what are they up to in the middle east? >> they never left the middle east.the middle east is right next to russia's soft underbelly. they have a defensive interest. there is an explosion in the middle east that will spread. it may mean saying goodbye to the sochi olympics for a little while. several decades ago, it was much larger. i think russia wants to keep up. i think they would like to minimize american influence, but is not prepared to engage in some sort of dramatic effort to expel united states from the middle east. we have russia playing a game in which some motives are defensive and there is a trade up between russia's participation in a sense that engages russia and the top level of the negotiating process. >> how do you see it? is there greater russian engagement than a decade ago? >> i see greater russian engagement than even a year ago. if we look at a number of visitors from the region in moscow, just in the recent three or four weeks, prime minister of turkey, israel. the chief of saudi intelligence, russian foreign and defense ministers -- t

it will dump it east of us.are going to get an offshore wind so we will continue to see milder and milder afternoons and after tomorrow we are going to get a little bit of a cold front and a wind shift so hopefully by friday the "spare the air" days are over and temperatures will warm in the low-to-mid sit this weekend through tuesday and it still looks dry all seven days. >> we are finding out more about the accident at candlestick park on the on-ramp to northbound 101 and we have c.h.p. headed out there right now and not affecting the main lane headed northbound into san francisco it is locking clear southbound as you make it to sfo, it is a quick drive. we also have a construction project that will be with us until 6:00, east 580 from the toll please to canal manufactured we have a couple of lanes blocked and traveling along the westbound direction it looks like it is building as you make the move in the westbound direction away from the tolls and interest san rafael. you are actually looking at a good drive

what are they up to in the middle east? >> they never left the middle east.the middle east is right next to russia's soft underbelly. they have a defensive interest. there is an explosion in the middle east that will spread. it may say -- it may mean saying goodbye to the so she olympics -- the sochi olympics for a little while. several decades ago, it was much larger. i think russia wants to keep up. like tothey would minimize american influence, but is not prepared to engage in some sort of dramatic f-4 -- dramatic effort to expel united states from the middle east. we have russia playing a game in which some motives are defensive and there is a trade up between in aa's participation sense that engages russia and the top level of the negotiating process. >> how do you see it? is there greater russian -- than a decade ago? >> i see greater russian engagement than even a year ago. if we look at a number of visitors from the region in moscow, just in the recent three minister ofs, prime turkey, israel. the chief of saudi intelligence, russian foreign and defen

policy in the middle east.s for russia, the reason russia is relatively successful now in the region is not that russia initially had an objective, but because russia sticks to certain principles -- what should be done and what should not be done. we see that to have any kind of idea about process, even if this idea might be challenged by many, it is better not to have anything, any ideas. i absolutely agree with dr. brzezinski that the part of russia's success is due to failure of the rest. the u.s. is confused. as for europe, the europe is not existing in the middle east, which is very strange. >> you mean you think that the consistency of russia's position, which is to oppose the undermining or the externally driven overthrow of sovereign states and leaders is appealing throughout the middle east or to certain actors like the gulf states at this point who themselves are fearing perhaps that prospect? >> i think appealing is any consistency, and those regimes in the gulf region, they want to understand the lo

the middle east in the sixty's and the seventy's. this is unheard of the u.s. unfortunately does not have a game plan the u.s. is dealing with the situation there in a very amateurish very inexperienced and very shallow way in approaching the this is the whole situation that was middle east analysts are mad fathi thank you. moving on let's talk about government waste this week senator tom coburn introduced his annual waste book documenting one hundred examples of government waste one example coburn highlights is the national technical information services which wastes fifty million dollars every year compiling reports for other government agencies reports that are mostly available for free using a simple google search we go to out our cheesemaking lopez who reveals what else is in this year's waste book one million dollars on romance novels ten million on a new reality t.v. show two hundred thousand on a party at paramount studios these expenses might sound like extravagant hollywood expenditures but those are just three things the u.s. government spent taxpaye

this at this time in the middle east the u.s. the first time in a very long time. are perceived in the middle east even by its strongest allies such as saudi arabia and egypt as an unreliable bargain there this is quite harsh i have not heard of such a harsh criticism for the u.s. government probably since the height of the n.t. american sentiments in. the middle east in the sixty's and the seventy's this is unheard of the us i don't fortunately does not have a game plan the us is dealing with the situation there in a very mature istic very inexperienced and very shallow way in approaching the whole situation that was middle east analyst. thank you thank you sam. the senate foreign relations committee is set to consider a new bill that could have wide ranging implications for u.s. foreign assistance take a look at this it's today's a business meeting agenda for the foreign relations committee in the senate and at the top of the list is something called the egypt assistance reform act of twenty thirteen fishel is within the white house have been working with the sen

can travel east on the yellow or green lines. bart will send trains from dublin to pick up the extra passengers to get them to dublin station a way to get through

the back edge has been creeping east. the intensity of the rain compared to this morning is a lot less. we don't see as many colors. you get west of the blue ridge, the shenandoah valley, they're pretty much done with it. we're still watching the moisture, especially east and south. we still have light to moderate showers in d.c. there are some holes showing up in the radar in montgomery county, far western loudoun, northern fauquier as the back edge moves east with heavier showers in the eastern shore. so chestertown, queenstown, denton, easton, st. michaels all going to see that this thin line of heavier showers from southern anne arundel slipping into northern calvert now, right through eastern charles, back across dahlgren, colonial beach as it all moves north and east. south and east of town you'll be wet for much of the afternoon. it's in the 30s now as colder air moves into the mountains and west virginia and western maryland. we're in the mid-60s in salisbury. 6 0z d.c. with -- 6 oz d.c. -- 60s d.c. even colder to

looking at san francisco to the east bay hills you can see haze in the air. fremont and oakland, the temperature is same at year, 53 and 58, a degree warmer in concord at 52 and same in san francisco at 54. santa rosa is up to 56 and same for san jose, two or three degrees warmer. freezing cold through the central valley if you are headed that way before 8:00, so watch out. headed to the afternoon, mid-to-upper 50's through monterey and sunny and 45 in tahoe and more sunshine and temperatures in the upper 60's to low 70's headed down south. safely travels. >> we have construction through the tunnel in the eastbound direction going against traffic this morning, and this will last physical -- until 6:00, we will have two lanes closed but if you are headed in the westbound direction from orinda, it will be clear. back in san jose this accident still in place block one lane, northbound 101 at 280 but, still, if delays and staying in san jose, at 101 beyond 880, traffic is moving smoothly. >> authorities say two adults did everything right to keep four children sa

the middle east in the sixty's and the seventy's. this is unheard of the u.s. unfortunately does not have a game plan and the u.s. is dealing with the situation there in a very amateurish very inexperienced and very shadowy way in approaching the this is the whole situation that was middle east analysts that foster thank you. the senate foreign relations committee is set to consider a new bill that could have wide ranging implications for u.s. foreign assistance take a look at this it's today's business meeting agenda for the senate foreign relations committee and right at the top of the list is something called the egypt assistance reform act of twenty thirteen officials within the white house have been working with the senate committee to get this bill passed which could loosen restrictions on u.s. aid to countries experiencing a military coup according to section seven zero zero eight of the twenty twelve state department and foreign operations appropriations law none of the funds appropriated shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance

not too bad in the east bay interior spots. i want to talk about some of the strongest wind gusts we are seeing right now. half moon bay with us of 35 mi. per hour. 36 along the optima past where you will certainly want to drive with extra caution this morning. the wind will be a big factor throughout the day. we are talking this wind advisories in effect for 6:00 tonight. here's a live look outside from our mount tam cam you can see the camera is shaking around this morning. as we head into the afternoon, we will continue with gusty conditions and cooler temperatures as well. upper 50s for most of us. mountain view 58, san jose with a high of 58 degrees. as we turn our attention to the east bay richmond can pick up 60. 50 mi. per hour in walnut creek and mainly sunny skies. downtown san francisco will also remain in the upper 50s. we will see a reading of 59 in berkeley so temperatures pretty much where they should be for this time of year. the wind will certainly take off as we head into tomorrow but will be left with cooler

iranian people the persian people are some of those pro-american pro israeli people in the middle east that's not the problem the problem if you were here iraq and go gee this sort of hezbollah that supporting the terrorism throughout and look at the saudi regime has its own tyranny women in saudi arabia are not treated well either and there's virtually no democracy in the middle east except turkey ok i understand all right that end of the day mark you brought up you brought it up i don't have to have you brought up the term risk obvious reference to the game but if i go to brian that's exactly what saudi arabia is playing in the region it's playing risk with its money in supporting kinds of crazy groups go ahead ryan. and also when the and mark forgot to mention that when the people of bahrain against rose up for edinburgh proceed against the royal monarchy which house and host the fifth fleet of the of the pentagon of the saudis moved in in the saudis moved in with brutal force with its with its army and i want you to ever hit so. many saudi isn't me. mark at the end of the day peopl

this is the east bay and south bay. the east bay now seeing problems with smoke pollution and some of this due to the air pattern we're seeing right now down the aground level. winds turning slightly offshore pumping in extra smoke in sacramento and stockton and pushing it into solano county and some of our tri-valley communities. this is the trend that will probably continue dmoo monday. for that reason, spare the air days will likely continue monday and tuesday. we could be going on nine to ten consecutive record-breaking days. the main culprit is the reason why we're so dry. you can see the ridge of high pressure up to the north which is keeping the storm track way off to the north. but on the flipside to that, we're seeing temperatures climbing on up. so here's a sampling of temperatures tomorrow. if you take a look at the south bay, willow glen mid 60s. highs today in the low 60s. south san jose will get close to 68 degrees, maybe closer to 70 around morgan hill. you'll notice on your seven-day forecast temperature

a safer environment for children to play in east oakland. today a group called east oakland community play date held an event. organizers say their ultimate goal is to provide a better future for kids growing up in east oakland. >> i would say to somebody who may see this, grab your neighborer's kids, whatever. come out one saturday and check it out. it's really big. >> east oakland community play date is in the middle of a month-long online fundraiser. you can go to nbcbayarea.com and search east oakland to find out more. >>> the little boy who came to be known as bat kid returned to the bay area today. kicked off the brave the bay 5 k run in san francisco today. there he is. scott is a cancer survivor and the fundraiser benefits the make-a-wish foundation. last month you probably remember thousands of people in san francisco helped make his dream come true fighting crime as batman. >>> and back to our developing weather story. check out the time lapsed video that shows just how much snow built up overnight. this is from north star. the res

. >>> a nonprofit in the east bay is hoping to provide a safer environment for children to play in eastoakland, today, the group called east oakland community play date held their monthly event. kids and families had the opportunity to get a healthy breakfast, do arts and crafts and listen to live music, among other things. but organizers say their goal is to provide a better future in east oakland. >> we're not exactly sure how we'll help the next generation learn to change the statistics of gun violence and poor outcome for their livelihood without actuallyúgítting to know one another, and without faith to bond and form new relationships. >> just come out one saturday and check it out. you give the kids a chance to be kids if they can in their own neighborhoods. >> east oakland community play date is in the middle of a month-long on-line fundraiser to the crowd-pleasing website. you can search east oakland to find out more. >>> and the kid known as bat kid returned to the area today. miles scott kicked off the brave the bay 5 k run and triathlon in san francisco today. scott is a canc

and as kpix 5's christin ayers explains, he came because the east bay was the leader in the apartheid movement. >> reporter: a memorial of nelson mandela and a host of other humanitarian giants. >> it is you the people of oakland, the people of the bay area, who have given me and my delegation the hope to continue the struggle. >> reporter: it was no accident that nelson mandela made oakland the final stop on his 1990 u.s. freedom tour. >> the east bay was a center of the test to change the south african government and get rid of apartheid. >> reporter: ron dellums was the first to introduce antiapartheid legislation in 1972 and 7 years later berkeley became the first in the nation to divest from south africa. >> in the '80s the divestment movement on the campus began in force. >> reporter: assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of the movement. sit-ins and mass arrests at uc- berkeley to force the campus to cut ties with corporations linked with the apartheid government. the board of regents voted to divest in 1986. so mandela's visit here four years later was particularly emotional fo

iranian people the persian people are some of those pro-american pro israeli people in the middle east that's not the problem the problem is you never hear iraq and goji the saudi order of hezbollah they're supporting the terrorism throughout and look at the saudi regime has its own tyranny women in saudi arabia are not treated well either and there's virtually no democracy in the middle east except turkey ok i understand all right that end of the day mark you brought up you brought it up i don't have to get you brought up the term risk obvious reference to the game but if i go to brian that's exactly what saudi arabia is playing in the region it's playing risk with its money in supporting kinds of crazy groups go ahead ryan. and also when the and mark forgot to mention that when the people of bahrain against rose up for edinburgh prosy against the royal monarchy which house and host the fifth fleet of the of the pentagon of the saudis moved in in the saudis moved in with brutal force with its its army and i want you to ever hit. the saudi isn't me. mark at the end of the day it's bad.

making a historic decision i can see why some people want to look west and some people want to look east but i don't understand why so-called ukrainian nationalists want so desperately to join the e.u. first off any nationalist groups in the e.u. are automatically demonised as right wing extremists and in the politically correct west patriotism is pretty much a dirty word generally nationalist like their culture and the people who are part of it but if you look at migration trends within the e.u. we see that the slavic part of it is flooding western europe looking for work i have many relatives from the slavic part of the e.u. and almost all of them have to work abroad and might sound nice to be able to work in europe but the reality is that ukrainians will probably be paid even less than bulgarians rumanians to clean toilets in london ukrainian nationalists don't have to like russia or join the customs union or join any bloc of countries but advocating a future for themselves the e.u. seems absolutely backwards at least to me but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style it's not ri

a little bit of an east breeze, when you have an east wind, that is really 25 from eureka up in the hillsand tuesday things will get better, minor warning, maybe some lows, that will help a little bit, some upper 40s and blist are you with -- blustery with higher elevations. petaluma, there is also ice near them, i had a couple of recordps reports on that. berkeley 42 and some upper 40s and lower 50s and a lot of 30s here. tahoe is below 10 and chuck e.is 17 below. it will be a little better by wednesday. we do have a weak system brushing us on wednesday it will fall apart. the trend is to bring them up and to upper 60s by the weekend. >>> 6:51 is the time and she is being called the lay away angel. >>> new news for medical marijuana dispensary locations why some could be off limits. >>> highway 4 is done, we we are not doing well. we will be back with more news weather and traffic. could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. customer appreciation mo

china has become more assertive in the east china sea. under present she didn't came. and this is putting the stages two economic giants china and japan in direct military competition. weary of a rising china. biden will address the issue and seek clarity regarding china's intentions when he meets with present she later this week according to senior us official. by this final destination will be south korea. we'll meet with president park in hay and assess the ttp the controversial airspace issue and north korea. all of the audio mix the intensifying where the northeast age of major powers in the region are bracing for more advanced weaponry to bolster their defence capability. curry is no exception as the country's reportedly seeking to increase its number of aegis destroyers our defense finish a course on and on has more on the parent arms race in asia. sundown which sparked fresh diplomatic friction easy pacific region by unilaterally the clearing its new here and defend sound of the east china sea is feverish and beefing up its air and sea defence. china plans to f

out in the east bay tomorrow mid 60s will do it.rd 67 tomorrow, travis air force base 64 degrees. and 65 out at brentwood, 68 in dublin and pleasanton. 61 stinson beach. 67 at rohnert park. farther up 101, santa rosa looks good, 68 for cloverdale. nothing but sunshine for the most part this week, clouds on tuesday and then by the latter half of the week look at the numbers by the end of the week. we'll be near 70 degrees inland with readings around the bay area in the mid-60s and high and dry right through next saturday. >>> bad news in weather, what about sports? >> got some good news in sports. >> tell me all. >> we are going to take a little trip down memory lanele i know this is one of your favorite things, one of these coaches as we show the best sound bites in 2013. and what's inside the box? a christmas surprise for one bear fan. coming up in sports. ♪ because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our da

iranian people the persian people are some of those pro-american pro israeli people in the middle east that's not the problem the problem here iraq and goji this sort of hezbollah that supporting the terrorism throughout and look at the saudi regime has its own tyranny women in saudi arabia are not treated well either and there's virtually no democracy in the middle east except turkey ok i understand all right but i had the day more if you brought up you brought it up to i don't have to you brought up the term risk obvious reference to the game but if i go to brian that's exactly what saudi arabia is playing in the region it's playing risk with its money in supporting kinds of crazy groups go ahead ryan. and also when the and mark forgot to mention that when the people of bahrain against rose up for edinburgh prosy against the royal monarchy which house and host the fifth fleet of the of the pentagon of the saudis moved in the saudis moved in with brutal force with its with its army and i want you to ever hit. the saudi as soon. mark at the end of the day i expect. individual self dete

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we had a busy thursday on the east shore freeway, had, things are calming down. the taillights away from the bay bridge on the maps. we had the first of the sigalerts at ashby avenue away from the berkeley curve in the eastbound direction. you see the circled area, that sigalert cleared about 4:00, then this one here just cleared in the last minutes. this is eastbound 80 approaching sunol valley road. they have just cleared the lanes. there is activity on the shoulder and mild slowdown. that should clear in the next few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, mike. new this morning several families want to hire security guards after a man with a gun crashed their bingo night. it happened at oak grove high school. a man wearing a ski mask walked into the gym, up to the people handling the money, said he had a gun, and took the cash. >> it happened really fast, and we heard gun and we looked and the guy took off. pushing the door and against the wall. >> no word how much money he got away with. the school hold as weekly bingo night to raise money for the band and color gu

accident over in the east bay. 680 southbound at the 580 east split. a big rig verses a car. and in castro valley another big rig verses a car. it looks like it has been cleared to the shoulder. let's take a live look at 680 near the sunol grade. traffic on the right hand side southbound toward san jose. and 880 near the oakland coliseum traffic is looking good in both directions on the right hand side folks heading toward downtown. finally this is a look at highway 24 westbound traffic are those taillights that you see as you make the approach toward the caldecott tunnel. let's see how its going with steve. i missed you. >> i missed you too. >> really? >> yeah. >>> we have another dry pattern that is for sure. yesterday we had record highs in case you missed it. sfo setting one. mountain view was in there. oakland airport 72. just unbelievably warm. it won't be as warm today. going down as the driest calendar year ever. no rain in sight. i have seen out to january 15th. doesn't mean it won't happen passenger side 20s and 30s and 40s on the temps. there is cloud cover to the

and russia and the middle east. margaret warner, chief foreign affairs correspondent and i'm pleased to say at this point that we have agreed to coproduced a joint web special about the middle east, hosted by margaret warner beginning in 2014. welcome. >> thank you. cynic i look forward to that and we have some fabulous participants and i know you know the law and i will give brief introductions and a minute and i think we are seeing growing russian engagement in the middle east. after quite a few decades of non-engagement. bashar al-assad and his regime with weapons and the deal with syria to be involved in the iranian nuclear nuclear agreement. russia has been making this part of the middle east and we have seen many have been a sphere of influence in egypt. so is russia and the middle east and if so to what end. and what is the objective and we can explore that today with a person who needs no introduction. center for strategic and international studies. this includes our intelligence council recently. and she is

the commute for the east shore and highway 24 no problems. we head to the bay bridge toll, no fast track issues right now. >> thank you much. get ready for bat kid the sequel. after the 5-year-old's make a wish adventure came true i think everybody in the world stood still to watch this. he's coming back to san francisco tomorrow. last month miles scott played bat kid fighting crime thanks to the help of thousands of us across the city. this weekend he'll be playing fund-raiser by kicking off the brave the bay 5-k run. it benefits the make-a-wish foundation. >> one san jose family feel blessed after an anonymous woman paid for their christmas gifts. >> the toys "r" us in san jose called to let her know a woman paid off her $72 lay away. she says she was absolutely stunned. toys "r" us says the woman comes every year, pays off a number. she was so inspired what a stranger did she says she wants to pay it forward. >> i'm going to give to the toys for tots at my church in fact. >> toys for tots. she will be buying lots more gifts for her kbrand

can travel east on the yellow or green lines. bart will send trains from dublin to pick up the extra passengers to get them to dublin station a way to get through bart but hopefully the power will be back on and you can get the trains off and rolling. >> thank you, leyla gulen. to add insult to injury for the commute if you are driving you have to scrape off the ice again a frozen commute for all of the neighbors but for san francisco with sub-freezing temperatures until 9:00. then no ice and you can take the protection off the plants and let the pets go out for an extend time. i am sure they are stir crazy. highs today are milder by two to four degrees and upper 40's along the coast and mid-50's there and low-to-mid 50's an the bay and inland and extended warming trend on the way but, first, the news of the day with kristen and eric. >> happening right now, world leaders and joyous south africans are gathering in the rain to honor the late nelson mandela. president obama led a delegation that includes former presidents bill clin

you combine that with a little east breeze, especially concord. livermore east at 13.t's the windchill at 25. not showing up. mountain view, 12. palo alto airport, 37 east wind at 14. that means the windchill is 28. 6 below in tahoe. they made it to 10 below. 1 in reno. truckee 17 below. it's just darned cold out there. crazy cold, whatever you want to say. sunshine today, some upper 40s very breezy to wind especially in the east bay hills. i've seen 20 to 40 in some of the higher elevations. 40s, 50s, upper 40s, very, vell cold across the board. warmest temperatures closer to the bay or if you get an easterly breeze, near the coast. even 20s or 30s across the san mateo coast. there's low 20s here including much of the peninsula. 10 below this morning in tahoe. tomorrow 5 below. each day the highs will be getting warmer. it's sunny. no rain in sight. that's the bad news. the ground sucked it up friday night. >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:23. reports of parking problems at the 49ers' new santa clara stadium. how this will impact the team's schedule. >>> and a lot of four-l

middle east and this is not the cold war and anymore. and this includes protecting against extremism for domestic purposes. and is also an effort to reach out to natural alliances and israel sort of mentioned the visits with israeli leaders. and it -- iran is a major preoccupation for russia and also egypt and the aside regime and so russia's trying to destroy the balance of power that are shifting because of the concerns and the problems that to putin and others are facing, they are thinking about it's not just a regime change aspects. a pretty complex picture for russia and they are trying to whether that's in the middle east. >> you think that there is an overarching theme to the way that russia is engaging in the middle east now? today russia is not a dominant player. but neither is anyone us in this includes the contributing to the decline in this region. china is required to establish this experiment and they have never been a player in the middle east and now it has become a part of this. especially from a political damage point a

this is going to develop and head off towards east, though, and basically push just south of japan, including the tokyo area, some rain showers coming out of that. next week, enjoy the dry weather while it lasts. tokyo, high of 11, partly cloudy. saturday, seoul with a high of only 1. cloudy for you. beijing at 7. ulan bator, minus 11. on the flip side of that, 30s across the tropics. let's talk about what's going on in the americas, where frigid temperatures are still the big topic. we've been watching this moisture flow out of the pacific ocean and it has started to spawn this low pressure area towards the east of the rockies and while that is going to be developing here the next 24 hours and throughout friday, pushing off here towards the east. snowfall across the ohio river valley, some thunderstorms down towards the south. few could become strong, about 15 to 20 centimeters as far as your snow and even the mixed

off the east shore freeway, a smooth drive as well. >> moving smooth ly.ht wind advisory, calling that out. we'll give you a live look at oakland. a smooth drive north past 98. there's still activity at the intersection, but it sounds like traffic flow is okay an if you're trying to get to the art, that's on the other side to have freeway. back to you. >> thanks. >>> happening now, fire crews still on the scene after a massive strip mall fire in southern california. this is what it looked like just a few hours ago. firefighter s have the fire knocked down now. just south of l.a., fire officials think it started at a discount store, then spread to the ceilings and attic space at an asian restaurant. >>> redwood officials are talking with sims metal management after the second fire in two months. they want to come up with quote immediate actionable items to prevent future fires that impact air quality. tuesday's fire sent smoke as far south as gilroy. a november fire triggered a health advisoryáo@ in three cou. the district fined sims for that november fire.

a look at the east coast. while they're done with the one storm, look across the developing central plains and midwest, another storm is shaping up. that's going to be hitting the east coast for tomorrow. so get ready for potentially another round of headaches at the airports where we could see totals upwards of 4 inches from washington, d.c., to parts of new york city. we'll have more coming up in the full forecast and when we're finally done with the cold. >> okay. thanks so much, jeff. >>> the freezing temps are more than a nuisance. it's deadly for those living on the streets. at least five people in the bay area have now lost their lives because of the bitter cold weather and tonight we're learning about another possible victim. this one in hayward. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins us live from one of the cold weather shelters operating in san jose with what we know about this man and what needs to happen to prevent future deaths. kris? >> reporter: hi there, janelle. the emergency vehicle behind me you

we can see that it has in the past produced really aid dnd us realisation in the east. labor migration from the east to the west and so we've also seen western european consumer products don't in the east so europe's ambition here ben obviously wants to take on one of the largest countries in europe and yet it's effectively bankrupt isn't it what's he going to gain from that membership apart from you said maybe cheaper labor coming in from the east to the west. i think we need to take a look at the situation in the west europe in the late one nine hundred eighty s. at that time there was a great deal of unemployment and one of the way. west europe dealt with that was through the inclusion of the former soviet bloc into the european union what it did was it opened up a vast new train of markets where consumer products could be a centrally dumped and with tariff barriers removed and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in west europ

the mats show you a smooth flow down the east shore freeway.s the benicia bridge. there may be a traffic break going on. that will clear. >> thanks, mike. 6:58. one final check of the top stories. police blocked off a neighborhood east of los angeles. they found four bodies. family members at the scene confirm those were the bodies of the family that lived there. police say they are not look forge a shooter. >> thousands of police officers and members of the military in various russian cities in the city of volgograd. it could stretch into the winter olympics in sochi. >> crews are busy putting the final touches on the show here. 200,000 are expected to watch that 15 minute show. >> we continue to follow breaking news as well. calfire calling in dozens of crews as they battle a brush fire. 16-20 acre fire is located close to the intersection of quipby and mt. hamilton. >> crews are concerned about the dry condition in those mountains causing the fire to spread. there are homes as well. we're not hearing of evacuation orders. more on this story

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nelson mandela's visit here four years later was particularly emotional for the east bay.nner says south africa's hard fought victory was one the east bay shared. >> it was so thrill tag we americans, that we east bay residents could have been something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> former san francisco mayor willy brown served as the host when nelson mandela made that bay area visit back in 1990. >> president kennedy was assassinated for his brother, bobby, martin luther king jr. , or, any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtual of their contributions. my guess is each one of them at this moment are welcoming in the real leader, nelson mandela. >> yeah, you heard it there. brown put mandela in the same group as john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, and he called nelson mandela the real leader. >>> barbara rogers visited south africa in 1993 and met with nelson mandela. grace cathedral is working on services to honor nelson mandela. >>> and we are looking back at mandela's life on our website

east to the west and so we've also seen western european consumer products don't in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in the west here. or and benefiting most from the ongoing unrest current affairs blogger anatoly karl and thinks neither the government nor the opposition will gain anything from it. i don't think and you voice sounds the fact that because we've. got the east. although. these make the really good. there's also going to be all of the equal thing and now what we've seen this. will be that this this silence so i don't think it will then that the opposition. as they have it well it's obviously not and you know again you and. me i think because the snake that for the it's not state it's that is that the favorites i think. that it's the it with belief in its favor the focus more on that the thing that's not excited the things that the things. that are to dot com for the latest videos photos and news updates from a detailed

we see a lot of red in the east bay.he bigger issue is local traffic between the dumbarton bridge and highway 101. as you cut down university avenue here, told you about this fire. the live shot again we'll talk through what i see. this is university avenue off the dumbarton bridge here, past facebook, 101. traffic is okay but it slows, heading away from the area we had traffic control blocking two lanes. looks like it's isolated toward bell and cap tam. 101 flows on the map past this area. back to the area you see slowing as the smoke started to clear. things look smooth off of that dumbarton bridge, san mateo bridge a smooth drive. no problems through the hills. watch for pieses of ice as well through the colder areas, though. here an earlier crash at 24 that cleared. now things are flowing toward the bay bridge. we'll talk about that but i want to show you a big crash affecting highway 4 westbound and bay point. a sigalert that continues, a major disruption to flow of traffic. that's a slow drive, three lanes continue

this is happening east of buchanan field airport. our reporter says the fire was likely burning for several hours before the first crews got there. amy? >> look, they are still here working on this. they have active fire still burning and they letting it bun the roof away so they can get water into building from above. they don't want to go inside. they think it is too dangerous. look at the fire they were dealing with: it was huge. this was a telephone company called the all phone company. they sold new equipment and also recycled old stuff. they got the call at 12:35 this only but it was probably burning a while. >> this was no fire alarm in the building and without an alarm or sprinkler system it would take someone actually seeing the fire to be something i'll not sure who the original reporting party is but this is not a well traveled road at night. it would only be well traveled if the day tie when people are here in the businesses. >> they were able to keep it from spreading to nearby buildings that are watching around the tell

new video of a car crashing into an east san jose walmart.ng it will help find more victims or witnesses after this incident. take a look, you can see the car crashing through. it's a red oldsmobile crashing through the walmart nearly striking shoppers. four were hurt in the crash. the 33-year-old driver then got out of the car and behan attacking customers. he wuss tackled and subdued. police say he was under the influence of drugs. this is not the first run-in with the law. this is in december last year. he crashed his car through the front of a convenience store that was attached to a car wash. no one was hurt in that incident. >>> new details in the legal battle over an oakland teen declared brain dead. doctors will release findings on jahi mcmath's brain function at a hearing this morning. yesterday a judge appointed the chief of pediatric t family attorney asked for a third evaluation by a professor and past president of the catholic medical association. the judge has yet to make that decision. the girl has been brain dead almost two we

temperatures in the low 50s back here in the east bay. it will be chilly for tonight,but no widespread 20s like we've had the past three nights. we already have some low snow developing in the north bay mountains right now around the hills of sait. helena. we'll track more. a winter weather advisory for the bay area. and a possibility of some snow flurries down to the valley floor tomorrow morning. >> that's hard to imagine. the bay area is expected to get that dusting of snow, but the sierra is expected to get a whole lot more. this is what it looked like just about 45 minutes ago. it is snowing. the north shore is expected to get one to two feet of snow by tomorrow morning. pack your patience. traffic is already backed up. we'll check back in with jeff in about 15 minutes. >>> cold impacting. freezing temperatures are likely to blame for a water main breaking. public work crews spent much of the night to prepare this leak. it was chilly out there. once it was done, a mixture of sand and salt over the slick pavement to make sure it didn'

all of this moving to the east, northeast. oxford, cambridge, you may be in a lull at the moment but more rain coming your way the next few hours. finally starting to see a little warm air through to the cold air. charleston at 39. 37 novembering for be. 40s along the coast with temperatures in the low 50s but still freezing in manassas and alexandria leesburg. rockville it's freezing, andrews, upper marlboro this morning and also waldorf. so that's why we have brandywine, watch out for the slick spots. on our weather camera, a little bit of low clouds. 34 with light rain at national airport. just light rain but a miserable light rain. looking at the satellite and radar combined, here's the moisture coming in from the southwest. on and off showers through mid- morning. it will be better later on. here it is at 6:00. by 9:00 most of the rain on our futurecast is east and southeast of us with a peek or two of sun in the afternoon. then tomorrow we'll watch a system perhaps throw a little snow our way. here we are at 7:00 a.m. fo

most of the sprinkles have moved to the east. we could have more overnight but cooler conditions tomorrow. it is clear from the sutro tower camera but we do have poor air quality across the bear especially in the santa clara valley and in san jose unprecedented level of poor air because of the fire at the sims industrial plant yesterday. that certainly contributed to the nasty air quality we have had. that is all going away because we do have good news on the horizon and a trough of low pressure coming in which is bringing us more cooler conditions and also it will bring gusty winds. as you make it behalf tomorrow you will find it will be rather windy tomorrow and the high clouds will be mild today but with the cool stream of cold air will improve our conditions in the bay area. our highs today, cooler today, as well, and around the coast in santa cruz, 56 degrees and 61 in morgan hill and 60 in san jose. sunny conditions and 58 degrees in redwood city and 54 along the coast in pacifica, and milbrae we have 57 degrees. 57, as wel

in the east it will be cooler. be prepared for that. our spread is biggest this morning at 22 to 39 degrees inland valleys to san francisco. we will wake up to sunshine and we will have plenty of it through noon at 46 to 50. in the afternoon, we have light showers at 40 to 46 and through tomorrow morning we will have our best chance of snow, 2" to 6" above 2,500' in the bay area. and tomorrow, money 40's if we are lucky and freezing cold temperatures on sunday and monday morning and the temperatures in the afternoon are in the upper 40's to low 50's below average again. our traffic is quiet on the road as we look at highway four you can see the top speed in the westbound direction 580 in the westbound direction is 27 minutes. antioch to concord is 15 minutes. 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is under 20 minutes. we have this event happening over the weekend a holiday train is back for the weekend only from san francisco to santa clara, the holiday train is going to be decorated with 60,000 lights traveling between the two

they are going to take an east coast feed. we'll try to dip into that as well. >> interesting stuff. again they are here on nbc on january 12. >> right. tune in early as well. >> we'll be up. >> want to check in with rob up early this morning as well. we appreciate it. >> good to be here this morning. it's nice to be indoors. outside right now 30s and some 20s around the north bay. we still have the freeze warning for the north bay valleys through about 9:00 this morning. you will see high clouds coming in this afternoon and the clouds part of a weather system not bringing rain but a little more of a sea breeze which will bring up the morning temperatures more noticeably come tomorrow. highs upper 50s, near 60 in san jose. mid-50s closer to napa. >> the east shore freeway, the flares, look at this. the section that's flared off is filled in with vehicles as we arrive, looks like two flatbed tow trucks and hopefully another rig to hook up the trailer stuck there and they should hopefully have that cleared the next 15 to 20 minu

farther to the east, we've been talking about this alberta clipper. now it's moving northeast, but before it moves out to the canadian maritimes where you're going to be seeing fairly foul weather with this system, as well. it dropped snowfall here across parts of,well, new york and boston, central park, and definitely people getting out and about and enjoying some of that accumulation on the ground. if you do want a white christmas, though, it's not going to be sticking around. temperatures will be warming up. warm air surging in from the gulf of mexico. the jet stream's doing a little flip here. earlier this week it was dipping down over here, now it's going to be dipping down into the southwest and warming up in the east and that's the way the temperatures will be reflecting. winnipeg, only minus 2, 22 there on thursday. new york and washington, d.c., you're going to be seeing a heat wave getting up in the mid teens, so do enjoy it while it lasts. as far as europe is concerned, messy weather in the west. this latest one is bringing in wet and windy

it will be worse forecast for the east bay and santa clara valley. across the east bay valley to mount diabolo, nothing to see but brown and gray smog. we are alonging at san jose and this is what going to happen temperature-wise, we will be six to ten degrees warmer-than-average. our temperatures will hang out in the mid-to-upper 60's and possibly 71 at cloverdale and santa cruz and 70 for the warm spot. the marine layer is back and temperatures will be milder tomorrow in the 30's and 40's and the area of high pressure is going to be split by that cold front and it will bring us another mild day and then the front will bring us the onshore breeze and the cooler weather tomorrow and winds are possible wednesday evening and thursday morning. look at the temperatures, ten degrees cooler and with sunshine breaking out in breezy conditions on thursday it will feel cooler than that and possibly a freeze inland friday morning and temperatures rebound, above average, low-to-mid [sic] saturday, snub, and monday, and saturday morning you would see there at 9:

and south-east. do have falling temperatures as a cold front moves through. the colder air spilling in behind, bringing a change across houston, where we are sitting in the "50s. yesterday at the time we were up into the upper '60s and 70s. not the place you expect though. n d.c. we are at 71 degrees, 67 in philadelphia. and in new york we have 50s and '60s in the south-east. upper 70s. it will stay chilly here. >> thank you very much. >> pope francis launched an appeal for homeless families after praying with the faithful gathered in st peter's square a short time ago. the pope said the poor cannot wait and equated them to jesus born in a barn. the pope invited three homeless men to share breakfast with him on his birthday. >> 15,000 people rallied in the capital of ukraine to protest of the government's rejection of a pact with the european union today. the turn out was down sharply from previous weeks when hundreds of thousands took to the streets. they are demanding president viktor yanukovych re