3 happy new year 3jaauaryy1st, 2013. 3 2013 is offiiially here. And includiig the leglizatioo of same sex marriage here in mryl. Maryland. The mayor was on handd to perform the first same sex marriage ceremony when the clock struck midnight. Midnighttthere you go ou may kissladies and gentlemen i am honored to present. Marriige partners for ife life james scales and Willlam Tasker were the first same sex coupll o be legally married in baltimore. Scales says that he can hardly believe that he is finnlly years. 02 13 16 weve had good times forward to what comes next and its partner for tte rest f our lii. Lives. Scaaes has wookee or the Baltimore Mayors Office for 25 years. Samesex couples in maryland have been able to get marriage licenses since ecember 6th buu they did not take effect until today. Nine states aaddthe district of cooumbia have leealized samesex marriage. 3 a fiscal cliif deal. Heads senate overwhelming approoedda 3 last minute package that era tax cuts in pllce for sh 4
Seth a new state record for runoff with more than 3 million votes already cast. And more than 75,000 georgians who didnt vote in the general election registered before the Senate Runoffs with more than half of them under the age of 35. Now, we dont know who they voted for, but the highest turnout rates so far are coming from areas that tend to favor democrats, and while the whole world loves it when youre in the news, some in the world love it when you sing the blues. Republicans and conservative groups continue to push these baseless lawsuits trying to suppress the vote ahead of tuesdays elections including this texasbased organization true the vote which is working with georgia residents to challenge the eligibility of more than 364,000 georgia voters, and donald trump continuing with his baseless Election Fraud complaints. Hes claiming the georgia ballots are invalid. Hes possibly doing more harm than good where early voter turnout has really been kind of low. So Vice President Kama
Background checks and how to create a state of emergency. And so for me, i support any tool necessary that i can give my police chief, whether its curfews, more police officers, call in u. S. Marshals if i have to. But we have to reestablish order in oakland and discipline. And we are back here live where the police chief, mayor and City Council Members will be out here around 12 45 to discuss their anti violence plan. There were 131 homicides in oakland last year. So far, six this year. Reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. All right, christie, thank you very much. We can tell you, the bay area woke up to nothing short of a frigid morning, temperatures well below the freezing mark. And one of the coldest spots, palo alto, temperatures in the 20s. Frost covering cars parked on the street. The grass also had ice on it as well. That cold snap, yes, posing a threat to crops in the central valley. But a spokesperson we spoke to says those Citrus Growers out there be
We do have reports that thousands of people have blocked a bus at 7th and market. The driver was trapped, but we hear he is now okay. We also are hearing that police in towns are trying to get cars out of harms way. No reports of any injuries, thats the good news. Well bring in sports director with all the highlights. It never gets old. This fourgame sweep stunned the baseball world by silencing the detroit line up with some of the most dominating pitching ever witnessed in the classics. Big daddy matt cain, the heart and soul got the calling in game four. In the 6th inning, delmon young flapped one up and out, tying the game at 3. It stayed that way to the soth after a move to move them over. Delivering the twoout knock to give the giants the 43 lead. They took it to the bottom of the 10th, giving the ball to the closer, sergio romo. And the giants have won it all 43 is the final. The giants finished the season by winning seven straight games and their second World Championship in thr
In Sonoma County roads turn into rivers. Cars up to the wheel well in water. What a mess in San Francisco. Especially if you are the owner of that car. Huge tree crashed on top of it. The owner had just bought it. And in oakland during the storm just one of many accidents on slick roads. Good evening everyone im carolyn johnson. Dan is off tonight. Showers this evening but still one more big storm we have to contend w. Lets get right to sandy tracking it all open live doppler 7 hd. Live doppler 7 hd we see the rainfall intensity picking up again so show you where the showers are. First we go to the north bay where they have been coming in and just redeveloping very quickly. I take you down to street level here around guerneville and Russian River to forgetville. River road Sweetwater Springs road we get some moderate to heavy rainfall right now and as we pan around to other parts of the bay area you can see here glen ellen warm springs road we have some showers out towards napa road. C