. >>> get ready, lovebirds, valentine's day right around the corner. despite a rise in consumer spending, fewer americans are planning to celebrate the holiday this year, but those who will celebrate not watching their pennies. the national retail federation say americans plan to spend about $160 on their valentine's day year, up 13% from last year. total spend something predicted to exceed $20 billion. >> wow. >> that's a lot of chocolate. >> yep, a lot of love >> a lot of love. >>> 4:57 right now. coming up here on "today in the bay," kari and mike are tracking the slick morning condieasttion this morning, as everything is very soggy, starting out. we'll see another round of vierow byrning, and a very chil day. we'll talk about all that coming up next. >>> and kind of a lonely shot here, richmond-san rafael, the east bay picking up the volume, but look at that, you can see the slick roadways, the rain causing reports of flooding and two highway closures we've been talking about. we'll sort that out for you coming up. >>> plus president trump prepares

lovebirds this year, everything you need to know is coming up. and an identical shirt using bounce. has fewer wrinkles, less static, and more softness and freshness. bounce out wrinkles, bounce out static. . . rob: welcome back. senator kamala harris of california called out for tax tweet. the democratic candidate for president in 2020 quoted out the average tax refund is down 170 bucks compared to last year. let's call the president's tax cut what it is, a middle class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%. >> "the washington post" chimed in on this tweeting, quote: fact checker kamala harris leaps to unwarranted conclusions in tax tweet. while refunds are down as she said less money is being withheld. meaning most of us got bigger paychecks last year. this is a democratic talking point not just from her but from many of them and it's not true. jillian: thank you for 21 mostly good years. a sports store owner writing that message to customers after going out of business in colorado. steven martin says he can't afford to keep prime time sports open

so honorable james comey under the bus and maybe not so honorable, but nothing but praise for fbi lovebirdstrzok and page. take a look. >> lisa page, good people who serve this country well. and they have made porous poor decisions in their private lives. that has brought incredible grief and scrutiny on the fbi, i'm sure they regret that, but good people make bad decisions every day. >> sean: good people serving the country well, you mean when the supposedly nonpartisan, high ranking fbi officials talking about opening an investigation into trump as an insurance policy, oh, with him, in order to literally destroy his presidency, undo a duly-elected president, strzok calling the president and 88, abysmal, lisa page calling trump both some and awful. strzok thank hillary clinton should win back the election in 2016, 100000000-0? probably why he rigged the investigation uncovered up the crimes we know she committed. what about when they call donald trump an enormous leap, a [bleep]ing idiot, worse, let's not forget what strzok texted, that he could smell trump supporters, us, in a walmart in

so honorable james comey under the bus and maybe not so honorable, but nothing but praise for fbi lovebirdstruck in page. take a look. >> lisa page, good people who serve this country well. and they have made porous decisions in their private lives and communications they exchange with each other. that has brought incredible grief and scrutiny on the fbi. i'm sure they regret that, but people make bad decisions every day. >> sean: good people, serving the country well, you mean, when the suppose will -- the posted high ranking fbi officials talkg about opening an investigation into trump is an insurance poli, oh, with him in order to literally destroy his presidenca duly elected president, start calling the president and idiots come abysmal, lisa page calling low sum and awful. and hillary clinton should win the election in 2016, 100,000,020? why he rigged the investigation and covered up the crimes we know she committed to. about donald trump an enormous philippe, at worst and smell trp supporters, us in a walmart, southern virginia, these two are harboring aggressive, sick, possessive, pr

look at the average experts say lovebirds will spend on valentine's day this year.s a gift you picked out expensive enough? it doesn't matter. you need to give it with love. come on! more news when we return in two minutes. want to grab a heavier ! today in the bay )s kari hall says you can also expect a few sprinkles. she posted the current temperatures on twitter. >>> as head out the door, grab a heavy coat. "today in the bay's" kari hall says to expect a few sprinkles. follow her and the forecast on twitter @karihallweather. >>> teachers in denver are going on strike today. >> the teachers who failed to reach a deal with the denver public school district, educat r educators say they just want better pay. the district offered to cut 150 jobs from its central office and use the funds for teachers' compensation. it also offered to eliminate performance bonuses for administration staff. first you'll hear from the superintendent, then a teacher. >> you know to get a deal, we need to be at the table truly negotiating. we brought three different proposals with significa