tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> they are saying it looks like it's all over, but the voting for theers. that's all that stands between leaving for las vegas. all 32 owners are gathering in phoenix to kick off the league meetings. at the top of that agenda is deciding where the raiders are going to be calling home. despite a last-ditch effort by the city of oakland, it appears the owners has enough votes to move them to vegas. they have to vote question to relocate in nevada. nfl commissioner roger goodell wrote a letter saying he believes a city has a viable solution to keep the team in the east bay. >>> standing up to bullying, families coming together at an east bay high school and a show of solidarity after images were posted on social media. christy smith is live to explain what happened here. >> i can tell you that parents came out today, administrators, they held hands, held a rally. they talked about positive steps they can take to make sure this doesn't happen again.ç the steps of albany high school a large crowd gathered as some parents spoke out. >> a number of images tru

tom jensen is outside of the fillmore theater in san francisco tonight. m, this is where chuck berry once played. >> reporter: he did. it was 1967 for chuck berry where he had his epic concert at the fillmore. he was backed up by another group the steve miller band. if you were going to go on a chuck berry memorial tour, the fillmore would be a definite stop. ♪ ♪ down in louisiana >> one of the greatest albums was live at the fillmore. chuck berry. he paid tribute. >> mel ash of mad monk records and bookstore knows american music. >> it's american music. he's maybe our american beethoven. >> monk grew up with his songs and watched how he helped transform the american music scene. he remembers his first of three live concert. in connecticut in 1972, the police insisted people remain in their seats. >> he says i don't want to hear any of that. kick the chairs out. the cops came out because there was supposed to be no dancing. he launched "johnny be good." >> fans across the bay area also remembered berry and his contributions fondly he also brought such a gi

tom jensen is live with more on this story. tomorrow a very big day for comey. >> reporter: and house minority leader nancy pelosi, of course, from san francisco, has been very vocal about this. she's among a number of lawmakers and people across the country who think this could be one of the most important congressional hearings in u.s. history and there are other bay area connections to this. fellow democratics jackie spear is also on the house intelligence committee and central california republican devin nunez chairs that house intelligence committee. they're expected to ask comey to confirm or deny the existence of criminal investigations into president trump or anyone tied to his campaign because of a link to russia. and he's expected to face pressure to end the explosive claim that president obama ordered a wiretap of trump tower. >> that's a terrible accusation to make. what are they doing but doubling down on it now quoting sources saying that the president worked with the british intelligence to also spy on the presid

tom jensen is live outside of san francisco general tonight. these two were greeted with booming applause. >> and it was a packed crowd today. and there were a lot of cheers for the congress women for saving the aca. but the crowd made it clear to them they want them to move ahead. they want to make sure they work to make sure that every american has access 0 hospitals and doctors without defleetipleting bank accounts. nancy pelosi and jackie speier called it a victory. obamacare survived trump's everts to repeal it. at least for now. speier credited the crowd of about 400 people at this town hall and others like it across the country for gathering together in unified voices and saving the affordable care act. >> it is the democratic process at work. they're demanding these town halls. >> grassroots voices heard not only by democrats but also by republicans who repeatedly condemned obamacare but in the end could not commit to replacing it with the president's health care plan. >> they realize that the american people do not want to repeal the a

for more on that, we go to tom jensen live at the berkeley community theater with this breaking news.his is where he performed, tom. >> reporter: he did. relatively early in his career during his 30s, he appeared and performed here at the berkeley community theater in 1965 and 1969. think about what was going on here at the time. the peace movement. you had this explosion of rock 'n' roll across the united states. you know, his music was mostly with a fun beat but all of the political expressions that came through the music that he influenced really had an influence on the country. much of it born right here in the bay area. a huge loss according to music fans of all genres that we spoke to outside the theater this afternoon. >> he was a tremendous influence and in his own right, he also brought such a gift of music and witness through that. >> he's sort of one of the last era of musicians that really paved the way for so many different types of music that is fundamental to the american experience. >> berry had a spring of hits in the 1950s like "roll over beethoven" rock 'n' roll mus

we're live in oakland, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> good advice there and a good opportunity for the warriors, as he said, psa. >>> a car stolen in livermore ended up at the bottom of the marina in oakley this morning. the fire department responded to the reports here of this car in the water. this is about 8:30 in the morning, the car is about 60 feet away from shore. you see rescue swimmers here from the fire department sprang into action. they wanted to see if anyone was actually trapped in the car. >> the car was submerged all the way under the water. they swam out there, broke the windows out and quickly searched with pipe poles and found no victims inside the vehicle. >> the rescue swimmers then hooked a tow chain to the car and pulled it out. >>> the owner of a company that supplied foreign workers to bay area tech companies is facing visa fraud charges. the u.s. attorneys's office announced that dynasoft's ceo and other man brought people to the u.s. and claimed the foreign workers had jobs at stanford university and broke aid systems but no such jobs existed. the workers

nbc bay area's tom jensen joins us from police headquarters in santa clara. this man has a lot of access to children. what do we know tonight? >> reporter: well, raj, police are not saying what tipped them off to this guy, but they do know that he works just blocks from here at that center that does have children. so, as soon as they had enough evidence to make an arrest, they moved quickly. police say they found disturbing pictures of children, mostly boys on a computer belonging to 63-year-old david bruce lang. they confiscated the computer at lang's santa clara home and arrested him on one count of misdemeanor child pornography. >> i still can't really believe in it >> reporter: the next door neighbor who asks that we not show her face was stunned to hear the allegations. >> he was always a very good neighbor and he was very polite. >> reporter: she says lang mostly stayed to himself and occasionally was with a male friend. a mother of small children, she also said she never felt uneasy about him because he was so friendly. >> we all have like dark parts o

tom jensen has more. >> reporter: when protests against conservative activists got violent last monthudent run tahomas was caught in the middle. it wasn't his first brush with violence directed at him and his beliefs. >> i have been punched. i have been spit on. i had my information posted online. but that night he told nbc bay area, he was in fear for his life as fireworks and stones flew past his head and the ground shook beneath him. so, he says when pro-trump ra y ralliers demonstrate in the downtown saturday, he won't be among them. >> additional safety concerns. we saw what happened the night milo tried to speak. the whole city went into flames. >> reporter: that is music to the group holding the counterprotest. >> we're going to confront and defeat the trump movement. >> reporter: benjamin lynch's group motto is is equality by any means necessary. they plan to gather two hours before the pro-trump ralliers arrive. his hope that the pro-trump people will see their crowd and move on before they even get started. >> we hope they're demoralized. we hope they drive on by. we hope th

nbc bay area's tom jensen is live in san francisco tonight. two bay area lawmakers are going to be questioning comey. this is a hotly and widely viewed investigation. >> reporter: democrats will be asking the fbi director questions. we talked to a bay area political expert tonight and he said what happens in this hearing could make it won it have most significant congressional hearings in u.s. history. >> this would do enormous damage to the republican party any kin of hint between russia and the trump campaign. >> reporter: this political science professor says he hasn't seen anything like it since watergate. the head of the fbi testifying about whether president donald trump or anyone on his campaign team is being investigated for possibly colluding with russia and influencing the election in the republican party's favor. >> this will be unprecedented to think that the sitting president collaborated with russia. >> reporter: the chair of the house intelligence committee says there is no evidence of collusion but house minority leader, nancy

even that your parents will go to. >> reporter: tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> a new era two twoeninsula schools. on friday a school board in palo alto voted unanimously to rename jordan and turman middle schools. they were maimed after two prominent local scientists invofrlted in pretty controversial studies of sterilizing people with undesirable traits all to improve the human race. the community was split on whether to change the names. ultimately the board decided it was the best move. a new name for the schools, though, have not yet been selected. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- the giants were back in action on nbc bay area. let you know how their st. paddy's day went down in desert. t waiorlooto tenthr wninstrk tt gas tigh-- >>> welcome back, everyone bp a live look outside oracle arena. looking to extend their winning streak when hosting the milwaukee bucks. >>> ready for baseball? proud to begin our ninth season at the broadcast home of the giants. meaning even spring training games. scottsdale stadium, a lot of green. fans celebrated st. patrick'

tom jensen, it can create some sleepless nights. >> reporter: we talked to one man who lives not far from here. he talked to me about how those winds come through the bridge, just slam into his house repeatedly through the night. even in moderate winds, the two-story boat house sways and the dock creeks. but when the wind rains, watch out. >> it feels like someone slammed into your boat. >> reporter: for the past three years he's lived in a floating home originally built by his grandfather. this winter it has been one of the harshest tests ever. so while forecasters predicted this latest storm in as many as three inches of rain and travel warnings for high profile trucks, another treacherous winter. >> it has actually blown my door open a couple times. >> reporter: the sounds of those lines stopping haunt patterson as he tries to sleep through the storm. worried that one will pop, allowing him. >> how do you sleep through that in. >> practice. very excited to poe tlings have this big the last big storm to go through. absolutely. >> reporter: i talked to one couple. they were feverish

. >> tom jensen live at san francisco general. they're focused on drivers linked to problems on freeways across the country. >> reporter: that's right. police say that this group is considered very dangerous and has been known to be violent in the past. the 911 call started like many chp dispatchers have taken in recent sears. stunt bikers causing chaos on a california highway. minutes after that call, the lyft driver saw himself in a roadside showdown with those bikers after they smashed his side-view mirrors and his passenger windows. >> they were all hitting and kicking from everywhere. he looked at me. >> reporter: his left leg is now broken in three places was in an interview with chp just before we talked to him. he now says they seemed focused on one gang in particular and may have some photos of suspects. >> they were going to have me go through. if could i remember any of them. >> reporter: but the chp investigators say they're not ready to name any gang or suspect. we do know the methods are the same. i can't tell you fo

we're live at sfo, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> let's get back to our weather. plenty of people stuck in tahoe, but not anymore. within the past 90 minutes, interstate 80 hads reopened in both directions. both directions were closed for most of the day because of what you're seeing, heavy snow. this was the scene in colfax, cars lining up, hoping to get through. but you can see there, the roads are open. i think our morning anchor, laura garcia-cannon, has been stuck in tahoe. >> i know, chains required in many places right now. >> geez! >> what a wild weekend. that hail was crazy. and seeing snow on the local mountaintops, pretty outrageous. >> so much cold air aloft just above the surface that we did have some low snow reports down to about 1,500 feet. i saw a little bit of it myself this waekd. it feels more like winter out here, at least early winter than approaching spring. and that's just really what mother nature wants to deal with lately. a lot of extremes. currently checking in at san jose at 256 degrees. it's been cold all night long and you'll need th

. >> tom jensen joins us in penn grove where the victim's husband said the fbi and sheriff's deputies ransacked his home. >> reporter: he had a lot to say last night, today he would only say his attorney told him to stop talking to reporters after he was named a person of interest in his wife's murder. her brother told me by phone today he suspected murder all along after coming here two years ago after finding his sister's phone and purse, but not his sister at home. >> 73-year-old kerry bailey did not shy from our cameras tuesday. >> they think i murdered my wife. >> bailey's 63-year-old wife vanished while the couple was going through a divorce. for two years her disappearance was treated like a missing person's case. after her body was found two weeks ago, the focus changed. >> sonoma county is not saying how annie bailey died or why this is now a murder investigation. her husband accused fbi and sheriff's deputies of trashing his home during the search. >> a murder investigation. we have a search warrant for his house, and we're only going to take what we deem is necessary eviden

. >> tom jensen continues our breaking news.thom,y updates when they plan on reopening the streets? >> reporter: i talked to a spokesperson for sfpd a short time ago. he said no, there's no end in sight right now. he said they're just taking it one step at a time. their main goal is to make sure nobody is hurt. the person we're talking about is in the crown hotel on the third floor. as far as they know, that person is still in there with the gun. they know they did not get out of that apartment. and they've got snipers across the street. we talked to a man who was told to get out of his apartment because two snipers wanted to get in. he said he was evacuated. >> it was an officer with a sniper rifle and sniper gear on, and across the street on the ground on each level, at the crown hotel, there was officers with tactical gear on. >> reporter: and so people are still evacuated from their apartments, from their businesses. a lot of residual effects. the traffic that we talked about earlier and sfpd says there's no major problems r

today in the bay's tom jensen has more on the life of a rock 'n roll icon. ♪ >> one of the greatest albumsas live at the fill more. he paid tribute to that. >> he knows american music. >> american music and he's the american day beethoven. >> he grew up with berry's so s songs. he remembers his first of three live chuck berry concerts. in connecticut in 1972, the police insisted people remain in their seats. >> he says i don't want to hear any of that. kick the chairs out. and the cops came in because there was supposed to be no dancing. he launched "johnny b. goode." >> fans remembered his contributions fondly. >> he also brought such a gift of music and witness through that. >> he's sort of one of a last era of musicians that really paved the way for so many different types of music. >> things changed after this guy showed up. >> for mel it will always be a little more personal though. one of his good friends played with chuck berry in providence where ash worked as a journalist at the time. >> it was a thrill for him to be playing with the master, you know, a legend. >> he said chuck be