sculpture called a soldier's journey that remembers the 22 million people who died in world war one. for the past decade, the artist sabine howard has been making this monument. it will go up in pershing park in washington, d.c. it's made up of 38 figures that are mounted on a wall to portray the experience of one american soldier. you could see a soldier leaving his wife and daughter fighting in the war, witnessing men around him die and then coming back home in shock. the artist says the message is that service and sacrifice transcends all time and knows not one war and not one party. don't forget you can watch our newscast 24/7 on roku and other streaming platforms. jessica aguirre joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. that is a powerful installation right now at 530, memorial day means the unofficial start of summer, but we're already seeing a seasonal uptick of covid. how concerned

are experts and what you could do to keep yourself safe? moving forward? so people are traveling home right now following a busy holiday weekend. the large number of people on the move and in the air, along with our roadways, and a large fire that broke out at an oakland lumber yard, is now contained. we're learning more about the fire that destroyed this company. welcome back. the news at 530 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang and i'm jessica aguirre. here we go. here's your summer warning. new variants and lots of travel have led to a rise in covid cases right here in california. it may not be what you want to hear, but doctors say if you're up to date on your vaccines, you should be okay. but if you're not, that's a different story. nbc bay area's scott budman joins me now here we go again. i mean, a lot of people think, oh, covid, out of mind, out of sight, but that's not the case right now, right? although it is

out of mind in a lot of out of sight for a lot of people, and that what doctors say is part of the problem. jessica the variants you've probably already heard of are now responsible for more than 50% of the covid cases. cases expected to rise as more people travel for the summer. the summer travel season is heating up. we're going to eugene, oregon. and so once again, is the risk of covid in california wastewater tests show an uptick in the number of cases over the last seven days. there are several reasons why that's happening. we have a more transmissible variant. people's immunity is starting to wear off. not enough people have gotten vaccines compared to a year ago. doctor peter chin-hong says the new variants come at a time when most of us aren't thinking much about covid. we're not too concerned about, to be honest. but it's we felt safe. yeah, we stopped thinking about covid. me personally, no, not really. i think covid's kind of passed on and while the recent rate is higher, there are less than a third of the number of cases we saw last summer. it's

not too worrisome for the general population. but i continue to be worried about those who are older and those who are immune compromised, particularly if they haven't had a vaccine in the last year. but the new variants are out there. doctors say their best advice is keep up with your vaccines. okay, i think the rub here is that most people think, oh, it's winter, i should really get vaccinated because we have a lot more colds, a lot more covid, a lot more exposure in the winter. but here we are in summer, right? and so you may have gotten vaccinated in winter and doctor chin-hong says, that's great. you're probably okay. the reason he says we see an uptick, not only new variants, but because during travel season we get together on planes and if it's hot, we get together inside and we're spreading germs again. so so far, a pretty small uptick, not nearly what we saw in the winter. and so far, at least not nearly what we saw last summer. but we're starting to see a little bit more. and he's just out there saying, hey, be careful. yeah okay. thank you

very much, todd. and doctor peter actually is going to join me live at 7:00 tonight to talk a little bit more about these variants and really who's the most at risk. so i hope you'll tune in for that. janelle. jessica, turning to memorial day travel now and the rush the busiest one in nearly 20 years. the vast majority of people traveled by car and took a road trip. let's take a live look at our roads. right now. things are looking really good out there. traffic moving, including at the bay bridge toll plaza. but things are not flowing so smoothly at sfo tonight. according to flightaware, the airport has seen nearly 150 delays today, compared to around 30 each at san jose and oakland airports. the tsa says a record was broken on friday. it screened nearly 3 million passengers nationwide that is the most travelers passing through airport security checkpoints in a single day. the previous record was set last year on the sunday after thanksgiving. this evening, a memorial is growing along highway one at the place where the son of half moon bay's mayor was killed in a crash over the weekend. it happened saturday

evening at the intersection of highway one and miranda road. police say joaquin jimenez alvarado was on a motorcycle trying to turn onto highway one when he crashed with a pickup truck. he is the son of mayor joaquin jimenez jimenez. alvarado's family shared that picture of the 28 year old mayor. jimenez said his son had a beautiful heart, loved writing stories and writing motorcycles, and he was always very proud of him. investigators are looking into what caused a lumber yard in oakland to go up in flames. it started just before eight last night at the economy lumber yard on high street, just off of 880, grew to a four alarm fire really quickly. it destroyed a warehouse at that site. 75 firefighters called in. the fire has since been contained, but it was still too dangerous for investigators to go inside and determine what started it. they're looking into the possibility that the fire was started at a homeless encampment along the nearby railroad tracks

. yeah, there was a prior burn there before, so we are looking in that area, but we're not ruling in or we're ruling nothing in or out right now. firefighters are on the scene all day today putting out hot spots. the deadly weather continues across parts of the country. violent storms over the weekend destroyed homes and claimed lives. at least 21 people killed and hundreds of thousands without power. nbc's dan sheneman reports. tornadoes hail. intense rain. powerful, perilous storms hitting the country this holiday weekend. it's scary. it's a scary. it's a worst i've ever experienced. among the hardest hit areas, texas, where neighborhoods once stood. now just piles of debris. i'm still trying to wrap my head around it. oklahoma and arkansas also overwhelmed by the weather. arkansas's governor visited some of her state's devastated communities in alabama. strong winds pushed over this tree. one

person was killed. a brick wall. no match for the powerful gusts. kentucky was not spared. one couple, expecting twins, survived the storm, but their only car did not. pretty devastated, though, you know. i mean, this wasn't really a hit that we could take right now. those in the path of this weekend's storms can do little now, except pick up and plan to rebuild. they're upset, they're shocked. but, we're moving forward. we're helping them out. just the start of what forecasters fear will be a long and dangerous summer. dan sheneman, nbc news. this memorial day, a challenge to move your body in honor of a navy seal who did not make it home. the murph challenge is named for michael p murphy, who was killed in action in afghanistan 19 years ago. since that time, the workout honoring his sacrifice and service has become a popular event for athletes all over the world. it includes enthusiasts of rucking,

which is working out while carrying extra weight. a former green beret calls it a test of physical and mental endurance, honoring the sacrifice and service of the fallen. before you get to the barbecue and the beers and the and the family fun, you can you can honor all who have fallen. and that's the true kind of meaning of what memorial day is. and then you can get on to your your celebrations and, and wave your flags proudly. so true. okay, here's the murph workout a one mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, and another one mile run, all of it while wearing a weighted vest just ahead, meet the team that's fueling team usa. i'm chris chmura with a look at the unusual cargo they are taking across the pond, including 400 pounds of carry on bags. that's next as we get closer. sorry jeff. go ahead, take it away. no worries. i'm chief meteorologist

jeff ranieri. we are looking at some enjoyable weather on this memorial day right now. 78 in concord, 70 in san jose. i'll show you what's ahead in terms of heat this week and over the next two weeks. i've got those details in about ten minutes. thank you jef and like i was saying, as we get closer to the paris olympics, we want to introduce you to some of the athletes with bay area ties who will be representing team usa. three time wnba champ chelsea gray is looking tbring home another olympic medal. gray was born in hayward, grew up in manteca, and she was a member of the 2020 team that went x zero in tokyo to bring he gold. gray is also an analyst for our sister station, nbc sports california. ba

most in sight. and today we are officially 60 days away from the olympics, starting right here on nbc. we are ramping up for paris

while team usa is packing up for paris. so we asked our in-house travel pro chris kamara to give us a peek at their unusual cargo. last time you were showing us cargo we were talking giant million dollar horses that were heading over. exactly. flying horses right? a lot of people who watched our segment told us they had absolutely no idea how the equestrian horses that compete in the olympics will fly from around the world to paris. they travel in those specialty barns that fit inside a cargo jet. quick update i can tell you this operation is in full swing right now and soon. the horses, their handlers, groomers, vets and such will fly to france. some will go extra early in the next few weeks, so the horses and the people can recover from jet lag that was a trip, so we've been hungry to learn more about any other unexpected cargo that team usa is taking to france. and we found jessica moore living, breathing cargo meat, part of the team that fuels team usa

chefs, sous chefs and dietitians. in total, nine food pros will fly from two, rather from here to france to feed team usa three meals a day. we spoke with brian knudsen, who oversees team usa's food and nutrition. he says his team started planning the menu two and a half years ago. they're cooking up 250 recipes using 1000 ingredients. they're going to buy most food locally in france, including 13,000 baguettes. met with the bakery my last time there, and my current estimate is around 200 baguettes per day, which he is prepared to make more. he he's like, you're going to be buying more. yeah. carbo load. but team usa isn't going 100% local. it's bringing a couple tons of all american flavor 34 pallets. they are shipping from the states to france. got some ramen there, some raisin bran. yep. my personal favorite for authentic zest. somewhere in that load there. hickory chips for barbecue. we are actually going

to bring our own wood chips and smoke some items out there ourselves just to bring that, that, you know, comfortable piece, that familiarity that our athletes get here. and that's why we go right. you know, the last thing you want to do during an olympic year, during the games is change their diets. and those pallets also contain more than 10,000 american made protein shakes, knudsen told me he just couldn't find anything in france that matched the athletes expectations for post workout muscle recovery. i found one more all-american item that's hopping the pond for team usa, and it is so precious that this will actually be hand carried in the team's transatlantic flights. these edible chocolate peanut butter medals. team usa is taking 400 pounds of them, and because these sweet treats are delicate, knudsen told us, no, i'm not going to ship those babies. instead, he and his usa team usa executive chef. they will pack all 400 pounds of those

chocolate peanut butter medals in their carry on luggage with special permission from delta airlines for the weight i could not. i love this, i'm going delta too. can you hook me up with brian? wait. hold on. you brought samples? i couldn't get you the medals, but i got close. these are just the little. oh. oh, yes. please please, please use your imagination. thank you. little blue ribbon right there. i love it. everybody gets a medal. thank everybody so much. what i did is thank you. phone number. oh, yeah. so i can eat america too. yes. the barbecue is going to be wonderful. yes. that was so interesting. you get the gold medal for this today. for sure. for sure. that was so fun. behind the scenes of the cargo, you'll have to sneak me in your bags, jess, because you're heading over there because i have not been approved to go. we'll see what happens. oh man. let's talk about the weather for candy. gold medal for weather. the weather. just giving them out left and right. right. you know, the weather today actually is right in line with what it should be in paris

by the time we get to the games. yeah, temperatures in the upper 70s to about 80. that's what it averages as the olympics get underway in paris, the only thing we'll have to watch out for is the potential here of some heat waves. we'll have more on that, of course, as the coverage gets closer. but i do want to take it out and show you any airport delays we're monitoring. we know some of your family friends may have been doing a quick trip somewhere over the extended weekend, and might be headed back tonight. we have seen some delays crop up this evening. right now, 30 minute delays in chicago. we have some storms entering the midwest, and we've had a few storms here outside of dallas. 30 minute delays. and as we roll through tomorrow, the severe weather will be over texas with a high likelihood here of some very strong thunderstorms, maybe even some tornadoes. okay, let's roll it back into our weather here in the bay area as we head through tomorrow. we've got warm air moving in from the south, high pressure keeping the storm track well away. and the only little difference here we'll see is some fog here as we roll

through tomorrow morning. so as we started off here at 7:00, there's the cloud cover here at the coastline. also over the east bay. even some of that fog from san jose to gilroy. chance of some patchy fog up towards the north bay. now, a lot of this would clear back by ten and 11:00 in the morning. and you'll see through the afternoon. lots of sunshine here throughout the bay area however, if you're headed to the coastline here, right up against san francisco, down to half moon bay, we will see some of that fog lingering morning temperatures will begin like this down to 51 here. so overall, a nice beginning here for us. south bay, low 50s right up to the north bay 50 and 53. here in the east bay. temperatures as we move through tomorrow staying right near average to a little bit below above here in a few spots i'll leave us to 78 in napa, double sevens in concord, 75 in san jose, 73 in palo alto. then you got that chilly ocean breeze that will put us at 50s and 60s here in san francisco. and also half moon bay. but how about into this weekend and into next week? well, what we're going to

see happen is this area of high pressure just kind of continue to rebuild back off a little bit, rebuild again. and that's going to help to increase our temperatures. so right now over the next two weeks, the way it looks right now, we'll see a high likelihood here of some above average temperatures across much of the west. so that's going to mean as we head through this week we'll get up to about 89 to 90 on thursday. we'll see it dip a little bit this weekend but still overall warm. very nice low 80s. and then we should stay with some mid 80s as we roll through next week. what about rain chances? well there is the chance we could get into some drizzle with the fog and also a little bit of that monsoon moving in from the southwest. could pop up some thunderstorms throughout the sierra. we'd see a slight risk of maybe some on and off thunderstorm chances. in the next two weeks. we'll keep an eye on that. no thunderstorm chances, though, at least as we head through the next seven days right here in san francisco. keep your eyes right there. wednesday, thursday, friday, some 70s coming on back. and for

the inland valleys we go up to that warmer 90 on thursday, and then we go down a little bit this weekend. but still very comfortable. so we're doing all good here as we head through the next seven days. looks lovely. little pop. enjoy it. yeah, thanks. a bay area man is ready to compete in his first ever olympics. we're going to introduce you to the sailor who finds himself in the middle

than one of the fastest sports at the summer games. here's nbc bay area's anthony flores. you know, i started sailing here when i was 6 or 7. david liebenberg grew up sailing at the richmond yacht club. it's there where he was first drawn to the water. he was born with a passion for sailing. it was evident before he could talk. his parents taught him to sail, but it wasn't until he was a teenager that he really experienced the adrenaline rush of gliding across the ocean. what i love about sailing is the how dynamic it is and the fresh air, the sunshine and every day is different. as a member of the tufts university sailing team, he sharpened his starting and short course skills. he was a captain his senior year on the school's first collegiate match racing national championship in 2012. since then, the 32 year old, who was born in livermore but now calls richmond home, has

dedicated his life to making the olympics after coming up short in 2016 and 2020, he realized his dream a few weeks ago at the world championships in france when he qualified for team usa in the naka 17 discipline to actually qualify for the olympics. it's really special and i'm going to be able to, you know, tell my kids about it, hopefully tell my grandkids about it one day. what was that call like to mom and dad when you said i did it? i'm going to the olympics. well, we were in europe when this happened, so it was 430 in the morning when we knew my dad was actually at the san jose airport, awake at 4:00 in the morning. so i immediately got a response from him. so yeah, it was it was really special. it was really cool. on the naka 17, which is a performance catamaran. his job is to make the boat go fast up to speeds of 30mph. his teammate sarah newberry moore is the skipper. she's in charge of guiding the boat through the 4 to 6 mile course. one big challenge in training for the olympics is david lives here in richmond. his teammate lives on

the other side of the country in miami. yeah, it's a lot, a lot of travel time. this past year, the team spent most of their time sailing in europe preparing for paris. the goal for anyone, i think, is to stand on the podium, it's a little bit of a long shot for us, but it's it is achievable if we can go do what, what what our potential is and get a little bit of luck. his mom and dad will be back in the bay area rooting for him along with his friends at the richmond yacht club. really proud to be able to represent richmond in the bay area in richmond. anthony flores nbc bay area okay , it's a problem bruce springsteen being forced to postpone some of his concerts. again, the reason the boss is pr norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? -but the good news is... xfinity mobile just got even better! now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year.

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a remote area of the country. the landslide crashed through six villages in the northern region early friday morning. more than 150 homes reportedly buried beneath piles of all this debris. the un estimates that it killed 670 people, but today, papua new guinea says it believes it buried more than 2000 people alive. and help is not coming in fast enough. since this area is so remote and mountainous, villagers have resorted to using sticks in their bare hands to dig. they're focusing in on places where they hear noise coming from beneath the debris. some help from ukraine, spain giving ukraine a

hand in its war against russia. today, the two countries signed a security agreement. spain has pledged to send military support worth $1 billion to ukraine. this comes as ukraine's army is weakening and russian troops are pushing further into northeastern ukraine. despite the boost, ukrainian president zelensky says it is not enough. he says ukraine desperately needs us air defense systems. those systems are needed to prevent russia from bombing military targets, he says. and civilian areas. the boss is postponing upcoming shows on his world tour, rock star bruce springsteen says he's dealing with vocal issues. the tour has already made its way through the us, the uk and ireland. his team says his upcoming concerts in france, italy and the czech republic will be rescheduled. it said springsteen is listening to doctor's orders and won't perform for the next ten days. the boss, now 74 years old and this isn't his first medical delay. last fall, springsteen had to halt his tour for a few months after he was diagnosed with a peptic ulcer. i'm still

wrapping my head around the fact that bruce springsteen is 74 years old, still can rock it on stage a lot more news ahead. audrey asistio joins us now with what's coming up next. janelle and jess right now at six, a bizarre and unnerving confrontation with a postal worker in a south bay neighborhood. what police are saying about the threats he made to neighbors and officers. and you see right here, it's all caught on camera. plus, a day of remembrance as the nation takes a moment to honor fallen soldiers killed fighting for our country. the new way city leaders in one contra costa county town are paying their respects. and tonight we count down to the paris olympics. 60 days out. i'm going to take you on a special tour of the venue, set to host olympic swimmers, and how the eco friendly center could be the site where olympic swimming history is made. but news six starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre and i'm audrey asistio. we begin with a bizarre , unsettling situation in sunnyvale. police say a postal

carrier suddenly started acting strangely, confronting and threatening people, even injuring a police dog. much of the incident was caught on tape, and nbc bay area's robert hunter reports in sunnyvale. officers here at sunnyvale public safety acknowledge this is a very unusual case. and as you'll see, watching the behavior on tape only raises more questions. the postal worker with his vehicle nearby was apparently making his mail rounds on corraleros avenue last wednesday, when he suddenly walked into the middle of the street and began talking out loud, at first seemingly to himself. a couple driving down the street stopped. when they say they couldn't get around him, then started shooting video with their phone cameras from a distance. when the postal carrier turned his attention on them, the husband and wife asked not to be identified because they say they are scared of the mail carrier. he kept pointing at me saying he was going to shoot me, shoot my wife, and, shoot everybody in the car basically. so i started getting scared. he kept reaching into