we've had grayer skies and brighter skies and now, they're getting grayer, again. rainfall gets closer to us. here is a live view from our roof top camera. it's a pleasant afternoon. 50 degrees now in san francisco. 54 oakland, mid-50s redwood city. and flat 50 degrees in half moon bay. sheer -- here snoerj view of the clouds. mid-50s not much of a range here. one more live view from our high-definition emeryville camera looking west across the bay giving you a look at the forecast, partly cloudy late this evening. chilly with temperatures from 40s to 50s overnight. and we'll have a mix of sun, clouds in the morning and showers will be approaching north bay. by afternoon, showers moving from north bay and beginning to sweep south ward so first arrival of showers occurring tomorrow and in just a moment we'll take a look at what will follow because there is more rain on the way. >> spencer, thank you. >> a group of bay train passengers enjoying winter scenery now. first reno snow train departed this morning. and the train's theme is motown. there are onboard entertai

certainly that some people still own land that has been in the family for 300 years, and then there's a grayer, less kept in the western side, i guess. >> in this piece you point to a specific day in november that you believe, as they like to say in d.c., was a game changer. november. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear. >> in the piece you talk about the political turn, and one day that stands out for many was november 2008, when you saw victory party for democrat larry kissle, and some of the reaction from the congressional races in that state. >> yeah, that was sort of the -- that was the big moment in the state where the republicans have sort of said we've lost everything. we've lost the house, the senate race here, we've lost more than we've won and i think we're going to regroup and do something. over the next two years, they set out to really take over in the 2010 election, and they flipped i think it was 15 seats in the house, maybe ten in the senate. i can't remember the numbers now, they're in the story, but that was sort of the moment where everything changed here. it was after 140 years or

>> grayer. >> i don't think he has changed. >> rose: i mean what do people take on with success and choices they had qualities that are very attractive. and they grow in terms of skills you didn't know they had. certainly he's changed as an artist. but in terms of who he sort of is fundamentally, he always was the guy who would root for the underdog and would step in and do what was right but he has a better platform in doing that now. so that's just an extension of who he was. an exdifference what he got from his folks. you know his folks. >> rose: i was just thinking about that e-mail i sent you that i said look, it's your dad's 80th birthday, i'm going to send him a note." and you wrote back and said "he doesn't have e-mail, he doesn't even have a typewriter. send him a letter or just tell me and i'll tell him." >> grant and i had been -- you know, he literally loaned me $100 to get head shots in 1982. we've been really close friends for a long period of time. i'm lucky enough to have as a partner a brilliant writer and also the best writers i've ever worked with in my life but the funni

we can feel the change in the air, we're looking at grayer skies in spots.e drifting around. not a big deal right now. we can see fine as far as the deck. we also can see the traffic southbound 880, the earlier crash has cleared from the road. that's the good news. the bad news is we had another crash that occurred approaching that hagenberger off ramp. that truck drove away so that's good news. more slowing so we'll look at the map. south 880 out of downtown oakland by the coliseum on the map we have a slower drive, recovering heading south in toward 238 and the san mateo bridge which is starting to build as far as the volume goes. westbound 80 past 4 out of hercules we had a crash, pinole valley road the off ramp is clear and so is the roadway. folks head to the bay bridge toll plaza t metering lights are on. the toll plaza is full. in the north bay, through san rafael typical t orange shows you a chance of fog but not really a big issue. we'll show you the speeds through the area. southbound 101 not the problem, it's west 37 with the slowdown, typical ove

at 5:00 tomorrow night, the bay area should be a whole lot grayer and wert.morning and increase in intensity throughout the afternoon. of course, that's welcome news as we are right in the middle of a statewide drought. >> boy, it sure is. we have live team coverage. ken wayne found out how residents are taking advantage of the storm but first back to chief meteorologist bill martin with what to expect. >> what we're going to expect is what we usually get in february is a good series of winter storms going to roll in here, help out the reservoirs, help out your lawn. it's going to help out everything. here's storm no. 1 right here. that gets in here tomorrow. here's storm no. 2. that rolls in here on friday. it's all progressing in this direction. tornl night at this time, actually tomorrow noontime you're going to see green on live storm tracker 2. both the radars are turning right now. i pointed this out earlier. you're seeing this moist atmosphere. it just says the atmosphere is priemg itself. all that moisture is going to move in. as it does, it's going t

his hair is a little grayer and his attitude was almost identical.eliever -- that is what people need to know about the president. he believes what he is doing is what is best for the country and you are not going it shake him out of that no matter how many stats or whatever you put on him >> if you could wrap it up, what would the headline be? >> i would say the president is avasive in an interview with the president. he said it was obamacare and does anybody believe a guy shows 157 times for a primmer on obamacare? anybody? >> is he buying time? >> of course. he doesn't have much pressure. the democrats don't care. and he doesn't care and he doesn't think it is important -- it is like hilary clinton. what is a matter? they don't think it is important. excuse me. and that is the bottom line. so you are an annoyance when you ask. >> you had about 12 minutes? >> we had 10.5 live and 15 recorded we will break tonight. >> little sisters of the poor and the keystone pipeline. >> what was the position on the little sisters? >> you have to watch the snow.