terie mckeever will lead the women's squad at the 2012 london games. mckeever is best known for her work with olympic star natalie coglan. the american team won 31 medals at the beijing games. that's a great honor to do that. >> absolutely. >>> joe is in for mark tonight. it's a quarterback shuffle, a change is going on with the 49ers. >> he's back. he has fallen in and out of favor as many times as a career politician, but the 49ers are ping their hopes on alex smith. this is probably smith's low point of 2010, a fumble return for a touchdown against the eagles. two interceptions during that game. smith hasn't played since october 24th, but he thinks he can make the most of what could be his last chance in san francisco. >> i believe i have the ability to make the throws on the field, and i can make plays with my feet when i have to. you know, and i can handle i think any play book that's out there. adjustments you have to make, protection adjustments, i think i can. have i done that consistently? no. but i think that's what i need to do. >> for the s

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mckeever will be the first woman to serve in the head coaching role for the u.s. olympic swim team. >> maybe someday it won't be quite as noteworthy whether you're male or female. >> she's a person who i look up to. >> cal swimmer liz yensen is hoping to qualify for the 2012 games and join her coach at the olympics. >> as women we're doing such great things together, and it's really, really cool, i think, to have a female coach who is so successful. >> if you love sports, there is just not a more electrifying environment than to be able to lead a u.s. team and arguably the best swimming team in the world is quite humbling. >> two cal swimmers went to the olympics in '08. she is hoping to double that number for the summer games in 2012. >> the 2012 games still 596 days away, and just like in years past, nbc bay area will be your official local station. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff paneri. not so bad when it comes to the temperatures. we're tracking that storm. we'll have details coming up in my seven-day forecast. >> i have them every morning. >> it's medicine

terie mckeever has been aappointed to lead the u.s. women's swim team in 2012.is best known for her work with olympic star natalie coglan. >>> we weren't quite swimming in rain today, but people were getting wet out there. bill martin joins us now with the forecast. >> mike, this is what you expect this time in the bay area. it's almost winter, but this is not a powerful storm. it's exactly what we need, and what we're getting. a quarter inch in most places, a half-inch in others, and up to an inch in the heaviest locations. not a lot of wind, and this guy is winding down. as you go to storm tracker 2, you can see it working its way south. we have here you can see the moisture streaming in, starting to work its way just a little bit south. so you see it clearing up here in the north. so the showers are going to gradually work their way out of the neighborhoods in the next, well, probably in the next two hours, by 8:00 or so. by the 10:00 news tonight, i hope you come back, i think we will have widely scattered showers. it's going to look more like this at the 10