Lanes. Chp was on the way to clear that out. The slick roadways are cause ziing issues. Picking up rain in the south bay. That means the crash along northbound 101 at capitol expressway is showing that slow lane is blocked. No updates as far as that goes. Im not picking up major delays on my speed sensor. Traffic is building, but hopefully as soon as the rain moves out, it makes for better driving conditions. Back to you. Thanks. 5 01. The other top story, a live look at washington after a very busy night for senators. The senate voted along party lines to pass a sweeping tax reform bill. Its a bill win for republicans and the president. Today in the bays ed lawrence is live in washington with whats next for the bill. Good morning, edward. Reporter good morning, marcus. This is supposed to be easy to get through the house of representatives. Now, the republicans have to make another vote in the house today. The tax plan did pass the senate. On this vote, the yes reporter the Vice President presided over the vote. The tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Reporter Vice President , mike pence, didnt have to cast the deciding vote. No democrats voted for the bill. After eight years of slow growth and under performance, we are ready to take off. Reporter they say families will not win under this tax plan. It is dramatically opposite of what america needs. There is no reason for a single middle class family to pay more while every Single Corporation pays less. When you conduct your business behind closed doors, not only do you end up with legislation that represents the needs of the billionaire class, but you also make a number of mistakes. Reporter in the house, an embarrassment, members have to revote because of procedural issues. Parts of the bill did not meet house rules. The revised bill set to be on the president s desk later today. This is a great example of a promise being made and a promise being kept. Reporter they can turn to another challenge of avoiding a government shut down. The federal government runs out of monoon friday. Lawmakers are very concerned. Theres no longterm deal on the table as congress has been focused on the tax bill. Live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you. Thank you. 5 03. An overnight fire at a south bay homeless encampment. This is video just into the news room. The crews said the fires extended up into the trees. The fire started around 1 00 in the morning near campable south of 280. Authorities say they did not find anyone there at the homeless encampment. Authorities in the north bay are investigating a Police Shooting that sent a man to the hospital. It happened around 8 00 last night on san clemente drive, east of highway 101. The Central Marin Police say officers were called about the missing at risk man. Shortly after officers arrived, the man returned home. Police say he was harmed and making gestures toward his waistband. The man who was shot is not suffering life threatening injuries. A dangerous light show in oakland. California Highway Patrol officers say someone aimed a laser at airplanes. This is after lasers were used at a side show over the weekend. Aviation expects say it caused a potentially dangerous situation during this busy air travel season. Extremely essentialtive to light. They havent seen light. Its like walking from a darkroom to getting a flashbulb in your face. They dont realize how dangerous that is. Not just one person, but thousands and hundreds of people in our family. Its crazy. If someone is caught using laser to target aircraft, they could face state and federal charges as well. That includes prison time and a fine. 5 05. New this morning, frustrated flyers who were supposed to be in hawaii are now on their way. Hawaiian airlines 433 took off today. It was supposed to take off yesterday but had a mechanical issue. The crew had a mandatory rest period of eight hours. We are told most of the passengers got a hotel and taxi. Happening today amid a bay area housing crunch, a lottery for first time home buyers will be held in livermore. According to an estimate, you need at least 170,000 in income to afford a home here in the bay area. That is well above many of our household incomes. Thats why a lot of cities are thinking of ways to find Affordable Housing. Bob redell is live in livermore with how the lottery works and who benefits. Bob . Reporter good morning to you, kris. Every year, the city of livermore holds one of these lotteries for limited supply affordable homes. This year, they have 755 people who entered their names. Thats the most in a decade. All of them are vying for 15 homes, brandnew homes sold at the low market rate. River mor is one of the few cities that requires developers to sell a few of their homes at a steep discount like the one behind us. That means the 34 bedroom house normally priced in the mid7s to high nines sell in the mid twos. You dont automatically get a home. You must meet the low to moderate income limit. 3 down for closing costs, fica score of 660 and a first time home buyer. The city gives special preference to people like veterans, First Responders and teachers. The benefits of having a schoolteacher, one of your schoolteachers able to live in their area that they work in is great to the school and your children and the whole community. Reporter the deadline to enter todays lottery has passed. There will be another drawing this Time Next Year for another 15 homes. The city contracted hello housing to run this years lottery, which takes place in the City Council Chambers at 1 00. Live in livermore, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much, bob. Happening today, a socalled cannabis summit held two weeks before it becomes legal in california. The summit runs from 9 00 in the morning to 4 00 in the afternoon at the Alameda County building. The board of supervisors says the goal is to address the challenges and opportunity they will find in the new year. There will be panels with key stake holders and be information about how schools and Community Groups can prevent access to marijuana for children. 5 08. The follow up of the story we brought you yesterday morning on today in the bay, walnut creek is in the midst of a parking crunch. Councilmembers approved a program last night called the attendance assistance program. They say it is valet parking. When the garage fills up, an attendant will direct someone to park behind a parked car and the customer will hand the keys to the attendant. They will move the car as spaces become available. The Pilot Program will last for one year. New this morning, the majority of people in San Francisco say ride sharing and Food Delivery Services should help pay for road and transit improvement. 70 of people believe the city needs to repair roads, increase and improve mass transit and make bicycling and walking safer. Resources and sources of revenue, 65 support business taxes on commercial rent. 59 of folks surveyed are good with a new company. 49 want a vehicle license fee. 37 support a half cent sales tax increase. Its 5 10 now. Wet out there as you get ready to head out the door. Grab a nice, warm coat, too. We need extra layers. Windy today after the wind clears. As we get a look at the rest of the day, the rain is out of here within the next couple hours. We will have the gusty winds, clearing skies and a slight chance of coastal lingering showers. Overall, its going to be a much cooler day and highs only reaching into the mid50s. Ill get you ready for the day coming up in five minutes. Vianey arana gets you out there on the roads right now. Yeah, we are dealing with a couple inches on the road. A live look at the bay area. We have a couple minor fender benders. The radar, right now, i have it on. It is pushing through the south bay as kari said. Thats causing delays. I want to update you quickly on the southbound 680 and Mission Street crash. It looks like that debris and the vehicle involved in the traffic collision is off to the right hand shoulder. That is helping ease traffic on that side. A quick update on northbound 101 at capitol, they have cleared that off to the right hand shoulder. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights, definitely on. Back to you. Thank you. Coming up, a terrifying scene at a popular tourist destination. The investigation under way after a tour bus flipped killing at least a dozen people. Back here at home, could the tax bill make california less affordable . Well take a look when today in the bay continues. Right now at 5 14, a soggy morning across the area and the rain we are getting right now, not much. Its still going to be better than nothing. We are seeing the showers moving through san jose, extending to the trivalley and down to the south county. A live look outside shows wet roads are very wet. Lets go to santa teresa. It stays in the 50s today. Its windy, but clearing out. Well talk about whats ahead as the cold air settles in. Thats coming up. A quick update on your East Bay Drive times. Westbound 80 from highway 4 to the bay bridge, 15 minutes westbound 580 from 238 to the bay bridge, 16 minutes. Northbound 880 from 230 toward the bay bridge, 14 minutes. Ill have an update on earlier crashes coming up in a bit. Thank you. 5 15. A key figure that dropped the Catholic Church died. According to a high ranking person, the cardinal passed away yesterday. He was in disgrace as archbishop in 2012. He remained with the church. He was criticized for protecting priests who molested children. He was 86 years old. A story out of mexico this morning, investigators are trying to find out how a bus carrying dozens of tourists flipped over, carrying at least 12 people. They were headed to mayan ruins when the crash happened. You can see it on the side on the roadway. Another 18 people were injured, including seven americans. The passengers were from two different cruise ships. A witness says the bus left tire marks and may have swerved before crashing. Californias highspeed bullet train is nowhere close to completion. Its been a decade since voters approved the project for a 64 billion price tag. More and more lawmakers are saying it would be better spent on freeway improvements. It could make a trip from l. A. To San Francisco in three hours. The Environmental Impact studies on eight sections have been pushed to the year 2020. The current completion date is 2029. 5 16. Tax professionals and lawmakers are trying to understand what is in that new tax bill. There were a couple mistakes. That means the house will have to revote this morning. Scott mcgrew has been picking through the details. Good news for tesla. I found some good news in there. Other car makers who make electric cars plugin hybrids. The new tax bill, not quite a law yet, keeps the tax credit if you buy an electric car. That chops 7,000 off the price. That credit wont last forever, but they didnt kill it last night, either. The new tax bill makes california less affordable for some families. The high state tax is less deductible and mortgages less affordable as they cap how much mortgage interest you can deduct. 57 of homes sold in San Francisco have mortgages above 750,000. Gaveling the vote yesterday, very happy. The other half of the house not so much. As we mentioned, mistakes were made. The house will have to revote. Paul ryan will be on the today show at 7 00. The white house will have a press conference at 11 00 a. M. Our time. Well talk more details as we talk politics in a half hour. As for the stock market, watch stitch fix debuting on the nasdaq back in november. This is a Bay Area Company that opened books to investors for the first time. Investors did not like what they saw. They think they are spending too much on advertising. Its a concern with high end clothes, they may have to sell something cheaper. Stitch fit stock is going to be one to watch. Big issue there. We will keep watching. They are a company here in the bay area. If you want to have a morning perk, cappuccinos with a selfie etched into the foam. They are selfie chinos. They make the drink and it etches the photo into the froth using food coloring. It costs 7. 50. Then you dont have to worry about them getting your name wrong. This is true. And they use fine china. Im impressed. We are not vain enough, lets put our face in our coffee. I wasnt going to put mine in mine. Here goes marcus, whats the filter like . So you may be getting a hot coffee on the way out the door. You will need it. It is feeling cool out there. When you throw in the rain it makes it feel really bad. We are welcoming in the rain. It hasnt rained since december 2nd, then it was light. The seven day forecast is coming up as you look at the radar. This is matching up with what you are seeing on the nbc bay area app. The winds are blowing things around and creates low visibility. Its making those roads wet, its drying out in santa clara and cupertino and raining in campbell and san hee say, allen rock and evergreen. As we get a closer look, the showers coming through right there on 280, also 880 as well. We head to the trivalley, you had showers there recently. Light rain is still falling. For the south county, rain extending toward gilroy. As we take a look outside, you see the wet roads and the winds picking up. Mt. Tam got a half inch of rain. Napa, santa rosa has a few hundredths of an inch. San francisco, tenth inch, halfmoon bay, a tenth inch as well. Halfmoon bay, a tenth. San carlos, 0. 12. All of this is going to be clearing out as we go through the day and also gusty winds picking up. Its going to feel very chilly. As you check out the seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen, another chance of rain heading into late christmas into tuesday as well. Today, the high temperatures reaching the mid50s. Have a nice, warm coat before you head out the door. Well talk more about this forecast coming up in a few minutes. Vianey gets you out there with slow spots on the roads. We have had a couple issues, due to the rain. We tend to see that when the roads are so slick. I want to get you to a traffic collision. Chp reported on northbound 80, it looks like there is a lane blocked. It may cause delays now. Right now, we are not seeing major back up. I want to give you a quick look at the drive times. Southbound 680 to vargas road, 280 to 580. About ten minutes. A live look outside, we can see traffic is building. San mateo bridge is looking smooth out there. The bay bridge, that is backed up at this hour. Back to you. Thank you very much. Coming up next on today in the bay, the shocking amount of people who do all of their shopping online. Laura has the morning off, but shes active on social media. Netflix helped a couple with a very sweet marriage proposal. Follow her to watch the video. Well be right back. Of your shopping you re definitely not alone. 76 percent of people say if you use amazon for most of your shopping, you are not the only one. 76 of people are doing most of their shopping on that website. According to cnbcs all America Economic survey. Walmart ranked two. 8 of americans are doing their shopping there. The survey found for the second year in a row, more americans will shop online for all or most of their holiday gifts. Thats more than ever before in the surveys 12 year history. Some bay area Football Players have been chosen for the nfls probowl. The teams long selection. Its his first year with the team. The raiders are sending four players, a defensive lineman. The team is also sending three offensive linemen to the allstar game. The probowl is in orlando, florida a week before the super bowl. Details on the investigation into a deadly amtrak train crash in washington. We are live with what Authorities Say may have happened. Right now, a live look at the san mateo bridge. Commuters are on the roads, wet roads starting out the morning as we begin with rain and wind. You are watching today in the bay. It is 5 26. A wet morning commute,. This is new video into our newsroom from san jose it is ak 5 30 on this wednesday morning, a wet morning for a lot of people. This is new video into the news room from san jose. The radar shows that im sitting on top of the bay area as the winds and rain come through this morning. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Im marcus washington. Im kris sanchez in for laura garcia. I was headed out to the car saying where is the rain. As soon as i got out of the car, it with was there. It hits you. Good morning. It is good to see some rain because its been so long and we have had such a dry december. About to go down as the third driest on record. The rain is not that heavy, but better than nothing. It continues to move through san jose as well as the east bay. Starting to clear santa clara and campbell. Its soggy in evergreen. The winds blowing that rain around. As we look in san jose, the streets are wet. The temperature, only 48 degrees. Its going to be a really cold day. Well talk about that and also whats ahead for the weekend coming up in seven minutes. Vianey is tracking a slow spot at the bridge. We may be dealing with a crash just before the toll plaza. Those two vehicles may be blocking the fast track lane. Thats causing delays. You can see the slowing. The metering lights have been on all morning long for the bay bridge and now chp has issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge, the dumbarton and the san mateo bridge. Keep that in mind this morning as you head out. It may not be raining in those areas, it is definitely windy. Im going to keep a close eye on that. The fast track lane is blocked. Chp is working to clear it out. Anytime anything happens on the bay bridge, you can see how quickly you see a heavy, heavy back up. Back to you. Thank you. We have breaking news out of the south bay where investigators are blocking off part of a neighborhood. There are a lot of Unanswered Questions this morning. Today in the bays anser hassan just arrived on scene. What are you being told about what is happening there . We know there is Law Enforcement there. Reporter yeah, good morning kris and marcus. Right now, we have little information. We reached out to San Jose Police department and the deputies office. N