It is not just janelle and i here yapping on the sidelines. We will be joined by a guy who looks very familiar to niners fans. Earl stevens. You know who he is . His real name. Aka, e4, joining us later in the show. And then of course, we have the legendary chef joining us today, michael, he has a restaurant here called bourbon steak, and this is a v. I. P. Tailgate going on right now and we are going to be live from inside that restaurant. Before we get to the food, before we get to the parties, before we get to e40, weve got some business at hand. This is one of three nfl games today. This is all about playoff seedings. The early game, maybe a sigh in tampa, florida, that is Raymond James stadium, the site of next seasons super bowl. This seasons super bowl is in miami. Next season is in tampa. Texans and the bucs and the texans defense stepping up in a big way. Bradley robey with a 27 yard interception return. Houston beat tampa 2320. The texans win the afc south. So what does this all mean for the 49ers . Well, with the texans winning today, it is likely next week, the 49ers game in seattle will be moved to sunday night football. Here on nbc. Thats because it is likely the 49ers and the seahawks will be playing for the nfc west, the division title. Here are the current seedings in the nfc. If you want to take a look, it is not the 49ers. The current seedings, the seahawks at the top spot, followed by the packers, saints, cowboys, and there in the five spot is the 49ers, right now janelle, if the playoffs were to begin, the 49ers with be the wildcard. They would open up on the road in dallas, against the cowboys. We cant make that happen. 77 record. It is unbelievable, the nine verse an 113 record with three other teams in the nfc and we are in the fifth position. We . Did you sign a contract with the 49ers . I am a big fan so i include myself with the team. We have to win tonight. We have to seal the deal next week in seatle. Its going to happen. The party is just getting started. And it is in full swing. We are outside the stadium. We mentioned 70,000 fans. We will send it out to the parking lot and bring in nbc bay area christie smith. Take it away. Reporter we are here at levi stadium, and fans have been lined up, they are excited, this is it, i want to go ahead and talk with some of them about what they think it is going to take to go ahead and get the win here. This is the gentleman im looking for. Justin, what is your prediction for the game . The niners will bring a great game today. Rams have a great defense and a good team but we will bring it with, garoppolo working hard. And lets look at the line right here. It was not moving very much at all, but now theyre starting to move. Theyre starting to get in. And the excitement is just really building out here. This is something that fans, boy, they have been waiting for. We will send it back to you. Okay, thank you so much christie, and hanging out with the fans, having some good barbecue, and back live at levi stadium, where were about 55 minutes until kickoff, right here on nbc bay area. And you know, the 49ers fans, they are so fateful to the team, and they love their players. They are. The players will be out on the field for the pregame warmup in about five minutes from now. One player will not be coming out, in fact he is not with the team, and the backup quarterback, cj beathard, some tragic news from his family, you might have heard earlier in the day, he has gone back to nashville to be with his family, his younger brother clayton was stabbed to death overnight. 22yearold Clayton Beathard also a quarterback played at long island university, fatesly stabbed outside of a popular bar in nashville. It was in the overnight hours, close to 2 00 a. M. , Nashville Police still looking for that suspect. The 49ers tweeting out all day, including the 49ers wide receiver jordan matthew, he tweeted this this morning, please keep cj and the beathard family in your prayers. Outside in the parking lot at the tailgate, we saw fan, one with a sign on his car, prayers for the beathard family and the ceo tweeting earlier today. It is a very difficult day for the 49ers team im sure, and playing for cj beathard and the family. This is a tight knit tame. With the younger players. And playing for the last couple of seasons and for all of us here, we wish our best wishes and the condolences to the beathard family. Our prayers are with the whole family. And you heard the fog horns. That means the niners are about to come out. Lets bring in nbc bay area anthony flores, and he is here at levi and we are talking about another popular playerment lock locker, player in the locker room, take it away. What is wrong with the 49ers defense is what i keep hearing. On paper, nothing. Ranked second overall in the National Football league. But they havent been as dominant as they were in the first half of the season. For a couple of reasons. One, theyre playing better competition. And number two, injuries. Last week against the atlanta falcons, five starters did not play. But some good news for the 49ers, richard who did not play last weekend is back in the lineup tonight, richard arriving to levi stadium himself. Set emotional leader of the defense. He was recently named to the pro bowl for the fifth time in his career. He returns to the starting lineup. Just two weeks after hurting his hamstring in new orleans. If you can walk, you can play, you know. If i can walk, if i can get to full speed, now if i ever felt i was a detriment to the team or couldnt get to full speed or function at high level, i should be coming down because then im not helping anybody, but i always thought if i can play, if i can help the team and get my foot in the ground and move like i need to move and if i can be out there, then i would be helping the team. So richard back in the lineup for the secondary. So is williams. He has recovered from his concussion. So that is good news for the 49ers. I will tell you what, it is getting crazy and exciting here on the sidelines. Theyre ready for some football. Guys, back to you. It is like a mosh pit. Like a black hole for the raider, anthony here, the 49ers fateful. The 49ers are here. Richard sherman is here. Hopefully his hamstring is good and hes ready to be rocking. And everyone is back home for the holidays. Not just fans an players, you know who is coming in to watch the game tonight . A lot of the warriors. Draymond green. A lot of the teammates will be here in one of the luxury boxes here at levi. We have more good news. There was supposed to be a storm moving in but it is not going to hit us until later tonight. It does feel a little gusty at times. But it seems like the wind has calmed down. Lets check the game day forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda. You bring up a good point, the rain is expected to hold off until later tonight. Here is a view outside levi stadium, where it is 58 degrees, wind speed out of the south at 12 miles an hour. Here is the good news, zoomed in on the storm ranger mobile Doppler Radar near bill walsh way outside levi stadium, the rain is likely holding off until after midnight tonight. As the game goes on, through the second half especially, we will begin to see south winds picking up 15 to 25 miles an hour. We will watch that, as they approach the fourth quarter, and as if the game gets into overtime, and kicks above 40 yards might have a little bit of a wind component as the southeast winds will be on the increase ahead of what will be eventually later tonight some stormy weather. We will talk more about the rain totals and the sierra snow coming up in the next half hour but the good news for the Football Game youre see on the nbc bay area, breezy but the rain is holding off. Back to you. Thank you, rob. We can handle the breeze, cant we . Yes, but i dont know if i can handle the rain. Im glad it is holding off. It looks like were dry for the game. So the weather gods looking over the 49ers. When we talk about the v. I. P. S on the sidelines, and take a look, theyre fired up, everybody here. We are going to continue our coverage here, from levi stadium. When we return, it is the big week for jerry rice. We will tell you the honors he received from the nfl last night, and of course, jerry rice has had his legendary game against the rams, over the years, and we will check in, why this week has been special for jerry. The bay area city using weed killer including the controversial roundup and what changes are now being made after our investigation. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Back live here at levi stadium, were checking out the field. Were about an hour from kickoff. The rams facing off with the 11349ers. This is one view from the field, another view from another shot, 70,000 fans will be heading, in and all of the players will be out practicing. Theyre going to be coming out in the next few minutes. Some are already on the field, getting raddy. The big story today, football right here on nbc bay area news. But we have some other news, our Investigative Team has been working on a piece for months. You probably heard about all of the recent multimillion dollar verdicts against the maker of roundup. Monsanto. The juries in those cases believe that roundup does cause cancer, nonhodgkins lymphoma specifically, and monsanto is appealing the verdicts and we are looking at what local parks are still using the weed killer and it turns out most in the bay area are, and we asked why. Danielle and rhoda have been going to the dog park here in san jose for more than a decade but one sunday in early october they saw something they had never seen before. This was the first clue that there was something wrong, it was a strong orange and yellow discoloration of the ground and all of the foliage that was here. And then after we went inside the dog park, we could see that every single area was covered with this. They say there were no notices telling them what the residue was, and dogs were covered in. It so we pulled public records to finds out. We learned San Jose City crotters used two different herbicides to kill weed, one contains an orange dye, thats what was sprayed on the grass in watson park. But the city also uses roundsup. Which you cant see. Because it is colorless. Our daughter is 12 now. But she is coming here, she has been coming here with us, to this dog park, this same dog park, this same dog enclosure since she was a toddler so our daughter has been running around in this chemical as well as our dog. Like many cities, san jose told us it has been using glyphosate herbicide, better noun as roundup since the 1980s. The san jose Park Department has applied more than 380 gallons of roundup through the parks and 85 of the other Park Departments use the same herbicide. Why does that matter . All of the data was looked at and the data showed there is a link, and we did see increased types of risk in humans. This doctor is an avid professor of toxicology at Uc Berkeley School of Public Health and specializes in carcinogens or chemicals that cause cancer and sits on a state committee identifying those chemicals and previously worked with the epa reviewing its position on glyphosate, monsanto did not respond to our request for meant but has publicly maintained its product is safe, citing the epas formal position on roundup as noncarcinogenic. But others consider glyphosate to be a probable carcinogen if exposure exceeds 1. 1 milligram per day. This couple is worried about the dog park in san jose. Im worried, especially days after, you can see all of that. And it looks like at the people who are going to the park, they have no idea with what the park has used. We sat down with the director of the san jose Park Department to talk about roundup. Our use is glyphosate is highly regulated by the epa and the state and the county. However, we also recognize there has been new jury awards. There are concerns starting to float around. He says the city park crews follow the instructions on the product label and close down treated areas until the chemical dries which according to the epa makes it safe. Despite that, he says san jose is cutting back on roundup. It sounds like you have heard the message. We definitely hear the message from the community that there is concern. Regardless of what the epa or anyone else says. But some cities are way ahead in removing it from their weed arsenal. San francisco tells us it considers glyphosatebased herbicides a Public Health and safety risk. And it is used less than a quarter of a gallon of it in its parks this year. Chris geiger who runs the citys Pest Management program says it is as simple as finding alternative solutions to weeds. Most of the time, 99 of the time, we find a mechanical, nonchemical way of doing that. But in san jose, pulling weeds by hand may not be possible, considering it has 3,000 acres of parks to maintain. So roundup is a reality for at least the next few years. As the Parks Department works to come up with alternatives, but the pea cobs say that is too long to wait. Our daughter has been exposed to us. We have been exposed to it. Our dogs have been. And countless other families have been exposed to it. Well, changes are already being made. John told us that after we began making inquiries of the departments use of roundup, it is now banning it, within 100 feet of playgrounds and dog parks. And it hopes to get rid of it in the next few years. Okay, we are here at levi stadium, raj mathai will join me in a few minutes. The 49ers have just got on to the field. To warm up for kickoff at 5 15. We have other local headlines. First lets talk about the nbc bay area and our very own Terry Mcsweeney in the studio. Thank you very much, we will get back out to you in a few minutes. Up next, cutting down on Airport Noise over bay area neighborhoods. The new plan to turn down the volume at airports for dozens of neighborhoods. On the economy, a unique leader. Mike bloombergs created over 400,000 jobs. As president , an opportunity economy that works for us. Tax fairness where the wealthy pay their fair share. Education. Affordable college and high skill Vocational Training so people can succeed in the new economy. Economic security. Lower Cost Health Care and affordable middleclass housing. Proven leadership on jobs. To build an economy where people dont just get by, they get ahead. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. At levi stadium right now, a live picture, and the fans are getting ready for the big 49ers rams game. We will bring it to you live at 5 00. Raj mathai, janelle wang, are out there, and we will get back out to them in a few minutes. But as we countdown to kickoff, lets give you a quick look at what else is making headlines in the bay area. Congresswoman jackie speir rolled out a series of bills to help turn the noise down for thousands of People Living in the flight path for the sfo and oakland airport. A shift in faa flight patterns over the last few years put a lot more east bay neighborhoods in the flight path at both airports and residents Say Something has to change and soon. I recorded between 6 00 and 7 00 a. M. 12 sfo departures that turned over the peninsula. Nine of these flights have direct paths over us. And the pattern continued all day. The legislation, if approved, would ban sfo departures over most peninsula neighborhoods from 10 00 at night until 7 00 in the morning and the bills provide more money to provide for noise insulation for hundreds of additional homes every year. A deadly overnight shooting in the south bay happened on almadon aefbz in milipitas, police say they found a man outside an open garage, suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers tried to perform cpr and could not revive him. Police say several people were taken in for custody. One witness claims the gun went off after it fell off a table. No word on arrests yet. A violent robbery sent a clerk to the hospital last night in san jose. It happened at the Discount Store on southwest expressway. Witnesses tell us an armed robber pistolwhipped the clerk and then robbed him and took off. San jose police have not yet released a description. Pomp and circumstance in berkeley this morning. Uc graduates gathered at the Haas Pavilion for the winter 2019 commencement. Robert haas gave the keynote address, and why not, he is the former head of levi strauss and an alum, and he said to step out of the comfort zone and ask questions and wear levi jeans. I made up the last point. He says the college has been transformational for him and believes so for the class of 2019. Lets head back out to levi stadium, with raj and janelle. One of us was dancing here just moments ago. This one. We dont have to show everyone. We are back here live, continuing our coverage, we are counting down to kickoff, janelle wang and myself. The 49ers and the rams. We got a lot here coming your way. Kickoff in about 15 minutes. The Football Game, right here on nbc bay area. Saturday night football. Prime time. Well be right back. Niners and the rams. Back live here at levi stadium. We have multiple cameras here on the field, raj, as the niners take on the rams, here at nbc bay area. The players, warming up on the field. It is pretty interesting, for so many years the niners werent on prime time, they werent on nbc, because they werent a playoff team and now all of a sudden you get good and everybody wants you. The niners on nbc right now. This is the second to last week of the regular season. And if youre a niners fan, you know the drill. They need to beat the rams tonight, and then they need to beat the seahawks, next sunday night, which is likely to be on nbc, and with that said, they will be the top seed in the conference and Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. I cant believe it is the last game, home game of the regular season. But hopefully not for the entire season. Because we want to be in the playoffs, raj. They knew the rookie was going to be special. Delivered exactly as they thought. 49ers rookie defensive lineman, among the many pro bowlers that are goin