Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20180111

Its affecting. No, this is the bay bridge toll plaza, the backup over on the right side and we also see that fog rolling in over the last 15 minutes, weve seen the view really become obscured by the low clouds and fog right on the oakland side. Lets show you the map, again, thats the bay bridge toll plaza, the map shows you speeds coming into the area are just fine but you see slowing right where our camera is and were also noticing that the orange thats highlighted in the north bay, thats where theres even more fog, tougher visibility, sometimes down to hundreds of feet overnight, but look at Solano County thats the advisory for this morning. Anywhere south of there moves well, no crashes or incidents. A smooth drive for the freeways. This is new video posted online of a home in montecito at the height of tuesday mornings deadly slide. Within minutes mud levels in this home rose to waist high. Other homes were completely washed away. 17 people are confirmed dead, 17 more unaccounted for. Highway 101 remains closed and now is expected to reopen monday at the earliest. 100 homes are now listed as destroyed, although the number is still fluctuating. Many others were damaged. Some of the stories emerging are heart breaking, people were caught completely unaware. A separate recently posted video shows how fast that debris was moving as it descended on to montecito residents. Oh, my god. Mom. Can you see that just wave of mud coming through that slide left people trapped, unable to escape the path. It has now left some family members wondering what happened to their loved ones, among those who are missing several older retirees and Young Children who didnt have the chance to escape. In some cases relatives simply want answers. I dont know how far she could have been swept. I dont know. I dont know where she is. Thats a man whose 69yearold mother was among those unaccounted for. Also among the missing, the brother and father of a 14yearold girl whose rescue on tuesday we showed it to you here made headlines across the world. She is still in the hospital this morning. And new this morning, more bay area search and rescue teams are now in Southern California assisting in that search for mud slide victims. Marin countys urban search and rescue team tweeted this photo before leaving last night for montecito. The 30person team expects to start searching this morning. Earlier yesterday members of the 129th rescue wing sent out photos of their rescue efforts in montecito. That team is based in moffett field. Stay with us for continuing coverage of these deadly mudslides. Nbc bay areas Anousha Rasta is in Santa Barbara county. You can follow us on twitter nbc bay area. The recall effort against the judge that sentenced brock turner is expected to move forward. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live in san jose with a look at what is next, good morning, kris. Reporter all of those signatures have to be verified by the Santa Clara County registrar of voters here and it sounds like there are quite a few of them that will have to be verified. The petition requirement is 58,000 signatures and nbc bay area sources tell us there could be almost double that. If enough of those signatures are verified, the ballot measure to recall judge aaron persky would go before voters in june. Supporters want persky off the bench for what they consider a lenient sentence for former stanford swimmer brock turner who was convicted of sexual assaulting an unconscious woman behind a campus dumpster in 2015 and other cases related to women. Persky sentenced turner to six months in jail while prosecutors were asking for six years. In a statement submitted to the registrar the judge in a statement to the registrar without referencing the turner case, the judge submitted this 198word statement to the registrar that reads in part, as a prosecutor i fought vigorously for victims, as a judge my role is to consider both sides. California law requires every judge to consider rehabilitation and probation for firsttime offenders. Its not always popular, but its the law and i took an oath to follow it without regard to Public Opinion or my opinions as a former prosecutor. Now, supporters of judge persky say that it is important for judges to have prosecutorial discretion, that is, to be able to decide whats right in any particular case. We will be here when members of the recall drive drop off the signatu signature. If you follow me on twitter i will tell you what brock turner is up to these days as well. Developing right now, police in berkeley are hoping someone can identify two men in this surveillance video. They say it shows the two men walking up behind a man getting out of his car, take a look there. They say they grabbed his backpack and that man fought back. Police say they shot the victim, the victim was struck in the leg. The robbery happened in december at vine street and bone at that avenue near the bus lane smart of shaddock with lots of upscale restaurants. We spoke to another resident targeted in the same area days after this attack, did he not want his face on camera but said robbers also tried to take his computer. Its a trend in rise in Violent Crime and the lack of preparedness and a lack of care by the city to defeat this. Now, police say the robbers may have been driving this white sedan, possibly a chevy impala. New details, authorities confirming human remains discovered in a warehouse last june are those of a missing San Francisco uber driver. And the case has now officially considered a homicide. The driver was reported missing in may of last year, authorities found his remains in a haywood warehouse being rented by an acquaintance named bob tang. Authorities have been trying to question tang but believe he fled the country to cambodia. Anyone who knows his whereabouts is being asked to contact San Francisco police. Happening today, a possible next step in an effort to expand express lanes on highway 101. Weve been covering this story for months. Today san mateo Transportation Leaders will discuss an Environmental Impact report. The project would build one new express lane in each direction between redwood city and san bruno. The final home standing on the famous eroding Pacifica Cliff is expected to finally come down this morning. Today in the bays pete suratos is live there right now. This is one of a dozen homes on that cliff that had to be demolished but this really is a part of a bigger problem here. Reporter good morning to you, marcus. Of course, yeah, that cliff side here in pacifica has taken a beating over the past couple years with the combination of heavy rains and the king tides but the home behind me here is this 500 block. It will be demolished like many of the others weve seen over the past couple years here in just a few hours but a couple years ago our crews were here with that homeowner when they tried to essentially save this home, they slid the home 15 away from the cliff. Obviously that plan that they had in place did not work out, the owners finally selling the property to the city of pacifica last year and its going to be incorporated into the esplanade beach trail. The cliff started eroding back in 1998, it caused more than a dozen homes to fall on the beach or eventually crews bulldozed them to prevent that from happening. A new report out of uc san diego cited cities most vulnerable to coastal erosion which included places such as daly city, Martins Beach and point reyes in the bay area. The home in pacifica behind me is set to be demolished at 8 00 a. M. Pete suratos for today in the bay. That will be something we will have to monitor over the next several months with more rain on the way. Right now at 5 09 we are getting a chance to dry out but still low clouds. A live look in san jose, clear visibility here, but we are going to have those temperatures that are going to start out in the low 50s, even some upper 40s in starts of the north bay. A fairly mild start with a fairly mild afternoon. We will get more sunshine after all of this fog clears out, by late morning and in napa today expect a high of 58 degrees, also 58 in oakland and 61 in palo alto. San jose will see a high of 60 degrees and 56 degrees today in San Francisco. We are talking about a sunny weekend ahead and also breaking down todays temperatures. Thats coming up in about four minutes. Mike, the roadways, are they still calm . Yes. Thats the green, i will show it to you, the picture tells a thousand words so i saved a few. Looking over here the travel times are great as well. 580, 680 coming out of the altamonte pass no major issues just the overnight construction typical through the area, they should be on the move pretty soon. I want to show you getting over toward the north bay, despite the following the travel times are not a problem. Great drive for 101. Watch Solano County and also coming down through the carquinez and benicia bridge. We will show you the san mateo bridge, the live camera shows a smooth easy light drive of traffic, but you see the streetlights, ive seen almost a curtain drop down as some mist and maybe the clouds drifting through the area show the lights a lot more clearly and that means there may be some fog drifting around here as well. Coming up next on today in the bay, a louisiana teacher who was handcuffed at a Dramatic School Board Meeting speaks out. Thats where the hurt came in, when i actually saw the video and the realization that my students were going to see the video. This morning her exclusive emotional interview after her arrest video went viral. Plus mikes travel times look fine now but i will show you a new way to fly to work when today in the bay continues. Were coming up on 5 14 right now as you get ready to head out the door, its still mostly clear in san jose. Here is a look at the roads and things are looking good there, but weve seen some fog in and around the bay area. Lets go to campbell for our temperature trend that will start out in the low 50s at 9 00, now we should be in the upper 50s for the day, but our High Temperature reaching into the low 60s. A little bit warmer than normal. We will get a lot more sunshine which we so desperately need at this point. We will talk about the weekend coming up. Kari, clear dry and a clear view for 101 through palo alto. The biggest deal is the bright billboard because there is not a lot of traffic. We will talk about whats affecting the traffic, you talked about fog, we will see how thats affecting folks. New this morning, a louisiana teacher arrested during the School Board Meeting is talking exclusively on today. This is the moment that got people talking. What are you doing . What are you doing . Wow. Now, she says all she did was question why the School Superintendent was getting the raise while teachers had not seen a pay increase in years. This morning on the today show she says that she was worried about how her students would react. I think the video later that night, thats where the hurt came in, when i actually saw the video and the realization that my students were going to see the video and i had to go to work the next day and i teach fifth and sixth graders, so i wasnt sure how they would feel about it. We will hear from her coming up at 7 00 a. M. On the today show right after today in the bay. It is quarter after 5 00 right now. New this morning, no relief in sight for the bay areas housing crisis. A new report says san jose will be the hottest Housing Market in the whole country in 2018. We look through some of the new numbers from zillow. Home values are set to spike dramatically up nearly 9 . The value of an average home in san jose is 1. 1 million. Thats average. The most expensive in the nation. Zillow includes the east bay and the San Francisco market as well. It will be the fifth hottest in the country with home values going up nearly 4 this year. The reason of course is the tech industry, it continues to boom. Especially in san jose. Scott mcgrew joins us now. If you have google planning that mega campus downtown, now we have word that adobe will build a fourth tower at its downtown san jose headquarters as well. Adobe bought a plot of land between highway 87 and almaden boulevard next to its current tower complex so it can add another 3,000 workers. So as marcus was saying thats 3,000 more people that are going to need homes in san jose. Now, one reality check, the last time adobe built a tower when they went from two towers to three we were in the middle of the recession and just a few days before the big Ribbon Cutting they laid off a lot ofc un Ribbon Cutting as ax inappropriate. Other news, spacex is set to test the rockets on its falcon q artists rendition of the liftoff. Spacex has never flown the falcon heavy, hopes to early this year. Dont adjust your sets, this is whatza2c it looked like at t Consumer Electronics show in las electronics. The electricity went out in the huge Convention Center in las tz for a while. They blame heavy rains. Alexa, turn on the lights. Out our scott budman filed this report. Reporter good morning. We figured we would wrap up our reports here at ces with something you deal with in the morning every day, a horrible commute, right . Well, imagine instead of cars going through the bay area freeways, how about drones like this one rising above bay area  freeways. This company velocopter will make drones like this one probably three to five years out, completely rec trick, completely autonomous with a range of about 17 miles an hour. Now, tonight at 6 00 we will give you a first look at how the whole thing works and imagine a commute where you just rise above it all. Thats the latest from here in las vegas, scott, i will send it back to you. Thank you, scott. I assume a lot of people would say my commute is already 17 miles an hour. Where am i going to park that in the parking lot. On top of the building. Why not. There has never been a better time to be a kid at least when it comes to weekly allowance. Thats right, clean the stove top there. These young people are raking in the catch these days. According to a new survey from an allowance tracker app called rooster money, young people between the ages of 4 and 14 look at this kid received an average weekly allowance of 8. 74 that amounts to 454 over 2017. The older the kids were the more they got. 14yearolds averaged about 12 a week. And those kids were actually really working. They were. I would pay that. Laura, you and i were talking about how much the tooth fairy brings nowadays, i was like i think 5 is the going rate. I remember doing all that stuff and i never got paid. Kudos to the kids. Right. Negotiators. We said we were going to tax that money, right . They do get taxed. I want to move into her neighborhood. They have a 401 k going on. Golden wings. Were getting up the kids this morning and its like, okay, get to work, you have to clean up your mess. Its going to be a day where we do have to wear a nice warm jacket, also we might have to put the hood on because we have had some fog and mist and drizzle around the bay area. Here is a live look in san rafael. Ive been watching the north bay because thats where the fog has been, creating the lowest visibility in spots, but as of right now in san rafael looks pretty good as you head into San Francisco. Weve seen some spots with visibility dropping down to a quarter of a mile or less and then for parts of the east bay and the trivalley its been very spotty. Just watch out and allow extra time to get to work today. A nice and cool start, mid 50s with our highs in the south bay reaching up to 62 degrees in East San Jose and 61 degrees in los gatos. For the east bay 62 degrees in danville and 59 degrees in hayward. Its going to also be a nicer day because we will get more sunshine so even with these mid to upper 50s i think it will feel better. In santa rosa 57 degrees, more clouds there and even a slight chance of rain for santa rosa and areas farther to the north. Going hiking in the south bay we start out with patchy fog as you get ready to head out temperatures in the low 50s, as the day goes along its going to be nicer with breezy winds. Going through the forecast we will have the slight chance of rain santa rosa through mend se seen know county. A system looks to bring in more widespread rain and this one will be a colder system that could bring in a lot of snow for the sierra. As we look at our forecast over the next seven days San Francisco stays in the upper 50s and a mix of sun and clouds. For the inland areas above normal. By monday up to 66 degrees. Mike is saying the roads are clear but the visibility is not. You and i have been talk about this. The visibility on the roadways may be a factor. Over here on this map you see theres nothing really a factor. The biggest deal is the city names that we popped out there or maybe the highway shields anywhere south of the bay bridge. North of here, though, Solano County chp gave an earlier advisory for that area, you still see the fog ring length thats the orange yellow highlighting indicating caution on the roadways. Also looking at a crash over on the shoulder at American Canyon but slowing as youre approaching highway 29 coming down through the area for westbound 80. An easy drive toward the bay bridge, no delays for these travel times. The bay bridge itself, the camera shows that these clouds came in and hovered around. Its not really fog, its not affecting gs the drivers right here but its around the area. More news this morning on today in the bay including solving an aviation mystery. The new and unique push to solve one of the worlds most baffling mysteries, where is Malaysia Flight 170. A new ad campaign from ikea. The company says the ad itself you can till if youre pregnant. But guess what you have to do to the ad to decide. You can follow me lauragarcianbc to read the story. Airlines flight that vanished off the radar nearly 4 years welcome back, everyone. It is 5 25 right now. The search for the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished off radar nearly four years ago resumes this week, but this time with a unique twist. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace with 239 people on board. Pieces of wreckage eventually washed ashore in the indian ocean but the wreck has never been found. Now texasbased Ocean Infinity will use underwater drones to search 9,000 square miles. The company will receive 70 million only if the wreckage is located within 90 days. Experts say new Technology Including untethered drones will give the search a better chance. Weve had a longer time now to look and review and analyze the data and that should give us a better area to search in than we have had in the past. After the plane went down in march of 2014 crews combed the indian ocean for three years. Eventually they called off the search one year ago this month. A new call this morning from the red cross, there is an urgent need for blood donations, winter normally is a slow time when it comes to blood donors. Normally because of the hectic schedules and its cold and flu season. This year the problem is being worsened by the extra cold blast that happened over in the east coast and south. With concerns of hundreds of blood drives across the area and the u. S. Have been canceled because of that. A few talented young people are about to have their work seen by more eyes than they could ever have imagined. Thats not to mention on air. Their work which you see right here has been chosen to be displayed on 100 San Francisco muni buses starting today and running through april. This year boat tree is also being displayed. Happening later today muni kicks off the celebration with a News Conference at city hall. What a great opportunity for them. Coming up on today in the bay, another scary moment at a San Francisco international airport, a quick action that prevented that disaster on the runway. And travelers beware, the reason the u. S. Government is now rating some mexican states as dangerous as the middle east. At Stanford Health care, we can now simulate the exact anatomy of a patients brain before surgery. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for seizures. And if we can fix damaged heart valves without open heart surgery, imagine what we can do for an irregular heartbeat, even high blood pressure. If we can use analyze each patients Breast Cancer to personalize their treatment, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. Jose good morning to you. 5 30 right now as we take a live look down on downtown san jose. A beautiful start to the day. Its going to be a little bit warmer today so we can enjoy that on this thursday. Good morning and thank you for joining us, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. I want to check when the suns warmer arrival will come with kari right now. It seems like its been forever since weve seen the sunshine. We are going to see some today after all the clouds and the fog rolls out of here and its a milder start because of the blanket of the clouds that were getting right now. So temperatures are in the low to mid 50s, as you get ready to head out the door. As we look at todays High Temperatures its going to be pretty much where we were yesterday, looking at some upper 50s and low 60s and just a couple of degrees warmer in a few spots. Livermore 61 degrees and 60 in san jose, but that sunshine will make all the difference. We will talk about that and whats ahead for the weekend, your weekend forecast in about six minutes, mike gets you on the roads with the backup. The backup, but, look, standard nights not the bright lights, clouds in the area. Not necessarily fog and what i mean by that is this layer of clouds is at the streetlight level and above. Behind laura and marcus you might catch a glimpse of the clouds above the roadway. The backup and the metering lights at the bay bridge, if you do encounter fog that would be in Solano County. Use standard lights or your fog lights but dont put them on high beams, guys. Back to you. Now to the latest developments out of Southern California. The death toll continues to climb after devastating mudslides swept communities near Santa Barbara. Right now at least 17 people are dead and nearly 30 others are injured. As crews clean up that mud and debris left behind many families dont know where their loved ones are, if they are alive or dead. Today shows Gadi Schwartz live in montecito with Recovery Efforts under way. Its going to be another difficult day for searchers. They are going to be going through houses like this, a lot of the searches will take them inside. They say theyve searched about 75 of the area so now its going to be house to house checking to see if anybody might have survived and might be trapped inside. You can see this home right here has been cleared, coming up on the today show we also have a terrifying look at the moments where this wall of destruction swept through, again, about 75 of this general area has been searched. Right now theres still 17 people missing. Guys, back to you. It is just tragic as people try to wait. We will stay on top of this story all morning long as it develops. To see gadis full report its on the today show coming up after today in the bay. This morning the faa is investigating another close call at San Francisco international airport. This time it was an aeromexico flight that nearly landed on a runway where another flight was about to take off. Today in the bays bob redell live at sfo with the ongoing problem thats been happening there. Bob . Reporter good morning. This is the third time since july a commercial airliner has either landed when they werent supposed to or almost landed at the wrong runway back there at sfo behind me, the most recent incident taking place this past tuesday morning. The faa says aeromexico flight 688 was cleared to land on runway 28 r. The pilot of that aircraft confirmed 28 r to air Traffic Control but that pilot instead started to line up with runway 28 l where a virgin American Airline was set to take off to hawaii. Air Traffic Control noticed that mistake when aeromexico was a mile out and about 20 seconds away from the Virgin America airplane. A controller instructed the aircraft to pull up, circle around and land safely which it did. Mike mccarron says, yes, this was close but there was more than enough time for aeromexico to correct and that the system did work. All the backup systems kicked into place, controllers watched, saw that he wasnt lined up properly, they gave the command to go around, he went around and landed safely. Im pretty confident. We have had a good Safety Record here. Reporter last july pilots on an air canada flight mistook the runway mistook the taxi way for the runway next to it and dipped to just 59 feet aboveground before pulling up to attempt another landing. This photo that you see on your screen illustrates just how close that flight came to colliding with the other aircraft on the ground. Then in october there was another air canada flight that hand at sfo despite attempts at air Traffic Control to wave them off because there was another aircraft still on the runway. The pilots of that air canada flight they were having radio problems at the time. Reporting live in millbrae, just across from sfo, bob redell, today in the bay. It is 5 35 right now, u. S. Government now considers parts of mexico to be as dangerous as the middle east. Officials have issued a travel warning for five mexican states, you can see them listed here including sinaloa. This is a level four do not travel warning. There has been a flareup in violence in some regions of mexico but some travelers say the new warning will not stop them. They cant really put a stop to what i cloos to do. I will go and see my family. Im not putting myself in danger by going. Some popular tourist destinations are under a level 3 warning, that includes Puerto Vallarta and mexico city. Travelers should reconsider their plans to those places. Angry parents will be attending the san joses Alum Rock School district special Board Meeting tonight. They plan to discuss hiring a new lawyer and selling bonds but the districts spending is what parents are worried about. As we reported last june a state audit found possible fraud and misspending on Construction Projects that are yet to become reality. This month a county auditor began helping the district with their finances. Governor jerry brown is selling his record setting 1 13 well billion budget for the next fiscal year. Brown unveiled that plan yesterday. 4. 6 billion for transportation projects with the money largely coming from the recent 12 cent t tax. Brown wants to add 5 million to that rainy day fund. Now, were also learning that california had some change to spare, 6. 1 billion to be exact. The additional money is coming from you, taxpayers. One republican state senator is introducing a bill to give that money back to taxpayers but its likely to go nowhere as democrats control the legislature. Continuing coverage now, a new report detailing why the oroville dam failed nearly one year ago. A Forensic Team said neglect to repair damage played a role but also flaws rooted in the dams initial design. The slab had from the beginning in 1969 there were cracks. At no point in the last 50 years did anybody go back and look at that design and say we have problems here and we have to do something about it. Also this morning the state department of Water Resources has another new director. This is the departments third leader since the dam failed that forced nearly 200,000 people to evacuate. A followup now on the proposal to increase bridge toll prices in the bay area. A live look at the bay bridge. Look how busy that toll plaza is this morning. Zq just took a major st forward. Transit leaders unanimously recommended putting it before voters in june. The increase would generate an extra 125 million a year and it would raise toll prices, ready . 9 for the bay bridge and 8 for others. I was kind of dating myself in the newsroom saying when i remembered it was 2, mike. Look, i mean, the price continues to rise because look how much pleasure people are taking from waiting here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Supply and demand, folks. We have to maintain the bridges, just like we talked about the oroville dam and maintenance there as well. Safe roadways are the big concern. Also viewing the roadways. The clouds are right above the driving level here so these drivers actually seeing the roadway just fine. Our view of the roadway is really obscured by the low clouds through emeryville, now becoming a fog issue farther nurt. Overnight chp said slap know county was the toughest drive. We will take you all the way out to the 205 merge with the 580 and thats where there is a crash at grant line road slowing fox out of the altamonte, keeping dublin a lot clearer. We will look at dublin and the rest bay showing green. Aside from the fog thats the only issue. Do you know what else you can see right around the corner . The weekend. The weekend. Lets get a look at the weekend forecast. We like to refer to today as friday eve because we are almost there. Its going to be a nice weekend. As you start to make plans heading out on saturday its going to reach up to 58 degrees along the coast and for the inland areas 62 degrees. We have some sunshine in the forecast. There will be a few more clouds on sunday but still all dry. Slightly warmer in some spots, reaching to 64 for the interior valleys, the bay 63 degrees there and the coast at 60 degrees. If youre going out of town heading down to l. A. Its going to be a warm weekend. We have to check in with mike to see when 101 will be opening, but i think you will have to make your way down there with an alternate route and its going to be up to 77 degrees on saturday and sunday at 74 degrees. Keeping it a little closer to home its going to be in the upper 60s in monterey and mostly sunny skies for saturday and sunday. Looking good there. Going to heavenly this wei n its going to be in the mid 50s, ground and you will be able to get in and out before the next round of snow moves in if you are making it back by Martin Luther king jr. Day. Now, on saturday in muir woods its going to be into the upper 50s, still cool there, more clouds on sunday and 61 degrees. Let me know what youre doing this weekend, im twa kari hall weather on twitter. You may see it featured right here. Todays forecast in just three minutes. Coming up next on today in the bay, new accusers and more tough questions. They need to be a part of this conversation and so i support them. Bay area actor james franco talks again overnight about Sexual Misconduct allegations. Why he says that he wont fight back no matter the consequences. And the democrats this morning one step closer to possibly flipping the house. We will go over the numbers when today in the bay continues. Why he says that he wont fight who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Its 5 44 now on this thursday morning. You wake up and head out the you wake up and head out theot, warmer than it has recently. Here is a live look outside in san jose with clouds covering much of the bay area. As we go to santa teresa at 9 00 we will be at 52 degrees, 59 degrees at noon. Low 60s this afternoon and more sunshine than we have seen in quite a while. But we will take a look ahead to the weekend as it continues to continue on with some sunshine. We will talk about that continuing sunshine coming up. All right, kari. Were looking at a smooth all right, kari, were looking over towards dublin, there we go, west 580 moves well towards the dublin interchange but south of there we do have a crash. We will show you whats going on for the trivalley coming up. It is quarter to 6 00 right now. New this morning more and more women are accusing palo alto native james franco of Sexual Misconduct. L. A. Times is out with a new article interviewing five women. Overnight the actor faces more tough questions on late night television. Well, the ones i read were not accurate, but one of the things that ive learned is that this is a conversation that obviously needs to be had. I have my own side of this story, but i believe in, you know, these people that have been underrepresented getting their stories out enough that i will hold back things that i could say just because i believe in it that much and if i have to take a knock because im not going to, you know, try and, you know, actively refute things, then i will, because i believe in it that much. For wearing a times up pin to the golden globes. The movement supports women who speak out about abuse. In politics california may send fewer republicans to washington. Scott, youve been running the numbers and they look grim for the gop. There are at least 11 congressional seats in california currently held by republicans. The polls show are either definitely going to go democrat or at worst are a tossup between the two ertz pa. One of thoem is Darrell Issas seat. He announced he will retire at the end of the year, wont run for reelection. He barely won his election last night in what should have been a republican strong hold. Democrats need 24 more seats to flip the house. California could give them 11. Other news this morning, President Trump said during a press Conference Wednesday it was unlikely he would meet with special prosecutor robert mueller. Well, again, john, there has been no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russians or trump and russians. No collusion. When i watch you interviewing all the people leaving their committees, i mean, the democrats are all running for office and theyre trying to say but bottom line they all there is no collusion and there is no collusion. Now, that was wednesday midday. By this morning trump had tweeted out several angry tweets, one implying the american fbi tried to influence the election and another that claims the nifisa Court Allowed spying on his campaign. That one not impossible. They write wire taps for Law Enforcement that are looking for foreign agents. One way or the other the president is on a tear this morning. This is time magazines new cover, its an animated version that they tweeted out, a regular version will be on news stands shortly, it commemorates trumps first year in office. It will be a year a week from saturday. We always cover the Trump Administration and what they say about collusion or the lack there off. Contact me on twitter, tell me what you think, im scottmcgrew. New this morning we are hearing more from oprah and she and so many others really theyre dealing with that after matt of the deadly mud sides in Southern California. She talks with Ellen Degeneres on todays episode. She describes the night that the mudslides started. Its 3 47 in the morning, i say, stedman, oh, my god, something is going on. We get up and he says, well, cant do anything about that, and i run to the front and i see that it is actually the mountain looks like its on fire. I walked out back, you know, where we share a fence line and the neighbors out back their houses are gone, just gone. So it is as devastating as it can be. Were going to come together and were going to do what great americans do all the time. Were going to help each other. Were going to help each other out wherever needed. The full episode airs at 4 00 p. M. Right here on nbc bay area. Still trying to look for so many victims right now, 17 people still missing. So many people, so much destruction happening there, but like oprah said we will Work Together and thats something we saw with the wildfires, weve seen them now with this. So many different situations. Of course the weather timeline will play a big factor in the recovery in Southern California. It looks like for a little while we do have dry weather to take a break. As we take a live look outside in emeryville weve seen that fog rolling on by and at times the visibility drops off quite a bit. You do have to put that in your plan this morning as you get ready to head to work or school, at times you may have to slow it down. Now, the sevenday forecast is up at the bottom of the screen and we will have a few more days of some drier and warmer weather, but as we get a look at our fog and visibility right now this shows the visibility in mild and its only down to a quarter of a mile in napa. Clear visibility is 10, were seeing that going down the peninsula from san carlos to mountain view, but then there is a little patchy fog moving through san jose and the trivalley. Right now our temperatures are in the low to mid 50s, upper 40s for the north bay, fairfield the coolest now at 43 degrees, our High Temperatures today are going to be pretty much the same as yesterday, maybe just a degree or two warmer, but that sunshine is going to make all the difference as we will have some much more comfortable weather. As we go through the day in oakland it does start out with some clouds, some low 50s but then mid 50s today with some times of sunshine. So getting dressed this morning you want to make sure you have on a nice warm jacket and long sleeves will keep you comfortable as we go throughout the day. Now we are going to be tracking a slight chance of rain for santa rosa and farther to the north, but the rest of the bay area will stay dry. And then the nice weekend ahead. One thing the weather app may not be showing you today is that we will have some rounds of rain moving in next week and it starts out on tuesday, we will see some more of the wet weather and possibly some widespread rain heading into the middle to end of next week. So right now we are looking pretty good with partly to mostly cloudy skies, highs in the mid 50s, for the inland areas highs in the 60s today. As the volume of the commute is starting to build subtly, but i want to call this out. South bay, peninsula looking great. Southbound 680 we see slowing pop up and a crash is reported to chp. Theyre heading out towards southbound 680 at sunol boulevard, sounds like a big rig is involved in this crash moving over to the right shoulder but still in lanes slowly getting over there, that might be why traffic is slow. Getting in out of the altamonte pass traffic moves well but more traffic means nor folks heading south for 680. Coming across the carquinez bridge, westbound 80 slows up, looks like something is going on past highway 4. Its possible its that volume of traffic kicking in but i will track that unusually slow pattern approaching highway 4 into hercules. Towards the bay bridge its smooth. We do have that fog in Solano County and the bay bridge toll plaza may have a new crash. Oakland reports a crash north 880, at 7th there is a crash reported. Chp should arrive, motorcycle may be involved so im very concerned about that. Coming up an intense search for missing twins here in california. The Reason Police are having trouble finding them. But first happening now at 5 52, a multimillion dollar heist at the luxury ritz hotel in paris. Police say two suspects are still on the loose. Three were arrested right after the robbery. None of the jewels or other items have been recovered so far. French media estimated the stolen goods worth about 5. 5 million. Plus the Indian Airline jet airways has fired two pilots after being involved in a mid care cockpit fight. It happened on new years day when the pilot allegedly slapped his copilot. This guy is in a hurry. Uh, i was in a hurry this morning. Barely had time for breakfast. Music sting crave van hey guys. Try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. Part of my brunchfast menu. Come try my country scrambler plate. With juicy jimmy dean sausage, crispy homestyle potatoes and fluffy scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham, and cheese. Here you go. Oh, cameras. Hi mom part of the brunchfast menu. 5 55 this morning and it has been almost a year since the devastating coyote creek flooding in the south bay. San jose mayor sim liccardo says the city wont let it happen again. The mayor announced that the city has made major improvements in the wake of the flooding. Mayor liccardo says that the city improved its system for notifying and warning citizens. That includes a new wireless system that sends text alerts to all cell phones in certain areas without anyone needing to sign up. The city also has crisis protocols to make sure people are notified faster. The mayor says that they have expanded Emergency Preparedness training and improved communication and coordination with Santa Clara Valley water district. Happening now a frantic search continues for missing twin toddlers in stockton. The twins are 20 months old. The police dont have a photo but say they are of mixed ethnicity. The twins, their other siblings and parents were missing for five days. Police found the parents and three of their children living in a car on tuesday but they couldnt find the twins. The parents are now in jail, but police are saying they are not cooperating. Officers hope someone who saw the family can help locate the twins. We believe that or we hope that these children are out in someones home, possibly with family or friends having no idea that we are looking for these children, but we are also looking into there is a possibility of foul play we just dont know and thats whats so concerning about this. The twins are named sanina and ren. The parents are giving conflicting stories about what happened to the kids and thats why theyre taking this case seriously. Leaders are trying to stop a series of recent racist incidents. It started back in september when a woman found a racist note on her salon in elk grove. A month later racist graffiti was found on an apartment complex. In december two High Schoolers posted a snapchat video expressing hate towards africanamericans. City leaders held two forums to address the problem this week and related recommendations. They released these recommendations right here, that includes more staff training on bias and forming racial healing circles where groups can talk openly about race issues. Declaring ourselves as a no place for hate community is very important to the city council and to our residents. Some people dont think its enough to stop the problem. City leaders say a lot of the work needs to happen in schools to prevent problems from starting. The School District will talk about the issue next week. People in antioch are very clear on what they want their city leaders to focus on. The city released results of a survey just concluded. 71 say its crime, 65 say gangs and Youth Violence as equally as many say homelessness is a big problem and nearly 60 are concerned with an empty downtown. More than 100,000 people live in the contra costa city. The website rico reports facebook is testing an app called inside today. Its a feed made of entirely local news events and announcemen announcements. Facebook says people may be able to found local news from their childhood hometown. You can stick with today in the bay right here. Right now at 6 00 the moment of impact. Everyone stay calm. Chilling video is surfacing this morning showing the moments the deadly mud slide swept through montecito. The search for survivors under way right now. Plus the battle to recall controversial south bay judge aaron persky is heating up, the paperwork critics plan to file shortly. And saying goodbye, the final home teetering on a cliff side in the paris is set to be torn down in just a couple hours. We are live as new concerns surface across the state. Today in the bay continues right now. And a very good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. This morning as we get on our way we walk outside to warmer temperatures this morning. Its warmer, but some people cant even really see that far outside of the door and the window because we have had some dense fog rolling across parts of the bay area and as we step out here is a look at some of that visibility down to a quarter of a mile or less around napa and for halfmoon bay weve seen at times the visibility there at about a quarter of a mile. So this fog is kind of drifting for those inland valleys as well. Let me get you out the door with a look at your morning commute in the east bay, it will be in the low 50s, mostly cloudy but there will be more sunshine by this afternoon and thats going to make it feel so much better even though our temperatures stay in the 50s. We will take a look ahead to the rest of the forecast including the weekend coming up, but mike has a number of updates for us. The first of one we will show you over here, over in the trivalley south 680 at sunol boulevard that crash all vehicles made their way t