is 23 without loss. sailors from the royal navy prepare to take on the job of guarding buckingham palace for the first time. and ben has the weather. good morning. a chilly weekend of weather continues. a cold and frosty start. sunshine and showers. clouding over in the west. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. people who fly drones will be required to take safety awareness tests as part of a government clampdown on rogue operators. owners will be banned from flying them near airports, while the police will be given new powers to seize the machines. they are part of plans to crack down on criminal and unsafe use of drones, which have been used for smuggling, and have been involved in near misses with aeroplanes. here s our business correspondent, joe lynam. they are getting bigger and like. they are getting bigger and like. they can carry items and can go in water and out again. the government wa nts to ta p water and out again. the government wants to tap into th
earthquake rupture the dam. but draining a third of the water from the county s largest reservoir is no quick and easy task. it takes time. but as soon as we get that down to those restricted level we can breathe a sigh of relief. reporter: if anderson tops its banks, the district says low-lying areas of coyote creek could see flooding. scott gill lives downstream and would never admit it to his wife but he is worried. if you had to pick flood or earthquake? neither. [ laughter ] but when i know that a 7.25 at this level of water that it could rupture the dam and break down, that makes it a double whammy, doesn t it? reporter: it s been raging like this since the beginning of january. even if they have no more storms, they need to relieve it to get it down to safe levels for four weeks. in the 67 years since this dam was built, it s only spilled over 10 times. in we re live in morgan hill. kiet do, kpix 5. slick conditions on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains
time in more than a decade in morgan hill. jackie ward says people in the area are amazed and concerned. she is there live. reporter: hey, brian. so this outlet has been open for weeks. but today, it was a tourist destination. hundreds of people were coming to take pictures and videos of what s happening here at the anderson reservoir. and to be honest, this isn t that bad. it could be bad. so everyone is just waiting to see what happens. reporter: for people who live in the morgan hill area, this is something incredible. i fished this lake for years and years and you hardly ever see it like this. and it s just a good sight to see. i lived here most of my life and i have never seen the levels of water being so high. hopefully it will hold in an earthquake. reporter: the anderson reservoir water level has surpassed capacity and is currently 6 above the rim of the spillway. this before even more storms are expected to bring a lot of water to this area. that big sto
freeway to one lane each way through much of the area and traffic is at a crawl. in fact, a camera crew from our sister station kovr is stuck in it as we speak. on the other hand back in the bay area things are high and dry but not for long. as we look at the golden gate bridge, a few clouds out there will increase overnight and during the day on sunday ushered along by low pressure abeam the pacific northwest tonight. the rain and the wind will be increasing tomorrow and then we ll get hit good sunday night and monday. in fact, the futurecast you can see that once the rain against later in the day on sunday, it starts, it is focused on the bay area, and it continues all the way through monday until finally we get scattered showers by tuesday morning. in terms of amounts and winds and snow in the mountains, that s coming up in the forecast. in southern california at least four deaths are blamed on the storm. the most powerful to hit the region in years. in van nuys a man
verd irked as an attack on press freedom. also, thousands rally until malaysia s capitol demanding the prime minister resign. the u.n. chief calls on governments to do more to help the thousands of refugees slowing in to europe. hello. we begin the newshour in egypt where a judge has sentenced three al jazeera journalists to three years in jail. a cairo court issued the guilty verdict just a few hours ago. the retrail of canad an mohammed sami actind peter greste has dragged on since march. there have been regular delays. it has been heavily criticized by the international community. this is some of what the judge said a little earlier. the court is the sure that the defendants are not journalists and not in the journalist sinned indicate broadcasting without permits. they have made falsified videos after being edited and aired on al jazeera and they aired the videos on al jazeera channel that isn t allowed to work inside egypt. al jazeera s acting director has given