500ths offen inch. we have more showers on the way to santa rosa. we re seeing some wet weather, though, in the peninsula near belmont. light spotty rainfall. that s moving off to the north by 11:47. also, getting here into dublin in the next 30 minutes. also, right in pleasanton and livermore. we re tracking this rain for the overnight hours, and even a chance tomorrow morning during the commute. we ll let you know when this kicks out of here, and a second chance just before christmas. that s coming up in about 15 minutes. okay. thank you, jeff. we ll see you then. now, if you want to know the christmas day forecast for your neighborhood, all you need is our free nbc bay area area app. check it out. our our top story this evening, a live look at washington d.c. tonight time is running out to prevent a government shutdown. this is a political fight. both sides are digging in. president trump wants funding for his border wall, but lawmakers won t budge, many of them, for n
top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive to face what s needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? yeah, one of the very first things that everybody should do is contact their insurance company to see what is going to be eligible. this includes flood insurance, which is by fema and also some of the other insurances they have for wind damage, et cetera. they are going to have to file that claim. one of the first thing that s going to have to happen is an inspection of that home, so they can determine the extent of damages. that will depend on the availability to access the homes. we know that there are still many homes that might be underwa
sw swalwell. michael montgomery, reporter for kqed and center for investigative reporting, and moore, professor of law. the u.s. supreme court convened today behind closed doors discussing whether or not to review a lower court ruling striking down california s proposition 8. their highly anticipated decision could come monday. as you well know, the supreme court gets seven to eight thousand requests for cases to be reviewed. how do they decide? they only pick 80 or so a year. what is the criteria and why would prop 8 be an important one to look at? it s how legal the precedent is and how national the question is, how many people it affects, and relatedly, how much lower courts are struggling over that and related questions. so in the prop 8 case, it s true the prop 8 is a california-specific measure, and it s also true that a ninth circuit ruling tried to make its ruling non-specific. california is such an important state and it occurs in dozens of other states and that
sw swalwell. michael montgomery, reporter for kqed and center for investigative reporting, and moore, professor of law. the u.s. supreme court convened today behind closed doors discussing whether or not to review a lower court ruling striking down california s proposition 8. their highly anticipated decision could come monday. as you well know, the supreme court gets seven to eight thousand requests for cases to be reviewed. how do they decide? they only pick 80 or so a year. what is the criteria and why would prop 8 be an important one to look at? it s how legal the precedent is and how national the question is, how many people it affects, and relatedly, how much lower courts are struggling over that and related questions. so in the prop 8 case, it s true the prop 8 is a california-specific measure, and it s also true that a ninth circuit ruling tried to make its ruling non-specific. california is such an important state and it occurs in dozens of other states and that