aljazeera, san francisco. >>> just east of san francisco last night, protesters managed to block one of the biggest freeways in america for four hours. they managed to get on the interstate 80 despite the police presence. it was one of the many demonstrations of the killing of black men by police like eric garner. what we're seeing is not the result in inequality for minorities, but economic inequality as well. margaret simms is a director of the equality, and these are not great circumstances under which to talk, but as we have covered ferguson and eric garner here in new york, there's definitely a sense that there's more to this. and it is -- some of it is about racial inequality. but a lot of it is about economic inequality. >> certainly, economic inequality leads to a lot of condition that's result in unfortunate encounters with the police, and when these incidents spring up, people bring to it all of the racial inequality and discrimination and disparrots they have had over time, but the killings we have seen are just the kip of the iceberg when it comes to encounters with the c

san francisco for one could be hit with its worst storm in years. tonight, nbc's miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: the western wallop is delivering its first punch in washington state. rivers and roads are flooding, 13 inches of rain could fall before week's end. near seattle tens of thousands have lost power. along the coast, beach erosion has swallowed two homes and threatens even more. dangerous pounding surf has also arrived as this weathermaker is now headed to california. in the sierra mountains blizzard conditions could close critical highways. the whiteout won't match the power of what's already falling in the northeast. in upstate new york more than a foot of snow today. interstate 81 near syracuse shut down. 10,000 homes without power and heat. nbc's dylan dreyer is there. >> snow will continue on the backside of this nor'easter tomorrow with heavier rain expected along the new england coast. in the northwest a plume of moisture coming in off the pacific nicknamed the pineapple express will create a massive storm that will produce rec

every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. >>> we are back with one of the wildest finishes ever on the college football field. western kentucky versus central michigan in the bahamas bowl. at one point western kentucky led by 35 points. but central michigan nearly came all the way back, scoring the final five touchdowns of the game, including an amazing final play in which four receivers touched the ball going 75 yards down the field all the way to the end zone for the score. unfortunately for central michigan, they went for the win with a two-point conversion and failed. western kentucky hanging on to victory by a point. >>> we have an update on a story we first

rehema ellis, nbc news, san francisco. >>> that's our broadcast on an eventful wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with a microclimate weather alert. >> right now at 6:00 another storm blasting through the already soaked bay area. thanks for joining us, i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. the third storm the week is drenching areas that have seen more than their share. on the left, menlo park. on the right, fremont. slow, soggy commute home on both sides of the bay. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here with a look at what the status of this storm is now. >> the good news for this storm system is it's moving in and out rather quickly compared to the past two storms we've had this week. so that will help with some of our flooding concerns. but that ground is still saturated so anyone doing any traveling throughout the bay area tonight, please be very careful of these dangerously slick roads. you can see across highway 101, 280, redwoo

every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. >>> tom brokaw has shared the news with the world that we've been quietly celebrating around here, his cancer is in remission. while admitting he faced an uncertain trajectory a year ago, tom has credited his doctors and people at the folks at the multiple myeloma research foundation for their world-class treatment and care. >>> this next item should be common sense, but a lot of people do it anyway. it's from a study that says if your night-time reading is on a tablet that back light may throw off your natural sleep hormone and the light from the screen may keep you awake longer. and this study appears to show that books

chaos this morning on the streets of san francisco. a transformer explosion, leading to widespread power outages. mass gridlock shutting down the nation's fifth biggest city. downtown shut down with no traffic signals. freeways were a mess. so much fog and rain drivers could barely see. 140 flights canceled at sfo. the weather too dangerous for ferries to alcatraz. those iconic cable cars grounded across the city. overnight the bay area was pounded. the rain flooding streets, the wind snapping power lines. by sun up 226,000 were in the dark without power. >> a lot of damage down there. >> reporter: no lights, no heat, no school or work. >> it would have been much better if i had known i didn't need to come to work. >> reporter: smashing waves battered the pacific coast all day long. monster swells topped 20 feet. in the sierra mountains, up to three feet of snow. whiteout conditions expected tonight. near lake tahoe, hurricane-force winds, enough to surf on. they were kayaking in wine country. some vineyards are under water. flash floo

look at the delays in san francisco, upwards of 4 hours. that is just all ramifications of this particular storm. a lot of moisture to contend with across the entire west coast. travel from seattle to los angeles. this is how much we are anticipating going forward over the next 24 to 48 hours. upwards of 2 to 3 feet in the sierra nevadas. we have understood watches along the west coast from san francisco to the outer suburbs of los angeles. let's go back to the desk and yeah, guys, we are really monitoring the situation very closely. so many angles to talk about. they have had more rain than thebd have in this am of time that is causing flooding and this area has been stricken by recent fires. you mix it with the excessive rain, you have the potential of slides. >> california is a beautiful state to live in but they go through it when they get weather. >> it will be a tough friday to wake up to. there's been two deadly taliban bombings, just as forces are pulling out of afghanistan, one targeted a french high school auditorium, where are st

. >> from london to sid any to san francisco, journalists and the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to set our colleagues free. it was a year ago today that al jazeera'saljazeera's peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has more. >> al jazeera's doha headquarters parking an anniversary we find hard to absorb. reporting arrests of three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars for just doing their job!

the bay from san francisco. there's been large protests over the ferguson situation in oakland in recent days. we're joined by vivian ho, a report we are the san francisco chronicle who has been in oakland tonight. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what's the protest like in oakland tonight and how would you describe these protests compared with how they've been in recent days about ferguson? >> tonight was pretty peaceful and there's a been crowd of a couple hundred protesters. they marched around, they chanted. but overall, compared to the protest last week, it reminds a lot more peaceful, a lot calmer. the protests last week, there was some looting, some window breaking, bottles being thrown, that sort of stuff. >> vivian, in terms of the way that the protesters and police are relating to one another, does it seem like there are -- they're listening in both directions? what's the dynamic between police and protesters tonight? >> it's a very unique relationship with the poli

los angeles, san francisco, all the way to seattle. this is just tapping into moisture and what we call the pineapple express. the moisture originating from close to hawaii. and we just suck in all that moisture and eventually ending up bringing the strong winds and the heavier hateful and high seas especially around those south facing banks near santa barbara, california. keep in mind 15 to 20 foot breakers near the coast. significant surf across the region. look at the latest radar coming from the pacific northwest. you see how the hateful has in inundated much of washington. san francisco bay, just starting to see the leading edge of this band of precipitation. it's eventually going to move into los angeles come thursday and friday. we're going to see tricky travel conditions extend across some of california. you can see higher amounts to the north. you should expect one to three, maybe upwards of four inches locally across that area. and the impressive snowfall totals expected for the sierra nevada mountain range. we have a few dif

san francisco airport got more rain in a week than all last year. first a drainage pipe and filling underpasses faster than some could drive away. in southern california, more than eight inches fell in one community. large trees snapped like twigs, and in the middle of all the chaos, this picture from southern california water officials with a message more than 1 billion gallons of water from the storm saved. but even that is but a drop in the drought bucket. >> all these rainfalls do are momentary suppression of the fire season. it does our drought no good. >> reporter: that's because 85% of rain water that falls in southern california is wasted. >> all of our water, we sit here and watch it run down l.a. river and we go, see you. >> reporter: what california so desperately needs but cannot handle, all it wants. >> reporter: it would take more than ten time the amount of rain in this storm to. if he the historic drought and it would have to fall central or northern california where it stays preferably as snow. because almost everything that falls h

that will stretch all the way down to san francisco. very busy, natalie, back to you. >> certainly is. janice huff, thanks so much. >>> to health news now and concerns over the flu. the centers for disease control said today there is already a widespread outbreak in more than half of the country. and 11 children have already died from the flu. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: doctors always tell us, get the vaccine. wash your hands. and if you're sick, don't cough have on anyone. -- don't cough on anyone. and please, please stay home. but even if everyone followed the advice, the flu would still spread. and now the cdc says this could be another severe flu season. already 13 states and puerto rico are showing high infection rates. part of the problem is a new flu strain, resistant to the vaccine. 13-year-old john gentry got his flu shot but still got sick. knowing he is asthmatic, dad didn't waste time getting him to texas children's hospital. >> we believe that had he not gotten the vaccine that he could have been much worse

. >> dan simon in san francisco, thank you so much. into in >>> congress is now just hours away from shutting down the government because they just can't seem to work together. this time it's not just democrats and republicans battling each other, it's democrats against democrats, republicans against republicans. will they finally get something done before the midnight deadline? that's next. [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... oh hey, neill, how are you? [ male announcer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. >>> welcome back to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. the politics lead. there are literally just hours left to pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. usually the fight is between house republicans and senate democrats. but this battle is different. we witnessed a senate democrat making an impassioned appeal to tea pa

closing both directions in san francisco thanks to the flooding. we have visuals coming out of that area, people using whatever forms of transportation they had available to them including kayaks, parking lots. closing all lanes on highway 101, and we also have had a lot of cancellations coming out of san francisco's international airport. 200 flights cancelled thursday. that will have repercussions into the start of the early weekend as well. in all of 2013, san francisco and the surrounding bay area received about three and a half in inches. we have now seen 2 3/4 inch much rainfall from this storm. we've had upwards of a foot or more of rain across central california. look at these wind gusts nearing hurricane force strength. we've had several reports of trees and power lines down across the entire west coast. two deaths have been reported out of this as well. this is the latest radar, i want to pay attention to a line of thunderstorms across california as our cold front advances eastward. look for heavy downpours around los angeles in the next

san francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. in king county it could cost 7 to 9 million dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. >> we're eliminating routes, we're cutting back service in some areas, there's pressure on the system in terms of money and we're saying "okay, we're gonna make things cheaper"...

reports out of san francisco, people blocking traffic in downtown san francisco on market street to protest eric garner's death. also in los angeles tonight these protests tonight around the country have been at times echoing the hands up don't shoot rallying cry over the protest over the death of 18-year-old michael brown in missouri but you've repeatedly seen in terms of what people are chaptering and on their lines, repeating that line "i can't breathe" or "we can't breathe" specifically about the case of eric garper and how he died. july 17th he was approached by police in staten island, police believed that he was illegally selling individual cigarettes so you don't want to buy a whole pack you buy one cigarette for 50 cents from a guy on the street. it is illegal but not the biggest deal of a crime. plain clothed police officers tried arresting him. he stumble, fell to the ground, at least three other officers converged on him and held him down forcibly and that is how he died. this video was posted by "the new york daily news" after his death happened. it was taken by a bystander on

the last time san francisco saw more than four inches of rainfall was in the 1998 el nino. now, schools have been shut down. en parts of the 101, the vital artery down the coast have been closed. and the warnings are dire. >> this storm is supposed to hit in the middle of the night. so, what may just look like a little bit of water on the road looks. >> further north, that pineapple express, a fullly loaded super soaker, one meet roth called it, has doused washington state and oregon with the dirt under some houses and the memories in them simply swept away. >> very sad. it's very personal. these people have built lives out here. it was just heart-wrenching to see the house with the garduard back and they had dinner on the deck the night before and then the house just went. it's devastating. >> in a community that's watched erosion bring the beach front closer in recent years, there is inevitable. >> not really overwhelmed. it's like when something happens and you know it's going to happen like a death. you are just there with it. i am trying to be right here with it. >> in

anyone heading from san francisco to the east bay is in for quite a commute. from the bay bridge up 80 down 880 or across highway 24, it is all slow going and traffic on 101 is slow going from san francisco all the way to san jose. >> our chief meteorologist paul deanno has been all over it tracking the rain for you. paul, drivers, this week at least, can't catch a break. >> every week is soggy. it's not as widespread or intense as yesterday but any rainfall is troublesome when we're talking about the evening commute. it's left san francisco. you're already on the dry side of the storm. but most of the bay area not. san ramon, dublin, livermore, moderate, hayward, fremont, union city, same. oakland richmond toward novato and petaluma still seeing light to moderate rainfall, napa, vallejo

san francisco is suing uber. district attorney george gascon saying screenings are inadequate because they don't include fingerprinting. >> if you read their website, there's all this language about how they're striving to make this a safe experience for the driver. and when you start reading the small print, you can see that basically uber is completely walking away from any liability. >> reporter: other ride services don't fingerprint either. but it's uber been aggressive in fighting stronger background checks. the company has defended its screening, but on wednesday uber promised to improve saying it still has more work to do and we will do it. pledging to build tools for enhanced driver screening and giving customers the instant ability to communicate with uber in an emergency. in the case of sofia lu, the driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and the family is suing uber. riders say it's easy to use, but experts believe if safety becomes an issue that convenience will take a backseat. janet sha

but in california, 45 people were arrested in san francisco and oakland. another 23 were arrested in boston. there were no arrests reported in washington d.c. where an estimated 25,000 people marched to the u.s. capital. today marks exactly two years since adam lanza killed his mother, then gunned down 20 young children and six adults at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. local firefighters who were among the first to respond to the shooting, lowered their station's flag to half-staff this morning. city leaders have decided not to hold any public ceremonies today. instead, they're calling for private reflection. since the shooting, the school has been demolished and a handful of the victim's parents are considering plans for a permanent memorial. meanwhile, the city has taken possession of the lanza home, but officials have not decided what to do with it yet. we'll have more from connecticut in a moment. former vice president dick cheney defended the c.i.a.'s post-9/11 interrogation program, despite criticism in the wake of the senate re

also nearby in san francisco, demonstrations began on friday in san francisco after nightfall near the embarcadero downtown. protesters marched to union square and thoen tried to work their way into the annual tree lighting ceremony in union square. police said they did stop the demonstrators from reaching the tree lyth ceremony. they moved the group down to market street. in san francisco, some of those protests did turn violent. several businesses were vandalized. reports of some broken windows. some bottles and rocks thrown at police officers. two officers reportedly injured. several arrests made at night in san francisco on friday. also on friday, in chicago, it was about 200 people who marched from the city's magnificent mile shopping district in the afternoon. they marched from there to wicker park. that was described as a day of awareness and engagement in chicago. about half of that group made the initial march kept marching onward to a walmart store almost four miles away chanting hands up, don't shoot. also no justice, no profit. in seattle, same day, on friday, more than 200

kpix 5's sharon chin in san francisco. the list of crimes is jaw- dropping. >> reporter: one was officer of the year. now both may go to prison. san francisco police chief greg suhr knows personally both officers who were convicted. >> this is very hard and i'm feeling for the hard working men and women on the streets right now because they deserve better. >> reporter: the case goes back to this surveillance video of police raiding an sro, one officer pleading guilty to crimes from this incident hoping for a lighter sentence. in exchange he testified that officer he had manned robles and sergeant ian fer minger -- edmond robles and sergeant ian ferminger were stealing property. one attorney says he expects his client to spend time behind bars. >> he was hopeful for a not guilty verdict. he is crushed and bitterly disappointed. >> and for robles? >> it's a matter of taking care of the family now and trying to get through this. but we respect -- we respect the jury's verdict. >> reporter: the public defender says it sends a

in san francisco bay area communities are gearing up for flooding. a winter storm is expected to hit the region tonight t. it could be the worst in five years. public schools have already closed in advance. worrisome, yes. tree trimmers are out in force to prevent branches from falling on power lines but the moisture is also a welcome relief for a state in the middle of a record drought. >> definitely need the rain. glad it is coming but of course we don't want our house to flood. >> reporter: cnn, san francisco. >> east coast viewers some are sleeping but you are not watching if you are sleeping. >> maybe both at the same time. >> west coast viewers it is 11:15 p.m. we have more on both coasts. >> i was there for the 2009 five years ago storm system that impacted the west coast and it was brutal when it comes to the moisture available. this particular feature resembling that as well. look at the water vapor imagery. moisture levels in he mid and upper levels of the atmosphere abundant. some areas in the northwest corner of washington state. an area,

san francisco, oakland, sacramento could pick up 2 to 3 inches. later on tonight, the cold front sweeps down through southern california. even santa barbara to los angeles will get a little taste of it with 1 to 2 inches of rain. you know what that does to even the traffic and commuting all the way down through southern california. so the winds, they haven't really moved in yet. so far gusts 40 miles per hour. we haven't seen any damaging winds yet. those are going to start to pick up during the daylight hours today, especially around san francisco, right around the lunch hour, then as we go through southern california a little later on this evening. wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour in the mountains. that's why we're going to have the issues out there. so it's a very impressive storm. as we've said, it's the biggest one in six years. but you kind of have the caveat there haven't been many storms the last six years. >> as a guy that lived in l.a. for three years, drivers get a little panicky. >> 2 inches of rain is a lot of rain for l.a. >> it is

from san francisco to the north bay. slick roads... swo >>> now at 6:00 a rainy mess all over the bay area toppled trees from san francisco to the north bay, slick roads, swollen creeks and it's not over. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. let take you outside right now, the sloppy commute in the north bay. let's get right to chief meteorologist paul deanno who has been tracking the storm for us. paul. >> we will continue to throughout the night tonight and tomorrow. because not finished yet. yes, the rain is lessened in coverage and intensity this afternoon. mother nature merely reloading, scattered showers continuing throughout the bay area but not that widespread drenching rainfall that we had for about 12 straight hours from 2 a.m. until 2 p.m. that said, you go outside you might get caught in a quick downpour for five or 10 minutes. rainfall totals are updated: >>> got to focus on the 1.5" of rain in san francisco. that's the official downtown tally making today the wettest day of the calendar year in san f

in san francisco's mission district, many ground floors flooded. and this is the middle of the city. >> yeah. it's-- it's crazy. >> reporter: but sandbags saved mark urich's warehouse. you're going to leave this up for a while? >> we'll see. it's supposed to rain again next week, so who knows what will happen. >> reporter: over the past two weeks, san francisco has ivceived about eight inches of rain. the average for early december, scott, is about an inch and a half. >> pelley: john blackstone near the golden gate tonight. llhn, thank you. y ll, it seems like they're practically giving it away. oil fell another $2 today to $57.81 a barrel, the lowest price since the height of the great recession. it was over $100 just six months ago. today, energy stocks led another big sell-off on wall street. the dow lost 315 points. anthony mason is here to tell us what's going on. anthony. >> reporter: it was the worst week for the dow since november of 2011, scott. at the end of last week, it was flirting with 18,000. today, it's below 17,300. the catalyst ha

many in the san francisco area decided not to go to work. traffic lights were out across much of the city. major roads flooded. public transit was disrupted. the cable cars were shut down with buses taking over the routes. most schools were closed. so the ludwig family went for a walk in the rain. >> i thought we were just going to watch tv all day, but now the power's out. >> reporter: it's kind of a unique experience right now. >> totally. totally. they never had a power outage. >> reporter: more than 100,000 customers in the san francisco bay area were without power. georgia virgili lost most of the conveniences of modern life. >> i didn't have power. i couldn't get my car out of the garage. i had no food. i have no cash. so i'm trying to forage for something. n reporter: flooding from this storm could have been much worse, but after three years of drought, the ground soaked up much of the rain. the reservoirs have plenty of room to catch the run-off. that's a good thing, scott, because this rain is expected to continue through the night

thousands gathered in boston, chicago, new york, san francisco and so on. thousands gathered to keep vigil. when he died again, thousands gathered. a moment repeated today "hands [ chanting ] >> reporter: and now, as then, the president spoke for justice. >> i speak tonight for the dignity of man. president johnson spoke saying there were times in man adds unending quest for justice. >> history and faith meet to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. >> such was in lexing tonne, and concurred. >> and there long suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as americans. many were brutally assaulted. killed. >> that was jim reed. >> 70 million americans tuned in to see johnson. urged congress to pass a voting rights acknowledgement dr kink didn't attend. he was at me, giving reed's eulogy. >> justice followed a slow path for the bright future that was spoken of here. the marchers made their way to montreal. johnson was able to force through the voting rights act. amelia saw her community voted by black leaders,

to sum it up, if you're going to san francisco, do not shake hands with any. if you're going anywhere overseas do not eat the ice cream. whatever you do do not have unprotected sex with a towel in kenya. those are travel tips you can use in the "ridiculist." >> keep watching us as we talk about the most ridiculous of the year. now to the special, "to heaven and back." their stories begin tragically. they went to heaven and then came back. their stories raise fundamental questions about fear and faith. is heaven real? what does it feel like to die. tonight, randi kaye says they left this world for another. we leave it to them to tell

areas downed trees and power lines from san francisco to san jose, where this s.u.v. got crushed. >> at the height of the storm, more than 200,000 people lost power and shut down san francisco businesses and its mass transit system, including the iconic street cars. those driving found chaos on the streets as traffic lights went dark, floodwater stalled engines and high winds caused accidents. over 240 flights were canceled. some were able to have fun with the water, including surfers and kids across northern california, who enjoyed a rare day off from school. >> we saw it on the news and it looked really fun, so we just wanted to do it. >> rewarding the effect of this storm on california's historic drought, experts say while this is a good start, they would need three to five similar such storms in short order to get rainfall levels back to where they need to be. >> let's get more on the storm with nicole mitchell. some people are having fun, but for the most part, this is a really damaging storm. >> it is. he was just talking about the drought. the monitor comes out

san francisco is suing uber. district attorney saying the screenings are inadequate because they don't include fingerprinting. >> if you read their website there's language about how they're striving to make this a safe experience for the rider and then when you read the small print you see basically uber is completely walking away from any liability. >> it's uber aggressive in fighting stronger background checks. the company defended the screening but on wednesday uber promised to improve saying it has more work to do and we will do it. pledging to build tools for enhanced driver screening and giving customers the instant ability to commune candidate with uber. in the case of sophia the driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter. riders say it's easy to use. if safety becomes an issue, that convenience will take a backseat. >> an interesting report. >>> still ahead on "way too early." which nfl team is already named their playoff captains before clenching their spot in the playoffs. >>> being called the

schools in the san francisco bay area are closed. some companies are asking their employees to work from home today. it is all courtesy of a system that's being dubbed the pineapple express. heavy rains have caused major damage and flooding in washington state where two homes along the coast were just completely washed away as you can see there. let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. what a mess huh? >> right now we're heading into the peak of the morning rush hour and the worst of the winds are arriving. the timing is bad. that's why they kept the kids home. better safe than sorry. let's get into the storm. right now, it's nearing its peak intensity just off the coast. and now all the effects are going to move on shore with it. here on the big map, you can see the two storms that are on each book end of our coast. we have one over the northeast. that's the old nor'easter still sitting there. the huge one, the one that strengthened last night, was the one in california. we have now seen wind gusts as high as 96 miles per hour.

latin women get cancer less than other groups and at the university of san francisco found lat i no women have a single dna that has greater resistance to the disease. >> this variant is one in three billion variants in the genome. >> reporter: genetic her loom and took seven years of pain taking work has scientist linda. >> i'm committed to doing research on latinos in breast cancer and to me it's a great step forward after so many years. >> reporter: researching the genetic roots of cancer could lead to better therapies to fight or prevent the disease. for example, the breast cancer finding will guide doctors in advising women how often they should obtain mammograms. >> we will get much better tools for prediction of who is at risk for sure and i think we will get much better understanding by logically of what makes cancer happen and how we can potentially use that against the cancer. >> reporter: scientists say rapidly improving technology will speed new findings about the very nature of cancer and how to defeat it, rob reynolds, al jazeera, san francisco. >> that it for me but d

san francisco, $3.04 in san francisco, but albuquerque, $2.38, that is the cheapest in the country. >> there's good news for travelers who use new york city airports. i can't imagine what that is. >> well, i mean, like you as well, we fly into new york. not overwhelmed by the first impression. joe biden said it's like coming to a third world country. that's what he was quoted saying as well. but the good news is laguardia, newark, jfk, getting a lot spent on them. they're spending billions and billions over the next ten years, and the airlines are spending as well. and apparently, this is the good news, apparently people are beginning to spot the difference, jetblue at kennedy, and united at newark with spending money. there are great hopes that the slightly negative first impression of the greatest city, it's going to be slightly better in the future, apparently. >> skeptical. thank you. colleen, i should never question you. it is the eighth. thank you very much. >>> still ahead on way too early, sunday's best moments in nfl action. who's in and who's out? a shakeup in the top four c

pelosi's staff. >> i could be elected mayor of san francisco looking like that. >> stephen: would you sign this for me? >> no. >> stephen: all right. maybe later? >> got it. >> stephen: who has got the best parking space over at fox, you or hannity? >> hannity has a really good parking space. >> stephen: he does? >> yeah. >> stephen: did you take him in a fight. >> i don't want to fight. we're irish guys. >> stephen: you are irish guys, you don't want to fight? (laughter) >> see this is a cliche. you don't want to -- hannity would kick my butt. >> stephen: he would? >> oh, yeah. >> stephen: you have the reach. >> i'm a fife, i'm not a tough guy. >> stephen: are you breaking my heart. >> i'm sensitive. >> stephen: if you are an act, than what am i? (cheers and applause) bill o'reilly, the book is "culture warrior" thank you, sir. >> great to be here. >> stephen: this is really great. we'll be right back. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. it's

parts of the county north of san francisco were deluged, a sinkhole opened up in san francisco itself, while cars were submerged in san jose and streets flooded in san diego. ventura county, home to mudslides are prone to evacuation orders. heavy equipment cleared roads ever have mud and rocks and late down sandbag barriers. >> it will take more than one storm to reduce the drought. many reservoirs are near record lows and government officials begging californians to save water. aljazeera, san fncisco. >> still ahead on the program, they are still waiting in florida, high winds have delayed the launch of the orion spacecraft, but they could be just minutes away. >> plus, south africa's oldest leader tightened his grip. >> welcome back. russian president vladimir putin accused the west of trying to dismantle russia. he also defended his foreign policy particularly in ukraine during his annual state of the nice address to parliament. the speech comes hours after 10 police officers were killed in chechnya. a publishing house was stormed and set on fire. >> the united states senior law of

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that's san francisco where over 4 inches now and still have some rain to go. here's a look at the satellite. we do have scattered showers in san francisco today. so a little bit of a break. not heavy rainfall, but haf rain is concentrated over phoenix and albuquerque and windchill weather coming in in seattle and montana seeing that winter weather. but here's a look at the forecast for san francisco. rain picks up again on friday. we could see an additional inch, we're dry saturday and sunday, light showers on monday, and then that should really be the end of it for a little bit. here's a look at friday's forecast. and you can see out to the west, phoenix starts to dry out. l.a. still doing okay as far as the rain goes. it doesn't come back until saturday and then we'll see some showers from seattle all the way down to san francisco. back to you, abby. >> thank you very much for that update. >> no justice, no peace. no racist police. >> no justice, no peace. that is the chant we've been hearing from protesters who have flooded the streets of new york city in t

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in san francisco. >> they have gone down to stream drought. they are in northern california. the northern california on the sierra leone, this is where they have the snow pack and rely on 30 to 50% of that going into the water supply. >> i see the red is bad. the good news is we have a whether pattern we have atmospheric rivers, and bring in the successive amount of rainfall. and 40% of the rivers put an end to the drought in central california up to the north. we are seeing the northern california drought end by rivers. when they don't show up, we have an impact of 85% of precipitation that comes from them. >> more to come? >> we are seeing another developing for this weekend. so we are tracking how many inches of rain will fall on saturday, sunday. >> could be good news. >> definitely. >> next, why some tech experts are not convinced north korea is behind the sony hack. >>> plus, police officers in new orleans have been wearing body cameras for months. doesn't mean that they are always rolling. >>> this is al jazeera america, i'll john seigenthaler. coming up, most republic

there was a case reported in san francisco. the san francisco general hospital, which had the first ward for aids patients in the united states, at that place, there was a patient that had converted from negative to positive. it was a health care provider who also got stuck with a needle. i had to go into therapy. i dropped 17 pounds. i was vomiting. in some ways, several of our patients relate similar stories when they take chemotherapy to fighting cancer. that is how i had this incredible amount of respect for what they do. because to a certain point, i did it for a month. imagine our patients that do it for years at a time. devastating. like -- luckily, everything went well. there is a gap also, in between david and olivia. we had to protect ourselves. we do not know what was going to happen. i would go and get a result from my test. it was absolutely nerve-racking. you can sense the amount of intense moments that my wife and i went through. >> did you have a time where you are operating on somebody and was escorted on your

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, san francisco. >>> that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being with us. i'm lester holt in for brian. for all of us at nbc news, goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00 p.m. strong winds barrelling through the bay area tearing down power lines and trees blocking roadways. thanks for joining us, everyone. >> if you've been outside, you know. it is windy. take a live look at freemont where you can see the flags whipping out there and things are just getting started. the strong winds have created problems all over the bay area knocking down trees, toppling power poles and causing bart to stop in its tracks. we are at the trouble spots but begin with chief meteorology jeff who is tracking these winds. jeff? >> the thing that's different with this storm system from all of our other storms we typically see it move in and out. but the way this storm system is moving in from the north way up across canada to now on top of the bay area it's creating a long duration wind event. we've already had four to six hours of gusty winds for the greater

. >> right now at the immediate coastline, the peninsula, san francisco getting nailed over the past 30 minutes with some very heavy rain fall, even a few hail reports. rain fall rates approaching one inch per hour and with all of the rain over the past two weeks, flooding concerns will be up there if you don't have to be on the roadways, go ahead and stay inside tonight. you can see with this particular area right across san francisco, three quarters of an inch per hour. that will be good enough in downtown, to send water into the muni stations and bart may have trouble taking on this water. 280, highway 101, this is the number one worst concern right now -- not a good idea to be out here on these roadways with t

every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. ♪ >>> after an exciting, harrowing college football game last night, the miami beach bowl became one of the ugliest chapters in college football easily this season. brigham young and memphis got into a huge brawl after memphis won the game. some downright barbaric behavior on both teams, swinging helmets, players got stomped, blindsided, but it was a byu player's full-arm sucker punch that got the most attention. the incident prompted a lot of talk, especially in utah about byu's standards of faith and the sometimes violent world of ncaa division i football. one columnist's headline today read, "after brawl, byu footbal

every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. >>> a crisis over french fries of all things is easing in japan because of a shortage caused by a labor dispute here in the u.s., mcdonald's had limited orders to only the small size at its 3,000 japanese branches. the country imports most of its frozen fries, but now they've increased shipments by air and from the east coast of the u.s. and the company says all fry sizes will now be available again ten days from now. thank goodness. >>> in this country the call came in just before 6:00 p.m. in philadelphia, and two police officers responded to aid in delivering what would be the best christmas present of all for one youn

we're showing you live pictures out of san francisco. parts of california right now are being battered by the most powerful storm to hit the state in several years. let's bring in our meteorologist jennifer gray. what is happening in california, jennifer? >> wolf, we are seeing a lot of rain in california is what we are seeing. not a familiar sight at all. look at this, still coming down around san francisco and has been coming down all day long and will likely continue in the bay area through the overnight and then slowly improving by tomorrow. this is slowly going to start to move down to the south. but we have had lots of it. we've had flooding rains along the coast and we've had blizzard conditions in the sierras. look at the rainfall totals. 6 inches in sonoma, and in san francisco about 2.5 inches today and the rain totals will likely go up. not only have we have the rain, we've had the wind. wind gusts, 56 mile-per-hour winds in half moon bay. san francisco had a 50 mile-per-hour gust, monterey, 48. and then when you go up to the