That president carter gave in naming a building in texas after congressman brooks. In one of the things that the president said at the time was he is a new president , thought well if i just have one congressman that disagrees with me, i am the president of the united states. That is no big deal. And they found out that that one congressman was jack brooks. [laughter]. And that was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. Pleasedspecially tonight to ask congressman jack brooks son, jeff and his work in hethe financial industry and all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank until one and rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities and then he is currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund. And he is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided wonderful reception for nus tonight
The news at 11 00 starts right now. A cold, wet night across the bay area. Most of the storm has passed but the wet weather is far from over. The storm brought with it rain, wind, hail, and snow. This is what it looked like in San Francisco just a few hours ago. Bits of ice collecting on cars. And always beautiful to see the occasional snowstorm here in the bay area. Our nbc bay area sky ranger down below. Those are cows grazing on the blankets of snow. Tonight, thinging are quieting down just a bit. This is a live look over San Francisco and san jose. Lets start with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri who has been tracking the storm. What happens now . Most of that storm system has moved off towards the south. Pretty good punch here in a short amount of time, san jose close to half inch. A close view of storm ranger mobile popular radar. First location is in the east bay with the showers headed off toward diablo by 11 33. Rain in woodside headed to palo alto. And in the south bay, showe
Coming up on the onramp north of there is where the crash blocks all lanes of northbound 17 and this is a problem coming out of the santa cruz mountains. On the maps, kris sanchez is there getting more information and north 17 is fine out of the summit and highway 85 approaching hamilton. That is where the freeway is closed. You have to use baskom or winchester and meridian will take you toward the area and slowing on 280 and more folks skr jumping in. Keep that in mind. And keep your waze on for the closure. The south bay and the bay moving well. I have little bits showing up on the radar but calmer this morning. Much calmer this morning. A big storm coming in in the near term and the rain during the overnight hours starting to taper off and of moving out of the bay area. So we are going to see mostly clear skies. Very cold temperatures behind that front that moves through yesterday. Looking at san jose and the trend for the rest of the day, temperatures dipping into the upper 30s and
It is about to be loaded up and taken away. So for the time being, one lane of traffic northbound on highway 17 is open. The rest of the lanes are still closed. We have heard reports of drivers going through the where they are not supposed to. Be aware if you do that you put yourself in danger and Law Enforcement in danger and because the freeway is closed because they are trying to clear the scene. This all happened around 3 15, 3 30 this morning. But, again, one more instance of somebody getting on to the freeway going in the wrong direction. We dont know why. At this point chp telling us they dont believe that alcohol or drugs were a factor. So we dont know, again, where this driver got on in the wrong direction in the first place. We will let you know. Were in communication with mike inouye to make sure you know when the roadway is open and your commute could get back to normal. In campbell, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Tragic start to the day there. Lets check in with mike now.
Wrong way on a wrong side of the freeway. Think about that as you are driving on the roads this morning. Five miles potentially. The rest of the bay showing a nice smooth drive out of the trivalley. No major problems. Late traffic flow including at the bay bridge toll plaza so that is your friday treat right now. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Looking good. All right. A deluge of rain yesterday. Dry but cold this morning. It is dry and cold but yesterday was crazy, wasnt it. We had snow and hail and heavy rain and lightning and all of that. So now we have a quiet morning. But it is very chilly. Lets get a look at current temperatures right now. And we have some mid to upper 30s around the bay area as you head out on this friday morning. Stepping out of the door in concord, we have upper 30s for you and there will be peaks of sunshine as we reach the lower 50s. Todays High Temperature reaching into the mid50s for some areas like santa rosa, but most of us in the lower 50s. And were getting