Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM 20170209

That should be picking up soon. Were tracking conditions across the area. Well start with vianey. Were seeing the heaviest part of the storms in the north bay right now. The north bay hasnt really caught a break and it looks like theyre not expected to get a break the next several hours. Weve seen the storm rolling by. San francisco also near the Santa Cruz Mountains, heres a live look right now at the radar and its coming down pretty heavy. We focus in right now near the San Francisco area, also san ramon. Redwood city also getting moderate to heavy downpours. Finally, the rain expected to track into the san jose. Right now san jose is mainly seeing light drizzle. That could pickup in the next half hour or so. Santa rose a, gen guerneville seeing heavy downpours. You see the orange and yellow is where the heaviest is now. Oakland getting pretty heavy downpours. Right along san mateo, Half Moon Bay as well, and we will continue to monitor this over the next couple of hours. Were also going to see how the river stage s are all have that information coming up in just a few minutes. Ill send things back to you. Thank you. Talk about the fact that the north bay has not caught a break yet, well, more rain after weeks of accumulation mean that there are dangerous conditions for People Living on or near hill sides. And the threat of mudslides is very real. Nbc bay areas pete suratos joining us live from napa where crews there are still cleaning up a mudslide from earlier this week, pete. What are you seeing now . Reporter yeah, good morning to you, sam. Were here in napa where, as you can see the rain is coming down pretty hard right now, guys. Theyre cleearing out the mudslide on redwood row. Que up that video we shot not too long ago. You can see all of this debris there. We city of oakland to a napa county public works employee. He said its the biggest mudslide hes ever seen. About 100 yards long woorgt of debris n. In the process of that mudslide were talking about a transformer was knocked out, knocking out power to plenty of residents in the area and according to that spokesperson with the county they tell me first things first. They want to restore the power for residents in the area. Our top priority was to get redwood road opened up, but right now weve pulled up to let pg e come in and work their magic and get the power back on to the approximately 200, 250 residents that have been without power since tuesday. Reporter now, as far as the napa river goes, you guys are taking a look at the bridge over there. Now its at 16 feet right now which is well below flood stage areas, but theyre going to continue to to have things in place to be prepared for that. As for this mudslide behind me theyre saying it could take a few more days just to clean it up. So, all together, guys, it could take a week to clean up this mudslide caused by the rainfall. Were live in napa, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. And just a tough break for those folks living without power the last couple of days. Pete, thank you very much for that update. Also in the north bay residents along the Russian River are bracing for more rain and possibly flooding. The water level there has reseed aid little bit but theyre expecting to reach flood stage either late tonight or early tomorrow. Weve seen examples of the rifrp spilling over the banks in some places. Everyone in this Mobile Home Park has had to move to higher grounds. On the peninsula, drones over the creek which is raging right now, it has another weather milestone. The creek reached the 6th highest level in history so menlo park fire wanted a view from above the water. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live in menlo park. Theyre flying the drones, right . Reporter they just got finished. Good morning to you, kris. The creek has subsided significantly since this past tuesday when the water and debris you can see whats up there against that bridge. The problem has been revealed now the water is gone, that middle grate right there, the metal grate broke during the flood. That gate right there is designed to keep debris from clogging. They sent up a drone to get a better look at the damage. This is a drone they use for search and regs que operations. It is good for hovering into spaces too dangerous for people to go into. This is a video the drone captured t. Was able to sneak underneath the bridge and get closedup images of how that gate is broken and what debris got past the gate. The Fire Department will send this information to cal trans so their engineers and workers can figure out a solution. Also get an idea of what challenges they might face if the creek floods again during todays storm. Our main concern is that one of the debris guards is broken off and they dont have the ability to clean it out like they did before. So, theyre worried about more debris coming down and this thing coming all the way up and flooding either this and 101. Reporter the menlo park Fire Protection district also flew its drone over the creek on tuesday when the water was 8 to 9 feet higher than it is now. This improves the situation alerts for them and cal trans and give them a better idea of how the elevated flows affect the creek and surrounding areas. Now, on tuesday the usgs reported the creek had a flow of around 48 cubic feet per second. You look at your tv screen. Compare that to other record flows for this creek. These are since the records have been kept since 1930. Youll notice that was the fifth highest flow on record. Reporting live here in east palo alto, bob redell nbc bay area news. Bob, thank you very much. One of the hardest hit areas during this entire season so far has been the Santa Cruz Mountains. In the area of concern this time around is the San Lorenzo River in felton. One of the more acute situations right now. It is expected to be within 2 feet of flood stage today and has a lot of People Living around there very nervous and heres why. The river hit major flood stage on tuesday, flooding roads, a park and a Paradise Park community. More than 30 different homes were under water. We caught up with two people as the river surrounded their house. That is the river outside the window. Thats the San Lorenzo River. They say water was coming right up to that womans window sill. A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect for that area. Now lets bring in forecaster vianey. Rain gauges or flood gauges are working overtime. Ways at that San Lorenzo River where it was flowing 6 feet over flood stage on tuesday. Definitely. I was actually at Guadalupe River at 101. It was below major flooding and below monitor level. It is expected to increase so we do have to keep an eye on that. If we take a quick look right now at exactly where the napa river is at saint helene a, 17. 1 is expected to be the highest point at about 8 00 p. M. Today. So, we do have to keep a close eye on that. Now, napa river in downtown is just above monitor stage. Right now it is expected to crest at about midnight. At just over 23 feet and as we make our way over to the Russian River near guerneville, a new crest as of now at about 37. 1 feet, expected to crest at about 10 00 a. M. On friday. And, of course, San Lorenzo River near felton is expected to go just above flood stage at about 10 00 or also expecting Alameda Creek and now canyon to have a crest of 10. 2 feet by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. We are keeping a close eye on that as we continue to monitor the storm. Ill have an update in 15 minutes. Thank you so much. So soggy out there. So, its going to take a few more days of digging in the Santa Cruz Mountains before highway 17 can fully reopen. That means slow downs through the weekend. We spotted cal trans crews working with their special order tool, that spider, which can work from the top as crews work from the from below. Right now one lane in each direction is open and it is very slow going. The closures may last until monday. All right. It was very slow going on westbound 580 there for a little while. It now smooth sailing for commuters who are traveling that route through livermore. Not so smooth when a huge pothole appeared in the righthand lane yesterday. Over a dozen cars were damaged when cars hit it. The lanes, though, were reopened about 10 45 last night. Rainy weather has been the culprit for a lot of these potholes appearing on bay area roadways. Youre going to keep two hands on the wheel if youre going to get on the roadways the next few hours. The highways very slick. Mike has been watching the roads. How is it affected with the rain . Youll see those cropping up around the bay. Report them if theyre significant because we need to take care of them once the rain eases up. 17, you talked btd continued closure of some lanes, but still traffic flows, were watch as that rain continues to move into the south bay. So far traffic very light right now. Those major portions, yes, those are a problem. Even the embarcadero closed between howard and mission. That water coming over the wall and onto the roadway. So, you cant access at least that come of blocks through San Francisco. Same thing for novato. Highway 37 will not clear over the weekend. There is still flooding over there and more rain continues up there. Heres one issue as well. Mass transit, no ferries were canceled this morning. B. A. R. T. Has a major delay. They may slow trains down because of weather. Theyre recovering from Major Medical issue in hayward so the hayward station is closed. That particular thing is not weather related. Back to you. Thanks, mike. As the storm hits a good resource is always our free nbc bay area app. You can click on the weather tab to access the live Doppler Radar and customize it for where youre med. Now to our developing story, kris. Fire crews had to rush into action this morning when a fire broke out in a house in unincorporated san leandro. Our chopper flew over the scene this morning. You can see smoke pouring out of the top of that red tile home. It was a 2alarm fire that broke out just before 9 00. Three story house that was on a hillside there. Fire fighters had to take a step back for a second because power lines were taken down in the process. Eventually that situation was stabilized. No injuries were reported. There is an investigation now into the cause of the fire. Up next at 11 00, it is happening again. A gun stolen from a Law Enforcement agent and its not just any gun that was swiped from an fbi agents vehicle. And an enormous layoff in San Francisco, well take a look coming up in business and tech. We were thinking maybe we could fit in a little more green on the radar, but apparently theres no room. A little relief of orange and yellow actually instead of the green. Thats actually the worst. Dont trick folks now, dont get tricked by sam. The red and the yellow, orange, thats actually where theyre seeing the heaviest of the downpours, not really catching much of a braechlkt look at this shot along golden gate. Were seeing moderate rainfall. North bay seeing the heaviest. Its slick out there. Please make sure to take extra time and slow down on the roads. Were seeing a lot of moderate to heavy downpours moving toward the east, were seeing san jose right now starting to get some more rain. That rain is expected to pickup over the next half hour to an hour. Here is a live look at the satellite radar. As sam mentioned were seeing a lot of activity definitely lit up the map across the board but the majority of that storm focused along north bay, santa rose a, fairfield expecting to get a good downpour the next 20 minutes. San francisco also near san ramon and redwood city, also expect heaven toy moderate rainfall. Santa rose a right now and guerneville seeing a lot of the rainfall as well, and San Francisco just got a few of those showers, but still seeing a pretty steady rainfall right now. Oakland right now also seeing some pretty heavy rain. So, really this storm system is just beginning to move east. San mateo, pacifica, Half Moon Bay also seeing a lot of rain. Its really become widespread ever since the morning. Weve been tracking the storm system and it has been mainly focusing along the north bay, but we are expect ing it to continue moving. So, sunnyvale right now. If you take a look at san jose, it is finally beginning to see more of that rain picking up over the next hour. So, if youre just now heading towards san jose or you had plans to leave the san jose area, expect to see periods of some heavy downpours. Were also seeing those strong gusty winds as well. And continuing to talk about these river stages right now, we did see above the flood stage to hit at about 8 00 p. M. , above about 17. 1 feet near napa river. Russian river always a major concern. A new crest about 37. 1 feet. 10 00 a. M. On friday, San Lorenzo River also expect to hit right below flood stage at 14. 6 feet at about 10 00 p. M. Tonight. And if we make our way over to napa river, downtown napa, new crest at about 23. 8 feet by midnight on friday. So, were definitely going to keep a close eye on all these Alameda Creek, new crest at about 10. 2 feet by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. And as the storm system and this cold front begin to push through, expect moderate to heavy downpours throughout today. Tonight and into tomorrow morning as well. Which means we will remain under a Flash Flood Watch until tonight for north bay counties and also the Santa Cruz Mountains seeing heavy downpours at the moment. Right now, were also seeing a wind advisory because of this incoming storm and it will also remain in effect until 4 00. Wind speeds 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour with gusts anywhere to 50 miles 3er hour for the shaded areas. If you are going to head up to the north bay, they arent expecting any break from the rain the next several hours and it has been pouring rain from 4 00 a. M. Here is estimated rain totals right now. The heaviest of those areas focused on the north bay. The next 24 hours we are going to see the rain slow down just a bit, but it is expected to carry over into friday morning with some showers. Those temps will remain into those 50s and 60s and then hopefully by this weekend those clouds will make an exit leaving way for a dry weekend. Please be careful out there. Ill send it back to you. Thank you, vianey. Quick thinking from a woman whose home was hit by flooding in los gatos. The phone lines were down but she used wifi. She used Facebook Live to call for help. Everything just got washed away with mud. The family lived in the home is staying with friends now and no word yet on whether they can salvage your home. We do want to see your pictures from this weeks storm, from a safe distance, of course. This footage from the lexington reservoir was sent to us by dennis wingo. Send it to us by twitter or post it on facebook. A submachine gun. Now there is a reward for the missing weapon and other gear taken this. Happened in january in contra costa county. Stolen items include h k 10 millimeter, three magazines and ballistic vest. The fbi and the Sheriffs Office is asking for any information. As we reported extensively, these are not the first weapons to be stolen from a Law Enforcement agents car. You might remember that kate steinly was killed with a gun stolen from a federal agents vehicle. Our Investigative Unit has been looking into stolen weapons and you can watch all our stories on nbcbayarea. Com. We have new details in the deadly officer involved shooting in fremont sunday. Mouery avenue. 45 year old nan a was walking into a business and attacked an employee, threatening to kill him. A Police Officer later spotted him on the street and asked him to sit on the curb but he refused. Shortly after that, the officer let go of his police dog which accidentally bit the officer. After that, police say that he started punching the officer in his head. The officer then shot that man three times and he died at the scene. Milpitas police are investigating the kidnapping of a council mans daughter. He learned his 13yearold daughter was taken. The teenager told investigators that two men took her from her home, forced her to walk a mile and a half, and then made her get into a car. Investigators say the kidnapers then drove her to san jose where she managed to escape. We take these tiype of cases very serious in the city of milpitas. Until we can prove otherwise, we take this very intense investigation, all of our detectives are working on this case. Investigators tell us that the car was a small light colored sedan, possibly with a Bumper Sticker from the mystery spot in santa cruz. Torres trial is continuing today. He is accused of killing teenager sierra lamar. The District Attorneys Office is trying to paint a picture of a happy teenager with no reason to leave home. That was video of a prior search near her house. Also today officers gathered evidence in the case expected to be on the witness stand for crossexamination. The defense trying to show the jury that some evidence was improperly collected. This week has been an emotional one in the trial. Lamars mother and her friends testified earlier this week. A check of the New York Stock Exchange and the markets this morning and stocks are soaring right now on the heels of the president announcing a, quote, bigleague tax announcement. Dow jones up 134 points right now in trading. Big news this morning in the battle between high tech and donald trump. A ceo speaking out. Nn a letter or in a statement as weve seen, but in a speech where everyone could hear. Scott, mcgrew, that ceo is tim cook. Yeah, ceo of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley for that matter, the United States. Cook was speaking in scotland and he made the comment that the university of glasgow, he was receiving an honorary degree. He 15id trumps ban on travel created crisis for some of his apple employees and their families. We have employees that secured a work visa. They located in the United States, they brought their families to the United States. They happen to be outside the United States when the executive order was issued, and all of a sudden their families couldnt get back in. And arguably, thats a crisis. Apple and trump have never been close. Tim cook has met with trump, but trump more than once has asked americans to boycott apple products and has never retracted that request. But this is the first time weve seen a tech ceo speak out so directly. Meanwhile, intel ceo is standing next to the president in the oval office announcing intel would invest more money in a factory it is building in arizona. Now, to be perfectly clear, this factory was already under construction. The pervasive fear that apples cook is talking about may affect the price of your house. Business insider and the San Francisco Business Times both report realtors are worried h 1 v visa holders will be more reluctant to buy homes in the bay area if they worry they cannot keep them. That screeching sound you hear is the twitter train wreck. They turned in numbers and disappointed. Less revenue than expected but more importantly very little growth. Zero growth in the United States. If twitter cannot grow, when twitter is in the news every day, thanks to President Trump, it simply cannot grow ever. Twitter cfo says the president s use of twitter has broadened the awareness of how the platform can be used. It shows the power of twitter. And San Francisco base benefits is cutting half its staffer.  it helps Small Businesses handle benefits, but is running into all kinds of trouble including problems with licensing, allegations of too much Office Drinking and even, guys, a stern word from the offices landlord asking staff to stop having sexual encounters in the stairwell. 430 people will lose their jobs this morning. Wow, all right. Scott mcgrew, thank you very much. By the way, twitter is down, so far, almost 12 in trading. Happening today, the 49ers new head coach, there he is, and gm, are going to be officially introduced. Kyle shanahan flew into town with his wife and he was greet bid jed york and the new gm john lynch. There they are. They will be formally introduced at a News Conference at 1 00 this afternoon. Coming up next it is back on. Construction on again on the dakota oil pipeline. The new fielt, though, that is brewing over that controversial project. But first happening right now our big story today is the weather and our crews here in the newsroom have filed out across the county. Theyre talking to officials about damage as this latest storm sweeps through the bay area. As soon as developments break were going to post them directly to our twitter feed. Plus nbc saying a short time ago mike tarico will take the reigns from bob costas as the host on the olympics. Nbc broke that year before the Opening Ceremony pyeongchang 2018 winter olympics. More on this story. We will be back in just a minute. Sam rail a live radar right now still showing a line of storms pushing through the north bay, oakland right now getting the heavy downpours. And we will expect to see moderate showers in the next 30 minutes reaching the south bay. Were keeping a close eye on the storms. Ill have a look at rain totals and what we can expect over the next couple of hours and heading into friday in just a moment. Vianey, thank you. Some National News now, and construction over the Dakota Access pipeline has begun. This is despite huge protests from a local American Indian tribe. Protests called construction for months, i should say stalled them for months and president obama halted the progress to reevaluate. Well, now President Trump instructed work to move forward. The tribe says if the pipe breaks it is going to contaminate their drinking supply. Tribes filed a legal challenge to try and stop construction. Today oakland city leaders are going to be drafting a resolution urging california to divest from any involvement in that pipeline project. Seattle has already approved a similar measure this week. President trump will be watching San Francisco very closely as will many people around the world. We could have a decision later today on the controversial travel ban. San franciscos 9th Circuit Court is expected to announce the ruling tomorrow. President trump himself has publicly questioned the judges, hoping they will reinstate his immigration ban. We expect to get a 60 to 90minute heads up warning before the threejudge pam releases an opinion. That opinion, we will bring it to you when it happens. All right. In the meantime President Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch said the president s criticism of the judiciary is, quote, disheartening and demoralizing. That reaction came after President Trump criticized the federal judges kris just mentioned. He called thr questions, quote, disgraceful. Breitbart editor milo gentleman nop list said he is coming back to berkeley next month. He made that announcement to alex jones, a right wing talk show host. Students showed this youtube clip with us. A very big speech at the end of this month which is going to be kind of its going to be what berkeley should have been before it was canceled by leftist thugs. It is going to be in washington, d. C. The week after i think were going to go back to berkeley. My book comes out. Yiannopoulos was invite today speak at cal last week, but hundreds of students protested and some of those protests turned violent. Then the event was canceled. All right. Right now our radar still lit up in green. Our coverage of the micro climate weather alert continues. Next were tracking the very latest on the storm that is pounding parts of the bay area. Plus. Anyone willing to die for their country should have a country willing to give them citizenship. But instead, the country they served deports them. Hundreds of military veterans. Im Stephen Stock. Coming up we investigate a system and a law that allows for the deportation of some of those noncitizens who served america honorably. We are in the middle of a micror we are in the middle of a microclimate weather alert. A strong storm is striking the bay area as we speak and right now were talking about very heavy rain. Here is an illustration of that actually as we take a live look right now. The radar on your right and hopefully what will become a shot of San Francisco on your left. You may have to take our word for it right now, but we are getting heavier rainfall right now in San Francisco in the peninsula and vianey, it looks like the system is moving farther south. Dont worry i have your live look over San Francisco. You can definitely see the rain is pushing through. Look at the shot of the golden gate. Were also seeing that flag really waving. Were seeing gusty winds out there as well the line of storms continues to push through. North bay still getting pounding. San francisco, oakland and san jose starting to see a light rain pattern out there right now, but that rain is expected to pickup over the next half hour or so. Now, talk ug about that live radar, heres the live look right now. Theres San Francisco also out near the Santa Cruz Mountain area, also expect to see heavy downpours where youre seeing that red or orange and yellow light up. Thats where theyre seeing the heaviest of the downpours. Redwood city expect to get some pretty serious downpours as well. Richmond, out near the lagunitas seeing pretty heavy downpours. Wood side. San jose is seeing some light rain, but as we expect to see this band of showers moving east as the storm system continues to push through along with this cold front, while that rain is expected to pickup in the next half our hour or so. As far as the temps, very tropical, seeing high dew points, 64 degrees, were feeling a little humid out there. Ill have a closer look as far as rain totals and what we can expect the next couple hours coming up in a few minutes. Send things back to you. It is definitely muggy. Despite the rain and snow, they decided to keep the drought emergency restrictions in effect. Many water agencies have been pushing for cutbacks to end. They say the restrictions are hurting their bottom line because they are selling less water. They also argue that californians shouldnt be tricked. Frankly, in this political era of fake news, im concerned that the state of california is going to be looked upon as giving fake news to many people, thinking that there is still a drought when it is evaporated away. Some lawmakers counter that the restrictions encourage people to conserve and develop good water use habits. The drought emergency is expected to remain in effect through the rainy season. We can always be prepared for whatever is coming your way with the nbc bay area app. Download it now and get alerts on your phone on when the rain will hit your neighborhood. You used yours this morning. Yes, yes. Over and over again. They served this country, they also broke the law. Because of it, a group once promised u. S. Citizenship has been deported. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock just returned from mexico where he found that u. S. Military veterans were kicked out of the country, though they agreed to die for it, stephen. Thats right, kris. A law dating back to president bill clinton allows the federal government to deport any noncitizen who commits certain crimes here in the u. S. , even minor crimes. Now, this applies even if those people have served in the u. S. Military. And because of that we found hundreds of u. S. Veterans deported by the very country they were willing to die for. When you walk out of tony romos back porch overlooking the pacific, you might think youre looking at paradise. You can see san diego. Reporter but in reality, its paradise lost for tony romo who feels trapped here. Just like prisoners of war, you know. All of us together. Reporter romo, a retired marine who led raids into iraq during the buildup to the gulf war, was deported by the very country he served. Forced to live here after serving time in a u. S. Jail for selling drugs. I miss the marine corps. I miss my country. My dad soefr there, my daughter, my brothers. Reporter even sew, romos allegiance remains to the country he can see from his back porch just beyond the border wall. And it is a great country. Id defend it any time. I still would. Reporter we found dozens of u. S. Veterans living in etwaun owe, veterans like armando scott, retired marine. Veterans, i would bring them home. Reporter all of them noncitizens who served in the u. S. Military dating back to the vietnam war. I never lived in mexico. Ive been in the United States since i was one year old. How can they repatriate me to a country i never lived . . Reporter all of deported for aggravated felonies, failure to show up in court or entering the country illegally. In this report issued by the aclu of california in july of last year, they were able to identify some 250 u. S. Veterans deported to at least 34 different countries. Our investigation found at least 60 veterans living here in the tijuana mexico area. I dont think its right, but, you know, thats the law. Reporter a deported u. S. Army veteran himself, hector helped the aclu prepare that report. He said the number of deported veterans keeps growing. We come into contact with vet vans either in the process of being deported or already dee portd, at least 301, were up to 301. Reporter he served two years in prison after pleading guilty to Illegal Discharge of a firearm in compton, california. Deported in 2004 he now runs a shelter in tijuana nicknamed the bunker where deported veterans can get help with job prospects, immigration advice and legal services. My allegiance is to the United States. I was born in mexico. Who i choose to die and fight for is the United States of america. Reporter our investigation found 70,000 noncitizens enlisted in the u. S. Military between 2009 and 2016. At least half of them never applied for citizenship. According to the center for naval analyses, leaving them vulnerable to deportation. Im willing to put my life on the line for the country that i love. Reporter and yet your country that you love deports you. The only one tri that ive ever known. Reporter to a man, these vets served their time in jail, prison or probation for the crimes they committed here in the u. S. One knows exactly how many there are because the u. S. Government does not track them. Did the military drop the ball . Yeah, the department of defense did. Reporter retired marine and assemblyman Nathan Fletcher said is he was shocked when he learned about these deported vets. Anyone who died for their country should have a country willing to give them citizenship. Its what they were promised when they were joined. Reporter fletcher is lobbying congress to let them back. If we had 300 americans who were missing in iraq or afghanistan, we would stop the gravitational pull of the earth and find them. Reporter she runs the agency that processes citizenship. While officials with the department of defense declined our request for an interview, rumery did agree to sit down with us and answer our questions. Well, if youve been convicted of certain defenses, its a deportable act. Reporter even if you serve as a veteran . Yes, right. Reporter does that seem fair . We dont ask our whats fair or not fair. We simply are here to administer the law. Thats what were charged with, thats what we do. These are some of the men that passed away here in mexico. Reporter in one of the sad est ironies involving this issue, current law allows these veterans to return to the u. S. After they die. We will bring their dead body across the border. Will go to a military cemetery. We will give them a 21gun salute. We will play taps. We will fold the flag and a military officer will hand the flag to the Family Member and say, a grateful nation appreciates your husbands service. There is no honor in that. There is no honor in that only allowing these men to return when they die or at the point of death. Reporter we found the grave of one such veteran, Manuel Castano who had been deported to wares mexico, now back in the u. S. , resting finally in peace in the National Cemetery in el paso, texas. Now, u. S. Department justice statistics show one in 100 vets end up in jail here in theuous us and theyre more likely than nonveterans to serve time for violent crimes. Many veterans we talked with told us they were promised citizenship by their recruiters. Others told us they thought they became citizens when they took the oath to join the military. Yeah, they just didnt know they had to go that extra step which would have protected them. And nobody sort of told them. Nobody pushed them. That has changed since 2009, the department of defense is now pushing that, educating citizens, but these military noncitizens, but, in fact, it still leaves tens of thousands, potential veterans, potentially deported if they commit a crime of some sort. And some of those crimes are relatively innocuous. Thats correct. The list is very long. It was made long during the clinton administration. And, so, in fact, that list includes such things as essentially failure to show up in court. All right. Well, coming up tonight we have even more to show you. We have a video of a reunion between a daughter and her father separated by this policy. When you hug stephanie and you see her, what goes through your heart and your mind . Happiness, sadness also. See how this law continues to affect families, many of whom are actual u. S. Citizens. Thats all tonight at 11 00. Hope you join us. Past our bedtime tonight. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit give us a call at 888 had the 996tips or an email to the unit. A major snowstorm hitting the east coast. A south bay man spent time paying for service he wasnt getting. Two different stories. Two different stories. After paying for h dtv for more than eight years, he learned hes been watching regular tv all this time. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds with some questions for the company next. Some pretty serious weather here were seeing. When you see the red and orange and the yell on the radar, you know thats trouble. It has been nonstop all morning. Kris and i were out there yesterday braving the elements. I can definitely sympathize you. A field trip, perfect. Not the worst of this right now. Yeah, we are, but were not going to catch a break over the next several hours. Heres a look right now over oakland where were seeing some pretty heavy downpours. You can actually see along the highway cars are starting to slow down as you should. Make sure to stake take some extra time if youre heading out to work right now or if you may be heading out on an errand or two. You may want to take a couple of hours or hold off on that. Look at this radar right now. North bay still not catching a break. San francisco also, if we zoom in near santa cruz, speccing rainfall the next couple of hours. Richmond getting hit. Vallejo also expecting to get a lot of downpours. And of course we will be seeing this storm system kind of track east. Which means the south bay right now is falling under a bit of a rain shadow. If we look now, we can see hayward, good moderate downpour now. Starting to move out of the area. And then right now where the live picture is, you can see it really lighting up which means they are getting the heaviest of the downpours right now. Now, Santa Cruz Mountains also seeing widespread showers and we arent expecting these widespread showers to stop any time soon. Pay attention to san jose. This is the past two hours and you can actually see parts san jose falling right along a nice little rain shadow there which means parts along the eastern area near san jose seeing showers. Parts not seeing too much rain. But of course we are seeing a line and band of showers right behind that which means if we fast forward through the next couple of hours, we are still expecting to see downpours as well. Now, right now the temps are in the upper 50s and 60ss. We woke up to these which is making it feel muggy and humid. We are seeing dew points which makes a tropical feel outside. Flash floods extended to tomorrow morning. It was set to expire tonight. For areas along north bay counties and Santa Cruz Mountains as well, and thats because we are monitoring of those rivers and those creeks. We are also still under a wind advisory because of this storm due to winds that could hit anywhere between 15 to 30 plus Miles Per Hour. Weve seen some pretty strong gusts. As that cold front continues to push through winds are only expected to get stronger over the next couple of hours as well. Now, here is a quick check what we can expect the next couple of hours. Fast forward, heavy showers and downpours in livermore. Thats where san jose might see a better chance of seeing some heavy rain as well. Fast forward to about 8 00 if you pay attention, san to rose a, napa area still getting hit. San jose, livermore area expect to see more rainfall. It really sticks around through tonight, 9 00, 10 00 overnight. We see it clear out at 4 00 a. M. A few cells left behind. By early tomorrow morning we should still expect to see a couple of those. High pressure dominates on saturday and it looks like this may be a pretty nice weekend ahead. Weve just got to make it through all this rain first. So, i will have an update on the next seven days. Make sure to check that out online and dont forget to download our app. Ill send things back to you. Wur severing through a lot of rain, but you probably have noticed in your facebook feed the folk in the east are getting snow days. Right. Basically its extremes right now. All of a sudden schools canceled, lots of schools major winter storm. This is a lot of snow. Its pounding of the northeast today. More than 50 Million People are under winter storm watches and warnings from the mid atlantic up through northern new england. It is shaping up to be the biggest snowstorm to hit new york city this year. Nbcs charisma loan is live in central park with the latest. Reporter in new york city the snow arrived before dawn. A blanket of white greeting those who decided to brave the conditions and head to work. If you dont have to go out, i wouldnt go out. Reporter solid advice for millions from the mid atlantic to new england where many areas will see more than a foot of snow. Some with blizzard conditions before its all over. I went yesterday. Reporter the winter blast particularly cruel after washington, d. C. , baltimore, philadelphia and new york city saw record high temperatures on wednesday. After teasing us yesterday with a spring like day Mother Nature has delivered a message loud and clear that we are still in the middle of winter. Reporter ndour blowing snow off the iconic rock Feller Center skating rink. Schools are canceled across several straits. In new york city alone more than a Million Students have the day off. So far the airlines have canceled more than 3,000 flights. I told my boss, i hope ill see you monday unless we get snowed in. I was being facetious. Now not so much. Reporter government leaders say sanders and plows are ready to go but will struggle to keep wake up some areas seeing more than 2 inches of snow an hour. Best advice i can give to motorists is to stay inside. Reporter a harsh reminder that for some americans despite a calm season so far, winter might just be getting started. Charisma loan, nbc news. Weve been hearing from your family on this one . I dont know if any of my Family Members are slalloming through the streets. My mother was glad to stay home and make soup. Coming up next, nbc bay area responds to a problem with a Television Viewer it was costing him money for service he wasnt receiving for years. Were going to show you what happened. He a gilroy man who says he was never got. Nbc bay area responds to a gilmore man who says he was paying direct tv for a service that he never got. He was paying them for years. Consumer investigator chris chmura joining us now with the store and i how our team fought for him. Kris . 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