Over the next couple of days in a few minutes. Lets go across the san mateo bridge with mike. Youre talking about the wind getting stronger and you can see the camera trembling a little bit. Lets look at the map and not a lot of activity on the road. The san mateo bridge and a truck south bay on grand avenue, still no word on information because chp is not worried about it. Well track that for now, very light right now. The south bay will remain lighter than normal because a lot of schools are off for that winter break. Back to you. Thank you. 5 01, new this morning, apple sending a big message, rejecting a court order to help the fbi unlock one of the cell phones used by the San Bernardino terrorists. And the impact it will have on Silicon Valley. First, the new reaction from apple ceo, tim cook, who said he will fight this court order, bob. Reporter good morning, sam and laura. Apple ceo writes his company has no sympathy for terrorists but argues the fbis request to unlock an iphone would jeopardize security and encryption on all i phones. Within hours it released this letter on his website from ceo, cook, to his customers explaining why his company will fight the magistrates order to unlock the i phone of syed farook. Investigators indicate they are trying to access data on his phone for the month and a half leading up to the attacks but cant because farook might have disabled the i cloud feature. They indicate the fbi wants his company to create a back door to what apple claim is a new operating system. That modified ios would be equivalent of a master key that could unlock and bypass security of encryption found on millions of other i phones. He says theres no guarantee the government could keep it conf e confined to just the terrorist iphone. Im quoting on this literary frliterary letter, tim cook, while we believe the fbis intentions are good, ultimately we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect. Cook went on to explain his company has cooperated with the fbi in the investigation when it comes to providing data in the investigation and also making experts available to provide expert visa. Reporting li ining live in cupe. Bob rodell. And now to scott, on whats happening right now. We heard what cook had to say, essentially its pandoras box in opening the software. Apple is making a big stand here. This is the line in the stand we knew was coming for apple. I want to take you to stanford university, where tim cook was invited to a summit by president obama himself. Tim cook stands up there in front of the crowd and makes his first major statement the sec t secrets on our iphone are our secrets and not the government. They dont know whats on our phone and cannot find out whats on our phone and will not build something to break into our pho phones. Such an important moment in Silicon Valley there, we called it at the time one of the most important moments in tim cooks career. Again the past new year, 2015, we said maybe the most important thing to happen in tech in 2015. Now, its going from principle to practice. Cooks stand will help protect the phone used by what nearly every american thinks is a bad person and did undeniably bad things but a ltd. Of people wont understand why an all American Company like apple wil defend these people. So often you stand on a principle for civil liberties, the people can be distasteful even when the principle is honorable. There is a court order. But it is from a magistrate and all due respects to magistra magistrates, that is low down on the to temp pole. There will be a number of appeals and for now they will ignore that court order. To be clear, theyre not defending terrorism. Theyre defending freedom. So many times when youre def d defending principle the person who represents that principle is not somebody you like. Very interesting. We will keep tracking this latest story throughout the morning. Online and on air, head to our website for constant coverage. Nbcbayarea. Com. An investigation continuing on a shooting in berkeley that le left involved three teenagers late last night. It happened near the san be a blow avenue intersection. Stephanie is there, police still looking for the gunmen . Reporter thats right, sam and laura. We know these three teens are from berkeley, from 19 to 16 years old, very young. Its pretty dark. In the block behind me in the residential area, rwe are less than 2 miles from berkeley uc camp campuses. Investigators focused on the bullet casings, showing multiple shots were fired. Police say the gunmen knew they shot the three teens when they were sitting in their car but unclear what led up to that. We dont believe it was a random act but not specific if it was a driveby or if somebody walked up and shot into the v k vehicle. Reporter the Berkeley PoliceDepartment Spent several hours canvassing the area and talking to any witnesses. Police add there may have been more than one shooter. As for the victims, two are in serious condition and one suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. We did research on on this neighborhood and what goes on here and well share it in the next half hour. Thank you very much. It is 5 07. It looks like santa clara leaders will appoint a repla replacement mayor today rather than electing one. The mayor stepped down even before the confetti could be cleared from the stadium. Now, they need someone to fill his term. They said there will be an emergency meeting to appoint a replacement tonight and if they cannot do it by march 10th, there will be an election. We will have the wind ahead of the rain and feel the wind increasing through the morning and early afternoon. Were starting to see the rain stretching into the north bay. Mainly light showers. We will see it getting heavier in the morning and winter advisory 7 00 this evening. And gusting 50 miles an hour in the hills and possibility of tree damage and power outages, too. Lets see whats happening on the roadways with mike. We see cars on dublin. No surprise. A nice easy drive and dry roads. We see slowing at the altamonte, where they have wind mills and thats not where the advisory is, on the bay bridge shaking. And the dublin interchange here and watch for gusty winds and easy drive to and from the north bay without incident. Back to you. Thanks. Coming up next, taking a stand, saying no to short term ren tams and events that led up to that decision. The new health craze submerging patients into subzero temperatures. Does it work . A look after the break. A rare sight. The pope getting flustered. What upset the pontiff during his trip to mexico . Announcer through sunday at sleep trains president s day sale, save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, plus sameday delivery. Hurry sleep trains president s day sale ends sunday. Firefige at 5 12, breaking news out of dallas right now. Pictures of firefighters battling a massive 3alarm fire. Flames continue to grow and trying to tackle this from all angles on the ground. They have ladders to go into this building. We dont know exactly what the structure is so far. You can sekacan see the interna has been affected so far. We will continue to monitor this morning. Followup as expected. Danville leaders approve a ban on short term housing rentals. They voted to ban all Short Term Rentals less than 30 days. And it forced leaders to take action because of complaints. Opponents of the ban argue it will infringe on private property rights. It is 5 13 right now. One of the bay areas hottest trends includes extreme temperatures, cryotherapy not regulated by the state of california. It involves stepping into a cryochamber, liquid nitrogen. Temperatures can drop to 350 degrees below zero. People who vouch for it say it reduces inflammation and may help with weight loss. A neat fun ride to be part of. We literally change peoples outlook on their day in less than three minutes. The problem is we dont have Much Research on it and the research out there is not very convin convincing. While the jury is still out on the benefits of cryotherapy, the death of a salon worker last year in an actual chambermaid many people question if the chamber is worth the risk. Very scary. New information showing the United States is ready to launch a cyber attack against iran if they didnt agree to its Nuclear Program. It involves thousands of dollars. A filmmaker tells new york city the plan involves software back doors and viruses that had already been planted in irans power grid and air defenses and Nuclear Program itself. America would have used it if iran had refused to shut down the program or Israel Attacked iran by conducting a cyber war and hoping we could stay out of a shooting war. The plan will be revealed in an upcoming documentary called zero days but the reporters of the newspaper said they verified the facts of the film independently. The National Security agency may not be as powerful as we first thought. The report showed the nsa is reading far fewer americans emails than earlier reports said. Potentially, that could affect lawsuits filed by americans who think their privacy was violated. Lets check your news before the bell and we turn to landon dowdy. Welcome back. Scott, thanks. Good to see you. The markets may add to tuesdays gains, higher this morning and set for a second day despite a drop in oil prices with tech names such as boeing and yahoo . Oil is still trading for 3 30 a barrel and new housing costs. The inside up 98 to 3436. Back to you. Thank you very much. Sam and laura, we continue to coveri cover the interesting news out of apple this morning with a court order from a magistrate to unlock a terrorist iphone. Coming up in a few minutes. Very interesting. We look forward to that analysis. New this morning, pope francis perhaps showing hes human after all. During his trip to mexico he had to show his sterner side when a rush of people tugged on his robe. It nearly toppled the pontiff all above a young person in a wheelchair. That might have triggered his frustration. He told the crowd, dont be selfish but also stayed a few more minutes before moving along. To be reprimanded by the pope, can you imagine . As you pointed out, when we were talking about it before the show started, it seemed like the reaction was towards someone in a wheelchair being hurt. Reaching over it. Exactly. Still, you know. Im sure but he will forgive. Hes a forgiving man. As you said, hes a holy man. I feel like i have to go to confession. A touch from above here, basically a little bit of rain after a couple of weeks. Yes. Its been two weeks since we had a good soaking across the bay area. Here we are again with cooler temperatures moving in today with showers. You can see the camera shaking here at the bay bridge. And this evening it may go to early tomorrow morning. Well talk about that. Right now, 65 degrees in San Francisco while 55 degrees in the north bay. As you head out, you may not need a jacket as temperatures hold steady this afternoon. Be sure to grab the umbrella especially if youre out later on. The north bay starts out with light showers. You can tell by the light shades of green moving to swroanta ros and san rafael and the north bay. And it will move into San Francisco by this afternoon and the rest of the bay area may not see it until later this afternoon and we could pick up in intensity and thunderstorms as well in the gusty winds. The rain will be tapering off but still a possibility of lingering showers into tomorrows commute. We have a ciara travel alert for winter storm warnings and up to 20 inches of snow above 7,000 feet. A look at what the computer model puts in spots, twin bri e bridges, 19 inches and possibility of 22 inches in kingvale. After this system is through, we will have a couple of more chances of rain heading to the weekend and friday rain moving through. Another cold front passing late sunday night to Early Morning and fizzles out. Temperatures cooler looking at upper 60s to lower 50s friday and saturday a touch warmer with mostly sunny skies. Lets see whats happening on the roadways with mike. A lot happening for just about two minutes. Wow, the camera is shaking. Hold steady, folks, and keep your eyes right here if you need something to look at. The freeway moves well and we had a traffic break and slowing traffic because there was debris reported at coliseum way. No one stopped on the roadway but chp says its good to go. We will show you the camera trembling on the bay bridge. And chp issued their advisory for the bay bridge and the wind comes in as well. Hold on. Theres the camera shake as well. Theres no delay and the bay bridge we talked about. No problems reported just yet. Palo alto and 101 moves well. Back to you. We are about to meet americas newest multimillionaires, the second Ticket Holders will come to claim the powerball jackpot. The winners will be introd e introduced in florida. A total of three Winning Tickets will split that 1 1. 5 billion jackpot. The first came from tennessee and opted to take a lump sum share. A cool 1 187 million after taxe. The third winning chikt sold in chino hills but the winner yet to come forward. If you split that ticket between 300 people everyone would still be okay. And a north Bay High School raising questions. Ve firefighters are battling a at 5 23, back to breaking news we are following out of dallas this morning. Take a look at pictures coming to us, firefighters battling a massive 3 alarm fire burning at a church right now trying to douse the flames from the air and any point they can get to. You see a lot of smoke and a sh debris and not a lot left of the church. Still no report of the cause and we will continue to follow. And exclusive now. He disappeared and failed to resurface even in court. Multiple clients tell us a south bay defense attorney dropped the ball on their cases and landed them in legal limbo. Just the past year, people from l. A. To hawaii tried get answers but their lawyer wouldnt respond. They say clients are getting scammed by this socalled ghost attorney. Based on my experience, he ripped them off. He takes your money and runs and hi hides. Tonight at 11 00. The Investigative Unit sheds some light why this lawyer might be on the run. Give us a call at tihe tips lin. Why a High School Video is becoming a big issue because its gone viral. It happened last week. It show as girl from Creekside High School kicking and punching a boy from Sonoma Valley high. Both schools share a campus and the video ended up on facebook. Its now been seen millions of times and that has parents upset. They believe high School Fights should remain a private matter. I think the parents of the children should definitely be involved. As far as everyone else, once again, i think its blown out of proportion. The incident is bringing up issues about privacy in the digital age. The schoolbook asked facebook to remove the video but it refused and asked parents about what happened reiterating School Safety remains a top priority. A concern after darts hit two people on the Golden Gate Bridge and concern about what might have been in those darts. Visiting San Francisco from mexico when he and another tourist were suddenly hit. This happened when he went for a walk on the bridge last friday afternoon. Didnt bleed, i guess because it was direct hit like an injection. Right now, i feel slight pain and it did go in my body about 2 inches. Ouch. The department of justice te testing those darts now but could be a couple weeks before results come in. Investigators are reviewi inini surveillance videos but onto show much. And now a live report. Reporter im bob redell and why the apple tech giant is fighting a request to uplock a unlock a terrorist cell phone. Were getting wet weather but later today conditions that will affect how you prepare with kari after this break. Joining us. Im laura garcia cannon. Sam 2shot and im sam sam live first a liveook outside at San Francisco this morninng good morning, thanks for joining us. On this wednesday, things getting a little wacky. See the camera shaking a little bit. Things are generally calm for now. Were in for a rude awakening in a matter of hours. Meteorologist kari hall checking all the rain. We do. We start out with calm showers. Lets look at the timeline for rain and when its moving in. The rain develops across the northbou north bay and we see it more widespread into this afternoon. We will have the rain lingering and winds start to calm down and gusts at 50 miles an hour in the hills. Lets check in with mike. The metering lights have been turned on seconds ago. Were looking at the bridges. Where chp says you will get caught with gusts of wind, be careful. We dont see slowing except the altamo altamo altamontpass. New this morning, apple not cracking under pressure. We learned the tech giant is refusing a court order to unlock the cell phone used by the San Bernardino terrorists. And the impact on Silicon Valley. Live from apple headquarters, bob, a defiant response from tim cook this morning. Reporter apple ceo tim cook is calling the request to unlock the iphone a dangerous precedent. Just after midnight, apple released this letter from its website explaining why they will be fighting the federal magistrates order to unlock the cell phone of syed farook, one of two people who shot and killed 14 people last september. And they have been trying to unlock the iphone to read emails for a month and a half prior to the shooting but cant because he disabled the cloud feature. And they said unlocking the modified ios is too dangerous to create that could bypass security and encryption found on millions of other i phones and points out theres no guarantee the government could or would keep the master key confined to the terrorist iphone. We are challenging the fbis demands with the deepest respect for american democracy and love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interests of everyone to consider its implications. He quoted he has no sympathy for terrorists and cooperated with the investigation and also making available