Also near the oakland area. 40 degrees right now for the north bay, 44 for the east bay and that temperature trend does show a cooler friday. Were only going to be topping out into those 50s, but it looks like we are on tap for a much more nice cool weekend ahead plus a drying trend in the bay area. How long is this drying trend going to last . Before i answer that we have to check in with mike for a look at the traffic. I thought you were going to ask me. We had a tow truck that was stopped over on the shoulder westbound san mateo bridge, that cleared in the last three minutes, but smooth drive. Just green across that sensor for 92. The crash im tracking goes over here in oakland, it may either be affecting the off ramp or on ramp at 23rd, but it is on that stretch of 23rd as you get off and back on to the roadway. Report of some barrels being hit. It sounds like its the off ramp. No lanes of the freeway are blocked. I will let you know if i find any more detail about the activity there. Were tracking as well the approach to the bay bridge, no major issues there. A little fog in the north bay. Highway 37 might be affecting so far the traffic is so light, no problems. Back to you. 4 32. Developing this morning President Trump dismissing a report that he tried to fire special counsel robert mueller. Nbc news has confirmed what was first reported by the New York Times last night. Sources say that the president ordered muellers firing this past june but the white House Counsel threatened to quit and refused to carry out that order so the president backed off. All new overnight President Trump denying it all. Mr. President , did you seek to fire mueller . Fake news, folks. Fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories. You may know the president is in switzerland, he is set to give a speech at the World Economic forum in half an hour. At least 37 people are dead and more than 140 others injured after a fire swept through a south korean hospital. It happened in the city on the southern part of the korean peninsula. 170 miles from seoul. Firefighters say it started on the first floor and spread quickly to other floors. They also say the hospital did not have a sprinkler system. There is no word on a cause. The man charged with driving drunk and high and killing a chp officer Andrew Camilleri is expected to enter a plea today. Mohammed alis arraignment is set for dublin. He is facing murder charges. Witnesses say that he was driving at high speeds, drunk and high, when he slammed into a parked chp suv that officer a. M. Larry was in. That happened on Christmas Eve on highway 880 in hayward. On the Peninsula Police in pacifica trying to find a person who pistol which happened a homeowner. Were finding out this happened yesterday morning on fire crest avenue. Police say three men entered the home and attacked the homeowner. He was not seriously injured. A story impacting so many of us here in the bay area. The Affordable Housing crisis and one of the most populated parts of the country. One of the most expensive cities is doing whatever it can to find housing for one particular group of people, teachers. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana has more on the proposed housing site in palo alto. Reporter before a roomful of teachers supervisor joe simitian revealed a deal, he wants to build them Affordable Housing. San mateo Community College district has built faculty housing on their college lands. Reporter the plot he wants to develop is a block and a half from the california avenue cal trains station and a block and a half away from local shops and supermarkets. He says it could be the site of 60 to 100 homes for teachers. Right now many are driving in from all parts of the bay area. I would love to live where i teach and be able to stay longer, to be able to offer my kids more support or be around a little bit more and right now thats just not feasible. I am afraid reporter Terry Baldwin is an elementary schoolteacher in palo alto. She considers herself lucky to live in a privately owned apartment complex in nearby mountain view. Ive been there ten years, the only reason ive been able to stay so close. I found out today, ironically, that they are selling. Reporter simitian worries all teachers will be placed out of the area. We have to find a way to give them a place to live. Reporter in palo alto, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. The white house is taking a stand against uc berkeley in a suit accusing the school of violating free speech. Conservative students at cal filed that suit in april, access cal of creating a double standard for campus speakers, limiting conservative viewpoints. Cal is asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit. They are asking the judge to reject cals request. Later this morning state lawmakers will hold a hearing in santa rosa on how utilities can help prevent wildfires, this as pooe pg e is being sued by some of the wildfire victims who say it was the power companys fault. So far the cause of the fire in the north bay have yet to be determined but that is not preventing north bay lawmakers and the chairman of the state senates subcommittee on utilities to come together for a hearing. It starts at 10 00 this morning at the Santa Rosa City hall. We now know the future of an injured Mountain Lion cub. We also have new video of the animals treatment. The cub is coming to a Wildlife Center permanently rather than to be released in the wild. The animal was hurt in the Southern California wildfires. Experts say the month old cub i too inexperienced toean survive the wild without its mother. Comingu x up on today in bay, new details revealed about fake newsk;muz facebook users during the 2016 election andf ie role of the Menlo Park Company played in the scandal. Target joining the competition in same day delivery game, the products customers will be able to quickly have at their homes with just the click of a button. Rodgers live at cnbc global headquarters. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street is poised to open higher today, the dow closed at a record high yesterday on the back of positive earnings from the likes of 3 m. The nasdaq fell for a second straight day, thats the first time its done that in a month. Look for data this morning on durable goods and first read on Fourth Quarter gdp which will likely show the economy grew at a brisk pace in the last three months of 2017. The dow rising yesterday to 26,392, the nasdaq slipped to 7,411. Watch shares of starbucks today, they are down in premarket trading after the coffee chain reported disappointing earnings. They say sales growth will be slower this year, Holiday Themed drinks didnt take off with customers last quarter and they are blaming slower sales on the ongoing shift to online shopping. Target is launching same day delivery in select markets on february 1st on an assortment of groceries, housewares, electronics and other products. Shoppers in birmingham, alabama, and south florida will be among the first to get their orders in as little as an hour. Last month target got shipped which charges 99 for an annual membership on orders of more than 35. Target plans to offer the service at nearly half of its stores by march and the rest by the 2018 holiday season. Back over to you. Let the competition begin. New information coming out about facebooks role in the spread of fake news during the 2016 election. Were learning the Menlo Park Company actually recommended content produced by russians to some users. Facebook officials told u. S. Senators that during the hearing back in november. Details from that meeting are just being released. More than 120 million americans saw fake news created by russians on facebook during the election, something facebook had no idea was happening at the time. Coming up next on today in the bay, well check that forecast, vianey is in for kari this morning. Its chilly out there. The 24 hour temperature change right now 4 degrees colder in napa at this hour than we were yesterday, halfmoon bay 5 degrees cooler. Also starting to see patchy fog in the area. I will talk about what were expecting in terms of your highs for today coming up in just a bit. And you wont be able to see this all morning, that means the wet road or the clear road, im not sure which one, maybe both will change. We will talk about your conditions as well as the mr. Over in the east bay. Today in t live ct welcome back to you on this friday morning. Taking a live look outside this morning. This is from our dublin camera. Not a lot of slick roads out there today for your morning commute, but a cold start to the morning. In the mountains snow and ice covering highway 50 this morning in the sierra. You can see right there, look at all that snow. Thats a great thing. Theyre telling everyone to prepare for the winter driving, that means those chains and take time on the snowy roads. Once you are up in the mountains there is a lot of fresh powder out there to have a good time and get on those slopes. Probably be a great weekend to go up there, too. Its going to be clear, no rain . We have that winter storm warning that expired yesterday. You might still encounter those slick roads tonight and tomorrow. I think sunday better road conditions, but by tomorrow you should be fine because we arent expecting major snowfall. Either way you will be okay heading up the mountain. Laura, you are a big fan. San francisco right now were still seeing a couple clouds out there, but the last of that storm system that brought some torrential rain, we had an interesting weather pattern yesterday, we had periods of sunshine, rainbows, hail, rain, we had it all. Thank you, microclimates. San francisco right now we have a lot of light and here is whats going on with our radar. We have that system moving trekking out on east. We can still see a couple areas of some snowshowers up near the mountains and in San Francisco it looks like theres a little bit of that rain, a lot of that rain isnt even hitting the ground, its just very light scattered rain. The majority of that will officially clear out just after the 5 00 a. M. Hour. Behind that we have this huge system of High Pressure thats why i put a big old h, its going to dry us out. We like to associate High Pressure with good old happy weather. Right now the temperatures, though, nice and chilly in the north bay, in the 30s, santa rosa 35 degrees, napa 35, walnut creek 37, fremont 45, san jose 42 and biting cold in the north bay. Look at that, thats just 30s all across the board. 38 degrees for novato, mill valley. Todays highs will be on the cooler side. Once we start to warm up just a bit mostly sunny, its going to help warm us up a bit but that cold front did sweep in and thats going to have us only topping out in those 50s, at least the upper 50s for san jose. A high of 58 degrees in san jose, 53 for oakland, 51 for San Francisco. If you notice bay area sky not expecting any rain for today. So once all of that system officially clears out, right behind it will be a pattern of some nice dry weather. Great weekend to head outdoors, 55 degrees expected for your saturday in San Francisco as we head into sunday we start to start seeing a bit of a warm up. Its going to warm up and dry out. 59 degrees into sunday. Monday and tuesday we will start to keep a bit of that drying pattern and if you notice a lot of the icons on this sevenday forecast are nothing but sunshine with just a little bit of cloud cover. Thats because this is going to set us up for a nice drying trend. It looks like we will be ending the last week of january with little to no rain at least until february, that is. So we definitely needed this storm. We always need the rain in california, but i bet the commuters are having a much better morning. Thats right, much better than yesterday. The richmondsan rafael bridge a little puddly and some sheen on the roadways, so before that sun can dry everything out you might still encounter a little slick spots on the on and off ramps there. No major issues, that crash still affecting the off ramp from 23rd off of northbound 880. Also fog registering for parts of the north bay, then maybe some mist and maybe some drizzle. Likely not a major factor for your morning commute. Great drive north bay down to the south bay, silicon valley. Your travel times on the rails, no delays for their transit agencies either. A great opportunity to try that out on friday, a little bit lighter commute. Looking at your drive, we showed you livermore, our camera through dublin. There is the glow for the lights. This morning when i was driving in i got what i call soccer fog right by the soccer fields or more vegetation, you might see a little bit of cloud right there. I guess its fog technically because its touching the ground. Back to you. Soccer fog. I thought you said frog at first. This story tugs at your heart. Tomorrow a couple fundraisers being held for the family of two young antioch sisters who were killed after a suspect crashed a stolen truck into the familys ] car. Fouryearold lenexy and twoyearold Camila Cardoza died shortly after the crash on highway 4 last week. The girls mother who was driving was also injured but survived. Tomorrow there is a fundraiser in union city at moon, it is happening at Charles Kennedy park. A celebration of their lives is also happening in bay point at 1 00 and 8 00 tomorrow night. New details keep emerging about 13 Southern California children shackled and imprisoned for years by their parents. The stories are bizarre and heart breaking. Reports say that the oldest son Community College and was on the honor roll for two semesters. The son who is in his 20s now attended school for several years. His mother would bring him to class and wait outside. His parents are facing nearly 40 charges and are not allowed to contact the children. Chilling new video of when the deadly mudslides first started in Santa Barbara county. This is chp video. Its from an officers dash cam. It happened on january 10th. As the officers were driving you see it there, they just ran into that thick mud it started barreling towards them on highway 101. Tough to see there but there were actually large chunks of debris quickly just filled up the streets. At least 21 people were killed in the mudslides, two people still have not been found. The iowa Baseball Team made famous by the 1989 film field of dreams starring Kevin Costner has been vandalized. Someone drove through the field leaving massive gashes in the outfield. This happened sometime this week. The search for the suspect continues this morning. Its going to cost thousands of dollars to fix the field and that repair will take months. The field draws thousands of visitors every year. Dub nation stand up this morning. There is another win to celebrate. The warriors back at oracle last night taking on the timberwolves, here is the first point of the game which happens to be a milestone for steph curry. His 14,000 career point. Klay thompson and kevin durant leading the way. They rocked the timber wolves 117113. When you hit those threes those points add up. My son asked me the other day, mom, can you hit a three. No, but i can try. Thats all you do, try. Coming up on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. A floor is damaged and it turns out the air conditioner is to blame. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds next. Harv personal assistant is suing him and his former company. But first happening now, Harvey Weinsteins former personal assistant is suing him and his former company. She alleges, quote, endless offensive degrading and sexual2 almost daily. She worked fort s for two years serving his every need along with cleaning up after his sexual encounters. Plus three School Workers in sacramento accused of stealing cafeteria food. The food came from a federal Lunch Program for two elementary campuses. Both schools were in neighborhoods with high levels of poverty. More than 90 of students were eligible for free or reduced priced meals. Nbc bay area respo sunnyvale man who says his yearold air conditioner wasn t workin nbc bay area responds to a sunnyvale man who says that his year old air conditioner wasnt working right. And he says he couldnt get the company to fix it, so he turned to our responds team for help. Here is consumer investigator chris chmura. One year after Michael Garcia bought an air conditioner he says he noticed a leak and that leak was causing serious water damage to his floor. He bought the ac at atlas trillo in san jose, they also installed it. So he called them about the problem. The company sent out a technician who eventually found a crack in a pipe that was causing the leak, but michael couldnt get the company to fix it. What he didnt know is that atlas trillo was going through an acquisition to michael got lost in the shuffle. After he reached out to us for help, we contacted the company that acquired atlas trillo and it made sure michaels problem was completely cleared up. He got a new ac and a 3,900 check to replace his floors. In a statement atlas trillos acquiring Company AmericanResidential Services simply said it worked to resolve the issue, mr. Garcia had with his installation from the former company. If you have a Consumer Complaint please call us, 888996tips or log on to nbcbayarea. Com responds. Well, a sheriffs deputy pulling double duty. He also had to act as a cowboy. Take a look. Come on. Can you stop . Please . Like hes going to say, no, i cant. Thats a sheriffs deputy in hudson, florida, trying to stop that run away horse on a busy road. The deputy had to call for backup on this because the suspect was fast, traveling at one horsepower, of course. The horse finally surrendered peacefully and was reunited with its owner uninjured but his run to freedom lasted about three miles before he was taken into custody. Look at him there. I dont think i would call that officer a real cowboy. I know. There was one i saw where an officer was on the front of his car where i tried to now, thats a cowboy. Coming up next on today in the bay we are taking a look at the forecast. Im impressed about i his mane. Right now the temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 39 depression for santa rosa. Its chilly out there. We are also expecting a cool afternoon. How long is this dry forecast going to last . I will have is that answer coming up in just a bit. Over here toward fremont its a breeze, a nice drive for 880 past the truck scales. We will talk about whats going on a little further north, a new incident popping up. Breaking news were following this morning, more youth crime in the bay areas biggest city. A live report on what were finding out from police overnight. A live look outside in francisco. It is friday morning. You made it to the end of the workweek. Taking a live look outside in San Francisco right now. Beautiful start to the morning, a cold one nonetheless but still beautiful. Good morning and thank you for joining us, it is 5 00, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Mike is here, vianey is in for kari this morning. Its cold and just in time for that storm to move out for the weekend. Yeah, this weekend if your plans involve being outside, bike riding or maybe you are just going on a nice little run, well, its going to be beautiful. We are expecting the 30s and 40s to eventually climb into the 50s, but right now what were starting to notice on that map is some fog in the area. Peninsula right now at 44 degrees, trivalley 39, south bay 44 and that patchy fog also expected for areas of the north bay, concord as well. 39 degrees, San Francisco right now at 45 in the east bay at 41 degrees. Now, as far as your temperature trend and what you can expect into the weekend, i will have details on that in just a bit. Overall the Speed Sensors showing you green around the bay, but not that green for the wet roads, maybe some damp conditions, we have seen them on some of our bridge cameras. Highway 4 disabled vehicle just reported getting over toward i80. Thats really one of the only things going on for chp