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To ti experiment in a cityco outside the bay area giving people 500 a month. We check in to see how the bnb panningme plan i out. Welcome back. We are joined here in the studio withnr ournrni nbcfa bay area p analyst Larry Gerston. Great to see you. And time for oure1 weekly chat withninini chuck todd andni modi meet the press. Ewco year. ni rs morning. Glad to be here. Thank youco so much. Were allo[ of course followin President Trumps air strikes that killedi] iranian genei suleym9 9 Campaign Promise to draw down u. S. Involvementxd incoconi the theco response from congress and the presidenukalcoe1co candidater ni bi well, look, i thinkco that isnr here, is that co how doesni w the president didnr fiti hisni stated goal of gettingxd thenrn wars. Outok ofnrco beingnini the poli the middle east andnr while the president has said that this is not meantni to be an actnr of w they haven÷ tatedxd or been ae to come up with an explanationn deescalation, not anco escalati in violence. 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And iran. Big history here. Yeah. Larry, well see you then. W3 thank you so much. Shifting gears now, what ca month . into his groundbreaking experimentni to see just how mu impact that 500 more couldw3 the people who get the money are chosen atni random from lowinc1 neighborhoods inninr stockton. For onefa grandmother of nineni can you dot ni that now that have this money. U theyconr lvi it. Early resultsni revealconi 4 the money g]e to the dinnerc table. The rest goes to purchased atxd cadne1co medicalnininrnr expens. Critics ofa5 universal basic income say the money could beni easily coconimisusednr or dncsan peoplq3 uaz getting a job but supportersre are9nininr using boost toni helpe1 people findco in switch toni a different o9n zmuat q i with a look atni ouy forecast. And niceco start. I ain. 5 withoutni the clouds it isnrnicoconionini pretty the north bay and east bay this morning. Inco emeryvillenico right now, clear andco 47 degrees. Not muchni wind. 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Well be watching as we headnl f o wayernlfor the sierranrni and a closer look at tnrni incomingzv rdb. coming up arognfnrjf 7 50. co back to you. ], rob. Atco< 7 21, muchnr morenr ahe today in the bay. A preview ofw3 todays golden iq awards. co5a plus nnr i. D. So maybeko you could trust whar says. nrht im consumernrni investigatornr chmura. Nbc bay area responds next. nr its time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Its the final days of the lowest prices of the season. The queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is 1299. Ends sunday. Welcome back. Odds are are your cell phone saw a lot of robocalls through 2019 so what will 2020 bring in terms of laws. Chris chmura looks at how we might see improvement. Reporter kira, good morning. There are glimmers of hope for the new year. The fcc is working with phone companies to stop robocalls. Newly developed back End Technology should deploy in 2020 with calling down the scams with an auto dial call. But not everyone sees a cureyall in the mandate. It will solve about 20 of the scam problem but that will degrade as they figure out how to move around that. Reporter what else is being done to target robocalls. Telecom engineers are modernizing caller i. D. So you could trust it again. One company gave us an exclusive sneak peek of what is in the works and well show you and explain why thein venters think it will make robocallers finally hang it up. See you tomorrow as caller i. D. Tonight after the Golden Globes. If you have a consumer story to check out, head to our website and clip the menu and then nbc bay area responds or call us at 888996tips. Ill joining you again tonight after the Golden Globes. We cant wait for it. Well, as chris mentioned, it is party time in hollywood tonight. The 77th annual Golden Globes will honor the best in tv and movies with one very familiar face serving as ring master. Mark barger has this preview. If you do win tonight, remember that no one cares about in a award as much as you do. Reporter it is Ricky Gervais unleashed at the Golden Globes. Im in this for my amusement. No one elses. Reporter but the hosts unpredictability. I havent seen the tour reporter could be rifled by the awards themself. There is close races and that is exciting. Reporter the best drama was another netflix film, the irishman. The lead actor Robert De Niro wasnt nominated and reporter but dave karger does see Marriage Story earning best director for adam driver. He was nominated last year and people were very impressed by his performance. Star let johansen is nominated but renee zel wigger is expected to win for judy. I think of people will want to acknowledge that. Reporter heavy weights go headtohead for supporting actor including joe peshi and al pacino. Brad pitt is the only one who never won an oscar for acting but i think he will probably win. Reporter and the film once upon a time in hollywood is favored for best musical or hollywood. Apple could score in the tv category. The morning show up for best drama with stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon facing tough rivals for best actress. It is shocking to have all of the women in the same category and it is anyones guess as to who might win. Reporter or in the case of the Golden Globes it is good having a job where you could get drunk and saying what you want. Reporter as much as what is said. Mark barger, nbc news. Watch here on nbc bay area news to see if your favorite movier or tv star takes home gold. The 77th annual Golden Globes awards kick off right here at 5 00 p. M. We do have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, months after crews xi extinguish the kincade fire. The environmental impacts and how much it could cost people in santa rosa. Plus they are a menace in the east bay. Wild pigs. Well tell you how people in one neighborhood finally are gaining ground on that wild pig population. Good sunday morning. It is 7 29 on this january 5th. Taking a live look outside in san jose at san pedro square on a chilly morning. Thanks for joining us. Im kira klapper. Meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey with a look at our microclimate. And chilly is the word. 30s in the north bay and east bay valleys with patchy frost. So umbrellas not so far but stick with a coat as you go outside. Look at the view from emeryville. Looking south past sunrise. Numbers in the mid30s. Livermore and fairfield and san jose 42 and then 37 degrees this morning. There is a chance we may see isolated showers later today courtesy of the system that is kind of giving us a glancing hit later today for the north bay. Areas up in Sonoma County by 2 00 and partly cloudy, parts of coastal marin county could see a brief shower and toward the evening skies clear and setting the stage for another chilly night tonight and into monday morning. So highs upper 50s near 60. Coming up well talk about more widespread rain and a closer view of the forecast as we head toward next weekend with the 49ers game in mind next saturday. That is coming up at about 7 50. Were looking forward to that. Well see you in about 20 minutes, rob, thanks. Breaking news moments ago that came down. Iraqs parliament has voted to expel the u. S. Military from the country. This is what the Associated Press is reporting. Lawmakers voted in tafr in favor of the resolution for ending Foreign Military presence in the country. This is as the u. S. Is looking to send about 3,000 more troops to the area. Tensions remain high between the u. S. And iran. We are tracking several new developments including an oeft an overnight attack at a kenyan airfield where they provide support to east african troops. They were able to repel the attack. Al shabaab has claimed the attack. No deaths have been reported in that attack. Meanwhile, hundreds of protests took place across the country yesterday condemning the killing of irans top general. Overseas thousands of mourners in baghdad chanted death to america during a funeral procession for the general and a Shiite Militia leader killed on friday. Iran continues to promise harsh retaliation for those attacks. President trump though is saying he doesnt see the strike as an act of war. He did tweet that if iran retaliates it will face u. S. Attacks on 52 targets, that number 52 coincides with the number of american hostages held by iran back in 1979. The u. N. Security council suggests that trumps threat includes targeting Cultural Heritage sites which would be considered a war crime. And as mentioned, tens of thousands of people across the country protested the president s deadly air strike yesterday. Some of the biggest marches happened in new york and d. C. But here in the bay area thousands of people took to the streets in downtown San Francisco and our today in the bays thom jensen was there. Reporter the message is clear from protesters who march through the streets of San Francisco. Some of them with strong ties to iran and the middle east, now dreading the thought of what could come next. There is so much so much uncertainty. So much so much to be worried about. Reporter sentiments echoed by this bay area law student born in the United States with also citizenship in iran. I think that suleimani was acing in an official state capacity. Reporter he worries the assassination of general Quasem Suleimani will lead to war in iran where he has numerous family members and friends. Im hopeful that the Iranian Regime takes a step back and decides that retaliation is not the correct answer. Reporter but he is not optimistic saying the president put iranian leaders in a box where they could retaliate and face war or do nothing and appear weak. Bay area democrats asking questions about whether President Trump fully considered the consequences for the air strikes and assassination. The question i think is not whether this was justified but whether it was a wise move to take. I think American People share the same fears. Nobody wants an escalation of another conflict that could lead to another quagmire like what occurred in iraq and afghanistan. Reporter thom jensen, nbc bay area news. And hundreds of people also gathered outside of San Jose City hall voicing their opposition to a potential war with iran. The rally drew several likeminded antiwar groups like code pink, raging grannys or veterans for peace and people who told us they simply felt they had to act. Be sure to stay with nbc bay area for the very latest on the story developing by the hour. We will continue to have updates on air and online at nbcbayarea. Com. Also on our free nbc bay area app. Now to one east bay city plagued by wild pigs for months. It is finally gaining . Ground. People in lafayette are making progress thanks to a trapper. The trapper has removed 19 pigs from parks and trails and enough for the city to reopen the north end of Lafayette Community park. The wild animals destroyed the soccer fields in october before they moved on to an elementary school, on to other parks and aneighborhoods leaving no lawn untouched. Contra costa count Public Libraries still dealing with the aftermath of a ransom ware attack. On friday hackers got into the Library System and shut it down. The library is working with the District Attorney to figure out how the hackers got in. So far the affected servers have been taken offline to prevent the virus from spreading. The county library are open as regularly scheduled. You could still borrow and return books, the only thing you cant do is print. Were told there is no evidence that the hackers got ahold of any personal information. Nearly two months after the kincade fire, the north bay is still dealing with problems. While the fire burned back in october, a wastewater disposal pipeline in santa rosa was disabled and that caused a major backup in the sebastopol area. Were told that backup was 400 million gallons of wastewater and now city leaders say that the storage ponds will reach capacity next month. Once that happens, the city will have to release the treated sewage into the nearby lagoona de santa rosa. If they do that, customers will have to help cover around 400,000 in environmental charges. Now to australia where wildfires continue to ravage. This morning flames have scorched more than 12 million acres, destroyed 1500 homes. The death toll is at 23. And likely millions of animals. Smoke from the fires is is visible from space. We have an image of the wildfires around sydney taking from the International Space station. Light rain and cooler temperatures in the southeast of australia were a Welcome Change from the searing heat that has fueled the fires. Officials are warning that the rain was not enough to put out the almost 200 fires still burning. We charged what we could and the houses that were defendable and we just had to treat it as triage, pick your battles and go in. And hope that you win that one. We didnt win them all. But we had some good wins. A team of u. S. Firefighters from california and other western states are are headed to australia. The group of about to firefighters boarded a flight at sfo bound for New South Wales to be there for a 30day assignment. Another 81 leave from l. A. Tomorrow. And celebrities are stepping up to help with the fire threat. Nicole kidman and eej urban donated 500,000 to services. Fires hit close to hem. They own a home near the fire area. Pink also is donated 500,0 500,o firefighters. She wrote in an instagram post, my heart goes out to our friends and family in aus. The singer shared a list of places that people could donate to help fight the fires. 7 39, still ahead on today in the bay, Larry Gerston joins us live in the studio to discuss the rising tensions with iran in the wake of the u. S. Air strike that killed iranian general Quasem Suleimani, pardon me. But first the new England Patriots lost a home playoff gamer for the First Time Since 2012. The question now, was that san mateo nave it tom bradys last game with new england. Anthony flores is next with sports. Served all day, so theyre not just for early birds. Great cause i was out raging last night. snores get my 2 for 4 breakfast jack deal while you can. Egg and your choice of sausage, jacks or now chicken,cracked are just 4 bucks. Served all day, so theyre not just for early birds. 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Remember, their bye week come back in week four and that was three months ago and so they are watching the wild card playoffs and are they scouting or just being football fans. It is not hard to not watch football and scout guys. I watch tight ends because i like watching how they work against other teams. Im looking forward to it. Definitely scouting the competition. On both nfc and afc because you dont know who you will face in the long run. So just im a fan a little bit but more as a competition. The 49ers will host either the vikings, seahawks or eagles. Well find out later today. We do know the game is on nbc bay area. Kickoff is saturday january 11th at 1 35 testimonp. M. And well have pregame and postgame. And tom brady and the patriots down a point and needing a miracle against the titans. They dont get it it it. Brady throws a pick six. Tennessee beats new england 2013. 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Last thursday President Trumps assassination order of iranian general Quasem Suleimani created potential fallout not only in the United States and iran but across the middle east and the world. Political analysis Larry Gerston joins us to break down the changing dynamics of International Relations really. First, if you can, explain how we even got here. That is a good question. The short answer, kira, is that the answer goes back about three weeks. With that series of events including you may remember, the iranian murder of a u. S. Contractor in u. S. And iranian backed terrorists in syria and the attempt of the iraqis to seize the u. S. Embassy in baghdad all of this culminated with the murder of Quasem Suleimani. The iran middle east architect of terrorism. But the long answer, get ready for this, the long answer consists of a contentious 75year relationship between the u. S. And iran. Including u. S. Involvement in the replacing a elected Prime Minister with the shaw of iran and occupation of the embassy in tehran for more than a year, 1970 and 1980 and support of iraq in a decadeslong war with iran in skirmishes between prom i proxies in the last 30 years and President Trump pulled the United States out of a Nuclear Agreement with iran, much to the dismay of the iranian and european partners. So taking a breath. There is a long history of bad blood between these two nations. Interesting to point out what happened just three weeks ago. General suleimani was considered the second most powerful leader in iran. Only eclipsed by ayatollah khamenei. Given the standing, what is the significance in the assassination order . That depends on how you look at the event. President trump contends that he ordered suleimanis murder as an attempt to avoid war. The iranian view the murder as a direct assault on their neighborhood and promise revenge in the near future. But regardless the United States and iran are now in this terrible titfortat pattern that suggests an escalated cost to counter the other nations previous move. We know one with fact for sure, that both republican president george w. Bush and democratic president barack obama refused to go after suleimani. Hes a bad guy. But they refused to go after him because of concerns that his assassination would lead to a major war. That is the precipice we stand on today. Right. And iranians now are promising retaliation. Do you think we should all but expect it at this point. Given the pattern to day, yeah. The question is not whether iran will act, but where, when and at what cost. It is important to remember, now, that the United States has 80,000 troops and dozens of military facilities throughout the middle east. And for that matter the iranian could choose cyber attack on american infrastructure to blowing up saudi airfields to attacking americas 300 embassies and consulates around the world. We dont know where or when, but you could be sure of one thing, the iranian will ask with stronger force with before and the next question will be what will the United States do after that. A very scary thought. We do have a president ial election in just ten months. Hard to believe. What do you think this string of events or how do you think theyll affect the campaign . Differently. For the republicans, it will be stay the course. Stay the course. Historically the Republican Party has promoted an American Military presence around the world as critical to american defense. Until now President Trump has argued forcefully that american troops and involvement should be removed from the global stage. But on this issue trump has adopted a more traditional republican position. But look at democrats. It is another story. They are likely to explain of reckless u. S. Behavior in the International Arena with unknown consequences as well as greater instability in the middle east and the democrats will point out that along with general suleimani, a key iraqi general was also killed, also killed in the strike. Which has generated a powerful backlash from iraq and a movement to demand the departure of u. S. Military there. Today the Parliament Said they want the u. S. Out. That is latebreaking Development Just a few minutes ago. So you have some real big issues here. He said that right at 7 30 when the news broke. Quickly perfect we let you go, what do you think happens next . You know, it depends. It is a tough one to predict because there are so many variables in play but we know that iran will retaliate and whether the two powers are able to reduce the steps they are taking and we dont know how this will play out in the president ial election that you mentioned. Chances are the longer this impasse goes the greater impact on voters minds next november. Whether the minds, i should say, support for the democrats or republicans remains to be seen. But youve got expect this to have an impact. Larry, always wish we had more time. Thanks so much. Rob has the final look at weather after this. 7 54 with clear skies and sunrise in san jose, 42 right now in san jose and in San Francisco beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge this morning. Upper 40s there but still seeing mid p mid30s and some patchy frost possible this morning and a second round of that into tomorrow morning as well. North bay between now and then, could see a slight chance of some midday showers. As youre about to see in the futurecast coming up. Highs today in the upper 50s to near 60 in san jose. 57 closer to San Francisco. And ukiah 55 degrees. And Mendocino County toward lake county that will eventually see a chance of showers dropping on in. It is the outer fringe of the weather system passing by later today and you notice most of the bay area enjoys the sunshine, sonoma and coastal marin county, the showers weaken on approach but still a chance to see a few showers for the north bay and the skies clear which will once again set the stage for chilly temperatures and probably another round of patchy frost for the valleys heading into the morning. But speaking of frosty temperatures, how about that view this morning from squaw valley. The toyota tahoe reports showed we have easy driving conditions into monday and then tuesday and wednesday more snow on the way which eventually means well see more rain around the bay area. So heading into the rest of the week, notice tuesday, wednesday, thursday cooler and breezy and scattered showers at times. Though rain totals from tuesday night through thursday generally less than a quarter inch of rain for most of the bay area. Then as we get closer to next weekend where the big story is the 49ers hosting the divisional game at levi stadium at 1 35 in the afternoon. We have more showers passing on by. Right now the timing is more for the beginning of the day. Wind may be more of an issue. Wind speeds 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour and next saturday and the part of the 49ers forecast is the rain which for the morning you could see some places picking up a quarter inch. But once we pass 1 30, notice how the numbers dont move. So we hope that timing holds. Mainly some showers for the morning and cooler and breezy finish to next weekend. So here is a look at the sevenday forecast. A reminder that the big game here on nbc bay area news next saturday which coincides with the best chance for finding rain in the extended forecast friday night into saturday morning, some to watch very closely toward next weekend. Well be watching that closely. Rob, thanks so much. And thanks for making us part of your morning. No 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. Newscast and usually im saying it is sunday night in america but it is the Golden Globes tonight. Well have more at 11 00 p. M. And all day on nbcbayarea. Com. So far i think that is one. And then Golden Globes. So just stay right here. Football and Golden Globes. And poor rob will be back here tonight with the weather at 11 00 p. M. Well see you back here at this time next week. Have a great sunday. This sunday, growing tensions. The u. S. Kills a top Iranian Military commander, sparking fears of an allout war. We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. The administration insists Qasem Soleimani was in the late statements of plan stages of planning attacks on americans. We needed to strike to make sure that the imminent attack that he was working active he was disrupted. Tens of thousands across iran gathered to mourn soleimani as