1 entire lane simply vanished. As bad as it looks from the surface, the remainder of the rode way remains in jeopardy. Some of the highlights from this mornings storm, powerful wind gusts and blowing wayne across west Lake Neighborhood this morning. A viewer sent us this video, wind gusts reached almost 50 miles an hour, higher up, wind gusts hit 80 miles an hour. Broken power poles and downed lines left more than 600,000 customers without electricity. This dangling pole left 8,500 people without power. It has been since repaired. Drivers in balnut creek, major walnut, major ponding on roads. Cars are splashing through deep puddles. There has also been on highway 280 and mrafsh marsh creek road. There is another worry for the coming days. Thats because the ground is now happy from all that water. So lets chick in check in now with chief meteorologist. Were looking right now at double digit rainfall in the north bay. We needed it, but look terrain fall totals. 10. 2 inches of rain all.
International and domestic news is all on the table for you this morning as we open up the phone lines. Also, send us a tweet. Or post your comment on facebook. Or send us an email. We will get back to that New York Times story. First, some other headlines on the domestic front. Here is the Washington Times. Also, sticking with the senate, the Baltimore Sun reporting this headline in politics, here is the denver post open phones before the first 30 minutes. We have a short show because the house is coming in at 9 00. Steve in gaithersburg, maryland, a republican caller. Caller host when did the Republican Party become the party that restricts poor . I understand the tax cut for the rich is important to some people, but i feel the good thing would be unlimited in of government at the federal level. That has nothing to do with this. That would be more on the spending cuts. Host what do you make of the back a plan being reported by the New York Times saying if we cannot come to some sort
As you can see, Baltimore County police are on scene investigating this. And well bring you more information as we get it. Reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, im captain jeff long. Back to you. All right, captain jeff. Thank you. Well have updates for you on this breaking news as soon as we receive them. Todays other big story, two days after an angry confrontation on a subway platform in midtown, manhattan, leads to the death of a 58year old man. The nypd makes an arrest. Terrell brown reports for wjz, the grisly scene unfolded before a crowd of cameras. Reporter two days after this now infamous confrontation, on a subway platform in midtown, manhattan, led to the death of kesuk hahn. The grisly event unfolded before a crowded station and a number of cameras. The train was about three quarters into the platform. You know, it was slowing down by that point. But then after it started slowly going to the platform, you almost heard like a thud, a thud. Like something was hit under the
Pour outages in sunnyvale and how it all started. Searching for a gunman. A man is found shot to death near the scare. The third killing in 24 hours. Banning the Salvation Army. Why they want the group off their campus. Good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. It is sunday, december 9th. I am claudine wong. I am mike mibach. How are you. Good. How is rosemary doing. Feeling pretty good. We have a warmer day in store for the afternoon and improving conditions for most of us. Mostly cloudy skies have off set the cooling and breezy in the hills. The offshore wind will help to drive the temperatures above average for the afternoon under mostly sunny skies. We have wet weather coming back. What i expect for today and we will have more in just a moment. Pg e is working to restore power to hundreds in the south bay. It is in sunnyvale. We are live there with the dramatic car crash that caused it. Christian . Reporter dramatic car crash and scene. You can see the top of the power pole down, in
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester hold holt. Good evening. Its more than 24 hours since a jury of women was sent behind closed doors to decide a murder trial that riveted this country for the last several weeks. The shooting death by a Neighborhood Watch volunteer in sanford, florida. Tonight still no verdict. The suspension this this emotionally charged case is building inside and outside the courthouse and so are tensions. The requesty to be answered, whether George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in an act of self defense. The prosecution contents it was seconddegree murder. We will get legal perspective, but ron mott is outside the courthouse where there have been late developments. Whats happening now . Reporter good evening to you. This jury has been almost three weeks and deliberating for 13 hours and counting and they asked the court to clarify the instruction for manslaughter. Your verdict finding George Zimme