president zelenskyy in lithuania as the alliance declares ukraine s future is in nato. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with ukraine s big ask at the nato summit. nbc s kelly cobiella is following that story from kyiv. so what is president zelenskyy walking away with after this summit? reporter: yeah, well, chris, we all know that he wanted those promises from nato that they would have a firm time line for joining the alliance. he said there were a lot of positive outcomes, even though he didn t get what he went there to achieve. just take a look at some of the things that he did get, and chief among them is this security guarantee from g7 countries. unwavering support pledged from the g7 and security guarantees which essentially mean they have committed to supporting ukraine s right to self-defense, focusing on air defense artillery, armored vehicles, air combat, intelligence sharing and reconstruction and recovery, so long-t
Rain. We would to show you video shot in petaluma. Also San Francisco and livermore. This is a little snow. This photo is courtesy of craig meskill. Snow levels reach low levels us again. Its no going over the sierra with heavy snowfall making for challenging driving conditions. Interstate 80 was closed but reopened to cars with chains go big rex still arent allowed to travel east or west found between the Placer County community and the nevada state line. In addition, there also controls an effect on highway 50. Lets get the latest on the weather situations out there. A lot and to parts of the system. The front produced heavy rainfall. Today the cold unstable air producing sudden down force, the hail and snow levels. This came in at 940. Hailstorm here, you get the idea. Theres hail coding cars. In terms of rainfall totals, seven cisco 1. 34 in oakland picking up an inch of rainfall. We had good downpour out there. Concorde. 63. Livermore over half an inch of rain all rainfall. You he
Out the door. And later today, temperatures recovering to the 50s. We have that full forecast. Its still straight ahead. The roads are quiet so far on this friday morning. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No problems getting wherever youre going. Well check mass transit in a few minutes. All right. Happy january 2. Thank you. I know. You, too. A little holiday hangover for a lot of folks but glad youre with us here. A freeze warning up for much of the bay area even near the bay. Theres a frost advisory, temperatures down into the 30s in most places. You might have spent a little time scraping your windshield before you can drive your car this morning. Heres what it looked like in novato. A lot of frost on the windshield there and the sunroof. It is the same situation in a lot of the bay area this morning. The freezing weather kept growers in the Central Valley up all night again. They are working to prevent damage to multimillion dollar citrus crop. Temperatures in the v
Get it done before january 1st. Even congressional leaders are skeptical. The American People have a right to be very upset with this congress. President obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. Here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. Todays white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. Thats because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. I dont know time wise how it can happen now. Under senate rules, the only way a bill could make its way through the procedural hurdles in time is if every senator agrees not to. Theyll have 24 hours. Outside the beltway, carlino will be watching. Everyone is kind of in a waitandsee and fingerscrossed per expect tichb right now. Since 1930 this is only the fifth Time Congress has worked after christmas. And todays summit is the first time president obama has me
Im duarte geraldino. This afternoon president obama will meet with congressional leader to try to come to a deal to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Theyve been called into a sunday evening session just in case some deal can be reached. Boehner is expected to attend the white house meeting but hes made it very clear. The next move is up to the senate. Tara mergener has more. Good morning, duarte. Both sides say they are eager to talk and ready to strike a deal. The fiscal cliff is still a few days away, but Business Owner don carlino says hes already feeling the impact. A lot of our customers are holding back, theyre apprehensive. Theyre not committing to projects. Theyre waiting to see what happens with the fiscal cliff. Hope is fact if congress can get it done before january 1st. Even congressional leaders are skeptical. The American People have a right to be very upset with this congress. President obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the