Scott mcgrew. Im peggy bunker. Within the past ten minutes lawmakers on the senate floor voted to suspend leland yee. Christie smith is live in sacramento for us right now. Very strong words from the leader. Reporter yes, good morning to you, thats right. The vote came down 281 a few minutes ago. Democratic leaders wanted senator leland yee to step down. There was debate over how far they should go. There was also a question whether he should be suspended with or without pay. I heard this morning, and he told me very early that senator leland yee would not resign or ask for a leave of absence, so his next move was up to those here in sacramento. One republican lawmaker says that suspension didnt go far enough. He should not be around. He wanted him gone for good. There is calls for two other Democratic Senators to step down too. Both now are on leave. Almost immediately after his arrest he was removed from all Committee Positions after that stunning arrest for weapons, trafficking. Several locations were raided including yees home. Across the board they wanted him sidelined. A impermanent suspension puts this house on formal record that we unequivocally distance ourselves and the senate from the unfathomable allegations contained in the yee indictment as well as the other case. When you violate the publics trust, you should be expelled, or this body should have a vote on expelling you. Lawmakers say one of the things theyre going to be looking at in the future suspended lawmakers not being allowed to collect pay. Right now apparently they still can. At yees San Francisco home its been quiet. Yesterday he did drop out of the race for secretary of state. Also wanted to mention that Dianne Feinstein also calling on him to resign. I heard from senator yees attorney and he said he would offer a statement shortly after the vote came down. Live in sacramento, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you christie. One of the men arrested in the massive fbi investigation was ray monday shrimp boy chow. R he is still in jail after denying bail and being considered a flight risk. He is accused of money laundering. Also this man, keith jackson, a political consultant and former San Francisco school board member. He is accused of taking part in a murder for hire experience as well as drug and gun trafficking. Both cases were continued until monday. Certainly stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of the arrest. Also you can go online. You saw some of the coverage. There is more details on his political history as well. Coworkers say he is lucky to be alive. Take a look here at the aftermath from where a propane tank exploded and landed on this car. A man was napping in the car right before work. Bob redell is live this morning with this incredible story. This is one lucky guy. Reporter one of the luckiest persons on the plannest. His name is jose castillo. He was resting in his car waiting for his shift to start when around 7 00 this morning the strangest thing happened. A propane tank came out of the sky and ruined his brand new car and almost killed him. The man who was reclined in the front seat was stunned, shocked, and speechless. He did not know how to verbalize what happened. You come to work to make a dollar and this happens. Alameda fire tells us that workers across the street were recycling this gas tank thinking it was empty, but it wasnt. It ruptured. It felt like a truck went through it. I was at my desk working and my it shook. It flew at least 100 yards into the air. It blasted through the rover of the honda civic and just missed his head which was reclined in the drivers seat. I mean, im very thankful that he was i mean two inches, an inch over, im just thankful. He is in such good shape when he got out of his car the Fire Department couldnt tell he had been in the car. He was walking and talking on the phone, letting his family know. His manager tells us he had to convince him to go to the hospital and get checked out. When we tried to speak with the alco iron and metal, they were still trying to figure out what happened. Bob redell, nbc bay area news. Thats amazing. New developments now in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet. A ship is waiting for daylight to arrive in the indian ocean after five planes spotted octob objects in the new search zone. The debris is blue and gray, colors of the missing plane. We have more from pe are, th, australia. The old search area has now been abandoned and the new search area is 700 miles away and much closer to perth. Why has this happened . Based on new analysis of radar data and that analysis claims that the plane was traveling much faster than thought, it burned more fuel than thought, and it didnt travel as far south as thought. This is still an attempt to search a very large area, and for surface degree that will give us an indication of where the main aircraft wreckage is likely to be. The good news is this new search area is much closer to perth. They can get there faster and have more time at the scene. And its also away from that area of treacherous weather. Ten planes have gone out today, and the first was a new zealand. 3. They reported objects of interest. We wont get the news until tomorrow. Bill neely. Two years after a man and a woman were shot and killed in san jose, detectives say they have found their suspect. 31yearold pedro medina was extradited back to the United States from mexico yesterday. Officers say he was hiding since the deadly shooting of 2012. He reportedly dated one of the victims. Homicide detectives are trying to figure out exactly what happened to a man found dead in his san jose home. Police were conducting a welfare check not far from silver creek high school. They went inside when no one answered and found the body. Theyre calling the death suspicious. The circumstances surrounding the body were such that we believe it could be a crime scene. We cant be positive, but were airing on the side of caution to make sure if there is evidence of a crime that we preserve and collect it so we can identify suspects at a later time if there is a crime. The mans identity and how he died has not been released. The former richmond teacher accused of Sexual Conduct will be released today. He was arrested in his classroom and he was accused of sexually abusing a student. They voted to get new hiring policies. After ginto was hired by mira vista. Now all new hires will have to go through fingerprints and background checks. A former principal accused of selling drugs, the one time principal in santa clara was arrested at a cal train station after he reportedly tried to sell drugs to an uncover officer there. Lewis met the undercover officer on a dating website. Livermore Police Looking for someone that robbed a woman at an atm using a baseball bat. Images show the man running across the parking lot. He has the bat, demands money, steals her phone, and they say he took off in that red sedan. Pg and e faces charges for a natural gas line explosion. They say they have been meeting with the u. S. Attorneys office in opens of reaching an agreement. They expect criminal charges will happen. If they are filed they will allege that the operating practices at the time of the blast violated the Pipeline Safety act because the utility reportedly did not keep good records or identify faultly pipelines. Many people in san bruno saying its about time. It was not an accident. It could have been prevented and that is the most frustrating thing for all of us. Did they commit a crime . Yeah. Pg e Officials Say the charges are not warranted and they have new Safety Practices since the explosion. Still to come, the search for survivors in their seventh day. Well go to Washington State where crews are still sifting through the debris. Plus, pain at the pump, here we go again with summer around the corner, gas prices skyrocket across the state. Well show you how much coming up. And a wild weather ride this weekend, saturday looks like a complete wash out with heavy downpours for the whole bay area and the sunshine returns for sunday. But we have three more potent systems on the way to the bay area. Allot a lot of rain for us and snow for tahoe, well tell you how much when we come back. The death toll from the Washington State mud slide is at 19 but they warn it will get hirer. Jennifer is in washington with more. Reporter a local firefighter offers our first up close view of the landslide zone. They are in every sense of the term moving mountains to find people that may have survived. There is trees, mud, dirt, residences, cars, motorhomes, boats, everything that would be in a neighborhoods is strewn, so were going inch by inch. We dont want to run heavy quilt ov equipment over and area where we could collapse on to a survivor. The local crews are exhausted physically and mentally. Theyre hurting recovering friends and people they know. Every bit of this will go to people starting all over. In town, the community is doing what they can to help the families that have been shattered offering cloding, food, and support. Searchers and first reponders sleep in shifts on mattressing in the old schoolhouse. Theyre resilient, their tough. Theyre not quitters. Theyre not quitters. They wont quit until they can be sure they have not left anyone behind. Nbc news, arlington, washington. The federal government extended the deadline to sign up for obama care, but it does not apply to the state of california. In this state you have until monday at midnight to enroll even though they announced an extension this week, it only applies to 36 states. So in california, if you standard by monday you have until april 15th to finish. The cost of filling up is going up. The cost of a regular gallon of gas shot up 19 cents. That is according to aaa. Here is the break down for the bay area. Gas most expensive in San Francisco. Oakland at the state average 3. 98. Up 17 cents from last month. If you heard reports for Free Streaming Service from amazon, they say they have no such plan, but the wall street adjourn saying amazon is considering free streaming tv and music video services. Supported by ads, they have invested heavily in providing shows and customers who pay the 99 a year for their prime service. Well a cell phone camera, karma, and the florida Highway Patrol joining together for a catching of a road rager. He said hello there to an unidentified woman driving. When she refused to get over, he zoomed past her in the right lane there. Some sign language there to show his disdain for her driving, thats when karma grabbed ahold of the wheel High Pressure he left the scene of the accident after hitting a light pole. He was tracked down and later charged. Miraculousy no one was injured. They say he slipped on a patch of karma. Thats right. Bet tore be safe when i see an aggressive driver, i say they have a sick child in the back seat. Thats a good methodology. You know what, driving around in the rain can make things more frustrating. As we head through tomorrow in particular, today is looking good, 60 degrees in san jose. Want to show you dublin, just puffy clouds overhead, no storm clouds just yet. They will move in in the second half of the day into tonight. 71 along the peninsula today. Comfortable conditions across the bay area. The warmest day of the week. 69 in the south bay, 64 in San Francisco. 70s just about everywhere. 70 in the trivalley, occasional showers in the east bay after 5 00 or 6 00 tonight. The north bay will be cloudy when showers arrive earliest. The heavier rainfall, courtesy of this low pressure moving in as we head into your saturday. Take a look at all of this rainfall. Basically about 8 00 a. M. And 8 00 p. M. We will see rain, heavy at times, rolling across the bay area. This is hitting that atmospheric river. Major totals, you will see it on the sevenday forecast and for us, between now and tuesday, were expecting six inches in the north bay. Four to six in the hills, and one to two on the way to san jose. More rain on the way thursday and friday next week as well. A lot of snow expected in the general vicinity of one to two feet in this next round, and into next week we could be talking about taking 25 , bringing those totals up when it comes to your snow pack in the sierra, 25 in the course of five to six days and we really need it for our drought. If you want to make outdoor plans, sunday is the day to do so. The little ones will track the mud in the house. I know all about that. Im familiar. Big ones do it too. True, true. The cardinals are out of the big dance. Cardinal fans are probably talking about this over lunch, disappointed over the loss. Still a great season for mens basketball. A brutal punch. Stanfords dreams of moving on came to a crushing halt. It was such a good game. The cardinals had a really good run and upset new mexico and kansas. This married couple watched in palo alto and they had a lot on the line. I better get my diamond, but i expect diamonds, so is this going to be expensive for you . Probably. Thats the case all the way around, right . She is very happy this morning. Most fans say despite the lost, their proud and excited to dance again next year. Aaron gordon is leading the widcats into the elite 8, he scored 15 points including a dunk until the 7064 win over the San Diego State whoever they are. The wildcats will take on wisconsin tomorrow with a trip to the final four on the line. I know everyone is excited about the Iowa State Cyclones playing tonight. A bay area teacher making a pitch to get will farrell to the senior from. Well, you know it is prom season. One teacher is taking a shot at getting is ideal date, will farrell, to chaperon his schools prom. Say youll go, say youll go, say youll go, so hell stop bothering us the choir never liked me anyway chad cochran issued this, he is asking will farrell to help his chaperon their high schools prom. If they dont show up, he will ask the deejay to play all by myself and he will dance by himself. Were trying to help. Id like to welcome everyone to this nbc employee, townhall meeting, and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules. Yeah, im supposed to be drinking a soda, right now. A special thanks to those joining us via simulcast, particularly you gentlemen in the tokyo office. I know its late there. I dont know why youre wearing girls pajamas, but im sure its cultural. Im here to address concerns regarding the acquisition of our company by kabletown, with a k. This is an exciting time for nbc. Not seinfeld, friends, e. R. Exciting. More like 3d episodes of merlin exciting, but i believe this is a great opportunity for all of us, because kabletown is a great company. Even if it is from. Philadelphia. Go eagles how did you even get a snowball