. >> markham erickson is the director of the open internet question which we referred to earlier, it represents companies such as bull and ebay and netflix. you issued a press release in support of chairman genachowski's proposal. was i fair to use the word ted it? >> well we think it's a very strong proposal. it's a very good first step in the critical step to ensure the internet remains a platform for innovation, free-speech, for the development, for the continued development of the most revolutionary communications platform ever invented. we've got three weeks where the commissioners will work among themselves to fine-tune this rule. we want to support the commissioners as the work to fine-tune this rule. certainly it needs further work. but this is a strong will and a very good first step to ensure the internet doesn't turn into something that looks more like cable tv but remains a platform where users determine consumers. you and i determine where we are going to go and what applications we want to use. >> mr. erickson, you called it a first step. would you like to see as the se

this isn't really about tier pricing as markham was saying. that's a concern for people's wallets and for people's pocket

. >> annette markham is worried. few sandbags. the center only gave them 100 this year. she says that's not going to cut it. >> how worried are you? >> i am worried. i'm worried people are going to lose things from their home. >>> the ben loman firefighters association purchased another 1,000 sandbags, but they don't arrive until tuesday. >> the county is cutting down on a lot of things. they used to give us a lot of sandbags, but with the shortness of funds, our firefighter association took it upon themselves to donate them. >> but the county says not so. all ben loman has to do is ask for more sandbags. he's not going to wait around to see who is right or wrong. he's got a place to protect. >> on the santa cruz mountains, we'll continue to monitor the water level. live along the gaudalupe. i'm damien, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, damien. >>> people all along the bay area are going to need sandbags. contra costa county are handing out free bags. earlier the city was called on to hand out the bags. they had plenty available and residents can take as many as 25 bag

doesn't need to be a perfect strangers to be bombarded the distance don't get a mixture of a bit of markham way would shouting at the only man in the game the fans call the struggling to generate any old friends norman told turned out it's a big club was a bitch a spectator for most of you in the period but try as they might the western conference made is just couldn't find a goal teams remember the first period tied at zero zero zero on the home side were made to pay for their place almost in front of goal just thirty six seconds into the second pair. sas cavitate can be very much against run a plane thanks to days caution strike it wouldn't take long for the comics drawn level despite being short handed and exceed the show managed to scrape the length of the ring to not accounting managed to get the puck past a bunny cats and second time it's just a minute late have a blown one to take it deserved leave just to say it's cause power play was coming to an end to describe you all from a penalty box and he got on the end of an excellent pos before leaving the goaltender for the day and made i

. >> reporter: mission director annette markham has been helping residents impacted by weather for nearly 30 years. the shelves here are stocked with canned foods and other supplies for residents who lose power or are otherwise stuck inside their homes. but after so many years she is not will to predict. >> it's nature. you never know. maybe god will blow it over. it's the same as it always is. >> reporter: in the nearby town of felton this resident is preparing for the possibility that the san lorenzo river will overflow at the covered bridge. when that happens, that means tense times. >> when the river fills up it goes into that ditch and comes straight up here. >> reporter: so when you see the weather forecast -- >> the guy comes by with a bull horn and says you need to evacuate. >> reporter: now, for residents in mountain communities, obviously one of the big concerns is power outages. so emergency workers say now is the time to stock up on those alternative cooking sources, water and obviously a radio, anything to get through what could be happening over the next few days, allen. >>

reporter: many people left for work today only to have to turn around and go back home 72 i work if markham so i couldn't make it but about halfway there and i had to turn around and come back. didn't make it to work. >> reporter: earlier this eechg, evening, a fleet of 18 snow plows. they're having difficulty reaching motorists who need help. drivers we spoke with are frustrated and doing their best to stay safe as they make their way home. >> stopping for fuel in case we get stuck for 12 hours, even though we only live 3 miles from here. >> reporter: jeremy sooky says he'll be busy through the entire day tomorrow. >> there's a lot of different situations out there. you got deep snow. you've got really soft, really heavy and wet. just depends on where you're at. >> reporter: at this hour, many east-west roads in northwest indiana are impassable. police say there are snow drifts 6 feet high in some spots. dozens of school closings tomorrow morning, so be sure to check that before you go to sleep tonight. it is going to be a very messy commute tomorrow morning. mark and micah. >> dan pompei,

>> certainly congress can come in and changed law and hold oversight hearings as markham suggested earlier. weakens a rattling the fcc can't do this is not the same thing is coming in and actually doing the work to change the law so if congress wants to come back and revise the rules that is within the prerogative and nobody would say they can't do that. we feel the fcc has a role to play and to bring the current law and carrying out its duties not to regulate the internet but the access and make sure people have open access to content on the internet. >> prior to december 21st meeting, you expect changes in with the chairman has laid down? >> there will be some changes. my organization as you pointed out said we were disappointed when we started in some respects and i guess my concern of the changes will not be enough to make us strong as we would like to be but that is left to the commissioners to negotiate and as you noted it's not all the time that people would be at the fcc the next couple of weeks and so and sunshine period comes and we can't bother them anymore. >> matthew wood is t

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congress can come back in and change the law, they can hold oversight hearings as markham suggested earlier. we would say that rattling the saber and saying the fcc can't do this is not the same thing as coming and changing the law. if congress wants to come back and revise the rules here, that's certainly within their prerogative. we feel the fcc does have a role to play in interpreting the current law, motto regulate the internet, but to regulate open access and make sure people have open access to the internet. >> host: prior to the december 21st meeting, do you expect changes in the what the chairman has laid down? >> guest: there certainly will be some changes. my organization said we were disappointed by where we were started in some respects, and i guess my concern will be the changes will not be enough to make it as strong as we'd like it to be, but that's left to the commissioners to negotiate. and as you noted, it's not being there all the time, and people will be at the fcc for at least the next couple weeks until the sunshine period kicks in and we can't bother them anymore. >>