residents here seem to be unphased by the rain. many are not even bothering with umbrellas. the real concern is the high winds and wind gusts. many will topple trees and maybe until first light tomorrow that many of the residents here will have a better understanding of how much damage is going to happen. >> all right. thank you. >> the rain is already coming down in some places in the north bay. let's continue the coverage. live in -- >> call that human rain gauge. report number two. an hour ago we stood here i didn't have a hat. now i do. we have been out here for seven minutes. this is how much rain has fallen on the felt hat. not alarming yet. maybe we don't need the hat yet. highway 101. this is headed north. in just north of the county. it's not always a good commute. it's rarely a good commute. because of the road construction going on. it's not any better tonight. we're worried about flash flood watch at 7:00 p.m. lasting until the morning. high wind watch supposedly already in effect. i have to be honest with you, we haven't had high winds yet. we expect it. we know

at this point, as we all are, committed, and i am unphased, and there is a sense to move this project responsibly with oversight and project management. i know we all share that sense of urgency, and we'll stay focused on doing what we need to do to make this project a reality. and that means finishing cal train lec electricification. and as commissioner, supervisor walton understands, it means looking at governance and oversight both for the joint powers board of cal train as well as the trans bay joint powers authority. so there is much more we can say on this, but i am committed, and we all need to be committed, to bringing cal train into our downtown core. finally, in honor of black history month, i want to recognize the work of garrett morgan. the inventor of a tool that we all use every single day. perhaps we take it for granted, but the three-positioned traffic signal, also known as the stoplight, was patented by mr. morgan in 1923. though it was not the first traffic signal, it was the first one to have the middle yellow light. and it was remarkably smart. mr. morgan actually

. >> reporte asked about it recently, the president appearing unphased. >> do you have any conce ms abouthael cohen's testimony? >> no, no, no. it's lawyerlient, but he's taking his own ch>>ces. eporter: the president's former so-called fixer was sentenced in december to three years in prison for financial crimes and lying to congwss. nos he prepares to head back to capitol hill, cohen facing skeptical lawmakers. >> he's already lied to congress once. now, i know he says he's been born again andll of that, but i don't know how you separate fact from fic with mr. cohen. >> kristenelker reporting there. we can expect fireworks, she says, tomorrow wn michael cohen testifies in public about the president's business dealings. >>> and also right now on capitol hill, top executives from several drug companies are testifying in a senat finance committee hearing. they're discussing the increasing prices of prescription medications. the committee believes drug prices are too high and wants to aynd to lower costs for patients. >>> :32 this morning. comedian jon stewart is leading a push for congress tou

. >> exactly >> great stuff markets really unphased by anything they heard in the rose garden the russellg to become the last major index to exit correction as it's already above its december highs >> industrials one of the best performing sectors given those comments and optimism around trade. it's the best performing sector so far this year despite all the uncertainties and tariffs and whatnot. >> we see at&t up quite a bit this morning ge as well >> have a good long weekend. let's get to the half. >>> welcome to the halftime report i'm melissa lee. stocks continue their surge. the dow is less than 5% away from its all time high >>> the russell is on a tear up almost 16% year to date the industries up 17%. do you stick with the winners? see what the halftime report investment community thinks. >>> we're tracking nvidia as this great trading stock makes a bit of a run >>> the reit run the sector just hit an all time high but one

. >> zero concern from the president's daughter unphased in an abc interview.ongdoing by the trump inaugural committee. the nonprofit was paying the president's d.c. who del$175,000 a day for event space. another scandal, another turn in the russian investigation broadly. in the "washington post" this week two of our legal analysts point out the mueller investigation has sprouted and in there lies the jeopardy for trump. quote what began as an fbi counter intelligence investigation into 2016 presidential investigation has sprouted into multiple investigations in multiple jurisdictions examining multiple possible crimes. whatever trump's personal criminal liability now proven that the organizations he's run, business, political and governmental have been populated with actual criminals. let me start with you. i love this image that you create of this tree emanating from the mueller investigation. when you look at it, how great of a concern is it for the president? >> huge. i mean they described it so well. again, the mueller investigation started for a limited p