ha >> he led the 49ers to victory this year but alex smith spent this day at another team's camp. more at stake than the shares career, the impact that tamara's sentencing could have in every official at city hall. a lot to change in a matter of minutes, the bay area parents who delivered their babies on highway 11. peyton manning might be the 49ers next order back but what about the man who led the team to the nfc championship? >> peyton manning is not expected to pick his team in tell the next couple of days but by then alex smith might have find a new home. after a meeting with the dolphins smith did not fly home, instead he checked into a hotel. the dolphins have reportedly offered smith a multi-year contract worth $8 million per season. smith told us that he and the 49ers were simply working out the details of a contract. now it is conceivable that they miss out on manning and smith. smith enjoyed his best season in 2011 leading the 49ers to a division title. last year's pick: cabinet would be the favorite to be the starting quarterback. >> an exciting several hours or a couple of days is >> i think it will happen sooner than later. >> san francisco sheriff faces sentencing and tonight there are questions about his future. >> life after sentencing won't be easy for the sheriff. city hall observers expect you'll be walking a political tightrope. a guilty plea for false imprisonment of his wife and domestic violence intervention classis. political science professor jason mcdaniel wonders if he can keep his job also >> , this is what they know and they will not forget that necessarily so people might remind them of that. it will not be easy for him. >> the mayor is considering suspending him before him official misconduct. he is troubled by a plea deal the d.a. gave the shares >> did they do this out of legal convenience or was there some actual determination made >> to remove him from office would require the ethics commission to go along and nine votes on the board of supervisors. the sheriff has friends there but domestic violence is on a comparable issue for the ones facing reelection. mcdaniel expects it might push him to resign >> i would be surprised if they're not having those, about persuading him to step down given the situation so that this becomes an issue that is off the table and they can move forward. i don't sense of loss of support amongst the populace for the sheer fright not even though he did win >> a domestic violence consortium of 17 groups have already pledged to recall drive. >> we're here today to address what we think and what the mayor thinks is a national embarrassment for the city >> the mayor is in a tough spot and his next move will be closely watched >> what he is facing right now are interest groups, advocacy groups who care what about the missing violence >> the sheriff has said all along he has no intention of resigning and insist that he can do the job. he did say he will make a public statement after sentencing tomorrow. we may know more about his future then >> may romney is celebrating a victory, rebounding from losing to primaries earlier this week. he won the pr primary by an overwhelming margin. he and rinks and gorham campaigned in future primary states today talking about the economy >> the senator has the same economic background the president has >> this is a primary process where somebody had a huge money advantage, a huge advantage of the establishment support and he has not been able to close the deal or come close to closing the deal >> illinois holds its primary on tuesday. with the win in pr but robnett picked up 20 more delegates. he now has twice as many as rick santorum. a candidate needs 1144 delegates to win the nomination. a snow skier was found dead this morning trapped under the snow near lake tahoe. other skiers found the man's body at this ski resort in the castle creek area. he was in an expert area when he fell into a deep hole created by and under flow of water. a car bomb exploded in northern syria today killing two people and injuring another 30. the attack comes on the one- year anniversary of the uprising against the syrian president. >> syrian state television blamed terrorists for today's suicide bombing. opposition leaders insist the government is to blame. either way, the attack is another sign of the relentless struggle between the regime of the president and the opposition. today residence of funerals for 27 people killed yesterday. the damascus deaths help him argue that his battle is against foreign terrorists conspiring to overthrow his government. >> from the moment he is hanging tough but with increasing overstretched forces he can hold on forward >> that >> this week protesters marked the one-year uprising with widespread demonstrations. it was in a southern city where government troops for a shot and killed protesters. the president's forces put an end to the uprising there only to see its forces come back more determined elsewhere. today the red cross said the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. officials are especially worried about the sick and injured in need of urgent medical help. >> in union square, syrian americans commemorated the first anniversary of the anti- government movement. the demonstrators reenacted portrayals of the crackdown. the un says more than 8000 people at and killed in the past year. the u.s. soldier killed, accused in a killing spree in afghanistan is set to meet his attorney. he is awaiting his first face- to-face meeting with his lawyer. it has been one week since the rampage that killed 16 villagers. >> in colombia south carolina, another four dozen troops say their goodbyes. after a brief training mission they're off to afghanistan. a battlefield suddenly more dangerous thanks to the alleged actions of a single soldier >> the relationship is wonderful and when these things happen it really sets back everything a great deal >> as polls showed american public losing patience with the war, today senator john mccain shot down calls for an early withdrawal. despite the fallout, the white house says the mission hasn't changed. >> this has been going on for too long >> this week afghan president hamid karzai demanded forces leave villages and returned to their bases and also that nato speed up its broad down until next year. >> it is by all means the end of the rope. >> leaving u.s. officials like general john allen, the top commander in afghanistan, at a loss >> today the afghan ambassador to the s tried to clarify saying that cars i was only expressing the concerns of his people remains committed to a strong alliance. >> down the road is a bumpy road to >> the exit date remains firm but the administration is still nailing down the logistics for leaving afghanistan. the massacre is reigniting the debate over how many troops should come home and how fast. >> we have all lot of the really good and a fair amount of the not so good. what is helping and hurting the bay area economy. >> they want us to pay for the improvements. who is planning to stop the plan of pg knee >> we will look for continued cool and unsettled weather through the rest of the week. spring officially begins tomorrow evening. i will have the forecast coming up next. >> like most of america, the bay area into a hit in the recession but things are looking up for one of the best economies in the world. >> welcome to the bay area. by itself, the 19th largest economy in the world >> the good news is that the economy in the bay area has recovered from the big recession and it has recovered very strongly >> the reasons for the recovery, international trade. air travel is up. tourists are back in big numbers and hotels are doing well. randolph says the real driver is innovation. >> that drives technology, biotechnology, social media, clean technology, and because of the innovative capacity, we're seeing tremendous growth >> from facebook to yelp seven of the top-10 social media companies are here but not everyone is in on the booming, especially blue-collar workers and the already unemployed. productivity means fewer workers are generating products and there is another downside. randolph says a crumbling infrastructure and a decade of cuts to higher education and schools is taking a toll. >> we need to find a way to invest in the base of human capital and physical capital or we may not be in the position we are in today. >> randolph says one way california could build infrastructure is private investment. he says there is one trillion dollars just waiting to be invested but after some problems, a financing method remains controversial. >> pg&e is planned to charge customers to fix pipelines is not sitting well. assemblyman jerry hill will purge the utilities commission to reject the plan moreau's hearing. it charges customers 90 percent of the cost >> what i want to see is fairness. a fair settlement. they should not profit from any of this. >> pg&e says the upgrade will meet new safety standards as required by the utilities commission. the winds that whipped the bay area day is dying down tonight. the strong gusts came on the tail of a storm system that drenched us. we did see the sun again but the weather is still cold and unsettled. the careful along the shoreline or you might get soaked like this couple. a high surf advisory has experience expired tonight but the swells are still big. the national weather service says some swells were up to 20 ft.. >> we did not expect such a big wave. we thought we would get a little bit of spray. >> we thought we would catch a little bit but then a big one came >> people on the shore line should still be wary of sneaker waves and strong currents. jim bernard is joining us now >> it was a little bit late in arriving but we did see some winter weather. low snow levels out there could leave a dusting of snow in the high country. as we look at radar we see few returns in the offshore waters and that is producing snow across mount hamilton today so we could see some out there tomorrow but basically the energy is winding down and moving off to the southeast and into the high country of the sierra. a three-6 ft. of snow this week in the high country. this was pretty much as forecast. look for the temperatures to chill out tonight as we continue breezy and cool with a slight chance of showers. it will be gone first thing in the morning as we continue the cool pattern. we will see some temperatures first thing in the morning near the freezing mark for the interior. there could be tattoo frost or we should warm into the mid '50s through the day as we see the moisture moving off to the east and south. we will hang on to the cloud cover tomorrow and the colder air mass which will be with us through the week. weak disturbances to our north and maybe it will brush the north bay but the slight chance of showers is now moving to the south and pretty much gone for the time being. mostly dry through the week. a glancing blow on a tuesday evening system. temperatures will remain on the cool side in the mid to upper 50s affair with a few low sixties in the south downey's. that is about as warm as we will be this week and that is 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. as we put it in the 7 day picture, a slight chance of showers tuesday into wednesday. these will be glancing blows sliding by mainly to the north. don't look for any big rainmakers like last week. >> new roles for older travelers. a select few who get to skip some federal rules. >> his head is down and he said get in the car, we will not have the baby >> they left their home as a couple had arrived at the hospital as a trio. >> alex smith has gone fishing. he is not going to wait for the 49ers. if he signs elsewhere, what are the options, especially if peyton manning does not come to the bay area? some upsets, a team that may have suffered the biggest loss of the day. the warriors' new center coming up on game day for after this newscast. >> a special group of travelers is getting a break from the tsa. beginning tomorrow passer 75 years or older will be allowed to wear shoes and white jackets as they go through security and they will also be able to skip pat downs. it is part of a test program that will only be an affect at four international airports. tsa says it will be expanded. a plan to speed up muni bus service is set to go into effect in three and half months. it means passengers with clipper cars can bored through the rear doors as well as the front to allow for greater reliability and entice more riders. if babies could talk this one would be captivated. the baby was born in the fast lane in its parents toyota. >> it feels like i'm talking about somebody else >> but it was 32 year-old emily campbell to did >> motherly instinct takes over >> she started feeling contractions and she and her husband headed to the hospital >> i started screaming and i said he is coming out and win said no, get in the car, we're not going to have a baby. >> it soon became a maternity ward on wheels. he never stopped on the trip, but thinking he had time because their first child amount. >> i thought she was talking about the head in the birth canal but no, but his head was out >> anne state took the exit off highway for the hospital it was outside the shopping center when they heard the baby's first cry >> fell into my pajama pants and he was not breathing so i scooped his mouth out and wrapped him up and patted his back until he started crying and he was fine >> i guess i was a field general, she said. that one way and i stood there >> there son has been in hospital since with a bruised head >> we got a little worried that than we realize that is what happens when your mom tries to keep you in >> he is expected home on wednesday to one day here of his debut >> i will never look at riding shotgun in my car ever the same again >> eyewitness news >> in east bay hospital once in danger of shutting down has new life thanks to alameda county and another hospital. st. rose hospital in hayward is receiving $12 million to stay open. the county is also making a former catholic institution in a public facility. it treats the largest number of uninsured people in alameda county. tomorrow we will find out how apple plans to spend $100 billion. it has about that much in its cash reserves. apple executives will share how they will spend that money tomorrow morning at 6. we will be right back.