Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20180219

Here is a look at our radar now, we are seeing some rain, even a little bit of a wintry mix, those pink areas show a mix of some rain and snow and then as we head farther down into the Santa Cruz Mountains for areas like Riverside Grove and boulder creek, look at that, weve got some light snow. Thats all the way coming down skyline as well and we are going to see the potential of some more spotty rain and also a wintry mix as we go throughout the morning. More on that coming up in a few minutes and the freeze warning, but, mike, you are still tracking a truck crash. I am, but im also playing on the spectator version of the weather story as well. You explain it to us and i know what it means for the roadways, a little ice possibly, maybe a little snow along the coast and down into the Santa Cruz Mountains. No major issues and we expect a lighter traffic flow coming into the area for the morning commute, midday we will get more traffic. Right now eastbound 580 we are looking at that truck crash, over the embankment. No slowing there. An easy drive toward the bay bridge. Wind registering over in benicia and thats in the area of our next story, marcus has breaking news for you. This is out of martinez, that is where those flames reignited at a condominium complex overnight. This is video coming into our newsroom within the past hour. Today in the bays pete suratos just got to the scene. Pete . Reporter good morning. You mentioned that fire reignited not too long ago just a few short hours ago, but the original fire happened on sunday morning. I want to show you guys one of the events here behind me, this is on the 400 block of eastgate lane in martinez. You see one of the units that was damaged as a result of that fire. Lets show our viewers some of that new video we showed you right now. According to contra costa fire theyre saying the fire began just before 1 30 a. M. In this area of martinez. Firefighters were able to put it out fairly quickly. They say that nobody was in the condominium complex at the time so there are no reports of injuries. Here is the scene on sunday morning. This is when the fire broke out at the complex around 4 00 a. M. Were being told that five of the eight units in the building were destroyed by the fire. We just showed you guys one of them. Were told one firefighter was injured as well and Officials Say that the fire was accidental and it was caused by an unattended pot on a stroef. As we mentioned this morning Officials Say this mornings fire is not suspicious, but due to the fire rekindling. We will continue to monitor the situation and bring you guys any updates as they come in. Were live in martinez, pete suratos for today in the bay. I want to go back now to our microclimate weather coverage. If you stepped outside you know winter is back. A live look from cal trans camera on i80 at kingvale. You can see right there if you can see over so icy. Some ice there, thats snow blanketing the roadways, those trucks lined up there right now, its going to be a slow one for anyone heading out there, leaving or going to the sierra. I know people that were snowed in up there. Not the only area where we could see some snow. Today in the bays kris sanchez live over on highway 17 shes up at the summit with what you need to know before you hit the roads this morning. You are all bundled up there, kris . Reporter it is cold out here, laura and marcus. I know kari is talking about some light precipitation coming down here in the skruds mountains. We havent seen it just yet, but according to our nbc bay area app it is very cold, it is 44 degrees, but the feel like temperature is 39 and let me tell you without gloves i think it feels even colder than that. We are going to keep our eyes open for precipitation here at the summit, but take a look at some of the video that we got from yesterday, the sierra was a different story, you can see this mess of traffic i80 at kingvale where the wind was whipping around the snow while folks were just trying to get their chains on so they could be safe. We caught brian nets as he headed home to San Francisco. It was pain a bunch of traffic. I guess as soon as we got up and started our way down 80 the snow really started to fall. So there were a few wrecks. Reporter good news, brian got home safely, but it was a rough weekend for folks on the slopes as well as the wind was Strong Enough to force boreal and squaw valley to shut down a few lifts for a while. It could be a rough day today as folks head home from the long weekend. Alan is behind the camera, looking behind me in the light he said i think he saw one but were not sure yet. If you see snow where you dont usually see snow make sure you tag nbc bay area or kris nbc we want to see it, too. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, kris sanchez, today in the bay. This is just the beginning of what is expected to be a cold couple of days. You can check the weather in your neighborhood anytime by downloading our free nbc bay area app. The time now 5 06. Parts of the east bay hold on, buddy, i have a story to tell you right here. This is true. Parts of the east bay rattled by two Early Morning earthquakes. Live look at danville near month vista high school. The usgs said two small quakes registered in the last two hours. The first was a 2. 9 at 12 49 this morning followed by a 2. 5 at about 2 30. Also not far from the diablo country club. Hopefully things will settle down, marcus. Thanks, laura. Developing this morning High School Students from around washington, d. C. Are organizing a president s day protest for victims in last weeks Florida Shooting rampage. Students are organizing a lie in protest, 17 teenagers plan to lie down on the ground outside of the white house. School leaders are trying to figure out how so many warning signs were missed by law enforcement. The School System as well as social services. Weve got different agencies, we are all working, i think, doing the best job that we can but its being done in individual silos. Mean while, more victims will be buried today with three more funerals planned. In the wake of the deadly north bay wildfire Sonoma County is changing how its 911 dispatchers handle calls during crisises. The press cath reports the county has developed a list of questions for dispatchers to ask callers as they evacuate or outrun flames. Here are some of the questions, is there a dirt area or grassy clearing . A culvert or wall that can maybe provide you shelter . There a body of water deep enough for you to get into to submerge yourself . Is there loose soil that you can quickly cover yourself up with. The questions will be shared with dispatch Centers Across the country. Continuing coverage now of the 2018 olympic winter games. Garvin thomas has been working while we were all sleeping. One athlete that we have been watching took part in for qualifying heats overnight. Really a disappointing few hours for Nick Cunningham. Reporter thats right, marcus and laura. I just spoke with him within the past hour when he walked off the track after his third run, he looked at me, laughed and said he was hoping he wouldnt see me until after the fourth run tonight but his times werent good enough, he didnt qualify for that last run. Now, Nick Cunningham and his brake hand had a keen sabor dug themselves such a dig time hole that not even their fastest run in the third run could help them out. I asked nick what it was like going to bed after those first two runs knowing he had no chance but still had to wake up the next day and still compete. When you have a bad race you have to forget about it and nobody taught me that more than steve holcomb. I tried to take a page out of his book and let it go. Z its a new day, i cant change anything so to go into today i had to just clear my mind and we actually just at the start line we were like lets just have some fun. 5d we cant change anything, lets see to get one more run, but if not lets celebrate like we just won. You heard nick mention steve holcomb, he was the leader of this u. S. Bod sled team who unexpected died last year. They are sliding in his memory at these winter games. Nick does have one more shot at the medal, the fourman bobsled still to come. Jamie anderson has another shot to add a medal at these games. She just qualified for the finals in snow board big air. She didnt land her first jump cleanly, but performed the same trick cleanly on her second run and secured her spot in the finals. Marcus and laura, i just want to get back to nick one more time. When i was talking to him i mentioned that earlier i had talked to members of my family who were in monterey where he is from at Fishermans Wharf and he looked at me and said, after i day i have had i want to go more to go to Fishermans Wharf and have a dinner at fishermans grotto. Thanks so much, garvin. And right now at 5 10 tracking rain and even snow in the bay area this morning. Mostly across the Santa Cruz Mountains. We have some very cold air dipping in, a little moisture left over from that cold front that swept through yesterday and were seeing that snow as you look just to the north of scotts valley, been watching with our kris sanchez is right now and its just to the north and west of her. So ithaiuu÷ be moving closer, w seeing a wintry mix and even some spotty light showers for look at what happens as we go through the afternoon. It all clears ouaat rain movi through san jose and morgan hill i will talk more about that and, mike, you are saying you are compute today. n a holiday for many businesses and3 have thecyen week off. Thats where snow and ice are backcv oni5 qrk ab]n wst morning after last nights kari weathe even if no one in your home smokes, Secondhand Smoke can be closer than you think. Secondhand smoke from a neighbors apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. Secondhand smoke is toxic. Especially to children. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. Its 5 14. Wake up, rub your eyes, take a look at this. We have some rain coming down along the peninsula and also a wintry mix in the Santa Cruz Mountains above 1,500 feet we are seeing some snow. Yes, thats all of these areas shaded in white and gray. Also a wintry mix. I will be tracking that. All clear, though, in san jose as you get ready to head out. We are only going to make it into the mid 50s today. We will talk about much colder air ahead in the forecast coming up in five minutes. And, look, the truck on the richmondsan rafael bridge, light traffic here. I will show you what we have our eyes on, also give you a look at the metering lights over at the bay bridge. Mike, not many people headed to wall street this morning, either. The markets are closed this morning, it is of course president s day. The big news this morning and over the weekend is facebook. The special prosecutors indictment of 13 russians singled out facebook as a key part of the russians effort to fool the American Public before and after the 2016 president ial election. Facebook is fighting bad news on all fronts. The sunday New York Times with a head line to stir discord in 2016, russians turned most often to facebook. Here we see the number two man of justice Rod Rosenstein reading out the indictment friday morning accusing 13 people and three organizations, all russians, of interfering with our election. The 37page charging document does not accuse facebook of criminal wrongdoing, but names facebook 41 separate times. Now, there was deep concern at facebook even before fridays indictment as employees wondered what role they may have had in unwittingly playing some sort of damage to our democracy. Facebooks Vice President of ads who is the executive in charge during the whole incident posted a defense to twitter saying, among other things, i have seen all the russian ads and i can say very definitively that swaying the election was not the main goal. That is exactly the opposite of what this indictment says. On the first page section 6 defendants operations including supporting the president ial campaign of then candidate donald j. Trump. Donald trump jumped on goldmans tweets quoting him twice, including the tweet that defends facebook with that falsehood from cogoldman. There are no criminal charges against facebook, but facebook is defending itself and, as i showed you, using some not Accurate Information to defend itself. Thank you, scott. Facebook a lot of people wondering will this happen again. Well, Old Fashioned snail mail is facebooks answer to stopping russians from using its site to spread fake news. The Menlo Park Company will send postcards to potential buyers of political ads to confirm that they are in the u. S. That they reside here. Facebook did not say how the verification process will prevent a Foreign Agent from setting up a local mailing address. Top intelligence Officials Say russias attack on the midterm elections have already begun. There are the top tens and bottom tens for all kinds of things, especially in sports. Some people are saying fergies rendition of the starspangled banner at last nights nbayn9u allstar game me near the bottom of that list. The nilational anthem, right . Yes. There were some who could see where she was trying to go with this, maybe adding a bluesy feel to the National Anthem which you could kind of hear in the music and many more could hardly see how she got there. Some look on, there are some of those players faces right there. Social media lit up with some of that. Some say that it boardered offensive. Did you get to see it . The first part was nice and i saw where she was going with it and i was like, oh, but then it got to the point where it sounded like she was in a lounge with a drink in her hand and it was amateur night karaoke. She can sing, we know t shes won grammys, but not for this. She wont be winning one. What did you think of fergies rendition of the National Anthem, was it a hit or a complete miss . Let me know your thoughts. I just posted a poll on twitter. There is also a link there if you havent had a chance to see the whole thing or if you want to endure it again. Yeah. I thought she was trying to get a little happy birthday mr. President. I thought that, too. I little billy holiday feel. Sometimes the road that youre planning on, as a traffic guy, the road you are planning on less traveled . Yeah. Maybe it should be. And the roads are less traveled this morning because its a holiday and thats probably a good thing considering that weve got some wacky weather happening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Lets see whats going on now as we get a look at the radar and its showing that we do have a lot of colors here. Youre seeing greens and some yellows that indicates the rain and where that rain gets heavier much of that still offshore. As we head a little bit farther south along the Santa Cruz Mountains youre seeing grays and pinks there. A wintry mix changing over to some snow. And the sevenday forecast is up at the bottom of the screen as we get a closer look at that snow and rain closing in on scotts valley. Been watching to see how close that gets to the summit and it looks like it will be there soon. So watching a lot of things there on the roads. Not the best way to go to santa cruz because look at where we begin this morning, 37 degrees, san jose is at 44 and its already freezing now in santa rosa. If you look at our wind chills, most of us it feels like its in the 30s as we head out the door, a cold start to this morning, we will still have a chance of some spotty rain today. Be watching out for that even as we go into this afternoon. Then once things quiet down or temperatures will be dropping quickly. We do have a freeze warning in effect for all of these areas shaded in purple. That goes into effect tonight. High pressure will be way to the west of us and its allowing for cold fronts and storm system to drop in. The next one moves in on thursday and friday. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, you were saying that so far the commute is a freeze but the winds are still kicking. Breeze would be whats going on across the bridges, the san mateo bridge, bay bridge, altamonte pass, they have all had overnight warnings. We are looking at warnings canceled right now. Look at how things have changed. Kari showing that weather coming in through the area. That pink and white maybe a chance of some ice or snow coming through the area. Yes, we did say both of those words. A nice drive for 101, 280 up and down the peninsula, in the north bay a little issue coming in from the water area. Everything is moving to the east. Easy drive at the bay bridge toll plaza. No backup here. But whats it look like over at the metering lights . Backup there, either. Easy drive up the incline, even the north bay, san rafael, no problems. You do have company so keep that in mind. Thank you, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay, we investigate. Its not safe, its not healthy, feces on the ground, needles. City treats used as public bathrooms and preschoolers dodging drug needles. Im bigad shaban. We investigate the diseased streets of San Francisco coming up. And remember we are your home for the 2018 olympic winter games. Starting at 5 00 tonight watch the ice dance gold medal final, we will show the womens halfpipe gold medal finals featuring maddie bowman. And the final runs in the twoman bobsled competition as well. Reveals a dangerous concocn of drug needles, garbage, and feces lining the streets of downtown san investigation reveals a dangerous concoction of drugs, needles, garbage and feces lining the streets of downtown San Francisco. Investigative reporter bigad shaban explains why parts of the city are being compared to some of the worst slums in the world. Good morning. What we found are diseased streets that are not only disgusting, theyre potentially dangerous. To get a real sense of this problem my producer and i walked the streets ourselves. Together we surveyed 153 blocks of downtown San Francisco. We inspected more than 20 miles of the city. Here is what we found. Crash on every block. 303 piles of feces and 100 needles. San francisco spends about 60 million each year cleaning the streets but the public works director tells us what the city really needs is to solve the larger social issues of homelessness. San francisco has 2,000 temporary beds but one lawmaker tells us the city needs at least 1,000 more to make a dent in the citys cleanliness crisis. The cost 25 million. You can watch our full report on our website. Weve posted an interactive map that you can use to find the dirtiest parts of downtown San Francisco. Thats all at nbc bay area m come weinvestigate. A warning, though, some of the photos are pretty disgusting. Especially for breakfast. Not good right now. Watch it, though, later. 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Lets get straight to that forecast right now with meteorologist kari hall. You told us it was going to get cold. Oh, its going to get even colder, laura, unfortunately over the next couple of days. Good thing its a holiday, maybe a lot less people getting up, out and about. If you can stay in the sheets and stay nice and warm. Here is a look at whats going on now on the radar, we are seeing some rain, but notice those shades of pink. We dont see that often. Thats a wintry mix. Rain and snow mix, thats what we are seeing in parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains and our temperatures have started out in the 30s and 40s and we are going to only see those highs today reaching up to 50 degrees in livermore, a big snap, and a big difference compared to what weve had over the past couple of weeks and 50s all around the bay area. More on that in just a few minutes. Mike, you were saying so far there is no backup. No backup at the bay bridge behind me, an easy drive and even up the incline a smooth drive. Look at the maps, we are talking about president s day a holiday for many businesses and we should show you a smooth flow of traffic for the Speed Sensors around the bay. This is maybe a bigger issue, ice and snow and ice possible around the areas and moving in from the coast. We will track that. Your roadways are moving well. Back to you. At 5 32 back to our microclimate weather coverage this morning, its cold, cover those plants, bring in your pets, temperatures are dropping significantly this morning. A live look outside right now, you are looking at the dublin camera where temperatures are dropping right now. Today in the bays bob redell is live in danville with that cold snap hitting the bay area, slapping us in the face as we walk outside this morning. How does it feel where you are right[sx now . Reporter as long as youre dressed warm its nice, im here in danville its upper 30s, i would say its mild, but its going to get much colder come tonight. The National Weather service is issuing a freeze warning that goes in effect tonight through tomorrow morning. So 24 hours from now i probably wont be as happy about standing here on the outside because the temps are supposed to drop into the lower 30s, even into the lower 20s. Our biggest concern of course is for the people who are homeless and who live out in the streets. Thats why in the south bay the city of san jose, for example, has already opened up a Warming Center like this one on tully road. Here is a man who decided to ride out last night in his vehicle. I just stayed here in my car, covering the windows up so i can stay warm. Reporter and a reend maoer if you have plants that you care about, especially those citrus trees, you want to cover those with a sheet tonight. We have yet to encounter any ice but its possible some roads might freeze over, especially in the upper elevations as the temps drop. If you find yourself in a1 spinout the chp is reminder you let off the gas and turn your car in the direction you want to go. Anyone who has driven in the snow before will tell you you just want to stay calm, dont panic. Bob redell, today in the bay. The sierra also getting hit hard by this winter blast. A live look at i80 in kingvale this morning. Can you even make it out on the camera there . The weather working against drivers up in reno as well. This is video of the after matt of a crash involving 15 cars last night on 395. A very difficult drive home for bay area drivers who tried to head to the snow for the Holiday Weekend but had a tough time getting back home as 80 was closed. Date on whats going on weather wise. You can track that weather with our nbc bay area app. Update that forecast from your neighborhood anytime you need it. Breaking news this morning where flames reignited at a condominium complex overnight. This video just coming into our newsroom within the last hour. Today in the bay pete suratos just got to the scene within a few minutes there. Pete, how did things end up happening . I know this isnt the first fire there recently. Reporter yeah, thats right, marcus. We are talking about two fires in the past 24 hours at the same apartment complex here in martinez, the Eastgate Apartments in martinez. Its on the 400 block of eastgate lane. This is the damage left behind following a fire that happened a few hours ago. Theus are no longer on the scene when we showed up. Lets show you guys [ no audio ] it out fairly quickly. There was no nobody in this apartment complex so no reports of injuries. Lets show you guys the scene from sunday morning, that was the initial fire that took place, it broke out around 4 00 a. M. Five of the eight units in the building were destroyed by the fire. One firefighter was injured as well. Officials say that the fire was accidental and it was actually caused by an unattended pot on a stove. For this morning Officials Say that this mornings fire is not suspicious, but the result of a fire rekindling. We will provide you any updates as they come in this morning. Live in martinez, pete suratos for today in the bay. At 5 36 new this morning a strong after shock has rocked the same region of mexico where a 7. 2 quake caused extensive damage on friday. We have video that came from from the initial quake which damaged hundreds of homes. No one initially died by a Helicopter Crash later killed 13 members of a quake response team. The latest 5. 9 after shock struck early this morning, sent many people running from their homes. So far no reports of serious damage. 5 36. Bart Police Say Two young people are in custody after a violent attack at the bart station in berkeley. This happened at the bart parking lot on sunday night. Police say that the victim was attacked by four juveniles and suffered minor injuries. Officers responding quicklye this and managed to track down four suspects, but the victim could only identify two of them. Police are trying to determine if the attack is linked to a mugging friday night at the same station. If you are under the age of 40 or a renter in the bay area most of your paycheck most likely goes towards rent. That is the finding in a new survey by the east bay times and Silicon Valley leadership group. More than a third of bay area renters and a quarter ofvu peo struggling to afford housing. More than half of the people say they cut back on their other expenses such as mj amount of food they buy. 32 were very satisfied with where they live. Living up to the hype, marvels ubblack panther bl away box office expectations, didnt let down fans, either. It debuted to 192 million. Thats the fifth highest grossing debut ever. The movie cost about 2 million to make. The movie did well overseas as well although it has yet opened in china. There are already talks of a sequel. And a thrilling weekend for fans in fresno. Thats where the director of the movie made an appearance similar to what he did at several theaters thursday night here in the bay area. Also native ryan coogler signed autographs and posted for pictures with people. Parents who took their children to see the movie say the experience is more than entertainment. They want to be black panther all of a sudden. To get to see a young black superhero, you see a black panther, one that actually looks like them. Its only the third feature film by the young black director. No doubt we will see many more. I had friends in found andx÷ they saw it and were like we should have gone toz,c ioakland or fresno. Happeningh month, its happening later this morning in the bay view neighborhood. That parade will start at 10 00 this morning at the dr. Martin street and end at the;3e bay vi opera house. There will be food, performances and cultural activities. A lot going on around that areal mike. Take that as your traffic u rg . Good stuff. Thats pretty m most congested spots i predict for today because its a holida for a lot of work folks. Ytuhbh commute. Ytuhbh over here kari will talk about the effects here, maybe its some snow, maybe some ice possible. San jose roadways are moving well. Crash north of 280 around 11th. That should be a lighter traffic flow. Getting over toward the bay bridge, no metering lights, no backup and no delay. Look at these travel times, with he usually show these an hour earlier about 4 39 instead of 5 40. Stay warm because its a cold start. It is going to be so cold, not only this morning but the next several mornings. By the time we get to the weekend its going to be still kind of chilly. Look at these high temperatures, a lot of sunshine, highs in the upper 50s from the coast to the inland areas and its going to be a weekend also with more clouds and below normal temperatures, only reaching 60 degrees inland on sunday. Maybe youre heading down to l. A. This weekend, its only going up to 64 degrees by the end of the weekend, yes, cold air as well, and then you might as well enjoy some time in the sierra. Here is a look at heavenlys forecast, highs reaching into the 30s, yes, it is going to be bitterly cold there with no snow as we go throughout the weekend. So we will keep tabs on that. Also whats going to be happening in the bay area, your local forecast is coming up in three minutes. Sounds good. 5 41. Coming up, terrifying moments for a california family, the warning they want everyone to hear before thinking about traveling to mexico. Plus and if we dont do something together, silence will be at the end of all of us. Speaking out, the uproar this morning over what a Northern California Fire Department did just days after the Florida Shooting. Mike traf its 5 44. You cant just stay at home, stay warm, but if not, if you have to get moving and you are near the Santa Cruz Mountains watch out for some snow. Yes, snow falling this morning. All these areas where you see the grays and the whites thats where we do have some snow coming down west of Portola Valley and parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains above 1,500 feet. A look outside in palo alto its going to be a chilly day only reaching the mid 50s there and all around the paris. We will talk more about this and freeze warnings for tonight coming up in five minutes. We are looking at the san mateo bridge where actually the wind was pushing this camera around a lot earlier today. Its a little calmer. I see brake lights. I will check out whats going on there but so far things are calm. Well give you update. Thank you very much. Its 5 44. New this morning a santa cruz family talking about being targeted in a violent carjacking and robbery in mexico. The family spoke with the sentinel. A mother, father and their threeyearold son were driving through southwest mexico 100 months southeast of puerto vallarta. They say four armed men stopped their car, told them to get out and stole their car with all their possessions outside. They say the state department advises americans to avoid travel in this area. Firefighters in sacramento are catching heat after a weekend fundraiser. They held their annual crab feed and raffle. One of the things being offered and ar15 semiautomatic rifle. This prompted some attendees to walk out of the event. They should be concerned with putting one of those type of weapons out in our community and instead it was being given out as a prize. Its the timing of seeing that weapon after the grief with the rest of the country of the death of the children in florida. Now, the Firefighters Association issued a statement saying that they understood the concern and refunded money to those who left. A spokesman also said similar guns had been raffled off at that same event for the past eight years. At 5 46 the president not having a very good president s day. Scott mcgrew, he, too, is getting pressured over gun violence. From the students who experienced it. Weve been watching social media. There is no question those students are angry and they are promising political action. Talking about nationwide walkouts next month. Donald trump tweeted all kinds of things last weekend but it was this tweet that enraged the kids. Very sad that the fbi missed all the many signals sent out by the Florida School shooter. They are spending too much time trying to prove russian collusion with the trump campaign, there is no collusion. Students from the latest School Shooting spat back with venom. One writing my friends were brutally murdered and you have the nerve to make this about russia. Now, we will have to wait to see whether or not the students can turn all of this anger into votes. Most of the kids at marjory stone man high are not old enough to vote but they will be by the next time a president ial election rolls around. I mentioned that was one of several tweets. The president was issuing lots of tweets, they were full of anger over the weekend attacking Oprah Winfrey and adam schiff and president obama. This comes of course after the number two man at justice, Rod Rosenstein, unveiled a 37page indictment created by the special Counsel Robert Mueller indicting 13 russians and three russian organizations accusing them of trying to influence the election in favor of candidate donald trump. Trump has in the past refused to blame russia specifically and has not implemented the sanctions created by congress to punish russia. The president says he asked Vladimir Putin twice to his face whether russia tried to influence our elections and twice putin denied it to which trump said he believed the russian president. Last summer after a meeting President Donald Trump actually suggested we join up with putin. Putin and i discussed former an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that Election Hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. That tweet left politicians and securities experts aghast. President donald trump followed up with another tweet that walked it back. Things obviously moving quickly. Follow me on twitter and i will keep you posted on what happens just later today. Sounds good. Thank you very much. 5 48. They say not know it now, but in a few years one pair of identical twins in Southern California will be able to credit mommy for making them olympic sensations. Zachary and benjamin, their mom and a photographer struck an olympic sized gold mine after posting these photos of the seven month old boys. The mom says she plans to post more photos through the rest of the winter games, at least one per day. I can only imagine with the summer games coming up. Exactly. They should follow up with another photo shoot. I bet they will. Are they bundled up, ready for the cold weather here. Its going to be really cold. Not only this morning but every morning this he can would. We are talking about freezing temperatures and, yes, even snow this morning in the Santa Cruz Mountains. As we get a look at whats happening on our radar this morning we can see all kinds of colors here so i will sort it out for you. In the peninsula were seeing some greens and even some yellows just offshore. Thats rain. And then the pink shows where it changes over to a wintry mix of rain and snow and then the white shows where we do have some light snow falling. As we get a closer look we can see exactly where that is, right around port low Portola Valley. Be careful in those areas. Sevenday forecast is up at the bottom of the screen as we look at our temperatures now as you get ready to head out the door only in the 30s, most of us just above freezing. Highs today reaching into the low 50s and as you get dressed this morning you do need lots of layers. It is all clear outside, we will have the need for lots of layers, a hat that doesnt blow off with these gusty winds and a scarf, you also need a warm coat and a good idea to have your boots today. Anything to protect you against the cold and the wind were dealing with. For tonight we will have a freeze warning in effect for these areas shaded in purple, frost advisories for areas in blue, that kicks in at 10 00 p. M. , continues through 9 00 a. M. Make sure youre protecting your pets, plants and also your pipes as we will have more cold warnings ahead. Mike, you have a Traffic Alert. Pets, plants and pipes. Watch out for what kari talks about because of the freezing conditions. Very cold possible, snow over there, so were tracking that coming into the area and also snow across the sierra, highway 58, interstate 80. Over here that Traffic Alert, yeah, its been upgraded from just a crash to a Traffic Alert because chp has closed off the connector from east 580 to 205 because of a semi crash. We will continue to track that. Its countercommute what commute we do have. Very light right now. A smooth easy drive toward the bay bridge. No metering lights yet. We will show you our shot from the emeryville camera. There is no problem coming up the incline. That indicates a light volume of traffic. We are talking about transit agencies as well. Remember holiday for many businesses including the transit agencies so they will have adjusted schedules. Coming up as you prepare your taxes you need to know about a new scam. The way thieves are trying to steal your tax refund. 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There is a new twist to an old scam of thieves filing a tax return in your name and pocketing your refund. This time even veteran tax experts cant believe how bold these thieves have become. The latest scheme thieves file a bogus return using your identity, then they have that refund sent to you or your account and then call and try to con you out of it. Either posted by the irs or debt collector associated by the irs. They will tell you that there is a refund that you are not entitled to that is in your account or in your mailbox and they give you instructions to return it, but it gets returned not to irs but to the thieves. So the irs just detected that scam around february 1st after a few hundred complaints from taxpayers. Taxpayers have been impacted by this. The irsy4 will never contact y by phone so that should be a red flag immediately. Those bogus returns you will have to return that money. Your best bet is to contact the irs yourself. 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The protests High School Students will planning on capitol hill to demand action in the wake of florida high School Shooting. And feeling like winter, i] life look at our radar this morning tracking scattered rain and even the possibility of snow in the bay area. The freezing temperatures were expecting as the week progresses. Today in the bay continues right now. Welcome to tieblt on this president s day, it is monday, february 19th. Mike is watching your drive this morning and kari has the details on the very cold start for the week. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Lets quickly bring in the other member of our team, Garvin Thomas in south korea. A busy one for the athletes. Reporter marcus and laura its not only a busy one but a pretty exciting one as well. We are at the bobsled track where the twoman competition ended in a dead leheat. We do have a local athlete coming up tonight she has a good smot at a medal. First lets send it back to you. Lets check in with meteorologist kari hall. Kari, another cold start. Put the coats on, gloves, hats even. We say another cold start but it will get colder as the week goes along. We are talking about freezing temperatures and we are there already this morning. Where we are seeing the shades of white on the radar. Yes, thats snow. Its the first time weve seen this in quite a while. Snow in the cruz mountains and this is just to the south of portola va