curt gregory, nbc news. >> all right bill karins is here with today's weather. we have what's happening in the northwest and also in chile. that's a huge earthquake. >> scary. we saw reports of 8.2, 8.3 and the thought of tsunami. there were fears all over the place. this was a huge earthquake. 12 miles down under the ocean. it was bad as it was but could have been a lot worse. on the frequency of the magnitude scale, on this entire planet, only one 8.0 a year. we saw it last night. we've had overnight rain in los angeles and san diego is about to get rain. it's knocking on your door, roll in in the flection half hour. more showers behind it and possibility of downpour with isolated thunderstorms. not going to see widespread heavy rain. roads will be wet for your morning commute. much of southern cali in most cases. best chance of rain southern california on and off throughout the day. take a look at the end of the weekend forecast coming up. >> downpour in southern california. we'll take that word for now. thank you bill. >>> one of the faces of greed and corru