we are coming up on half a foot of rainfall in both santa rosa and saint helena. for that reason, the urban and small stream flood advisory continues for another 75 minutes. this steady rainfall will exacerbate our street and urban flooding problems. so if you have to drive this evening, both hands on the wheel. use extreme caution. all of this happening after a wind event where winds peaked at the top of mount hamilton today 83 miles per hour. so we have had the winds. we have had the rain. and it's not done yet. we'll talk about how much more rainfall we can expect and what we can look at toward the weekend. that's coming up. >> we sure want that info. okay, paul, see you in a minute. >>> in santa cruz a student was trapped when a tree crashed down on a school playground. firefighters rushed to free the sixth grade boy who was pinned under this tree at gateway school. students were actually lining up outside for class when that tree came down. crews got him free and brought him to the hospital, no broken bones just bruises. the school canceled classes for the da

rain totals: a half foot of rain in saint helena and santa rosa. this is now -- i said this three times in two weeks, this is the wettest day of the year. we keep upping it. this is the wettest day of the year by far and it will continue to rain for the next six hours. haven't talked about the wind yet. we have had one of our windiest days in several years. i'll have that in about 10 minutes. >>> one of the main routes into muir woods has been washed out. the southbound lanes of highway 1 from muir beach to the park got swamped. we're checking to see how badly it is damaged. apparently, it could be a while before it is fixed. early estimates say not until march of next year. >>> we're seeing storm damage just about everywhere tonight. kpix 5's da lin shows us what happened to some drivers who thought they could make it through flooded streets in the east bay. >> reporter: a one-two punch in the east bay. heavy rains and gusty winds knocked out power, flooded streets and blew down trees. >> it's getting deeper. >> reporter: the family hunkered down

so it becomes a slightly more complicated position for her. >> sreenivasan: helena, you've avoided thebly prediction jeffery would make is democrat will come out -- >> michele obama lost a fight in terms of the school lunch program. whole grains or half grains, right? and we got all the instagrams of the sad lunches kids are having to eat now and it's, like, thanks michelle obama. i think there's going to be interesting things between michelle obama and the republican party which hillary clinton found herself in when she was first lady, so maybe nostalgia -- >> and you wasn't to boldly predict she's going to run. >> i want it more than she actually wants it. >> i'm going to predict that bernie sanders will be a teacher by the end of this segment. >> on that note, helena andrews jeffrey goldberg and evan mcmorris santoro, thanks for joining us. >> ifill: we close tonight with a look back at the year at the movies. jeffrey brown has that. >> brown: we talk favorite films, best performances and more with film critics dana stevens and mike sargent. we asked each of you to pick a top film y

after a a brief period in cincinnati he arrived in helena, arkansas in 1850.he course of the next decade he grew from a drugstore prescriptionist into a major community leader. by the end of 1851 he graduated into drugstore owner and began with membership of the masonic lodge in 1852.g!réú he decided to study law. by 1855 he had become heavily involved in local politics. he was particularly active in efforts to prevent the american party, an anti-immigrant party referred to agx93s o-nothings from gaining a foothold in helena. he became firm friends with a democratic politician, thomas c. hienman, later a confederate general. the two ran a paper together called the states right democrat. i think this illustrates how closely his views aligned with vt(ds those of his friends and neighbors in arkansas. his association nearly got him killed in may 1856 when a politically motivated shoot out aimed at hienman left one man dead -- clayburn shot him and clayburn clinging to life with a bullet in the chest. as hienman went to congress clayburn focused on the law and bus

napa river at napa and saint helena expected to remain below flood stage. look at the pictures people are sending in. this is from molly if just completely flooded. it was sent to me by twitter. hears another one that was sent by facebook. posted on my face book page flooding in rohnert park. this is something you do not want to ever do. she obviously was not the one driving but if he ever try to cross a flooded roadway no matter how shallow it looks. chains required right now in the sierra nevada on 80, 80 and 4 as it is snowing across the area and we take live look right now. san mateo bridge. rain coming down so hasn't completely let up everywhere. scattered showers morning commute. slight chance of thunder still much-needed break coming on saturday. take a look at the satellite radar this cold front just stalled out over the bay area. dumped the rain on us. rain finally ease overnight tonight. cold front pushing out. trough comes in that's where we keep the wet weather in the forecast. 11:00 p.m. tonight computer mold got it nailed east south bay heavie

napa river at napa and saint helena expected to remain below flood stage. the pictures people are sending in. this is from molly if just completely flooded. it was sent to me by twitter. hears another one that was sent by facebook. posted on my face book page flooding in rohnert park. this is something you do not want to ever do. she obviously was not the one driving but if he ever try to cross a flooded roadway no matter how shallow it looks. chains required right now in the sierra nevada on 80, 80 and 4 as it is snowing across the area and we take live look right now. san mateo bridge. rain coming down so hasn't completely let up everywhere. scattered showers morning commute. slight chance of thunder still much-needed break coming on saturday. take a look at the satellite radar this cold front just stalled out over the bay area. dumped the rain on us. rain finally ease overnight tonight. cold front pushing out. trough comes in that's where we keep the wet weather in the forecast. 11:00 p.m. tonight computer mold got it nailed east south bay heaviest stuff

she and helena douglas would've overlapped for a term. they would've been known by the public as two prominent women both in a political sense but also in a cultural sense. >> this is one of my favorite buttons. it says continue with coya knutson. she is a wonderful person. matt talks about the transition of generations of women. and how that relates to what is going on in the nation at large. coya in some ways pays the price of the changing view of women in the 1940's after world war ii ends. this is a photograph of her with her husband andy in front of andy's hotel. he plays a prominent role in how her career ends. >> up to this point, there are so many women who come to congress through that connection to their husband, through some kind of familial connection. and coya knutson loses her congressional career because of that connection. she came up -- first of all, she is from -- she represented a district in minnesota for two terms. but she came up through the democratic farmer labor party in minnesota. and that is how she got her poli

napa river at napa and saint helena expected to remain below flood stage.k at the pictures people are sending in. this is from molly if just completely flooded. it was sent to me by twitter. hears another one that was sent by facebook. posted on my face book page flooding in rohnert park. this is something you do not want to ever do. she obviously was not the one driving but if he ever try to cross a flooded roadway no matter how shallow it looks. chains required right now in the sierra nevada on 80, 80 and 4 as it is snowing across the area and we take live look right now. san mateo bridge. rain coming down so hasn't completely let up everywhere. scattered showers morning commute. slight chance of thunder still much-needed break coming on saturday. take a look at the satellite radar this cold front just stalled out over the bay area. dumped the rain on us. rain finally ease overnight tonight. cold front pushing out. trough comes in that's where we keep the wet weather in the forecast. 11:00 p.m. tonight computer mold got it nailed east south bay heaviest s

helena early in the war. the way people on the island fled. one of the men said take care of me until i get back when he got back, the war was over. the black people had left. so now he is calling them ungrateful. so that statement to me suggests that he really had been confirmed about them. despite the fact he sold them anyway. but now he was saying if i had only known that they were boiled to me, when given a choice between staying with me and taking their freedom, they took their freedom. if i had known that, i wouldn't have spent my time being concerned about them. host go back to your book. for most other states simply ignored the concept of marriage between slave people, louisiana and catholic church influence, did acknowledge marriage like relationships, but the state denied slaves any legal merit raise. >> guest: that is a chapter in which i'm lucky that the separation of husbands and wives. i say that i realized they were not married. they could not be legally married in any of the slave states. so louisiana came the closest, saying t

on four-year-old helena white. the girl had been trapped under water in her car seat for ten minutes. helena's mother took her eyes off the road and drove into a tyreke. neighbors tried pull the girl out of her car seat. she is currently in critical condition. >>> the liberty bowl making the highlight reel for the wrong reason. an assistant caught on camera hitting two opposing players. it happened on the west virginia sideline. the head coach alerted about it at half time and then told the assistant stay in the locker room for the rest of the game. >>> the boys and girls basketball teams at a high school in california now allowed to wear police protest shirts that say "i can't breathe" in the wake of eric garner's death. school officials were forced to reverse their ban following threats of a lawsuit. the principal originally didn't want student athletes wearing the shirts in an upcoming tournament for security reasons. >> a couple forced to change their plans because of the president's security limpgz. the couple

helena road near calistoga. it is still unknown when that road will be cleared. a man in auburn is dead after a five hour standoff with police this afternoon. police say he barricaded himself in his home after firing a gun battle with police. around four p-m the house caught fire. escalating the situation. police shot and killed the man who refused to surrender. police say he continued to fire as police tried to get him out of the house. gunfire. pistols, shotguns police were called the house around 11 a-m. after reports that he'd attacked his girlfriend with mace. she was able to escape the house unharmed. police say the man used a pistol, shotgun, and automatic weapon in the incident. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleepiq™ technology. it tracks your sleep and tells you how to adjust for a good, better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting

what we have right here on the napa river, we're talking about 9 feet in san helena.ge is 16. we're good there. napa at the napa river at napa. 22feet right now. forecast to go right to where it is. 22. and it stays under flood stage. just want to get those numbers straight. two feet above flood stage forecast for friday at noon when i come back we're going to have the forecast. there's more rain in the forecast. >>> across wine country people are dealing with flooded homes, businesses and roads tonight as ktvu's mike mibacl reports. some are still worried about the high river level. >> reporter: roadways flooded. tasting rooms closed, the ride to wine country is a wet one. >> rock slides and mud slides coming down on the roadway. >> it's going pretty good. >> reporter: bedaluchi lives where the water was slowly creeping up the road. >> with flood stage at 16. we know we can take 17, almost touching 18. >> reporter: holmes and his family live in the flood area. the worse flooding they've seen here was back new year's eve 2005-2006. i remember this storm because it was

helena, yountville, looks like it's letting up.american canyon, into marin county, this line is filling in rapidly. some of that rain is very intense. over to novato it's heavy rain. 50s on the temps. upper 50s for some. a rather strong south-southeast breeds. it will be a blustery day. cloudy to the south. but evinly the rain will make -- eventually the rain will make it. some of that is brief and heavy. there will be one more system saturday. that will favor area to the north. after that, we'll get a break. high pressure builds in. the coast, dare i say, dare, dare, next week could be very warm, especially along the coast and in san francisco. probably have to deal with fog though in hidden valley. >> are you expecting any flooding with that rain? >> i think it's moving quick. >> okay. >>> nasa scientists are celebrating the discovery of a -- discovery of a new planet say they is a superprobe. you may remember kepler was disabled by a broken wheel mechanism. most researchers thought that made it nothing more than space junk. kepl

. >> in the fourth century, queen helena came.he conferred with the local christians to ask about the local traditions. they agreed this was the place where the family lived and the birth had taken place. >> constantine sent his mother, helena to the holyland to find relics and build churches. the church of the nativity has evolved over time. >> this is the original doorway here. slowly, the doors were filled in. perhaps as a defensive measure to protect against maurauding soldiers on horseback. ultimately, a very small door that you have to bend down to enter in reverently. >> although burned and destroyed in the sixth century, some evidence of the original church remains. >> what are we seeing here that's mosaic down here? >> we are actually looking at the floor of the fourth century conshantian church. no depictions of people and no depictions of animals. what we see are these pillars thand floor and that's about it. >> in the late sixth century, ro the roman emperor rebuild t the cre crusadeers expanded. others have fault, the

helena. we've got over a half inch of rain reported in roaner park, heavy at times. as we back it out, look at the computer mod. here is 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. note how much rain is falling on the north bay. it's been raining on the north bay at this point for about five hours. so north bay is going to have drainage problems. this is 6:00 a.m. heavy showers starting to move into san mateo. push it ford. the strong line of showers moves into san francisco about 7:30, or 7:00. the model has sped this up a bit. orangely it had san francisco more like 8:30, 9:00. now it's got san francisco 7:00, 7:30. fremont, san mateo at 9:00 a.m. 10:00, with more heavy showers. the rainfall accumulations and rainfall rates are going to be extreme. we're going to see rainfall rates of over an inch an hour easy. there's no question, your ebs on your iphone you're going to be hearing it tomorrow morning especially if you're in the north bay. one good thing, it's a one and done. after this we get a bit of a break. when i come back, we're going to lay that out for you, and look at the

about from this vineyard off the saint helena driveway.osed all day for obvious reasons. >> storm proved to be quite a spectacle along coast line today. dozens of people half man bay stopped along highway 1 to look at the powerful waves crashing against the coast. it's spectacular. especially from a safe distance not so shower that was too safe. some climbed on the rock for better look. not good idea. waves as high as 15 feet were report entered san mateo county. >> fierce waves were too much for some sailboats near pillar point harbor in san mateo county. 2 boats snapped from the anchor and floated to shore. owner of one boat struggled to keep it from capsizing. another boat stuck in the sand at nearby beach. they are to double check the mooring. >> so many remarkable picture all over the bay area we took. people wonder if the insurance covers this rain damage as we continue some answers from 7 on our side michael finney. >> 3 homes in one week. why so our side michael finney. >> 3 homes in one week. why so many >> washington state for a

helena and the trail headed to 128 and the central valley, that is where the moderate-to-heavy rain isng. it is through the heart of the bay, half moon bay, san mateo, to hayward, along 580 and out to tracy and stockton we have the heaviest rain with more coming in from the south and let me put this in motion you can see it coming up so we will have moderate to half steady rain through the morning commute. the north bay has light-to-moderate. northbound, and untilally we look southbound from walnut creek but we are looking northbound with the traffic coming at you and the moderate rain is falling, 51 to 56 inland, and 51 to 56 along coast and 59 at the bay, steady rain is scattered and lighter showers this afternoon and the traffic is he on 101 and 880 in the south bay. our showers will turn to rain so opposite tomorrow and we will start with rain on wednesday and go to light and thursday it will be dry. >>> the metering lights were turned on early at bay bridge because of an accident beyond the metering lights westbound 80 beyond the eastern span before you get to the first tower invo

water levels at the napa river in saint helena reached the 16- foot flood stage, now falling well below that. it did recede pretty quickly, however there were anxious moments for families with homes near the river. >> it gets pretty scary, despite the current out there. there is quite the current right here when it came all the way up. >> the national weather service says in a 24-hour span they received more than 5.5 inches of rain. a flash-flood watch expired at 4:00 this morning. >>> bay area homeless shelters are particularly busy because of the storms. saint anthony opened its doors to get people out of the storms and provided sleeping mats and hot meals for people in need. other shelters expanded their services to accommodate overwhelming needs, as well. >>> monday is deadline for people without health insurance to sign up through cover- california and avoiding paying a penalty. if you sign up by monday you will have coverage starting january 1st. the penalty goes up next year for people that don't have health insurance. this year is penalty was $95. next year it increases to $325.

helena to napa and american canyon and vallejo and benicia you are ready to get wet. i will show you what happened with the cold front was the focal mechanism for the heavy rain and we don't have that will set coming our way today. we got this moist flow from th south. the mountains will lift it, that creates instability, and will create scattered showers. >> the sun will be out and that will lend heat to the atmosphere and that will trigger a few light showers as we head through the day. at 7:00, to noon, really scattered light showers through 5:00, and tonight less rain than this morning and more like fog. moring for toll morning than this morning. as we head to noon you can see the showers lining up and we have a cold front coming in tomorrow evening so we will have light-to-moderate rain and we could pulse up a thunderstorm or two to heavy rain which could lead to localized flooding tomorrow evening. not on the scale of yesterday. tonight through saturday morning lingering light shower and saturday afternoon into sunday we should be dry. the moist flow will contin

>> helena bottom carter and tim burton are no more.rated and say they will continue to be friends and co-parents to their two children. >>> duane "the rock" johnson tweeted out this picture to get everyone in the holiday spirit, fanny pack and all. >>> i'm betty nguyen. reminder, ""morning jomorning j coming up at the top of the hour. don't settle for 4g lte coverage that's smaller or less reliable when only one network is america's largest and most reliable 4g lte network: verizon. with xlte, our 4g lte bandwidth has doubled in over 400 cities. and now, save without settling. get 2 lines with 10gb of data for just $110... ...or 4 lines for just $140. and get a $150 bill credit for each smartphone you switch. only on verizon. >>> for many children, survival depends on meals. >> the pack back problem is to feed the children when they go home. >> find out more about childhood hunger and what you can do about it at mbs.com. >>> good morning, severe weather slams the south killing four people. flipping cars, damaging homes and knocking out

>> helena bottom carter and tim burton are no more.rated and say they will continue to be friends and co-parents to their two children. >>> duane "the rock" johnson tweeted out this picture to get everyone in the holiday spirit, fanny pack and all. >>> i'm betty nguyen. this is "first look" on msnbc. reminder, "morning joe" is coming up at the top of the hour. >>> for many children in kentucky, survival depends on free meals at school. when they are not at school, some kids don't eat at all. >> the backpack program is to feed the children when they go home. >> find out more about childhood hunger and what you can do about it at msnbc.com. turn the trips you have to take, into one you'll never forget. earn triple points when you book with the expedia app. expedia plus rewards. . >>> good morning, welcome to ""morning joe." "2014 delivered a wide range of news events, the disappearance of a malaysia airlines flight t. unrest and shooting down of another malaysia airliner plane and, of course, this summer was just racked with violence in

napa river at saint helena. the latest forecast puts it just above the flood stage of 16 feet of the 16.3 feet. napa river we will actually be looking at napa, flood stage twos 5 feet. the latest forecast puts it a little below flood stage by midnight on friday. you will have to monitor that still because it is fluctuating. the russian river expected to rapidly rise. forecast by 1:00 p.m. on friday and well over the flood stage of 32 feet and coming in close to 35 feet. keep that in mind. in the sierra nevada, blizzard warning 7:00 a.m. to friday 4:00 a.m. i would not head up there during this time period. extremely dangerous conditions with the strong winds and heavy snow. passes will likely get shutdown for several hours. it is better to hold off until saturday to head up to the high country to enjoy the powder. could see a couple feet at the crest. stormy tomorrow afternoon even though the worst hest us in the early -- hits us in the early morning to late morning. mid50s to mid60s. a look at the accu-weather

helena.f move on were beginning to see the rain is the head deeper into the morning these >>: that the moderate rain falling from martinets. we're also looking at rain in the southern you're aware san on the peninsula itself were to have modern showers offshore met in their land and you see behind is lighter and fifth. >> james: a little less in concord navato little more you can get the idea where happened so far there are tech a few hunters of an inch in terms of what can expect fire storm with their projections year. kick is a fairly when the morning in addition to the rain is coming down as the temperatures this afternoon wide sentiment of the '50s it was a relatively cool for us. it continues as a hitter of the week today system is around one. >>george: as a rough ride already as matra and a number and since rwanda's are talking about the biggest problem like this alert on interstate 680 in north mission boulevard in the southbound direction and not this is the early morning hours. to se

mount tam, san francisco, saint helena, oakland hills all had an additional inch of rainfall. half inch extra in san jose. downtown san francisco, we are a couple of drops away from double digit rainfall. 9.98 inches of rain. these percentages are just crazy. san jose is nearly eight times the normal rainfall for december. san francisco, four-and-a-half times as much. oakland, creeping up on 500% and there is more tomorrow. we will talk about that coming up. >> thanks paul. and mark kelly shows us parts of marin are a mess tonight. >> reporter: the marin county board of supervisors declared a state of emergency here today. many going to bed tonight with a muddy creek where they once had a front yard. mud, mud, everywhere, for this homeowner, a quick burst of rain gave her a houseboat. look at this. here is the water mark along the fence. samantha had to drive through it. >> there were signs on the roads and there was still water so driving didn't feel safe at all. >> typically, when water is sitting here on san rafael avenue, this storm drain will get it out. but not this morn

helena giving the most up to date coverage in healdsburg and cloverdale and lake port and clear lake and hidden valley with scattered light showers. they will dip further to the south as we head through the morning into the mid-afternoon hours as a weak cold front rolls law. the other big story is the fog and how it has not made it into the bay yet but it will because look where our winds are blowing: directly to the west in oakland and hayward and half moon bay. that will draw the fog out of the valley and across the bay headed through the only mute. do not be surprised you could have more interesting trip getting around the fog. it is mild. we are in the mid-to-upper fists and we shoulden in the low-to-mid 40's. portrero hill is 56. crissy field across the golden gate bridge is 59. through the ferry building and headed downtown, it is 58. our cool spot is 49 in saratoga and santa clara and palo alto is 50 because those are the areas that have less cloud cover. you can see right here sutro tower look at the fog and it is taking over san francisco. mostly clouds, light showers across

almost as much in saint helena. fairfax, nearly half a foot. sunnyvale, santa clara county, five inches. not done yet, we are picking up a few scattered showers but they are heavier showers. five or ten minutes of a soaking rain stand possibility of small hail. they are hopping around half- moon bay. the flood advisory has been extend until 5:00 in the morning tomorrow. we are not done with the rain yet. there is plenty more in the seven day forecast coming up. >> here we go again. thanks paul. >>> so we got a lot of rain. but wait until you see what one man did with all of it. he showed our reporter sharon chin. >> reporter: when eric mccrystal first showed us his water collection system in september, the eight 50-gallon barrels stood empty. >> we picked up five and a quarter inches here. >> reporter: but after eight hours of continuous rain here? >> it fill and overflowed very quickly. sand these are justified lines into the barrels back there. >> reporter: rainwater gushed into the filter, filled each of the barrels. >> that was empty the la

like 38 in santa rosa. 39, in saint helena. but lows will be in the 30s friday morning and saturday morning. and the fog will want to come back too. but not yet. not tomorrow. so the way this sets off, the low drops in. it is actually a pretty cold one. it drops snow levels as well. it has pushed the rain through. now the cold air is going to sit over the top to us. it has been brought in by the breezy conditions and we just slowly try to warm up. so remember, yesterday, we had record heat. tomorrow's temperatures will be in the 50s . yesterday, we had  temperatures almost in the 70s . tomorrow, we will have temperatures almost in the 60s . it is a big drop off. a dry weather pattern all the way to new year's. show you where the jet stream is. saturday, sunday, you can see the time sunday at 7:00. monday, the jet stream is way up there. that is how you know it is not going to rain. tuesday, new year's eve. that is a big ridge of high pressure. if that is me and i have relatives in town and i have the week off, i'm at point rey

helena, napa, all of you are going to get it here in the next 20-25 minutes. those areas haven't received quite as much rain as the 101 corridor has. about .5. no flooding yet. windsor still an issue. we'll talk about that when we get back. >> a hit right in the middle of the commute. let's check in with leila. >> right now, the rain and the wind is a major factor and that contributed to this alert. knoll valley road. see this here. a big tree toppled on top of a big rig outside of 80. the sig alert is blocking three lanes. you can see the slowing. westbound traffic unaffected. all of this shaded in green as we track weather and traffic together. that is indicating where rain is affecting your commute. farther to the west, a look at the richmond toll plaza. the lights glistening off the wet pavement. flooding in some areas. i'll let you know where they are coming up in a few minutes. >> storm watch. the storm has arrived in the north bay, a little early, which is expecting a lot of flooding today. we saw that in last week's storm. amy holing field is live in s

saint helena, a third of an inch. things are adding up. in san jose, the rainfall has hit nearly 7.5 inches for the month making it the second wettest december on record in san jose and we are not completely done with the rain yet. we have one more rain chance to talk about. find out when and how much coming up. >> thanks paul. you can get the forecast any time on your smartphone. download our bay area weather app. >>> breaking news out of southern california. one person is dead after a car plowed through a crowd in rodondo beach. they had just left a church service christmas program. 12 pedestrians were hit. some of them children. police say many, if not all are in critical condition. the driver has been arrested and police think she was drunk. >>> meanwhile in san francisco, someone has been running around torching cars. andria borba talked to a man who's car was burnt to a crisp. >> reporter: these fires have been gathered around delores park all in the early morning hours leading some to believe there is a serial arsonist running aroun

helena, just north of fairfield, some light, moderate cells for this part of the region. as far as current numbers, it's mild. look at all of the 60s. as a result, mild temperatures. san jose, 65. santa rosa, 62. fairfield in the 60s as well. next system, scheduled to move onshore tomorrow. rainfall expectations about .25 to possibly an inch. heaviest for the afternoon and evening commute. more rain and snow up in the sierra with snow levels up above 7500 feet. next system you pick out the satellite perspective. it will be approaching the coastline. for today, sun/cloud mix. the possibility of a few isolated showers. as the cold front moves onshore form we'll bring in more rain chances. heaviest in the north bay. the showers could linger into saturday primary -- primarily for the morning hours. tomorrow morning's commute there's a chance of rainfall but a better bet into the afternoon hours at 4:00 into friday night as well. that chance will linger into saturday morning. there is a chance slight chance of a shower sunday afternoon. your weekend will not be a washout. fore

hello to you in saint helena and napa.heavy rain invading you headed out to vacaville, fairfield, vallejo. you are getting heavy rain as well. also american canyon. still pouring in and around san rafael. mill valley, novato, two more lightning strikes. winter weather alert, we have a winter storm warning still in effect for the sierra. this is good news all around. we need the heavy rainfall. we want the heavy snowfall. we are getting both. 25 inches or more of new snowfall in the high e elevations of the sierra. so why all of this stormy weather? because we have been dry for so long, things have turned on a dime. we have a ridge of high pressure which has moved out and is now stuck in the perfect spot allowing the jet stream so sit right over the bay area. everything out there is headed toward us. often stuff misses us. in this case, it is headed toward us. we are more unstable tomorrow as the storm that gave us the rainfall today will now be closer to us. rain, wind, lightning possible overnight tonight, a second day of

scars were still there when i helena man's hand looked at that, i was looking at the last marks of thenet and evidence of the story this man really lived this. that was -- it was moving to me. it was extraordinary. when we parted, i knew i wasn't go together see him again. i think he knew that, too i walked him to his car he put his arms around me he said "laura i know why i've lived this long and it's to see you write this book" and i feel that my life has come to its crescendo. i was fighting back tears as i said goodbye walked back to my front porch and cried for awhile. >> schieffer: have you seen the movie? >> yes, i have. >> what do you think? >> the actor does extraordinary job of capturing louis. this was really on the screen. it was him in all of his soulfulness all of his defines. o'connell is electrifying. he has this elaborate to him that is exactly what louis was. i thought angelina did a magical job in conveying this story on the screen. it was very satisfying for me. >> schieffer: you haven't written much in the last four years. your book has been on the best seller list

luced clare boothe would've been the republican counterpart of helena douglas. her career had started as a writer and editor. she was a managing editor for "vanity fair." she later in the 1980's, married henry luce, the founder of "time" and "life" and "fortune." she had a prominent background to chew is elected to two terms in the 1940's. terms.ected to two 'se turned against fdr's domestic policies. by the time she comes to congress, she is one of the more eloquent spokespersons in terms wartimecism of fdr's management. she is not in isolation list. she is an internationalist. she also is a woman who supports the equal rights amendment and inenhanced role for women the military services and outside the home. so she is something of a feminist as well. [video clip] ♪ from america, this can international delegation comes to the western front on a democratic mission. and luce, the congresswoman playwright and costello and thomas serve on the military affairs committee. the group travels toward the battle line, observing american weapons and supplies powering the b

the napa river is going to overflow at saint helena. >>> kids all over the bay area going to bed tonight knowing they don't have to go to school tomorrow. many schools in sonoma, marin, san francisco, alameda and contra costa counties will be closed tomorrow. mark kelly on the unprecedented rain day for hundreds of thousands of students. >> reporter: jeanette hails from the gulf coast. for her, this storm is not anything to get worked up about. >> i have made it through a lot of hurricanes in the south. this will not bother me. >> reporter: but she is worried for the grand kids and relieved the schools will be closed. >> to the people saying oh, this is way overblown closing school for the day because of rain and wind, what would you say to them? >> they must not have kids. they definitely must not have any kids that they really love. >> reporter: moms we talk to thrilled they don't have to walk in tomorrow's downpour. >> i think it's a good idea so we can be safe. at the house. >> trees, power lines, it will hit right when students are coming or going from school. >> do you want school

helena 3.94 inches of rain. it poured everywhere. i know you're wondering is the drought over? the answer is absolutely not but we did take a very big chunk out of our rainfall deficit. talking about three years of rain that we did not receive over the past week, we have erased up to 10% of our long- term drought. that's amazing considering we are talking about 7 days. we still have more to talk about in the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> one san francisco street was not ready to handle this much rain giving way to a giant sinkhole. take a look. it's massive. more than 20 feet wide. it's in the lake street neighborhood and with more rain on the way, it could be a while before it's fixed. kpix 5's mike sugerman with how an aging pipe system is to blame. mike. >> reporter: liz, you're looking at the sinkhole that ate sixth avenue. could you stand on my shoulders and your head would barely pop up out of the ground. and crews are working as hard as they can to fix this thing because they know more rain is coming. george heard it before he saw it. >> crunch! >> reporter: then he

helena almost 7.5. marin county, fairfax, 5 1/2 inches of rainfall. sunnyvale, yes, sunnyvale with more than 4" of rain. danville 4.11." oakland 3.93." it was the wettest day officially in san francisco in 19 years. and it was the wettest day in san jose since 1958. it was the wettest day in more than half a century. flood advisory until 9:00. i don't expect any new flooding. there is some flooding out there that will be sticking around into the weekend thankfully is looking dry. there's more rain coming. we'll talk about when next. >> oh, boy. all right, paul, thanks. >>> well, check this out. chopper 5 above a sort of a bucket brigade happening in redwood city. the folks flooded out of their mobile home park. they took matters into their own hands trying to use first trash bins to haul away the water. kpix 5's christian hartnett live with more on this massive clean-up. christian. >> reporter: here at the rc mobile park management has been helping out with this situation. they have had a couple of pumps running all day in the back here. they are stil

napa river at saint helena.forecast puts it just above the flood stage of 16 feet of the 16.3 feet. napa river we will actually be looking at napa, flood stage twos 5 feet. the latest forecast puts it a little below flood stage by midnight on friday. you will have to monitor that still because it is fluctuating. the russian river expected to rapidly rise. forecast by 1:00 p.m. on friday and well over the flood stage of 32 feet and coming in close to 35 feet. keep that in mind. in the sierra nevada, blizzard warning 7:00 a.m. to friday 4:00 a.m. i would not head up there during this time period. extremely dangerous conditions with the strong winds and heavy snow. passes will likely get shutdown for several hours. it is better to hold off until saturday to head up to the high country to enjoy the powder. could see a couple feet at the crest. stormy tomorrow afternoon even though the worst hest us in the early -- hits us in the early morning to late morning. mid50s to mid60s. a look at the accu-weather forecast. th

helena tracking light to moderate returns just northeast of santa rosa there, montgomery drive, calestoga road. we will continue to see scattered showers as you look from san francisco to san bruno. very light there. down towards the south bay, morgan hill, gilroy, santa cruz mountains, scattered showers. just offshore, over 100 miles away, our radar is detecting multiple lightning strikes there so the area of low pressure associated with this system still has to come through and that's the second part of this storm that's coming in. we are still watching for some snow in the sierra nevada. it's been snowing lightly, state route 88 requiring chains. we have seen rain mixing in there. south lake tahoe currently raining. it has been snowing, though. temperatures in the 50s, 60s. here's a gloomy wet picture. a welcome sight from the kgo roof camera. waves of showers tonight and wednesday. looking at a chance of thunderstorms, unsettled pattern into next week. we still have a couple more systems coming but nowhere near the intensity of this one. cold front came through, heavy rain as you all

after a a brief period in cincinnati he arrived in helena, arkansas in 1850. over the course of the next decade he grew from a drugstore prescriptionist into a major community leader. by the end of 1851 he granuleduated into drugstore owner and began with membership of the masonic lodge in 1852. he decided to study law. by 1855 he had become heavily involved in local politics. he was particularly active in efforts to prevent the american party, an anti-immigrant party referred to as the no-nothings from gaining a foothold in helena. he became firm friends with a democratic politician, thomas c. hienman, later a confederate general. the two ran a paper together called the states right democrat. i think this illustrates how closely his views aligned with those of his friends and neighbors in arkansas. his association nearly got him killed in may 1856 when a politically motivated shoot out aimed at hienman left one man dead -- clayburn shot him and clayburn clinging to life with a bullet in the chest. as hienman went to congress clayburn focused on the law and bu

napa river at saint helena. the latest forecast puts it just above the flood stage of 16 feet of the 16.3 feet. napa river we will actually be looking at napa, flood stage twos 5 feet. the latest forecast puts it a little below flood stage by midnight on friday. you will have to monitor that still because it is fluctuating. the russian river expected to rapidly rise. forecast by 1:00 p.m. on friday and well over the flood stage of 32 feet and coming in close to 35 feet. keep that in mind. in the sierra nevada, blizzard warning 7:00 a.m. to friday 4:00 a.m. i would not head up there during this time period. extremely dangerous conditions with the strong winds and heavy snow. passes will likely get shutdown for several hours. it is better to hold off until saturday to head up to the high country to enjoy the powder. could see a couple feet at the crest. stormy tomorrow afternoon even though the worst hest us in the early -- hits us in the early morning to late morning. mid50s to mid60s. a look at the accu-weather

helena. santa rosa over five inches of rain. two and a half inches at napa. nearly two and a third inches in oakland. nearly 2.2 inches in san francisco. three inches in redwood city. total at livermore coming up to nearly an inch it will be w area wide. large massive rain beginning to push east and in the wee hours of the morning rainfall breaking up into showers. but that still means we have lots of active weather coming our way. >> because of the storm, in jose, a roof partially collapsed this afternoon. chris nguyen is live with the story. chris? >> dozens of firefighters still remain on the scene here in east san jose. police officers have secured a parking lot area, making sure that no one comes in. that no one comes in. if you take a look behind you can see the personnel. this is a partial roof collapse before 4:00 p.m here and crews believe all have been accounted for. we're told one person injured their leg, but firefighters are relieved, they say it would have been worse and tell me the size of the roof collapse is about 50-50. it happened in produc

helena, and as we move the maps to the south, few showers toward balinas.ll have enough moisture to create heavy mist or drizzle, enough to wet the roadways. mostly cloudy skies out there. looking toward san francisco, the san francisco lights for your saturday evening, here is your forecast with weather headlines. still the chance of a few showers in the short-term. winter begins, winter solstice tomorrow afternoon and a dry weather pattern developing over the next week. as far as the sierra snow, you heard about the totals. you can see sugar bowl, alpine meadows, squaw valley and the chance of a few more scattered snow showers in the forecast for tonight. back here in the bay area, we do have a flood advisory posted for the coast and the bay, not really because of the rainfall, but because of the extreme tides. this in place for sunday, monday and into tuesday. you can see for reference, the high tides at the golden gate bridge tomorrow up a bit. for the king tides basically for sunday and into monday, comes down just a tiny bit into tuesday. so lots of i

helena, flood stage is 16 feet. the forecast is expected to be close to 19 feet by thursday night so exceeding flood stage. if you live near that river, keep that in mind. napa river at napa, flood stage is 25 feet. this is also expected to go over the flood stage by 1:00 a.m. friday, 25.6 feet. then you look at basically the other rivers in the area, russian river, flood stage is 32. look how much higher this river is expected to go by friday afternoon, close to 38 feet. so we will be looking at a high risk of river flooding. blizzard warning in the sierra thursday to 7:00 a.m. to friday 4:00 a.m. gusts 50 to 80 miles an hour with heavy snow, extremely dangerous conditions. passes may get shut down. do not go up there. i do not advise it. stormy tomorrow afternoon, temperatures 50s, 60s. the accuweather seven day forecast, very stormy thursday on tap. friday, the wind and the rain ease up. rain to showers, we do get a break on saturday and then another system comes in sunday night and keeps us in an unsettled patte

helena. santa rosa over five inches of rain. two and a half inches at napa. nearly two and a third inches in oakland. nearly 2.2 inches in san francisco. three inches in redwood city. total at livermore coming up to nearly an inch it will be wet area wide. large massive rain beginning to push east and in the wee hours of the morning rainfall breaking up into showers. but that still means we have lots of active weather coming our way. >> because of the storm, in san jose, a roof partially collapsed this afternoon. chris nguyen is live with the story. chris? >> dozens of firefighters still remain on the scene here in east san jose. police officers have secured a parking lot area, making sure that no one comes in. if you take a look behind me, you can see the personnel. this is a partial roof collapse before 4:00 p.m here and crews believe all have been accounted for. we're told one person injured their leg, but firefighters are relieved, they say it would have been worse and tell me the size of the roof collapse is about 50-50. it happened in produce section of