. >> this little rainmaker is going to sweep on through in san francisco.front is not going to push on through. so we have rays of sunshine and increasing clouds and a chance of rain by noontime throughout the afternoon and even into the evening hours. then we clear out. we're warming up again tomorrow and much warmer with an offshore flow, back to where we should be. >> can we handle it? >> that is going to do it for us. we're off early because of the grand prix of st. petersburg. i'm carolyn tyler, with lisa argen have a great sunday everyone.

east bay, heavy amounts of rainmaking their way through. concord is going to see more rain.re scattered showers now as most of the front as pulled through there. still, there's plenty of clouds to deal with. we've got a chance of more scattered showers through the night. fairly warm rain, throw. you've got 64 degrees in mountain view and it's 60 degrees in vallejo. if you're traveling around the state, more scattered showers through much of california. you have to watch out. up in the high country, warm storm system. so you're going to see a mixture of snow. temperature is not all that cold but staying unsettled over the next couple of days. the storm system starts to fall apart. there's another storm system well off the coast. that one is going to approach the bay area. rain on tap or tonight. looks like as we head toward the midnight area and then tomorrow morning, not a washout for the commute, but it may be a little wet outside. overnight, you will see raindrops start to diminish and then the commute early on. as we head toward the afternoon tomorrow, the skies are going

a break on tuesday, and another heavy rainmaker due in here on wednesday and thursday, and tomorrow afternoon, spring arrives. >> alan: with a lot of rain. on to shu who has been tracking the only local team in the tournament. >> mike: even if they weren't, ladies first. stanford moves on, we show you how, and the men lose their number one seed. [ female announcer ] we make it little and black. you make it flirty and fun. we make it floral. you make it bloom. we make it fitted. striped. polka dot. casual. flowy. you make it amazing. with hundreds of designers at jcpenney you can find a look that's uniquely you. ♪ we make it affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. >> mike: march madness, women, stanford, gets a tuneup against uc davis. the aggies came to play. the trey. davis out to an 11-8 lead. but stanford woke up. then pollen, pac-10 marry of -- player of the year. more of the same in the second half. lindsey, one of her four second-half three. stanford up 25. condoleezza rice approves. stanford moving on with the victory. >> 3.8 shooting is ton cop -- contagious. i think it's definitely

this will be a good rainmaker. we should see a break on saturday.e is a look at your 7 day around the bay, dry today and heavy rain friday, should stay dry and saturday. sunday morning, another round of heavy rain rides the coastline and last into sunday afternoon. another chance of rain monday. >>pam: 2 officers run for their lives a while police chase through two states of the most expensive dog of the world. kimberly is here with today's edition of take a look at this. >>christine: for going to start off with this breaking car crash. police officers diverting traffic away from an accident on the highway in misery. of what to watch the wright card on the right-hand side and the direction it's going there. the car slammed into the patrol car, one officer jumped over the medium and another ball to down the highway. police said the driver wasn't paying attention and somehow did not see that car on the highway. no one was seriously injured and the driver was ticketed. what started as an escape from a prison ends after a police chase through not one bu

. >>> another rainmaker is coming on to the west coast. your regional forecast is coming up.re watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >> sports, productivity is about to go down in offices around the country this week because so many people will be filling out their ncaa brackets. here is mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. start filling out those brackets. pick up your upsets and let the madness begin, the field is set for the ncaa tournament. but before the 68 teams were announced, there were conference championships to be won. let's start in the big ten. top ranked ohio state keeping things rolling against penn state. the buckeyes locked up the number one seed overall in the tournament with a decisive win 71-60. it is their second straight big ten title. a classic acc championship duke and north carolina. nolan smith leading the way for the blue devils. duke wins it 75-58, the top seed in the west. the other number one seeds are kansas in the southwest and pitt in the southeast b

we'll see periodic breaks, but these are going to be windmakers and heavy rainmakers as well. we'll step through time tonight. showers, you wake up for tomorrow morning's drive. probably a wet go of it for many of us. then we see a brief break before that next rain moves in for tuesday. let's step through the forecast tonight. actually pretty mellow, isolated shower, outside chance for a thunder drs show thundershower. if we do get a thundershower, it will produce small hail. tomorrow, it won't be as windy. we should get into the low 60s and it looks like there won't be much of that coming our way for the next several days. it doesn't matter where you go. mid-50s will be the story for us. as we take a look at oakland, 57. 54 santa rosa. we'll see the southwest picking up overnight tonight. into tuesday, that's probably our best chance for a dry stretch of weather. i think most of tuesday will actually be dry. then tuesday night, the next rain moves in. like i said, each of these storms is going to be a windmaker, so we got saturated ground, lots of rain, lots of wind. i don't

a big rainmaker.ost spots will see an inch or two, at least, as this system moves onshore, upwards of five, six inches in the high spots overnight tonight. temperatures actually relatively mild overnight, with readings in the 40s to about 50 degrees. let's fly around the bay. the temperatures really won't be the big story. it's going to be the winds. for our valley locations, gusting to 35 and 40 miles per hour. yep, sure thing. in the high terrain, gusting as high as 60. that's definitely in the damaging wind range for us. temperatures over the next several days, really won't go anywhere. i mentioned that spring begins tomorrow at 4:21. maybe you could see a break or two of sunshine. here's your forecast. well, it's the wrong forecast. i'll just have to voice over it. there's a lot more cloud cover. we'll show you the real seven-day forecast at the end. show. >> that looks nice, though. >> rain all the way through. let's stick with that one, shall we? but it's going to be cool and wet all week long.

the dash will exemption and chris dodd is certainly falls into that category of big time big name rainmaker who gets the job because he has the connections and he has the relationships but he's not doing the down and dirty in the trenches lobbying a lot of people say well that is just a technicality and maybe we should address it now of course right now with the unrest in the middle east a lot of attention is being thrown on those people who it turns out have been perhaps lobbying for some dictator is that like you said there's a lot of anger at those who may have lobbied against the law straight out of the financial crash into. thousand and eight so is hollywood a step up is that kind of the better person to lobby for rather than a four indicator or a wall street well certainly if you are lobbying for hollywood you have a lot going for you but a lot of consumer rights groups are not very pleased with a push is the kinds of policies they push on the hill these are movie studios remember they want to keep control of the content of their movies for as long as possible and a lot of consumer gr

a quarter inch of rain for most of us so not a big rainmaker. we'll see a little bit more there and could be a little gusty at times when the front swings on through tomorrow or should i say into sunday. forecast highs for today 64 expected in berkeley. 65 in hayward. upper 50s along the coast. 58 pacifica. 66 morgan hill this afternoon. again a great looking day today into tomorrow. increasing clouds which could be mostly cloudy for our saturday. we begin to shave our afternoon highs. sunday we're wet. we're cooler. we're damp. tuesday 60 degrees. back to the desk. >>> thank you. the american idol judges were supposed to pick 12 finalists, but they didn't. the unexpected results of last night's show and what it means for those two bay area contestants. >>> he disappeared four years ago, he was assumedded to be dead. why the government is convinced a retired fbi agent is alive. >>> good morning to you. we'll have partly cloudy skies. we're going to be dry but the rain will return. it comes as early as saturday night. >> thank you. welcome back.

next rainmaker will be tuesday into wednesday.unties looking at possible flooding right through noon and in the mountains we're looking at the winter storm warning, 11:00 very gusty winds. be careful. if you are headed around 50 and 80. less wind and rain showers, thunderstorms and monterey bay another inch down there. i talked about the break on tuesday. wednesday and thursday, another half inch or so and friday, we are still looking beyond it. kind of unusual. >> but nothing like what happened overnight. >> we're not going to see as much wind but don't put the rain gear away. >> let's check out sports. march madness continues. the field will be whittled down to the 16 today on ncaa tournament. yesterday the stanford women played their first game of the tournament on the farm. here is mike shumann. >> good morning, we'll start you off with march madness. stanford, little tune-up against u.c. davis. the aggies came to play, casey rich dropped in a 3. he gets it going. going down low and that is pretty. the 3 and gives stanford a 1

here comes the next potential rainmaker for tomorrow from the north bay and just a slight chance of showerst this next system is a much more vigorous storm system likely to produce significant rainfall for the entire bay area on friday. we'll start the forecast animation at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon at which point most locations dry. rain way up north and then later in the afternoon and into the evening hours we will see a little spot. >> rain developing mainly in the north bay as the evening rush begins. overnight tomorrow night into friday morning the rain gets more organized. by 5:00 friday morning the start of rush hour, rain in the north bay. a lot heavier in the morning hours. southward and eastward and cover many of the bay area by late friday. friday afternoon and late afternoon and evening we will see some showers and rainfall totals will be pretty significant in some spots. north bay between 3/4-inch and an inch and a half by 5:00 p.m. friday. east bay 4/10 to 8/10. south bay a quarter inch to a half inch. in the sierra, storm watch in effect. 6 to 12 inches of snow there above 5,00

but tuesday night into wednesday, the next rainmaker bringing maybe another half-inch of rain. 57 in. 56 palo alto with a few peaks of sun. rain showers, thunderstorms today. yeah, we are still looking at the same old, same old, although the very strong and windy cold front is behind us. you will notice wednesday and thursday. this is the next system we are going to watch out for because we are well above rainfall totals for average for this time of year. anything we get now, it will be a little dicey. >> jim: and the rainy season is getting ready to end, doesn't it? >> it goes on through july but in terms of -- yeah, we should be looking at much less rain. not this week. >> all righty. thank you, lisa. coming up at 7:00 is good morning america. we are joined live from new york to tell us what is coming up. i would assume that you are going to start with libya? >> that's right. good morning, caroline. libya front and center this morning. u.s. and european forces pound the country overneat with missiles. and now moammar gadhafi is creating a human shield as he surrounds key sites with

one of california's biggest rainmakers ever. spawning blizzards and tornadoes across the country. >>> and dancing debut. kirstie alley, even the karate kid, begin their quest for the mirrorball trophy. >>> good morning. the no-fly zone in libya appears easier to enforce this morning after another round of military might. >> here, now, are the latest developments from libya. u.s.-led air strikes lit up the skies over tripoli for a third night. >> but the american military commanders are looking to hand over control of this operation as soon as possible. >> president obama says, while moammar gadhafi needs to go, the libyan leader is not the target of the air strikes. emily schmidt begins our coverage this morning in washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. moammar gadhafi has kept an uncharacteristically low profile the past couple of days. no signs of him amidst all the signs of an expanding no-fly zone. for yet another day, coalition forces are targeting libya. a no-fly zone is in place

i could rainmaker.and winds and possible thunder as the storm rolls through friday. i don't see any reason to put right in the forecast for saturday. maybe a few sprinkles, the neck strong wave of rain will be early sunday morning into the early afternoon and again potentially monday afternoon. but to check up on your snowballed ski report. nearly every ski report has seen some. there valley, sierra at tahoe 80 in. at the base after getting a foot of fresh powder. sugar bowl 22 in. of fresh snow in the past 24 hours. for more information on the ski resorts and others just log on to its no bomsnowbomb.com. [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn... ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ in here, medical history follows you... even when you're away from home. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities, creating and integrating solutions, helping business, and the world..

it will not be a huge rainmaker all. by 4:00 dry conditions are expected. a look at temperatures bay area wide. upper 50s for the north bay and its one to get cloudy there first. as the storm approaches we will see increasing cloud cover. that's why temperatures on north bay will be cooler than temperatures down in the south. south bay conditions in the low 60s for tomorrow. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, rain tomorrow but mainly shower conditions. heavy rain only in the north bay. friday and saturday dry conditions expected with a decrease in clouds each day. next major storms had to push through sunday into monday. it's definitely going to be a stronger storm the what was sought tomorrow. >>pam: a quick programming note to tell you about this friday kron will run nbc programming. at 8:00 p.m. you can catch who do you think you are? followed by monk at 9:00 p.m.. kron 4 news at 11:00 and catch dr. phil at 3:00 p.m. again this friday. we'll be right back. >>catherine: the suspect in the arizona shooting is back in court. the question is whethe

--the agreed movesgreen moves--sunday you hao be concerned about that it will be a big rainmaker it will be like what we saw few days ago come through. next week looks pretty good morning forecast coming up. storm tracker 4 we >> erica: we a verare hot spot for this morning. the bay bridge hopefully will see is same conditions the last few days light conditions. picking up the san mateo bridge westbound and eastbound 92, in good shape. no problems across the span accident, an incident free here. southbound 1 01 top speed 60 mi. an hour and no problems as you make your way out of marin county. i do want to pick up overnight construction on the traffic mess. northbound 880 between 92 we have our road way closure by caltrans. detour is set up until 4:30 a.m. hopeful leak with the next 12 minutes or so. >> will: prosecutors dropping the drug case involving four officers. they are under investigation for illegally rating residence and allegedly lied about the bus in police reports. the dismissal comes one day after the public defender's office released videos that contradicted to police repor

there's the rainmaker. you see a well organized system of low pressure pushing onshore in the pick northwest tomorrow. driving a cold front through the area capable of producing heavy rain at time. keep that in mind. could see a dangerous commute tomorrow morning and tomorrow evening. cold conditions set in for the weekend. 54 degrees. chilly showers on saturday. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> christina, show you the slowdowns. concord, very slow. 242, southbound 680, approaching the walnut creech interchange. lafayette could have drigerred that slowdown. slow approaching the bay bridge maze area. a live look at the toll plaza shows a relatively light line of traffic at the toll plaza itself. looking good, south 380 through oakland. there we go. end with this map. slow in the northbound direction. >> not too bad. >>> another news update in half an hour. the "today" show continues in less than a minute. have a happy st. patrick's day. >>> 8:00 on a thursday morning. the 17th day of march, 2011.

big rainmaker on friday. >>> don't forget.ble or weather.com -- sofia vergara. >> come on. do you fight for your rights if you don't get your money's worth at a restaurant? you may be surprised what we found on hidden camera. first this is "today" on nbc. >>> this morning on "today's consumer" we begin a special series called would you fight for your rights? so armed with a hidden camera we tried out different scenarios to see if and how customers complained. >> our first stop was a famous manhattan eatery in midtown manhattan. we pulled a fast one to see how customers would react to less than stellar circumstances. fresco by scotto is a popular new york city restaurant known for good food and big portions, but not today. with the help of manager john and owner marion, we had the kitchen significantly reduce portions to see how many diners would fight for their rights. it didn't take long for these guys to feel they were being shorted with the bread basket. >> can you spare some bread? >> can you splurge a little? >> they call

all the things that is wrong with you, i doubt people -- people should watch the movie called "the rainmaker it tells the truth. no matter what it does, you have that for years. host: sam is a republican from hot springs, arkansas. you are on the air. caller: i am calling -- i work for the telephones communications company, and i had insurance. my son is in college. i found that this year because of all, as health care bill -- because of obama's health care bill, that i cannot provide him dental and vision. i could not pay extra out of my own pocket and get it through my answer is because of this health care bill. host: why is that? caller: because the insurance companies did not give me an explanation. they said that is the way that it is. host: is your son -- he is not in college? caller: he is in college, second year. host: and it is limited as to what kind of coverage you can give? caller: 04 of the health-care law, the insurance company covered him until he got out of college and i could provide him with a vision in denton -- in toronto. he is still on my health care and i paid extra fo

the rainmaking its way in. next 48 hours tells the tale. prescriptionwise, from virginia all the way up into new england, at least an inch of rain but the bull's eye of the heaviest rain, northern new jersey, eastern pennsylvania, southeastern new york. three to five inches. could be seven inches of rain. this is what it would take to cause flash flooding. this is what we are looking at where ron allen was. it would take less than an inch of rain to cause flash flooding. three inches in long island. an inch to an inch and a half in pennsylvania and new jersey. with the forecast of up to three, five, maybe six inches of rain. you can see why flooding is going to be widespread throughout the northeast. matt, meredith? >> thank you very much. al will have more of the forecast in a couple of minutes. >> first a check of the top stories. ann curry is at the news desk good morning. >> good morning. we turn to the outrage in wisconsin where the republican controlled senate voted to cut collective bargaining rights for public employees. nbc's john

charlie sheen become as robin hood for the cast, gets them the money, become it is rainmaker for lesatings of the show would be bigger than "today," bigger than the super bowl. this is an amazing win for charlie sheen if this happens. >> i know you're talking a little bit outside of school because you're really a lawyer. are there legal reasons why cbs would consider this? >> sure. in my opinion they are going to owe him a lot of money either on the breach of contact or the discrimination issues. so it's cheaper to settle this. they can both be winners. cbs can be a winner. les moonves can look like a hero. charlie sheen is a winner, the cast is a winner. the public wants him back on the show. >> steve is chomping at the bit. >> linda, the public wants a diversion from horrible things going on. the public wants a diversion from japan, libya. the horrible, real things going on. but they want a freak show. charlie sheen going on jimmy kimmel and kissing him, that's fine. but it's not the same as going to a weekly, family sit com. >> oh, no, no. >> listen. >> no, no. >> this guy -- one