile of mustard and sarin gas? >> they believe the stockpile is secure and know exactly where it is, at the rapta place south of tripoli. they've been keeping a close eye on the place for days, weeks, with drones and satellite plas make sure it's secure. >> where is it? >> we've learned there are talks within nato at some of the highest levels about just that question, what to do if for some reason it does not become secure. they are talking in terms of sending in, how they would send in teams, how those teams would be made up, whether they would be military, intelligence agents or even contractors with the kind of expertise needed to secure a chemical stockpile. >> is it weapons grade, chris? >> it's not, meaning you can't just take it, put a few khansters in a briefcase it or release it or detonate it somewhere. the real concern is that it could be sold off to a third party, fall into the wrong hands and later be weaponized. >> we know special forces from britain, france, jordan,

chris lawrence, what are your sources saying at dod?ooke, there's been a lot of speculation that perhaps he slipped out of the country at some point. but the pentagon today was knocking down that speculation. saying that from what they have seen, they believe that moammar gadhafi is still within libya. now, they're not getting into the particular intelligence assets that they may have to get that information or trying to specify where specifically they think he is. but they do believe he is still within the country. >> chris, i understand that libyan government officials were close to gadhafi, they were reaching the gadhafi folks, reaching out to the obama administration right up until the rebels started taking and claiming tripoli. i was talking to mike baker, former cia ops, he said no way in terms of negotiations, that window has to have closed. do you think they were hoping to negotiate or salvage some sort of safe-haven for gadhafi? >> officials think more, brooke, that they were trying to buy time. stave off what they call the ine

we want to check in with pentagon correspondent chris lawrence and foreign affairs correspondent jillment. jill, let me begin with you. you've been reporting that in the final -- even up to the final moments, moammar gadhafi was reaching out trying to buy time. tell us about these negotiations, if they even were -- if they even got to that point. >> well, it was people who were close to gadhafi. six people in fact who had been in contact with u.s. officials before and we are told by jeff feldman, the assistant secretary of state for near east affairs that all of a sudden there were these frantic calls coming from these six men. they were saying, look, we want to negotiate. we want to negotiate. and when it came down to it, u.s. officials said negotiate over what? they did not want to negotiate over moammar gadhafi leaving. so at that point the u.s. said come back when you get real. but the u.s. officials took it as a sign of desperation. they say that what they really wanted to do, the libyans, was to stop the rebel attack on the city of tripoli. >> chris, to you, we've been talking t

. >> chris lawrence reporting for us. thank you. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news conditions on cnn. . >>> good evening. we begin tonight with major breaking news in libya and syria. we know from our correspondents covering the battlefield in libya that the rebels are beginning to make important progress in their goal to encircle tripoli and march on the libyan capital. barbara starr is hearing tonight from her sources of preparations for perhaps a final last stand by the libyan dictator. barbara, when you talk about a last stand, what are your sources telling you? >> well, they say that there is some indications they believe an assessment, if you will, that kad could be preparing for a last stand that it possibly would of course be in tripoli, his last major strong hold where he has some capability. what they don't know is what would this last stand look like. they're looking at the notion it could be scud missile launches, it could be an all-out military assault on on libyan civilians. they do not know. but that is the major concern at this hour. no firm

um be safe if you are -- if you are still inside, as the entire cnn crew is at the moment, chris lawrencelarry shaughnessy and myself. they're telling us to stay in place, that there are security personnel throughout the building making sure everyone can remain safe if they are still here inside. of course, those of us who are used to earth quakes, i was raised in california. i've been through many of them. we're very cognizant about the possibility of aftershocks. right here in the cnn office in the pentagon, we're already moving things from high shelves out of the way just in case there's aftershocks. but it was quite unsettling for a few minutes there as you saw people once again with very stricken looks on their faces running as fast as they could to get out of here. learning very quickly, thank goodness, it was an earthquake and now, like everyone, i think, randi, we need to see what the damage assessment is in both washington, new york and up and down the east coast where this was apparently felt. >> it's interesting though that you mentioned that is probably the first thought on ma

chris lawrence by the way is in chesapeake beach, maryland, which is on the bay, and he is looking batteredds of wind and rain that come and go. sometimes they die down, and sometimes they kick up a bit as we enter some of the outer bands of the hurricane as it passes out to the east of us. we are a little bit north of the st. mary's county where they are concerned about the dam. obviously, as you mentioned a big difference between being concerned about an overflow which water will eventually pass and an actual breach where the water would continually pour through the dam. here the concern is not so much the wind, but really the speed or lack thereof of this storm that it is going slow, and it is bringing the rain, and the real concern is storm surge. there are a lot of homes in area that are set up on a cliff and there is a mandatory evacuation for anyone who lives within 100 feet of the cliffs, but a lot of people have decided to stay in their homes. the concern is that if you get enough water in here, it could erode enough of the soil, and destabilize the foundation of where a lot of the

chris lawrence is there and he'e first indications of irene's approach.right there in the water, who's going on. >> reporter: yeah, fred, we're definitely seeing the waters rising, at got 11:00 or 12:00 noon t waters really started to come in quickly. if you could just take a look and we'll just kind of show you right here along the chesapeake bay, speaking to the mayor of chesapeake beach, he says that high tide is going to be high around 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning and that's when the brunt of the storm will be hitting the maryland, new jersey area. so the brunt of this storm arrives at the same time as high tide, that's going to push that water right into these homes that are only a few yards away from the beach. this is a resort town, a lot of people are here for weddings, are here for the weekend. we talked to one young lady who was determined to push through her wedding just like the hurricane on its way. what are your thoughts right now? >> i was a little worried for everyone's safety coming in, i had second thoughts about going through with it jus

let's bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. and, chris, they're trying to get them out of the path of danger. >> that's right. you know, the bulk of the u.s. military's east coast based fleet all comes from this one part of virginia. touchdown we saw dozens of ships leaving, heading out to see from this one area just to get out of the way of this storm. the u.s. navy versus hurricane irene, that's one battle the military not prepared to fight. the eminent arrival of the storm has virtually cleared out the world's largest naval base. u.s. navy sent 27 ships to sea, including an aircraft carrier. >> it's important that they go early so they're able to get ahead of the storm and stay outside of the destructive lands. >> reporter: look at what ire reeb has done to the bahamas so far. it could overwhelm the navy's pier since the low-lying norfolk area is vulnerable to storm surge. if the winds could literally rip and pull a ship out to sea. >> it can get very dangerous to have loose ships from piers if they stay in port. >> reporter:

. >>> last night on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell," guest host chris hayes asked former louisiana governor buddy roamer, whose put a $100 cap on campaign donations, if his decision might be considered a liberal stance. >> i'm a conservative, and i have fought corruption in louisiana most of my life. so maybe it's because i've been hand to hand combat with the corrupt political forces that i feel so deeply about this. but i don't think it's a liberal or conservative issue. we might debate, chris, whether it should be full disclosure that we want or limits on giving. liberals like limits on giving. conservatives like full disclosure. that could be a good debate. right now we live in a world where we have neither. we don't have any limits, none whatsoever, and there are no disclosure requirements. obama is the master at it. his top five ambassadors gave a minimum of $500,000 each. that's the ambassador great, the ambassador of france and switzerland. i could go on and on and on. it's about the money. it ought to be about our country. it ought to be about jobs. it ought to be about fa

chris lawrence is here in "the situation room" with more on this story.people deely worried about him. >> military aircraft and commercial jets have equipment on board to help them both detect and avoid other character. drones don't. even if you yourself never get anywhere near afghanistan, that is something that could have a very big effect on the safety of the airspace here in the united states. >> ready? >> the american drone that collided with a huge air force cargo plane was only 12 feet long. look at the damage it caused. the collision forced the huge air force plane to make an emergency landing in afghanistan. it's raising questions about the safety of unmanned vehicles. >> this is a very, very rare event. >> tim owings works for the unmanned aircraft systems and they have flown more than a million hours in dirty, dangerous combat situations without an accident like this. the u.s. military built a fleet of uavs and troops are coming home to become cops and firefighters with the expertise to operate them. they want to use the technology here. unmann

chris lawrence joins us from the pentagon with the latest. what are you hearing?the military designated about 18 helicopters that fema can use in search and rescue operations and will be used for surveillance and look for people who may be in trouble. the military is designated about three bases in new jersey, massachusetts and also ft. bragg that are incidence response centers and working with fema and ft. bragg for example have more than 200 trucks filled with food, water, medical supplies and things to get out from those areas military is trying to stay out of the way of this storm. the air forces moving the plains to ohio. the navy sent about 38 of its battle ships out to sea. that's about 13% of the battle fleets amount of sizable portion is now out to sea about 300 miles away. they are going to try to ride out the storm there. >> that's the idea. 300 miles out away from the eye of the storm. thanks for that information. we will be checking back with you. >> a hurricane hunter plane flying directly above the storm. we will talk to the hurricane hunter and see

chris lawrence has been working this part of the story for us. what are you learning?n aside, governor romney asked who is going to own libya if we get rid of the government there. some of these comments are a prl part of being on the campaign trail. officials have a real fear about what will happen in the middle of all that chaos and protest there >> dictators have fallen like dominos in tunisia and libya. the up rising in syria is different. its president controls one of the large splice of chemical weapons in the world. >> we haven't faced a collapse of a government that had this kind of deadly weapons of mass destruction. syria is going to be a real problem. >> joe is a member of hillary clinton's international security advisory board and written extensively on weapons of mass destruction. >> this stuff can kill tens of the thousands and there is a demand for that on the black market. >> the protester his violent conflicts. all sites of suspected chemical wep weapons plants. last year there was a concern and all it has is 10 tons of mustard gas and no weapons to de

the cnn pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, joins us now on what the u.s.he worst, what is going on to get the search and rescue operations ready for the entire coast, what is happening? >> the pentagon has now designated 18 helicopters that will be used by fema, and can be used by fema for the search and rescue operations that are a likely possibility in the wake of a storm like this one. some of those planes the pentagon says will also be used for surveillance, to look at damaged areas, perhaps to look for people who are in distress and survivors in those areas. fema has been prepositioning a lot of supplies at several military bases in massachusetts, new jersey, and north carolina. these include things like generators and supplies of water and food and tarps and baby supplies, and things they will need to get out as quickly as possible. they have been storing those at some of the military bases in those three states. the military has been moving a lot of the assets out of the way of the storm so they could then not only be protected, but also be brought

i'm chris hayes in for lawrence o'donnell. if you are watching this show on the east coast, there is a good chance you are in the path of headline. hoin hoin hurricane irene. at this moment, irene is pounding the bahamas heading north. she is currently a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. want to see what 125 mile an hour winds looks like? lilja luciano is there. >> we are here at the height of hurricane irene in nassau. this is the most severe wind so far. we are getting heavy rain and sleet as well that's starting to hit us as we speak right now. objects are falling and flying through the air. we have got some street signs that have been coming off their posts as the wind changed direction. a couple of trees have fallen right in front of us. we are trying to keep grounded here. but the storm is getting worse. >> storm could hit american shores saturday, possibly brushing up against the outer banks of north carolina. from there, it's a swath of east coast cities. norfolk, virginia, atlanta, philadelphia, and portla

. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes in for lawrence o'donnell. in libya, it is the second day in a row of almost there. tonight, the jubilant rebel forces hesitate to claim victory because moammar gadhafi's whereabouts still remain unknown and scattered fighting continues in the capital. britain's channel 4 asked gadhafi's foreign minister in the conflict if the conflict is finished. he said yes, this is my feeling, if i was in charge, i'd tell loyalists to lay down their arms. in benghazi, the head of the transitional council announced wealthy businessmen declared a $1.7 million bounty for the capture of gadhafi dead or alive. also offered amnesty for any member of gadhafi's entourage that turns him in. over 40 nations now recognize the tnc as the government of the people. i think it's safe to say that at this point libya is now the site of both the violent and remarkable turn of events in the ongoing arab spring. last april "the wall street journal" read "rag tag rebels struggle in battle." "rolling stone" deemed them libya's amateur army. here

. >> lawrence, your standing ovation for chris christie's comments in your "rewrite" tonight itself earned a standing ovation. it was so perfectly done. >> hey, the guy deserves it. i'm not expecting him to get another one any time soon, but this was the night. >> well done, my friend. thank you. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. today was one of those days when even people who do not pay attention to business news and economics news were forced to pay attention to those things. today was a day that every tv network became a business news network. >> take a look now, down 407. 407. massive plunge. >> red across the board. the dow jones industrial average down more than 400 points. >> the dow jones industrial down more than 450 points. nasdaq down right now 117 points. >> down nine of 10 days. >> we have the s&p 500 down more than 4%. our biggest loss since 2009. >> hearing words like alarming, panic, devastating. >> rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that. 476.54 down, and going further down. >> now the dow is down more than 500 points. on this session a

i'm chris hayes in for lawrence o'donnell. we are one day away from the ames straw poll and what is the first real weekend of 2012 presidential campaign. well, kind of real. when it comes to the ames straw poll's influence on the presidential campaign, certain things are real and certain things are not. the carnival atmosphere that surrounds the iowa state fair with its fried buttered delicacies and pressing of the flesh bears the same resemblance to our actual presidential politics as the new york, new york hotel in las vegas does to the actual new york city. first, what is not real about the stra poll. for the majority of candidates that come to iowa, the ames straw poll is like playing dress-up, close as they might get to experiencing a presidential election day. that category includes, herman cain, rick santorum, newt gingrich, and thaddaeus mccotter. they have chosen to essentially bypass the iowa straw poll, it will not be devastating. the more conservative to frontrunner mitt romney. of those two, the poll means the mos

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chris mullin. >>> let's go check in with lawrence. i know he was watching the raiders last night. >> yes.reat game to watch. well, i'm pretty tired today t didn't come on until late but fantastic, folks. hey, we have some great weather around the bay area as things already beginning to break up over the bay right now. so you get the idea the fog not as thick as yesterday. i think signs are pointing toward a warmer day outside. it should be a beautiful one before we see some big changes as we head into the weekend. could get as high as 88 in livermore more today, 81 san jose, 71 oakland. patchy fog at the coast this afternoon mainly into the 50s and 60s. weekend temperatures lower, high pressure sliding eastward. temperatures will continue to dive toward the middle of next week well below average. drizzle showing up at the coast. i think a return to dreary weather here in the bay area. okay. last night it was the raiders at the coliseum. tonight, can you believe it, those groundskeeper have to be very busy. it will be the as back in action with the texas rangers, just after 7:00. partly cl