Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20171109

Fine, its light, but watch those slicker conditions and especially those on and off ramps. We will look at your ramp, no major issues. We do have the green blips showing up here, way up in the corner theres that blue, that means some puddling left over in the area around rio vista. Slicker roadways around the bay. One crash in san jose, not a major slowdown, though. Back to you. Back to our breaking news. An inferno erupts inside a south bay home. Firefighters on the scene in gilroy this morning still putting water on that home. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us from the scene. We are just learning that there was a firefighter hurt. Reporter we know that one firefighter did go to the hospital with a case of dehydration, it was as a precaution, but we will show you what his comrades are doing right now, still dousing the flames here at this home. The flames are mostly out, but theyre watching for hot spots. This is on one side on the broadway side of this home and if you look down the street the sidewalk here you see that they are putting water on it from the other side of the street. This is a corner lot. Firefighters when they got here immediately had to go into a defensive position because the flames were so intense and there was so much material on the outside of the home. We dont know whats going on on the inside of the home except that the two people who live here did manage to get out. Firefighters did manage to get them out, but in the process of fighting this fire over the last couple of hours, again, that one firefighter did suffer a case of dehydration and was taken to the hospital as a precaution. There were some downed power lines as well on the backside of the home, so some folks here in the neighborhood lost power as pg e shut off the power as a precaution. Neighbors before the firefighters started streaming in they say that they heard what sounded like an explosion. We were dead asleep and it sounded like two cannon shots went off and thats what woke us up and we woke up and just happened to peek out the window and just saw the house on the corner here off anna just engulfed in flames with all the and then all the fire trucks coming in to pull in. Reporter now, it appears that the homes on the other side on either side of the home are okay, but, again, some of them may have lost their power because of those power lines that came down. We are going to stay on the scene in gilroy and try to get more information for you. We have sound from a firefighter coming up, we will do that in our next report. Glad to the two people made it out safely. The chp is trying to figure out if wet roads played a part in a deadly crash that closed all lanes of northbound 101 in the north bay. This happened a little after 10 00 last night near North San Pedro road. The chp says that big rig struck the Center Divide and caught fire. The exact cause of that crash is not known. Within the last 90 minutes all lanes reopened. It is 5 03. Happening today, family and friends of three running men killed in a car crash will stay their final goodbyes. Matthew cruz, Rickie Torres and Andrew Gonzalez died on halloween night after their car crashed off of skyline boulevard in san mateo county. New this morning their families say theyre raising money to build a guardrail near that crash site. The three were students at Menlo Atherton high school, they were a aspiring firefighters. Hundreds gathered for a memorial last night. Today is the funeral and burial. 5 04 now. Happening today a star studded benefit concert will take place tonight to help those affected the north bay wildfires. Today in the bays pete suratos joins us live from at t park where the concert will be taking place. A number of big names coming together for a really important cause. Reporter good morning to you. Yes, a number of big names coming together for an important cause to help those folks that have been affected by the north bay wildfires. Of course, im giving you guys expensive coverage of those wildfires, so many people affected with thousands of home destroyed. Folks displaced. Really trying to determine exactly whats going to happen next. Behind me here at at t park there is going to be this big benefit concert and 100 of the ticket sales will go towards relief efforts. Now, shouldnt have a problem selling tickets to this event when you look at the list of artists performing. You have metallica, g easy and rafael sadiq, as well as dave matthews, dead and company and rancid which is another local band based out of berkeley. As far as where the money is going, the relief fund is going to be a San Francisco based nonprofit called tipping point. Since 2005 theyve raised more than 100,000 geared towards low income communities and they have already raised millions for the north bay wildfires. As far as the specific organizations they will be working with when it comes to the north bay wildfires, the red wood Credit Community fund, Napa Valley Community foundation and the Catholic Charities of santa rosa. The goal to disburse all of these funds by the end of 2018 but tonights concert thats banding all of these bands together for the benefit of that college is going to take place at 6 00 p. M. Live in San Francisco, pete suratos for today in the bay. A deadline today, in fact, for napa county fire victims who lost their homes, they have a few more hours to submit right of entry forms that allow fema to clean up crews to send cleanup crews to clean up that debris. Sonoma countiess deadline is on monday. Happening now President Trump is in china overnight the country hosted the state dinner in his honor, lets President Trump held formal talks with chinas president. One comment from President Trump is making headlines this morning, overnight he said that he does not blame china for their trade deficit with the united states. But in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. The chinese president says his economy would be more open to transparency with more firms. Next up President Trumps trip to vietnam. Russian president Vladimir Putin will be there as well for an economic summit. The two are expected to talk. It is 5 07 right now. People from small towns across South Central texas still trying to make sense of that senseless tragedy over the weekend. Last night thousands have nearby towns gathered at a High School Stadium in floresville, texas, about five miles from the church where 26 people died in a rampage during sunday services. Vice president mike pence attended last nights memorial. Many taking comfort in his words. Words fail when saints and heroes fall. We gather tonight to offer our deepest condolences, and i offer the condolences of the american peop people, to all of those affected by the horrific attack that took place just three days ago. Earlier in the day the Vice President met with most of the 20 church goers injured in the shooting. He also proclaimed next tuesday a day of prayer across texas. 5 08. Those escaped inmates are still on the run and now investigators are offering a 25,000 reward for any information. The two men escaped from the palo alto courthouse earlier this week. Tra mel mcclough and bivins are still on the run. They ran out the side door into a car waiting. A chance for south bay drivers to way in on ways to cut drive times. They want to cut congestion along the 85 corridor, the stretch from 101 Mountain View through tup teen know and the 85 101 connection in san jose. The vta knows when people are driving but are hoping for input about the reasons why. Officials today in the bay spoke to say this will help them decide whether to add more car tool lanes, light rail or express buses. Its been robust and people have been responding well to the survey, as i mentioned before, hundreds have participated in the quick Online Survey and were encouraging folks to attend our Upcoming Community workshop to take that survey as well. The first of the three Community Meetings is tonight at 6 00 in san jose at the south Side Community center, if you are in cupertino your meeting is monday at the Quinlan Community center. Next thursday there is a meeting at the Mountain View senior center. You can find all of that online. The survey at vta. Org 85 survey. Were coming up on 5 10. I wanted to show you how much rain we had with this storm system thats moving through. Ben loehmann you are the winner in the Santa Cruz Mountains, over 2 inches of rain in the north bay, atlas peak and st. Helena, ukiah close to an inch. Then we look at some of our other storm totals, in morgan hill a half of an inch of rain, concord about a quarter of an inch, San Francisco airport about a tenth there and much lesser amounts for san jose, barrel measuring anything there, but we will continue to hopefully add more into our rain bucket. We will talk about whats ahead for the rest of the day and, mike, now an update on a crash in san jose. Despite that small number throughout san jose we still have potentially slick roadways. Looking at the green patches all around our map. Thats the road weather index indicating you may have slicker roadways. North 880 at the alameda off ramp, chp said they are just about clear with that crash t affected only the off ramp, but freeway continues with speed limit through the area. The north bay, the earlier deadly crash in the area has cleared from the roadway. There may be another crash south 101 right around spencer. Back to you. 5 11. Coming up, speaking out. And he says to me, mom, kevin spacey tried to rape me. An anguished mother unleashing accusations against kevin spacey as the big movie director pulls a star from his latest film. The stock market will open at new records and on a lighter note how Jennifer Aniston and laura garcia practically the same person when today in the bay continues. Wait a minute. I dont trust you. It is 5 14 now. Still cloudy and very soggy as you head out the door early in morning. A live look outside in san jose with starting out with some mild temperatures and we will see those highs today only reaching into the upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds and there could still be a lingering spotty showers or two. We will talk about whats ahead as we head into the weekend, thats coming up in five minutes. So you will have those damp maybe slick roadways but we are looking at a smooth and relatively light drive for the trivalley. We are going to talk about what else is going on, we will pick the south bay, further south. It is 5 14. Continuing fallout for kevin spacey. The actor is being cut out of an already finished film. All of spaceys scenes in all the money in the world will reportedly be reshot. Actor christopher plumber is replacing him. The movie was due out next month. Perhaps you heard a former boston tv news anchor came forward with allegation that is spacey assaulted her son, a and her daughter sat lqrc{n dow nbcs kate snow to talk more about that night. My phone rings. What time . Middle of the night. Middle of the night and he says to me mom, kevin space kree tried to rape me. Thats the hardest phone call i have ever taken. More of that interview is set to air this morning on the today show. Stay tuned for that, it will be this morning after today in the bay. Happening today, rand pauls neighbor is due in court, rene boucher allegedly attacked the kentucky senator in his yard outside of his home last weekend. Police charged boucher with assault, paul suffered broken ribs and a buildup of fluid around his lungs. A Las Vegas Based self driving Shuttle Service celebrated its launch by getting into a collision. The shuttle hit the front end of a large delivery truck as the human driver pulled out into the street. No one was hurt. The city still plans to use the driver downtown for the next year. 5 16. Las vegas police say it was a Truck Drivers fault. Scott mcgrew its almost always the humans fault. Its always the human hitting the robot not the other way around. The one exception was a crash in Mountain View, google bus and a car, it was back in 2016. Google car pulled away from the curb and into the path of the bus. Very minor damage, no injuries. Thats a rare exception where the robot makes a mistake. Robots are now so dependable here is video of that crash crash of the google car, you can see it on the righthand side and then you can see the bus drivers response on that. Now, google cars are going to start driving themselves in arizona. Here is video from wamo, thats the Company Google owns that does this. Look at that, Steering Wheel turning by itself, the passengers just sitting there. Used to be somebody behind the wheel, from here on out the operators will sit away from the Steering Wheel. They will have an emergency stop button just in case. State treasurer onchung says the fleet may need a fleet of armored car to pick up tax money from Stores Selling marijuana. The sale of Recreational Marijuana will be legal in 53 days. He also suggests california create a sent tall bank for pot sellers. Marijuana stores sometime have trouble getting Banking Services from regular banks worried about federal laws. The dow, nasdaq, s p 500 will all open at record highs this morning. This will be the 27th day this year that that has happened. All three major indices hitting highs simultaneously. The wall street journal has apple has landed a deal for a new tv show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon about the morning news. Netflix was also bidding on this show. Its not clear where or how apple will distribute the show, doesnt have a name yet but presumably through itunes. Apple says its an inside look at the lives of the people who help america wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by women and men who carry out this daily televised ritual. For background i think Jennifer Aniston should come to my house. See what its like to wake up at 2 15 every morning. One of the triplets is usually awake, walking, what are you going to wear today, mom. Go to bed. Yeah. And happy morning. Did you all actually see this viral video . Its of a fouryearold girl, she is out of houston and she was crushed. Its going to be okay. Yeah, she was actually crushed when the now famous Marriage Proposal of the astros star carlos correa. Yeah, look at that, she was crushed by that. So he reached out to try to find that little girl. So nbcs houston station this week helped turn that little girls frown upside down. They brought her to the tv station and had a big surprise for her named carlos. I was like, oh, my god and they told me this girl is the biggest fan ever, shes crying over my engagement so i need to meet her and give her a hug. Im glad that i got to meet her. Thatsno carrierringringconn. We are seeing that rain in morgan hill and gilroy. This is where we had a lot more rain than we had in san jose measuring close to a half inch of rain and its still coming down. Then we also see activity over oakland and lafayette, over toward alamo and concord. So its still pouring as you get ready to head out the door and for the peninsula, san mateo and redwood city seeing light rain at this point. As we go through the day we will see that rain off and on and temperatures reaching into the low to mid 60s. A breezy cool day but there will be clearing by 7 30. We should start to see sun coming out but also a chance of some of that rain moving through especially parts of the north bay and south county as well. This will be the kind of day where you have to be prepared for anything, each at 2 30 we could see isolated showers popping up and moving off towards the south and east as it moves through. Looking at the forecast for today, up to 61 degrees in San Francisco, 59 degrees tomorrow and then another chance of rain by sunday afternoon and as early monday as well. So our temperatures staying on the cool side over the next seven days. Now mike has an update on the crash in ran rafael. I told you i had rumor from that from chp. This is our view, all lanes were cleared after the deadly crash on the northbound side overnight, now that has remained clear, the southbound side there is a crash in this area, you see traffic slowing down, one lane was affected. Flashing lights on the shoulder. We should have all but one lane clear south just south of the North San Pedro road. That will be your slower drive, a second crash over on the shoulder and slicker roadways. We will look at the map overall aside from that crash the north bay moves well and no major problems as you head soth of that the Golden Gate Bridge down in towards silicon valley. We do have an issue southbound 17 right around the summit, we do have reports of a crash and slowing in the area and wet roadways, just be careful. Coming up, a disturbing undercover appropriate reveals new concerns about Airport Security. The alarming amount of rep ens and explosives that make it through check points. Seeing that rain, take a look from kris sanchez and her handle is kris nbc. The time now 5 23. You are watching today in the bay. Wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Good morning. Time now 5 25. This morning there are concerns about Airport Security after undercover agents were once again able to smuggle weapons and explosives through tsa check points. This is not the first time the screeners have failed to find weapons in those undercover tests. The agency is promising to step up security as Holiday Travel season approaches. This morning on the today show an nbc news security analyst talks about the threat to passengers. It has a huge effect taking down a commercial airliner that you can kill a large number of people in a relatively short time and that is what theyre aiming to do. And the response from the new tsa chief is coming up at 7 00 on the today show right after today in the bay. 5 26. Happening today new restrictions taking effect that make it more difficult for americans traveling to cuba. The Trump Administration laid out the new rules five months ago. Visitors must now avoid a long list of hotels, shops, Tour Companies around other cuban businesses, its part of a crackdown on cubas communist government reversing the obama administrations efforts to normalize relations. Americans must travel adds part of a licensed u. S. Tour group. Now as you head out the door you will see wet on the roads and, kari, thats a kind of whats more to come. We are seeing off and on rain. Still some spotty showers lingering this morning as you get ready to head out. We will have more of this as we go through the day. More on that coming up next. Bob live tease an out of control car into a home here in the east bay. The near miss for two children inside. The rain is moving out. But there s more where that cae from. Well, that rain is moving now, but theres more where that came from. How long is this system expected to stick around . We will check with meteorologist kari hall in just a moment. Good morning and thanks for joining us, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. In fact, lets check in with kari right now, she has been tracking this radar for us. It looks like we are still seeing that rain around the bay area this morning as you get ready to head out. Now, the heaviest rain fell overnight but at any point today you can see some of the showers coming through as we get a closer look at the south bay, clearing san jose but just south of san jose around morgan hill and gilroy, still pockets of heavy rain moving through. This is what weve seen through the overnight hours. A lot of puddles there moving up towards the east bay, oakland and lafayette, over toward concord, alamo you are seeing some rain at this point and still wet weather around san mateo, redwood city and menlo park. Expect the rain to be off and on and you have to be prepared for any type of weather today. It will quickly change, even though we will see some breaks today there still will be a chance of quick moving showers even into this afternoon. We are going to talk about the weekend as we look ahead thats coming up in about seven minutes and mike is still tracking that crash in san rafael. This is the opposite side of the freeway from the deadly crash that happened overnight, that was cleared from the northbound side, southbound approaching lincoln we do have all this traffic moving over to the left side and because youre right, two lanes are blocks and there is one set of flashing lights, one complication it sounds like the chp motorcycle thats there to help out with this crash does not have any flashing lights going and that limits visibility, folks are suddenly moving over. Another live look a big backup but we could expect this one at the bay bridge, the metering lights are on, damp roadways, slick conditions so be careful. You see the road weather index indicated where kari showed that rain in the concord, Pleasant Hill area most recently but you will have damp roads all around the bay. New this morning terrifying moments in the east bay. A driver slams into a familys home overnight. Today in the bays bob redell live at that home in san leandro with a closer look at the aftermath left behind. Reporter San Leandro Police believe that the overnight weather, the wet roads might have contributed to this accident. You can see this is the path this car took coming off of 150th avenue and going to the front yard of this home at the intersection with patton, it hit in the side of that house right there. They believe wet roads and perhaps the driver speeding and maybe having mechanical problems led to this accident. Here is video of that car, it was a silver sedan, looks like it was an older model as they pulled it out around 2 00 this morning. Whats remarkable is inside this section of the house there were two children asleep inside. The police tell us it was a close call for the two children. The two children and their parents, the poor people who live here are okay. They were rattled, did not want to speak on camera. You can understand the fear of having this close of a call to your children getting hit by an out of control car, the fact is they did board up this house and unfortunately according to the Fire Department structurally the house is sound so the people are able to stay inside as they have the part of this front that was damaged. Police do not believe that the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Bob redell, today in the bay. Outrage growing at Stanford University after the universitys Student Republican Party invites a controversial speaker. Robert spencer, to campus for this event auto. Hes scheduled to speak next tuesday. Spencer is a selfdescribed expert on radical islam and cofounder of groups like stop islamization of america. Some students we spoke with questioned spencers academic credentials. Hes coming under the guys of a scholar and he actually doesnt have any background or formal training on islam. Bring in someone who is conservative, please. Bring in somebody who is a scholar, please. But not this man. Spencer tells nbc bay area. The freedom of speech is an inn des pensable foundation of any free society. There is an ongoing effort to marginal lies, demonize and silence anyone and everyone who spokes about the ideology behind a jihad threat. There is a petition to keep him off campus. Thousands are expected to rally in the bay area and across america for Daca Recipients today. Theyre calling on congress to pass a clean d. R. E. A. M. Act bill. Demonstrators want permanent protection for socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Local rallies are being planned at San Francisco state, San Jose City hall and Richmond City hall. President trump has ended the Program Effective march 5. California has the most Daca Recipients out of any state in the nation. We looked up some of the numbers overnight on the government citizenship and Immigration Services website. California has more than 197,000. In total there are will 690,000 Daca Recipients in america. A preliminary hearing for the suspect accused of shooting and killing an off duty deputy in oakland. The oakland firefighter now this happened back in august in san joses japan town, we brought you that story as breaking news on today in the bay. Oliver juno has been charged with murder and i tempted murder, accused of shooting jake walter and injuring another firefighter. Walter died from his injuries, the second firefighter survived. Now to the kate steinle murder case, the defense is close to wrapping up its case but will the defendant take the stand . His Attorney Says it is possible he might, but it is likely not going to happen. Yesterday the defense had a firearms expert testify that in his opinion the shooting was unintentional. Here is the defense. If you look at all of the factors, the location of the strike mark, the training of the person handling the gun, whether it was single shot or multiple shots, you look at all of that together, he concluded that this has the appearance of an unintentional discharge. But the prosecution points out zarate threw the gun into the bay right after the shooting. Our reporters will be in the courtroom again. You can follow us on twitter for the latest on the case. If youve been complaining about the road closures and extra people around San Franciscos Moscone Center relief is coming for you. Today is dreamforces final day, its been a week of high profile speakers like former first Lady Michelle obama. Today former first daughters jenna and barbara bush will take part the in the compassion and Action Panel Discussion thats happening at 9 30 this morning. Jenna bush is part of the nbcs today family. Over here the story for the north bay is the southbound 101 just approaching lincoln, you see more flashing lights, that may mean a tow truck has arrived. Two right lanes blocked, two left lanes get by because of a crash there. No major injuries reported. Look at this traffic stacking up. Southbound is your commute coming down through central san rafael. We typically show you the area just behind the camera here. We know other than that a smooth drive through the north bay. Over in oakland another crash southbound 880 just happened near 16th. Reports of at least two lanes blocked there. Traffic moving slowly heading off of 980 through the area as well. Were already to thursday, the weekend right around the corner now. Were looking straight ahead. Kari, youve been tracking whats going on this weekend, especially that weather. One day some rain that will be mostly sunday afternoon. I think most of the weekend is looking really good. Here is a look at saturdays forecast, it will be in the upper 50s for the coast so a very chilly Beach Weekend if thats whats in your plans. Inland areas will be more comfortable in the mid 60s, mid 60s also on sunday, but, yes, we will start to see that rain moving in by sunday afternoon. If youre planning to head to the veterans parade on saturday in san jose it is going to be perfect, a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures in the upper 60s, really doesnt get any better than that. If youre going to Russian River valley we will have that chance of rain early tomorrow, saturday all clear, sunday once again we will be tracking more rain moving in. Temperatures in the low 60s and then if youre heading even farther north to lake shasta, a chance of rain and chilly temperatures off and on all weekend. Make sure you have warm clothes to wear. If youre going to yosemite its only going to reach into the 40s but at least it will be clear, not expecting any rain there until early next week so it holds off for your weekend hike but it may still be a little muddy. For monterey we are going to see the temperatures in the low 60s, breezy winds and a mix of unis and clouds. Overall a nice weekend around the bay area whether staying here or hitting the road let me know what youre doing and i may have that right here coming up at 6 38. A look at todays turing trend coming up. It is 5 39. Coming up, keeping students safe. The steps one east Bay School District is taking after high levels of lead were discovered in the water. President trump continues his tour of asia, changing his tune about china. And before we go to break, a quick programming note for you. Right there well, thursday night football returns to nbc bay area tonight, the Seattle Seahawks will take on the Arizona Cardinals thats tonight at 5 30. Stay tuned for a special edition of nbc bay area news. Were coming up on 5 43. A soggy morning as you get ready to head out as we take a live look outside in san jose, still wet streets, allow extra time to get to where youre going. As we check out the temperature trend for campbell we will be in the upper 50s later this morning, mid 60s today with breezy winds, a mix of sun and clouds and still a chance of showers. A live look at the radar shows its still raining in parts of the bay area. We will talk about whats ahead and talk about how much rain weve already measured thats coming up in five minutes. We see more slowing here southbound 880 at [ inaudible ] that crash cleared to the Center Divide but still a distraction. We will see how your commute sorts out through the east and north bay. It is 5 43. Happening today San Francisco Transportation Leaders will be on hand for a Panel Discussion on ride sharing, taxi service and the future of curb side efficiency. The group spur is hosting the discussion titled the future of the curb. It comes as a new deal was reached between the city and ride sharing companies. The city plans to convert Parking Spaces into designated pickup and drop off spots. In exchange uber and lyft will provide ride share data to hopefully improve some of the traffic flow. Today tap Water Testing begins at oakland unified schools, new round of testing comes after seven schools reported high lead levels, some schools tested revealed levels four times the federal standard. The Mcclymonds High School was one of the schools where some tested positive for lead. It turns out it happened last year as well. Tap waters was also tested at all schools back in august. Ucla basketball players in china are simply trying to stay focused on their game against Georgia Technology the arrest of three teammates accused of shoplifting. Es in new video showing ucla players returning to their hotel today in shanghai. This is following the practice. The game will take place friday night pacific time. Authorities have orders the accused players to remain in their hotel rooms, they will not play in that game. It is possible they could face stiff prison terms if convicted. Former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National committee Donna Brazile will be in San Francisco today. She is a speaker at the commonwealth club. Her new book certainly has a lot of people talking. In it she writes Hillary Clinton had a fundraising deal with the dnc that allowed her to control the partys finances. Brazil writes that was unfair to bernie sanders. Now to the crisis in puerto rico. Were learning the u. S. Government is planning to airlift about 3,000 Puerto Ricans off the island and to new york and florida. Fema says right now its working with puerto ricos corner to finalize those plans. Those who survived the hurricane are still in shelters are on thattist will of people who will be rescued. Only 21 of the island has electricity. That hurricane hit september 20th. Quarter to 6 00. The senate is expected to release its version of tax reform today. Scott mcgrew, you walked us through the house version and showed us how this will cost money. Im waiting to see the senate have ergs this morning. Obviously there cant be two bills, the house and the senate will have to come together, work something out and then get that to the president s desk. Now, bottom line, there is a lot of work ahead for Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan. Now, its speculation because we have not seen the bill, but the New York Times expects the Senate Version of this bill will take away our ability to deduct state and local taxes, that hurts californians, but protect our deductions on 401 k . President trump continues his asian trip, he is in china meeting with president xi9 speaking about americas trade with china as well. Now, remember during the campaign he blasted china, talking about boycotting or placing huge taxes and tariffs on chinese goods, for what he said was their unfair practices. Well, that was then, this is now. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens . I give china great credit. But in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. President trump showed president xi a video made by his granddaughter, arabella, take a look. [ speaking Foreign Language ] this was a huge hit on chinese television, its viral as well. She has been taking chinese lessons since she was three. What do you think about whats going on in china in the senate, in the house . You can contact me on twitter im scottmcgrew. She is a fascinating little girl to watch there. Thanks, scott. You are, too. 5 48 now and Elizabeth Smart is hoping her story can im fire people in the bay area. She was the keynote speaker at the ywca inspire womens luncheon on wednesday, i was honored to be there as well. They gave her an award. She is the Salt Lake City now young woman, 14 years old, though, she was taken from her bedroom and held captive for nine months. She described that ordeal, she talked about now coming out of that darkness into the light and what is she doing to help so many others. It was really fascinating story to hear and it was really nice to meet her. A great group of people there at the ywca and so many generous donors yesterday. They helped so many victims of Domestic Violence in this valley and of sex trafficking. I mean, they give shelter to so many so i really salute the wonderful work that they do. Im glad they have you because youre able to bring very meaningful to me. How important that is but also to make sure that everybody enjoys the day as well. A lot to be able to tell your story after something traumatic like that. Very much so, what you do with your life and where you go from there. So you stand on up and now youve got to pop the umbrella open. Yeah, we are moving into this day with some wet weather and we are starting out with some rain as you get ready to head out the door. It is going to be at times soggy but we will also get a mix of sun and clouds today, too, as we get a look at our rainfall totals that we had over the past 24 hours. Take a look at ben loehmann in the Santa Cruz Mountains over 2 inches of rain, st. Helena has over an inch of rain as well as sonoma airport and ukiah measuring about an inch of rain over much of the north bay. The sevenday forecast is up at the bottom to of the screen, you will be able to see our forecast for the next several days, our temperatures Holding Steady with more chances of rain. We have already gotten half of an inch of rain in morgan hill, concord was about a quarter of an inch there, San Francisco airport. 15 and san jose we really didnt measure that much, still talking about a few hundred hundredths of an inch. We are seeing rain on the radar, looking at all clear san jose but morgan hill seeing the rain moving through, moving off towards the east, also soggy in gilroyer. As we move up towards the east bay and delta seeing spotty showers moving through, clearing oakland moving over towards lafayette and off towards the east. For the peninsula soggy weather from san bruno down to san mateo, at times rain down to redwood city. Through the rest of the day thats what we can expect with our temperatures reaching into the mid 60s. Getting dressed this morning great day for a hat and also you want to make sure youre prepared for the quickly changing weather with an umbrella today and this maybe keep it in the back seat of the car as we look at how things will shape up for the rest of the day, seeing sunshine breaking out and then a little bit of a rain early for early afterno afternoon. There could be hit and miss showers as the disturbance continues to move across the region. We wont see the rain wrapping up until tomorrow during the morning, saturday looks all dry, temperatures in the low 60s, sunday another chance of rain but mainly late in the evening into monday. Inland areas temperatures in the 60s with off and on rain. Were looking over here where northbound moves just fine, that was the scene of an earlier deadly crash, all lanes reopened at 3 30. Southbound we see the flashing lights and i had good news, only one lane blocked adds they moved over to the right, but then in the back ive been tracking it there looks like there may be a stalled box truck in the back of here, im trying to see whether or not chp has that. Right now lets say the right lane is blocked south 101 before you get to lincoln. The jam up as youre coming in towards the area, they are backed up right now heading down towards the bridge over to richmond. Wet roads on the east bay side. Recovery southbound 880 at oak street is where the cars eventually made their way over to the right shoulder, a distraction but out of lanes now. Better news for the east bay commute, a build for the Castro Valley y, subtle build for the south bay and damp roads all around the bay. Coming up ski resorts in the sierra ready for business, a look at the winter season before it even starts. Happening now at 5 52 a developing story, yemen faces the words largest famine in decades. United officials warns of the earlier this week air, land an sea routes into yemen were shut down after rebels fired a missile at saudi arabia. The vatican says it will stop selling cigarettes to its employees. The vatican says it cannot contribute to an activity that damages the health of people. Another entertainer comes forward with allegations 5 55. Happening now on social media, another entertainer comes forward with allegations of sexual assault. This time it is actor terry cruz. Pete suratos posted the story on facebook. 5 56. Developing this morning, people in Northern California calling for change in the wake of the Deadly Church shooting in texas. A prayer vigil was held on the steps of the State Capitol last night. It was organized by the newly formed Sacramento Chapter of every town for gun safety, moms demand action. Group members say they support the Second Amendment but that there needs to be legislation that keeps guns away interest dangerous people. When a new gun law is proposed a the group takes a close look at the legislation to see if there are loopholes. They say their biggest challenge is stronger background checks around the nation. Something that very much would have helped prevent what happened in texas this weekend. Im not saying gun control laws are going to change and prevent every, but every single time it does prevent it thats going to be a win for us. One more family who doesnt have to go through this. Critics of gun control measures argued the u. S. Needs to better enforce existing laws before writing new ones. New details this morning on the death of former baseball pitcher roy halladay, the 40yearold was killed on tuesday when his small plane crashed off of the florida coast. Were learning that halladay was flying the same kind of plane that was involved in another deadly crash in Lake Berryessa six months ago, he was flying a single engine c plane that was made by icon aircraft. They are known for building tiny sporty two seater single engine planes with retract cabell wings. They are known for flying right above water but experts say that water can create a dangerous effort. So youre coming down close to the water if the water is flat you dont know how far off the ground there are, theres nothing significant that stands out that gives you perspective. The ntsb is investigating halladays crash. The Company Released a statement saying they are devastated by his death. Nordstrom kicking Customer Service up a notch. They will chest 24 7 curb side pickup at ten u. S. Stores including Valley Fair Mall in san jose. Customers who buy items online will get an email confirming the order has been placed along with a phone number they can call or secretary to say they are on their way to pick it up. You can also text the word gift to get a free gift wrapping gift kit as well. It will run from december 16th through christmas eve. I might check that out. Happening today the Rockefeller Centers Christmas Tree is set to be cut down. The giant norway spruce is from state college, pennsylvania. It will be cut down today and it is expected to arrive at Rockefeller Center on saturday. Once there it will be wrapped in more than 50,000 multicolored lights. The official Tree Lighting is set for november 29th and will be on display through january 7th. New video into our newsroom, the rain in Northern California is no match for the hundreds of skiers and snow borders who are celebrating the beginning of the season there in the sierra. Boreal Mountain Resort officially opened yesterday marking the start of the ski and boarding season in california, thats ten days earlier than the resort opened last year and workers say that they are already benefiting from that early snow. And it looks like a blanket of white up there right now, its absolutely just a postcard right now. Its kind of like a reunion, everyone in the snow board and ski community up here gets together, you see a bunch of people you havent seen over four, five, six months of the offseason. And if you are hoping to hit the slopes soon make sure your equipment is requested. A major rush to get the ski and snow boards prepared this season, boots need to be properly fitted as well. By the way, heavenly and north star will open next friday. Sounds like a road trip is in the future. 6 00 right now. Breaking news, a destructive fire ripping through a south bay home overnight, extensive damage being left behind and the reason a firefighter has hospitalized. Reducing traffic on one of the south bays busiest freeways. And the rain moving out but the roads still wet this morning, were tracking what is left of the latest storm to hit the bay area and when we could see another round. Today in the bay continues right now. Really came down overnight. Good morning to you, thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. I think we all saw the effects this morning as we were driving to work, wet ground, wet roadways and its going to come back. Off and on. We are not going to see the heavy rain we had overnight but we will at times see the spotty showers. If you have the nbc bay area app you will be able to track the