Agenda in washington. Reporter it was a sweep for republicans when you look at the map. You see them turning red. That number, it can only increase, as three races in virginia, louisiana, and alaska, the yellow states here, are still undecided. Now republican Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky, is expected to become the new Senate Majority leader. Today, he and the president talked about the new political landscape, and their efforts to try to Work Together to get things done. [ music ] reporter colorado, arkansas, north carolina. We have swept this nation with a compelling Senate Majority. Reporter the republican tide rolls across the nation, giving the gop control of both houses of congress. Today, the president said he got the message, and vowed to find Common Ground with republicans. Im eager to work with the new congress to make the next two years as productive as possible. Reporter he also cautioned that cooperation will have its limits. Congress will pass some bills i cannot sign. Im p
To is the napa earthquake, which damaged the schools heating system, and since then they have been conducting repairs on that system, which is naturally cast fed, and as they were going around room to room today checking on that construction and the gas, there was an explosion in the photo lab. There was no students present. In fact, the lab is not being currently used by the school. It is one of the buildings that is furthest from the center of the campus, and as i say, they were walking room to room to check on the gas feed and the heating system when this explosion happened. They are still trying to determine what it was that set off the explosion, but presumably, it was caused by a fault in the gas line. Serious burns to that one district employee. And no students present. No students injured. I understand that they were evacuating the students at first to the student stadium, but im looking at it now and thats cleared, so i think classes have resumed. Thats the latest. All right.
And flying high. Im flying the much anticipated peter pan live soars into prime time but did it fly with those armchair critics today friday, december 5, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Matts got the morning off. I was up late watching peter pan. Allison williams very good. The dog could win the emmy. Christopher walken fantastic as hook. Dancing pirates. Amazing. They pulled it off. Well get the latest on peter pan. Our top story of course the demonstrations and they are expanding coast to coast now over the grand jury decision not to indict a new York City Police officer in the death of eric garner. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is at Brooklyn Bridge. Protests erupt forward a second night. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. You said earlier the protests bigger, more organized and more disruptive, at the Brooklyn Bridge. More than 200 people were arrested last n
Glitches, particularly the bart extension to san jose. Where a lot of folks there say they are not quite getting what they asked for. Security questions at a san jose airport after several Security Breaches including one just last weekend when talking jobs tech gets a lot of attention in the bay area. But what about manufacturers . We look at a new push from the city to make sure the Manufacturing Industry doesnt get deleted from the San Francisco economy. Its going to rain again today similar to what we saw yesterday but more heavy downpours today. A live look now at the Golden Gate Bridge. Its dry right now but about to get dumped on. Not only those periods of red heavy rain but some lightning strikes right now hanging off the coast. So were going to see some very wet weather in San Francisco. San francisco, san mateo the last halfhour, moving inland. Periods of rain today, possible thunderstorms, showers this afternoon. Breezy at times and more wet weather ahead. Well look closer at
Get away with victimizing citizens and that there is accountability for Police Officers at least in San Francisco today. Reporter both were acquitted on several counts. The jury deadlocked on a theft charge. Sentencing is february. Thank you, sharon. The police chief says he is going to ask for the Police Officers to be fired immediately. They could also lose their pensions. Another round of rain in the bay area as we speak. Water droplets covered our roof camera a little earlier. This is dublin. Look under that streetlight you can see how hard its coming downright now. Chief meteorologist paul deanno with what we can expect. Reporter the only thing better than watching Championship High School friday night football is in the rain. In the past three or four minutes the rain picked up in intensity. A steady rainfall as we get ready for a sectional championship game between Clayton Valley charter and concord high school. Take a look at kpix 5 hidef doppler. Where is that heaviest rainfal