Im sam brock. A massive traffic jam as crews try to clean up a paint spill. Mike inouye is tracking that backup for us. Where do things stand . Were looking towards a madge klee appearing slow down. Because of a paint spill all the way across westbound 80. This is westbound 80. The paint spill is just past the on ramp. Folks are forced off the freeway there. We had the right lanes building slowly and now spilled in across this part of the span. Look from our emoryville camera and it is jammed up between Treasure Island and the westbound direction, these folks if they havent heard on the radio or right here by the time they get there, unsuspecting. Now, as we look at your map, showing the closure right there in San Francisco and were told about two hours so they can clear that paint. So just after 6 00 is when were looking at that opening. Your options, the one to the North Richmond san rafael bridge and the san mateo bridge much more likely. We will track the changes and the updates as we get more from San Francisco, im sorry, the San Francisco road crews as well as chp. Kari, paint on the road and then later on well have a little rain. Well see that rain moving on later on this morning. As for now, its dry as you head out the door. But we are tracking it as we look at the radar and satellite. Heavy downpours into northwestern california and that is moving into the bay area as we go through the day. Now, 48 degrees in the north bay, while the south bay is at 43 degrees and highs today topping out in the upper 50s, once again. The difference will be wet weather moving in by the noon hour and the evening commute. Ill give you a better idea of the timing and what you can expect coming up for the weekend. Thats in just a few minutes. Sam and laura . Thank you very much. Serious accusations against a young bay area man. Federal agents say he was traveling out of the u. S. To help terrorists. We spoke exclusively with an attorney who said they have it all wrong. A federal grand jury accusing adam shafi. He booked a oneway ticket to istanbul, turkey. It also claims his father was concerned and concerned enough that his son may have been following extreme imans online. His attorney said his client is innocent. This is a case, unfortunately, in which an act of humanitarian aid is being interpreted as one with terrorist intent and its just not there. Shafi graduated from Mission San Jose high school back in 2011. His family released a statement saying their son works with the homeless and less fortunate across the bay area. 4 33 right now. Happening today, president obama will meet with families of the victims of the Terrorists Attack in San Bernardino. This as the friend of the terror couple accused of conspiring to give support to jihadists. Tracie potts has more on the investigation. Reporter later today president and mrs. Obama meet privately with families from the San Bernardino attacks. The government filed charges against marquez, the man who bought two of the four guns used. Hes charged with helping farook. They do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. Reporter but lawmakers arent satisfied. The Administration Knows who is crossing our borders. You can see why were scared to death that this administration and the state department is not protecting the american people. Reporter San BernardinoTashfeen Malik was allowed in even after talking about jihad. They made the wrong call. Untangling the motivations which particular terrorist propaganda motivated in what way remains a challenge in these investigations. Reporter the fbi is trying to figure out what the shooters were doing in the hours after the attack before they were killed. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. At 35. Happening today at all three major bay area airports as it makes its final descent now. Until today sjc only allowed and with uberx riders will have to pay a surcharge for any airport pickups. There is no surchrnlg for uber fares that begin off site. They will have designated areas for pickup. They begin today at noon just in time for the holiday travel. The timing is very convenient there. Thats the good thing for travelers. You might be encountering some rain, though, if you get an early start on your holiday. Lets check in and find out whats going on with kari. A lot of rain from this afternoon to the next few days. It seems like at this point it is all going down hill as far as the traveling and the delays. But we really do need this rain, once again, as it continues to move into ucia well see it move into the north bay as we go later into the morning and farther to the south throughout the day. This system moving from north to south. Well see that moving into about the santa rosa area around lunchtime and then San Francisco early afternoon and the east bay will see that right around 3 00 or 4 00. Now, this could impact the evening commute as we head into the south bay. This morning its now in the upper 30s and not as cool as weve seen and taking it hour by hour in oakland. Well have sunshine to start but, once again, rain later on today and a look ahead to the weekend, thats coming up. Lets get an update now from mike. This is worse paint Still Closing the freeway. Flashing light just west of the fremont off ramp. They are forcing everyone off of that bay bridge. One of the first ones in San Francisco and look at our camera on the span from the city itself and traffic is jammed and going west into the city. All lanes just completely full. Just after you get past Treasure Island is when that starts. 6 30 when the paint is cleared up and then clear up whatever they use to clean up that paint so it will be a big, big problem and its already jamming from Treasure Island. The bay bridge toll plaza doesnt have a big backup but avoid that. B. A. R. T. No delays for the service right now and thats a great avenue to or from the city and san mateo and Richmond San Rafael bridges. Weri were tracking this. Thank you very much, mike. Well be right back with more news. We need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. My names Scott Strenfel and im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. So every single day were monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. During storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. Learn how you can be prepared at pge. Com beprepared. Together, were building a better california. Exclusive laura 2shot action prompted by one of our reports. A man acced now to an Investigative Unit exclusive. Action prompted by one of our reports. The man accused of stealing his brothers medical identity is now in custody in Santa Clara County after authorities found him in washington state. Investigative reporter vicki nguyen first brought us the story. Ronnie bogle, his brother, gary, is facing up to nine years in pris prison. Faced his brother in a Santa Clara County court for the first time in 20 years. We first introduced you to ronnie in march. His brother was using his name, Social Security number and insurance for medical treatment throughout the country in States Ronnie has never even visited. Gary racked up thousands of dollars in bills and even criminal arrest. All in ronnies name. We tracked down gary bogle. He declined to comment for our story. Medical Identity Theft can threaten your life if a thief Health Records get mixed up with yours. Review your medical bills and immediately call your Insurance Company physical you see any suspicious charges. You can see our full report right now on nbcbayarea. Com including more tips on how to protect yourself. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, give us a call or send us an email to theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Coming up, we all know it. Early reviews from the new star wars movie paints a picture of perfection for movie goers. Coming up on 4 45. It is a busy, busy morning for 4 45. We have rain coming, as well. Big traffic mess on the bay. Big problem for the bay bridge, exactly. You need to leave out early and before you combat the traffic, you want to grab the umbrella before you head out because well have some rain moving in as we go through the day. May not be raining now where you are. Lets take a live look outside in san jose as we start out with clear skies and not as cold as weve seen through the week because another storm system will be approaching and a while before it makes it to the south bay. Most of the day will be mostly dry and looking farther to the north, we do have some of the showers moving into far Northern California and that will continue to progress into the bay area as we go through the day moving from north to south. So, that rain will pretty much give us all pretty good soaking before we get the weekend really under way. Its now 46 degrees in oakland and san carlos 45 degrees and 48 degrees in santa rosa and fairly mild start to the day. Look at how much we get already by noon and up to 0. 3 and then it starts to move into santa rosa and then by early afternoon. Into San Francisco and parts of the peninsula. This could impact the evening commute. So, a lot of impact as we go into the weekend with not only some of those showers moving through, but well see that off and on. Highs today in the mid up toer 50s. Rain off and on and, again, most of that wont make it into the east and south bay until later on today and then heading into the weekend another round of rain moving in. Looks like as we see that rolling through the bay area tonight, there still could be lingering showers during the Early Morning hours. We will catch a break tomorrow. With the slight chance of a quick passing shower, but most of tomorrow is looking better. And then sunday another system moves in. So, the potential of rainfall throughout the weekend. It looks like we could have over 2. 5 or close to 2. 5 inches for the far north bay and then the San Francisco, at least 0. 5 and then San Francisco 0. 25. The rain getting less and less as you head farther to the south. Some muchneeded rain, once again. Look athead the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Lets get an update now from mike. The big issue of the morning and only affects folks traveling across the bay bridge and the problem will ripple back around the bay. These folks if they havent heard from here earlier or on the radio, they think things are operating just fine across the span. Avoid the bay bridge, if you can, over on the city side, we have the cal tran web camthe traffic is being diverted off the freeway. Sometimes the camera dies. It is a web cam. We have the traffic stopped getting off the bay bridge. Few folks getting off the fremont off ramp and everybody has to get there because a paint spill across the freeway right around harrison or before you get there. As we look at your map, that causes a big jamp over there and the Richmond San Rafael. Wow, such a busy one out there. Thank you very much. Forget drones. Amazon looking into jets for its own air delivery service. Can you land that on your lawn . Well find out for that and the rest of the news before the bell, we join landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. Hey, sam and laura. Happy friday to you both. Stocks sharply on thursday a day after the feds decision to raise rates. The futures are lower ahead of the opening bell and following oil prices way on the energy sector. The most dropping to levels not seen in nearly seven years. The dow tumbling to 17496 and the nasdaq losing. Volkswagen is creating an independent claims program for owners of nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles affected by the companys emissions. Ken fineburg to oversee the program. The bp oil spill and gms ignition switch crashes and recall. Amazon wants to cut out the middle man. Reports say the online retailer is in talk s boeing cargo jets. Avoid a repeat of the 2013 when a surge overwhelmed u. P. S. Leaving many people to get christmas dates several days late and offer customers a 20 gift card. Sam and laura, back over to you. You want something done the right way . Do it yourself. 4 49 right now. Huge celebration overseas for the release of the new star wars film. Spectacular shows and special performances in the global phenomenon. Star wars hit the big screens yesterday bringing back characters. Movie goers can call this a force not seen in quite some time. The new star wars movie that fans waited a long time to see. That last time was a long wait in line to watch the first local showing of the force awakens. Many waited hours and even before walking in they were giddy with excitement. Being nauseous to your stomach because you cant wait and finally its here. This is great. This is the experience weve been waiting for. No spoilers here but on the way out most fans seem pretty satisfied with what theyve seen. The Box Office Take yesterday alone will reach about 60 million. Thats before your average met roplex is offering about 20 or 30 showings per day. Practically a National Holiday yesterday for people to get dressed up and go to the theater. Coming up next, the sudden death of a man about to donate a kidney sending a Ripple Effect to thousands waiting for that lifesaving transplant. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Some snow, it would look like from the appearances of that dprafic behind you, kari. Some people want to go to the sierra to get some skiing in and get a christmas feel with some snow. Here is some additional snowfall. It will be falling as we go through the weekend and were looking at up to 14 inches at dwin bridges and 17 inches at bayer valley. It may be a little hazardous to travel there. Youre staying at home, it will be a wet off and on. Some showers and highs reaching to the upper 50s to lower 60s turning cooler by sunday. Well have another look at the forecast coming up. Lets see whats happening with that slow down with mike. Kari, its slower. Slower still. As we get over here, you see the traffic up the incline. Ill show you that in a second. This is westbound just after Treasure Island to San Francisco and that upper deck at that point is jammed because all traffic is forced off at the fremont off ramp. Thats the first one. Only two lanes. All that traffic was forced off to two lanes. This traffic moving smoothly and then you see the taillights jam up into the city. A look at the map. B. A. R. T. , a great option for you. The rest of the roadways to the north. The Richmond San Rafael bridge and south to san mateo bridge. Sounds like 6 30 before they plan to reopen those lanes getting over the bay bridge and into San Francisco. The bridge, itself, does remain open. Well ekekeep checking back h you. Threw another obstacles at the proposal. The suit says the ucsf chancellor overstepped his authority by giving away valuable Property Rights that belongs to all californians. The new Warriors Arena is set to be located on third street, a block away from ucsf medical center. The project has faced issues from the state. With opponents saying it would create dangerous traffic for people trying to get to the hospital during an emergency. It is scheduled to be ready for the 2018 season. The sudden death of a kidney donor at ucsf could mean longer waits for thousands of patients in need of a kidney. The hospital voluntarily suspended all Living Kidney Donor surgeries. Well that death is under investigation. A 20yearold man was scheduled for a lifesaving kidney transplant later today. His donor is his former assistant principal from Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Francisco. Those plans have been canceled, but the pair is not giving up hope. It doesnt scare me. It just really doesnt. And i feel like its meant to be, its meant to be. All these steps along the way seem like it was meant to be. So, lets just keep going. Well, the kidney donation now scheduled for tuesday. The donor will have surgery at a different hospital and her kidney will be delivered to circumstance ucsf. Saying thank you with a tasty beverage. Thats how one south Bay Community is showing its appreciation for those who serve and protect. In morgan hill, people are donating money for starbucks gift cards. Any time a police officer, firefighter or First Responder orders a drink, the gift card is swiped and that drink is free. More than 1,400 has been placed on cards at starbucks around the neighborhood. Our First Responders have been there and taken care of business and our community is constantly telling them thank you. This is just a little way to reach out and do it one step more and say thank you. Heres a cup of coffee on me. The cool thing is that it continues. People can donate anywhere from 5 to 200. They probably deserve two cups of Starbucks Coffee or more. Up next, an update to breaking news. A paint spill causing a major backup on the bay bridge. Things have slowed to a halt. Mike inouye is going to explain for us. Plus a bay area man trying to help terrorists. His Attorney Says the feds have it all wrong. Got a tip for nbc bay areas Investigative Unit . Call 1888996tips or email theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area, we investigate. Uberx now allowed at bay area. A terror investigation in our own backyard. The serious allegations against a bay area man and why the feds have it all wrong. Traffic snarled right now on the bay bridge. This as crews try to clean up a messy situation. Today in the bay starts right now. And a good friday morning. Thank you for joining us. Im sam brock. Im laura garciacannon. We want to get to mike inouye tracking that jam from the paint spill. The bestbound direction causing them to close it just past that fremont street off ramp. This would be the freeway normally packed with cars. Your first San Francisco exit are jammed. Now, all that traffic forcing down into two lanes. That is enough of a backup and folks on the city streets having to find their way above the city. Treasure lights and all the way across into San Francisco. The better portion of this is because the lower deck cant see whats going on. Not the spectator slowing as a result. Your map shows you its slow from Treasure Island to San Francisco but unsuspecting folks who havent seen this report. Avoid that bay bridge, if you can. Take bridge and the Richmond San Rafael bridge or the san mateo bridge where we take a live look because 6 30 is when they hope to have the lanes reopened. As we know with bay area traffic that Ripple Effect. Something that happens at the bay bridge ripples out to the rest of the community amming over from the east bay. Well follow this and our weather which is all tied to everything, as well, kar ay. The alert for the morning commute and i have the alert for the evening