yesterday. they took off from san jose yesterday afternoon. they were headed to the las vegas area. nbc bay area's marianne favro has been tracking developments all weekend. she joins us. i understand you spoke with a family member. >> reporter: yes. and the entire family is understandably devastated. i spoke with the brother of one of the victims. and he told me the couple was traveling with their three children, two girls and one boy, headed to a holiday party near las vegas. we now know jason thomas pride, his 41-year-old wife, olga price, their 9-year-old daughter olivia, 10-year-old daughter mary, and 14-year-old son john all died in the crash. the family took off yesterday afternoon from reid-hillview airport in san jose. they were flying in this pane headed to henderson, nevada to attend a holiday party. the faa says the plane disappeared from radar around 4:00 p.m. moments later, jason price is heard making a mayday call to air traffic control. . >> flight 4-0-2, may da, mayday, mayday. >> say again? >> 402 saying mayday, mayday, mayday. >> number 402. >> 402, mayday, mayday, mayday. >> kern county sheriff's deputies say the plane crashed in an almond orchard about ten miles south of bakersfield, leaving a debris field a quarter mile long. >> we just try and do our best to either assess in the investigation and assist in finding what is cause so that these tragedies don't occur again. >> reporter: deputies pulled five bodies from the wreckage. the national weather service report there's was rain in the area where the plane want down. the national transportation safety board is now at the crash site, investigating the cause. and tonight relatives are left wondering how a family trip to share holiday cheer could end with so much grief. radar shows the plane was traveling more than 250 miles an hour, considered extremely fast, when jason price called in the mayday call. now he was an experienced pilot, and he was even on the civil air patrol. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> all right, marianne, thank you very much. our other top story tonight, the rain outside is going to continue through the night. will hanging around for the morning commute. take a look at the golden gate bridge. raindrops on lens. it's tough to see coming down right now. the deck is slick. the radar showing the storm that is making its way through the bay area. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in san francisco. first, let's go to meteorologist anthony slaughter who what is going on right now. anthony? >> reporter: as you mentioned, terry, the rain has been coming down all day long. here is a time lapse from ocean beach. you can see they're out in the rain enjoying rain drops. things started to clear out at the beach and even in san francisco. close to an inch of rain. even in sausalito over mill valley, 2 inches. mt. tam got up to 4 inches. santa rosa got a little less than 3/4 of an inch. even over near moraga, a little less than that as well. the east bay and the south bay didn't see much in the storm. about a quarter inch or less. even los gatos got about 3/10. santa cruz, over an inch. so it's still coming down right now in some parts of the bay area. and it's light for the most part. and this is going to be just ready for the next round that is expected to move through the next couple hours. in fact, you can see that plume of moisture sitting off the coast. that's our next storm system that is expected to move through as we head to the overnight hours. so your morning commute will be wet. in fact, we'll talk about heavy rain at times. especially for the evening commute. tuesday the rain sticks around. and then for wednesday, we'll dry out just little bit before another storm system pulls back by thursday. we'll time all that out and get you into the christmas eve forecast. we could even be talk about some snow here in the bay area on christmas day. see you in a bit, terry. >> a white christmas. thanks a lot. let's go to nbc bay area's christie smith right now. she is live in san francisco. and christie, how are the roads? >> well, terry, you know, it hasn't been absolutely pouring out here. but it has been consistent. and this is what you get when the rain doesn't drain off. the sidewalk you can see here a completely under water. you see the street there lots of standing water. and the rain, it isn't done. the rain made for tough driving in san francisco. there was standing water. and on the roads, traffic was slow. in marin, the chp saw an increase in spinouts and crashes. >> another thing we're dealing with right now is debris washing down on to the roadway dow to the rain. because it's been so dry, we have a lot of debris on the hillside. >> and it was busy, as shoppers look for the last-minute holiday gifts. at sports basement mere the presidio, the weather drove customers in to shop. >> row name it. if it's related to snow, flying off the shelf. >> reporter: chris is a manager and says rentals and sales are doing well. skis and snowboards just is the start. >> a lot of people haven't skied or snowboarded in two or three or four years. so they're coming in and they want all new gear. from helmets down to the socks to bass player, everything. >> reporter: peter dang just returned from the sierra. >> i did. it was beautiful. the powder is great. it snowed the other night. it was great the see the snow come down. >> reporter: and that is what they'll find. certainly not a drought buster, but a welcome sight. fresh snow. and with that speed controls today. not what this texas family is used to. >> no, not so much. >> reporter: back in the bay area, the chp just reminding people as the wet weather continues -- >> our biggest message and what we have seen today is slow down. >> reporter: and back here live, of course when you see something like, this you want to drive accordingly and be careful. the chp says when it comes to rocks and debris, specifically the ones we spoke with out in marin, they say you want to be very careful, especially on those remote two-lane winding roads. that's latest report hearing in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> christie, thanks very much. you can track the storm and any other storm with our nbc bay area app. download it, click weather in the you. you can watch the radar and get personalized forecast. new at 11:00, a possible explosive device found inside a richmond home, and it may have been intended for muslims. the neighborhood evacuated while they detonated the device. on thursday police got a tip about a man who said he wanted the harm muslims and may have some sort of explosive at his home. detectives followed up this morning and they found a suspicious device. the bomb squad was called in. >> i just -- everybody back, and i sat down, disarmed it and put it in a box, put it in a car. >> it was like a little pop. that was basically it. >> police let everyone back into their homes shortly afterwards. no one was hurt. they made one arrest, 55-year-old william kelly. developing story on the las vegas strip. at least one person is dead, 36 injured after a car drove up on to the sidewalk and plowed into a crowd of tourists. it happened just a few showers ago right in front of the paris hotel and casino. police say the woman behind the wheel drove into people on the sidewalk, went back into the street, and then back up on the sidewalk again before driving away. officers caught up with her a few blocks away. police say she had a 3-year-old in the car with her. and right now they're testing to see if she was driving drunk or possibly even did all this on purpose. the strip is expected to be closed for most of the night. the search is on tonight for a ford suv that police think could be involved in a hit-and-run in fremont. it happened early saturday morning at the intersection of fremont boulevard and paseo padre parkway. police say two men were walking in crosswalk when they were hit by a car. the driver fled. police found debris from a 1998 ford suv at the scene. the victims are both in the hospital tonight. one is expected to survive. the other is in critical condition. police have identified the man killed in a car crash into the oakland estuary. 31-year-old jeffrey hardt died yesterday when his suv plunged into the water. witnesses say he was speeding when the car jumped a sidewalk, crashed through a railing and went right into the water. it happened near knob hill foods. and cashier brian work there's, dove into the water. >> i go in and i can't even see my hand. it's too dark to see anything. i go in there and try to find something. and i'm finding absolutely nothing. >> the emergency crews arrived, the rescue swim were the alameda fire department was able to find hardt's body and pull him out. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. a man left for dead after a fight overnight. tonight the alameda county sheriff's department is looking for whoever is responsible. this morning firefighters were at the scene cleaning up the streets in front of the simms custom cycle shop near hayward. police say there was some sort of event going on there last night, and a fight broke out. and then someone started shooting. when police arrived, they found a man dead in the street. right now police are not identifying him and they don't know who the gunman. child molestation charges against a former youth pastor? the east bay. gabriel lopez, seen here is accused of molesting two girls. the victims told police it happened at a student program in hercules where he was a volunteer pastor. both victims also attended the high school in crockett and lopez was a volunteer high school football coach there. police think there may be more victims. clipped wings on the runway. a southwest flight bound for oakland clips another plane. a passenger took this photo of the crash. it happened at burbank bob hope airport. the oakland-bound plane was backing out of the gate when the wings clipped another plane. passengers the oakland bound plane say they felt two big bumps. this is have had owe from inside the cabin. passengers deplaned. the flight was canceled. southwest sent out a statement say they were working to get all 225 passengers reaccommodated. coming up, free on bond. the so-called most hated ceo in america is fighting back. the way martin shkreli's arrest is affecting cancer research right here in the bay area. plus scary moments in the air. the items found inside an air force plane that forced the emergency landing. and -- >> colombia! >> the mistake heard around the world. the problem at tonight's miss universe competition that has the host apologizing. price of a cancer drug more than 5- he has been called the most hated ceo in america after raising the price of a cancer drug more than 5,000%. and tonight we are seeing a ripple effect after martin shkreli was arrested for securities fraud. you see him here wearing the hood. at least two labs announcing they'll suspend a drug trial sponsored by his company. nbc's morgan radford has more on the collateral damage. >> reporter: released thursday on $5 million bond, the pharmaceutical executive dubbed by some the most hated man in america isn't staying quiet. >> i'm not one for a lack of comments. >> reporter: martin shkreli live streaming for hours at a time. after pleading not guilty to securities fraud. just yesterday, tweeting i'm confident i will prevail. the allegations against me are baseless and without merit. while shkreli remains inside the comfort of his new york city apartment, the fallout over his alleged scheme keeps growing. at least two labs now suspending a clinical trial funded by his company, calabios for a leukemia drug. moffett cancer center saying it's stopping this clinical trial indefinitely, suspending the outcome of the investigation of shkreli. and the homeless charity returning a phone,000 check he personally sent them in january saying the more we learned where this money may have come from, the more we felt like it was important to give it back. in september, shkreli made headlines for hiking up a cancer drug 5,000%. >> and doctors and patient groups saying they can't access this drug. are you going to change the price? no. >> now he is accused of orchestrating a ponzi scheme that stole millions. if convicted, he faces 20 years. today a rep for shkreli says his twitter account was hacked after a series of tweets, including this one. anyone want free money? willing to donate hundreds of thousand to charities before i go to prison. shkreli resigned from his company. he is expected back in court in january. a tough pill to swallow. morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. it's a fake. that's what investigators are now saying about a suspicious object that forced an emergency landing overnight. it happened midair aboard an air force jet flying from mauritius to paris. they found what looked like a bomb in the bathroom. they made an emergency landing in kenya. nearly 500 people were evacuated from the plane on emergency slides. one passenger said many of them didn't know the real reason for the evacuation until it was all over. >> we didn't know what was happening, actually. and so we said we had to land in mombasa because we had a technical problem. but actually it was not a technical problem. >> authority says the fake bomb was made out of cardboard and some kind of household item. six passengers are being questioned by kenyan authorities. no word yet on any arrests in that case. the holiday shopping rush is on. stores and malls were packed this weekend. more people seemed to be waiting until the very last minute. this weekend someone of the busiest shopping times of the entire year. but we found some last-minute shoppers in the bay area today who claim they're not total procrastinators. >> it's not last-minute. last minute is the 24th. it's the 20th. >> everything is on sale by the time when you get later. >> well, according to the international council of shopping centers, nearly 2/3 of the population have yet to finish their holiday shopping. meteorologist anthony slaughter may be bringing all of us a gift this christmas. he is talking about a white christmas that you don't have to drive to get to. >> hey, i'm not mother nature. i'm just the messenger. >> okay, you're reporting on it. >> as you mentioned, we could be talking about a white christmas in some parts of the by area. we're talking high elevations. we'll get to that in a minute. i want to start off with what we're looking off across the bay. we're tracking some storms. in fact, a series of storms headed our way over the next couple days. the first, that has already moved through today and brought quite a bit of rain to some place, especially the north bay and even the coastal mountains. right now it's just all about the light showers. and temperatures are cool back into the 40s and 50s. and again, showers in each and every location at the north bay to san francisco, even down into south bay this evening. we're looking at those showers. tomorrow when we wake up, we'll have a few areas of rain. but it's really going to get going. tomorrow temperatures stay cool. mid 50s across the entire bay there is a system sitting off the coast lynn, expected to move in overnight. showers are expected to be heavy. this is 4:00, 5:00. we're talking widespread rain from the north by down to the south bay. and it could be pretty heavy at times. even through the afternoon hours tomorrow. another round moves back in. especially for the evening rush hour commute. and then we do this all over for tuesday. morning rain and then we'll clear out by the afternoon and evening. wednesday looks to be the dry day if you're trying to sweep in some last-minute shopping. rainfall amounts with the first system pretty decent. well didn't see much in the south bay or the east bay. but we're really going to get our chance as we head towards monday and tuesday. we're talking the potential of maybe over an everything at the valley floor. san francisco, you could see up to average. and same deal for the north bay, over an inch. of course this is the time of year when we talk about winter weather. winter weather advisory and storm watch and warning. from weakness to strongest. what we have happening now, well, a winter storm warning. that's in place for the sierra. and that is in effect for tomorrow, 10:00 in the morning until tuesday alten:00 in the morning. so this is where we can expect om treacherous travel. the potential of over two feet above 7,000 feet. so definitely want to make sure you pack those chains. and definitely make sure you have an emergency kit this time of year. because you know the weather can be more erraticerratic. snowfall amounts from 12 inches in heavenly up to 34 inches in twin bridges. even kirkwood could get over 2 feet of fresh snow by the time we get into wednesday there is another storm system expected forbe wednesday. it's just going to continue. we're talking rainy days. snowy days for the sierra. and it's going to be cold. temperatures in the 60s by tuesday, falling back into the 50s by wednesday. there is a friday. but then by thursday and friday, we're talking 50s across the bay area. and friday morning, if we have enough residual moisture left in place, we could be talking about the potential snow on mt. tam. snow levels could get as low as 2,000 feet. which mean the oakland hills could have some snow by christmas morning. yeah, i got to do this. mt. diablo, 3,000 feet. snow there. dreaming of a white christmas? come to the bay area whom. would have known. even mt. hamilton, terry, 4,000 feet. we'll be tracking this. of course, in the meantime, it's all about the rain. back over to you. >> it's a great forecast. a great graphic. i love the snow copping down. >> you can't do that often in the bay area. >> you can't. thanks a lot. coming up, a new and extremely cute attraction. you can see it for yourself. how the appearance of this brand-new baby sea otter surprised workers at the monterey bay aquarium. plus, boards won't be hovering. how one major retailer won't be selling them after reports of some hover boards bursting into flames. he told fans to hold him accountable, and they sure he told fans to hold him accountable. and you can see they sure are. for the second consecutive home game, a banner flew over levi's stadium today condemning 49ers ceo jed york. fans are showing their frustration for the 49ers performance on the field this year. team lost to the bengals today. they lost ten games this season. this is their first losing season sense 2010. york told fans to hold him accountable when the team parted ways with coach jim harbaugh. putting a stop to hoverboard. tonight target is the latest company to pull the item from its shelves. hoverboards have been coming under fire after literally catching on fire. viral videos show hoverboards bursting into flames. amazon pulled the item from the inventory last week because of safety concerns. one telephone most recent fires happened in brentwood. on monday night, a family had just plugged in their hoverboard to charge when they say it suddenly burst into flames. almost caused the house to catch fire. the culprit seems to be the types of batteries inside the devices which have been known to self-ignite. it was lighting up social media. comedian steve harvey's major slip-up at the miss universe pageant. ow. >> colombia! >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> oh, man. the host made a major mistake when he misread the card announcing the winner. it clearly stated that miss philippines was the winner. miss colombia was the first runner-up. he didn't reit it correct. he sent out a tweet apologizing to each contestant but he misspelled philippines and he misspelled colombia. you can social media was quick to jump on this one. but he is apologizing profusely. still to come, rowdy and unruly passengers disrupting flights. >> right now too many times on an international flight, a passenger is disruptive. a passenger walks away. >> it's a growing problem. enforcement is not keeping up. coming up, we investigate disruption in the skies, putting your safety at a risk. but with little consequence. a rowdy passenger on your flight? it's a nightmare scenario that's becoming more common. has it hatched ed happened? a rowdy passenger on your flight. what is the punishment? and who is in charge? here is senior investigative reporter stephen stock. >> reporter: causing chaos on a flight is actually a federal crime. we combed through thousands of unruly passenger complaints over the years ranging from everything from smoking in the rest room to charging the cockpit. we discovered that the numbers of these complaints have actually gone up over the years, but enforcement of the rules remain stagnant. allowing some rowdy passengers to actually walk free. >> 218, emergency. >> stop it! >> reporter: airline passengers out of control. >> stop touching me! stop it! >> please contact law enforcement personnel. >> reporter: according to the airline industry, it's a growing problem nationwide. >> ow! >> reporter: here in the bay area you. could smell the alcohol kind of wafting up. that was very strong. >> reporter: rowena still remembers the fear last october when her pilot diverted a flight from san jose to dallas after a drunken passenger threatened their safety. >> kind of pointing his finger pretending it was a gun at people. he had to be restrained the whole way. >> reporter: their crew restrained the rowdy man with the help of another passenger before landing in phoenix before the pilot addressed the cabin. >> he said someone on the plane is being unruly. they would rather spend the night in a phoenix jail than continue on to dallas. >> reporter: but instead of a jail cell, that unruly passenger spent the night in a hotel. all because american airlines declined to press charges. that passenger was then free to fly the next day. we ask american airlines why they released the passenger. a spokesperson for the airline told us they do not comment on legal matters. >> i was surprised. i was really surprised that it kind of sends out this message he is going to tell his friends hey, i did this. nothing happened. >> we have an emergency. >> we had a passenger becoming violent, he is going to kill himself and kill everybody on board. >> reporter: as it turns out, stories like these appear to be more common than you might think. federal law bans interfering with a flight crew, but airlines are not required to report rowdy passengers to the faa. while it's unknown exactly how many of these incidents go unreported, nasa does maintain a database where crewmembers can anonymously report incidents that are not officially reported to the faa. that's where we found complaints of passengers smoking 6 assaulting flight attendant, even having sex in the rest room. in 2001, nasa received a sharp increase in the number of complaints while the numbers by the faa show a decrease by more than half in enforcement. >> it's a rare context in number of flights but it's a growing problem. >> reporter: harry flint with says his organization has seen an increase in unruly passenger complaints around the world. he says often the incidents that have no repercussion. >> right now too many times on an international flight a passenger is disruptive, the passenger walks away. >> reporter: flint blames a loophole in jurisdiction that allows some passengers to walk free when disrupting flights to other countries. the air transportation association wants to encourage nations to adopt new standards that would give authorities more enforcement power. >> just make sure that passengers understand that unruly behavior will basically wind up being brought before a court. >> reporter: federal court records show that from 2001 to 2014, only 11% of the cases to the faa rise to the level of criminal prosecution. those odds apparently don't discourage some passengers from bad behavior. >> it's kind of an exciting experience. >> reporter: bill kessler owns the mile-high club, a website that allows travelers to brag about their in-flight sexual exploits. we wanted to know why a growing number of passengers choose to disregard security protocols to join the mile-high club. >> it's not legal. i think that probably adds to the mystique. because of the potential for being arrested. >> reporter: if prosecuted, unruly passengers can face up to $25,000 in fines and potential jail times. a penalty rowena would like to see more widely enforced. >> i think an airline, you don't mess around. it's not a place to mess around. . >> reporter: we also talked to some commercial pilots and flight attendants about all of this. and while they did not want to go on camera because of their jobs, they did say that these disturbances have increased exponentially over the last few years as more and more people fly commercial airlines, and as airlines try to cram more and more passengers into planes to increase the income from each flight. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips. or send us an e-mail to the [email protected]. we have new developments for you to a story we told you about earlier. a deadly crash on the las vegas strip. and police are now saying the woman who drove up on to the sidewalk and plowed into a crowd of tourists did it on purpose. it happened right in front of the paris hotel and casino about 6:00 this evening. police say the woman behind the wheel drove into people on the sidewalk, went back into the street, and then went back up again on to the sidewalk before driving away. one person was killed. 36 others are injured. officers are not saying yet what motived the woman to do this. just she did it on purpose. they are stressing it was not in any way related to terrorism. charges will be coming in the next few hours. well, tonight the search for a teenaged fugitive. the fbi thinks he is getting help. ethan couch received only ten years' probation after killing four people in a drunk driving accident in 2013. now during the trial, a psychologist testified that couch suffered from affluenza, and that his millionaire parents had coddled him to the point where he could no longer differentiate right from wrong. police haven't been able to find him. ever since video surfaced showed him allegedly partying, which is a violation of his probation. the u.s. marshall service thinks that family members may be hiding couch. >> he is getting help. well just got to find out how he is doing it. >> would it be his mother? >> i think it's a safe assumption. we have not yet located the mother. but yes, she could be helping him. >> his mother also went missing nine days ago. his name has been added to the country's most wanted lists. and the fbi and u.s. marshall service have joined the search. the race for the white house is shaking out to be a clinton vicious trump battle. the two front-runners are almost looking past their own primary rivals and training their sights on each other. during last night's democrat debate, hillary clinton called out donald trump, saying he was dangerous for the country. trump was quick to fire back this morning. >> we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis' best recruiter. >> she lies like crazy about everything. whether it's trips where she was being gunned down in a helicopter or an airplane. she is a liar. and everybody knows that. >> all this as the first voters are just six weeks away from having their say. it starts with the iowa caucuses. coming up next, a bad day for the 49ers and the raiders. in sports, a breakdown of the games and the chances of the raiders making the play-offs. kelli oncam so close... yet so far away.... theai let's go to kelli johnson with comcast sportsnet. not the best day ever for bay area football teams. i think that's a safe statement. >> a safe statement you. do have to be excited, though, about the future of the oakland raiders. they're so close yet so far away. they did compete with the packers today. but they're play-off contenders not yet. eliminated for the 13th state year. let's get to the coliseum. packers and raiders. derek carr facing the quarterback he is most often compared to aaron rodgers. back to pass. intercepted by demarious randall. takes it back to the house. carr had two picks in the first quarter. 14-0 green bay. not the start he wanted. jump odd the third quarter. carr comes up firing. amari cooper there for a second touchdown. raid cooper the first raiders rookie with a thousand yards receiving. but the packers answer. rodgers finds a wide open james jones. the one-time raider and san jose native with the 30-yard touchdown. fourth quarter, the raiders down seven on third down. carr is sacked by julius peppers. and the raiders fall short in the fourth, losing 30-20, officially eliminated from the postseason. >> it's not the only painful moment. it won't be the last painful moment. we've got a good group. a good group of men in there. we're disappointed tonight didn't go the way we wanted it to. a good group, though. we'll -- we've got two more opportunities to go out and play real good football. looking forward to it. >> so look at the afc play-off picture. patriots hold the top spot, winning the east in a first round bye. cinci clinches the north. raiders eliminated after the steals win. texans take over first in the south. all right. let's get to the 49ers. hosting the bengals. legends on hand, including jerry rice being honored in santa clara today. second quarter, scoreless game. blaine gabbert finds anquan boldin. but boldin stripped by carlos dunlap and returned to the 49ers 10 yard line. not like the veteran there. that led to this. jeremy hill carrying it in for the touchdown. and it's 7-0 cincinnati. later in the quarter, 14-0 bengals. gabberts a pass guess through the hands of vance mcdonald. and it's intercepted again by vontez and a a.j. mccarron in. mccarron first alabama quarterback to win an nfl game in 25 years. niners lose, 24-14. >> i mean, it was just bad. bad football by us offensively. with the turnovers and things like that. i don't feel like we played good enough. and that stretch felt like the defense kept giving us chances. but offensively we didn't do anything with it. to the ice. san jose taking on the defending cup champs. gym four of a five-game road trip. secondary tied at two. joe pavelski going to tip it to himself in front and score. and the sharks take the lead on the nifty move there third period, same score. andrew shaw with the poke check. and martin jones ties it up at three. so we head to overtime. and in ot, jonathan toews, the give-and-go with patrick kane. that is your game winner. san jose falls 4-3. after the loss -- >> this is a tough building to play the blackhawks at home even though they're on a back-to-back there is a reason they've done so well. we're happy with one point. would we have liked two? absolutely. fortunately we can win the next team and still forget about this road trip. warriors news. bay area news group asked klay thompson who the best shooting guard in the nba. and klay naturally said, quote, i'm going to do with myself. right now steph is a better shooter. i'm trying to catch him. he is one of the greatest. and it's an honor to be in the same backcourt with him. klay's biggest competition at shooting guard of course is james harden, who savaging 9 more points per game. but klay does have the best shooting percentage and three-point percentage among two guards. and terry, i like his confidence. like where he is going with this. the warriors of course a nice break. they're back home on wednesday against the jazz. >> and then that big game christmas day. >> christmas day against lebron james and the cavs. that's going to be a good one. >> yes, kelli, thanks a lot. we'll be right back. christmas, many businesses find themselves scrambling to with just five days before christmas, many businesses find themselves scrambling to make themselves up for slower sales this holiday season. that's because of unusually warm weather this fall on the east coast. nbc's ron mott tonight on the cold harsh impact on the bottom line. >> reporter: winter is just a day away, and largely nowhere in sight. >> last queer at this time we were all digging out of a lot of snow. >> reporter: boston may easily set a record for its warmest december on record, third toastiest so far in d.c. >> i wanted to get a fun wool hat and some cozy gloves. and i'm well, i don't think that's going to work this year. >> reporter: complaints are few, except from businesses that thrive on cold cash. an estimated $343 million in lost sales compared to a year ago at the nation's shopping malls. >> weather that is warm for this sustained period acts like a tide. it brings down all the stores and all the traffic into anything really that is apparel or apparel related. >> reporter: ski resort likes this one in the massachusetts berkshire mountains are among those worrying profits could melt away in the warmth. >> people say oh, gosh, feel so badly for you guys. praying for snow. don't pray for snow. pray for cold weather. we'll take care of making the snow. >> reporter: this unusually cold weather had toes on display earlier this week. >> something else around town, people are wearing flip-flops like me. >> reporter: ski gear sitting on shelves in minnesota. >> we're not seeing customers coming in for the winter stuff. >> reporter: even keeping vermont bears from their beauty rest. and who would imagine a round of golf on long island in late december. they had a global opening when it hit 70s today in the 40s, but still warm enough to put chipper free. golf pro mike said some golfers are breaking out the short sleeves. >> last year, the first couple of weeks of december on the weekends we had about 51 players. this year we've had 397. >> reporter: so whether it will ever get cold or snowy enough this winter for that coat he has been eyeing remains to be seen. buy it anyway, if nothing else for a rainy day. it's probably on sale. ron mott, old westbury, long island. well, there is a new attraction at the monterey bay aquarium, and it is pretty darn cute. don't you agree? there we have it. a newborn wild otter pup surprised workers when it showed up at the great tide pool just over the past few days. as you can imagine, it's been pretty popular with visitors out on the outer deck of the aquarium. the pup is so young, staff doesn't even know what gender it is. the mother and daughter spent much of the day feeding and grooming the pup. that's pretty cool grooming. that includes puffing up the little one's fur so the baby will float. and the baby doesn't need to float. hang out on mom's belly there. meteorologist anthony slaughter joining us now with more on the microclimate forecast. >> some spots above 2,000 feet today, that could be a reality, making dreams come true right here on nbc bay area. all right. let's talk about some rain. we saw yesterday and today, we pick up some good amounts across parts of the north. sausalito over half an inch. same for mill valley. petaluma close to that. santa rosa a little less than 3/4. across the east bay and south bay. barely anything. hayward just over a quarter of an inch. same deal for los gatos. but everywhere in between, the trace of mountains. you head towards santa cruz and monterey. cap toll lab, from half an inch to a little over an inch in santa cruz. so the good news is that it's still coming down right now. and the showers are going to continue overnight. they're going to be on and off. nothing is really heavy until about after midnight. right now we're looking at light showers each and every microclimate location looking at this from the south bay into san francisco. even across the north bay right now. as we move through the day tomorrow, we're going to see limited sunshine. so that's going to mean for a great day. on and off rain, very heavy rain at times. temperatures in the mid-50s for tomorrow. so here is what you can expect as we move through this upcoming week. tomorrow the next storm system pushes back into the region that will be with us through tuesday. so it's a two-day event. monday and tuesday both look to be wet. by wednesday, we'll clear out just a little bit. until more rain pushes back into the bay area, just in time for christmas eve. so here is our next storm system making its way across the pacific right now. you can see that large area of moisture stretching out ahead of it. that's the rain that is starting to develop. and that's what we're expected to move through tonight, again after midnight. futurecast around 4:00 in the morning shows the heavier rain for the east bay down towards the south bay. this is right as the rush hour gets going. at 11:00 we'll see a if you areas of scattered showers. but again, it's going to really start to move in across the north bay. pretty heavy at times. then by the afternoon and evening commute, more rain pushes back into the bay area. we're talking widespread rain by the evening hours. and that's going to be with us through tuesday morning and we'll clear out by tuesday afternoon. we have a couple of rounds of rain to get through before we're actually done with this first system that is going to be done with us by tuesday evening. that's how much rain we're expecting from the first. over an inch from the south bay. even san francisco getting close to an inch. north bay we're talking about 1 to 2 inches. maybe even 3 inches across some of the higher elevations. as far as snow goes, we have winter storm warnings posted for tomorrow through tuesday. we're talking anywhere from 1 to 2 feet of new snow at the lick level. so terry, here we go. 'tis the season. arena and snow for the bay area. as you mentioned, friday morning snow levels down to 2,000 feet. if we have anything less on the the rain, it could turn into snow by friday morning. something to watch. >> absolutely. a white christmas. thanks a lot, anthony. fighting cancer while pregnant can lead to a difficult decision. coming up, the encouraging new treatment that may reduce the risk for both mom and baby. there's an encouraging study that looked at treating cancer in women who are pregnancy and cancer. there is an encouraging study that looked at treating cancer in women who are pregnant. nbc's rehema ellis has the details. >> reporter: just as mary harris and mark were hoping to add another child to their happy family, they got devastating news. mary was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> cried. >> reporter: and then they learned she was pregnant. what were your options at this point? >> i had every option in the book. you could terminate. we had doctors tell us that would be their recommendation. >> reporter: or face harsh cancer treatment, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy. >> it took us a long time to wrap our heads around the idea that a drug designed to kill off all the quick growing cells in your body was safe to use while you had a baby developing. >> reporter: desperate to save mai's life and the baby's, they chose surgery and later chemo in the third trimester, a decision supported by a new small but encouraging discovery. find nothing harm to the baby's heart or brain, even after powerful chemotherapy. >> if you wait until the second and third trimester when the organs are developed, the birth defect rate goes down to what we see in the general population. >> reporter: the miracle of medicine seen in a healthy baby stella. when she was born and you see your healthy baby, you're thinking? >> it was amazing. she just had this mop of black hair and a big set of lungs. and she was a fighter. she really wanted to be here. >> reporter: now mary shares her story and others through her new york public radio podcast called only human. so that other families will learn from her agonizing choice. there is new hope for pregnant women with cancer. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> we'll be right back. ==take nats== "those stories about what happened..." the force is strong in theaters this weekend. >> there are stories about what happened. >> ""star wars": the force awakens" shatters box office records. it made $238 million over the weekend. that makes it the biggest north american debut of all time, all time. previous record holder was "jurassic world." that movie pulled in $208 million. but that doesn't compare when you have the force on your side. and we have anthony slaughter by our side talking about rain and snow. >> yeah, rain tomorrow. well, it's raining right now. it's going continue through tomorrow. it's going to be with us through tuesday. wednesday will be ooh our dry day before another system moves in for thursday. leftover rain for friday and maybe low snow. 2000 snow levels friday morning. >> white christmas. >> maybe. thanks for joining us. have a great week. see you. ♪ great change comes from doing the right thing. like the radical idea that health isn't an industry. it's a cause. so we do things differently. we combine care and coverage. and believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. so forgive us for not going with the flow. we just think the flow should go with us. which makes us rebels with one cause. your health. as i look back on it, i realize this really was the transitional play. that series really started for me the dynasty that the 49ers became. it was at that time i could feel the shift of momentum that you know what? the niners are going to be something special for a lot of years. >> faith. by definition it's something that is felt with strong conviction without tangible evidence of its existence. many climb to have it. but how do we attain it? it can't be held. it can't be sold. but it can be passed down. faith is invaluable to those who feel it. how is it that