nanette miranda, nbc bay area news. >>> new this morning, a few more steps for mankind as astronauts take a space walk today outside of the international space station. the goal is to install a communications system that visiting vehicles will use to navigate to the station. to do that, astronauts terry burst and commander, barry willmarch are installing more than 400 feet of cable plus two antennas. this adds on to more than 350 power line already laid during last week's space walk. >> the video is so incredible anthony. you remember when we had the first walk on the moon. now, it is standard. we have the go pros. we can see it. >> what's this talk about sending people to mars all of the sudden. >> elon musk says that's one of his big game plans. he wants the internet to mars. >> i am happy with my feet on the ground here on earth. >> the weather in the bay area doesn't get much better. >> no, it doesn't. if you are looking for sunny skies on mars, i don't know. we have meteorologists to do tracking of the atmosphere. >> beautiful skies. look at this shot coming in from the north th

that's where we find nanette miranda. it's the year of the ram. >> reporter: yeah, year of the ram. very exciting. take a look at all these people. with the weather so nice here in san francisco, a large turnout is expected tonight. that's a high school marching band from alameda starting at the beginning of the parade. those kids are excited to be in it this year. parade watchers are really excited. many got here early to get a good spot. veterans are used to watching this parade in the cold. so many brought blankets and jackets. they might need it later when the sun goes down. but there will be 90 attractions. lots of red and gold which symbolize wealth in the chinese culture. there will be 100 pounds of glitter and a few miles of decorative paper. we found folks in the parade for the first time and watching it for the first time. >> very excited. because you can say hi to everyone and you can dance and sing. >> i figured it was going to be a long day so we'd get a spot. it was going to be three hours, i think. so we figured, be smart, sit down, enjoy. >> reporter: it's the year o

nanette miranda, nbc news. >>> the pontiff addressed thousands in st. peter's square encouraging understanding and respect of women. activists say women have been traditionally marginalized in the catholic faith but he's stirring expectations there may be big changes in the role women play in the church. >>> today marks the 50th anniversary of selma, alabama. the difficulty crossing today was not because of police brutality but because of close to 100,000 people there to continue the journey. nbc's jay gray was there. >> reporter: sunday morning in selma begins in church. ♪ hundreds packing the chapel so many gathered 50 years ago to begin their march from selma to montgomery. a peaceful protest for equality and the right to vote. that was silently turned back as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. as they gather here now to honor those foot soldiers who took the first difficult steps, there's also a clear and constant message. the battle and journey aren't over. >> we will march on until every citizen is afforded his or her fundamental right

nanette miranda, bay area news. >> and the family did remember the officer at city hall where people who didn't know the officer showed up, cheryl. >> yes, there was a big crowd here tonight, and over 200 people came to mourn and pay their respects for men and women in blue. >> for thine is the king dom anddom and the power and the glory -- >> reporter: it has p been three days and the san jose community is still grieving the life of officer michael johnson. >> i honor you today, michael. >> reporter: and the community gathers in the city hall plaza to the reflect. >> we lost a 38-year-old man dedicated to the communeity in the prime of his life. >> thank you. >> reporter: a man that many in the audience didn't know but they realized that he made the ultimate sacrifice trying to make others safe. >> and surrounded by the comrades of the san jose police department. >> reporter: the gathering was for them as well. >> it is truly unfortunate and tragic the event that we had tuesday night, for all of us. >> reporter: as the crowd mourned the loss of officer johnson, they thanked the men

in san jose nanette miranda, nbc bay area news. >> you see a lot of folks wearing hats because of therain coming down. >> rob is not wearing one. >> lucky guy, he's in the studio. >> now the rain has moved on. 40s and 50s outside right now. north bay tomorrow really chilly, mid 30s possible for the morning. but today the story was intense rain showers, out by evergreen, not just rain, but hail that came down. the rain gauge, almost a half inch. you can see why that was the bull's eye for that thunderstorm moving about 10 miles per hour dropping hail that's still sticking around. overnight, we'll see a few lingering showers around the hilltops but nothing nearly as intense as what we had this evening. also around daly city, a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. but the trend from very active while the sun was up and then the sun sets, watch how the intensity of the showers winds down. most of the action now is off to the south, the air of low pressure which came through, brought in the cool air aloft, which triggered intense showers around the bay area today. those showers shutting do

live in san jose nanette miranda, nbc bay area news. >> next at 11:00, a bizarre death on a south bay campus. what clues were found at a swimming pool that is raising suspicions. and also -- >> it took me 20 minutes to find a parking spot. >> business is booming, but neighbors are seething. and what can be done to solve them. >>> and slowing the memory loss and a potential breakthrough in alzheimer's treatment. >> i'm jeff ranieri, and we are tracking a storm that is going near the coastline, and when we talk about the rain prospects in the weekend in a moment. >>> the discovery of a body at the bottom of a san jose high school pool is raising suspicions tonight. students at piedmont high made the discovery this morning getting ready for swim class. police officers will only officially say that the person was an adult male, but sources say that the man was weight eded ghoun the pool, and that the pool had a cover. >> we know that the pool was covered after swim practice at approximately 6:30 and uncovered at 8:00 a.m. >>> and the pool has a 15-foot fence and barbed wire surrounding it

that's where we find nanette miranda. it's the year of the ram. >> reporter: yeah, year of the ram.ting. take a look at all these people. with the weather so nice here in san francisco, a large turnout is expected tonight. that's a high school marching band from alameda starting at the beginning of the parade. those kids are excited to be in it this year. parade watchers are really