Here as far as the police go. Theres a lot of clean up to do. And again, we are waiting to hear from the officers, they are saying that two are dead and one Police Officer was grazed bay shot earlier this afternoon. Reporting live. Nbc bay area news. Thank you, two things, that investigation on the hostage situation and the traffic at the hour off of highway 85, a problem, during rush hour and more so this evening. Stay with us for updates on this breaking news, including the condition of the injured officer, we have three crews in the area, gathering information about what happened, the San Jose Police department has told us an officer will be updating us, any moment here. We are going to be updating the the social media platforms and our westbou our website. And an exclusive, they cannot keep the police force at full force. The contra county sheriffs officer is having a problem with employment. We know about the times that could be impacted, but what else could be effected . Reporter the chief said his department is considering scaling back on investigations to focus only on violent krocri, response times have already slowed to emergencies. Reporter its a call for help and the clock is ticking to dispatch a deputy sheriff. But it could take time. Never been this bad, no. Reporter the sheriff said that in some cases Emergency Response times have increased by 2 00. The reality is we need officers and deputies that can respond to the calls for officer. Reporter but fewer recruits like these are entering the department. Livingston said that the number of applicants has decreased by 40 since 2013. And at the same time, a Record Number of sheriffs deputies left. We have lost 110 deputies in the last five years. We have lost over 60 deputies this year alone. In fact, just seven in october as well. Reporter where are they going . Her going to other agencies, in the bay area that pay more. Reporter according to a new error produ report, deputy sheriffs are going to other agencies. In addition to slowed response times the department has had to cut marine patrols. And scaled back on regular rolls in areas like walnut creek and concord. Living ton said he is having to consider scaling back on investigations. Theres a lot of the lower level cases that our community expects and expects our office to deliver the professional services. But when you have so many people leaving, and the numbers of sheriffs available for the positions you need to fill, something has to give. Reporter and the sheriff will present this report to the county board of supervisors tomorrow with the hope that his deputies receive more pay in the future, as of now, they receive 15 lower than those in other agencies throughout the bay area. Live in contra costa county. Thank you, getting to weather, we started this monday with a bang. Didnt we . Thunder, lightning and a few bay area families who barely escaped all of the damage. Todays storm slowing traffic and flooding the roads. The lightning, making dramatic strikes in the backyards of homeowners in san matteo and san jose. We are in san ma a teo with the fortunate family, but let begin with the chief meteorologist in studio, jeff, how much did we see . It was a beneficial thing here, for santa clara county, that is where the top totals came in. A little less than downtown, but excellent considering the drought we are in. Lafayett lafayette. 61. And so what is happening with the storm right now . I will show you that next that a trough of low pressure, it kicking to the east and taking the heavier rainfall with it. Theres isolated activity off shore. We are not in the clear yet from the rainfall. As we continue throughout tonight, it will be about the scattered thunderstorms in the forecast and not only that, cold temperatures down in the 30s the next couple of mornings and we will have details on the next storm system and when its expected to arrive. Thank you, jeff. As jeff mentioned that storm brought thunder and lightning in some cases that meant trouble. Look at this, lightning struck a tree in a parking lot of san jose. Nothing else was damaged. Robert, we had lightning strikes in san matteo, was there damage there . Well, we have been as we were reporting since early news casts, from here on brandywine road, it can be devastating when a tree explodes s when a tre explodes but we have been seeing parts of the tree all around the area. The neighborhood is trying clean up the 100 foot tree that exploded. There was a lot of lightning strikes in the bay area, none appears to have hit closer than this home on brandywine road in san matteo. I saw the lightning, came from that angle. So, i was like, oh, my gosh, its a bomb. Just like, a bomb. Just bang. Just bang. Hit the tree, the thousand pieces went up in the sky before it came down. As the storm travels through to other areas there should be concerns and people should stay on us of areas where they are hearing thunder or lightning is detected or they are being warned of lightning in the area are. Stay indoors. Reporter the rain took a heavy toll, causing problems, and some deadly accidents. It appears the vehicle was going 65 miles an hour westbound, per if victim, she lost control of the vehicle and it rolled over. The rain was a factor. Reporter now, as you heard jeff say, we are not in the clear yet, but much of the rain and lightning have passed that will give the chp to conduct their investigation and for the lightning clean up to clean up and count her blessings as she put it. A lot happening, thank you, robert. Rain here and you know what that means, snow there. At least eight inches today in sierra and tahoe resort. Its till coming down at this hour, great news, but dangerous for drivers. Here is what it looked like this afternoon, on i80, right now, drivers must carry chains on 80, on highway 50, chains are required. We are tracking the weather on the fee app. This was a great resource on your phone for detailed weather coverage specific to your micro climate. Self reformed exgangster is defending himself again a bunch of crimes. He left his life of crime behind years ago he said, but the prosecutors say it never ended. He is charged with 162 crimes, ranging from murder to money laundering. Mark, off to a very interesting start . Reporter it was a firry start, the defense attorney accusing the government of spending millions of dollars in an eightyear long investigation of an innocent man. Defense attorney tony sira told the jury, the evidence will not show that raymond participated in any murders whatsoever, or in any criminal activity. Adding that two months ago there were no murder charges against him, that they only came up when those caught in the government investigation is tried to get more lenient sentences by making up stories about shrimp boy. They drum up four or five of these scum bags to testify, they did it because they didnt have a case to begin with. Reporter the assistant u. S. Attorney said that he was like a god father and that government witnesses will testify that he ordered the 2006 killing of an alleged rifle in a organization known as a tong, he ran his tong as a criminal enterprise, engineering the enterprise of temperatu tong who was found shot to death. They will hear from his drivers and enforcers, those that ran the drug deals and laundered the money and trafficked in stolen liquor and cigarettes with undercover fbi agents and how those agents kicked back money to choi, who verbally protested and put the envelopes in his pockets. The under cover agents will testify as well as robert choi who will testify in his defense. We continue to follow the breaking news in san jose we are told this th, two people are de. We are waiting for more updates, and we will give you an update as soon as we hear in a few minutes. She suffered a heart attack a week ago, nashe will tell her story only to us, coming up next. Lets go back out to our breaking news in san jose. Want to update you on the news in san jose, give you a different perspective, this is a situation that went bad. We understand the suspect and hostage are dead, and a Police Officer was grazed by a bullet, we are waiting for the updates from police on the current situation. And details about how this unfolded over the last four hours and how those two people ended up dead. Well, she said her life was saved by local firefighters. A former San Jose CityCouncil Woman setells us a fire crew rushed in to action ever she suffered a heart attack. She is not just thankful, but has a message for people. Reporter yeah, you know, its fire crews and the county ems, really helped out and saved her life, that happened in those doors behind me there at the San Jose Convention center today. Nancy pyle former Council Women said she was very lucky of the quick response, but she is still feeling the affects of the heart attack. Like any other call, we responded to a an elderly person down at the convention center. Reporter he did not know this patient was the former san jose councilwoman nancy pile. I was there to have a cup of coffee with my son. Reporter she dropped in to his arms in full cardiac arrest, no pulse, no breathing the ems arrived and began cpr and brought the councilwoman back to life. Fortunately for me, this was not fatal and it could have been so easily. Reporter today pyle is recovering in her home, one week after the scare. Still sore and bruised by the life saving techniques that the First Responders used. I feel a bit like i have been run over by a truck. Reporter today she said she should have read the symptoms better. Theres little signs and i did not take them as seriously as i should. Reporter pyle hopes that the community sees her story as a cautionary tale, to recognize the symptoms and get help fast. She appreciates her h s her huso has not left her side. Its like having all the wings holding you up. It was just so heartwarming and humbling. Reporter nancy pyle tells me she is grateful that firefighters stayed by her side, they held her hand on the way to the hospital and even at the hospital, a crew of firefighters at station 30 here in san jose went to visit her to make sure she was okay. Live in downtown san jose, nbc bay area news. Good to see her doing well. Firefighters had a tough time putting out a fire in the hills south of thelexington reservoir. It started in the community of lexington hills. But it quickly grew, and firefighter, it took the firefighters until 4 45 to put out the flames. Luckily no one of was hurt. They have yet to put a price tag on the damage done, but you can see from the video that the house was pretty much gutted. Lets turn it over to jeff, who has been tracking tall changes that we have had. Interesting what we have seen. Heavy rainfall this morning and what everyone should know, is the worst of the wet weather is out. And we are still tracking the storms. I have zoomed in on the areas seeing the most rainfall, and its on the windy and hilly, elevation tlult the grade. Right here on interstate 680, you can see a complex of wet weather. You want to watch out if next 30 minutes. Some of the heaviest rain headed right toward pleasanton, let go ahead take you outside the Sky Camera Network and you see the clear skies across the bay, not only in san rafael, but in emoryville, we are seeing the cool weather in san jose, 51 degrees right now. So we are in for another cold start tomorrow morning, we are going to go down to 38 degrees in napa, possibly patchy frost. Walnut creek 41, and i think it will get colder ago we head to wednesday morning. If you have anything planned then, we could hit the freezing mark. You can see, we will have sunshine coming back. Storm system comes out and the temperatures do not budget much. Its another jacket day in the forecast. 64 in the trivalley and 62 for the south bay. Now, as we go ahead and get a look at the forecast coming up. We are expecting another possibility of shower as we head in to the up coming sunday forecast. We will have more on that as we come back. Coming up at 6 00, not playing fair, the reason that cabbies in the south bay, drove off the job. Plus, a away from the president ial election. We break down the role the golden state may play this time in 2016. If you have been watching the race you know heres something we rarely say. California might be big player in the republican president ial race. Here is something we rarely say, california may be a big player in the republican president iallial race. Its not just iowa and New Hampshire this time around. Larry, this is unfamiliar territory for us. Unfamiliar, thats, thats the best word of all, you know, we dont have this. But thats the way it looks right now. We have 16 candidates, thats the largest number of republican candidates seeking a nomination for president , ever, ever put together. Only one candidate, that is Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropped out. So it making it hard to gather traction. Its a real time civics lesson for all of us. Everything from money to social media is changing things. Three factors have come together to create an unusual situation. We have a slug test that could take us deep. We have large amounts of money, and i mean large amounts. From super pacs and benefactors that can spend as much as they want on their candidates and we have social media that can allow a candidate to make their case with a small amount of time. That is good for them. And then the states are together, but different from each other. They do not represent the nation as a whole. So, combined yes, these factors suggest no one is likely to command a large a amount of delegates early. So, you may say then we have a role in all of this, because as you know, for decades we have been told our june primary is too late to make any sort of difference. This is extraordinary, raj, it could be, the california has the single largest block of delegates. Now, this year, the party has scheduled what we call a winner take all primary, that means who ever gets the most votes gets all of the states delegates. With that huge prize, many delegates will be around until the very en, that is why, at least for one person, the golden state may live up to its name. Coming up, lets go back outside, and show you a live picture again of the standoff in san jose that ended a short time ago. Sources have told us that the standoff did not end well, with both the hostage and the hostage taker dead. Coming up live reports to figure out also, ahead, we go undercover and test three doctors with medicare building and why they each had different treatments for the same patients. Next. Ono offdays, or downtime. Ason. Opportunity is everything you make of it. This winter, take advantage of our seasons best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. The 2016 cadillac srx. Get this lowmileage lease from around 339 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. We have had three crews on the breaking news in san jose, gathering new information for you, we will tell you what is going on right now, it has been going on for four hours. A lot of please solice surround home where a hostage was taken. Scott is there on the ground and scott, i know you have been trying to get new information. Sources say both hostage and hostage taker dead, are we confirming that . Reporter we have not yesterday heard from the police. Sources are telling us that not only are there two dead but one of the Police Officers we are told was grazed by a bullet. We are trying get more information on his condition now. We have video from the scene earlier today, we are told that a man with a gun took a woman hostage, that is in the cambrian area of san jose and theres been a lot of police cars in the neighborhood since. A lot of the streets have been blocked off. It has affected the communicate if you are coming south on 85, traffic has been very slow because of this situation. Now, back here live, we are still waiting to get confirm magz, we are not seeing a lot of movement and we have not heard anything since we have been told that two, both the hostage and the suspect were killed in the situation. We are still waiting to hear more information from the San Jose Police department tonight. I will send it back to you. Of course, as soon as we have the confirmation, we will bring it to you as well. We can now see where the tax dollars are going when it comes health care. Because the data has become public. Eye doctors were ranked number one reimbursed. We found some of the busiest eye doctors in our area. After we received questions of whether some eye doctors were recommending surgeries or procedurers too often, we wanted to find out what would happen if we took one patient to three different doctors. Shakespeare said the eyes are the window to your soul. And sometimes keeping them healthy can be expensive. When the feds released medicare were the highest rebrsed. That was ahead of heart doctors and doctors that treat cancer is. We received tips that some of the eye doctors were you sugges unnecessary procedures, so we decided to step in. She used to work in a Community Health clinic where many of the people she worked with relied on medicare. Tina who is 70, agreed to undergo eye exams to see what they would say about her eye health. Two years ago her personal eye doctor, told her she had a small cataract in her right eye and said, she did not need surgery. We paid for her exams and paid her a stipend to pay for her time and travel. We visited three doctors that see some of the highest number of medicare patients in the country. At their offices in san jose, we noticed that many of the patients are elderly, foreign, or nonenglish speaking. We started at this office, the federal data showed that she received 602 per patient, for a total of 7 724,000 in medicare payments. That ranks in the 90th percentile nationwide. She did not recommend surgery, cataracts are a clouding of the lens, she said you have a dry eye and gave me eye drops. At dr. Phams office, she had a different diagnosis. His medicare reimbursements were a total of 664,000 in 2013. That ranks in the 89th percentile, he reacted surgery. What he was recommend was that even though they are not as bad right now that i go ahead and have it, in the right eye, so that the left eye does not have to compensate. They told me that medicare would cover the surgery, he was very is persuasive, he sold it. In a statement the doctor said, our practice does not recommend treatment but offers Treatment Options and information for patients letting them decide which is best for them. Patients are encouraged to ask questions and seek additional opinions from other doctors. Surgery is the top surgery procedure that is billed to medicare after exams and tests. Its really the nature aging of the lens, this doctor served as the Eye Institute in stanford, he performs more than 4,000 eye surgeries. Records show he received a average of 222 per patient and 70,000 in medicare reimbursements in 2013. Ranking him in the 25th percentile nationally. We asked him when patients should consider surgery in. I think if people are reading and saying everything is great and they have a cataract and she should have it done, that would be a good case on get a second opinion. Next, we went to nguyen, her reimbursement total in 2013 ranks in the 95th percentile, compared to other eye doctors nationwide. She said i had cataract and it was mild and no surgery required. This doctor said she had glaucoma. She said, it looks like the nerve is weaker than another. Its a condition that causes nerve damage in the eye. No history of it in your family . No. No, nobody has it in my family. She said its going to require probably extensive testing and wanted to make sure i had my medicare card. So after three doctors visits, she has three different diagnosises, one that said her eye was fine and dry, and one that recommended cataract surgery in her right eye and one that recommended testing. For a final check, we took her to a Teaching Hospital with a renowned eye program. Where she was examined. He said tfit was not a catar acts, you do not have it and dont have glauoma. If you are not sure, get another opinion. Someone said it will be a lot easier to do the surgery now, instead of in five or ten years, its not true. 99 of the time, its not true. We reached out to the doctors and they declined to comment on the record. As for tina, the experiment was eyeopening. Im not saying that the doctors were liars, but i just think its important to question and get second and third opinions. She is right, its not always black and white, if you feel a doctor is recommending a surgery or test you do not need, see another doctor and we hapu we h link to our website and we break down the numbers here. So important to keep asking questions. Absolutely. Thank you, if you have a tip for vicki on this story or any other, we urge you to give us a call. 888996tips. Or you can send us a email directly. Well, coming up, free willie for real. Sea world makes a surprising announcement, the big change to its killer whale show that has active visists and fans applaud dozens of homeowners are beasked to chop down healthy trees by pg e, and the city is saying not so fast. Stuck in the rain. It was hard to catch a cab at the san jose airport today. Taxis were there but they stuck in the rain, it was hard to catch a cab, taxis were there, but they were not picking anybody up. Drivers were protesting favoritism with companies called uber, and lift. Cabbies have asked for years and their demands were ignored. Dont expect a Disney Alladin seesequel, a stipulation in williams will prevent the use of his voice recordings for 25 years after his death. The shamu show will end next year. Sea world will discontinue other shows and replace them with exhibits that feature the animals in a more natural setting. Beginning in 2017, protesters have lashed out, that will begin in 2017, excuse me. Protesters have lashed out toward sea world for years for olding t inin ining for holws captive. We got a good soaking today and we may get more. Looks like the next seven days hold promise of another storm system. Great news on the monday as we clean up from the storm this morning. Right now the skies are trying clear out. We are tracking a few showers left and we have an update on the sierra snow totals in a moment. Oclock nwscast. Two issues here. The hostage i want to get back to breaking news that we have been covering, two issues the hostage situation that we were told ended with two people dead. And the traffic along highway 85 at a near stand still at camden and 85, because of the investigation. These are live pictures from the scene. And our sources are telling us a Police Officer was grazed by a bullet. We will pass any new information along as it comes in. People along the peninsula may be asked to chop down their tree saying its a safety issue because of a pipeline and the city is saying hold on. It happening near Mitchell Park and jls middle school. Mitchell, thats a tough situation to put the homeowner in, between pge and the city. What do they do . Reporter the city is asking for more options to save dozens of trees. Im right here on a pipeline. It goes in to a backyard, many people wants to keep the trees but pg e said its a safety issue. Reporter cindy knew about the pipeline when she moved in. We are looking at areas above and around the pipeline. She was informed that her favorite tree in the backyard may have to come back down for safety reasons. The shade, great shade for my house. Reporter pg e said they will pay for the res to be removed and plant another one that is not directly over the pipeline. The company wide program that affects several cities will allow Emergency Personnel to access the line during an emergency. Like an earthquake. We need that access quickly and you know obstructed. On friday, this was posted on their website, urging homeowners to reject pg es tree removal contract and wait for other options. We would like to discuss with them what potential alternatives there could be on to tree removal, such as moving the pipeline or providing root barriers. Cindy is hoping that those options will meet the safety needs and help her to keep the tree. I just want it safe. Reporter pg e met with the city leaders to talk about the potential options. There will be a Community Meeting in a couple of weeks. Bay area news. All right, thank you, michelle. Lets turn it over to jeff, and it just kept rumbling. The thunder just kept going today, jeff. I know, it was great this morning to get the much needed rainfall. The lightning can be dangerous are. Those of us in the bay area are not too familiar with it. But if you hear it, you could get struck with light auto thing, so head indoors. Theres a few strikes and a Tornado Warning 30 minutes ago. That expired but heavy sacramento. Take it slow, and try to knock off speeding. It is a mess. If you are he haded highway 50. We are talking snow reports as low as 3,000 feet through portions of the sierra. You can see the snow will likely continue throughout the area. We will have more snow totals and lets go outside, to look at the chilly temperatures that are down to 54. East bay at 52, and check it out, north bay, 49 at the current moment. Tomorrow morning, we will have a stark change from what we dealt with this morning and thats the fact that any kind of rainfall will be gone. And look at the temperatures, averaging 37 degrees, down across the north bay. 39 for the east bay. And we will start off with 43 across the peninsula as well. We mention that sierra snow, let get the latest totals from the weather watcher, you can see, kirkwood, 13 to 24 inches with the storm system. That makes two storms in two weeks and totals that range anywhere from two to four feet, a great start up across the sierra. I wish it would stay this active in the next couple of days but it will not happen. As you get a look at the forecast, the trough of low pressure kicks off toward the east. That will allow the pressure to build in and bring us cool sunshine for tomorrow. We keep with the sunny weather through saturdays forecast and we are in for a quick change cold front approaches from sunday evening and we will get another round of rainfall. You can can see the Cool Temperatures we have been talking about. San jose, 63 degrees for your high. Sunny skies in cooper tino in 64. And mid 60s and for san francisco, we will have a mix of upper 50s and 60s. How about north bay, and east bay and the trivalley, walnut creek, lafayette, and lorinda, great weather. Back to oakland, 64, and across the trivalley, mid 60s. This up coming weekend, its a split bag. Saturdays forecast is below average. Sunny and also dry. And then by sundays forecast, temperatures are dropping down in to the 60s across the bay area and slight chance of some scattered showers by the evening. I really love coming to work, and opening up the forecast models and finding the chances of rain. This is amazing. Yes. It like christmas. These monday storms have been fun. Yeah. Thanks a lot. Kaepernick or gabbert. They looked better with gabbert and late today, a key announcement from the head coach. Sports are next. We still have to keep getting better, we have a lot of improvement to make. But a victory on sunday, a solid start for the qb, blaine gabbert. Forget the fact that it came against the leagues 24th ranked defense, the win earned gabbert another start. The coach made the decision late this afternoon and informed gabbert and kaepernick, gabbert completed 15 of 25 passes. Snapping a string of nine consecutive 49ers quarters without a td, here is more from santa clara. Reporter Blaine Gabberts passer rating sunday was the highest since 2012 and his 32 rushing yards was a career high. Others set records as well. We did a good job, did really good things with his feet and his arm and his brain. So, congratulations to him. But i thought across the board, offensively, everybody stepped it up, and whoever was playing quarterback was, we just had a great week of preparation and then, we translated it on the field on sunday and played well. The players have thursday through sunday off and the coaches have a handful of veteran players, bruce miller expects a handful of players to stay around the facility, he said its a time for them to get extra time in the weight room and work on the chemistry with the quarterback. Mindi bach, nbc bay area. Thank you, warriors center, andrew bogut rejoining the party. He has suffered from a broken nose and concussion like symptoms, he will be in the lineup. Finally hip hop icon, snoop dog g claims to be a raiders fan. He could not help sporting his steeler love, paying tribute to the steelers wide on out. Brown set a franchise are record for 17 catches and 284 yards in the 3835 win over the raiders. This that is kind of a lot of teams. It sure is. Thank you. Before we leave you, we want to get back to the breaking news in the south bay, sources saying that two people are dead and a Police Officer grazed by a bullet. Scott has been on the scene for several hours. What do we know right now . Well, raj, like you said, that is what the sources were telling us. With we were told it saturdayed here in the 4400 block of camden avenue. When a man with a gun took a woman hostage, we have not heard from the police department, so we are out here waiting for that. A lot of the streets here in the area have been shut down and because of that, ra traffic com down, has ban little slower than usual. Because so many streets have been locked down by the San Jose Police department. We will remain here through the evening. And my colleague is trying to lock down information and confirmation, she will be live with the latest. We are reporting live in san jose. All right, in the next couple of hours we will be following the store. Jeff, we saw most of the storms earlier today, theres still lingering storms but most will be gone at this point. A that is right. The heavier rainfall is in the sacramento valley. I think that is about it tonight, hit and miss shower and then we are done tomorrow morning, it is all about the colder start. And the south bay, at 43 overall, for tomorrow, we get sunshine back and its jacket weather through the afternoon. Sunny, 64, in the trivalley, 62 in san jose, and we will go up to 65, expected in the north bay. Of course, we have full coverage at nbc bay area. Com and click the weather tab and get all the weather you want. Have a great evening. Talk to you at 11 00, byebye. Donald trump. The ratings are in on snl. He said hed kill it. So how did he do . Weve got trumps first interview after the show. It was an amazing evening. Now on extra. You used to call me on the cell phone dancing donald doppelgangers and larry david. Trumps a racist how do you think you did tonight . The donalds scorecard on his snl performance. Two couples news shockers. Patrick dempsey Holding Hands with his ex in paris. Halle berry back with olivier . Plus, the big question Gavin Rossdale is asking today about gwen