officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
And 8 00 a. M. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 3 00 tomorrow morning for all of the north bay, especially the barn scar areas. A look at how things are shaping up tonight and tomorrow in a few minutes. Dan. One month after the forth bay wildfires people are bracing for possible flooding. Some suers melted during the fires blocking storm drains. The city has hired crews to senn remotes into its either completely burned away the pipe in its fieldsobrieentirety or it hasnt burned and collapsed on itself. A Flash Flood Watch is in for north bay tonight. Santa rosa is urging people to sign up for alert. Text your zip code to 888777 for immediate notification from authorities. Laura anthony live in one neighborhood hit hard by the fires. Napa civics community. Reporter it started raining here the last few minutes or so. Napa county nonetheless has activated their Emergency Operation center. They did that this afternoon. They say partially and only as a precaution in case theres issues
This is the first time this season weve had a storm ranking 3 on the impact scale. So far today the north bay has seen the worst. We have Live Team Coverage spread out across the bay area. First, christian spencer. That storm is strong right now. Live dpop pler 7 you can see the rain is covering much of the north bay. It is rather heavy. As we close in we can see the rain moving in there marine county over to napa county. The orange and red colors there, moving north of Sonoma County toward the napa area, east of fairfield. Its a strong storm and it will be with us tonight and tomorrow morning producing anywhere from 1 inch to 2. 5 inhes for most of the bay year area. 2 to 4 inches in the hills. Heaviest of the rain will be in the north bay until midnight. Moving into San Francisco and oakland later tonight in the Early Morning hours. Into the south bay between 2 00 and 8 00 a. M. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 3 00 tomorrow morning for all of the north bay, especially the barn
Lets bring in jeff ranieri whos tracking whats happening with the storm. The heaviest rain fall is now starting to arrive in marine, napa and sonoma county. The red is heavy downpours. Its good enough to give us potentially localized street flooding near some of the drains, gutters, may start mud slides in the fire zones. Its tracking off to the north and east. I want to take you more to the south. Were going to continue to see things pick up here in mill valley by 11 2032, san rafael by 11 31. Our Flash Flood Watch continues into 3 00 a. M. , with the mud slide in the north bay wildfires zone. Lets get you into the radar, things pick up here from the heavier rainfall off sore that continues into daily city by 11 18. San francisco by 11 30. Whats after 11 00 tonight . Were going to see the heavier rainfall start in the east bay by 3 00 a. M. , south bay rain looks nasty for the morning commute at 6 00 a. M. Ill have a look further at 11 20 tonight. It could be a long night for people i
Escaped. Schools shut down, residents on edge after the prisoners found a way to get out through the ceiling. How could this happen . All that plus team turmoil. Olympic Gymnastics Teammates battle each other online after gabbi douglas criticizes aly raisman for a post with her clothing choices. Why your thanksgiving shopping bill could be a lot lower this year. Serena williams ties the knot. We have all the behind the scene detail. Today. Saturday, november 18th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Craig melvin here. So is dylan drier. Youre growing a little chin strap. No shave november. Im taking it seriously. A big congrats to serena and her new husband. He co founded reddit. Now he is mr. Serena williams. They just had a baby girl. More of those coming up in a bit. A busy morning ahead. Lets start with the breaking news overnight. President trump an