Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240713

San jose 39. Concord 39. Santa cruz 38. And up through santa rosa, 38 right now. So the temperature difference compared to the last 24 hours is pretty significant in some parts including livermore, ten degrees colder and napa 11 and oakland 10 and down through san jose 7 degrees colder compared to the same rain shower yesterday morning. Now were still dealing with the High Surf Advisory through 3 00 p. M. And talk about the king tides, we are expecting the high upwards of six feet around 11 54. So if you are around the coastline, be careful there is the possibility of coastal flooding potential. I know they have certain areas probably blocked off just out of safety. And then, guess what, kira, were tracking two more storms heading in our direction. Ill have the latest one an the rainmaker and the big one and low elevation sthoe. Wow. Okay. Well see you in about 15 minutes. Vianey, thanks. We begin an investigation into what a muni train continued down the track after hitting a pedestrian. It happened before 3 00 at bay shore and sunnydale south of Visitacion Valley in San Francisco. The persons was found dead at the scene. The driver of the train left, stopping at the muni metro at the 25th street in the dog patch. Police are initiated two investigations into why the driver kept going. Northbound traffic on bay shore was shut down for a couple of hours as officers canvass the streets this morning. People are on alert after a sighting of a coyote amidst homes not once but twice. Marianne favro reports on what could be behind the sightings. Reporter four legs,ypgcq fu a tail. Strolling on the sidewalk in willow gloen willow glen but this was no dog. She took a picture and lives here 20 years and never spotted a coyote before. So she called animal control. They said it is not uncommon if the cyte didnt do enough hunting at night to be out in the morning in the daylight. Reporter she posted this photo on social media because there are young kids in the area and people with pets. Patrick campbell was out walking his dogs Tuesday Morning when he, too, had a coyote encounter and took this photo. Dog came out of the bushes and at first i thought it was a dog and then i thought, what it is a dog and then i was like, oh, that is a coyote. It made me nervous. Reporter because he was wore can ied his two jack russ terriers might fight with with the coyote. He planned to still walk in the neighborhood but cindy had a different reaction. I did decide to skip the dog walk this morning. Reporter Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Lets go, man one down. Another one next week. History in the making. Maybe the curse lifting at levis. Jimmy g. s message to 49ers faithful after the blowout win 2710 over minnesota and they are one win away from advancing to the super bowl. Some 72,000 people packed into levi stadium for the first playoff game in levi stadium history. Sea of red and gold. One couple we caught up with brought their fourmonthold daughter. I grew up with steve young, jerry rice so i want her to grow up with George Kittle and jimmy g. Those who couldnt score tickets to the soldout game gathered at watch parties across the bay area. We went to a celebrate at sp2 in san jose and doesnt look like we have video of that. Clock hadnt even run out yet before the niners fans went wild. Think about 1 30 left in the game and figured out it was over. Anthony flores will join us later in the newscast to have highlight and reaction from squ from jimmy g. And George Kittle come up in 30 minutes from now. Road rage or more. A sayrefying scene in the south bay on highway 101 in san jose near hellyer avenue. Two cars nearly collided on the freeway and then atan sedan pulled up next to the pickup truck and started shooting. The shooter hit the truck at least six times. Look at that bullet holes and that glass. A man and woman were inside of the car. The woman was hit by shattered glass. She is okay. The chp said the shooting likely was road rage but they dont know for sure. Theyre investigating. No arrests is been made. Another violent robbery in the east bay involving a laptop and this time the victim was shot. Less than two weeks ago a similar situation ended with with the victim ending up dead. Sergio quintana spoke with the man who helped the victim. It was a dime or nickelsized wound right on his hip. Reporter brian lives near the scene of the laptop theft turned violent this time at an oakland bus stop and he heard the gunshot and grabbed his paramedic bag and splitted to help the man. The victim was on the phone with the 911 dispatcher describing what happened. Someone had come up in a mask and asked for his laptop and he said he was on his laptop and somebody asked for it and i think he said he refused and the guy shot him. Reporter the 21yearold victim is expected to be okay. This laptop robbery at gunpoint comes more than a week since oakland resident shuo zeng was killed when robbers stole his laptop in the montclair neighborhood. Zeng was killed when he chased after the alleged robbers and was hit by the getaway car. Two men have been arrested in that case. Dan kalb wants to see more police on the streets to stop violent street crime. We have a vacancy rate twice as much as what it should be at opd and the only way to fill vacancies is more Police Academies so im im pushing to have for officers. Reporter there have been several shootings and a stabbing here recently. Many dont stay out late and wonder what would happen if someone tried to steal there there him. You hate to think your reaction is not to think at the time and grab it or refuse to give it up and in that moment, that might cost you your life. Reporter in oakland, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. And new details concerning the would moms who have been ordered to leave that vacant oakland house that they took over. The Property Owners want to help the women get temporary housing. A squ a judge ruled on any ane told you about this yesterday morning, the two moms have no claim to the house they took back over in november. The Alameda County sheriff has five days to evict the women and turn it back over to the owners, a Company Called wedgewood out of los angeles. Yesterday wedgewood offered to pay the cost of housing the mother and families at a shelter for the them. Two months. One of the mothers said in a statement they said we want to buy this home through Oakland Community land trust but wedgewood would rather see our kids in shelters or worse. Their offer is an insult, end quote. The owners want the mom to leave peacefully and voluntarily. Were doing this because the Company Recognizes what the women are saying even though it disagree with their methods which is to break in and forcibly take this home. We still fael feel for them and respect them and want to help them transition to a safe place. The women maintain they have no intention of leaving voluntarily. It is 7 90. Much more ahead. Live to washington to talk with with chuck todd and get a preview of this weeks meet the press. And plus information that could help save lives. The battle between lawmakers and Ride Share Companies to keep customers safe. Announcer time and temperature on nbc bay area is sponsored by mancinis sleep world. Co mpetition and we broke through. Youve tried retinol, but you have never tried one like this. Olays retinol24 complex hydrates better than the 1 retinol. Visibly smoother brighter skin in just 24 hours. A skin upgrade . Crushed it. New olay retinol24. Face anything. Olay. Now available with retinol serum and retinol eye cream. Welcome back. It is 7 11 and were joined in studio with our political thauls Larry Gerston. Moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Thank you for joining us. Happy sunday. Happy sunday. This week we heard quite a few shifting explanations out of the Trump Administration on the killing of general soleimani. What has this response been . Well, look, i think the still is offering mixed messages, the res is saying very specific things. I have the National Security adviser who doesnt confirm the specifics and plenty of evidence that calls into question the specifics. The president cited four embassies and this there was no warning and any time they are under threat they are warned and that didnt happen. But lets be realistic here. In the wake of the Soleimani Killing it was a you had the white house scrambling to rescue some International Diplomacy here to try to keep the allies on the same talking points, if you will. They were struggling to do that. Struggling to explain. But i think some of the criticism is mitigated because of irans own behavior. First lying about downing the passenger jet and then fessing up to it sparking internal domestic protests and it bought the president some space both internationally to work on Public Diplomacy and domestically to try to repair some time with congress here, with some trust. I dont know if the trust between the congress and the executive branch will be any time soon but what is happening in iran right now does take a little bit of the political pressure off the Trump Administration. Absolutely. With the iranians protesting and calling for the leader to step down. Chuck, senator Susan Collins reported shes meeting with a fairly small group of republican senators who assure that new witnesses will be allowed to speak at president trumps impeachment trial. What does this say about mcconnells claim that he has the votes to move forward without fresh testimony . Well, hes been very careful what he said. He said he had the votes to get going. To get this without a guarantee of witnesses. I think one thing, larry, that i remind people of is that and i ask this question and ill ask it rhetorically, what is Mitch Mcconnells priority . The president s politics or the Senate Majority politics . I promise you worried about the Senate Majority more than anything. So the fact of the matter is it strikes me as pretty smart politics by Susan Collins, martha mcsally, cory gardner, the vulnerable republican incumbents, i do expect them to all vote together. All of those vulnerable republicans that would like to have more witnesses, i think that is my guess is that that group, whether it is three, six, seven, maybe max, that they vote as a block. And if they did that and they wanted witnesses, well it owe guarantee we would see witnesses thats for sure. Moving on. New president ial polls in South Carolina and nevada show spikes por tom steyer allowing him to participate in the next tuesday democratic debate. With him spending more money in the two states than all combined, is money now replacing the traditional Retail Campaign forum weve used in the early states . Larry, i would buy into the premise if steyer were making a move in iowa and New Hampshire. Hes spending the same a gagillion dollars in those two states too and it hasnt had the same impact. Lets be realistic. If you are the only person advertising in a state, you could garner some name i. D. And essentially hes the only person focusing on nevada and South Carolina television airwaves to a thorough extent. That is not the case in iowa and New Hampshire. So im a little hesitant to assume much other than that is what Money Matters when no one else is advertising and the rest of the campaign shows up i expect the steyer number to fade but well see. The good news for him is he got his way into the debate. And that is thats what matters most for him. Does he make the most of it. Ill be honest, im skeptical those numbers are nothing but sort of a bit inflated because hes the only one running tv ads in either state. A gagillion dollars. How many zeros is that. I dont know any more. So and so is spending 76 million. I remember when 76 million, this is in 2000, was the combined ad budget for both candidates for president in the nomination. So these numbers are sort of no longer real sometimes. Astronomical. Off the charts. Chuck todd, thank you so much. And before you go, good luck to you and your Green Bay Packers today. Well, i appreciate that. Go, pack, do. Thank you. Be sure to join chuck for this mornings meet the press with an interview with National Security adviser Robert Obrien and exclusive interviewed with rand paul and michael bennet. Tune into meet the press after this newscast at 8 00 a. M. Just stay right here. And larry will be back in 40 minutes for our weekly chat and look at a record amount of Campaign Funding for the 2020 president ial election. Did we know we were talking about that with chuck . Two candidates who may be changing the paradigm. Larry, well see you in a few. Got it. Turning to other news. A fight over crash data that could save lives. A state lawmaker is demanding that the California Public Utilities Commission make public annual crash data reports from uber and lyft. For years state regulators have hidden the data even though theyre not legally obligated do so. Lorena gonzalez is promising to have every tool available to force the release of that information. The cpuc has yet to respond to allegations that it is hiding information because of industry hobbying. Wow, turning to vianey arana with a look at our sunday forecast. We had a little bit of rain yesterday. A lot of sunshine in the end. Kwa. Yeah it moved out but that is leaving behind the cold morning lows. If you are heading out soon, ill bring you through the timeline. Because we are dry for the first part of the morning and still the instability. But the view of san jose. Look at skies. You could see cloud cover there. And also look at how beautiful this view of the Golden Gate Bridge is. It looked like it may be blown out in terms of lighting. But it is 49 degrees in San Francisco. Meanwhile right now in the 30s in other parts of the bay briba cold 31. Santa rosa 38. And in through oakland also in the 30s. So what are we seeing in terms of the temperature change . If you notice up through napa, this is a 24hour temperature change meaning theyre running 11 degrees colder compared to the same time yesterday. Concord 9 degrees colder. And our microclimate highs for today, a little bit of instability still left. So for the first half of the morning well get a mix of sun and clouds again and by the evening because of instability there is a chance well catch a couple of isolated showers but not a big rainmaker and not everybody will see the light rain. Temperatures range in the 50s. But still dealing with the High Surf Advisory in place through 3 00 p. M. King tides, weve been talking about that all weekend, the high tide over 6 feet at about 11 54 this morning around the coastline. So the highlighted purple line, means the waves will be dangerous. It could be impressive to watch, but watch from a safe distance. We have the storm ranger up and scanning. You could see radar is pretty quiet. But well keep our Doppler Radar working because were tracking two additional storms. So lets talk about the hourbyhour outlook. 30s right now. And looking at 8 30, i talked about the instability bringing a chance of isolated showersm here they have, san rafael and San Francisco. Not everybody is going to see it. It is a bit disorganized meaning sh areas will be driving down the highway and then noticing rain. Our chance of more rain. Monday night into Tuesday Morning, more rain is possible with low rain totals about less than a tenth of an inch, maybe a quarter in the mountain areas and fast forwarding ahead into wednesday, this is the biggest rainmaker right now. From a half an inch to an inch and a half and also a cold storm which means we could see snow near the lower elevations at about 3500 feet. Wednesday night into thursday morning. It is very windy. So widespread rain expected on thursday. We begin to calm down heading into friday morning but by from night into Early Saturday Morning we get more rain. But dont worry, well get clear skies in time for the niners game in time for sunday according to the rain models now. So monday night into Tuesday Morning, light storms and wednesday night into thursday more widespread is our big rainmaker this week. Kira. Hank you. It is 7 21. Coming up, if you bought or received a smart tv over the holidays, chances are it knows more about you than you might know. And it is sharing that information. Coming up, with we show you some simple steps to outsmart your smart tv. We are back with millions of smart tvs sold over the holiday season. It is likely because they are cheaper than ever. But that bargain comes with a price. This next report will show you what your smart tv knows about you and how you can stop it from sharing that information. Nbcs vicky nguyen shows us how to keep your tv from being so smart. Reporter there are big ticket item for millions of people and nearly every tv sold these days is a smart tv meaning you could stream from netflix and youtube and hula and disney plus and you might plug in an amazon fire stick, roku or Google Chrome cast. But they are grabbing a lot of information about you. What streaming services you use and what shows you watch and when you are watching and how long. Even if you do Something Like this play star wars. The Smart Devices use that information for a range of reasons including analytics, marketing and targeted advertising. They could share that data with countless thirdparty firms. They are monitoring what you do. Theyre monitoring what you watch. Reporter Consumer Reports director of products maria said your smart tv is basically a computer. These are connected and collecting and sending data and that is a lot different than how you think of a tv. Reporter she said many smart tvs use what is called acr or automatic content recognition. That is the technology that the tvs use to identify what youre watching. Do you think most people are aware that this much information is being collected about them . No. I dont think people are are aware of and people are aware they could do something about it. Reporter so what can you do . Maria shows me the steps on a samsung. On this tv we go down to settings. We then have to go down to support. Go over to terms and policy, we want to go to viewing Information Services and there is this i agree. Were going to uncheck that and what does that do . It will are have it stop monitoring what youre watching. Reporter next look for interestbased Advertisements Service privacy notice. Yeah, it is a mouthful. And also turn off the ability to get targeted ads. Reporter so this is not that easy for a normal user. Right. Reporter others like resce roku is different. Go to settings, advertising and limit ad checking it and then smart experience we want to uncheck. And amazon fire tv, go to settings, references, privacy settings and device usage data. So we would like to turn that off. Reporter finally disable collect app and over the air usage and interestbased ads. So good tips to help you outsmart your smart tv. Wow, that was vicky nguyen reporting. Ill watch that again. Coming up, a big cleanup at yosemite and not because of a trash problems. The Health Concerns you need to know before your next trip to yosemite. And a day of mourning and protests after yesterdays stunning admission by iran. Good sunday morning to you. It is 7 29 on this january 12th. Were taking a live look outside at the palm trees in downtown san jose. They look pufl. But, boy, they must be cold. It is a cold morning out there. Thanks for joining us. Im kira klapper. Vianey arana has a look at the microclimate forecast. Palm trees remind me of southern california. That is home for me. That is where with my family is. But i love the bay bridge. And youre right, kira, it is cold. It is in the 30s right now. But look at how pretty this shot is of san jose. You could see the sky there. We have a good mix of clouds. Oh, no, my San Francisco camera officially gave out. Well that was a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. I dont know what happened there. But your microclimate highs for today, well be in the 50s. So here is a look at what to expect when you head out of the door. The reason i have showers in the outlook, the first half of the morning is okay but moving into the evening we still have instability bringing the chance of isolated showers along the coastline so not everyone will see the showers today however we have another system rolling into tonight and tomorrow morning and still tracking the High Surf Advisory and ill tell you about the new storms coming up in about 15 minutes. Those high surf advisories are scary. Thank you so much. We begin with an investigation into why a muni train continued down the tracks after it hit a pedestrian. It happened early this morning just before 3 00 a. M. At bay shore boulevard on sunnydale south of Visitacion Valley. The person was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the muni train left the scene, eventually stopping at the muni metro east facility on 25th street in the dog patch. Well transit officials and San Francisco police are now investigating at both of the locations why the driver kept going. Northbound traffic on bay shore was shut down for a couple of hours as officers canvassed that area this morning. Now to people in a quiet bay area neighborhood who are now all on alert after an unusual daytime sighting. A coyote among their homes. Not once but twice. Today in the bay Marianne Favro reports on what could be behind those sightings. Reporter four legs, fur and a tail. Strolling on the sidewalk in willow glen. But this was no dog. And i thought oh, my gosh it is a coyote. Reporter cindy wilson took a picture of a coyote on briarwood. Shes lived here 20 years and never spotted a coyote before so she called animal control. They said it is not uncommon if the coyote didnt do enough hunting at night to be out in the morning in the daylight. Reporter she posted this photo on social media because there are a lot of young kids in the area andeem with with pets. Patrick campbell was out walking his dogs Tuesday Morning when he, too, had a coyote encounter and took this photo. The dog came out of the bushes and at first i thought it was a dog and then originally i thought, it is a dog and then i was like, oh, that is a coyote. It made me nervous. Reporter because he was worried his two jack russell terriers might fight with the coyote. He still plans to walk dogs in the neighborhood but cindy had a different reaction. I did decide to skip the dog walk that morning. Reporter Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Lets go, man one down, baby. With we have another next week. Jimmy g. s message to niner pans after yesterdays blowout win, 2710 over the Minnesota Vikings. The niners are now just one win away from advancing to the super bowl. Some 72,000 people packed the stadium. The soldout game was just a sea of red and gold. It was the first playoff game in levi stadium history and the first time the niners have hosted a playoff game since 2012. Fans of all ages were there. One couple brought their fourmonthold baby. I dpru up with steve young and jerry rice and i want her to grow up with George Kittle and jimmy g. Those who couldnt get tickets packed into watch parties. This is video if a pure joy celebration at sp2 in san jose. The clock had not run out and the fans were going wild. So could this supposed curse over levi stadium be lifted. Anthony flores will join us with highlights from George Kittle and jim kwi g. In about five. Now to yosemite. If you are planning a trip, we have a warning. The thashl Park Association is doing a major cleanup after an outbreak of a stomach illness. A dozen people have gotten sick and are now recovering. Federal Health Officials are inspecting the restaurants and trying to find the source of the outbreak. Yosemite is reminding both employees and visitors to wash their hands. Another violent robbery in the east bay involving a laptop. This time the victim was shot. You may remember that less than two weeks ago it was a similar situation. A laptop stolen and the victim dragged by the escape car. Now there is concern in the community. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana spoke with a man who helped the victim. It was basically like a dime or nickel sized wound. Reporter brian lives near the laptop theft turned violent this time at an oakland bus stop. He grabbed his paramedics bag and splinted to help the victim. The victim was on the phone with the 911 dispatcher describing what happened. Someone had come up in a mask, asked for his laptop and he said he was on his laptop and somebody asked for it and i think he said he refused and the guy shot him. Reporter the 21yearold victim is expected to be okay. This laptop robbery at gunpoint comes just a more than a week since shuo zeng was killed when robbers stole his laptop at a starbucks in the montclair neighborhood. Police say zeng was killed when he chased after the alleged robbers and was hit by the getaway car. Two men have been arrested this that case. What i can say is reporter dan kalb wants to see more police on the streets to stop the violent street crime. We have a vacancy rate twice as much as what it should be now at opd and the only way to fill the vaccance kwi is to have more Police Academy so im pushing to aud more Police Academy to our budget. Reporter brian is concerned about violence in the neighborhood. There have been several shootings and a stabbing recently. He doesnt stay out too late after the sun goes down and wonders what might happen if someone stole from him. You hate to think your first reaction is you might not think and grab it or refuse to give it up and in that moment that might cost you your life. Sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Moving to iran where protesters took to the streets after the countrys shocking announcement publicly admitted that it did indeed shoot down a iranian airliner. All 176 people on board were killed. It happened during the iranian air strikes against the u. S. Initially authorities in iran denied shooting down the plane and claimed it was a result of an engine failure. Demonstrators and many students are outraged by the apparent coverup and calling for justice and want the Iran Supreme Leader to step down. President trump weighed in yesterday tweeting support tor the protesters saying, quote, to the brave, longsuffering people of iran, ive stood with with you since the beginning of my presidency and my administration will continue to stand with you. We are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage. And across canada people are mourning those victims. 57 of the people who were killed were canadian. Most of the passengers on board were headed to canada. Many of them were international students. Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the families deserve justice. What iran has admitted to is very serious. Shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific. Iran must take full responsibility. Trudeau went on to tell reporters that the iranian president has committed to working with canadian investigators in hopes to deescalate tensions in the region. Stick with nbc bay area for the very latest developments on ongoing conflicts with iran. Head to our website at nbcbayarea. Com for the most up to date information you could also download our nbc bay area app and updates will be sent straight to your phone. Puerto rico is reeling after yet another major quake struck yesterday morning. The island was rocked by a 6. 4 magnitude quake on tuesday. Causing widespread damage and then yesterday a 5. 9 quake. It was considered an after shock and came with several 5. 0 quakes. California is now responding to the crisis by deploying disaster specialists to san juan this morning. The governor gavin newsom said they include exerts on Emergency Management and engineering and crisis counseling. In sta in australia, firefighters arent getting any breaks. Two fires merged together and this newly formed single wildfire covered 1. 5 million acres and is expected to keep burning for weeks. Sydney opera house paying tribute to the men and women battling the fires. This is from last night on the outside of the opera house lit up showing pictures of the crews helping fight the bush fires. It is 7 39. Well lighten things up. Still ahead on today in the bay, the niners headed to the nfc championship. Anthony flores has the highlights from the biggest win in the history of levi stadium. 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Reporter the 49ers with with one win away from reaching the super bowl after a win over the Minnesota Vikings. A packed house for the first ever playoff game at levis stadium. Jimmy garoppolo has the pass to cap an eightplay 16yard drive and 70. And then tied at 77 and coleman with a oneyard touchdown plunge. 147 San Francisco. The niners nearly 190 yards rushing. The defense would take care of the rest. They had six sacks and held the vikings to just 21 yards rushing. The 49ers beat the vikings 2710. We played good football today and weve been playing good football all year. We keep putting did football on tape. People keep telling us were not very good and were just going to keep playing football i guess. It was awesome. We were one drive where we didnt pass the ball and came up the sideline and as excited as weve been offensively and it is just when you could do it to a team, it makes it tough on defenses. Im superexcited to be part of this with the adversity ive had over the five years here. To have this year and to win and earn the right to play in another game is great. Reporter the 49ers will host the nfc championship game here at levis stadium next sunday facing the winner between the seatt seattle green bay game. Anthony flores, nbc bay area news. And in the afc, a stunning early exit for the baltimore ravens. Like the niners in the nfc, the ravens were the number one seed in the afc. They fall to Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans 2812. The titan play the winner of the game today between the kansas chiefs and the Houston Texans in the conference championship next weekend. 7 44. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Record Campaign Spending for the 2020 president ial election. But two Democratic Candidates are bucking the fundraising trend. We explain with Larry Gerston next. Trump those preexisting conditions are protected. Vo a broken promise. Trump repeatedly tried to undermine coverage for 134 million americans with preexisting conditions. Mike he just doesnt care if you have a preexisting condition he wants to deny you access to coverage. If he is reelected, hell keep trying to do that and i think we cant let that happen. Vo as president , mike will lower costs, and protect americans with preexisting conditions. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Welcome back. The president ial Election Year will see record Campaign Spending. The controversial Trump Presidency has brought enormous fundraising from proopponents and opponents alike. More significantly selffunded efforts by democrats Michael Bloomberg and tom steyer have assumed unparalleled prominent. Nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston joins us. Welcome back. Have these two candidates, steyer and bloomberg, changed the paradigm for nomination success. Well know the answer to this whole thing in july. Close to july, as to how much it stuck. Stuck to their plan and changed this paradigm. But for now, look, billionaires bloomberg and steyer has demonstrated a willingness to part with hundreds of Million Dollars pursuing the presidency with different strategies. Bloomberg is full kwi funding his effort, asserting his approach will show he cant be bought by special interest. Steyer has a hybrid approach through selffunding Campaign Donations which have allowed him to participate in some of the debates, including the one coming up this tuesday. Still, almost all of the campaign has come from his own pockets. How much money are we talking . Gazillions according to chuck todd. Gazillions. More zeros than ill ever know for darn sure. A record number. It is crazy. Steyer already committed more than 100 million, already. With significant amounts going to the early caucus and primary states. Bloomberg has past the 200 million amount with with most of his money going to states after the first four nomination contests and emphasizing the supertuesday days on march 3rd. And california is one of the states with the largest number of delegates at stake. For the first time. And you mentioned that we might not know fully the results until july of how this money is panning out. But what do we see so far . Well, the latest poll shows something interesting. They show some success for steyer. A poll of South Carolina democrats released last week showed a surge for steyer. All the way up to a tie for second. I think from a distant 4 just a few months ago. Similarly a poll of Nevada Democrats released last week showed a jump for steyer to 12 from 5 . So there are important takeaways with the change going on with big money. First South Carolina and nevada are are the third and fourth states in the democratic nomination process. Significant because like iowa and New Hampshire before them, they potentially play huge roles this setting the tone for the rest of the nomination process. And second, steyer spent 22 million in South Carolina and nevada alone. More money than all of the other Democratic Candidates combined. So you could see how he is just laser focused and, boom, there goes his popularity. And people dont really know him. Hes from california. We know him and now hes being introduced to the rest of the country. And what about Michael Bloomberg, depending who you ask it doesnt seem like hes getting as much bang for his buck. You see him a lot on tv. Every other commercial is bloomberg because hes employing a National Campaign strategy focusing on the states after the first four events. Even though he entered the race seven weeks ago hes averaging 6 and as high as 11 nationally in one poll. And this could ome be the beginning. If we consider the 100 million bloomberg spent to win the third term as mayor in thrk. 100 million for new york. You add that up nationally. That could amount to 6 billion. If you spent proportionately the same thing, 6 billion. Which is about twice the cost of all campaign costs of donald trump and Democratic Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. The dollars as we talked about with chuck are just beyond belief. Astronomical. So do you think the self funded campaigns will become the new standard for winning elections or being in an election . You know, here is where it gets more interesting than we might think about money. Historically selffunded campaigns have done miserably in most major races. In 1996 independent candidate ross perot spent 65 million of his own money on his campaign and came in a poor third. That was a lot of money in 1996. Steve forbes spent 80 million in 1996 and 2000 and didnt even win the republican nomination and in the 2010 governor race in california, this is sobering things up, republican meg whitman spent 150 million of her own money. Only to lose to jerry browns 26 million campaign. So you know we talk about money and running things and what not, but from the examples we could see massive spending may garner name recognition, it doesnt necessarily translate to votes. So whether the massive spending in 2020 will turn out differently, well you could see both sides of this argument that may not be as powerful at the end as it has been currently. Always interesting. Larry, thanks so much. Well be back in a moment with vianeys final look at weather. It is 7 54 and so far were off to a good start out there. A live look at Golden Gate Bridge. 49 degrees now in San Francisco. But in other areas were a lot colder. Look at napa, 34. Santa rosa 38. 39 in san jose. So were waking up to the 30s. Check out storm ranger. Weve had Doppler Radar up and things have calmed down significantly. But we are still tracking that instability which could bring a chance of isolated showers in through this evening. Not for everybody. So some of you might not see the rain but still the chance up to the north bay and the coastline. Check out your temperatures for today. For the first half of the day we should be okay. Combination of sun and clouds, cool weather in the 50s. 55 for oakland, 54 for napa, 57 in san jose and 54 in San Francisco. There is still the High Surf Advisory in place. The high tide is expected to be over six feet, around 11 54 p. M. So all of thissen ire this entire area there is a chance for possible coastal flooding that means the waves are so high that it keeps on to the shore and that could be an area for concern so be careful as you head outdoors. Next seven days. So what do we have ahead . A chance of showers tonight. And then our next storm moves in late tomorrow night into early Tuesday Morning. So more rain is possible. However, were tracking low rain totals. Were talking less than a tenth of an inch for most areas heading into tuesday. Then we get a little bit of a break tuesday night into earl kwi wednesday morning. By wednesday night into early thursday morning is the best rainmaker so far. So this is the third storm. Rain chances right now in total on average from about half an inch to an inch and a half. Because it is a colder storm, there is the possibility of seeing snow near the 3,500 elevation mark which means some of the local mountain top areas. So that is something to watch. Into thursday we get wet weather continues then a break into friday and friday night into saturday morning were tracking another kans another chance of rain. But the trend is showing clearing skies for the big game again for the 49ers heading into sunday. So get through the week of storms first. Over the next seven days. Here is a closer look at what to expect. Rain monday night into early Tuesday Morning, a little bit of a break into wednesday morning and then more clouds and rain moves in Late Wednesday night into thursday. Thursday is the biggest rainmaker with over an inch of rain expected for some of the Higher Elevation areas and were talking about the low snow levels and a dry break on triand then another chance of showers heading into saturday. By no means do you need to wash your car this week. Our weather is a little erratic. That is good. Because i wasnt planning on washing mine any time soon. Thanks so much, vianey. And thank you for making us part of your morning. Well have more local news for you at 4 30, 6 00 and 11 00 and all day on nbcbayarea. Com. Well see you right back here in next weekend. We hope you have a great sunday. This sunday, iran fallout. Stopped him quickly and we stopped him cold. 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