By the weekend. First thing saturday morning. Right now we have some clouds in place and even a chance of a few sprinkles out there or drizzle right now. Little bit avenue i green showing up on the radar here. Especially in portions of marin. We are watching for that in the short term. More clouds and wet roadways as well. Current numbers we have fog issues up in santa rose a. Quarter mile visibility. Most recent. 47, walnut creek reporting 4 approximate 3. Here is the plan for today this morning. Mostly cloudy skies. 7 00 a. M. Temperatures will be in the 30s to the 40s and then by 12 00 approaching the 50degree mark. Wrapping up the afternoon. 50 to 55 with partly cloudy. Here is the forecast model. We will put this into motion. Once again you may encounter miss mist or drizzle this morning and then into friday we are looking okay. Hard to believe we have a major storm setting up off shore. Friday, 5 00 p. M. By friday night we are thicken many the clouded here we go with that rain band on shore. This will be a factor all weekend long. This will be the main weather set up. Generating is significant rainfall and intense rainfall. We will talk about that in a few minutes. Sal standing by with a check on traffic and no major downpours to deal with. Thats right this mornings drive i think will be helped out by that very fact. Right now traffic is slow as it normally is at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see that its move agriculture long little slowly trying to get on to the bridge but once you make it onto the span it looks good into San Francisco. No major problems on the bridge. Public transit systems better now that we are back on time with bart and some of the other systems starting off okay. Lets take a look at interstate 880. You can see traffic here is not bad as you drive through the area. As i took a a wide view of the east bay we dont see a lot of slow take i can. We see the pass continues to be one of the spots here where we have had slow traffic. We have a new accident on the shoulder and the pass area. Its not in the lanes but the drive is a little slow this morning. At 6 03 lets go to back to the desk movement more rain and snow expected in the sierra. We checked in with caltrans. Chains still required on sections of interstate 80 near the north part of lake tahoe. But for four wheel drive and snow tires. 80 had been shut down since two yesterday afternoon. That was the second closure of the day. Caltrans did reopen in both directions over donor summit before 1 30. Right now though still some restrictions for big rigso over that pass. We are getting a break from the bad weather right now that. Means the chance to prepare for the trenching storm that are forecast for the barry this weekend. Alex savage live now. That is an area certainly problems with flooding. Reporter good morning to you. As we know flooding is a major concern. Especially with these Weekend Storms and its a real concern here. Especially in marin where you have all the water flowing downhill off mount tamw. Re and people have been coming to this sandbag station here in the parking lot of the Tennis Courts on sunny hills drive and they have been getting those sandbags ready to protect the homes this is one of many stations already set up in this area and they will likely be busy later on today. Homeowners bracing for several inches of rain. There is the possibility of nearby creeks over flowing their banks with all the rain coming down. Emergency workers preparing for all sorts of problems flooding to downed trees and widespread Power Outages. Pg e said its doubling the number of crews that will be on hand for this coming weekend to respond quickly to any outages. Officials preparing to open up an an Emergency Command Center to manage storm related issuess this come up. As we large storm, heavy rainfall. Gusty winds, what we do is kind of translate in to what we would see the impacts in the county. Reporter the soaking storms will bring more rain to areas where the ground is already soaked from the wet weather we saw earlier this week and that means we could see a lot of uprooted trees, roads possibly blocked of course Power Outages as a result of those fallen trees. Again now is the time. We have a break between the systems, now is the time to prepare. If you know of spots where your home tends to have water seep in. This is the time to get the sandbags filled up. This is one of many sandbag stations here in marin. They will likely be popular spots to visit over the next couple days. Sounds like we cant underestimate how tough the storm could be this weekend. Reporter i dont think so. The warning out and it is serious. Thank you for staying on top of that. Strong winds from yesterdays storm sent six boats adrift. Some of the them ran aground not far from t ib eron. The is sheriff said it would have the small dingies that were recovered and returned yesterday. Now shall dont forget this is again going to be a very bug storm hitting us this weekend and you can track it with our free ktvu weather app. Its available for phones and tablets. Time bart is running normal this morning after firefighters rescue aid man last night who was trapped between two rail cars. This happened about 6 15 at the 24th Street Mission station in San Francisco. Authorities say it looks like the man accidentally fell into the train tracks. Was hit by a train and then was pinned between two cars. He was freed and then taken to the hospital in serious condition. During that rescue trains were stopped between San Francisco and the east bay and there were more delays throughout the evening. Oakland police are investigating the first homicide of the new year. It happened yesterday afternoon. Just after 1 00 near 16th and myrtle streets in west oak hand. The victims was found in the street behind a parked car and he died at the scene. People who live nearby say they heard five or six gun shots. So far no arrests have been made. Another freeway shooting in the east bay is under investigation. It happened just before noon yesterday on the redwood road off ramp. Investigate officers say this people in a bronze suv and people in a silver hatch back were shooting at each other. When deputies arrived no victims or suspect was found. Just bullet casings on the ground. A spokesman said that investigators checked surrounding homes and byes to make sure they werent hit by stray bullets movement happening today in San Francisco, more than 200 California Police chiefs will be he at usf. They are in the bay area for the 22nd Law Enforcement symposium. The focus is on the use of force. Retired Police Commander richard will lead a discussion on Mental Health issues and the use of force and the event will wrap up tomorrow. A new chief will take over the Police Department next month. Its all about going forward. Its about going from good to great. We are of moving forward. We will learn from the mistakes of the past but the past is behind us now. She said she is ready to tackle the citys problems. She is the first woman to lead the department but said she is a leader who is cloaked as a woman. We will have more on her hiring and reaction from the Community Coming up at 6 30. We are finding out more about a deadly crash. It happened at west valley college. In our next half hour what could be partly to blame for that crash that involved a bus for google employees. And up next intelligence officials now set to Tell Congress what they know about Election Hacking allegations involving russia, we will have a live report. . Q. Welcome back. Top intelligence officials about to Till Congress at least some of what they know about allegation that russia meddled in the november elections. That may create a even bigger rift with the president elect who is now talking about making some big changes in the United StatesIntelligence Community. We are live on capitol hill to explain what is happening, whats groining on. Reporter good morning. When we talk about the United StatesIntelligence Community community we are talking about a sprawling collection of individual group that are often times at competing ends of things. Trump is talking about reworking, redoing this even as he questions the conclusions they reached about russias role in the election. There is a Central Intelligence agency but also the fbi, the National Security agency, the Defense Intelligence agency, army intelligence, navy, the dea, the list goes on and on and on. 16 of them in all. Reporting to a director of National Intelligence. An office created back in 2004. The president elect as first reported is now talking about challenging it. An idea his vp spoke about yesterday on capitol hill. Geffen some of the intelligence failures of recent years the president elect made is clear is he skeptical about conclusions the group and i think the American People hear him loud and clear. Reporter this was the president today gets a look at what the Intelligence Community has learned about russian meddling in the election. Trump gets a similar briefing tomorrow but he has made his skepticism clear. As Congress Hears today from intelligence officials about russia the white house is making clear the administrations displeasure with trump. There is a stark line thats been drawn. And the president elect will have to determine who he is going to believe. Reporter and the president elect will have to determine whether to continue those sanctions against russia that the president announced just last week. All right. Washington. Thank you. The president elect is also siting statements assange that russia was not the source of the hacked emails. Just with in the last hour on twitter trump said on reports that have accused him of siding assange over the United States intelligence appearance. He said in part that the Dishonest Media is wrong to say that he is in agreement with assange and that the media likes to make it look like is he against intelligence when is fact is he a big fan. The state of california will have former United States attorney generic holder on its side. If it decides it needs to fight a legal battle against the trump administration. Democratic state lawmakers say they hired eric holder to help them defend california policies that may come under fire when the president elect takes office. Some of those battles could be over climate change, health care, civil rights and immigration. State republicans however say that the 4,000 employees in the state Attorney Generals Office should be able to do that job. However legal experts say former attorney general holder probably has a lot more detailed knowledge of the federal justice department. There is a Surprising New number. One destination in a moving companys survey. United van lines tracks the number of people relocates to a different state and south dakota is the highest number of people moving in. Vermont is a close second at 67 . Oregon which has been number the one the past three year Social Security dropping to number three. New jersey is the highest number of people leaving the state. Followed by new york and connecticut. California considered a balanced state with almost as many people moving in as people moving out. Also today people are getting ready to show off their latest items in las vegas. 3800 are there awaiting arrival of about 16 5,000 visitors. The show is considered the place to get a first look at things like vr shoe that make you feel like are you walking in snow or perhaps a toothbrush with artificial el it against that can tell you where you can do more brushing. You can improve your brushing skills by looking on the app and seeing where you are missing you brush. There will be plenty of technology surprises along with the advancements in already introduced concepts like drones, robots, 3d printing, smart home devices and wearable items. It opens to the public today and runs through sunday. We will have a live report coming up in the next hour. Sal is back from vacation. You still remember how to take care of the folks at the toll plaza . I do. We have a back up there. Good morning to you. Lets go out and take a look at that back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see the traffic will be just a little busy this morning if are you driving at the bay bridge. Its beginning to look a lot like normal at the physical plaza with some delays out to the maze. That 880 ramp is beginning to fill in. Next monday is when a lot schools back in and then really as i like to say, its on. Lets go to 880. The photograph sick move agriculture long well in both directions. You can tell more people are on the road. I do want to say that traffic in the south bay is not bad. So far but are you beginning to see just a couple spots where things starting to get a little slower. No major problemsw. He checked in with Public Transportation and again no major issues on the systems. At 6 17 lets bring mark in filling in for steve. I was just prepping the snow maps for tahoe and i had that memory. That time i ran there to you at the sugar bowl. Remember that . Thats right. Thats right. We found out that im a skier and you are a snow boarder. Thats right. That guy looks familiar on the hill. There he is. It was good times. That. Was a fun dayf. Are you going to the mountains be careful. They are expecting more. Its been a very almost historic week in the tahoe area. More snow on the way this weekend. As you can see right now on live Storm Tracker two we have a strong weather system in the pacific. With very been talking about this. Its getting its act together. This will be he rushing closer to the bay area as we head toward the weekend. This morning we are staying its a break. Its a dry day but a chance of mist or drizzle out there. Enough low level moisture out there. You mayen counter a few sprinkles. If you dont have those maybe fog. Especially out toward santa rose a. Visibilities have been coming down to a quarter mile and very cold air up there. 32 degrees. Freezing there. San francisco, 44. San jose checking in 46 and livermore right now 44 degrees. Key headlines of this system. Rainfall a safe bet this is a conservative statement. Two to four inches. Maybe higher than that. Keep it on how things develop. Then gusts, winds gusting to 50 milance hour. When you see all the elements its a recipe we will have issues out there with flooding, possible, at least a sharp rise in the creeks and the streams and could have Power Outages as well as we head in to the weekend. Just with the forecast models we are thinking you see the numbers really going up through saturday, 10 00 p. M. This is not just talking about a few sprinkles and then once you get into sunday the forecast model doesnt go out that far but we will add to the totals for the second half of the weekend. All because this river setting up. Its a narrow band of very notice air. That one spot will be in the bay area. Latest models thinking maybe closer to the isnta cruz mountains. Rainfall into saturday. First thing sunday morning. Then a slight chance of a shower. We get a break this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies. It looks quiet out here. Look what happens. First thing saturday morning. 7 00 a. M. We begin to bring in more rain across the area. Saturday and redeveloping. There is a chance we are talking about this. could be targeting areas to the south. Santa cruz mountains. Big sur as well and then into early sunday morning this a time i think we will pick up the most intense downpours early sunday morning up until about five or six. In the sierra a winter storm watch in place friday evening through saturday evening. Snow fall could be around ten to 20 inches. Snow levels creeping up. Especially by saturday night. Could be converted over to rainfall for a good portion of the mountains. Temperatures for this afternoon enjoy the partly cloudy skies and the dry afternoon. We are expecting low 50s out there. Lock ahead your fiveday forecast is very activity. We thicken up the clouds on friday. Next storm comes on board first thing saturday. Heavy rain on sunday and then just a slight chance of a shower. We need that break that could be happening monday of next week. Sounds good. Thank you mark. Proposed tuition hike at the university of california. Its the first in six years and coming up in 20 minutes how much more money students california would have to pay. Also a disturbing attack. Streamed live on facebook. The investigation in chicago. Welcome back. Its 6 24. Saturday marking two years since the mass shooting at a french newspaper. The mayor of paris and the french minister laid a wreath in front of the offices in this morning on january 7th. 2015. Two brothers forced their way into the offices, killed 12 people and hurt 12111. They were killed in a shoot out with police two days later. Alqaedas branch claimed responsibility for that attack. Police in chicago are investigating a terrifying video showing a young man with special needs being beaten and tortured. For 30 minutes that video was streamed on facebook live. Police say that four suspects, two men and two women all African American have been detained in connection with the attack. You can hear them on the video yelling about trump and about white people. The police havent said if hate crime charges will be filed. All during that video the victim is beaten and cut with a knife and he is tied up and helpless at time. Its quite a possibility. Its a kidnapping. That essential is one of the charges we will seek if i