it's backed up from 238 all the way down into freemont.e way to freemont, 1 long solid line of traffic. we had some earlier problems. if this is your commute, you need to get out of the house early. it's a northbound, it doesn't look too bad getting into downtown oakland. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up from a 20 to 25 minute delay getting into san francisco. the time is 6:48 let's go to steve. >> you sound fabulous. >> you sound better anyway. >> we have a lot of fog reports this morning and some higher clouds will work their way in today. the system is on the way not for the north bay for tomorrow and not for some areas in san francisco on friday afternoon or evening. it's on its way so fog this morning. fog fair, one of my least favorite words. they're cool, and i'll put on the breaks. at 10:00, hazy and mild later this afternoon. rain is on the way for many. it may take awhile for all. thursday and friday, and again on sunday into monday, a flash flood watch. we think it will happen to the north on friday mo

a couple of minor problems, 680 getting busy as well as you leave pleasantton and head south to freemont. let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal . we are following developing use in marin county where sheriff's deputies are looking for a missing man. a park ranger says nathan wilson went for a long yesterday afternoon about 3:00 and did not come back. his fiance reported him missing, his vehicle had been located. we have a crew on the way and bring you updates as soon as we get them. >>> two people stabbed inside a walgreens store, three people have just been detained in connection to this attack. ktvu fox reporter is at the walgreens this morning with the verbal argument that apparently led up to this stabs. >> pam, good morning to you, police moved in quickly, they searched the union square area and were able to take 3 people into custody in connection with this stabbing, the early morning attack happened right inside the front door of this 24 hour walgreens store that's here on powell. police were called out here just about 2:00 this morning, investigators say there was some ki

dropping to 45 in freemont. 40 in san jose. cool in the north bay, 38 in santa rosa 39 in napa.or monday it will be breezy out there, and temperatures cooler tomorrow than we were today. but plenty of sunshine and seasonable temperatures. 62 in san rafael. 64234 downtown san francisco. 63 in oakland, 62 in concord and freemont. a temperature of 63 in san jose. here is your accu weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow still breezy. wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and a wind advisories that keeps temperatures in the mid to low 60s. on tuesday the wind relaxes, fog sets in in the morning hours, temperatures go up inlands up to the upper 60s. wednesday, three to six degrees above normal. thursday the warmest day of the week. sunshine and warmth out there. a lot of 70s across the region. well above where we should be this time of the year. then the pattern is going to change. by friday high pressure gets out of here. storms start to sink from the south. that's going to allow sprinkles possible on friday. temperatures dropping into the 60s. and prapts those showers last into saturday.

looking over the data from sonoma to freemont we saw 23 bridges owned by the local authorities that need to be retrofitted including eight crucial bridges and ramps that connect the bay bridge to yourrba buoy na. >> people will be able to go to point a to point b, but it will take a lot longer to go from one location to another. >> reporter: take this bridge owned by the city of freemont, and average 15,000 vehicles cross it everyday. you ski the visible signs of wear here, and it happens to be directly over b.a.r.t. which has no jurs dikisdiction over the bridge. prix mont plans to replace the bridge by the summer of 2016. meanwhile, as we wait for the inevitable. >> it is not a question of the, but when. >> reporter: dr. jim betts is frightened when the next big one hits. >> and you are limited when the resources come in, and how to get people out of that the dangerous area with wherever it is. >> reporter: and to give you a closerr look at what we found go to the website nbc bayarea.com, and you can see it here and you will see the interactive map where we have identified the column c

our temperatures are beginning to warm. 51 in freemont. palo alto you're at 52. afternoon take a look at these numbers. san raphael and petaluma, 50s and in the east bay a beautiful one, 71 in alameda if you're going to be out there. crab cove, 72 for san leandro, and livermore, 75, and it's going to be a warm day in saratoga, 76, 77 morgan hill. and upper 70s in santa cruz. when you're thinking about heading to the beach and heading inland to do wine tasting or thinking about a picnic outdoors, we have great weather going around. if you're going to take part in the annual pill low fights that sounds like fun, it's all great weather. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view, not much change going on for the second half of the weekend, some folks have president's day off. they'll be just as nice. temperatures come down just slightly, but we're dry all the way through wednesday, futurecast shows us dry for several days. >> not going to use that rain gauge enough. >> i know. >> thanks, rosemary. >> thanks, rosemary. >>> hidden cash, you can pl

it's filling in now. 680 looks good getting away from pleasanton and heading to freemont. to the desk. >> topping our news right now, the sonoma county's sheriff's department is investigating a possible kidnapping case. we're joined now where detectives say a young woman escaped from her captors. >> reporter: petaluma police say that a 22-year-old woman said she was kidnapped, three weeks she was brought to a home along stoney point road north of todd road and she was held against her will and beaten and raped for three weeks. this has a lot of outbuildings and trailers, these pictures are from the press democrat and it shows the s.w.a.t. teams and agents where they detained several people. the victim said she was able to escape after the captors left a door open at the house. she had been held at gun point in an area three weeks ago and they brought her here where they beat and sexually assaulted her. her injuries are consistent with those statements, but there are unanswered questions. she went to the petaluma police department and the santa rosa police department is nea

free freemont plans to replace it by the summer of 2016. meantime, as we wait for the inevitable -- >> it's not a question of if but when. >> this doctor fears those older structures might hinder saving lives when another big one strikes. >> you're limited by what the resources you can bring in or getting people out of that kind of a dangerous area wherever it is. >> to give you an even closer look at what we found you can go to our website, nbcbayarea.com, row can see it right here. you're also going to see this interactive map. we have identified all the columns, bridges, and ramps. in addition, you can see where fault lines exist. you can see them highlighted here in red. and our coverage on disaster preparedness continues tomorrow investigative reporter janice ses caw looks at why dozens of bay area hospitals may not be able to withstand the next big earthquake. nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit. give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit theunit@nbcbay theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >> the pre

>>reporter: the library at freemont high has been closed for more than six years. that's because there is no librarian. so you can't use the library. >> no. >>reporter: we talked to a group of students at freemont and got a tour from william varner, a student rising above and an alum here. >> this is the college center. used to be the music room which we don't have no more. >>reporter: the college center has only been open for three years, run by alum jalisa collins. when she went to school here, there was none. >>reporter: why did it take so long to get a college center here? >> because the school did not have money. >> bring it back to me. >>reporter: only now there is only one college counselor. the kids see the shortages everywhere. you don't have labs? >> we don't have the supplies for labs. >> we lack in classes because we don't have french, we only have spanish. >>reporter: they say they don't have enough paper or markers. teacher and alum michelle gonzalez buys a lot of her own supplies. >> the sharpeners, the pens, i bought those hole punchers, pretty much

a woman was headed the wrong way on the freeway in freemont. she was headed northbound in the southbound lanes at 880 at 12:30 this morning and she crashed into a trash and the force of that car split the truck in two. >> the cab of that truck, the quad cab of the truck it separated from the chassis and the truck. it landed ten to 15 feet in front of the chassey. >>> now, the woman's car burst into flame. the female car was killed. the three men in the truck were all rushed into the hospital with seriously and possibly life-threatening injuries. >>> they haven't released any information about that crash and they're looking into how the woman got on to the wrong side of the freeway and if speed and alcohol was part of the crash. there's been at least five serious or deadly accidents involving wrong way drivers just in the past few months. so, it's interesting that the investigation will continue into this and possibly the others as well. >> dave. >> thank you, pam. >>> meantime the man who was convicted this week waits to be sentenced after prey

. >>> in the meantime freemont police looking for a woman accused of posing as a prostitute and drugging and robbing a customer. police release this photo of the suspect, the victim says he met her on a prostitution website two weeks ago, she calls herself chrissy, he says they were at his house when he passed out when he woke up he was bound and getting beating up by three men. they stole cash, cell phones and laptops. police believe the man passed out because he was drugged by the woman. the woman has several tattoos including stars on her chest and script writing on her back. >>> firefighters are standing watch to make sure a large barn fire does not flair up again. the 4,000 square foot barn is in the area right near the sanoma county line. it took them close to an hour to contain the fire. the barn and five all terrain vehicles are heavily damaged. investigators do not know yet what started that fire. gearing up for a busy fire season, planning to higher 100 new firefighters. 1200 people applied and 300 invited for interviews. they say this year has already been more dangerous than

they are having another bad day from 238 solid down to southern freemont.o the toll plaza and you will see traffic backed up for 25-30 minute wait before you make it onto the bridge. it's time for the weather and let go to steve. >> hand picked, small watt. >> absolutely. >> i like that. >> thank you, sir. mostly cloudy, some fog up in the napa venues. morgan hill and brentwood but nothing like we had yesterday. there's still sun around. we're waiting on the system it's working its way. the rain season for us, used to be july to june. it's now october to september. so we have had to change these totals since we last showed them to you about 42 days ago. 86% normal now for santa rosa. they could rock it up big time if they get 10-inchs of rain. san francisco, even with a stretch of 42 dry days, there's 103% normal. those three weeks in december saved us. flash flood watch is out for the north bay. wind advisory starts late tonight and tomorrow morning gusts is 50 miles per hour out of the southeast. the new buzz word, the term you're hearing now. atmospheric

the mid 60s and east bay and try valley milder weather in santa rosa and for the east bay, it is freemont and tri valley, it is pleasanton for 71. we will crank up the heat a couple of notches as we head out primarily thursday and friday and out to california and driving the storm track well off to the north, and not only the warm air associated with it to warm up this this week, but check it out, dry off for the winds to the bay area, and think about it this way, when we get the westerly wind, it is going to bring in the pacific air, and when we get a northerly wind, it is hotter in the interior valley to bay area and the next couple of days it is to the offshore wind s tos to the north and the east and not gusty of 5 to 10 miles per hour, and that is going to help the temperatures to warm up. check can it out. thursday, you will see the temperatures climbing up there, and napa at 74, and oakland is going to be a new record throughout thursday and mountain view as well 77. the overall trend through the next few days has the temperatures warming up friday and saturday and 77 in san jose b

he represents the freemont valley and he tweeted this picture with his grandchild and says i hope she can feel safe at school without fear of being bullied. honda has been recognized as a long time supporter of e equal rights for lgbt communeity, and this is amid a long conversation about equality. >> and now, scam artists could be targeting vulnerable undocumented people. >> reporter: mario gutierrez and his wife alycia want to apply for deferred action under president barack obama's executive order. >> if you want the credit, you have to have social security. >> reporter: p but a texas judge's decision to halt the program and an appeal for the proxwram puts gutierrez and many o other immigrants in legal limbo. >> i want to know if it is going the pass or not, and if we have to fill ut out now or wait, because it is confusing. >> reporter: that confusion may be why there are so many empty seats at the community meeting in san jose about how the apply, and how the avoid being scammed. the santa clara district attorney's office says that the ability to obtain a social security number i

. >>> welcome back everybody, well police in freemont are looking for the people involved in a fight that killed a 24- year-old man, it happened, they could hear glass breaking and a possible fight in the street. police found a man from newark with life threatening injuries, pronounced dead at the scene. the alameda county coroner is investigating the cause of the death. >> the chp investigating a cause cause of an accident, 2:00 in the morning. investigators say the driver of a red infinity sedan crashed near story road. they say the car hit with such force, it uprooted another, burst into flames. chp is working for witnesses to find out what happened. >> 2:00 in the morning, good chance that alcohol could be involved, falling asleep could be something as well. >>> chp says two men and one woman died in the crash. the medical examiner is still identifying the victims. investigators are asking anyone who may have seen the red infinity on 101 to call the chp. >>> japan's prime minister says they'll never forgive them for killing two hostages. they appeared to show the decapitated body

freemont 70 degrees, same thing inland around walnut creek.ther 7-day forecast, we will take those temperatures up a few degrees at the coast on saturday mild sunny skies oscar sunday partly cloudy cooler, like i said, a few sprinkles, we'll keep the temperatures in the 60s, 70s range right on through most of your workweek next week. i wish i had complete control over the weather and i could say, of course. no control over it. >> we need the clouds. >> well still ahead drink up just ahead what might be the government's new coffee ca >>> we want to update you on the breaking news we brought you at the top of the forecast. san jose police now confirmed they have arrested two people for saturday night's shooting, he was shot as he chased down a man as he was accused of steal stealing cigarellos from a local convenience store. >> uber says more than 10000 members of the military have registered to become uber drivers. military spouses to drive for the company. san francisco, san diego and boston have seen the most uber military trips. >>> eating f

cooler temperature is comfortable. 66 in oakland, it's 63 in freemont antioch the warm spot at this houring in with a temperature of 72 degrees. satellite and radar will show you, we're tracking an area of low pressure diving south out of british columbia. what it will do tomorrow. and then on saturday we'll bring some rain. the winds will pick up too as well. the system gets closer. especially along the coast. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour at half moon bay. even around the bay by friday afternoon, the winds anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour. fast forward the clock to friday evening, widely isolated showers, the coverage really picks up saturday morning by 7:00 in the morning, you do see a little bit of wet weather light in nature. saturday afternoon between noon and 5:00 the showers move in from the north to south. it's all out of here by saturday evening. it's quick moving system, not going to bring us a ton of rainfall. take a look at rain totals through saturday evening. barely making to a tenth of an inch in san francisco. jackpots we'll call it anywhere from a quarter to

that is a live look at i-80 and freemont and the traffic is still treacherous. and joel is say hag chp is sa-- is saying that we need to lighten up on the gas pedal and take our time. >> yes, we need to lighten up and i have seen my share of accidents. officer dan hill says that we have to get used to driving on the wet roads all over again. >> all right. we will see what people are doing. >> reporter: chp officer daniel hill is hoping that the drivers will be cautious on the highways tonight. >> any time we have a huge break in the rain, you will have people forgetting that during rain conditions you have to slow down. you have to leave extra poll lowing distance, and you have to be more careful. >> reporter: careful, because the highway is slick, wet, and windy. and officer hill was careful tonight, and cruising along at 55 miles per hour on highway 24 in the east bay. >> and what you have to also do is to save yourself and be more defensive. watch the people around you. >> reporter: the driver of the suv said he was doing that erl earlier today when he slamme

. >>> commuters in freemont -- a train struck and killed people. it was near hanson avenue after 10:00 a.m. anyone driving near the incident may need to seek an alternate route. >> a violent rampage at a school. >> they had to tase the student. >> reporter: the teenager was out of control. a source said the high school student came back from lunch drunk. other students say yes, it was obvious to them he was drunk. >> i seen the kid running. he looked drunk, couldn't walk or run straight. >> reporter: the student punched an officer and picked up a teacher off the ground. students then saw an officer use his taser on the kid. >> like, whoa, i don't know. i thought it was kind of, like, like unnecessary. maybe just tackle him. he was drunk. >> reporter: parents, too are wondering if that kind of force is appropriate on a high school campus. >> i believe they should use whatever force is necessary for the safety of the other kids. taz tasing is kind of extreme. >> he's a wonderful wonderful, wonderful member of the community. he knows it students and h

over on the east bay, up to 73 at oakland, freemont 72 in castro valley.ll see highs in the low 70s as well up to 74 at livermore. the accuweather seven day forecast monday is president's day, temperatures start to taper off a couple degrees on tuesday wednesday and thursday. but we'll remain above average. this mild dry pattern of beautiful but very dry weather continues for at least a week. larry and alma. >> thank you spencer. >>> google really has thought of everything. their latest social invention to protect you against bad body odor. >> new after 4:30, move over hidden cash, the good will spreading to some luksy diners. >>> checking our traffic on the san mateo bridge. on the right-hand side that is your traffic heading away from us. going over toward the peninsula, a little less traffic than on the left-hand side. that traffic is heading what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can a

and if you're driving on 880 south let's say from heyward to freemont it is a good drive. >>> let's go back to the desk. >>> oakland fire crews mopping up from a school fire they battled right near the bart station. ktvu fox 2 is live at the clairmont middle school. investigators saw something suspicious as soon as they got there, carol. >> reporter: fire investigators tell me they are certainly looking into some unusual circumstances out here this morning, also out here, the red cross had been out here for just a short time helping firefighters with some support and just behind them you can see firefighters working out here still checking for hot spots, making sure there are no additional flare-ups out here. firefighters say it was a passerbi, the cafeteria had caught fire flames extending up into the attic, the firefighters say crews had to get up on the roof to let smoke and fire gases out of the building to make it safer for the firefighters, investigators tell us it looks like it started in the kitchen area, digging into unusual circumstances they discovered when they got here. >>

low to mid-50s, it's up to san jose, and the meteorology department up in freemont.nge for in this year. the cold air it's being modified as you can see in the northern plains, not as bad in the great lakes, still cold, but heading east and south, all the way down to miami. it was 42 this morning. wind chills 19 below, pittsburgh 16, and washington, d.c., their low was 5, and the wind chill was 5 below. 14 below philadelphia and new york, high clouds coming up to southern california. it won't do much more to us. they want to break underneath the ridge. it's way north. it will be dropping off the system. and they'll backtrack over us. that will get us isolated snow showers to the sierra and bring in cooler air for us. this will be on sunday, mostly sunny on sunday, a cooler colder sunday and a possibility of snow shower activity pops up on sunday and not late sunday and some of that sneaks back towards san jose, santa clara valley and back to the valley. if you're heading to the mountains there will be a big change and for us, there will be measurable amounts, sacrame

napa, 39 degrees, heyward, 49, 50, freemont, and gilroy, in the higher elevations still really warm, scotts valley at a balmy 57 degrees, high pressure reluctantly wants to give up its grip and it won't that would open the door. rain returns for some, there is not a consensus, not even close on where that rain sets up and how much one forecast model is extremely why the other two are not that much. clouds here at thursday, i'll tackle that on thursday, next seven days there could be, i saw one projection between now and the next 16 days of 14- inches of rain, i'm not sure that's going to materialize, further north there is a lot of rain. further south there may not be much at all. mostly sunny, patchy morning fog, near 70. temperatures well above average should be closer to 58, 63, we're not even close. water temps are warm. 58 degrees, that definitely contributes to the warm ocean temperatures and the warm lows. mostly sunny warm into wednesday, cloud it up thursday, day, maybe rain thursday, friday sunday our best bet. even that i wouldn't bet. >> i know but it makes the week inter

freemont, southbound 880 with head lights, very light, easy drive right now and this flag shows you that wind that's illustrated, again, the wind advisory for the san mateo, richmond and golden gate bridge. >> a lot of spots to keep your eyes on this morning. thank you very much, mike. we don't think your wife has forgotten about you. stay with us as we track the storm all morning long. christina loren will talk about where when the rain will end, and mike inouye will talk about the traffic spots this morning. >> and we keep telling u-valentine's day is creeping up. if you haven't done your shopping -- >> no excuses. a third of people are not hoping for flowers or canada. up next, what one survey said what your sweetheart really wants. >> you can't go wrong with jewelry. and we'll look at hackers focusing on cars coming up. >> and keeping taps on the forecast this morning and a warm-up on the way as well. stick around. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a

freemont and livermore. only 59 in los gatos and petaluma. storms will start to push in the north bay tomorrow night followed by storm number two on sunday. there will be a little bit of an easing up in the action between the two storms not exactly a dry break, just a little bit of a lowering of intensity on saturday. 7:00 this evening, we'll see light rain developing in the north bay, during the later hours of the evening, we'll see spotty light showers pushing down perhaps below the golden gate, most of the activity noticed in the nighttime hours and early morning will remain in the north bay. the north bay is going to get a soaking before the rain begins to move in a significant way. southward and eastward. later in the day tomorrow we'll see strong gusty winds and heavy rain pushing across the entire bay area. tomorrow's evening commute is likely to be a slow and complicated one, bear that in mind the rain goes on tomorrow night into early saturday. then it starts to taper off we get that little bit of a break or at least easing up of the

freemont police are looking for a woman who was accused of posing as a prostitute and drugging and robbingce released this video, saying he met her on a prostitution website two weeks ago, she called herself chrissy. they were at his house when he passed out, when he woke up he was getting beaten and robbed by men. police believe he wasdrugs, the woman described as having several visible tattoos including stars on her chest. >>> napa county firefighters are watching this morning trying to make sure a big barn fire, doesn't flair up again. it is a 4,000 square foot barn in the southwest napa area right near the sanoma county line. they got an emergency call about 8:00 last night. it took them about an hour just to contain the flames, the barn and fire all terrain vehicles stored inside are heavily damaged. investigators still don't know what caused that fire. >>> cow fire already gearing up for a busy fire season, they plan to higher 100 new firefighters. 1200 people have already applied for jobs, 300 of them were invited for interviews at the headquarters in morgan hill. this comes weeks a

naengs 580 is get -- mention that 580 is getting a bit of a break. 680 is slow tall way down into freemontou get to the bay bridge toll plaza, another 10 minutes on the spon. almost 45 minutes on the entire trip. that's your drive time into the city. 7 :18, foggy weather. here's steve. >> 40 below in spots. not the windchill, but temperature. tall way down to florida, ther are freeze warnings out. hazy skies later. there's a high cloud system above it. that will take us over the weekend. it does look like a cooler pattern. we've had all these power hits here. my computer is just not liking that. i don't know if this is going to work or not. i don't know. i don't think it is. . >> no? well, we were talking about our station and parts around oakland, power hits affecting computers and stuff. >> not going to work. >> all right. >> well, we'll check back with you for the forecast. a little foggy, but clearing out later today. >> yeah, right. >>> hundreds of products pulled from store shelves. why you should avoid everything with the spice cumin in it. you can find a new frontier. there's nothi

walnut creek and freemont good morning to you.when i come back we will take a look at the beach forecast but first george tracking the roads. how does it look george? >> well pretty good. there are a few places where the chp is there with a stall but not enough to slow your ride. across the golden gate bridge, it is not a normal commute day. that is why they have not added the fourth southbound lane. if you are heading toward bay bridge, expect light conditions no. delays. good on the east shore. and 580 is a clear shot to downtown oakland. >>> thank you george. >> bay area is trying to find out what started a fire. business owner started cleaning up yesterday morning. fire broke out some time saturday. firefighters were on the scene through yesterday morning, making sure it was out. alex valencia was storing his belongings there. he lost almost everything except his daughter's goldfish. i told him if he could rent it to me. he rented to me for a couple of months. and i just, i can't believe i lost all my stuff. >> investigators s

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we were accused of having a drift net over deerborn michigan or freemont california and sucking up thetent of phone calls of american citizens and then searching those phone calls for keyword searches, looking for words like bomb and things like that. that never happened. we never got to content. by the way we never even collected the meta data. there were no metaphorical alligator clips on metaphorical wires here. we actually got the billing records from the large carriers in the united states. so those who claim when there is something of interest you can click on that number and see the content. that doesn't -- that just doesn't violate the law of the united states. that would violate the laws of physics. there is nothing there that allows that to take place. so we gather this meta data and put nitit in a large repository. and truth in lending. it is big. it is a record of calls made within and between the united states and elsewhere over years. and it's billions if not trillions of records. but now what happens to them? well to use a phrase that is probably not popular around here.

. >> reporter: these are cancers from freemont.aiwan. that is the, sort of national mascot they have represented at the travel booth here. john is the organizer for the travel and adventure show. tell us about some of the things people can experience. we have taiwan behind us. they have big national events coming up. >> exactly. taiwan is just one of our great exhibitors here. you'll see all kinds of cultural displays and destination the around the world. taiwan is a spectacular place to go these days. it's an up and coming cosmopolitan city in taipei. the great lantern festival is coming up in march. you can go to sun lake and have a great experience which is totally different than a cosmetology experience. it's a foody's experience. if you like food taiwan is a great place to go. >> reporter: we also talked about the cost of a trip to taiwan. and the travel packages they have. when you make a trip across the pacific that is always a consideration. representatives here say they range from $2, 000 to $5,000 5 a person. that is just

we were accused of having a driftnet over deer born, michigan or freemont, california, and sucking uphe content of phone calls of american citizens and then searching those phone calls for key word searches looking for words like bomb and things like that. that never happened. we never got the content. by the way, we never even collected the metadata. there were no metaphorical alligator clips on some metaphorical wires here. we actually got the billing records. the billing records of large telecommunication carriers in the united states. so those who claim they i know when something is of interest you can click on that number and see the content, that just doesn't violate the laws of the united states. that would violate the laws of physics. there is nothing there that allows that to take place. so we gather this metadata. we put it in a large depository. truth in lending, judge, it's big. all right? practically speaking it's a record of calls made within and between the united states and elsewhere over years. and it's billions, if not trillions, of records. but now what happens to t