this is in union on the intersection of union city boulevard and whipple. we're trying to get more information and answers for you with regards to what happened with the water main break and the traffic impact and the surrounding streets. >>> unsuccessful high-speed suspects thought they could ram they way into the apple store with a u-haul. this was at the apple store in berkeley early this morning. officers found the abandoned truck with engine still running and shattered glass where the front door used to be. police say metal security gates stopped the truck b and prevented the thieves from stealing the apple gear. >> happened at 3:23 in the morning and not people out. >> what a drag. yeah. that's kind of hard to drive a car into a glass door. so that's a shame. >> thieves have targeted this happened store before and why the store added the metal gate. >>> it is a long road to recovery for survivors of the wildfires. state leaders are now taking proactive steps to stop the next fire from sparking. nbc bay area's sam brock joins us in marin county with th

some good news to report as well whipple road at dyer street. they should have this wrapped up within the next couple of minutes. caltrans closures this morning as well. those were in the clearing stages as well also. all lanes now open. in fact most of the south bay is in the green. so no delays as you work your way northbound 101 san jose all the way towards san jose. here's a look at your forecast. here's mary. >>> we are starting off the day with areas of dense fog. here's a live look. and in san francisco we've been watching the fog just kind of roll in and out here. our temperatures are mainly in the 40s. 47 in concord. oakland 49. livermore 41. downtown san francisco 52. san jose 46 and santa rosa coming in at 48. talk about the visibility. we're looking goodywar chk out the north bay here. zero still for tib in pedaluma. half mile in napa and 3/4 of a mile in santa rosa this morning. so morning fog, chilly temps. a few showers are possible for the north bay today. we're tracking an upper level low to our north and so the north bay has a

it's still closed northbound between smith street and whipple road. so that is something we have at this point no time line on when this will reopen but be aware of the water quality. water officials say it's okay to drink and there's a track hazard there in union city. anne makovec at the news desk. >>> it was preexisting defects amend holes cut into the steel in the tracks in san francisco. the beams cracked in september six weeks after the $2 billion center opened to the public. contractors sent samples to the east coast for testing. that company said the flaws developed during fab brilcation and got worse as the steel reheated as crews used torches. now they will have to bolt steel plates on both sides of the girder to reinforce it. >> we're already designing a fix for the transit center. that's being reviewed by the experts to make sure that's the right fix for the right cause. >> there's no exact timing for the center's reopening. >>> bay area's waymo said it's closer to getting self-driving cars out on our roads. the new technology could be lif

southbound 880 slow toward whipple. we had more slowing, looks like there may have been a traffic break or at least more slowing as crews arrived for the crash with no major injuries before you get to the whipple off-ramp into union city. no other issues as far as the big drive and that's good stuff. we have slowing, maybe a crash on 580. i'll check that out as well. back to you. >>> 5:00 on the dot. happening today new insight into the russia probe in cases involving president trump's former campaign manager and former personal lawyer. special counsel robert mueller's office is set to make new court filings in those cases, make those filings public. "today in the bay's" blayne alexander is live in washington, d.c. blayne, there's a lot of reaction on the russia probe from president trump overnight. >> yes, kris, good morning to you. reaction just within the past few minutes or so, 15 minutes or so. he was up and tweeting about this very early and he clearly has a lot to say. we're going to show you his five-part tweet

mister whipple is the author of the acclaimed bestseller the gatekeeper. how the white house chief of staff define every presidency. he is an on-air contributor at msnbc and has written pieces for the new york times and washington post. they bring us tonight mister reese's new book how to get rid of the president. history's guide to removing unpopular, unable or unfit chief executives. even political history of teams, plots, maneuvers and conspiracies that have attempted successfully and not to remove unwanted presidents. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming david priess and chris whipple. >> thank you. thank you very much. welcome. it's too bad that the book we've come to discuss tonight is so untimely. it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to get rid of the president these days . i should just say this, i met david when he was working on his previous book, the president's book of secrets, a history of the so-called pdb where presidential date daily brief . the cia's top-secret summary of what's been happening in the world every day. a

yesterday, union city boulevard and whipple road.f its contracting crews doing work in that area may have actually clipped a 14 inch water main and at last check, that road closure there was still in effect. >>> 5:35 right now, and parking in the city is a pain, we all know it. today, the mta is lookingatic maing changes to make it a little easier. the agency is looking at changing dozens of parking spots and several of the changes will happen on on clement street in the richmond district. find out more going to the meeting at 10:00 this morning. >>> a live look at emeryville this morning, where the skyline could look very different in the future if developers get their wish. we've beenthere. the city's planning commission met last night to discuss the proposed 54-story tower with 638 residential units. if built, it would be the second tallest all residential building in the western united states. that project exceeds height restrictions for buildings in emeryville, so developers have to show planning commission how it will benefit t

and then closures near swift and whipple.ansit southbound line number 97 is being detoured in and around that area so expect delays. train 521 also experiencing some delays out of oakland. bart's on time. cam tran -- caltran and muni no problems. traffic is light heading out of santa rosa all the way into san francisco. >> thank you. >>> two separate car crashes are being investigated as possible dui cases. kie.t do has the latest. >> reporter: in the one but two suspected drunk drivers, both crashing their cars, both trapped inside and both had to be cut out. let's go to hamilton and baskins avenue. that driver lost control, wrap t. around a tree. it sent bottles of alcohol in every direction and the man went to the hospital covered in blood. it appears the man was traveling at a high rate of speed. on great oaks boulevard and via del oro this man was passed out in his car for almost an hour before anyone realized something was wrong. the firefighters had to cut him out as well and took him to the hospital in stable conditio

we're asking folks to avoid the area of whipple road and dyer street the next few hours.that intersection is expected to be closed for a few hours. sky ranger is ovou reals my tw. >> another update in half an hour. see you then. ♪ ♪ the snow's coming down >>> 7:30, now, tuesday morning, december 18th, 2018. one week from today, probably about this time -- who are we kidding? it will be 4:00 a.m. kids across the country will be racing to see what santa loved under the christmas tree. >> are we ready for christmas? getting there? >> i don't want to jinx it, but yeah. excited. >> i have a ways to go. we have seven days. >> we have shipping deadlines coming up. a story for you guys. >>> we're going to start this half hour with a check of today's headlines. the fight for trump's long-promised border wall going down to the wire. a shutdown coming up later in the day. senators triedfriday's deadline. the president is demanding $5 billion for his wall. democrats will give him a fraction of that. a partial shutdown would affect more than a dozen agenci security, and traffic contro

joining me is chris whipple, author of "the gatekeepers." chris, i have been waiting to talk to you about this. to get your view on whether this is going to be the guy who's going to be useful to donald trump as a chief of staff. >> well, it's good to be back. look. you know that i was extremely critical of john kelly during his tenure as chief of staff but this is the wrong fix. you know? i heard our friend and colleague andy card this morning on the radio saying he thought mulvaney might be a good choice. i love andy card. >> right. >> he is the eternal optimist and we could talk all day about the reasons this will not end well. number one, mulvaney really is a trump sycophant. that's how you go from a budget hawk to signing off on a tax cut that will balloon the deficit to $1 trillion. >> right. he as a congressman would not approve of a tax cut. >> joining the trump administration it was a completely different story. that's the last thing you need as white house chief of staff, malleable, not tell donald trump hard truths. now, you know,

a silver tesla s sedan, not unlike this one, wassouthbound on 101 near whipple avenue. the tesla was doing about 70 miles per hour but the driver did not respond when officers tried to pull him over for speeding says chp officer art montiel.art montiel/chp "....they pulled alongside and observed the driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel..."after failing to get the driver's attention, officers theorized the tesla's driver-assist feature was engaged. they ran a traffic break and used their vehicles to get the tesla's attention.ll down, assuming the driver assist feature might be in use...."that did the trick, the tesla was finally pulled over in palo alto. an officer driver the tesla to a gas station where the driver was awakened from his slumber and underwent a field sobriety, which he failed. art montiel/chp "....we can't confirm at this time whether he was (grant) it is one of the largest corporate data breaches in history. marriott announces a reservation system was hacked -- exposing the data of half a billion of its guests. kron4 's will tran has details on the

this is a i will tell you where it is. 880 south at the whipple dyer street exit. see traffic is slowing down at that point and it gets better. that's because they can see this. this is a crash that was there since early this morning. it didn't cause much of a backup but now as people, as the sun comes up, all of a sudden is causing a backup because people are driving by and they can see. it happened around 15 am. the chp and police are there and you can see traffic is still going to be up acted. especially on whipple but also on the freeway because people can see it and that's unfortunate because, for people who are getting off can see it. there slowing down on the offramp and then the freeway for some reason mysteriously picks up right after that point. i'm not sure exactly what's going on because i didn't think macarthur maze. no major prto be backed up and this morning's commute on 880 is slow. >>> new this morning, the surgeon general is issuing an advisory warning about the dangers of the growing use of e- cigarette especially among teenagers. >> e-cigarette

use industrial as an alternate southbound whipple road 2 lanes are closedthisrash.. it's blocking one lane. ch.p headed out to the scene. you've got stop and go conditions. and going all the way towards mountain view. a live look at the bay bridge right now. you are backed up into the maze. 880. oakland. nimmets freeway. here's mary. >>> thanks giana. well we are looking at some areas that have sunshine and other locations still dealing with the fog. so the visibility out there in spots dense fog. so a quarter mile in concord. looking at 0 for pedaluma right now. so some spots thick fog right now. so temperatures as we head throughout the afternoon. 60s.eratures in the low sunny and mile conditions. although for the north bay you couldncisco. 61 for oakland. have a great day. yes. that's yes for less. yes! with hot holiday toys for all ages, ross is your toy destination. it feels even better when you find it for less, at ross: yes for less. your sister stopped borrowing your sweaters?e it's time yes! that's yes for less. stop stealing mine... ♪ >>> excuse me, ladies

crash 880 south at "a" street and another at whipple. the one at whipple presents a little bit more slowing but that should also clear lanes shortly. smooth flow of traffic, most places through contra costa county, south 680, we see more slowing. i said it was starting to move better but the speed sensors slowed down toward main. the crash shy of the walnut creek interchange. smooth flow of traffic for the rest of the county. looking toward the upper east shore freeway, a mild build as you pass highway 4 off the carquinez bridge and toward the bay bridge and the richmond-san rafael bridge westbound is the commute, there's slowing and fog registering on the road weather index for the north bay. richmond-san rafael bridge a slower drive. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:21. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," the california lawmaker pushing for an investigation after a migrant girl died while in the custody of u.s. border patrol agents. >>> plus devastation and destruction after a tornado touches down in washington state. the total da

union city boulevard now has a single lane open in each direction between smith street and whipple road. a pg&e crew ruptured the water line thursday while working on a gas main. people who live nearby may see some discoloratioorn dint incontinue, but the alameda county water district says the water is safe. >>> and police in union city say even with the roads' parable reopening today, motorists should seek alternate routes. >>> a popular east coast burger joint made its bay area debut today, and plenty of people showed up bright and early to get a taste. we're talking about shake shack's first bay area restaurant. it's now open at the stanford shopping center in palo alto. they're giving the food a bay area twist. there is a golden state double burger, offering local beer and local ingredients, like buns, and a popular bakery in san francisco. >> it's always an honor and a privilege to us to come to a new community and bring our brand we're so passionate about from new york city. this was very unexpected here. i thought there would be a couple people outside. to see this line, we're ve

it happened a little before 5:00 yesterday evening at union city boulevard and whipple road. pg&e says one of its contracting crews doing work in that area may have actually clipped a 14 inch water main and at last check, that road closure there had was still in effect. >>> a small earthquake rattled the east bay last night. the usgs says a magnitude 2.5 quake hit near pittsburg around 11:00. so far, no reports of damage or any injuries. >>> watch this amazon delivery driver caught on camera. so much for handle with care. with the holidays right around the corner, you could be sure santa would not be pleased. >> amazon is responding. >> it was a little shocking. >> reporter: sean was expecting a christmas present for his 5-year-old son to be delivered this week, but he wasn't expecting this. his nest cam captures an unidentified person delivering an amazon package wednesday afternoon via airmail. >> when it did come, i heard this like pop, pop sound from the front yard. i was sitting on the couch. i had no idea what it was. >> reporter: until he watched the playback. that's w

it happened on whipple road near 880. the chp says that driver hit a truck at a very high speed. chp also trying to track down a driver who crashed into a car and sped away from the scene, it happened just before 3:00 yesterday morning. we brought it to you as live breaking news on "today in the bay." officers tried to pull over a red corvette, going more than 100 miles per hour, after it merged on to southbound 280 from southbound 87. the corvette eually crashed into a white pickup truck near the tully roadexit. the truck spun out and the corvette crashed into the center median. no one was hurt but the driver of the corvette ran off and hasn't been seen since. >> 4:50 right now. >>> a startling dog napping story with a happy ending. lost her iis putting out a warning to all of us. terry mcbetweency in san francisco with that warning. >> reporter: otto, a 1-year-old cavalier king charles spaniel, acts like nothing happened, oh, but something did. >> it is kind of terror, like huge amount of fear. >> reporter: chris hamm says otto snuck out of the house december 7th and as you see

union city investigating a deadly collision this morning that happened in the off ramp from 880 to whipple road at around 4 a.m. a box truck slammed into a prius. the impact came right at the driver's side door. it sent the car spinning scattering debris across the lanes. the driver of the prius died at the hospital. the truck driver stayed at the scene and could noted with investigators. -- cooperated with investigators. >>> some families who lost homes in the wine country wildfires are filing a lawsuit against their insurance company. the california state automobile association, that's the local insurance company also known as aaa. the suit claims the company failed to provide adequate insurance coverage for five families to rebuild their homes. homeowners said today they were given false hope that they were fully protected. >> all toll even with our extended coverage we're still over $1 million short and how can this happen? the failure since a minor miscalculation. it's a complete and monumental failure to protect their insureds. >> aaa says the majorities of homeowners claims from the

also a rollover crash whipple ramp to northbound 101. thumbs up there.nd take a look at drive times this morning as well. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 47 minutes in the yellow. 14 minutes westbound 4, antioch to concord. and san rafael to san francisco, you're okay, in the green at 15 minutes. >>> thank you, alexis. police are warning about a new scam by hackers to get your personal information and through your netflix account. >>> also, a parrot loves alexis so much, he uses it to order stuff every day. >>> in today's "techbytes", a new warning for netflix users. >> hackers may be trying to get information through a phishing e-mail. it came to light when an officer near cleveland received the e-mail even though he is not a net fliflix subscriber. >>> they are expected to provide location data three times more accurate than the current ones. some of their best features won't be usable for a couple of years because of problems here on the ground. >> a parrot in england just loves alexa. >> that's rocco. his owner said he learned to order off alexa for

it's happening near whipple road at union city boulevard. the city says the water main break was called by pg&e, which was working on a gas main there. there are detours in place and you can expect delays for the next several hours. >> in petaluma, police have an unusual case on their hands involving a hotel guest who they say had a very sophisticated way of spying on his neighbors. abc 7's wayne freeman joining us from outside the sheraton sonoma county. we have new details learning about the suspect's job. wayne. >> interesting case. this is about privacy. it used to be what you see, what you hear, what you read. then technology came along. it's all changed, as borne out by this case. check into a hotel, close the door to the room, and a person experts privacy. at this sheraton, that does not appear to have been the case. >> he told us he likes to watch people. and he's into voyeurism. >> petaluma police lieutenant tim lyons describing the subject, a 30-year-old who says he works in a dean's office at uc burkery and who now faces charges o

a silver tesla s sedan, not unlike this one, wassouthbound on 101 near whipple avenue.oing about 70 miles per hour but the driver did not respond when officers tried to pull him over for speeding says chp officer art montiel.art montiel/chp "....they pulled alongside and observed the driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel..."after failing to get the driver's attention, officers theorized the tesla's driver-assist feature was engaged. they ran a traffic break and used their vehicles to get the tesla's attention. ".....the units came up in front of the vehicle and basically started slowing down, assuming the driver assist feature might be in use...."that did the trick, the tesla was finally pulled over in palo alto. an officer driver the tesla to a gas station where the driver was awakened from his slumber and underwent a field sobriety, which he failed. art montiel/chp "....we can't confirm at this time whether he was ( terisa ) ( terisa ) parents say someone is dealing drugs at a high school in salinas, and kids are using between clases... one woman says her daughter

pg&e workers ruptured the line at smith street and whipple road yesterday while they were repairing a nearby gas main. that pipe is 8 feet underground. residents may see some discoloration or sediment in their water while it's being fixed, but the water district says it is safe to drink. >>> tonight johnson & johnson is denying that it hid a potentially life threatening problem with its baby powder. talc and asbestos often occur today naturally in the ground and lawsuits have claimed a cancer link. now according to reuters, documents show executives knew about small amounts of asbestos in the powder as far back as 1957 and it never was disclosed. the company says the report is false and there is no health hazard. >>> an alameda family has launched an international bone marrow donation campaign after learning that their little girl might soon need one. 4-year-old norah was recently diagnosed with a rare genetic disease and now has a 90% chance of leukemia or bone marrow failure. the good news is that there is a cure. the bad news is there were no matches in the system for norah. now no

whipple ramp to 101 in redwood city, a vehicle on its side.. overall, our drive times are looking good this morning. 580, tracy to dublin, 36 minutes for you. dublin to mission boulevard, in the green at 16. northbound 85, 10 to cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. >>> thank you, alexis. sheriff's deputies are on the scene of a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. it happened early this morning on interstate 880 off-ramp to 1st street in san jose. the person was taken to the hospital where the person later died. there was heavy rain when officers responded to the scene. but it is not clear yet if weather played a factor. we have reached out to sheriff's department for more information. we will have that for you as soon as we get it. >> more breaking news. several cars hydroplaned overnight in santa clara. in all, at least three separate crashes involving five to seven cars. several people had to be treated for apparent injuries at the scene. southbound 280 was closed for a time. the roadway is back open. >>> a high surf warning in san francis

he will be the conversation tonight with chris whipple. a writer and documentary film maker. he is the author of the acclaimed bestseller, the gatekeeper. how the white house keeps us staff is buying every presidency. he is an honor to peter at msnbc and has written pieces for the new york times and washington post. they bring us tonight, mr. preece's new book, "how to get rid of a president". the guide to moving -- removing popular or unfit chief executive. history, maneuvers and conspiracies have attempted successfully and not to remove unwanted presidents. so, without further do, 20 in dating -- welcoming david priess. [applause] >> thank you. welcome. it's too bad that the book we've come to discuss tonight is so untimely. it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to get rid of the president these days. i should say that i met david when he was working in his previous book, the president's book of secrets, the history of the so-called pdb. essential daily brief. the cia top-secret summary of what's been happening in the world every day. i highly recommend that book as we

actually at whipple and dyer surface streets. avoid that incident. major accident scene. and around that area. we are getting reports of another trouble spot. this one involving at least three vehicles. it is over to the shoulder. but a busy area anyway. once you get past that if you are getting on to the span itself traffic moving okay. we're seeing more cars. extra volume. your drive times about 20 minutes. metering lights are on at the toll plaza and you're backed ups in well. and thee some foggy spots in the north bay. that's definitely one of our foggy spots there and for more on that here's mary. >>> and we are tracking that fog just roll in. a beautiful view though with our sales floor tower camera looking east at the bay bridge and you can see that fog there our temperatures are in the 40s for many locations. so some locations looking good for the advise nlt ability looking good as well for san jose and then check out the north bay. but a half mile in santa rosa. so areas of dense fog through the north bay. partly sunny and mild daytime highs but few showers are p

this happened at 4:00 this morning near whipple road and dyer street, two vehicles were involved. one driver was taken to the hospital where that person later died. the other driver is cooperating with investigators, it's unclear if drugs or alcohol were involved. we, now, know the identity of the woman killed by a hit and run driver in san jose yesterday morning, she is 29- year-old nicole stanton, los angeles county. they found her at 1 in the morning yesterday. they have do not have information on the driver and what kind of vehicle wars involved in this accident. this is san jose's 22nd traffic death involving a pedestrian this year. >>> there's increased security after a student brought a knife and bomb making team at the school. they alerted school staff yesterday, that a 14-year-old boy had a knife. when police arrived, they found a knife and a type of acid that when combined could cause an explosion. they don't believe there's and additional threat to students or the school. >>> family and friends are honoring and chp officer who died in the line of duty one year argument

traffic was backed up in whipple roadnary 880.river hit a truck at a high speed. >>> the chp is trying to track down a driver who crashed into another car then sped away from the scene before 3:00 a.m. officers tried to pull over a red corvette going more than 100 miles an hour after it merged into southbound 280 from southbound 87 in san jose. the corvette eventually crashed into a white pickup truck near the tell you the tully road exit. >>> come january, that's just a couple weeks away, thousands of low and zero emission vehicles will not be able to drive in the car pool lane without a passenger. the state's decal program was started in 2012 and was meant to boost the number of clean air vehicles on the road but it actually clogged up those hov lanes. so a measure was passed that limits the number of people eligible for these decalls. >> you won't be able to use a green decal or white decal for purposes of hov lanes or using the hov lanes or using the diamond lanes if you have a green or a white decal. >> some people are cheeri

amy tarkanian, former nevada state chairman, and chris whipple, author of "the gatekeepers."esident's self-defense when it comes to all these hush payments. it's been all over the map. michael cohen, is he right? or do people buy his story? >> i think he's right. you can't speak away whatever the truth may be. what about republicans how do you respond to that? >> i think they have to look at the bigger picture. robert mueller -- excuse me, the southern distribute of new york has additional information. so when the president says i have no idea so you have hard evidence, alex, that the president knew and was a part of this conspiracy. i think we're in an unprecedented moment where the question has moved from did the president commit a crime to how many crimes we're talking about? you have news about the gnaw raw information to the -- and the ongoing russia probe. i think as somebody who does not have a close relationship with the truth, will have a hard time convincing the american people he should be believed. >> this new piece -- republicans don't fool yourselves. donald tru

joining me right now, chris whipple. chris, is this the final verdict on the john kelly experiment?rong? john kelly was brought in to right the ship, to make everything run the way it was supposed to run. how quickly did that go off the rails? >> almost immediately. this was the guy who supposedly was going to make the trains run on time in the west wing. he did for a little while but, of course, it turned into a terrible marriage with trump. and, of course, the death -- the deathnell was really when he picked a fight with melania trump. the first rule of being white house chief of staff is you have to make sure that the east wing is taken care of, that the first lady is never blind-sided. so that's really the final nail in his coffin at this point. and i think it's a watershed moment for the trump white house. they're two years in. they have one legislative accomplishment in two years which was, of course, the tax cut that went to multi millionaires. they need to get it right. if you can't get it right with the chief of staff, then you're in serious trouble. >> heather, this is hap

between the ceo or the president in this case, and the coo and in this case, the chief of staff, chris whipple. as an msnbc contributor as well, what does this say then about how the white house is being run because you are writing a book directly on this very thesis and now we have -- we talked about it as was well noted by both jeff and charlie here that it really has always had trouble in this presidency. >> well, look, it may well be that being chief of staff to donald trump is mission impossible. there's no question that donald trump made it very difficult on john kelly. this is somebody donald trump for whom process and discipline and quite frankly the truth, it's the chief of staff's job to try to instill those things. part of it is on trump because he didn't want somebody who would tell them hard truths but sadly i think a lot of this is on john kelly. john kelly reinforce all of donald trump's worst partisan instincts. and i think that's, you know t we learned a lot about kelly that day that he set foot in the white house press breefzing room, stepped up to the podium and unleashed th

this was at whipple road in union city. you can see the wreckage there, quite bad. not much left after the crash. the roads were closed for hours, and no word this morning on condition of the people involved. >>> chp trying to track down the driver who crashed into another car. for a time, the crash closed lanes on southbound 101. this happened about 3:00 a.m. chp says the officers tried to pull over the driver of a red corvette near 280 and 101. the car crashed into a pickup truck near tully road. the chp does not believe the corvette was stolen. they're still looking for the person. >>> switching gears, to your weather, finally drying out in the bay area, and this could mean a few days before we get some rain. >> a little break for us. a live look at san francisco this morning. nice, clear shot. we did have some fog, though, earlier this morning in the north bay. how are we looking now, kari? >> as we look at stormranger, our mobile doppler radar, we have it parked on san bruno mountain, and tracking mostly some spotty showers that are well to the north of the bay

but the car is sitting there, and the train by it and line 37 over here in union city boulevard at whipples water main break has been addressed but there's a closure because they have to do road repair. back to you. >>> 6:53 right now. happening now, european union leaders are talking about the brexit deal. earlier this week, british prime minister theresa may survived a no confidence vote but she is struggling to sell her brexit deal to british lawmakers. if there is no deal, the eu says it will still go ahead with brexit. >>> next on "today in the bay," a quick look at the top stories, including a possible historic vote today, which could make california the first state to make a major commitment to clean air. what's at stake for the future of your commute. >>> plus, is winter coming the new deal the social media giant reportedly is trying to reach, which could changehey th cable. more news for you right after the break. this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it

. >> reporter: the unusual incident happened on 101 on whipple road at 3:30 in the morning. a chp officer pulled up along the tesla model s and noticed the driver sleeping while the car was speeding along at 70 miles per hour. >> the unit came up in front of the vehicle and basically started slowing down. that actually worked and officers went up to the driver's side and basically started trying to wake up the driver. >> reporter: the chp says samek failed a field sobriety test and was arrested, handcuffed and booked into jail on suspicion of dui. tesla is not commenting on the story. >> there you go. >> reporter: but tesla drivers are defending the car's technology. >> this guy, he actually saved his life and possibly somebody else's because he had a self- drive vehicle. >> reporter: san jose real estate broker joel wyrek is on his second tesla and showed us how auto pilot works. >> hands free. i'm monitoring. just for the record now, i mean obviously you can always take control, so i'm watching it and paying attention so that we are being safe. >> reporter: the car easily

. >>> joining me is discuss this chris whipple, author the of the "new york times" best seller gate keepers how the chiefs of staff dpf the presidencies. the what an interesting week when george h. w. bush was buried and james baker at the funeral. and he is a figure that people thinking about when dhe when they think about a chief of staff that runs things and is in control. when you see the tweet the president put out about rex tillerson, sore of speaks to the idea that the chief of staff in the white house right now is not -- not running interference between the president and anybody. >> no, it's really extraordinary. and the baker eulogy was a reminder that the most important thing a white house chief of staff can do, baker did it. leon panetta did it. walk in the office, close the door and tell the president what he doesn't want to hear. that was the thing that bush 44 valued about jim baker. now, picking up on something kristen wellinger said. trump clearly said he thinks he can be his own chief of staff. to which i would santa fe if donald trump wants to be jimmy carter he should con