scott budman, nbcargarita now. >> you >> i need more information about my booze. >> thanks for joiningholt is next. >> we'll be back at 6:00. hope to see you then. bye. >>> breaking news tonight. federal prosecutors now investigating after that bombshell from the richest man in the world. amazon's jeff bezos accusing "the national enquirer" of blackmail. is the tabloid's publisher, close ally of president trump, in legal jeopardy? >>> fireworks as the acting attorney general gets grilled about mueller. >> have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chair i and so -- >>> breaking news tonight, a second woman accuses virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual assault. >>> a frantic rescue operation after a

moon is keeping a lot of people, special astronomers busy. >> i can't see it yet. >> not yet. >> scott budmanho's always photographing the moon joins us. you're the resident expert, scott, what are you seeing? >> reporter: not much of an expert but this is fun. tonight is going to get bright and fun. we're just starting to see it. we're here at foothill college, they have an observatory. just over my shoulder you're starting to see the super moon. it's going to be up all night and large, larger and brighter than a typical moon because its orbit brought it closer to the earth. >> the moon happens to be a little bit closer than on average, about 5% closer than its average distance so it's going to look a little bit bigger and brighter. giving us really the closest best view we get of our cosmic neighbor. >> reporter: so that's why they call it the super moon. you're starting to see it rise in the sky here. and it hasn't been in the news all that much for decades, really since the apollo missions, but even right now in america and globally we're starting to study the lunar surface in new, high-t

in oakland, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> the first family of the bay area, they are, the curries. >> definitely. >> jeff ranieri is here now. >> that rainfall is starting now, we are going to see things pick up as we head through the next couple of hours. we're under the micro climate weather alert due to the stronger storm that's going to move in. let's deal with the issue at hand, the possibility of flooding especially throughout early tomorrow morning. flash flood watch in effect through 9:00 a.m. saturday morning for the entire bay area. if you live near a small creek, river or stream, watch it closely, they may rise fast. although i'm not seeing any flooding on our major rivers. it's usually the smaller creeks and streams susceptible to of us from the the spots on the highway they tend to flood, be careful on the roadways late tonight into tomorrow. let's bring you into radar. the national weather service radar is down in the bay area. the only way to get high level detail is stay with us and storm ranger. you're looking at a regional radar network. watch what happens. you'l

reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> scott, thank you. a major announcement involving colin kaepernick. his lawsuit against the national fool league is over, and it's prompting a lot of mixed reactions. settled. neither side is commenting because of a confidentiality agreement. you'll remember the former 49ers quarterback and eric reid claimed they were black listed for the take a knee protest. they were protesting police brutality against blacks. a prominent civil rights activist believes this is a win for both sides. >> vindication for all of those athletes who protested, the people who supported their protest, the league gets a chance, not only to get this garbage offer t garbage off the road but to go back and reflect thousand couhoe better managed going forward. >> some believe he is going to be offered a free agent contract. others feel he sold out, essentially, by settling for a big money payout from the nfl. >>> still to come, tensions ri union waiting to decide whether or not to go on strike. tonight they have the report and will

scott budman is there for us in oakland with the details. scott? >> reporter: yeah, good evening. this was a case of social media helping commuters and alerting a transit agency to something gone wrong. let me show you the scene where it happened behind me where things are still the csed down for hours because of dangerously high-water levels. oats the video raising eyebrows in the east bay. passenger erica joy baker tweeting out her west oakland bus ride where 7th street meet the 880 south on-ramp. rolling through water so deep it laps into the bus. >> the normal protocol and procedure is for that operator to stop if they cannot see the roadway. >> reporter: this is the water the bus drove through. still so high the road has been closed. ac transit admits the driver made a mistake here and the video is under review. >> we have an operator who did what they are not instructed to do trained to do. no operator with ac transit is ever instructed to drive through standing water. >> reporter: we also showed the video to knick who's taken this road both by bus and car. >> i take this ex

scott budman, "nbc bay area news." >> thanks, scott. >>> just in to our newsroom, guenreville k through 8 closed tomorrow, february 14th, valentine's day due to extreme weather and flash flood warnings. >>> during most of our storms there are usually problems on highway 17. today no different. you can see here that small mudslide put mud onto the southbound lanes near laurel road in los gatos, happened about 2:00 p.m., southbound 17 was shut down for about two hours. traffic is still a mess. things are running smoothly again after at least two light poles fell on highway 87 in san jose. it happened this afternoon near sjc right at the first street exit. sky ranger was overhead and you can see the backup this caused, two right lanes were blocked for about an hour. see more damage, we expect to see more damage overnight. nwelace to go on earlier than usual tomorrow morning, our live coverage begins at 4:00 a.m. with our morning team on "today in the bay." >>> storm ranger mobile doppler radar shows our next round of rainfall starting to arrive in marin, napa and sonoma counties, the last

scott budman joins us from all the details. you've been around the block a long time, scott. what have you got? >> reporter: hey, raj, let me tell you and show you what we're up against here. this is the palm tree behind me where that cat had been stuck for six days in a row. >> the little brother has been down at the bottom meowing for days. >> reporter: it sounds almost cl, been stuck in this palm tree for six straight days of sun, rain and wind. >> the last few days, it's been pretty noisy. >> reporter: lauren vallentini lives here. he said the cat, who doesn't have a name, has been part of the local community for two years. it scaled the tree wednesday and has been there since weathering the weather. >> in the rain, in the cold and the wind. >> reporter: too much wind for fire crews to help, so loren went online. >> got on social media and just announced to my friends, hey, how do you get a cat out of a palm tree. >> reporter: the owner of a plus tree service saw the post. >> she saw it on facebook. she thought we have cranes and ropes. >> reporter: today a plus came out

our business and tech reporter scott budman is at netflix headquarters in los gatos with more on the ers and the future for films. scott? >> reporter: it's a future that's going to change a lot. for those of us who love movies, janelle, largely because of what is quickly becoming a movie studio in its own right. netflix, which last night did just as well as any of the major studios. it was one of the surprise hits of the year, and at the oscars, "roma" was a big winner. >> and the oscar goes to -- this name i can pronounce. alfonso cuaron. >> reporter: helping to give los gatos-based netflix as big a night as any major studio. >> netflix last night kind of announced to the world that, you know, we're a big player, and we're here to stay. >> mike whalen teaches media. he says from big movies to small documentaries -- >> i can't believe a film about menstruation just won an oscar. >> reporter: whalen says "roma" might have won the best picture oscar if not for the establishment looking down on the streaming company. >> there's a backlash. we can't give our best prize to that new evil co

not just electric vehicles. >> that was scott budman reporting for us. >>> former president barack obama is in the bay area tonight. the keeper conference is aimed jodi hernandez joins live in oakland. jodi, the former president not the only headliner at conference. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. former president barack obama will be joined by the warriors steph curry as well as singer john legend and a number of other big names. you can see folks are lining up and are walking the red carpet for the welcome dinner for the first, my brothers keeper national conference. ♪ >> leo mercer is on a mission to create hip hop music that has a positive message. >> right now, hip hop isn't giving us any sense of self-worth. it's basically tells you to kill yourself. i have music to heal yourself. >> the my brothers keeper conference, a three-day event of panels and discussions geared at supporting young men of in this city walks with their chin uphis week. the fact that your city was selected because barack obama cares about you, your future, your greatness, your talent. >> former president ba

scott budman is live at san jose city hall of what is being said and tweeted tonight. scott? >> reporter: you are right, janelle. politicians taking to social media and microphones to let constituents know they are not happy with the way the president wants to move money around to fund the wall. it didn't take long for the president's emergency declaration to run into a wall of resistance here in the bay area. >> as a mayor, i deal with real emergencies. not with constructed emergencies. and as a former federal prosecutor, i know this is not an emergency. >> reporter: and it is not criticism. there are threats of multiple lawsuits against the president and his plan. >> it is obstructionism literally in this case in trying to build a wall. >> reporter: that is santa clarita supervisor talking possible legal action. >> i would see the county of santa clarita will get involved in litigation. >> reporter: gavin newsom was more to the point, tweeting california will see you in court. >> i definitely expect there to be lawsuits and several lawsuits filed. >> reporter: but law profe

our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us in san jose. scott, even in the softening market, what are the numbers here? >> reporter: it's amazing, raj. isn't that amazing to say, the most expensive region in the entire country? and yes, if you want to buy a median home here, you have to have a salary of more than $250,000 a year. you know the prices of homes in silicon valley, but a new study shows how much money we need to make before we can buy one of these. >> i think it's a big uphill battle. >> reporter: yep, mortgage tracker hsh says to afford a median home in san jose, you ma. >> i live in an expensive town. >> reporter: too expensive for deborah johnson to buy a home, even with a tech job. >> i think it's driving a lot of people away, and it's, you know, it's a struggle to have diversity of people, people of different income levels. >> reporter: a point backed up by agent holly barr of sereno group, who says most home buyers here are wealthy tech workers. >> i see more young techies with, you know, they've got a lot of stock options

in oakland, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> see what a nice husband he is. all right. >>> up next at 6:30, pulling out of a treaty. the reason president trump is backing out of a nuclear arms deal with russia. >>> and we continue our microclimate weather alert coverage. jeff is tracking that rain that's coming through the bay area right now. we have an update on what we can expect during the super bowl weekend. stay with us. (mom vo) it's easy to shrink into your own little world. especially these days. (dad) i think it's here. (mom vo) especially at this age. (big sister) where are we going? (mom vo) it's a big, beautiful world out there. (little sister) woah... (big sister) wow. see that? (mom vo) sometimes you just need a little help seeing it. (vo) presenting the all-new three-row subaru ascent. love is now bigger than ever. weather alert. rain hitting the bay area, but this is just the appetizer for tonight )s main course. let )s take look at our live >>> we're under a microclimate weather alert. rain is hitting the bay area, but this is the >> you can

reporting in millbrae, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott., a sudden breakingaddre those popular electric scooters. l sex abuse charges. >>> r. kelly is out on bail after pleading not guilty to several sex abuse charges. the charges are linked to four under age girls. after posting bond this afternoon, you can see him here on the right side of your screen. the 52-year-old of walked out of jail and was whisked away in a van without answering any ons. >> i sen room patients taken to an out of network hospital. emergency patients are brought in by ambulance and sometimes unable to tell paramedics which hospital would work best with their insurance. going to the wrong hospital could drastically increase what you're charged. it happens to millions of patients stayed wide. senator chu and weiner rolled out a plan. >> they can't charge them for collections more than the deductible. >> a major medical e have worry about. they should only have to worry scooter companies has an issue, brakes. lime said testing has revealed a technical bug that causes t

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scott budman is in downtownh th story. >> reporter: good evening.t is a busy day for the apartment complex beh ev erod today because the owner of the building wants to turn it back into a hotel. it is a bitter moving day for many long-time residents of palo alto's president hotel apartments. >> i've lived here almost 30 years. >> reporter: this man said today feels more like an eviction from his affordable home. >> people asked the question, do i have plan b., i don't have plan b. >> reporter: six months ago the owner a.j. capital partners of chicago told tenants the apartment will be turned into a hotel. >> moving after ten and a half years, come on, it is a drag. i'm not only moving my office, i'm moving my home. >> reporter: some, like michelle, have a place to go and are wrapping things up but say they were told they would have until the end of june to make other plans. they recently found out they had to be out by today. >> i don't bla. they saw an opportunity and they seized i do blame is the lack of coming together and communication in a stra

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> so cool. we have two super bowl stars. thank you. >>> back to our weather alert. today's temperatures have caught the attention of social media. here is the view from the coast of pacifica. ayesha tweeted this with the arctic air at the coast today. that's true. there's snow on mt. hamilton. the blizzard like conditions, the sheriff's department sending us this video. we got a lot going on. kind of cool to see the snow. >> it's so today. you walk outside and it was blustering. you had to search for the heavier jacket. we'll keep the cold conditions over the next several hours. we're looking at the low snow where we could get a rain mix down to sea level. it's pretty unusual occurrence for us. seems like every three to five years we tend to get an event like this. let's get you prepared for this. if you're doing any traveling over next 12 hours, i want you to know that 1,000 feet and above you'll be facing the slickest conditions. highway 128 you encounter snow. mt. diablo, highway 17 right there on skyline boulevard. total

scott budman is testing it out. the bots can help you find your drink, tell you more about it, and even track inventory. shoppers tell us there's still some bugs to work out. >> granted, it's taking a while. >> i was going to say, maybe it's drunk. >> is it worth the time to interact with the robot or could you do it -- >> i could probably do it myself. >> the robots were built by fellow robots headquartered in concord. >>> now to assessing the damage. these are new images from yosemite. the national park service says all the recent snow is taking a toll. about 50 guest cabins at half dome village have been damaged or destroyed. some employees have had to find temporary housing. the mark service says yosemite received up to two feet of snow from the recent storms. >>> and now to this video from the sierra. the road to lake tahoe and routine no is very dangerous. our microclimate weather team is forecasting 1 to 4 feet of snow over the next few days. maximum chain controls are in effect for much of interstate 80. >>>

scott budman joins us there on campus. and they should rename the field behind you julian edelman stadium. >> reporter: a couple of more mvp trophies and super bowl wins and they just might. julian edelman coach in high school said while he was watching the game yesterday he saw a lot from julian edelman that he saw years ago in high school. that is taking situations where he wasn't supposed to do all of that well and turned it into big yardage. he was a quarterback in high school, of course now on all-pro wide receiver for new england and you hear a lot about julian edelman and we heard it yesterday, he's only 5'10". well, edelman's high school coach said he was even smaller when he played here at woodside but he worked very hard and every weekend he got the here i nobody gave a snow balls chance to, and because he took that as a chip on his shoulder, he was able to go ahead and turn that into some major, major accomplishments and that is the kind of -- that is the kind of young man that he is. >> reporter: some good coac

scott budman, we know housing is a major problem. what is new about today's report and how young are we talking about when we say young. >> it is not us any more. >> but we talk about this a lot. it was the american dream and now for young people it is turned into a nightmare. not a whole lot of housing and as you know, the prices are sky high. and those two factors are becoming really tough. this is a survey that just came out from quinnipiac university, and 43% of california voters saying they can't afford to live here. if you are young, 18 to 34, that number soared to above 60%. 77% overall said the state has a housing cs. and yes, while people are buying houses, these days they are reaching for more places to fin and parents, they're getting a little more creative in financing than maybe people are aware of. pulling -- i've seen people full from a 401(k) and at 30 you start to have that or going further and further out. >> that is moving to places like tracy or gilroy to commute to si silicon valley. >> creative financing and thi

. >>> speaking of apple, scott budman talked exclusively with the doctor who is spear-heading the company'sh into health care. you can watch their conversation on our website, including what apple is pledging not to do with your health information. >>> the food and drug administration gave its okay to a new nasal spray, which includes a compound similar to ketamine or special k. in the past infusions of the drug are known to help people with severe depression. the side effects includes dizziness, nausea, and unpleasant feeling. the hope is that spray will work quicker than the traditional on t antidepressants. >>> a new type of spy is at work in silicon valley. >> we've seen examples of the big threat to a way of life and terrorism. >> stephen stock has been working on this story for more than five years. >> this isn't the old spy versus spy-like russia and the united states engaged in during the cold war. this is superpowers mostly the government of china stealing technology and trade secrets from u.s. companies, and silicon valley is target number one. we analyzed millions of records from