Issue and protesters are expected. Reporter San Francisco police chief has been advocating for the use of tasers for his officers for quite some time. They wont be used in every situation. They are a less lethal force option. There is some opposition to this a vote. I want you to see just across the way moments ago these are demonstrators who plan to make their voices heard before the vote in an hour. They believe that the use of tasers will be used disproportionately on people of color the homeless and the mentally ill. They are very worried about officers getting tasers into their hands. The chief said if this is passed rules and training will be put into place to make sure tasers are used property. Chief scot since he was sworn in as push to get tasers into the department. He believes it will reduce serious injuries to officers as well as the people they are trying to take into custody. Tasers is one option. Not to be used in every situation. Not to be used based on race or economic status. Based on the behavior that dictates what is appropriate. Reporter the chief said the use of force incidents are down 17 from last year. He said the department of justice recommended that the department explore the use of tasers following an investigation into the department after several officer involved shootings. The three predecessors to chief scot tried and failed to get tasers into the department. We asked the chief about it he said the timing is different. In terms of where officers are and where Law Enforcement is. That could be a potential reason as to why we might see it past. It is unclear. This meeting will start in our. When the vote comes down we will bring it to you. San francisco one of two big cities without tasers. We will have to see what happens. The first of a series of rainstorms moved through this morning. A light drizzle in some places turned to steady rain. This was the beginning. Several more storm systems will be moving through Northern California over the weekend bringing rain. If you are in the sierra some snow. Up to two feet of snow forecast in the higher elevations. Thats find out how much when it will stop. Today so far it is hit or miss. I think i counted three drops on my windshield. To the rainfall we will be picking up into early sunday morning. Some measurable rainfall. It depends on location. Will take a look at those numbers. Scotts valley over a quarter of an inch. Santa rosa 1 10 of an inch. Hills park. 03. San rafael we could be talking about a half an inch or three quarters of an inch. A lot of zeros across the area. That will be changing tonight. Primarily into early saturday. Here is the main system itself. You can pick out this frontal band. Lots of cold air will work his way into the area. The shortterm we will hold out to that hit or miss whether theme park a few scattered showers. There is the current radar. Not all is reaching the ground. As we come in closer there is some of the coverage and portions of the south bay and the east bay as well to walnut creek and fairfield. Closer to walnut creek and concorde. In the north bay rainfall closer to hillsboro and cloverdale. Earlier this afternoon. Some coverage right now. Thats take a look at the currents of interest. Lots of 60s and temperatures in the upper 50s in fremont. Looking to the golden gate bridge. Even if you dont have the rainfall you have some drizzle. Enough to wet the roadways. Is the deal with the timing this weekend. Saturday morning while you are sleeping another pulse of rainfall into the area. 12 am in the south bay we can be tracking rain. This is great news. By saturday afternoon right on through sunday afternoon. He was what the forecast model things. We will show you the timing of the heaviest downpours. Moves in early saturday. This is for a. M. , 5 am and 6 am. We will talk more about the system. And another guy that could move into the area next week. All coming up in a few minutes. Governor brown is asking for 7. 4 billion in federal funding for wildfire relief and recovery efforts. The governor joined other lawmakers to urge trump and congress to adopt a third disaster appropriations bill to support the state recovery effort. The money will go to clean up efforts and housing agriculture and other services. The fires in the north bay and Mendocino County killed 43 and destroyed 9000 structures. The first wrongful death lawsuit linked to the wildfires has been filed against pg e. Rob malcolm with more. Reporter the first lawsuit connected to the northbay wildfires was filed this morning and santa rosa. Tori thomas lost his only sister in the tubs fire. He is hoping his course of legal action will help others. The lawsuit filed by tori thomas lost his paraplegic sister 47yearold tamara Patrice Thomas seeks damages for emotional distress. And pain and suffering. Unable to evacuate thomas burned to death october 8 while confined to a wheelchair inside the crestview Residential Care home crestview drive. In santa rosa coffee park neighborhood. Joint on the steps of the Sonoma County superior court house by attorneys John Cox Miller and former california senator lorraine evans. Pg e is responsible for the fire. The agency failed to maintain electrical power lines that could have been knocked down on the drought stricken land because of high winds. Lawsuit for wrongful death and survival in punitive damages would not have been filed. They say it pg e would have maintained their property. The accident and loss of life was preventable says attorney john cox. It is clear the Public Utility Commission has cited pg e over 85 times for violations of their Maintenance Requirements for failing to do what they were supposed to do as far as maintaining vegetation around the power lines. And doing things that could prevent these fighters. They did not do it here. There is multiple 911 calls and other evidence suggesting multiple transformers of pg e exploded and caused the fires. That is what caused this is situation. It is avoidable. We still breakdown every time we see her picture. Even when we talk about her we are breaking down. It isnt too much i can say about it. I lost my sister. To something that was not supposed to happen. Reporter john cox wants to litigate and consolidate all his cases and santa rosa and Sonoma County rather than doing it in pg es backyard which is San Francisco. Pg e has not specified on the cause of the fires. After months of the coyote creek flooding the lead agencies put their differences behind it. A joint meeting of the city council and Santa Clara ValleyWater District board ended after both bodies adopted a new Emergency Action plan. Self a reporter joins us live in our san jose studio with details about the plan and the new spirit of cooperation. Reporter just in time for the rain. Like to cold war enemies the relationship between city councilmembers in the Water District board has thought. The two entities took a step to something that is mutually beneficial to the citizens of san jose. Physical signs of cooperation commence months ago. With the construction of a is meant to protect the rock springs neighborhood. At city hall the two sides set on opposite sides of the table with stood united to adopt a Flood Disaster action plan. You see here today a spirit of collaboration. Working together which is going to make things work smoother and easier for all of us. But the 80 page document spells out details about monitoring creek water levels in communicating information to leaders First Responders and residents. 4 categories representing four stages of impending emergency. From preparedness to warning. Within each a specific list of dues. Thats february days of rain and and release from the anderson dam forced the coyote creek to overrun its bank letting three neighborhoods. A chain of emails sent and the dead of night shows the Water District did tell staffers the creek levels were rising faster than expected. But no actual warning or emergency declaration. Now the plan of action is to get the word of possible danger out earlier using the ill rad audible system to blast the alert for miles in all directions. We have methods. Doorknocking for our harder to reach populations. Reporter the plan calls for keeping water levels at anderson dam lower preventing run all that exacerbated the situation. And constructing this berm so if all else fails there is the last line of defense. We are fixing the immediate issues around ensuring residents are properly warned. That everyone knows their responsibility when the emergency is coming. Reporter the plan went active as of 12 today. 12 noon today. It is adaptable. It can it can be applied to other waterways. Not just coyote creek. Officials say they want to try to get the remaining 42 residents who are still living in temporary shelters and housing into permanent housing before the oneyear anniversary coming up in february. What a mess it was. San Francisco Police on the hunt for a suspect accused of stabbing a man to death near city hall. It happened at 2 pm yesterday on haight street. A 48yearold man was stabbed. Police have not found any suspects. Iphone excitement. Tim cook opened the doors for customers and they finally got their hands on the brandnew iphone. Snow measured in feet. We go live to the sierra with the snow levels accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isnt a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president , then what has our government become . Im tom steyer, and like you, im a citizen who knows its up to us to do something. Its why im funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less. Yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing. Join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. Our country depends on it. In Hawaii Air Force one touchdown in honolulu. With President Trump and the first lady walking off the plane right now. It is his first visit to the state as president. Is daylong stop kicked off his visit to asia. He will focus heavily on the military and visit the u. S. Memorial. He will head out on a 13 day five country tour of asia. It was about 10 days ago we had temperatures pushing 100 degrees around the bay area. Tonight we are talking about that snow. They expect up to two feet of snow above 8000 feet with a dusting in truckee near lake tahoe and part of the sierra foothills. A storm expected to last through tuesday with highs in the 30s over the weekend. Lows in the teens on sunday night. When there is snow in the sierra return to our good friend kevin cooper he joins us live in front of lake tahoe. I was looking at your facebook page. This stoked factor a nonpoint one. Reporter you can see things are starting to push into the region. North shore getting a half inch so far. It came in over i 80. It is starting to slide down the sierra moving to the south shore. This is a good starter system. This is what we want. Rain tonight. Hopefully until 11 pm. Temperatures dropping rapidly. Snow levels 7000 four 7500 feet. It could be one to two feet. That would be a great start to the season for sure. We have the holiday coming up. Resorts snow pending . Will we open up in a few weeks . Right now mount rosa had a great drop. They were able to open last week. Now that the temperatures are dropping the snowmaking machines are fired up as well as north star. We are looking at the 17th for heavenly and north star. 22nd at kirkwood. With the storm systems it looks really good for a thanksgiving start to the season. I know you dont care what kind of snow comes down. You just want a base right now. It is all about the base right now. We dont need powder at all. We need guerrilla snow right now. Talk about tahoe. South shore in north shore. Are people starting to get jacked up because you are in that season now. It is interesting. This year last year at the same time 400 of normal precipitation for this year october was the driest Mother Nature has given us a break so we can prepare. I was standing on the dock. Last year there were bowls people leave their boats in the water. This year there is one loan the boat right there. I hate to see that in january. He wont be floating too good out there. It can be hard to top what you got last year. It will be interesting. Last october of last year 400 above normal. This year the driest on record. 1959 that was the record breaking with the driest october. 59 was a 550 into year. With one of the largest storms at 189 inches in february. This stoked level is double on that. We are going to toss over to mark. Excited to come to the mountains and see you the next few months. Look at that Doppler Radar you have. That looks good. Exactly. Cooper could be running a weather convention. Thank you for the update. We are looking for lots more updates over the next few weeks and months. You were talking about the great reason. A winter storm warning in place. Snowfall a few inches. Thats nofault will be building into saturday. A winter storm warning in place until 11 pm saturday. Snow potentially. 12 feet closer to lake level around 510 inches approaching a foot as well. This will be a rate snow producer as we get started. On the satellite and radar you can pick out the circulation to the north. Cold air. You heard about the cold air that would drop snow levels as low as about 5000 feet saturday. This will be moving into Northern California and out to the sierra as well. Right now we have some green on the radar. There is the coverage on the radar right now. We will come in closer. Nothing too major. A few dots toward portions of the east bay at walnut creek. Closer to concorde. Santa rosa to northern Sonoma County approaching cloverdale a few light showers closer to highway 101. This is not been a rain producer. At least a major rain producer. Are alive camera looking to the golden gate bridge. Even if you are not covered with green you have drizzle. Enough to wet the roadways. This is saturday morning. The bulk of the rainfall early saturday morning. 4 am and 7 am. Scattered rain. Partly cloudy skies by the afternoon. A chance of a shower early afternoon for saturday. I 3 pm in San Francisco partly cloudy skies. Tonight between now and 8 pm a few scattered showers hit or miss. This is late tonight into early tomorrow morning. Saturday morning 1 am and 6 am as well. This is the first of the rainfall. It will take its time to get to the south bay. A few lingering showers in the south bay until 2 pm or 3 pm. The system will be on the move late in the day on saturday. Setting up a nice break by saturday evening. Saturday night and sunday. Possibly another week a system by sunday night. A stronger one showing up in the five day forecast. A ruling reached in the bird dog desertion trial bergdahl desertion trial. The sentence that was handed down in the strong response from trump. Eight crosses mark the location were eight people died in a terror attack tuesday in new york. Flowers and condolences feel the corner along the bike path in manhattan. Someone left in argentina soccer journey jersey in honor of the five argentinians who died. A man hit the innocent people on the path. Cyclists and runners have been stopping to pay respects to the victims. Memorials has been held around new york city the last few days. Officials are taking action to prevent further attacks. Reporter new york city is working to prevent another similar terror attack. Crews thursday started placing large concrete barriers along the path were bicyclists were mowed down on tuesday. A man was able to drive onto the trail hitting the crowd and killing eight people. The barriers will allow bikes to get through but not vehicles. President trump is backing off his call for the attacker to be sent to guantanamo bay. Terror suspects are incarcerated at the military prison. The president tweeted how that process takes longer than going to the federal system. He is calling for the death penalty. Thursday a candlelight vigil was held for the victims. Local tourists marching down the same bike path. Honoring the People Killed in injured. Many talked about coming back after the 9 11 attacks. How new york city has been tested before and knows how to get back up. We will heal and unite. That is why we are here. Empathy and love and strength. We are out here to acknowledge what happened and to say we wont be intimidated. The suspect is facing several federal charges providing Material Support to isis. Saipov told investigators he was inspired by watching isis propaganda deals. A military judge ruled that bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering soldiers by walking off his post and afghanistan. The judge gave him a dishonorable discharge reduced his rank to private and said he must forfeit 1000 per month. He pled guilty to desertion and misbehavior. Before the enemy and could have been sentenced to up to life in jail. He was captured by the talib and. Held captive for five years and was returned to the u. S. In a prisoner exchange. Sergeant bergdahl is deeply grateful to everyone who search for him in 2009. The and thereafter. Especially those who heroically sustained injuries. He is also grateful to everyone who was involved in efforts to gain his release. During the trial prosecutors asked for a 14 year prison sentence. President trump this morning tweeted about Bergdahl Court ruling today saying the decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace. To our country and our military. Bergdahl sentencing has been delayed by comments the president made calling for him to be executed by a firing squ