Down. Its pretty cold out there in some spots, including areas like santa rosa at 35 degrees. Check out santa cruz, dipping down into the 30s as well with 38 degrees. And heres a look at what you can expect for today as youre heading out the door. Temperatures will be a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday in some areas. 56 in oakland. 56 in San Francisco. Its going to be cool, a little breezy at times, as well. And then, if youre wondering if the rain has completely moved out, we did see the cold front sweep through last night. Thats whats bringing that cloudiness this morning in some areas. But for the most part, things are going to clear out quite nicely today. And coming up in 15 minutes, ill talk about this next system that you see just off the coast. Thats going to bring more rain to the area. Just when we thought we were in the clear. See you in about 15 minutes. Vianey, thanks. We begin this morning with vandals taking aim at a holiday ice rink, melting the ice and ruining the busiest Holiday Weekend for one bay area town. Its a story we first broke last night on our 5 00 p. M. News. Today in the bays Marianne Favro has some new developments from brentwood. Reporter from tom gregory, opening this ice rink in his hometown of brentwood was a bucket list dream, but his heart sank when he realized that vandals had targeted his rink, opening the valves to the chiller, causing the ice to melt. We came to a lake this morning. The timing couldnt have been worse. Complete horror. This is our busiest day. We know its going to be, or would have been. We had people lined up at 9 00 to get in here this morning. We had more birthdays booked back to back. Reporter with the holiday parade downtown, this was supposed to be his busiest day of the season, with an expected 4,000 skaters. 12yearold Delaney Buchanan hoped to be gliding on the ice. I was excited to skate and once we found out it was closed, we got really disappointed. Reporter others were stunned someone would stoop so low during the holidays. Its really sad. Tom and tracy are great people in this community. They do everything for this community. And for someone to come in and do this, its really sad that they would do that. Reporter but the community is rallying around tom and his wife, buying sweatshirts and making donations. Tom is having a new chiller brought in to make ice and hopes to reopen by wednesday. But for now, tom is not focused on the vandals who melted his ice, but the community that melted his heart. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Now to a magnitude 6. 9 earthquake hitting the Southern Region of the philippines today. Initial reports are that one child was killed, several people were injured and several buildings damaged including one threestory building that collapsed. Its the latest in a series of temblors to strike that same area in recent months. This is video the usgs reports that the quake struck near the island of mindanamindanao. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no tsunami threat. That same region has been shaken by four powerful shakes in october and november which together killed at least 20 people. Back here locally, more vehicles being attacked south of the bay area. Police say five more cars were hit by objects last night alone south of gilroy. The chp says all five hits happened within a sixminute span. Most cars that have been hit or shot with objects were hit while driving on highway 101, south of 156 near prunedale. In the past three days alone, 11 cars have been hit. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The chp reports 61 cars have been hit in the same stretch of 101 since february. That include a bus full of High School Football players headed to san jose. Now to a live look at sfo, where a United Airlines flight was forced to make an Emergency Landing last night. Youre looking at a picture taken by a passenger onboard that flight. He tells us he heard a loud crack about 20 minutes after they took off. An sfo spokesperson says the flight was headed to eugene, oregon. After circling over the bay for nearly one hour, the plane did land safely back at sfo while emergency crews lined the runway. In the east bay, police are looking for two masked gunman who shot a 30yearold man to death inside his pittsburgh home. The shooting happened early yesterday morning, on the 200 block of havenwood circle. Thats in the oak hills neighborhood on the far west end of pittsburgh. Police say it pears the shooter and the victim did know one another. Well, with the deadly gilroy garlic festival shooting still fresh in their minds, people turned out for a Gun Buyback Program in that city to help keep their Community Safe and to help it heal. Today in the bays roz plater was there. Reporter the first gun buyback in south Santa Clara County in 25 years and Law Enforcement agencies werent sure what kind of response theyd get. We had over 70 cars waiting by the time we opened at 9 00 a. M. Within the first hour, we had already given out 20,000. Reporter for many, the recent mass shooting so close to home inspired them to get rid of guns, some they inherited, before those weapons fell into the wrong hands. Its been in the garage for over 30 years, just sitting there. And when you think about it, once or twice a year and dont do anything about it. We dont know anything about guns. This gave us an opportunity to do something about it. It feels really good. We just didnt want it in the house. We dont know anything about guns. Reporter the buyback process was anonymous, no questions asked. Officers checked to see if any of the guns were lost or stolen. If not, theyll be destroyed. And most importantly, off the streets. Get guns out of the hands of people that shouldnt have guns. Children, criminals, people that maybe have mental issues. Reporter the participants get 200 for a working assault weapon, 100 for a working handgun, rifle, or shotgun. Thank you, folks, for participating. This just shows that there is a willingness in our community. That there are unwanted firearms out there and that people just dont know how to get rid of their guns. Reporter roz plater, nbc bay area news. And in San Francisco, police also held a gun buyback event. The sfpd says more than 300 guns were turned in, mostly rifles, including 17 assault rifles. The ghost ship warehouse fire tv series subpoena called off. The husband and wife authors say that they ended their plans for now because they upset too many people. The couple says they will leave the families and the survivors alone and not add to their grief. The series was part of a multiyear deal that the authors recently had made with cbs. Well, it is finally finished. The north bays smart train system has now connected downtown san rafael to larkspur. The twomile extension project started two years ago, costing more than 55 million. Smart says the extension serves as a gateway for people to visit marin and sonoma counties. Its our third station in novato, but this is a station we really were committed to, because its in our downtown. Were so excited about the opportunities that we have to offer with people being able to come here and make this their destination. Services to the new station began yesterday morning. The extension links riders to golden gate ferry service. And get ready for phase ii in the city. More electric scooters are coming to San Francisco. Its all part of sfmtas powered Scooter Program which launched back in october. More scooters will be placed around the city beginning today. The company says more scooters will be placed from the Mission District all the way to San Francisco state universitys campus. The total number of scooters allowed in the city will now be more than 3,000. 7 09 on the dot. We have much more coming up. We go live to washington, d. C. To speak with chotuck todd and t a preview of this weeks meet the press. Plus, apple is offering employees a new perk. How it could help some people get a leg up on their health. Welcome back. We are joined here in the studio with our political analyst, larry gursten. And we turn to washington, d. C. To talk to chuck todd, moderator of meet the press. As always, thanks for joining us this morning. Happy to. Thank you. Chuck, the house, as most people likely will know by now, the house will vote this week on two articles of impeachment against the president. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress. What do you think we should expect to come next . Honestly, i think we all kind of know whats going to come next. And i think thats sort of the weird place that we are. This feels like it should be it should be a heavier moment than perhaps were all treating it. But in some ways, i think that may be because the country may be a bit exhausted from all of this. But at the end of the day, even the two congressional leaders, nancy pelosi for the democrats, Mitch Mcconnell for the republicans, both of them now, you can tell, they sort of have one eye on november and only one eye on impeachment. They seem to be both a bit leery of impeachment backfiring on them, so what are they doing . Being very careful. They cut a bunch of deals. My god, congress has never been so functional in the last week. They agreed on a bunch of spending bills without a continuing resolution or any of that. They agreed on a trade agreement. And i think its because theyre both worried that they could get punished if they either get bogged down too much in impeachment or dont take it seriously enough. Thats why mcconnells trying to have a trial of some length, but not too long, right . And why pelosi kept it narrow on the articles and wants the trade agreement voted on after impeachment. Its like a political house of cards. Chuck a little bit. Lets assume that House Democrats vote to impeach President Trump without a single republican vote, likely. To what extent would that outcome help the republican claim that the impeachment effort is nothing more than, you know, what im going to say, a partisan witch hunt . We believe looll, look, i do that is what politically the president has accomplished since this inquiry started. I think the first two or three weeks, it seemed plausible that this could get bipartisan, even if narrowly atr is, look at how tribal our politics are, right . We have the democratic lawmaker from new jersey, looks like shes going to switch parties over impeachment. Weve already had a republican member of Congress Switch parties over impeachment in justin amash. But think about this, neither partys tent is big enough to essentially allow a member of their tribe to disagree with them on impeachment. Right . This democrat is leaving because he was going to get hammered. He was already vulnerable to a primary challenge on the left for not supporting the inquiry. And justin amash was going to get hammered on the republican primary for being for essentially supporting an impeachment inquiry, and he supported it after the mueller report. But neither political figure felt like they could stay a member of the party that they had been in order to stay in congress. I think that tells you a lot about how tribal our politics are. Yeah. Looking into the future a little bit, four more democratic debates are scheduled for next january and february. Assuming the Senate Trump Impeachment trial in january, what impact might this have on the democratic president ial candidates, sitting with their Senate Colleagues as jurors, while the rest of the democratic field are free to campaign . Well, look, i dont know how much of a you know, there was a time where you thought, boy, do you want to cede iowa to your opponents if youre elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar, bernie sande sanders, you know, three of the highertiered candidates that will be participating, theres another senator, michael bennet, as well. But if all of the political world will be focused on the senate trial, it could serve as an opportunity for sanders, warren, or klobuchar or bennett to possibly make a point. But it also could be fraught with peril, too. So ill be curious to see how warren, klobuchar, and sanders try to make lemonade out of being stuck in that senate trial. Or whether they just try to try a do no harm strategy here. I actually think this trial will be over by Martin Luther king weekend and not really leaving a good tenday sprint for the caucuses as it is, chsht hawhic shouldnt have much of an impact. Well see in about a months time. Chuck todd, as always, we really appreciate your insight. Be sure to join chuck for this mornings memeet the press. Hell have exclusive interviews with senator pat toomey and senator chris coons. Be sure to stay right here, wed appreciate it. Meet the press is on at 8 00 a. M. Right after this newscast. And as always, larry will be back in about 40 minutes for our weekly political segment. We will take a look. This is really interesting, i think, into the world that gender may play when it comes to impeachment and the 2020 elections. So larry, well see you soon for that. Thanks so much. Turning to other news now, apple employees can now get free genetic screenings for diseases at Onsite Health clinics. Apple has partnered with color jeonomics in cupertino with a pilot program. Apple recently set up clinics near their headquarters known as ac wellness for employees and their dependents. The idea is to be more proactive than reactive at apples clinics. Genetic testing can often detect likely health risks in the future and in some cases, patients can take preventive steps to reduce their chances of getting a disease. Turning to weather, a Winter Weather advisory in the sierra, more snow is coming and thats good news for skiers. Skiers and snowboarders, too. They were out on the slopes at sugar bowl ski resort. All other ski resorts this well this weekend. Parts of the sierra got 12 inches of snow friday night. Resorts are thankful for how quickly things changed for the better. Of 13 lifts, we have 11 of 13 lifts open and its just wild that a few weeks ago, we had no snow on the ground at all and now were fully open. Reporte that man says conditions this good usually arent expected until later in the season. Perfect timing to check in with vianey with a look at our sunday forecast. We usually dont see that until january, right . For the snow. But now were in fullblown rainy season, we actually, you know, have seen a pretty rainy december so far. And its not going to stop. I have more storms im tracking on the way. Lets take you through them. Heres a beautiful view of some cotton candy skies over the Golden Gate Bridge, and thats all thanks to that colder system thats passing by that brought those showers last night. And we are anticipating a much drier sunday, but because of the system that passed by behind it, its leaving behind a little bit of a chill. Look at santa rosa. 35 degrees. Napa, 36. Down through san jose, 44 degrees. And oakland, 49. Now, if youre going to be out and about for today, i also want to show you this comparison, if youre foigoing to be traveling how were looking compared to the rest of the nation. I think this is a great comparison so you know how your relatives are doing. Look how minneapolis is doing, 2 degrees. Chicago is at 20 degrees. And in through the east coast, were actually a little bit colder than the east coast. New york city right now is at 46 degrees. Were at about 44 degrees. So its colder, we have dipped down into the 30s already here locally. Satellite radar right now, you can see, its pretty calm. We have a little bit of that instability just off that coast. That can bring the chance of a couple of isolated areas of drizzle. But this is what were paying attention to in our next round of rain. Weve got a couple of systems developing just off the coast, and thats going to move on in right for the middle of the workweek. Now, as we head into our microclimate highs for the afternoon, breezy conditions, temperatures in the 50s. 57 degrees for san jose and then were just going to stay in that 50s range. But i want to show you, we just talked about the sierra, a live look right now at South Lake Tahoe using our Weather Underground cameras. Look how beautiful this is, 14 degrees. This is a little bit high in elevation, but a little bit lower. When you look at this Beautiful Image with these beautiful cabins and a little bit higher up the mountain, this is what it looks like at heavenly lake tahoe using our undergrounder weather camera. It gives you an idea of why they had that winter storm warning in place. That has expired as of this morning, but we could still be dealing with some dangerous driving conditions so look out for that as well. The break from the rain will bring frosty mornings into monday. And looking ahead into tuesday and wednesday, there goes that next system. The one i showed you on radar thats just off the coast. This system right now looks like it could split, which may mean it may not be as widespread or as much rain as were anticipating right now. But still enough that once it hits the land, you saw it there, it kind of splits, which means not widespread, but it could still bring the area of rain from north to south. And looking just out ahead from thursday into the weekend, which also happens to be the weekend right before christmas eve. We get north bay rain at times, south by saturday. This is our next system. This one, its still pretty far out. Were goingery closely. But for now, thats what were looking at. Over the next seven days, a chilly start tomorrow. Could dip down to some low 30s early in the morning. By tuesday, well get that increase in cloud cover and tuesday night into wednesday is when that next system is expected to roll around. And yet again, were tracking yet another system, this one moving in by friday with north bay showers, rain more likely heading into next saturday. Kira, rain is in full swing. Rain, rain will not go away. All right. Vianey, thanks. It is 7 21 right now. And we do have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, her dream came true. She became a youtube sensation before her untimely death. Well tell you how her school is making sure her memory lives on forever. [ dramatic music ] this holiday. Ahhhhh ahhhhh a distant friend returns. Elliott. You came back and while lots of things have changed. Wooooah woah its called the internet. Some things havent. Get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. Woohoo yeah welcome back. Yesterday morning, we told you about students at a Bay Area High School who grant holiday wishes for their classmates and their school staff. Well, this story is about a wish for one girl that her fellow students are carrying on even after her death. Today in the bays Garvin Thomas has the story in this mornings bay area proud. For this next, i want to bring out Robin Gutierrez. Reporter when 14yearold Robin Gutierrez made her way on to the winter wishes stage at brandhem high school in december of 2016, she could not have known it would be the very last time she would ever be on that campus. My name is robin. Im a freshman here. Reporter but those who knew robin best robin was my daughter. Reporter her mom, erica, and sister, danielle say if she had ive thought a lot about life. It wouldnt have changed a single thing she did that day. She wanted them to know that she was like any other child, she just couldnt walk. Reporter robin had not been feeling good enough to go to school for the previous two months, but she was determined on this story to share her story about what life was like with muscular dystrophy and to make her wish in person. Her ultimate goal was she wanted to go to hollywood. Reporter robins favorite pastime was making movies with her friends, then posting them to her youtube channel. Her wish, 1,000 subscribers to that channel. And her classmates responded. So we kept checking and we would kind of make little announcements like, oh, you have this many. Reporter but in the weeks that followed, as robins subscriber list grew stronger, she grew weaker. But before taking her last difficult breath, just one month after the rally, robin did see her goal achieved. So, yeah, i remember the moment she got to her goal. The wish coming true for her to me meant that there was a community that cared about her. We would like robins family to come up and join us. And apparently still does. Robin would have been a senior this year. Robin was a student a few years ago. Reporter and as part of this years winter wishes rally, one of her classmates wished that a small part of campus be forever known as robins grove. There just are not enough words. Reporter a permanent reminder of the power of wishes. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. Well, if you enjoy our bay area proud series, we do have Something Special for you. Garvin put together a halfhour special on that high school, brandhems winter wishes program. Its a beautiful piece. It will air on christmas at 6 30 p. M. Set your dvr and of course, grab a box of tissues. It is 7 26. We do have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, after weeks of delays, crabbing season is finally back. Why the waters around Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco are expected to be a little more crowded. Plus, a bittersweet victory in newtown, connecticut, on the anniversary of the tragedy at sandy hook. The sign of strength on a football field just last night. Welcome back and good sunday morning to you on this december 15th. Oh, gorgeous it is 7 29 and the sun is rising over San Bruno Mountain and our storm ranger in the foreground there, getting ready for an active week. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kira klapper. Vianey rana has a look at your microclimate forecast. I didnt want to go away from that view, it was so gorgeous. Although the Golden Gate Bridge behind us is pretty lovely as well. It is. Its going to be a lovely sunday. We had the majority of that instability that brought in those showers last night, its starting to make its exit, which will make for a great outing. Santa cruz, 38 as you head out door. I want you to pack a coat. Temperatures will only top out in the 50s. Lets get right to those games. It is, of course, a big day. We have the levi stadium forecast for you. Wee weve got the niners playing, kickoff is at 1 25. At the end of the day, keep in mind, its going to cool very quickly. As youre going to head out for your celebration for the win, youll need a coat if youre going to be out and about in the santa clara area. Now, the final home game for the oakland raiders, this is another big one that were monitoring, kickoff is at 1 05. Im happy to report, you dont have to worry about the rain, just a few clouds. Temperatures will be in the 50s. Cool temperatures by the halftime. And then we could see some patchy low clouds that might look like some rain coming through. You might even catch a little bit of instability. But im going to talk about our next chance of rain, because its going to be a pretty active weather week. So ive got that for you and of course your sierra forecast coming up. And the football moer, most importantly. Stay tuned for that. After not one, but two delays, the start of the commercial crab season officially has begun. But the weather, as vianey mentioned, is not making the start very easy. Today in the bay, Sergio Quintana takes us there. Reporter the oracle was one of the last boats to head out, but they returned to drop off 30 crab boxes because the waves are choppier than first anticipated. It was bigger than we expected. Forecast got jaup graupgraded, trying to be safe. Reporter its been a cold, wet, and windy even ing as a fe showers swept through the areas, but these crab boat crews are eager to brave tlhe elements. All of us, everybody in this port, were all hungry, you know. Weve been sitting here waiting to go for days. Its unfortunate that we had to sit and wait, but everybodys out there right now. Theres boats smaller than us out there. Reporter the commercial dungeness crab season was supposed to have tarted december 15th, but was delayed a week because whales off the coast of Northern California up to washington are enjoying a longer than usual feeding season. Crews and state leaders want to prevent the whales from getting entangled in fishing equipment, so it was delayed until this weekend. The delay will continue for another two weeks north of the sonoma mendocino line, which has prompted lots of crews to come to the bay area. A lot of people are down here right now because up north, theres a delay also. Theyll be here and then go up north. Reporter the oracle usually operates out of crescent city. With such a shortened season, theyre hoping for a good haul here and another a little further up north later. Nbc bay area news. More vehicles being attacked south of the bay area. Police say five more cars were hit last night alone by objects south of gilroy. The chp says all five hits happened within just a sixminute span. Most of the cars that had been attacked or shot with objects were hit on highway 101, south of 156 near prunedale. In the past three days alone, 11 vehicles have been hit. Thankfully, no ones been hurt. The chp reports that 61 cars in total have been hit in that same stretch of 101 since february. That includes a bus full of High School Football players headed to san jose. Now for a live look at sfo, where the sun is shining, but just last night, a United Airlines flight was forced to make an Emergency Landing there. This is a picture, if any, by a passenger onboard that flight. He tells us he heard a loud crack about 20 minutes after takeoff. An sfo spokesperson says that the flight was bound for eugene, oregon, when it began having problems with its landing gear. While it circled over the bay area for nearly one hour and the jet finally landed back at sfo, safely. Emergency crews lined the runway at the ready. In international news, the death toll is rising after a volcano erupted in new zealand. Police now say one more person has died. The 15th person killed in that tragedy. Police have recovered six bodies from the island and were back on scene yesterday. But the Recovery Efforts are risky, because the air is toxic and the volcano could erupt once again. Two people remain missing. Right now, more than two dozen people are hospitalized, most with severe burn injuries. An investigation is underway after several military cadets flashed what appeared to be white supremacist hand signs on live television. It happened yesterday ahead of the Army Navy Game during a sideline interview. Students on both sides of the rivalry made those gestures. President trump also was at that game. Nbcs hans nichols reports on the president s day and the latest developments involving the impeachment inquiry. Reporter the president tossing the coin at the Army Navy Game as he prepares for his own impeachment battle ahead in the senate, comparing himself to Brett Kavanaugh during his Contentious Supreme Court nomination. After watching the disgraceful way that a wonderful man was treated, i understand why so many dems are voting republican. But ahead of next weeks vote, a possible democratic defection. There has nothing that has turned up that is truly impeachable. Reporter the new jersey democrat reportedly feeling the heat from the president. A democratic official telling they expect vann drew to leave the party. But even with his anticipated no vote, impeachment on track for a trial in the senate. Trump aides downplaying reports that white House CounselPat Cipollone will lead the president s senate defense. The president may have a number of attorneys helping him. Reporter as the president s Senate Allies advocate for a short trial, without calling the bidens to testify. I want to end it. I dont want to legitimatize it. I want hate what theyre doing. Reporter and graham is also opening to hearing directly from rudy giuliani, who met with the president after returning from ukraine. But outside the impeachment process. Rudy, if you want to come and tell us what you found, id be glad to talk to you. Reporter even as some of trumps congressional allies question giulianis trip. I didnt really know why rudy was in the ukraine. That was hands nichols reporting for us. And the Trump Administration reportedly plans to announce the withdrawal of 4,000 troops from afghanistan. That withdrawal will leave about 9,000 troops in that area. It is expected to happen in phases over the next few months. President trump had campaigned, saying he wanted to withdrawal all troops from afghanistan by the november 2020 election. The administration is expected to make that official announcement as early as this coming week. Holiday wreaths now adorn thousands of grave sites of our nations heros. It is all part of National Wreaths across america day. Volunteers placed the wreaths on the headstones of military veterans from coast to coast and our own Damian Trujillo emceed yesterday mornings ceremony at los gatos Memorial Park. 2,800 veterans are buried at this ceremony alone. Volunteers say the ceremony helps lift the spirits of those who have lost a loved one who served our country. The purpose of Wreaths Across America is to honor veterans who have served, who are serving, whether they passed away or not. And the evergreen wreath has been an historic symbol of respect and honor. Reporter this is the third year that los gatos Memorial Park has celebrated Wreaths Across America day. Nearly 5,000 cemeteries across the country participated. Well, it was a bitter night a bittersweet night in newtown, connecticut, on this seventh anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. The communitys High School Football team won the state championship. The newtown nighthawks won a 36yard touchdown pass as time expired, beating their opponents 1317. The title is the very first for newtown in more than 25 years. Players one of the players younger brothers was among the first graders killed at sandy hook elementary. Back here locally, they are working to get guns off the streets and theyre also helping a community heal. Thats what Gilroy Police wanted to do this weekend in the wake of the shooting at the gilroy garlic if he feels and the morgan hill dealership shooting, police held a gun buyback event. Its actually the first buyback in south Santa Clara County in 25 years. Gilroy police say they collected nearly 500 guns, more than 200 were handguns. 26 of them were assault weapons. Many people say that after the shooting in gilroy, it inspired them to get rid of their guns before the weapons fell into the wrong hands. This has been in the garage for over 30 years, just sitting there. And we think about it once or twice a year and dont do anything about it. We dont know anything about guns. This gave us an opportunity to do something about it. It feels really good. Overall, the police gave out nearly 50,000, no questions asked about the guns turned in. Nearly half of that money was handed out in skbrjust the firs hour. At 7 39, still ahead on today in the bay, how important is gender in politics. Political analyst larry gursten rejoins us live to take a look inside the numbers. But first, it is the end of an era. I wear black to mourn with my colleague, rick, as the raiders play their last home game ever in the coliseum. Well tell you how coach jon gruden and the silver and black are preparing for the emotional goodbye. Mike bloombergs never been afraid of tough fights, the ones that make a true difference in peoples lives. And mikes won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat americas biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. All against big odds you can beat him. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Kerrygold has a taste so rich it can take you to irelands lush, green pastures. Where grassfed cows produce rich, creamy milk for a truly delicious taste. Kerrygold. The taste that takes you there. Good morning, everyone. Its going to be anre playing t final home game ever in oakland. It will be the raiders farewell to the coliseum when they take on jacksonville this afternoon. Theyre leaving for Las Vegas Next season providing that 2 billion stadium gets finished in time. A few weeks ago, the raiders were the talk of the nfl. Then came a threegame losing streak that all but ended their homes of making the playoffs. Today, theyre just trying to put on a show for the raider nation and walk off the field for the last time a winner. Its hard right now to, you know, really think about what its going to be like stepping in there for the last time ever. And the last time of the season is one thing. Last time ever really, you know, hits a tone with me. And im sure a lot of people. It will be emotional, for sure. I expect it to be crazy and loud and all those kind of things. Well go out there and give our best effort. I promise you that. Reporter the raiders final home game in the coliseum kicks off at 1 05. The 49ers return to levi stadium today to take on the atlanta falcons. The niners are coming off that big win last weekend at new orleans. Some of their backups will see a lot of playing time. Several starts on defense are hurt and wont be playing against the dirty birds. Kyle shanahan has a special connection with the falcons. He was the offensive coordinator in atlanta before taking over the head coaching duty with the niners. I loved my time in atlanta and loved the people that i was with. I went there in a tough time in my career. Was glad to be in a good place like that and really enjoyed the players, too. Theyre a good team. Were in the super bowl two years ago, got a lot of good guys and great talent. Every week is the exact same. Weve got a group with a great mindset. Its important to them and every week is as important as the last. This week is no different than any other. The 49ers and falcons at levi stadium, kickoff today at 1 25. Milestone night at. The shark tank. Team teal getting bob booingner husband first win as interim head coach. Boogner taking over for peter devore who was fired on wednesday. The sharks hitting the ice against the canucks. 20 sharks. Later in the third, watch this. Evander kane misses the open net, but the puck finds a way back to kane and this time he doesnt miss. The sharks win it 42. Its boogners first win as head coach. The 2019 winner and 85th recipient of the Heisman Memorial trophy is joe burrow. No big surprise. Lsu quarterback joe burrow wins College Footballs most prestigious award. Burrow finished with the largest margin of victory in heisman history. This season, hes led lsu to an undefeated regular season and the number one ranking in the country. Thats a look at your morning sports. Im anthony flores. Have a great sunday. Welcome back. Well, these days, we hear a lot about Political Polarization in the united states. We see stark differences on key issues like immigration, gun control, and climate change, just to name a few. Some people chalk it up to the ageold clashes between democrats and republicans, but is there Something Else that explains our political differences . Nbc bay area political analyst larry gursten rejoins us. You seem to think there is another reason than just red and blue. Tell us about it . I think so, i think so. You know, data is kind of interesting on this. As you noted, of course, we are often defined as democrats versus republicans. I know, some independents, as well. And we saw that division, by the way, in the Judiciary Committee hearing last week. You know, 23 democrats voted one way, 17 republicans voted the other way. Lock stock, that kind of thing. But there are things, other ways differences, kira. And sometimes, people talk about geographic differences, for example, between the coastal states and the interior states, to explain our political differences, with the coastal states being liberal and interior states being conservative. Then again, race and ethnicity tend to divide us with minoritiminority s mostly democrat and whites mostly republican. So you mean women being political dlimply different the . Yeah. Now, before we go any further, lets issue that disclaimer here. We cant put all women in one political camp, all men in another political camp. No, no, no, its not that simple. All kinds of variables collectively account for our behavior, including those already discussed. But these days, gender seems to be a powerful predictor. And assuming that there are numbers, how have you seen that gender fits in with the votes and the outcomes of recent elections . In a word, powerfully. Powerfully. Look, in 2016, 12 more women voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton while 10 more men voted for republican donald trump. Thats a 22point gender gap. Thats the largest gender gap since these things have been paid attention to in american history. Last year, we upped it. 19 more women voted for Democratic Candidates in congress while 4 of men voted for republican candidates. Thats a 23point gender gap. But theres more. Women are now 53 of voters compared to men who are 47 . And a greater percentage of women vote than men. A threepoint spread. But a difference that could be huge in swing states. Well, thats very interesting. Because you think about democrat, republican, you think about age, race, ethnicity, and as you said, now, jrnd. So is there any way to know how all of these numbers fit in with the current efforts to impeach President Trump . Yeah, a recent cnn poll, Public Opinion poll shows 61 of women, 61 of women favoring impeachment and conviction of President Trump, compared with 40 of men who favor impeachment and conviction. The same poll, by the way, found 32 of women supporting the president compared with 52 of men. Collectively, these data point to women as the primary voters who have become extraordinarily supportive of Democratic Candidates and a desire to remove President Trump from office. A little onesided there. How do you think we account for those numbers . The data here is not so clear. I wish i could be more definitive about this. But we do know a couple of things. Women identify more with democrats and republicans, we know that. Women tend to be more unhappy than men about trumps attitude toward and behavior with women. Women also seem to be much more concerned about the president s court choices, such as the Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Women oppose kavanaughs confirmation by a 16point margin. So there are certain issues here that seem to galvanize women more than men, at least differently. So i always do this to you. You dont have a crystal ball, but what can you predict . No pressure here, about the 2020 president ial election with these numbers . Well, as you know, my crystal ball broke a long time ago, but listen, for now, we dont know how women will vote in 2020. We dont. But we do know this. These days, the vast majorities of women are lining up with Democratic Values and candidates. They have become the dominant Political Force in american voting. And the more cohesive women are, heres the hint, the more cohesive women are in 2020, the more that their votes will determine the winner. And for these reasons, kira, we can expect that whoever addresses womens concerns the best of 2020 may have a key advantage in that election. Wow, female power. Yep all right, larry gursten, as always, thanks for that. Vianey has your forecast after this. Good sunday morning. It is 7 54 and look at how beautiful the Golden Gate Bridge looks. Weve got clear skies. A little chilly in some spots, but by the afternoon, were going to be faring quite nicely with a lot of sunshine. 36 in napa, down through san jose. 44 degrees and we have those showers pushed through last night. That cold front swept through. Now, things are starting to calm down and just off the coast, this is going to be our next round of rain. And im going to get to that in just a second. Im even going to time it out for you. Before i get to that, i want to prepare you for our sunday. Our temperatures will be in the 50s. 58 degrees in san jose. 57 in oakland. 56 in napa. Expect to see the chance of some isolated showers, mainly along the coastline, though. Aside from that, things are going to quiet down. And hey, if youll be heading out to lake tahoe, look at how amazingly beautiful this is. This is our Weather Underground cameras. It is 12 degrees right now. You can see the snow and that Winter Weather advisory has expired now. As you can imagine, im sure theres still plenty of snow left out on the roads, even though they worked to clear that. Just make sure they keep it slow. 32 degrees by 12 00, but notice in the icons, were not expecting snow today, were just expecting a lot of sunshine and chilly temperatures. As we head in towards the next couple of days, were talking about frosty mornings. In through tomorrow morning, because as that system sweeps through, our skies are going to clear, which could mean frosty north bay santa rosa and even you have to turn on your heater to get the windshield clear. Thats going to be us tomorrow morning with temperatures dipping down into the 30s. Now lets talk about on tuesday into wednesday. Weve got a system right now. And i want to show you what happens when i advance this timeline. So Pay Attention to this storm system. You can see it lining up just off the coast. Watch what happens when i hit play. It kind of splits and falls apart. Thats what were monitoring right now. If that storm system does end up splitting like this, its going to mean a much drier approach. Not as widespread and not as much rain. Looking way out ahead into thursday and next weekend, weve got another storm system developing and thats going to move from the north bay down to the south bay by saturday, which could mean more rain through the bay area for next weekend. All right, lets get to that forecast once again. I want to show you your stadium forecast for levie. A few clouds by kickoff, which is 1 25. Mostly clear by kickoff. If youre there now, i know a lot of people are at the raiders game for tailgating, kickoff, 1 05, mostly clouds right now, but its going to clear out, patchy low clouds by the end of the game. The next seven days, it will be in the 50s, showers return, and rain likely again by next weekend. Perfect tailgating weather right now. The gods have shined down on us for that. Vianey, thanks for that. We want to show you perfect weather for tailgating over in oakland right now as people are already lining up for the last day at the coliseum. Gates open at 9 00 a. M. For the game at 1 05. And we want to thank you so much for making you a part of your morning. No 5 00 or 6 00 news tonight. Instead, it is sunday night football night in america, not the raiders game, but we will be airing that on nbc, sunday night football night in america. And primetime sunday night primetime airs at 8 30 followed by a special edition of nbc bay area news at 9 00 and of course well be back on at 11 00 tonight. 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