Through San Francisco, san jose, monterey and the range is passing through hayward, the fremont area, san jose, gilroy as well as morgan hill. Again, expected to take around 9 00 a. M. And then by the afternoon our temperatures will be in the 50s. Its going to be breezy. Well start to dry out into this evening and its going to make way for a drier monday but im also tracking the christmas forecast. Thank you, willie geist, a shout out. Kira is going to love it. She is. Excellent. Thank you very much. Look forward to the forecast. The storm could mean more problems for San Francisco neighborho neighborhoods. A look at what it looked like two weekends ago in parts of th recovering. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana reports from one of those neighborhoods. Reporter many homes already have sandbags set up blocking garages and doors. The city brought by two pallets for people to use. But the concern the sandbags wont be enough, this is what the aftermath of torrential rains two weekends ago looked like here. People living in this neighborhood say theyve been pushing the city to do more but theyve been told, unfortunately, a reengineering of the storm runoff and sewage system here is delayed. Im going to be up most of the night and so will my neighbors and we just listen for the big downpour and we run out there with our brooms and we clear the storm drain and hope that helps. Reporter others San Francisco neighborhoods that are prone to flooding are also preparing this weekend. At fulsome and 17th street, sandbags are lined up on door sills and at womona and 15th avenue the recent flood was so severe many are still recovering. Christina told us one of her neighbors has to come to her house to wash clothes because the bottom floor of her home is unusable. This isnt like the sexy part of running a city, you know. This isnt like twitter or you know, bringing in the mega amazon. This is like the nuts and bolts of running a city, people live here. Reporter Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. So keep yourself up to date with the weather, make sure to download our free nbc bay area app. It lets you track the weather down to your neighborhood. You can get weather alerts in real time, as well as breaking news sent straight to your phone. Lets go down south to l. A. We can show you stunning video, a fire outside of lax created trouble for travelers. Look at the flames there. Fire starting around 9 00 last night. Three buses involved. Luckily no one on board but the fires burned near a runway. Both air traffic and a rideshare lot were affected while firefighters put out the flames. Were told no one was hurt, just an unexpected layer of frustration on an already very busy day of travel. Report suggest the cause was a mechanical issue. As you can see there, the buses were totally destroyed. Also, flames and a dangerous scene near gilroy. Yesterday a deadly car crash ended in flames and explosions. Police say a man speeding in a jaguar crossed into oncoming traffic on highway 152 near lovers lane around 5 00 p. M. He plowed into a van and then a tractor trailer. That man died at the scene. The driver of the van is now being treated for major injuries at san jose medical center. The highway reopened just before 11 00. A deadly shooting in the south bay early saturday, Milpitas Police say they found a man just outside an open garage on almaden avenue suffering from a gunshot people. One witness claims the gun went off after falling off a table. No word on any arrests just yet. A bittersweet night for the 49ers. The while team pulled a close win around the rams they were rallying around backup quarterback c. J. Beathard. His younger brother was stabbed to death saturday morning. 292yearold was also a quarterback and played at long island university. Claytop was killed outside a popular nashville bar. Police are still trying to track down his attacker. George kittle spoke about what last nights win meant to him. Just terrible thing to happen to such an incredible family and incredible person. Known hthem for eight years. Kind of a little brother to me, so that one is definitely for c. J. And that family. Fans also showed their support for the beathard family putting signs on their cars parked outside of levis stadium. A san jose family who lost almost everything when their house burned down is dealt another blow. Someone broke into their c1uuwd stole the few things they had salvagedy today in the bays Marianne Favro has their story. Reporter a smashed window, this is what the munez family discovered when they got to their car in san jose, a painful punctuation on a horrific holiday week. On thursday, flames destroyed the home where they were staying. Everything. My life. Reporter thieves stole the only clothes daniel munez had left salvaged from the fire and took 200 donated to the family and 11yearold berlins medications and inhaler. Super overwhelming. Im kind of like at a loss for words. Its like how can you take something away when you dont already have anything . Reporter the family is no stranger to loss. In 2017, their belongings were destroyed and they were forced to move after their san jose home flooded. The car breakin is just one more challenge. Its just so dumb for somebody to break into our car after we had just gone through losing everything. Reporter but the family is still determined to embrace the holidays. Theyre thankful berlin noticed the Early Morning electical fire in her grandmas home and helped her older sister and parents get out safely. Yes, they have no presents, no clothes, and no home, but this christmas having family is everything. Just love and were alive, were together and its what matters. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. A violent robbery sent a store clerk to the hospital friday night in san jose. Witnesses tell us an armed robber pistol whipped the clerk at dds Discount Store on southwest expressway. The suspect robbed the clerk and took off. San jose police have not yet released a description. Frustration on the peninsula and in the east bay, some people are upset because the planes of sfo and oakland are too noisy and flying right over their neighborhoods. The faa says over the past few years flight patterns have changed but congresswoman Jackie Speier introduced bills to reduce the night. It provides money to hundreds of homeowners to pay for noise insulation. Uc graduates gathered for their winter 2019 commencement. Robert haas gave the keynote address, former head of the levi strauss company, also an alum. He said ask questions and always look for better answers. Haas says uc berkeley was transformational for him and he believes the same is true for the class 2019. A big win last night for the 49ers, the game you saw here on nbc bay area. It was a thrilling showdown that came down to the final play. Lets take a look. Gold wins again theres the foghorn pb robbie gould with the game winner. The 49ers beat the rams 3431, improve to 123 on the season. Well have more highlights about 25 minutes from now. Lots to celebrate. There is more ahead on today in the bay. Next we go live to washington to talk with chuck todd and get a preview of this weeks meet the press. Plus a mad rush to get Holiday Shopping done and why waiting until the last minute to shop might work in your wallets favor. 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. The vulnerable members of congress that are looking at vulnerability constantly . I think in the short term it looks like its playing out the way almost all polarized political events play out in our politics, there isnt a special way that people are treating impeachment so far but i would say this, is remember how the politics of iraq changed. The iraq war vote, politics of it was one way when the vote happened, and then it turned quite sharply a few years later. So i do believe these impeachment votes, be them the House Democratic side or the Senate Republican side, are votes that will live a long time, and how they may play in 20 may be different than how they play in 22 and 24. I think its one of those things that as we learn more facts that will influence how impeachment is perceived. Chuck, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wont send those two articles to Senate Republican leader mcconnell until he sets the trial rules. How much of the strategy is an effort to get witnesses included and could it backfire on pelosi and the democrats downstream . I think there is some risk to this but what is interesting is every democrat ive talked to about it says no, this is just a temporary thing, helping Chuck Schumer get leverage with mcconnell and the other thing democrats will say, its about making sure people know its mcconnell trying to hold things up and they want to try to make mcconnell being the grim reaper of legislation a little more of a focal point so i think this is somewhat tactical, and thats where theres risk here, larry. I think the longer they hold them, the more it looks like a political tactic. Any time process has been the lead of impeachment, thats been advantage republican and any time the substance has been the lead of impeachment its been advantage democrat. Thats the danger here for pelosi, this is about process and tactics, which sort of moves the spotlight off of what the president actually did. Real quick, chuck, how long do you think its going to go . . Whats your gut . I think this trial will be a little longer than you think. I think once it starts a lot of these decisions will be made by Senate Roll Call votes. The point is, this is an unusual process and it could take weeks. Not days. Changing topics, chuck, historically the Iowa Caucuses have been anything but predictable. From last weeks democratic president ial debate could it be that minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar is emerging as a top tier candidate or for that matter is there anyone else you see gaining traction . Well, i would say this. Iowas clearly fluid. Buttigieg is clearly ahead. You didnt need a poll to tell you that, you have to watch the democratic debate. You see the national numbers, joe bid sanders ahead but all the focus was on buttigieg, hes ahead in iowa. Sanders hit him, warren hit him, klobuchar hit him. Hes the guy theyre chasing and they need iowa in order to boost themselves in the other states. Look, the december leader in the Iowa Caucuses, history shows rarely does win, when the caucuses are held a month later. Could Amy Klobuchar being a neighboring senator, her and cory booker have done, have put a focus on iowa in more so than any other state, so if any of them are going to see all of the seeds they planted come to fruition it would be one of those two. I think that is possible. I think its also possible that all of a sudden joe bidens solid debate performance makes him the viable moderate in this lane and the other thing is, our own nders i think we peril. Not only is he fully recovered politically from the heart attack, some of the swing vote in the 2020 election, those undecided voters find bernie more appealing in some ways than biden. Some democrats have to contemplate. Theyve got the money, too, right . He continues to raise the money. He is a constant money raiser. Yes. All right, chuck. Thank you very much. Be sure to join chuck for this mornings meet the press, with an exclusive interview with mark short, chief of staff to Vice President mike pence and interview with senator cory booker. Meet the press starts at 8 00 a. M. , right after this newscast. Between now and then, larry will be back in about 40 minutes. What are we going to talk about . Were going to talk about a strategy on both sides with respect to the articles. Thank you very much. Well see you soon. The other news now, just three days left to go until christmas. Saturday it was expected to one of the busiest shopping days of the year, perhaps the busiest. Get this, 148 Million People plan to get some form of Holiday Shopping done yesterday. Vianey, were you one of them in. I was not. I was at home. No. If you were out and about you might have noticed procrastin e procrastinators are feeling more pressure this year because there were fewer shopping days between thanksgiving and christmas than usual, turning Super Saturday into panic saturday. Last minute trying to find some special items, yeah, not the usual stuff, so we thought wed come to new york and lock it up. Last minute so you got to get what you got to get. Got to get what you got to get. Experts say retailers have extended hours and analysts are tracking some deeper than expected price discounts. Lucky for them. Rain soaking the bay area, but its snow blanketing the sierra. The video shot at the top of the chair lift at squaw valley resort. The snow is coming down quickly, im not sure you can see the lift anymore there. Lots of show snnow up there . And a wind advisory, which is why you see the wind taking over the , in effect until 4 00 p. M. If you have plans to travel today ahead of christmas you may want to hold off because its dangerous travel up there and also its wet on the roads in the bay area. We have the heaviest of the rain pushing through right now this cold front, look at the views of the Golden Gate Bridge, you can see the soggy roads, gray skies, the flag is waving and it is expected to continue at least for the next two hours, and here is satellite radar. You can see it here, its definitely tapping into a good amount of moisture but quick to move through. We have our own storm ranger, this actually zooms in a little bit closer surface level. We can scan the heavier pockets of rain pushing through. Ill zoom this in and see what were tracking in terms of the rain. We have the heavy pockets that passed through san bruno and san carlos. A heavier rain in fremont, san jose and hayward as well. Even down through gilroy, morgan hill youre on deck, expect to see the heavy pocket of rain pushing through at least the next hour, and again, this is the peak of the rain, so if you had plans to do something later tonight, you may be in the clear of the heavier rain, because by about 11 00 a. M. , a lot of that heavier rain will have so move east and well get a little bit of instability left behind but it will be breezy and even a little chilly. Temperatures only topping out in the 50s in san jose. 57 degrees. 56 degrees in oakland. 56 in San Francisco, and 56 degrees in santa cruz, so weve got 50s across the board, but lets take a look at that hourbyhour outlook. We are at the peak right now but there could be some instability. Ill fast forward the time line, instability through oakland, palo alto. 10 00 a. M. Rain pushing through and heavier rain around san jose around 10 30. Up until 11 00 a. M. The majority of the system by about 12 00 start to completely move out east, decreasing showers taken will just be cloudy and by monday, just mostly cloudy conditions with dry weather. Lake tahoe there is a lot of snow expected to continue to fall all day today which is why im advising folks against traveling up to lake tahoe. Wait until tomorrow morning. Its going to be a lot easier to trek on by, that wind advisory set to expire at 4 00 a. M. Were tracking those southerly winds 30 to 40 miles per hour. Lets look ahead at the weather outlook because the cold front is sweeping through now. We have a dry monday but looking ahead to tuesday, Christmas Eve into wednesday, we have another storm system and that is expected to make its arrival tuesday night into early Christmas Morning, which means more rain for the bay area on Christmas Morning and snow for the sierra on Christmas Morning, making for a beautiful sight. Santa will get through the rain. We have rain expected to move on out by christmas night and over the next seven days a look at what you can expect, so rain at times for Christmas Day, clearing by thursday, partly cloudy by next weekend, for San Francisco and inland areas as well. So we really have to make sure all of the snowmen 7koutside yo home are tied down. Chris, back to you. Thank you very much. We have more ahead on today in the bay. Meet the east bay woman rescuing ponies finding a new use f. For one bay area woman, Holiday Giving has turned into both a rescue mission and a way to honor a lost loved one. This is all about ponies. Today in the bays joe rosato, jr. , shows us her transformed treasures. Rayray was a rescue, my daughters horse. Reporter love comes in all shapes and sizes. He wasnt been taken care of by anyone, and my daughter fell in love with him, so she rescued him. Reporter and for gretchen kyle, it came in the form of a rescue horse named rayray. But we just loved him. Reporter through her love of horses, the pleasanton woman was one day struck with an idea, to reuse the bags livestock feed comes in. And there would be these gorgeous bags that cannot be recycled. Really nice, like a horse jumping over a fence. Reporter kyle had the idea to resew colorful feeds in the shopping bags and raise money for horse rescue groups. There was one snag. Im not a sewer. Reporter she collected bags and enlisted people to sew them for her. Then on my own i just went around and i would sell them when i could. Two shopping bags. Reporter every year, kyle donates the proceeds q3zez the effort, which she calls big bay ray, after rayray, to support a horse rescue group. This year, the effort to help many horses went to helping mini horses. Here comes cocoa. inqk reporter in walnut creek the group angels for minis rescues horses big in heart, small sck÷ size. I think theyre magical. They make people smile. Hi, baby. Some are from neglect. Some have beenjp physically and emotionally abused. Good boy. I love you. Reporter since mary stewart began the program six years ago, it has saved 527 mini horses and donkeys, finding them permanent homes, which is why kyles donation of;÷n several thousand dollars is no small affair. Thats what somebody like gretchen is our angel. We may be the angel to them, but shes an angel to us. Reporter for kyle, the chance to aid horses became healing because her beloved horse, rayray, died. So she sewed that love into her bags. We wanted his memory to go on and help other horses get rescued, like he did. Reporter next year, kyle will put her charity to work, helping horses impacted by the kincade fire, a gesture of love designed to fit all. Joe rosato, jr. Makes you feel good. Reporter nbc bay area news. We have more ahead on today in the bay. From takeoff to touchdowns, a new push to keep the volume down at bay area airports. Plus heartstopping video of a cruise ship crashing into another cruise ship. The new details were learning about this crash, and what eyewitnesses saw during the collision. Oh my gosh good sunday morning to you. The timekn n is coming up on 7. Its 7 28 right now. A live look at san jose where the rain has been coming down. We are under a microclimate a timing of the rain and the wind and what we need to do. If youre watching us at home, stay inside, p raining. The Golden Gate Bridge shot the roads are slick and ourn p sto h,brj busy considering we have been seeing this storm roll on not want to advance to the storm ranger graphic. I canad1t tell you were expecto see the heavier pockets of rain push into the east all day long, this cold front will sweep raq through. Peak rain expected through about 9 00 a. M. And there we go, it df at least until the 11 00 a. M. Hour, so all that rain that you see there, you can see starting to move east, moving into ;ju sqto. If youre driving through the grapevine within the next couple of hours, expect to hit some areas of rain through there, check the Road Conditions. It can get dangerous on the grapevine driving down to Southern California for christmas and i want to talk to you also about the Christmas Day forecast. Ily have a closer look at that because we havegq storm making its way just 18bgz time for Christmas Eve. Though. 30 minutes. Thank you very much. The rain could mean more problems for San Francisco59ey neighborhoods. We can show what you it looked like twoclf weekends ago in par of the city, some flooding. People in some places are still recovering. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana reports from one of those neighborhoods. Reporter many homes already have sandbags all set up blocking garages and doors. The city brought by two pallets for people to use but the concern the sandbags wont be enough, this is whatze2o the aftermath of torrential rains two weekends ago looked like here. People living in this neighborhood say theyve been pushing the city to do more but theyve been told, unfortunately, a reengineering of the storm runoff and sewage system here is delayed. Im going to be up most of the night and so will my neighbors and we just listen fo there with our brooms and we clear the storm drain and hope that helps. Reporter other San Francisco neighborhoods that are prone to weekend. q 7 at fulsome and 17th street, sandbags are lined up on door sills and at womona and 15th avenue the recent flood was so severe many are still recovering. Christina told us one of her neighbors has to come to her house to wash clothes because the bottom floor of her home is unusable. She said the city needs to fix the drainage and sewer issue. This isnt like the sexy part of running a city, you know. This isnt like twitter or you know, bringing in the mega amazon. Of running a city, people live here. X nbc bay area news. Download our free nbc bay area app. You can get breaking news and weather alerts sent straight to your phone and track the weather right down to your neighborhood. First a san jose family loses almost everything when the house they were living in burned down. Now another blow. Someone broke into their car while they were staying at a nearby hotel with a red cross croucher. The thieves stole clothing and medication. Donations from friends were taken, too. Super overwhelming. Im kind of like at a loss for words. Its like how can you take something away when you dont already have anything . Firefighters credit 11yearold berlin gomez munez with saving her family because she noticed the electrical fire and made sure they got out safely. Berlin says its something she learned by watching the show chicago fire here on nbc. Yesterday actor taylor kinny from the show reached out to the family. From takeoff to touchdown, plane spotters love watching jets come and go at bay area airports but its a different story when you live in the flight path. Some of the neighbors are fed up with noise. Today in the bays thom jensen shows us how a bay area congresswoman is aiming to turn the volume down. Elle and robert enjoy a neighborhood while the sfo flights are away from their home. The jet noise norm amelie a constant disruption day and night. You cant sleep, even during the day doing work outside, thoughts while the plane goes overhead. Reporter their neighbor south San Francisco mayor rich flight path since 1966. The families got help years ago to pay for soundproof windows and insulation but numerous late night and Early Morning sfo flights still rattle them awake. Itszaone after the other frm 1 00 in the morning to about 3 30 in the morning. Reporter and with a shift in flight patterns over the past few years, the number of homes in the flight line has boomed, and thats why br pcongresswom Jackie Speier is introducing eight bills aimed at reducing the noise impact on affected neighborhoods. What San Francisco and San Mateo County residents want is just a little peace and quiet. Reporter among other things, the legislation would fund insulation of 200 more homes yearly and would place curfews on flights at sfo and Oakland International from 10 00 at night until 7 00 in the morning. Neighbors say the curfew alone would provide a lot of relief. Peacefully. Quietly. Quietly. Get some sleep at night. Definitely. Reporter in south San Francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. This morning, new details in the cruise ship crash in mexico. Were hearing from a passenger who was on one of the ships. Two Carnival Cruise ship collided while in port in cozumel. Sa carnival glory was attempting to docket when it hit another ship. Passengers were stunned at the loud impact. We felt the rumble in the ship and didnt know what it was, got up, finally seen the captain came on and says weve got a little problem. We hit another boat and we have a small hole. Q reported hurt. A passenger said the seas were rough at the time. The incident is now under investigation. Days after his impeachment, President Trump was in florida rallying support at a gathering of young conservatives. The president urged the student activists who stand by him and lashed out at democrats, in particular nancy pelosi. The speaker of the house has delayed sending the articles of impeachment to the senate, where the president is likely to be cleared. Now the white house appears to be arguing that the president has not officially been impeached because of the delay. In fact theres no impeachment. Their own lawyer said theres no impeachment. What are we doing here . The world is watching. Crazy nancy, shes crazy. No, no. So now she says you know, she has no case. She has no case, so lets not submit it. The specifics of the senate trial remain up in the air, the impeachment is still expected to move to the senate early next year. In the race for the white house, democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders was in los angeles this weekend. Thousands packed his rally which featured rising democratic star aoc, alexandria ocasiocortez. Focused on equality, immigration and health care and climate change. Hes boasting his campaign received more small donations from ordinary folks than any other candidate in the history of american politics. We dont have a superpac. We dont spend our lives going to rich peoples living rooms to raise money. Our campaign is funded by the working people of this country and our administration will represent the working families of this country. The latest National Poll shows sand,a close second to joe biden. Sanders gets 22 of the democratic vote, biden scores 24. The vermont senator has the endorsement of more than 300 prominent californians. If you are heading off on a holiday vacation and plan to stay in a hotel, brace yourself for a bigger than expected bill at checkout. Resort fees are on the rise, and cnbcs sima modi worarns us youl find the extra charges resort fees on places you wouldnt exactly call a resort. Reporter as you prepare to travel for the holidays, watch out for the pesky resort fees that may be added on to the bill at checkout. The fee can change from 25 to 45 a night covers activities offer specific amenities, such as free wifi or access to the gym. Its seen as an effective way for properties to collect more money from customers without raising the room rate. Its been very challenging the last couple years to push room rates higher, and one way that theyve been able to at least make profits higher is by tacking on these resort fees. Reporter resort fees are quickly becoming a source of frustration for travelers who may not even be using any of the amenities that are included in the resort fee, like complimentary drinks at the bar or a beach chair, and its not just hotels and travel destinations like the caribbean. Many hotelsd, located in cities are starting to implement a oz research from hospitality shows an increase in the number of urban hotels and cities such as new york, chicago and los angeles that are charging fees even if they dont have the swimming pools and other amenities that resort fees are normally supposed to cover. Other guests complain they are not made aware of the fee when booking the hotel. Lawmakers have taken notice. Earlier this year the attorney generals in washington, d. C. , and nebraska, filed lawsuits operators, marriott and hilton, for not properly disclosing t hahp hc dont see these fees going away any time soon. I think for many hotels, its been quite successful, andfkv i not just the revenue, it doesnt cost any more employees to tack these fees on, and because of stream from them. Reporter as fees continue to rise, experts caution that may push more travelers to opt to stay at a shortterm rental over a hotel. Theres something that cost more, you may look at an alternative accommodation such as airbnb or the like. Reporter there may be a way to get out of paying the resort fee. Travel Consulting Firm tpg recommends booking hotels using awards or points and advises clients to check in with the Hotel Manager to see if the resort fee can be taken off the bill if youre not planning to use any of at menities or services it covers. For cnbc Business News im seema modi. Still ahead, an amazing night at levis stadium. Well show you the thrilling finish, next. 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. A monster win for the 49ers last night and you saw it here on nbc bay area. A wild night at levis stadium, a thrilling showdown that came down to the final play. The game tied at 3131 with just under a minute in regulation. Jimmy garoppolo finds Emmanuel Sanders who brings it in for the 46yard gain, seconds later we can show you how it ended. Gould wins it again the niners improve to 123 on the season. Our cameras captured pumped up fans leaving the stadium. Depending what happens next weekend, this could be the final home game of the year. Bay area rapper e40 was at last nights big game, performed at halftime where he performed his new 49ers theme song bang bang niner gang but before that, he caught up with our very own raj mathai and janelle wang and gave janelle a lesson. Teach janelle one lyric before we go. Ill give her a lick she can say from here on out. Wang, wang, niner gang. Woo yeah there we go. Well put it on her business card, wang wang niner gang. The 49ers go to seattle next sunday. The winner gits tets the divisi title and a bye week in the playoffs. Tokyo celebrated the opening of its main venue for next years olympics. The new stadium was finished back in november. Tokyo is showing off what is to come at the Opening Ceremony this summer. The great sprinter usain bolt even ran around the track as part of this ceremony, a relay in front of 60,000 people. The first sporting event held at the National Stadium will be the emperors cup soccer final next month. Mark your calendar, the Opening Ceremony for the olympics is july 24th in the months and weeks leading up to it youll enjoy tons of olympics profiles and events right here on nbc bay area. We have more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, the case of political gamesmanship, analyst Larry Gerston rejoins us live to break down Speaker Nancy Pelosis strategy, when it comes to those two articles of impeachment. Thats next. This week the house of representatives voted to impeach President Trump. Nancy pelosi is refusing to send articles to the senate until Mitch Mcconnell announces the rules for the trial. Blustering bluff or brilliant stroke . It is political chess so we turn to political analyst Larry Gerston. Please, doctor, decode the game board. You know, beyond this gamesmanship youre talking about, this is really a serious deal. Its about more than a question about the rules of the impeachment trial, which are established as you said by the senate in advance of the event, but the real issue here has to do with witnesses. Speaker pelosi and the democrats want to be able to summon favorable witnesses to explain and to testify under oath. Majority leader mcconnell wants to have a slimmed down version of a trial of witnesses to get past this impeachment mess as soon as possible. By the way if mcconnell allows witnesses to testify, they can be subpoenaed by a simple majority of the senate, not the twothirds needed for conviction. That means as few as four republicans could join the 47 democrats to subpoena witnesses to appear again, mcconnell doesnt want to get to that spot. Two questions quick. In previous impeachment trials, have there been witnesses . Yes. And so in this case, whats wrong with them . Weve only had two trials in the past its not a long history. Every single impeachment trial has its own set of rules. In this case there strategy saying no thanks to the witnesses . Well, it is for the president. Citing executive privilege, President Trump refused to allow mick mulvaney, former National Security adviser john bolton and others to testify, thereby making it difficult for the house to do its job. That barrier is the basis of the second impeachment article, obstruction of congress. Two can play at the same game. Some republicans in the house want mcconnell to call hunter biden and former Vice President joe biden to underscore their claim they participated in the ukrainian corruption that caused President Trump to withhold military aid. That claim to be clear has been debunked by american investigators but the fact is its part of the republican narrative. So we have this struggle in the legislative branch and it involves the executive branch. Where does the chief uo execut sit . Where is President Trump in this legislative branch struggle . Trump is aligned with pelosi. You dont see that often, trust me, when it comes to witnesses. Although his list would be very different than hers. He wants a lengthy trial. He wants to include numerous witnesses such as the bidens, who trump believes would exonerate the president. So for the moment at least, mcconnell is squeezed between pelosi and trump, chainel bedfellows as we might call it. Lets talk about the most important constituent, where does the public stand on this . That say good question and gives us surprise. We know this much, a poll conducted by the Washington Post just last week finds the public overwhelmingly in favor of members of the Trump Administration, the ones that nancy pelosi wants, to testify in the senate trial by a whopping margin of 71 to 22 , and in that same poll, chris, 64 republicans, yes, republicans want Trump Administration witnesses to testify. There have been no polls released on the president s demand for his witnesses and several republican senators in the swing states who feel jeopardized are pushing for an early trial irrespective of whether witnesses are included. Lets get it done. How long have you been doing this . A long time, 40 years, thats all. So your expert prediction, how long is it going to go . What do you think . Theres no doubt over time there will be pressure on nancy pelosi, probably in the next three or four days, to be blunt, and mcconnell for him, too, to reach some kind of compromise, but no mistake, make no mistake about it, no this is not just a simple fight over unimportant details. The senate established rules for the impeachment trial will have a Significant Impact on what comes out of it, and thats the real reason that pelosi is playing this card. Really her only card in a . , th effort to get witnesses she believes are necessary for the trial to provide meaningful information and results. This is serious stuff, and we dont have a long history. This is only the third impeachment trial and every time the rules have been different as they will be this time. Theyre making history. Yep. Doctor, thank you very much for your time. Appreciate it, Larry Gerston. Well be back with a final look at weather right after this. Good morning, it is 7 53, we are under a microclimate weather alert. San mateo bridge right now is raining, so slowing down. Our satellite radar is showing that cold front starting to sweep in east. We are in the peak of it now o 9h is why our storm ranger is for us. See heavier pockets pushing down into san jose right now. We have some heavy rain through San Francisco. Expect another round of rain in the next 10, 15 minutes off the shoreg closer to san jose, we have rain pushing in through san jose, los gat gatos, morgan hill area as well. If youre traveling down to Southern California make sure to check the Road Conditions. Anyone near the vine gets dangerous and they could easily close it down as well. Hour by hour outlook were in the peak of it now but expecting instability to continue through 11 00 a. M. Pockets through hayward, palo alto, santa cruz. Peak time until 7 00 a. M. , decreasing hours by the evening and what happens after noon i would say 12 00, 1 00 we see that rain move out east and thats going to be by monday mostly cloudy and going to dry out justug v a little bit which going to be great as you head out the door to get back to5svl either work or run the lastminute errands. Microclimate highs are breezy. Well keep the rain in the outlook fort first half of the day and temperatures ingja÷ theh 56 indvx oqykenci fh aloe s . 9n 56 in San Francisco and lets1r look at that sierra snow. A lot of people like to head up there for kris plas. There is a wind advisory in place through 4 00 p. M. Winds gusting upwards of 40 plus miles per hour, a couple more inches of snow are expected overnight. Maybe head out early in the morning tomorrow, the Road Conditions will be better. Lets look at the sevenday outlook. In addition to the initial storm system we have another storm system and looks like the rain is going to continue at least for Southern California through monday well get a dry in the bay area but so cal and fast forwarding through tuesday and wednesday we get another system moving through, thats going to bring rain at times but the higher totals are looking higher for Southern California which is where im headed to santa clarita. Ill make sure my parents are aware. Thursday through the weekend High Pressure rebuilds once again and attempts to dry out as the High Pressure builds in and we could see the chance you could see it just off the coast of maybe seeing some rain on new years eve into new years day but thats pretty far out. For now lets focus on the sevenday, right here you could see christmas on wednesday expect rain at times moving in tuesday night into early Christmas Morning, but dont worry, kids, santas prepared with his raeindeer for the rain. He said my rooen deer have their rain coats on. Wednesday inland temperatures in the 50s. A boeing starliner aircraft landing back on earth this morning. The spacecraft landed in white sands, new mexico. Nasa says this marks the first time an American Made human rated capsule touched down on land. The rocky start for the starliner got out of its position in its flight to orbit, this prevented the capsule from connecting with the International Space station. Boeing and nasa plan to execute a Space Mission with astronauts sometime in 2020. Thanks for joining us this morning. Before we go, a few program notes. No 5 00 or 6 00 news tonight. Its sunday night football in america and prime time airs at 8 30. A special edition of nbc bay area news at 9 00 and of course, well be back at 11 00. Ill be back, too. Tonight at 11 00. Excellent, all right. Until then stay up to date on nbcbayarea. Com or our app. Thanks for joining us. We hope you have a fantastic and hopefully dry day. 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Speaker pelosi delays sending over the articles until shes sure. It looks like the prosecutors are getting cold feet. This is really comical there if the house case is so weak. Why is leader mcconnell so afraid of witnesses and documents . My guess this morning, mark short, chief of staff to Vice President pence and democratic juror senator booker