The bay bridge, and remember i told you that i wondered if the metering lights are on, and no not yet. So we will keep the fingers crossed. Thank you. And 5 01 now, and new overnight, some people already have their copy of the new anticipated book that has really angered President Trump this week. These are the pictures of a d. C. Bookstore with many believed that the book with explosive details was released early. The fallout continues, and so we think that we know what everybody is going be doing this weekend, tracy . Yes, a lot of reading or maybe trying to track down the book, because it is appearing to be sold out online, and kris and marcus, we have heard this morning from Michael Wolff, the author in an exclusive interview with the today show and he defends the reporting saying that he absolutely had access and even spoke with the president , and the president has called it lies and misrepresentation, and based on the sources that dont even exist. Reporter at midnight fire and fury sold out in minutes at a washington, d. C. , bookstore with explosive new details and unverified by nbc describing the president as mentally unfit. It is disgraceful and laughable, and complete fantasy and just full of the tabloid gossip. Author michael wolf has been a accused before of stretching the truth. The most damaging information coming from the fomer chief strategist steve bannon and now bannon is telling a different story. There is nobody that we think of higher than President Trump. Well, he called mae great man last night so he changed the tune. Reporter and many are saying that he cited that donald jr. Was treasonous, and that could spark new questions in the trump investigati investigation. Well, it is maybe not treason, but unpay are tri yotic. Avery critical of the new administration. And in fact, it is already a number one best seller on amazon, but as i said, it is sold out as of this morning. You will want to see that interview with michael wolf coming up on the today show. Thank you, tracy pots. And that interview is going to be coming up after this newscast and exclusive live interview with the books author at 7 00 on today show. We have breaking news for you in newark, new jersey, the firefighters are battling a massive fire that started in an abandon building before spread ing to other buildings. Cars were burned, and two firefighters were injured. One slip ared on ice, and another had to be helped from the scene. Frozen conditions are making it difficult for the crews. They say they have limited access to water. A man accused in the pier 39 terror plot is set to be arraigned today. The general Attorneys Office released the indictment including a bomb charge. He had planned to funnel people into pier 39 on Christmas Day so he could shoot them. He was arrested after talking about his plans to undercover agents. And jail guards who beat a santa clara inmate to death is to be sentenced today. Jurors convicted the three men on seconddegree murder chargs s in the death of michael tyree. Tyree died in his cell in 2015 at the countys main jail. His death sparked massive reform at the santa claras prison system, and each of the guards faces 15 years to life in prison. And new this morning, cleanup is reportedly expected to ramp up over to the coming weeks from the last years deadly fires. Officials say that than fox the federal contract from the burlingame removal company, they may be able to remove the debris in two months. And now some companies are backing away from offering insurance to some in fire prone areas. Companies in 2016 refused to renew thousands of policies in 24 counties and that refusal rate jumped 15 , and it is likely going to go higher after the Massive Wildfire last year. To a day, the u. S. Figure skating championships continue in san jose. To today, bob riddell is there looking at the action today. Good morning, bob. Good morning, marcus. The ladies have one more day of come competition here in the sap center in downtown san jose, and tomorrow, usa skating is expected which of the young women are going to be chosen to represent the United States at the Winter Olympics next month in south krorea. A few of the local athletes who we are keeping our eye on, and karen chen of freemont will be competeing in the ladies free skate this afternoon. Also paulina edmond of san jose, and in the short dance also taking place this afternoon, alyana of los gatos and her partner athlete. And keeping up with the men, he was able to land his first come by nation, but it is the last jump that was consider ed ed toa much easier element that briefly sent him the ice, chen took fifth in the mens program fwhoushgs way that he is likely or anybody is likely to catch up with nay then chen in first place and considered to be americas best chance at gold in pyeongchang. I did a mixed quad and triple axel and a stupid mistake and i got into the program and i had too good of a flow and so i stepped really far over to the left. But other than that, i think that it was great. My footwork felt good and the spin was good. And so to the put together a list of the highlights at the events events at the sap center. The sap center opens up at 8 00 this morning for practice, and so the short dance competition opening up, and tickets are Still Available at skate san jose. Com. Reporting live outside the sap center, bob redell. I hate to see them fall and they break my heart, because it is the younger ones especially. Thank you, bob. Take a look at this, the heavy snow fall and strong winds and look at what it did to one gas station in new jersey. Part of the massive winter storm, and look at it go. W wow. Look at that. Those freezing temperatures are going be another big problem today, and impacting air travel and 100 flights from sfo were canceled yesterday. At least 20 more flights have been already canceled today. Thankfully, they have had the snowstorm clearing the area, but it is going to be bitterly cold out east. We are tracking some rain and mild temperatures here in the bay area as we are Getting Started this morning. Most of the showers have been across the north bay. We will have hit or miss rain and not raining the whole day, but a better chance as we go into the late morning and early afternoon and some of the spotty showers may briefly produce some heavy rain and gusty winds, continuing for the south bay until later on this evening when the front finally starts to clear the bay area, so we will be tracking the rain and u how much to expect in a few minutes. As we head over to the traffic and what is happening this there in the bay area . Yes, over here, you can see the bay area is looking nice, but we are looking at the big issue along the santa cruz mounta mountains. You can see the Speed Sensors with a road hazard and a downed pole, and the rightofway is closed completely, and it is backed up from the summit to bear creek road. This is going to take a while ark and there is a to work carefully to repov the power lines, and so if this is the commute, you want to head out now, because this is not going to give us an update of time when they are expected to open up the lanes, and right now, one of the lanes is open. Thank you. And coming up, are the regulations of the internet coming back at least here in california. The fc cs promise if the state lawmakers go on with that ir plan. We will talk about jobs friday today in the bay. It is 5 12 on the friday morning and beginning soggy for some, but it is dry across the south bay as we are looking live outside at san jose. We go to los gatos for the temperature trend, and at 60 degrees at a noon. Warming up nicely. But still, off and on light showers to continue even into this evening. Make sure that you are prepared for it. We will have coolerer temperatures for the weekend and more on that coming up in five minutes. A live look in oakland southbound and northbound and 880, there is a build up of the traffic as more commuters are hitting the road. I have an update of the issue going on in the Santa Cruz Mountains dealing with the power lines. And that report is coming up in a little bit. Thank you, vianey. 5 13 right now, and looking more and more this june the motorists are going to decide on a 3 toll hike for the bay area bridges. The Transportation Leaders are going to be holding a final vote next week, and the hike would roll out in three phases as we have reported in the past provided that the motorists approve it. It would go up one tlar next year and another dollar in 2022 and then in 2025 to cover the bay area bridges except for the golden bay bridge. And new this morning the California State Senate is considering two bills on Net Neutrality. And the measures would require the Internet Service providers to adhere to guidance that were terminated last year. The rules will mean that the companies will legal were illegally required to treat all online traffic equally. And the chair mman of the te site rico says that he is backing out, because of security concerns. Sources say that he had received Death Threats over the Net Neutrality issue, and traditionally the chairman would participate at the worlds large a arest technology conference. Every one likes friday, but scott mcgrew really likes it. Yes, because it is jobs friday. Yes, a peak at how the economy is performing. And so a short time from now, marcus and kris, we expect that the unemployment is going to stick at a healthy number 4. 6 , and no doubt we have seen a slowdown in the number of jobs gained, but it is normal. We are more than eight years into the economic recovery, and the bureau of labor and statistics says that when you are looking at the regions in the United States, the San Francisco bay area region has the lowest unemployment in the whole kun ru tri,country, and i break it down, the honor goes to minneapolis, and it was just 1. 5 unemployment. And curiously in the midst of the news, two bay area tech companies, go pro and ero makes wifi for the home, and ero makes the action camerases. We have talked about bitcoin, but this is ripple coin and it is a krypto current circumstances and this is hot. Ripplecoin has increased in value like a rocketship. If you are concerned about all of this currency, we will lay it out sunday here and everything that you wanted to know about blockchain. And we will talk to a man who owns a lot of krypto currency. There a report that it is 9 billion. Yes. Blink if that is true. Look, i think that it is a dynamic where i think of the long term success. Are it is 9 billion. What would it be like to have 9 billion. Scott coin. I am going to invent my own krip krypto currency. And poor brad, he wanted to talk about what the banks are making, but he made 9 billion, and so we do talk about the other thing, but, brad. You did not let it go, either. No. I am not letting that go. And nice to have a 9 billion joining you. And we calculated it, steve wozniak, the two founders of paypal and linkedin combined. Ly be watching sunday, because they went from the paypal to ven now and now they will want krypto currency to pay my babysitters. And last night, grabbing thorntons beard, and a chunk of it on the ice, and which the Training Staff collected which is so gross. The sharks lost in the overtime shootout. And this is just nasty. That is more like a street fight. And now [ laughter ] maybe, maybe he should shave that this morning. Braid it. All right. We are starting out this morning and everybody is getting ready to the wet friday and it is a warm one, too, as the cold front starts to move in, and here is a look at the rain on the radar and now, most of it has been over San Francisco, and the peninsula, and parts of the north bay and we will start to see the rain working into the south bay later on this morning and check out the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen and it is going be cooling down, and we will have for the most part a dry weekend, but we start out with rain this morning. Here is a look at the the temperatures, and still 60 degrees in palo alto, and it is 58 degrees in san jose, and livermore is 49 degrees and chilly there in fairfield and oakland and walking out to 58 degrees and with the highs today only making it up to 60 degrees there, and also in San Francisco, and upper 50s for santa rosa and as the rain takes longer to make it into the south bay, the temperatures will be warmer, and well get a few more of the peaks of sunshine, but it is looking like for the most part the temperatures are going to be gradually warming up as we are looking for the morning commute for the south bay. It is going to be dry at 7 00 and a slight chance of rain at 8 00 and the rain chances are going up as the day goes along so be prepared for at any point some rain could drop. In the main reason why is because it is scattered as we look at what is going to happen as we look at the computer model for the day, and it does show that the rain does start to become a little bit more widespread for the north bay. And by 11 00 this morning raining in San Francisco and along the coast as well as Santa Cruz Mountains, but san jose is dry. We could have light sprinkles and quick passing showers and not expecting any heavy rain and still a chance of showers throughout the evening. So as the models plot the potential of getting low amounts of rain for parts of the east bay, and the south bay, but then the farther north you go, we will see some higher amounts of rain and it may be highest over San Francisco and napa, so watching for that rain to move in, and let me know what you are doing this weekend. Im at kari hall on twitter, and ill be talking about the weekend forecast coming up in 20 minutes, and this weekend it is going to be cooler and breezy and highs in the 50s in San Francisco, and another chance of rain starting out early next week, and i will be tracking all of it for you. And vianey, how is that looking out there on the roads . Well, a lot of people are looking to make their way into the weekend, and so far, everybodys morning commute is off to the easy start except for the folks dealing with the Santa Cruz Mountain highway and 17 usually has a couple of issue, but one thing that is happening, it backs up, a road hazard that is being reported that is a downed tree that knocked down a downed pole, and now along i17, the road is closed, but the good news is that the crews are there to clear it out, and the hazards there to see the slowing up towards bear creek road. We will keep an eye on it, because if you go through the Santa Cruz Mountain, and you know how messy and horrible that drive can be. And live look in san jose along 101 and we can see that the traffic is building and the south bay has managed to maintain some pretty decent clear roads this morning. Back to you. All right. Thank you, vianey. And award season is here, and all eyes are on california this weekend. We are getting ready for the go Golden Globes. Off. The red carpet has been rolled out ahead of the golden award season is about to kick off and the red carpet has literally started to roll out ahead of the Golden Globes, and you can see the host seth meyers on hand for that ceremony. The today show is getting you ready. And joining us from are Beverly Hills is joe looking very dapper and appropriate. Joe . Are good morning kris and marcus, and we know that the Golden Globes is hollywoods Biggest Party and a fun and unpredictable night, but tonight, it is going to be a more serious tone on the red carpeta and number of stars have said they will be wearing all black to protest sexual a harassment and assault in the wake of the skand canles that ha scandals for the last few mon months. And seth meyers says he has to strike a balance, and not ig more the elephant in the room, but he does want to recognize those who have done such a great work over the year. The shape of water is going into the night leading all contenders with seven nominations and behind that is the post with six nominations. Many of the categories are wide open, and movies like dunkirk and call me by your name ooh and so many others could take the globe home. And you have lady bird and a is a tire sat ire which is a surprise to many will be in the comedy category. And they love to honor new show, but reboots like will and grace and Kyle Mclaughlin for twin peaks and so it is possible that this year what is old is new again. And we will be watching on this side for all of the political fallout, and the speeches and the attire as well. Thank you. And the coverage of the Golden Globes starts at 4 00 in the afternoon and you can watch it right here on the nbc bay area. Doctors are track traing a spike in the flu cases. And a final chapter in the kate steinle story. Sentencing for this man who was acquitted of her murder and how long he might spend behind bars anyway. Coming up on 5 30 on this friday morning. And you can see the clouds in the distance and they will be bringing us some much needed rain. Thank you for join g ing us. Im kris sanchez and laura garcia is off today. And im marcus washington. And you said that the clouds are in distance, but cart kari hall here to tell us all about it. We will have around the bay area some off and on wet a areas. Look at how mild it is as you are heading out the door. In the upper 50s and low 60s. Livermore is 53. And you can see that it is going to be mostly the mid50s and lower 60s. It is going to be 359 in santa rosa. And coming up in seven minutes, i will have a look at the weekend forecast and what is g going on in the bay area, and we will talk about it as vianey gets you out of the door right now. It is friday morning, but we are starting to see a couple of incidents out there on the road, and it is because we are starting to see more of the buildup in this 5 30 hour. Overall, everybo