The bay bridge toll plaza. We have team coverage. Jeff is tracking the rain and has an el nino update. We begin with Michelle Roberts in the sierra. What a difference in the snow pack where youre standing. Yeah, exactly. Im standing on about five feet of snow, thankfully, im not falling all the way down, but the fluffy white snow is great news. Scientists warn its not everything. We still have a long way to go. This is the scene. Hundreds of people enjoying the snowy weather. The last time i skied, there was ice. 6yearold declin may not understand the drought or what el nino is all about, but the conditions on the slopes at sierra at tahoe, he can tell you all about. Its kind of smooth and bumpy. So in other words conditions are great. You cant ask for a better day. Even the scientists agree the snow season is starting off strong. Water content is whats important. Frank with the states Snow Survey Program measured the snow pack in the sierras for the first time this winter. The result,
Thank you for those new details. Happening now, shes headed home. It appears the road war between the chp and a stubborn seal is over tonight. For more than 24 hours. Officers pushed, pulled, and urged that stubborn seal in hopes of keeping her off the highway in the north bay. Tonight, shes finally on her way to safer waters. Mark matthews joins us live along highway 37 with how this battle of the wills finally came to an end. It took 15 people to drag the elephant seal from the field that you see behind me to a lift gated truck. Were talking about a very big animal that pretty much had her way for the past couple days. This was the end of the line for the wayward elephant seal, sedated and lolled in a tarp to a waiting renting truck. Shes now on her way to the coast near point reyes. Yesterday, the elephant seal scootched out of the bay and onto highway 37, stopping traffic in both directions. Oh, no. Today, the road was clogged again, this time with folks who just wanted to catch a
Today, saturday, january 23rd 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today blizzard 2016. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Hardy souls. Im alongside Sheinelle Jones and al roker. We have dylan dreyer out in the field along with our meteorologists. This is all of the effected states and those under a blizzard warning. The warning from virginia to southern connecticut. Already so much going on. Lets get the latest on the storm. The snow is falling fast. 1 to 3 inches per hour. Already washington, d. C. Has more than a foot of snow on the ground. They are expected to get more than 2 feet. Philadelphia 9 inches already. They are expecting up to 2 feet as well. Here in new york, we are now expecting more snow than originally predicted. At least 3 inches at this hour but up to a foot or more we are told when it is all over. The storm has life threatening blizzard conditions. A storm this big has not been seen in washington, d. C.
Public would be safe . Metal detectors are being installed at check points where fans will enter on super bowl saturday. But security is still up in the air. Thats still a work in progress. Why is it still a work in progress less than two weeks away . Because its not my call. If it was my call, we would have restricted air space right now. The air space will be restricted on game day only, but with an exception of a police ban on drones, football from the city will be unguarded from the air for a full week before that. Today people walk through the area easily, but by saturday bags will be restricted to 18 inches by 18 inches and there will be magtometers. The group comes in one at a time and assembles inside super bowl city, will they be kicked out . Well have contingency plans inside super bowl city. Obviously there is no designated area inside the event. Reporter that means protestors may be directed outside super bowl city. Police will patrol areas around bait, at least those aroun
City. The homeless say police have made it clear move away from the event immediately. Its fun to move, but the thing is when they want us to move, they want us to move right there and then. This group is calling on the mayor to provide shelters, no comment yet on the issue from the mayors office. And as we get close torte big game, the crowds are growing. So is the traffic. Nbc bay areas anthony slaughter is here helping drivers navigate around the street closures. Were in the heart of rush hour. The bottom line, the closer you get to the actual super bowl city closed off here in the purple, just keep in mind thats where youre going to find more traffic. Were finding that folks are using first street to try to get around that thats your first opportunity to get on to the bay bridge. Your next opportunity comes at sixth street. You can see the red shows stopandgo traffic. Bottom line if youre headed here, the best alternative is to use the b. A. R. T. To guest get here east from millbr