and when you look at growth and transformation of the embark, the same with doyle. it will be a cherished part of the city and a worthy addition to what is there. >> it will be a safe and beautiful entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ok. that was really beautiful. we would like to welcome you to the third annual statewide celebration and recognition of asian-pacific islander american heritage month. this event is hosted by the mayor. i will tell you a little bit more. it is a non-profit, non- partisan. since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on public policy. and fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. the mission is to empower patients and pacific islander americans in civic and public affairs to education, active participation, and leadership development. >> civic engagement, leadership development, and community servthe theme of tonight's evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments

now, headlights heading southbound looks good towards doyle drive. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, russian president vladimir putin says changes in syria are needed but he is worried about the fact to

one of the authors of the book doyle mitchell, jr. is joining me this morning to talk about the book and his family business that's still going strong after 79 years. doyle, thank you very much for getting up early and being here with us. the slogan ever the bank is getting -- of the bank is getting it done since 19 3w4. this causes -- 1934. this was not an easy time. this was right after the biggest bank collapse during the great depression. but your grandfather jesse mitchell, he was determined. give a blacks a bank they could trust. >> there were others involved, too. there were eight african- american business men that worked along with him. it was really a community effort because the community, there was 300 or 400 shareholders that came together and bought shares, pulled together their five and their ten and $15 and helped open the bank. >> what's amazing is in telling this story and the images of america talks about the various neighborhoods in this community that the bank started out with the one branch, six employees, about

jessica doyle is back. howard starts us off with weather first. >>> nice and quiet if you need to go anywhere, do anything, even through midday should be all right. it's going to be the afternoon into the evening where we have our problems. that's why our alert codes are yellow for today because the rain is going to be moving in. that could slow your trip to grandma's house down a little bit. >> some people are already at the malls because there are stores on the 24-hour cycle. >> what do we do? >> we should be shopping. we'll be out there soon. >> it will be midday we have some problems. north and west of town cold enough to have some snow and sleet. western maryland and west virginia. 42 by noon. could be a shower then south and west of d.c. then this afternoon looks wet. 5:00 temperature 40 with the rain. and if anybody sees any buildup on the grassy surfaces, martinsburg, winchester, the shenandoah valley, maybe north of frederick and howard county, all the moisture still well to our south and west appr

named jim doyle actually went on c.-span washington journal this morning to explain a little bit more about how business ford works and i was hoping we could take a look at his explanation of what we do is we bring business leaders from around the country to brief the president is that konami teams on everything from health care reform to immigration reform fiscal the fiscal cliff into. intellectual property protection and the business leaders are speaking for themselves generally speaking business leaders are centrists they're data driven the results oriented and they are looking for compromise in washington. so liz as you can see essential business forward is trying to do is make sure that members of business especially large businesses like the founding members companies like wal-mart lockheed martin google american airlines and cetera all have the opportunity to speak with senior white house administration officials other government officials as frequently as possible so that's essentially what business ford does al

no problems towards doyle drive, san francisco, and mass transit continues to report no delays. that is traffic. back to you guys. >>> 5:07. new this morning, we now know nelson mandela has a lung infection. the former south african president has been in the hospital since saturday. he suffered with similar infections for the last couple of years. officials say the 94-year-old mandela is responding well to treatment. >>> an elite navy seal killed in a rescue operation in afghanistan this weekend is back in the u.s. 28-year-old nicolas cheque -- the body of nicolas cheque will be returned to his family. cheque was shot as he and his seal team rescued an american doctor held captive by the taliban. high school friends say cheque always wanted to be in the military. >> that was his plan. it wasn't college, it wasn't engineering. i'm interested in being in the military and living that lifestyle serving my country. >> 7 taliban members were killed in the rescue. cheque a 10-year veteran was part of the elite u.s. special forces team that killed osama bin laden. >>> a smoke smell forc

business leaders get the chance to speak to high level government officials and luckily for us jim doyle the president and founder of business forward was on c.-span this morning so i thought it might be a good opportunity to let him explain a little bit more what he thinks business forward is. what we do is we bring business leaders from around the country to brief the president of the economic teams and everything from health care reform to immigration reform fiscal the fiscal cliff into. intellectual property protection and the business leaders are speaking for themselves generally speaking business leaders are centrists their data driven their results oriented and they are looking for compromise in washington. so there's sensually a couple more than forty companies involved in business forward in their job and business ford itself is involved in coordinating all of those business leaders and making sure that they have the opportunity to speak to government officials interesting so we see some of the big players here it doesn't sound like a bad idea for businesses you know to want to

host: jim doyle?uest: we hear a lot of small businesses holding off on hiring people not just because of the implementation of the health care law, but the fear of rising health-care costs. if your grocery bill grew with the same rate that health-care costs have grown since 1945, we would pay $48 for a gallon of milk, and more than that for a carton of eggs. what we have seen is business leaders say their employees are efficient and production -- and productive, and rather than giving them higher salaries, they are spending more on health care. aca is implemented, it will be felt in states that have not implemented exchanges. we hear every day how much health care costs are effecting business decisions. we are trying to make sure that input from companies like yours gets to washington and washington reacts. host: atlanta, georgia. independent caller. caller: my first observation is i thought you said your organization predated the obama administration. guest: the reference to the word "forward" and ho

. >> jessica doyle is helping lead the effects on you team. this morning she's talking about how falling off that cliff will affect students in the classroom. jess? >> that's right. thanks so much. the fiscal cliff could hit our schools hard. it could be especially tough for programs that help children in need. joining me this morning is meg, the president of the national education association of virginia. we also have national nea representative dennis roikle with us as well. thank you for coming in so early this morning. >> good to be here. >> i want to start with you. overing picture, -- overarching picture, what is the big picture? what can we stand to lose because of the cliff? >> if nothing is double, it will be across the -- is done, it will be across the board cuts that translates into $4.8 billion. it will impact nine million kids, including 80,000 in head start. it will take a million dollars out of special education and we'll do awfully those cuts to kids and education so the wealthiest 2% of americans can have a tax cut. doesn't ma

jessica doyle is live in the 9news satellite center with more. good morning, jess. welcome back. >> reporter: thanks so much. it's great to be back. of course we want to say a very merry christmas eve to everyone. in the meantime, we're dealing with a very tough issue, the issue of gun control. we are seeing the drumbeat getting louder for gun control in the united states. we saw that on the sunday morning talk shows yesterday as well as in many other places in the wake of the new town shootings. but advocates for tough gun control laws are running head first into advocates for gun control, gun rights advocates as well as the national rifle association. in the meantime, though, that is not stopping lawmakers like senator dianne feinstein of california from possibly proposing new legislation, maybe as soon as next month that would tighten the gun control laws in america, possibly limiting which weapons can be sold and how many bullets can be housed within a magazine. she certainly has plenty of support from fellow democrats. >> trying to prevent shootings in schools

in 2011 we got word they were closing the parking lot with the doyle drive construction project.ve been there 25 years and new venues have fewer seats. those loss of seats have translated to a hundred thousand dollar per year lost income revenue which has put us in a very difficult financial position. >> cheryl: you had auditions? >> the auditions are a crucial part of the cultural ecology for hundreds of dasers in the bay area. >> cheryl: we're going to talk about how people can get involved in that. i want to go back to something that c.k. said it brings community together. your groups have been invited to perform everywhere. >> last year we were invited to perform in the mayor's inauguration and we received the mayor's 2012 award which was so exciting. ned up tl bened up toany venue sharing a tradition in the culture. we have thousands of dancers that would love to retain their culture and teach their traditions through music and dance and come up to the community and build bridges within each other and to each other. it's become a netting. >> i want to talk about the kids pro

a few headlights now heading towards doyle drive.ot of the lane changes though they have been completed. so now you're good to go in the commute direction. to the south bay now, and 101, 280, guadalupe parkway, all moving at top speeds. no hot spots out there now. we had one earlier one on 880 in fremont. that's now cleared. so it looks good on southbound 880 all the way down towards the 237 interchange. that's actually a live look through milpitas. northbound 880 in oakland by the oakland coliseum, the drive time is in the green, 16 minutes on the northbound lanes between 238 and the maze so we are bracing for a wet morning commute tomorrow. with more on the forecast, here's lawrence. >> no drama today, elizabeth? >> no. so far, so good. >> biggest drama i had, no cream for the coffee this morning! ! that was drama! a little chilly this morning. clouds will move in and we'll watch those temperatures to bump. we're already seeing that. outside now mostly clear skies. chilly with temperatures in the 20s, increasing clouds throughout t

i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off today. >> happy friday. i'm mike hydeck.i is also off. beverly farmer is filling in. she'll be back with timesaver traffic momentarily. >> we have howard bernstein off today. the lovely and talented olga breese is in. you're watching the weather this morning. >> definitely. today is going to be the calm day. today not bad. a little bit of a breeze and cool temperatures. we're tracking some changes tonight and that's going to impact some folks if they have some plans for their saturday. they want to do a little bit of running around and sightseeing. it's going to be a little bit messy to start off tomorrow but i think things will improve by the afternoon and evening hours. forecast for today is chilly. no doubt. we have overcast skies at reagan national airport but we're definitely seeing cool temperatures. we have dropped down to 36 degrees at this hour. and we'll continue to slide prior to sunrise. winds have backed off significantly. they're still cool winds out of the northwest but at least things are improving. right now

. >> jessica doyle is here with more on the growing fears about what could happen if the stop signs aren't thrown up in time. >> good morning to both of you. we continue to see the situation play out like a high stakes game of chicken. the white house is saying publicly it will let the nation go over the fiscal cliff if republicans don't fall in line with the president's demands to raise taxes on the rich. the g.o.p. is pointing fingers, too. you don't have to look too hard in washington these days to see the fiscal cliff theater. >> nobody wants to get this done more than me. >> our goal is to make sure it gets solved. >> the president is ready, willing and able, waiting to be able to sit down and seriously negotiate this. but they have to be willing to come to the table with specifics. >> the next 72 hours are critical. if he sits back and continues to play politics, that will give your answer where we're going. >> some lawmakers are actually going back home to their districts. congress has little scheduled business for the rest of the week. house speaker john boehner is saying that's no

that is the movable median barrier that goes from doyle drive and to the entrance of the golden gate bridge. that is the length of the bridge in 2014. in terms of traffic, moving nicely out there. little bit of fog out there. miss in the air. and -- mist in the air and take it easy on the roads. i am brian flores, channel 2 news. >>> clean up crews are trying to keep up with toppled trees today because of the weather. the top of a large tree in the russian hill neighborhood happened just before 7:30. it is south of lombard street. the homeowner said it pierced the roof as the young son ran from the room. no one was injured. >>> another branch fell in a road along highway 13 in the oakland hills. this is from eight this morning. they pushed it to the side and were starting to clean it up when we took the shots. orinda, they had parked cars in the way. that is right across from the shell gas station. there were two cars stuck under that tree. >>> in today's wet weather, it is a reminder of all the storms. drivers were avoiding puddles and pedestrians were doing what ever they could to

quiet towards doyle drive. i mentioned some overnight roadwork still in lanes. according to caltrans northbound 101 between highway 92 and 3rd they have several lanes blocked until before clock this morning. so a little later than typical. elsewhere, the nimitz northbound and southbound 880 moving fine even though there is that roadwork approaching the embarcadero and westbound highway 4 looks great. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> they are not done yet. the highest tides of the year are washing over california coastlines today. the so-called king tides submerged beaches all along the shoreline yesterday. in some spots, the water rushed right into town. the tides hit their peak yesterday around mid-morning in some areas the water rising by just a couple of inches but in others it was up by several feet. we found a business in mill valley scrambling to stack sandbags around their building. >> it's been coming in incredibly fast. it looked like it was filling up a bathtub. >> i think it's pretty amazing, and it's coming up really, really high.

the doyle drive project, ongoing construction. there are a number of different projects that add up to that 10 billion dollars that are underway are committed. this last slice, on the pie chart, orange, 3.14 billion dollars over the next 28 years, flexible in discretionary funding that could go to any number of needs and those include more maintenance for our system. what we have there believe it or not is not enough to bring it to a full state of repair. more transit service. enhancement programs to pedestrian safety. bicycle projects, transit enhancements, a number of different programs there. and also new projects that can be done, transit projects, bicycle projects, new street projects. what i am here to do today is to let you know about the different outreach mechanism where we have - primarily a budgeting tool - asking as many people as possible to give us feedback on what we should prioritize for the remaining slice of that pie. this slide shows a few different items, things that we have done. the main thing that we have th

to get ready to go tomorrow u but those that know the sunset, the parkside tavern, the owner larry doyle lives in the area and active as a community member. uses the restaurant as a great community resource, be contributes to the community, makes it available to various groups and it's become a great gathering place for those that love sport of all kind, and those that like a quiet comfort sun shut meal in the sunset and i would like to congratulate the parkside tavern. >> thank you supervisor elsbernd bernd. why don't we go to district six, supervisor kim. >> great. so today i have the pleasure of honoring sam's diners. and in the district there are amazing restaurant so in district six it was a difficult decision and i am honored honor them and the owner was enable to be here but her partner will be here. genie purchased it five years ago and samed it sam after the first initials of her three children, samuel, abigail and mica. she contributed a considerable amount of money into renovating this restaurant and a strong tenant in the corridor. i go to sam's regularly and a big fan of the

i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane.our coffee. >> how is it that we had monday -- orb at least i had monday and tuesday off and it still felt like a long week? i get my health back today. though -- house back though. everyone is leeing. good morning, thank you for joining us, monika samtani is off. i think we have beverly farmer for traffic is that right? the lovely olga breese is off. >> we have a breeze out there this morning but it's not like what we had yesterday. so we've seen some improvement. mud skies this morning and every -- partly cloudy skies this morning and we're going to clear things up though. through the mid-morning a great deal of sunshine. right now everyone's dropped back into the 30s again with that breeze. it's feeling a little bit cooler than that. overall though today is looking pretty good. we'll start out with mostly sunny skies and 9:00, 10:00 hour. we'll push out of the middle 30s into the lower 40s by noontime. and i think most of us top out right around 42 to 44 degrees later on today. wind

i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. >> it is sort of catchy isn't it?ike hydeck, happy friday. okay. anyway. we'll have traffic in just a moment. beverly farmer is in for monika today. olga is in for howard. the weekend is here and it's special because we're very close to the new year's holiday.

jessica doyle is on assignment. the stock market heads into the final trading week of the year. with gritd lock in budget -- gridlock in washington over a budget, we inch closer to the fiscal cliff. the dow down 1 two points -- 120 points. the s&p down 13 and a half points. the stock market is on track for its fourth straight year of games. the dow sup overall nearly 8%. the nasdaq has rallied more than 15% so far this year. the market will be closed tomorrow for the christmas holiday. but there will still be plenty of economic reports to sift through this week, including the latest on home prices and sales. consumer confidence as well as jobless claims. >>> washington's failure to agree on a budget is affecting americans's confidence about their finances. the university of michigan says its consumer sentiment index for december fell sharply from november's five-year high. more than one in four people surveyed cited concerns about higher taxes. >>> twinkies, wonder bread and devil dogs could soon return to store shelves but another company will be making them. bankrupt hostess b

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now, headlights heading southbound looks good towards doyle drive. that is traffic.ack to you guys. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, russian president vladimir putin says changes in syria are needed but he is worried about the fact to unseat bashar assad regime's could lead to more violence in the country. he advocates a solution to prevent the collapse of syria and what he says is an endless civil war. >>> the blame game over the "fiscal cliff" continues on capitol hill. speaker of the house john boehner is pushing ahead with his plan b. the house will vote today on the gop bill that cuts taxes for everyone who makes less than a million dollars a year. democrats say the bill is not balanced and already promises to defeat it into senate. the president says republicans should accept a deal he has offered. >> at some point there's got to be i think a recognition on the part of my republican friends that take the deal. >> hope the president will get serious soon about providing and working with us on a balanced approach. >> the president's latest offer provides $850

elsewhere your bridges, golden gate bridge traffic flowing nicely as you head towards doyle drive. i mentioned some areas of overnight roadwork. you will find it in stretches of the nimitz through oakland northbound, southbound 880 between embarcadero and fruitvale. also various lanes blocked as you approach washington. so just a heads up. also, along the peninsula through san mateo, various lanes scheduled to be blocked, we just checked in with caltrans, on northbound 101 from 92 towards 3rd, otherwise all mass transit including all bart trains so far on time of the that's a check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> rival protests are continuing today on the streets of cairo. it is just a day before a vote begins on a draft constitution. egypt's islamists are in conflict with liberals who oppose the president mohamed morsi. the opposition says the proposed document will open the doors to rights abuses and islamist domination. some violence has erupted over the past three weeks. the vote is scheduled for tomorrow and the following saturday. >>> president barack obama wi

the golden gate one lonely headlight heading towards doyle drive coming into san francisco. we'll have much more traffic and weather coming up. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a man and his girlfriend are under arrest after a gruesome discovery in the north bay. cbs 5 reporter christin ayers explains the two are accused of hiding a body for years and using it to make money. >>> reporter: people this is vallejo neighborhood first noticed it coming from the backyard of this home on warren avenue. >> my sister it walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow! i mean, she could smell it from that far off. >> reporter: a smell so gruesome, it could have only been one thing. >> a body. >> reporter: the badly decomposed body of 56-year-old richard romeer. >> well, that's something that i have never come across in 22 years. >> reporter: romer, a drifter, had been dead for two years. authorities say his son, 22- year-old joseph romer, never told a soul. instead, he allegedly hid the body in a large box he had been carrying around and standard the bo

host: jim doyle? guest: we hear a lot of small businesses holding off on hiring people not just because of the implementation of the health care law, but the fear of rising health-care costs. if your grocery bill grew with the same rate that health-care costs have grown since 1945, we would pay $48 for a gallon of milk, and more than that for a carton of eggs. what we have seen is business leaders say their employees are efficient and production -- and productive, and rather than giving them higher salaries, they are spending more on health care. aca is implemented, it will be felt in states that have not implemented exchanges. we hear every day how much health care costs are effecting business decisions. we are trying to make sure that input from companies like yours gets to washington and washington reacts. host: atlanta, georgia. independent caller. caller: my first observation is i thought you said your organization predated the obama administration. guest: the reference to the word "forward" and

doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times" and karen tumulty of "the washington angeles times" and karen tumulty of "the washington post."

the angels are made of paper doyles and each represent each of the children killed in newtown, connecticut. the head of the cathedral's altar guild say those angels were made in loving memory of the children that were lost so tragically. the sandy hook angels will be on display until january 6th. >>> time now for five things to know on wednesday morning. china opens the world's longest high speed rail line today. trains at high speed lines have initially 86 miles an hour with a total travel time of 800 miles an hour. the fastest time on record was 200 miles an hour. >>> the rush is on after a disappointing holiday shopping season. retailers are hoping to entice shoppers with after christmas day sales. this is typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year. >>> today is the first celebration of the kwanzaa celebration. it was started by the chairman of the black steud at cal state university's long beach. the holiday ends on january 1st. >>> the day after christmas and persuasive -- and places like the canada and the united kingdom it's boxing day. traditionally this is the day that

. >> and i'm jessica doyle, andrea roane is off today. >>> olga is in for howard. over to you. >> reporter: it is a little chilly out here. temperatures down in the 20s and 30s. good news the winds have died down a little bit. light winds at 7 miles per hour at the airport. we'll get out of the 30s into the low 40s. most of us top out between 44 and 46 degrees and then it looks like we are going to see moisture move in overnight tonight. but your new year's eve celebration should be dry. >>> we are letting people know about an ongoing crash investigation. overall volume has been light around town. right near the i-66 interchange, that has just been resolved. we can see you are moving once again. only one lane of traffic that getting by. no longer the caution for you. in centerville, making the merge on to 28 northbound, good news for you, southbound you were never impacted on 28. that is our big trouble spot and that is resolved. travelers into springfield your lanes are open onto the 14th street bridge. earlier the crash has been cleared. no issues here. looking g

with golden gate bridge, no delays, everything smooth sailing out of waldo tunnel to the toll on to doyle. one accident westbound 580 at basco blocking middle lane, traffic bunched up before the scene. >>> :10. >>> we are awaiting a briefing from president obama on gun control. >>> later, danger down under, the dozens of sharks >>> the bulk of the system staying to the north around oregon and washington will start to slide south a little under eureka and mount shasta and crescent city with lower elevation rain and higher elevation snow today. high pressure over us, nearly calm and very, very dry air and that's why we are seeing temperatures drop so significantly this morning. by 7:00, we are at our lows for -- in general, noon mid to upper' Ñ 40s, 4:00, a few high clouds, a lot of sun low to mid 50s, 7:00 chilly, low to mid 40s. rain arrives in the north bay tomorrow, also will bring warmer weather, rain for all of us friday and saturday. >>> 6:14. new this morning, abc news has learned president obama will hold a briefing at the white house 8:45 in morning, our time to make announcement

wet, you can see rain as you make your way south out of the waldo tunnel into san francisco tolls on doyle no delays south 101 petaluma area at washington, reports of an accident clearing phases, slow traffic and to san jose new reports first reports of an accident north 101 pardon me north 680 at mckey. >>> out of asia the world's longest high speed rail line is up and running in china. first bullet train left beijing this morning the -- the rail line is designed for top speeds up to 217 miles an hour, what used to take commuters 22 hours will now only take eight. >>> north bay drivers with will find several road closures in the new year as construction moves forward for a new commuter rail service. for the next two months the district will replace old ties at several crossings between santa rosa and san rafael. managers of the smart train plan to spend an extra 6 1/2 million dollars to buy more rail cars the funding comes from a controversial 2008 sales tax. the recession and other factors forced the 70 mile project to be shortened. >>> the federal government has denied california's requ

i'm jessica doyle, andrea roane is off today. >> monika samtani is also off.

senator inouye always joked, i went with the doyle plan and i beat him.ater dan inouye what's elected to the senate and he's been a soft and powerful voice for the people of hawaii ever since. although senator inouye was an unabashed progressive democrat he always put his country first and his party second. dan was a vibrant and vital presence in the senate, and in death he will remain a legend. his last words on earth, aloha, and it's with a heavy heart that i and we bid aloha, goodbye, i love you to a friend and legend of the senate daniel kent inouye. bill: what a life. he died of respiratory complications at age of 88 on monday. what a life indeed. a tribute to the senator today. nicely done, senator reid. 13 past. martha: there is a hearing that has just wrapped up on capitol hill today, and it's an important one, about the libyan attack that killed four americans, including our u.s. ambassador. finally some tough questions have been put to senior state department diplomats, not hillary clinton as you know. she is expected to testify in january. but

doyle. >> thank you, mr. chairman. want to recognize that it is good to see all of you last week in your committee room. mr. chairman, just very briefly because this is a little off topic, but i have to ask him and you ask him and you give us any update on special access? >> will be the first time you've asked a question to talk about it. we've been working with a data collection order. i don't office is announced, but i can tell you the order has been voted in as soon as it's finalized that will be issued and will be moving forward in the special access area in the ways they've announced. >> so i'll commissioners have voted? >> it's all been voted and staff is finalized in the process to really say. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, i want to ask about the commission's the commission's work in designing the forward auction process with regard to eligibility of competitive wireless carriers to bid for a license. if port that we ensure it can headed up by this marketplace that requires all carriers to have a suffici

representatives joe walsh, robert doyle, bobby shill willing not be returning to the 113th congress thanksratic effort on gerrymandering in that state. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney is available with every personalized document to answer any questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. >>> let's bring back our tuplets. the rnc announced their initiative, their autopsy, if you will, lois. and they named names, three members from the rnc to outsiders sally bradshaw, henry barber, from the establishment a little bit, haley barber, ari fleischer

she is the lovely jessica doyle. >> andrea roane is off today but mike hydeck is not as you can see.> olga breese is on the weather terrace. >> it's little bit pricing and breezy out on the weather terrace but not so bad. temperatures in the 30s feeling like the upper 20s outside the beltway. you want to dress accordingly. the waste forecast for today features a good dose of sunshine although we have partly cloudy skies this morning. and you'll be mostly sunny by early afternoon. and then the cloud cover starts to move on in after lunchtime. i think highs will make it into the lower range even pushing the middle 40s by late afternoon but i'm tracking some big changes as a storm system moves our way possibly bringing us snow showers with accumulating snow early saturday morning. beverly? >>> ole and the ride for southbound 355 travelers leaving rockville into bethesda. think about old georgetown road because i'm show you the backups southbound 355 to get to water main repairs ongoing in front of nih and walter reed at cedar lane. only one lane is able to get by. we were just looking a

. >>> jessica doyle is here. she leads the effects on you team this morning. she's looking at the impact on federal contractors in northern virginia. of course we have tons of federal contractors here. >> diving over the cliff would have an across-the-board ripple effect around the country. we know that's the case. in fairfax county, they could be particularly vulnerable. big cutbacks in government spending could mean big trouble for information technology and defense-related contracting firms that carry a lot of federal business. if spending on those firms gets cut, a lot of people could be out of a job. >> if you go make the kind of cuts that some are suggesting happen, then you're really hurting a lot of the small businesses and residents in fairfax county who rely on federal contracts for their livelihood. ultimately that trickles down to and affects fairfax county. >> fairfax county alone took in $23 billion in federal contracting money back in 2009. that's more than any other county in the country. and it's $3 billion more than washington, d.c. growth fo

in san francisco it is backing a traffic all of doyle drive to marina boulevard.ng the traffic on city streets in san francisco. sadly, this is not the only hot spot that we have been dealing with. >> san francisco has been jammed due to flooding at paul ave. flooding is still time of traffic on 580. this is nearly to the 230 interchange. i will show you both overall traffic on the maps. 80 was on has been over a hour and 20 minutes for the drive time. slow going all the way down from the martinez. the mimic freeway has been having the southbound direction and the san mateo bridge has been looking at 25 minute drive times. 101 as the slowest commute that i remember from the coyote valley. >> 85 has begun to clear up just a little bit but the peninsula is still slow from mountain view all the way to redwood city. again, ran counter is a big problem. we are starting to see traffic coming through in the southbound direction. this is no indication that it has been completely cleared. >> we start with our storm tracker 4 on this wednesday morning. i do not see a lot of

you can see the roads are wet heading towards doyle drive. 880/237, in milpitas, so far moving at the limit. and we'll show you one more traffic camera heading out of town towards oakland airport. right now that southbound traffic looks okay but it is starting to get busy in the southbound lanes heading down towards hayward. much more traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> we're less than a week away from the "fiscal cliff" and it turns out not every lawmaker left for the holiday. senate majority leader harry reid had worked on christmas at the capital on a scaled-down plan to avoid tax hikes for all but the wealthiest americans. his plan would also include short term spending cuts instead of long term deals that had been sought. >>> president obama will cut his hawaiian vacation short today and return to washington to take part in "fiscal cliff" negotiations. >>> holiday sales grew at a weak pace this year. the weakest in four years. mastercard advisors spending pulse reports that sales in the two months before christmas increased .7% over

did some lane changes across the golden gate bridge so now more lanes are open towards san francisco doyle drive. looking good across the span. 880 and 237, so far traffic moving at the limit. we are hoping for later volume once again today. this is a live look at 880 heading toward oakland airport. no delay from the maze all the way down towards hayward. and the south bay these are all live drive time sensors the guadalupe parkway 280, so far, so good. and once again mass transit on a normal weekday schedule today and no delays. that is traffic and weather. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> we are following some breaking news right now in walnut creek. we're hearing reports of an officer-involved shooting. firefighters were called to the 1400 block of creekside drive just about 90 minutes ago. we don't have any details on whether anyone was injured. police are saying no officers were hurt and no suspects are at large. we have a crew heading to the scene right now. we'll give you details as we get them. >>> it is 5:06. president obama flew back to washington from hawaii overnight to work

. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. how are we looking as we're heading into the weekend? >> it all depends on the job market this morning. take that with a grain of salt with the economic data coming out. we're going to focus in on the health of jobs. might not get the clearest of pictures today. sandy last month is expected to dampen the results of the november employment report. it is due out before the bell at 8:30 and ahead of the report, the dow starts at 13,074 after adding 40 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was up by 15. the s&p 500 added five points. >>> how would you like to be able to keep your cell phone on during future flights? according to "the new york times," the chairman of the federal communications commission is urging the federal aviation administration to allow more electronics aboard planes. the article says the scc had sent a letter to faa requesting the use of tablets, e-readers and portable devices from takeoff to landing. the faa requires passengers of course to turn off their phones, tabl

no delay heading towards doyle drive. the marin county commute so far good.similar story actually in the south bay, so far traffic is moving at the limit on 101, the guadalupe parkway and 280. those are all live drive time sensors. westbound 580 actually we are seeing a little bit of changing color on our sensors now and that drive time is up to 24 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. that's a check of traffi. lawrence is monitoring the storm. >> no drama just yet but i think that will change as we have a pretty significant storm system bearing down on the bay area. kind of a quiet start to the day so far and again, chilly start but you will notice those clouds gathering to the north. it will take the better part of day for this system to get down here. so you can see out over the bay, you have mostly clear skies to the south. a few clouds out there but the temperatures are cold once again. a frosty start in concord at 29 degrees. 30 degrees in livermore. and 37 degrees a few clouds moving into the north bay and that's keeping those t

so you want to watch doyle fields from earlier today. he's at home off work and you missed it. just click on play and it will start streaming for you right there. >> wow. >> really great stuff. so the next thing we're going to go to is the weather aspect of this app. now if you click on weather, you're going to have the ability to see this map that all of our meteorologists see. your forecast in four different ways. we have today's forecast, hourly forecast, we have the extended forecast, and then we also have the weekend forecast. now you know, right now it's been pretty great weather but say a blizzard comes, it gets into wintertime. the school closings are actually going to appear right on this section. so you'll be able to have those alerts delivered to you right there as well. >> amazing app everien will want to -- everybody will want to download it. back to you. >>> and we begin at 6:00 with breaking news out of laurel where students may have prevented a violent attack. a spokesperson for the city tells 9news now students at laurel high expressed concerns about a fellow s

everything is flowing nicely towards doyle drive. more lanes open towards southbound 101 heading into san francisco. if you are traveling the nimitz, various lanes are blocked approaching embarcadero. scheduled only until about 5:00 this morning. so not too much longer. eastbound through livermore various lanes blocked according to caltrans until 9:00 this morning. south bay drive times are all still at the limit. we never saw any delays in the south bay yesterday on the guadalupe parkway or 101. mass transit on time. muni we mentioned it all morning. 100th anniversary free rides all day and new year's eve night, as well. that's a check of traffic and weather. back to you guys. >>> on this morning's bay area watch, a shooting is under investigation at an east bay bart station. the 18-year-old victim is expected to recover. he was shot in the parking lot of the pittsburg-bay point station just before 7:00 last night. at this time there are no suspects. the shooting and investigation caused major delays for bart riders. >>> as did repo

the drive time on doyle drive is still in the green.t of the drive times it very limit except typical delays through livermore on westbound 580 from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. so more on that storm, let's go over to lawrence talk about that. >> elizabeth, a very cold storm through the bay area right now. just really scattered showers. cold storms don't contain that much moisture. scattered showers right now but pockets of good rainfall if you head out the door. let's take new for one right now into 580. good rainfall along the 80 as well, stronger storms toward berkeley and into richmond watch out for that this morning heading out and about. but that's what we're going to see pockets of scattered showers now. we are getting on the back side of it. more scattered showers this morning and then things settle down. but by the afternoon, you have that cold air in place that looks like a chilly brisk day. temperatures outside cold already in some spots in the north bay 37 degrees right now in santa rosa. 51 though in san jos