Where she just appeared about an hour ago this morning. You talked with salmans uncle. We heard a little of what he had to say. He said shes a victim in all of this . Reporter yeah, good morning to you, chris. Thats correct. It was a very passionate plea by the uncle. His name is al salman. He helped take care of her after her father passed away. Hes standing by her saying she is innocent through all of this. Well get to his sound in just a second. To describe exactly how noor salman looked inside the courtroom, were waiting to get the sketches since this is a federal court room were talking about. I can describe she looked very dejected. Wearing a yellow shirt, jogging pants, peeked over her shoulder as to what is going on. She saw the media circus behind her inside of that courtroom. Now, some prosecutors are claiming she aided and abetted omar mateen during that deadly night on june 12 during that night Club Shooting in orlando. Now, i told you we spoke to that uncle. He was leaving this hearing. He had a passionate plea saying his niece was nbt in all this and he specifically touched on that text message that was between salman and mateen that is what weve been talking about. He discussed that claim. Heres what he had to say. He texted her. Let me tell you this the last time. Her motherinlaw called her, wake her up early in the morning. She said, where is omar . She expected omar. She said, hes not here. Let me call him. I called him to find out. She called him either called him or text him. He told herl, dont you know what happened . She said, no. I love you, baby. And hang up. Reporter that is of course what hes saying. Federal prosecutors are saying a completely different story. As for the court side of things, the arraignment has been pushed to tomorrow as she is wait fogger her lawyer to arrive out of state. The hearing will take place here at the Federal Court House in oakland at 9 30 a. M. Were live in oakland. Pete sta ran os, nbc bay area news. The investigation into salman went on for months. Pete, thank you very much. Well see what gets turned up here. 11 03 right now. Turning our attention to the Severe Weather thats ha rocked the bay area and the coming of rain waiting for land fall this week. We have new video of a mess in the east bay. A tree fell in alamo in midnight. Going to be real probds on the commute. Crews were able to get everything cleaned up before 3 00 this morning. That tree as you see there, also tore through parts of a nearby house. Neighbors said the people live tlg luckily werent home for that crash. We can see many more scenes playing out. Again were tracking the return of a trio of storm systems churning right now toward our area. Theyre coming fast. The first sign off the coast of oregon and northern california. Lets turn to meteorologist kari hall. We know there are three coming. When does the first one hit . The first one does move in late tonight and early in the morning. Were already starting to see some clouds moving in. But it is the last dry day and at times we will have some sunshine and much needed sunshine at that. But it is still cool, only 48 degrees right now as we take a live look outside of berkeley. Well see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. Were starting to see some rain moving into far northwestern california and we are still dealing with quite a bit of some flooding and some wet ground out there around the bay area. Here is a look at guerneville. This was all under water last week. So, at least we do see the trees, the water level has gone down. This will be going back up for the weekend as we may see it close to flood stage as rain moves in. Well keep tabs on all of this with three storm systems moving in and an elevated flood concern as we are looking at about 2 1 2 to 5 inches of rain possible. Make sure youre following me on facebook and twitter and ill keep you up to date as this storm moves in. Well have more updates on this coming up a little bit later. All right, thank you, kari. Happening today, crews are installing a new safety net to help prevent storm related slides on highway 17. The rock slides on 17 and the closures they triggered were a big story during last weeks heavy storm. A little later this morning, rather right about now, crews will close one of two northbound lanes near vine hill road. Thats where they plan to install whats called a rock wall net to prevent rocks and debris from falling onto the highway. Today cal trans will have to shut down one northbound lane at vine hill until about 4 00 this afternoon. Cal trans tells us that drivers can expect about a 15minute delay. Sam . All right, chris. Live pictures right now from oakland and oracle arena. The home of the warriors where the team delivered a crushing blow to the Cleveland Cavaliers last night. By the middle of the second half essentially it was over. That happened at oracle. That soon is going to change. Fans will be taking chairs here to this artists rendering of what will one day be the chase center in San Francisco. Work on the new stadium begins today with the groundbreaking ceremony in about an hour and its all happening on the waterfront in the citys mission bay neighborhood. That the where nbc bay areas bob is this morning. It took awhile to get to this point where shovels will be scooped into the ground. Good morning. Reporter it will be a ceremonial groundbreaking. Good morning to you there, sam. Were here at the corner of third and 16th here in San Franciscos Mission bay and a tent theyve put up here, one of the stars of todays show of course a man pivotal to last nights crushing win over the cavaliers. You see him right there, head coach steve kerr. Hell be here along with the warriors forward kevin durant. Ed lee as well as the other leaders in the front office of the warriors for this noon groundbreaking. It will be a ceremonial Ground Breaking as i mention. They have a box of dirt in the front and of course that stage in the backdrop is what would be the new chase center, the new arena for the warriors. They will be housed here. Construction actually began about just over a week ago and outside this tent they have already got a lot of the dirt, dug up a lot of cranes out here to start that foundation work. These are some architectural renders. This is going to be a state of the art facility. Sports and Entertainment Center is what it is being billed as that will encompass 11 acres. The arena will hold 15,000 fans. The project will include 600,000 square feet of office space and a 5 1 2 acre park. Privately financed by the team. The team is not using city of San Francisco or taxpayer money and it was supposed to be open in time for the 20192020 season. As you were alluding to, sam, the San Francisco board of supervisors actually approved this arena project back in december of 2015. That was over a year ago. But a group called the Mission Bay Alliance sued to block the construction. The alliance is made of donor to the nearby ucsf campus along with physicians and faculty who work here. They are concerned that the crowds at the warriors games would hurt Emergency Response times and make access difficult to the medical center. Now, the court did reject those two lawsuits and the appeal, and again, this is groundbreaking today at noon is ceremonial. Unfortunately it is not open to the public. Reporting live here in s. F. , bob redell, nbc bay area news. We see the work on that Opening Ceremony in the works. Thank you, bob. We are inching closer to inauguration day. Just three days now until donald trump officially becomes the United States 45th president. Capitol hill is a very busy place this morning. Stage preparations, security sweeps all underway for fridays inauguration. And as the nation prepares for this transition of power, donald trump is working hard on his inauguration speech. This morning were getting a glimpse of what trump might talk about. The team says the speech will be very different from previous president s. Anybody confusing Donald Trumps address as one of those never ending senseless stuate o the unions where they have christmas goodies will be disappointed. The team is mired in controversy. More than 40 democrats will boycott the inauguration after trump criticized john lewis for calling him illegitimate. The civil rights icon is not backing down. Never give up. Never give in. Stand up. Speak up. Donald trump will need the democrats help to replace the Affordable Care act. So far trumps plan includes lowering drug prices and insurance for everybody similar to what the Current Health care law now. Back to the inauguration, our own raj mathai will lead the coverage live from washington, d. C. And not just for fridays inauguration. He will also cover the womens march the next day on saturday. Chris following hard line claims about what would happen with immigration policy under a trump administration. Leaders in alameda tonight are considering a fast track sanctuary city plan. City Council Members are going to be denying a request to take action based solely on immigration status. That resolution comes in direct response to the potential threat from president elect donald trump to crack down on the undocumented immigrant population. If the city goes ahead with that plan, it could be in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in federal grants. Up next at 11 00, the storm danger is not over yet. In fact, its getting started. People in the north bay now bracing for the worst again. The trouble spots that are still troubled. Lots more jeers than cheers. General motors brings thousand of computer jobs to america. Well take a look coming up in business in tech. Announcer nbc bay area responds. We recovered over 400,000 for our viewers. If you want help, call us or visit nbcbayarea. Com responds. Just in to our newsroom. Word of a new delay in the death accused of kidnapping and just into our newsroom right now, word in a delay for the Death Penalty trial for the man accused of kid napping and killing sierra lamar. Torres had been scheduled to begin tomorrow. However, less than 90 minutes ago a judge approved a defense request to delay Opening Statements until at least january 30th. It is the latest in a long line of delays for the man accused of killing the 15yearold in 2012 in morgan hill. Sierra lamars body has never been found and the suspects attorney continues to argue that the client cannot get a fair trial in Santa Clara County. Jury selection has been underway more than a month, and moments ago we learned a jury has been selected. All right. Trying to hold down the fort right now. People this morning in guerneville continuing to recover after last weeks back to back storms. Yesterday many folks spent they are time cleaning up mud ask debris after the flood forget russian river. They were using canoes to get around. The community is now preparing for more rain and possibly more flooding. That is a big concern here, chris. You were lucky to be out of town for all of this, but i think youre going to get a good faft of what we had last week. Hopefully not too good of a taste because the river levels theyre saying could reach flood stage, kari. It will be close. The problem is well have all this additional rain on top of grounds already saturated. Our reservoirs are at capacity and there will be more rain moving in, several rounds of it. As we take a live look outside now at oakland, things are looking nice and quiet. This is our last day to prepare, kind of move those leaves away from the storm drains and clean up a little bit. And also make sure that your Patio Furniture is somewhere where it wont get blown around. You want to make sure everything is ready for the incoming rain and the wind as we take a live look outside in San Francisco in hayes valley, its only 47 degrees, fairly chilly out there. Weve not made it out of the 30s in pleasanton. We havent seen any sun there. Still foggy and visibility is low in spots. A look at all our micro climates, we see temperatures in napa made it to 50 degrees, 39 in livermore and 47 right now in san jose. And well see a mix of those temperatures and a mix of sun and clouds, too in advance of the storm system that will be moving in. Were already starting to see those spotty light showers just offshore, well to the north and west of us. And the cloud cover will continue to increase as we go through today. And the National Weather service has already issued a wind advisory as we get ready for the storm. All of these areas, pretty much the whole bay area will be under a wind advisory as we are expecting southerly winds at 40 to 50 miles an hour. This is the way it plays out on our computer model. It shows by 1 30 tomorrow afternoon, winds at Half Moon Bay will be at 37 miles an hour starting to pickup in the north bay, too. And then the stronger winds start to transport inland where we will start to see those gusts up to 32, possibly 40 miles an hour once again, san jose seeing those wind speeds close to 30 miles an hour. And then the winds calming down late tomorrow night into the start of the day on thursday. Going hour by hour for the rain time line, we will start to see the clouds increasing during the evening commute and then throughout the day tomorrow we start out with a few spotty showers at 5 00 in the morning. And then as we go through the day, startsing to see a little bit more rain, but much of it in the north bay becoming more widespread into the afternoon and during the evening commute, and thats when we will see the main impact with some stronger cells passing by late tomorrow night as the brunt of the storm moves in and this is in advance of a cold front that will bring in also some strong winds and that heavy rain. Looking farther down the line, we will see another round of rain moving in on friday. It looks like it will be early in the day and a lot of snow for the sierra. They may be a break saturday afternoon before the next storm system moves in on sunday. So, three storms expected during this time frame and the potential of a couple of inches of rain at least. This model shows we will have anywhere from two to possibly three to 4 inches of rain for the north bay, and that is also where we will have a high level for those creeks and rivers. This is a live look outside at heavenly in lake tahoe getting ready for more snow there. Ill talk about that coming up a little bit later. Sam and chris . Thank you very much, kari. Last weeks storm are long gone, the flootding and snowstorms that battered northern nevada last week continue to take a toll on interstate 80 into the reno area this morning. Transportation Officials Say travelers should continue to expect delays all week long as they continue to repair potholes and other damage caused by the recent storms. Single lane closures are also expected to continue at times for both directions of i80. Remember to bring your chains and extra water just in case. A check of the markets this morning and generally down across the board. The dow jones has shed 45 points this morning, the s p about 5. 25, and nasdaq roughly 30 1 2. This is the market, chris, absorbing major news from an automaker. General motors announced this morning it will add nearly 7,000 jobs to the american economy. Theyre jobs you might not necessarily expect. Scott . Reporter right, good morning, yeah. You think they were talking about Assembly Line jobs, right . About 1300 of them are, but 5,000 of them will be it jobs, computer jobs. Gm says it will onshore those jobs, bring them back from overseas contractors. It also says it will invest a billion dollars in american plants. Gm says the decision has nothing to do with pressure from donald trump. Mr. Trump over the weekend once again said he would hike the prices of foreignmade products using his power to levy tariffs. Extra money tacked onto the value of a product. Warning the germans that any german car made outside the United States would face a 35 tariff. Play with the numbers a bit. Keep in mind tariffs are set on the value of the product, not Retail Prices. We only have Retail Prices to work with. To show you the example of 35 , that would make a bmw 3 series go from 33,000 to 45,000 because its made in bavaria. Bnw suvs are made here in america for export. It is reasonable to think other companies would match our tariffs making it harder to export these american cars. Mr. Trump has already said there will be 35 tariffs on incoming chinesemade products. In our example here that would include the iphone. New images just into our newsroom of mark sucker board arriving at a courthouse in dallas, hes there to testify in a lawsuit, a company says when facebook bought, it knew it had allegedly stolen secrets from them. Both deny there were any secrets stolen. Guys, a new trailer showing off its latest series called the san san Santa Clarita diet and a mom trying to help her. I can cook that for you, sweetheart. Okay. Did mom die . She is dead . And also a zombie. I dont like that word. I dont like it either. 13 episodes in all. Youll be able to binge watch, guys, starting february 3rd. I do love jrue barry more. Ill try t. More than 100 workers at sfos Parking Facility say they are ready to walk off the job. The Teamsters Union approved a strike after rejecting a final offer from the garage operator. The union says the Biggest Issue is the cost of their Health Benefits and a cut in coverage. Workers have not set a date for that strike yet and they say that they hope negotiations can continue. Sfo has not yet commented on the strike either. More twists to tell you about in the future or perhaps futures of an iconic San Francisco restaurant. Were talking about lefty odools. The family started removing classic memorabilia from leftys walls claiming that it all belongs to them. It planned to move lefties to another location maybe even right down the block. The Property Owners in the meantime insist that they own leftys including the memorabilia and the Current Location will soon have new life as a refurbished leftys. No confusion for us that the Current Location will remain lefty as reopening after refurbishment. All right. So far there is no lawsuit on the menu, but both sides are now threatening to take legal action. We do know that the current leftys is going to serve its last meal for now on february 3rd. Coming up, a story of survival. The man who survived the ghost ship warehouse fire, and the long road for recovery ahead of him as well. First happening right now, we are closely watching the Legal Proceedings in the wife of the Orlando Night Club shooter. Our pete seran os is reporting from the courthouse all morning long. Jodie hernandez is picking up the story. She has an interview with the womans uncle. Plus, knitting to make a statement, a special hat for president trumps inauguration this friday. Watch on the Facebook Page as they prepare for the womens march on saturday. A special hand crafted cap. Back in two minutes with more news. That horrific fire in oakland a survivor sam mwe an update, this comes nearly six weeks now since the horrific warehouse fire in oakland. The survivor sam maxwell continuing to fight the same way that he did when he willed himself out of the burning warehouse. Nbc bay areas tom jensen has more from Saint FrancisMemorial Hospital where he talks with sams parents. They were frightened. They said it went up in about 60 seconds. He had to climb down a ramp and stop at a landing and drop down a foot and a half and go down some stairs, go into a room that was full of furniture and full of smoke and no light, and find the correct door. They came out low and fast and strong and hard, and thats just who he is. Hes fierce. He said, call my roommate and have them take me to high land. Reporter at the hospital sam was diagnosed with severe smoke inhalation. After a few hours his throat and lungs started to swell shut and doctors said he would have to be sedated. Possibly three days in a comb a but then there were complications, two bouts with pneumonia, blood infection and cyanide poisoning from all the chemicals he breathed in. Now the tough work of rehabilitation starts. He has to relearn how to use his vocal cords, how to get how to use his mouth, how to use all of his muscles. Reporter his mom says sam will handled that, too, because he lives by two mottos. The only way out is through, and you can only move forward, not back. And the reason he got out is hes strong and determined. And he always knows where he is. That was tom jensen reporting there. Sam maxwells parents have set up accounts on go fund me to pay for the mountain of expenses they have to cover while he recovers. Now, it could take months, even years, but they he say they are confident that sam will fully recover. We certainly hope that he does. Happening today, oakland leaders will meet to fast track new Safety Measures and tenant protections in the wake of last decembers deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. Mayor libby schaaf announced a new executive order for all nonpermitted Industrial Buildings which include new inspection protocols. Today city council meeting, chris, is going to focus on an emergency ordinance that is doubling relocation fees for tenants who were evicted by landlords facing repair code violations. That should in turn speed up enforcement of the new Safety Measures. Coming up next, counting down right now to the inauguration. We have a couple days left until president elect donald trump becomes president trump. A look at the preparations and a fight between the incoming commander in chief and the outgoing cia chief. As the nations 45th president. Donald trump is now just three days away from being sworn in as the nations 45th president. But with escalating tensions between the president elect and the cia director john brennan, its not going to be smooth. No, theres been a lot of testy back and forth here just days before the inauguration. The exit interview, outgoing cia director holding back, dismissing trumps assertion he may have leaked unverified information and blasting trump with negative comments about the Intelligence Community in general and their competency. Heres nbcs kristen with more. Reporter this morning mounting tensions between president elect donald trump and outgoing cia director john brennan running in an interview with the wall street journal unleashing on trump for his comments last week after unverified and unflattering information was leaked about the president elect. Was i a leaker of this . No, brennan told the wall street journal. And he took aim over these comments. I think its a disgrace. And i say that, and i say that, and thats something that nazi germany would have done and did do. Reporter brennan telling the journal tell the families of those 117 cia officers forever memorialized on our wall of honor that their loved ones trump seemed to i am blame brennan for the leaks, was this the leaker of fake news . Brennan firing barks, its when there are allegations made about leaking or dishonesty or lack of integrity, thats where i think the line is crossed. Its the latest clash in what has been on ongoing fueled between mr. Trump and the Intelligence Community hes about to lead. After officials determined that russia tried to meddle in the u. S. Election, a point mr. Trump only recently acknowledged. As far as hacking, i think it was russia. Reporter and theres more fall out this morning from mr. Trumps war of words with civil rights icon, congressman john lewis. More than 30 democrats now saying they wont attend trumps inauguration on friday. The president elect meeting with dr. Martin luther king, jr. s son at trumps tower monday ignoring questions about the fight. Lewis sparked the controversy by telling Nbcs Chuck Todd he doesnt see trump as a legitimate president , leading trump to lash out at the congressman on twitter. Honoring dr. Kings legacy on monday, congressman lewis didnt mention trump. When you see something thats not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something, to say something, and not be quiet. Reporter even First Lady Michelle Obama weighing in, tweeting, thinking of dr. King and great leaders like rep john lewis who carry on his legacy. May their example be our call to action. The vicepresident elect taking aim at lewis. I urge you to reconsider that statement. This is a week we ought to be coming together. Reporter president elect trump is reaching out to another civil rights leader. A source familiar with the matter said said trump called andrew young and invited him to the white house. In a letter obtained by nbc news, young seemed to tacitly criticized words, shutting out trump. Saying, in the movement we never turned away from the opportunity to have conversations, even if they involved snarling dogs and swinging billy clubs. You can never find Common Ground without conversation. Along with trump, Vice President elect mike pence will also be gnawing rated on friday and pence will take his oath on the same bible as president Ronald Reagan did. The bible belongs to the reagan family and is now being flown from the Ronald Reagan president ial library in simi valley in california. Raj mathai will be leading our coverage from washington, d. C. He will also be in washington, d. C. For the womens march the next day, thats saturday. Back here in the bay area, chris, in the city of san pablo now leaning on technology for help following a rash of shootings on the i80 corridor. Cameras will be up and running along i80. Cf1 o that project costs some no carr0 tourists say they are torn about what the shooting means for their next vacation. Many continued to flock to the scene yesterday, some taking pictures outside that blue resort where the incident happened. It is really sad because right now youve got about a Million People who were thinking about coming down here or changing their plans. And theyre not going to come to cancun or playa de carmen or anything like that. It is believed the young woman from denver was trampled as she rush today escape the night club. One of the most mysterious disappearances in recent memory looks like it will remain just that, a mystery. The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 3270 has now been officially suspended almost three years after vanishing without a trace that plane d with all 239 people on board. Nbcs tom costello reports. Reporter the most expansive and complicated search in aviation history is over. After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airline flight 370 has been called off. Crews have been searching for the aircraft ever since it vanished during a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing on march 8, 2014. On board, 239 passengers and crew members. The search run jointly by the government s of malaysia, australia and china which spent more than 115 million trying to locate the missing plane released a joint statement saying, in part, despite every effort using the best science available, cutting edge technology, as well as modelling and advice from highly skilled professionals who are the best in their field, unfortunately the search has not been able to locate the aircraft. The malaysia 370 mystery is one that is unlike any other. It they suspend the search before they find it, then it may go unanswered. Reporter in july 2015, the first crew that mh 370 was somewhere in the indian ocean. A wing flap from the aircraft washed ashore thousands of miles to the west on reunion island just off mad gas car. Investigators have never been able to determine what caused the crash and the small amount of debris recovered from the plane so far has done very little to shed light on exactly what happened. I think when you look at a meal i cant air heart or the titanic which took 112 years to locate that wreckage, this could be along those lines. That was tom costello reporting there. A support group for the families of the missing passengers have been pushing to continue looking for the plane moving a search zone farther norpgt. Overnight they released a statement saying, quote, commercial planes cannot be allowed to disappear without a trace. Stopping at this stage is nothing short of irresponsible. Well take a little longer to find out how that whale died that washed up near oakland. You might remember from our reporting that the whale was found two weekends ago during massive storms. The whale was then toed to angel island which was supposed to happen this week, but the storms pushed debris to where the whale is so that has to be cleaned up before any work on the whale can be done. It will now happen sometime next week. Chris, happening today Santa Clara County leaders are making a push to expand outreach for women. Supervisors committees meeting with Service Providers in a Panel Discussion focused exclusively on women and mothers. Topics will include reproductive rights, violence against women, civil rights and women and children living in poverty. That meeting is going to be held at the boards chambers tonight at 6 30. A move to break up the 510 area code takes another step forward today. In case you dont know, the 510 covers most of alameda and western contra costa counties. Last fall state regulators announced a new area code would be in effect by this december. So, no one with a current 510 area code has to change, but all new customers will not get the new or will get the new not yet announced code. The cpuc today will hold two public meeting. One in oakland, one in berkeley. We get attached to our area codes. It sounds a Little Something youre right. You do have sentimental value. Youre representing your area literally. Coming up next we are keeping a tab on rivers and reservoirs and a lot more rain, kari. We have a few more hours to prepare for that storm as we get a look out there, todays forecast highs reaching 50s and 60 degrees, it will be much cooler. Coming up in a few minutes. Peoples phone bills fluctuate, it but this one soared a thousand dollars. The company shrugged. Im investigator chris kmur a. Nbc bay area responds next. All right. Calm, clear, very cool to start off your tuesday here. We are hoping we dont see deja vu of a few days ago. Were seeing this color. Yes, well have a lot of rain rolling in here again. Here we go with another round of some rain moving into the bay area. I want to show you this time lapse of the view from Mount Hamilton as the sun rose earlier today. It was so beautiful. Were still some clouds rolling through, but the clouds are starting to thin out. Well get a little more sunshine for the south bay as we head onto the noon hour. Heres what it looks like from below. San jose seeing once again a filtered sunshine and some chilly temperatures as we are still in the 40s. And we are also in the 30s in livermore where the fog has been really thick. Napa has made it up to 50 degrees, one of the warmer spots there on the map. And we will see a mix of sun and clouds. Once again for the rest of the day, starting to see, here we go, that green that chris is wearing, that same shade. And we will see some more of those showers moving in. Now i want to take you hour by hour to show you when we will start to see this rain moving in. Well, for today its just the clouds and for the north bay the clouds increase for the evening and into tonight. Early tomorrow morning we will start to see a few spotty showers moving in. And by lunchtime youre seeing some of that rain moving into the north bay in San Francisco. Early afternoon we quickly see this rain becoming more widespread. A few pockets of some heavy rain indicated by the yellows and the reds there on the map. And during the evening commute, it looks like pretty much all of the bay area will see some heavy rain and possibly some really heavy rain by the late evening hours into early on thursday before this system winds up. During that time frame we may have those winds at about 40 to possibly 50 miles an hour. And then as we look farther down the line, a little bit of a break on thursday and we will need that break to watch those water levels go right back down. And then on friday, the next storm system moves in early. We will see that rain wrapping up and rolling off to the east with some snow in the sierra, a break on saturday. And then on sunday, the third storm comes in, moving from north to south once again, and with each of these storms we will have the potential of some gusty winds. And some of the models showing the possibility of anywhere from two to 2 1 2 inches of rain, possibly over 3 inches of rain for spots like santa rose a and the north bay. Thats where the heavy est rain will be. And well also see a lot of snow in the sierra. This is the current view of tahoe at north star, only 19 degrees. Heres a look at the lake tahoe golf course. Beautiful scenery there with all of that snow, and there is more on the way. The potential of a few more feet of snow between wednesday and sunday. And as we get a look at those temperatures in San Francisco, reaching the 50s, the only dry day in the forecast will be today. A lot of rain as we go down the line and also warm temperatures for the inland area, only today. Sam, chris . Thanks for planning the dinner menu for the week. Soup, soup, more soup. Campbells chicken noodle. Thank you. Nbc bay area responds peninsula woman was charged for an expensive phone call she say she didnt make. Youre going to get billed Long Distance youd like it to be just how expensive was this call . 1,000. Beatrice hennessey says she was shocked to find a 9hour call to africa on her verizon bill. She says she doesnt call africa, but she called verizon right away to try and clear up the 1,000 bill. She asked for a refund. Yet she was denied. So, she called us and we called verizon. It then credited beatrices account for that 1,000 phone call she says she didnt make. Were not sure how it ended up on her bill, but in a statement verizon said, we are grateful for the opportunity to do the right thing for our customer. And apologize for any inconvenience. This issue may have caused. If you have a consumer complaint, you can call us. The number is 888996tips. Were online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Tomorrow, one mans billing glitch prompts the city to threaten a lawsuit. Ill see you then. Thank you very much. Coming up, lester holtz is traveling across america getting a feel for the country. Part of one of his series where our nightly news anchor finds out what is going on. Hope, worries, and expectations as the country readies for the now to a journey across america to hear the voices of hope, worries, expectations of the country ready for the inauguration of donald trump as the next president on friday. We begin in sacramento. Of course, where lester holt is from. Also the capital of california, city of almost a half Million People. It is also one of the most racially integrated major cities in the country. We also found a Diverse Group to help us explore the countrys challenges. Lester holt brings us much more. A lot of friendships have been frayed and relationships. Do all of you feel safe talking about the election, post election now . Yes. You do . I think the people are warming up to the idea that we need to work together. And, so, i feel a little safer that im not going to get beat up. With that, our group, voters and nonvoters of different political stripes, drilled down to talk about hopes. Im excited about some of the focus on the economy growing, growing the economy, growing businesses and jobs. Their questions. There are so many Unanswered Questions about how he was elected. And their fears. My main concern revolves around the negative rhetoric. Few issues hit closer to home in california than illegal immigration. Nearly 10 of its work force is undocumented. Sacramento State University glad student Norma Mendoza was brought to the u. S. When she was ten months old. She is a beneficiary of a daca program which allows undocumented immigrants to stay in the country to work or study. Yeah, life as i know it might change for me come january 20th. And its difficult to force feed that, prepare for that. There is no reason why she should be expelled. Rather, she should be allowed to stay and finish her education and contribute to society. What were focusing on now is the fact its a broken system and its been broken. And if trump hadnt been elected it would still be broken. Sometimes we need vish walz. Katie teaches at a school where many of her students are undocumented. Theyre nervous. Their families are nervous. They hear things. Theyre 12. There is that feeling that they dont belong. You know, these are children feeling that they dont belong here in their country. But on the Bigger Picture of the broader changes donald trump represents, danny supported Hillary Clinton last election. Tell me, where could you get behind mr. Trumps initiatives . I think the things that he has done, i thought were good were taking drug companies, negotiate prices to Lower Health Care costs, thats good. Like stan forbes, a bookstore owner, she is a Small Business person. She is also a single mom of four and a trump voter. We need jobs. We need to have the security that were going to have a job, that were going to be home. While policies matter to our group, so does leadership. As you watch donald trump begin to put his administration together and you read the tweets every day i try not to read the tweets. How much is that, if at all, do you think is getting in the way of him delivering a message . I think it is getting in the way. And i wish he would go off of twitter. My expectation of him would be promoting everybody to have healthier bonds and more of a whole community where everyone would be working together. I think we need to model for our children what we want to see. You have to be willing to listen to each other and have empathy. Okay, that was also again just part one of our series. There, lester holt beginning in sacramento. Much more to come on that. Coming up, an incredible animal you have to see to believe. Always a crowd pleaser. Over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long Health Insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. To get covered, youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends january 31st. Visit covereca. Com today. Massive alligator in florida has a lot of people all right. Take a look at this. New video surfacing of a massive alligator in florida has a lot of people wondering, is it really real . Police in lake land, florida, say this is in fact the real deal. Video was posted to the Police DepartmentFacebook Page courtesy of a woman who was walking by in an area outside tampa in sunday and saw it. Investigators startled walking across the path as people stood by and watched getting the gator on video, taking pictures. But not getting out of the way. No, no. And youre just what are you thinking . Let me ask you this. This guy has a nickname, any idea what it is . Big guy. His nickname is hump back. That alligator so big obviously hes eaten some people. Why are they standing so close, i dont know. Hes still digesting as we speak. You lived in louisiana. Did you see anything like that . Nothing that big, no. Lets get a last look at this weather as we are going to see more rain moving in. We will have more updates on this. All that of rain moving in for the next several days, today still dry. Were going to be very busy the rest of the week. And so will you. Have a great day. Our next newscast is at 5 00. Stand by, everyone. Were live in five, four, three, two, one. Lets go. Whats going on . Was that good . Not bad. You are a treat. Ew, ew, ew. Bad girl corrine strikes again and then strikes out with nick. Natalie on assignment. The long island medium, teresa caputo. Thank you. I have to say, teresa, weve had so many people fill in throughout the year. Everyone is excited that youre here and are there dead people around us right now . I love being here so excited like their