. and you said a lot. you said a lot. we'll see ou next time closures and the demonstrators demanding an immediate cease fire in gaza. >> plus, a historic day in new york as former president trump's hush money trial gets underway. the challenging process of picking a jury and the political implications of this case. >> also, inmates at a bay area jail learning to compose classical music. a live conversation about the benefits of these music composition classes from ktvu. >> fox two news. this is the for attempting to block or shut down a freeway or a state highway to protest is unlawful. >> it's dangerous and it prevents motorists from safely

reaching their destinations. >> the chief of the chp golden gate division, today condemning the actions of cease fire protesters who staged a series of carefully planned demonstrations that blocked traffic for hours along the golden gate bridge and interstate 880 in the east bay. the chief says those involved will face conspiracy charges. welcome to the for this afternoon. >> i'm alex savage and i'm heather holmes. a total of 38 arrests were made at those protest locations all across the bay area. 26 arrests at the golden gate bridge, seven at 880 in embarcadero in oakland, and five arrests at 880 and seventh and the scene at the golden gate bridge. >> traffic snarled in both directions for several hours. protesters used their cars to block traffic as they demanded an immediate cease fire in gaza. they say in part, they want to draw attention to the deaths of innocent palestinian in that conflict, dozens of chp officers

responded. and just a short time ago, chief don goodbrand talked about the impact of these protests. >> i implore people, please protest. we're here to protect your rights to protest, but you cannot block roadways. you cannot keep emergency personnel, whether it's ambulance or law enforcement, fire department, from getting out to assist other people. >> and the chief went on to say that because protesters coordinated their efforts to shut down bay area freeways, the chp is seeking conspiracy charges. it will be left up to the district attorneys to determine whether those charges will, in fact, be filed. okay so let's talk a little bit this afternoon about the protests here in oakland that also disrupted traffic and caused some major backups for several hours today, demonstrators taking over the northbound lanes of 880 in fifth and embarcadero. >> they made their way onto the freeway. this was around 630 this morning, just as the commute was beginning. dozens of chp officers in riot gear watching as the protesters waved flags and painted the colors of

palestine on the highway center median. officers say protesters used 55 gallon drums filled with concrete and attached themselves to them with chains, which made it really difficult to remove those demonstrators from the roadway. >> and these demonstrations here in the bay area were part of a worldwide economic blockade to show support for gaza. >> ktvu tom vacar spent the day in oakland at the seventh street on ramp about the with the demonstrators there, and tells us more about the effects of today's protest. tom >> well, as a major blockage and as you mentioned, it was part what happened in the east bay was really part of a worldwide effort to exact a cost and a penalty on the countries and societies that do not support the palestinian cause. now, the closure of i-880, the nimitz freeway, affected not only the morning commute, it also hampered operations at the port of oakland's operations, where all of the container terminals, the container terminals, were

closed, essentially shutting the whole port down for an autonomous get together with no backing by any organization. >> the fact that the people of oakland of the bay all got together to shut it down. this was part of a global call. april 15th economic blockade in support of palestine. and considering i 80 south was shut down for about five hours, that's a big hit on the economy. >> we have 32 different languages spoken here at the port, so it's all minorities, immigrants that support the palestinian cause. and they want this to stop behind us. you see a lot of them are white, probably jewish, that are supporting this. also. >> it's actually really amazing the amount of public support we get for palestine is honestly, it really goes to show how the politicians are choosing to ignore the public right now. >> when you think about it, a lot could have gone wrong or completely off the rails here, but the protesters, knowing that

they faced arrest, still chose to take the stark message. but nonviolent, confrontational route to make their point. and then most simply went home. coming up at five, we are going to talk about some other issues surrounding all of this, and there are plenty of them. most importantly, what about the future? what kind of future actions will take place back to you? >> tom? obviously, a lot of the drivers who were stuck in these snarled freeways and on the golden gate bridge frustrated by what happened. but these these demonstrations are by design to get people in their cars to care about the cause that these, you know, demonstrators want them to hear and want them to take up. did you get an opportunity to talk with some of the protesters about why they are willing to go to lengths such as this to send their message? >> what was really interesting was the only real protester we talked to was the lady that you just saw, because they were the rest of them were instructed that since this was kind of an autonomous thing with many, many

groups, that there would be only one spokesperson, and that spokesperson spent most of the time where i was up on the freeway. so that was the only person we were able to talk to. the rest simply did not want to talk at all about that. so it was a very disciplined kind of thing. the other thing that is true is that while i'm sure there was a lot of anger, we only saw two examples of where cars actually tried to get on the freeway. one was a silver cadillac, the other a silver porsche, and they kind of waited there and they stared each other down. but everybody was respectful. and the two cars finally pulled away. so i think what happened was effective. but if you have too many of these things, then they really start becoming an issue that people get angry about, and then it could burst into something else. >> all right. tom vacar, thank you. >> and there were pro-palestine protests happening in other major cities across the country today in new york, protesters blocked the manhattan, brooklyn and williamsburg bridges, as well as the holland tunnel. more than 300 protesters were taken into custody in new york.

demonstrators also disrupted traffic on three roadways, leading to chicago's o'hare airport, and that forced some travelers to walk to terminals to try to catch their flights. police say at least 40 people were detained there. in chicago. these protests come as the israeli military says it will respond to iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack. over this weekend, iran launched the assault in response to a suspected israeli strike that killed two iranian generals in syria two weeks ago. the israeli military says it was able to intercept 99% of those missiles with the help of its military allies, including the united states. the israeli military says it will respond, quote, at the time that we choose, if someone wants to annihilate us, wipe us off the map, we're not just going to sit idly by. >> this attack failed because it was defeated by israel, by the united states, and by a coalition of other partners committed to israel's defense, while the us claimed credit for

shooting down some of those iranian missiles. >> president biden has urged prime minister netanyahu to show restraint. other world leaders, including the british prime minister and french president, also called on israel not to strike iran. >> so a lot for us to discuss this afternoon with stephen zunes university of san francisco professor specializing in u.s. middle east policy. professor, thank you so much for taking the time once again, i want to get your reaction first to the protests that we saw today, including here in the bay area and what they might say about support for israel's war against hamas. >> there is growing opposition to the israeli war, and not because people are anti-israel necessarily, though some of the protesters indeed are. but because of the very high civilian death toll. and this is something we've seen similar and other protests in previous years , going back to the invasion of iraq, to the wars in central america and vietnam, where we saw protesters blocking a bay area thoroughfares as well, in

any of these kind of protests, of course, there's the balance between making a statement and just getting people upset. that and convincing them, but we are seeing that they're in very few issues, frankly, where there has been such a gap between public opinion and us policy. sizable majority of americans, according to polls, believe that us military aid to israel should be a conditional on human rights. a sizable majority support an immediate permanent cease fire. and yet the biden administration and the congressional leadership of both parties, you know, so far have not been willing to take that position themselves. and when you see that kind of gap, that's when you see these more, militant kind of protests, such as shutting down freeways and bridges. sure. >> and obviously, the goal here with this demonstration that the series of demonstrations we saw today was to disrupt the economy here. and then you look also at the timing of this. it's held on april 15th. and the clear message is we don't want our tax dollars going to support

israel's war on hamas. can you talk a little bit more about how much financial support israel gets from the united states, and how that aid has allowed for israel's offensive in gaza? >> it's $3.8 billion, some of that aid is for legitimate, defensive, weaponry, such as the iron dome project that did such a good job at shooting down the incoming missiles. but much of that is for offensive weapons, the kind that have been devastating, like these 2,000 pound bombs which have blown up entire apartment blocks and filled with people, hellfire missiles, you know, which have, have also done a lot of damage as well as the jet fighters and, and other delivery vehicles, you know, which have done the damage . so, you know, there are some serious moral and legal questions here in terms of the role of the united states aid. in addition, this the supplemental appropriation bill that's been held up, by the house of representatives, that brings in an additional ten, $10

billion to israel. though israel is a small country, it gets, has gotten more foreign aid from the united states than any country in history. and the president does have the power under the, of arms arms assistance act. the to suspend military aid if a recipient country is engaged in violations of us international law, which most analysts say that israel is indeed doing, professor, i want to talk about what we saw over the weekend and get back to iran, launching that wave of drones and missiles towards israel. what does that weekend attack say about the growing tension? now in the middle east? >> well, certainly it, it shows that the entire region is volatile. it's not just the palestinians at the receiving end of the bombs, the, the iranian attack was in response to israel's attack on diplomatic facilities in, damascus, the

commanders that were killed there ahead of the al-quds force , the notorious, external branch of the iranian revolutionary guard. they were pretty nasty lot, to be honest, but it was diplomatic facility and diplomatic facilities such as embassies and consulates are considered the sovereign territory of the of the country, and that that they represent that this is illegal under international law. so in that sense, israel attacked iran before iran attacked israel. but this is significant in the in the sense that while the two countries had been at a shadow war for many years, a iran supporting allies and proxies that have attacked israel like hezbollah and israel's, been assassinating, a nuclear scientist and other top, iranian officials over the years. this is a first time, that the countries have attacked each other directly and does show a, a dangerous escalation. and in

one sense, it's a victory for iran since for the first time, they have, attacked israel, even though israel was able to repel, most of most of the attacks. so that part may be a victory for israel as well. but in many ways, the very fact that much of the world in the past few days has been talking about us versus iran, as opposed to us versus the palestinians. and there's generally a lot more sympathy for israel when they're dealing with iran, because you're talking about the threat of a greater war and the implications of this, rather than palestinian who are starving on the receiving end of bombs. and the other. and the debate within israel around the netanyahu government as willingness to compromise, to free the hostages . >> all right. we appreciate your perspective here this afternoon, professor stephen zunes, good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> back here in the states, president trump appearing in a manhattan courtroom for day one of his hush money trial. we will bring you the very latest from manhattan on jury selection and

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donald trump, the first former american president ever to stand trial on criminal charges. at jury selection began in mr. trump's new york hush money trial today. >> the trial itself could take nearly two months to finish. our political reporter, greg lee, is here now. and, greg, this really could put a dent in trump's political calendar. yeah. >> the trial, scheduled to run monday through thursday for the entirety. and trump expected to be president and mandated to be present. that's a large chunk of time. court has adjourned for the day as we see trump's legal issues colliding with his political prospects. mr. trump arrived at the manhattan courthouse as the difficult process of finding 12 jurors and

six alternates to determine his fate. in this case, more than half of the first group of 96 prospective jurors were dismissed quickly after saying they could not be fair or impartial. trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they sent her on a $130,000 payment. his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult film star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump ahead of the 2016 election. prosecutors say trump falsely logged repayments as legal fees. >> it's a scam. it's a political witch hunt. it continues, and it continues forever. >> we're not asking people to not have any view of the former president or michael cohen. what we're asking is that people can put their personal views about these people aside and look at the facts presented to them. >> mr. trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the affair. now, this is just one of t four criminal cases mr. trump is facing, but many legal experts

believe it may be the only case to face a jury before the november election. now, mr. trump also said he is willing to testify whether his legal team allows that remains to be seen. all right, so what we what we saw during the primary was trump was using the indictments and the court hearings related to those indictments as a way to fundraise and to in essence, sort of campaign from from the court. >> do we anticipate that is going to be the same strategy here? >> we're already starting to see it happen. a fundraising email has gone out from his campaign, but we should remember that is his base and those that support him or plan to vote for him already in a general election, you would expect them to court independence. and that's a big section of voters that both mr. trump and president biden are seeking. i want to show you this ipsos poll from last month specifically looking at independents. people were asked if mr. trump is convicted in the manhattan case, if it would impact their support for him, 36% more than a third of independents said they would be less likely to support him. that is a significant number in a

race that is so tight. but also no question trump will be using this court appearance for his campaign. >> it'll be historic. it's solemn, but by moving his campaign to court, what he's doing is posing extreme challenges to the american legal system. the american constitution system, to american politics. and that's just the way he wants it. >> jury selection continues at 630 our time tomorrow. this is a challenge for both sides of this case, as well as the judge to find and sit this jury. >> yeah, a lot more to watch. as we just mentioned, this was just day one. all right, greg lee, thank you. i want to turn now to our bay area weather and giving you a live look across beautiful san francisco on this monday afternoon and bring in our meteorologist rosemary oroczo for a look at your forecast. some sunny skies, blue skies out there today, which was certainly welcome. >> oh yes, and a little bit warmer this afternoon. heather. alex, we were off to a very chilly start this morning after a very cold weekend, but the

clouds overhead cleared and now we are enjoying the blue sky and temperatures for most are at least a few degrees warmer this afternoon, up by nine degrees over santa rosa, up by nine over concord, five for san jose and livermore, with many of us at this hour in the 60s. 66 outside your door, santa rosa, upper 60s, concord, brentwood, walnut creek, closer to the water, not quite as warm. 59 in san francisco 55. half moon bay 62. right now in oakland, where we have the a's playing here in a little while at game time. 642 expect partly cloudy skies, 60 degrees and a west breeze to about ten miles per hour as they take on the cardinals. so heading out to that game definitely bring along a coat or at least the layers, because we will be cooling off into the evening hours. a look here from up above where we do have dry conditions, partly cloudy conditions and a ridge that is going to be strengthening over the bay area and continue our

warming trend. so for tomorrow morning, another chilly start. not quite as cold as we were this morning for most 48 to start your day in san francisco as well as oakland for the inner east bay 45 and livermore getting into the afternoon, we will go from being well below average over the weekend to above average tomorrow. 75 expected for santa rosa, 70 in oakland, 75 livermore and 76 over san jose. i have a better look at the afternoon highs for tomorrow when the temperatures are expected to peak, and your weekend outlook in the extended forecast coming up. >> okay, we'll see you then. rosemary thank you. up next here on the four a new exhibit in san jose focuses on the history, culture and contribution of the south asian community in silicon valley. how this program explores four central themes. a live conversation with the exhibit's cu tor is u xt.

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who is the curator of the new exhibit montreal. great to have you on. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. let's start with how this exhibit is going to help visitors understand how south asian communities have contributed their ideas and their talents to silicon valley. >> sure. so first of all, this exhibit focuses on four specific themes. and so it's like a snapshot of what the south asian cultures, you know, their lived experiences are in, in the bay area, largely speaking. so we are focusing on, the, the theme of food. so that's restaurants, grocery stores. and we know a lot of the south asian community members not only eat and entertain themselves at these spaces, but also work in these spaces. so that's one of the themes. one of the other themes is, the practice of religions. so there are at least five main religions that we are focusing on here, you know, hinduism, buddhism, jainism, islam and sikhism. and so how, you know,

these religions are practiced in the community. we are looking at activism, how the history of activism and dates back to the early 20th century, of south asian activism in the area, and then finally the very popular game of cricket. you know, it's very popular across south asia, and it's very popular in the communities here. so i think, visitors to the exhibit will get to see, you know, different perspectives on how south asians live and contribute to the fabric of south asian of silicon valley culture. >> yeah. and if you don't know a lot about the game, you can learn learn more about about the game of cricket, obviously the south asian community is so incredibly diverse, and i know you were intentional about including all seven countries in south asia as part of this exhibit. how does the program highlight the cultural similarities, as well as the unique aspects of each of those countries? >> sure. that's a great question. so you see, all these countries, they used to form, an ethno cultural like continuum,

you know, in the region, in the, in the global south and the current borders, you know, have emerged, post the european contact with, you know, of, of, of colonialism. so many of the cultures, like in terms of language, in terms of food, you know, what's used in terms of utensils, for example, the languages, you know, many words are shared across all these countries. you know, food ingredients, the same, recipe is used across, you know, many cultures, like i came across a specific kitchen utensil that i was familiar with growing up in eastern india. and i thought that it was very unique to india. but then we saw that sri lanka also uses the same utensil , you know, so those kinds of similarities are very, very enriching and enlightening. and i think all these countries have also, taken very unique, ways in which they have developed over the last few centuries. so for example, the, you know, the same beaten rice for example, used in in indian food is used almost

similarly, but slightly differently, say, in nepali food, you know, so those are the different kinds of directions like the religion of hinduism practiced by many indians is also practiced across nepal. and the same gods and goddesses are worshiped. but the process of praying and worshiping is slightly different. so those are the different uniquenesses. you know some of the examples that i think visitors to the exhibit will be able to see? >> yeah, those are great examples. >> let's talk about the region. silicon valley, obviously, we know as a hub of technology and innovation, how much do you think the region owes its success to the south asian community? >> well, you see, you know, at least 20% of santa clara county is, south asian, right? and san jose state university's international students, like, about 60% of them come from south asia. and we know san jose state is a very serious feeder to silicon valley's tech world.

so you know, there itself that itself is a proof of how much, you know, south asians bring to the community here to the tech sector, entrepreneurship. many of them become entrepreneurs, of course, and contribute. but i think this exhibit and then future events in this series will focus on not only the tech world, but also different ways in which it enriches the community and as we wrap up here, talk about how this all came to be, what what prompted you to want to put this exhibit together and how you hope this creates more visibility for south asian communities? yes, i think that's visibility is key. i think that's what we're trying to get at the visibility of south asians, lived experiences in the area. you know, i'm a relatively newcomer to the bay area. so, the, the footfall of the community struck me the moment i started, you know, working in this area, you know, commuting to and from san jose state. and i thought that, you know, that that is great, but why don't we why do we not see these stories in publicly accessible spaces like libraries

and archives? and so there was a conversation that i took to the dean of the library. mike met, and then some colleagues together. we started developing this this, idea for south asia program. and, you know, this exhibit is the first in a series we'll be doing a music program of, you know, focusing on south asian music. we'll be looking at sdsu alumni, the spartans of sdsu, who are of south asian origin. and there are many, as we know, from the tech sector. so it's just the beginning. this is just the start. >> wonderful. well, thank you so much for coming on today to share more about this exhibit, monterey roy, we want to remind our audience that the exhibit will be on display, on the fifth floor of san jose state university's king library through may 31st. mantra. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. >> okay. it is a big, big night for women's basketball. we look at the much deserved rise of women's hoops. a former wnba player and oakland coach joins us live next to talk about all of the excitement ahead of the

wnba draft, which, by the way, is set to beginn just a

ratings and attendance numbers, and one of the players who has been instrumental in growing the sport is widely expected to be taken number one overall in the wnba draft. that is getting underway right now. iowa sharpshooter caitlin clark is likely to be picked first by the indiana fever. >> yeah, it is going to be an exciting night to be on that top

pick. this year's draft is also loaded with so much talent, including stanford's center, cameron brink, lsu's angel reese and center camila cardoso from the undefeated south carolina team that captured this year's ncaa championship. >> all right, for more on the draft and the implications of this event, we are joined live by alexis gray-lawson, former wnba player and currently the athletic director director at oakland tech high school. thank you so much for the time. it's good to see you. >> it's good to see you as well. thank you for having me. >> absolutely. all right. it is draft day. and as heather was just saying, so many talented young stars coming into the league here in this draft, how do you see these players who will be drafted tonight helping to continue growing women's basketball? >> i mean they're fantastic. i mean you sit and you watch and you look at players like caitlin clark, who's going off for 4050 points a game. it's pretty amazing to watch. so i'm excited to see what they do this season. >> yeah, it really you know her

aggressiveness her game has drawn has been able to draw in a lot of people alexis in fact more people than really ever before. for the first time, the audience for the ncaa women's basketball championship drew a bigger tv crowd than the men's final. a lot has been made about that, but just want to remind folks at home about those numbers. the men's final drew an audience of just over 14 million, while the women's championship game had more than 18 million viewers. i'm at the women's tournament audience more than doubled year to year. what do you attribute that to and what do you believe that this says for the game moving forward? >> yeah, i think the games is growing. i mean, we're seeing girls with things that we've never really seen before, and i think guys are just getting more excited about what the game itself, i mean, i even hear our boys basketball players talking about the caitlin carts and the reese's and like, how good they are and aspiring to do those things, which we have never had before. so i think it's going to continue to grow. and i'm really

excited to see where it goes. >> yeah. i mean, obviously you work closely with a lot of young athletes, a lot of a lot of girls here in oakland who you may be watching this draft tonight. what are you hoping they they see when they turn on the tv tonight and see some of these, these wnba few, you know, soon to be wnba stars, mostly representation, super excited. obviously we get the new golden state warriors team, for the wnba next year, so definitely super excited for them to see these players. a lot of them have grown up watching them and aspiring to be them, and i'm just really excited for our young people. yeah. >> and, alexis, it really is nice to see kind of, you know, everyone really acknowledging the talent of these players, but also the notoriety and the spotlight that's being shined on them. i mean, you had caitlin clark, who was on snl over the weekend and she actually kind of joked, and i'm sure this is something that that you can that you can relate to, she said.

actually, being on snl, you know, was a little bit more pressure than playing in a game because it's a different spotlight. but just the fact that she was on this huge show and was showcased, yeah, it's pretty incredible. >> i mean, you're starting to see the nil deals, you see these young ladies being able to be on magazines and gqs and, it's pretty incredible to watch, i'm super excited for them. and i'm just hoping that the game continues to grow. all right. >> yeah. huge night for many of these young stars. we appreciate your your perspective here tonight alexis gray-lawson from oakland oakland tech good to see you. thanks for the time. >> good to see you as well. >> thank you. take care. >> all right. well coming up right here on the four music making behind bars. stay with us i'm going to talk live with the sonoma county sheriff's office. there is some of that music right there about this new program that is bringing music and prisoners together. >> and i'm tracking a warming trend that will eventually lead to the low 80s for some, i'll

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classical music breaking through the tension of a bay area jail, inmates gathering to listen to pieces that they themselves

composed. it is part of a new program at the sonoma county main adult detention facility, and here with me now live is retired correctional lieutenant leanna whistler, program manager and sergeant jennifer icu of the sonoma county sheriff's office. thank you both so much for being here. leanna, i want to start with you. tell us a little bit more about how this music composition class came to be. >> so we have the five keys charter high school here in our facility, and one of the individuals at the high school reached out to project music heals us because they had heard about the program and said that they were interested and project music heals us selected our facility to be part of their program. >> so, sergeant arcega, how how were the students chosen to take part in the program and the class, and what exactly do they learn throughout the program? >> well, they were selected based on the fact that they had showed an interest in programing previously, and we determined or

the course was based off of them learning how to compose music, how to write music, and then and then all of that work. >> right? learning how to how to write the music, compose the music. i mean, it culminates with this really incredible performance. i want to go back to that day and watch the reaction from one of the inmates turned composers as he listens to the music that he wrote . i. i mean, you could see it there. it was an emotional moment. a proud moment for that inmate leanna. that's what.

that's what this is really all about. >> yes it is. it's about bringing hope and empowering them to be able to get in touch with their feelings and their emotions, and giving them a chance to work through some of the personal trauma in their lives and be able to compose a piece of music that that helps them work through some of that trauma and helps to heal them. i mean, you can see in their faces that it gave them hope. it gave them something to look for. it gives them something to look forward to. that they hear what they wrote and it's their stories. it was so impactful. yeah. >> i mean, it really was just in the little clip that i saw, you know, you can't help but but feel emotional and get a little teary eyed. sergeant arcega, how does this help? how do you believe that this will, in fact help with rehabilitation? >> well, first and foremost, it gives them an opportunity to feel and express emotion. and it also one of the great things is, is it was, you know, on our

website, their families could actually log in and see it live stream. so it didn't just touch the inmates, but it actually helped, you know, touch their family as well. they got to actually see them be successful at something. and that's really powerful. >> yeah. be successful and also have a purpose and realize that, hey, you know, maybe, maybe i am good at something. and perhaps they had never thought about the idea of music. leanna, do you plan to keep this program going? >> so the program was a ten week program, and they bring it once a year to different facilities. this time we had it for the males and we're working with them to bring it back to our female population in 2025. oh that's great. >> and as we wrap up this conversation, ryan, if i could just sergeant, if i could just get your reaction, like what was it like for the for the inmates and the other inmates, you know, because we just saw the one gentleman listening to his music. but what was the overall feeling, the overall takeaway from the others involved in the program? >> everybody has spoken so positively about it. it was just such a powerful, impactful

experience for everybody to include the musicians who expressed how much and how powerful it was for them to be part of this change, part of this opportunity. it's just it's a great program. yeah. and leanna, as i let you go, obviously you're retired. >> the fact though, that now you're part of this program that you're really seeing make a difference, that's got to make you feel so good. >> it really does. it really does. >> well, thank you both very much. it was really enjoyable to watch, especially to see that gentleman's reaction. thank you again. and hopefully we can talk with you when this comes to the women inmates as well, that would be great. >> thank you so much for having us. >> thank you. thank you boy what a fantastic i know right. yeah. just kind of gives you chills. >> yeah, it really does. it really does. all right. the weather fantastic as well. here is a live look out toward mount diablo in the east bay. still some some clouds lingering there. but we are back to dry conditions here after that cold late season storm that we saw over this past weekend. and rosemary is here now to tell us

we're going to start to warm things up as we move through the workweek. we are alex. >> we're going to be above average as early as tomorrow. right now it looks like wednesday. maybe thursday to be the warmest day of the week. and then we'll begin to cool things down. although we do look to remain nice through the weekend. i'll show you that here in just a moment. a look over san francisco at this time where we do have partly cloudy skies, temperatures, as i showed you in the last half hour, a several degrees warmer compared to yesterday. and a view from up above. we do have a lot of sunshine. we started out with the low clouds. we started out with chilly temperatures, but again saw a nice little rebound. this afternoon we'll check in on your numbers on the back side of the forecast. let's talk about what to expect here. when it comes to the warmer weather and why. here's a look at the system that actually provided us with the rain and the low snow levels over the weekend. it is now over areas like a utah and pushing farther east. have another system that's dropping in from canada going to impact areas of the pacific northwest. but for

us, we actually have a ridge and it's right here. this is going to strengthen into a tuesday, wednesday, keeping any rain from reaching the bay area and keeping our temperatures above average. but it doesn't last. by wednesday into thursday. notice it's breaking down. and by thursday morning here more of what we call a zonal flow. so temperatures are going to cool off a little bit but still remain either very much where we should be for this time of year or even a little bit warm and i'll show you that in the extended forecast around the bay area at this time, 60 degrees outside your door. san francisco, low 60s in oakland, where again, we have the a's playing later this evening, upper 50s to low 60s expected for that game in the east bay 68 right now in concord and in the north bay 66 over at santa rosa tomorrow morning, a chilly start to the day with partly to mostly cloudy skies, perhaps some patchy fog out there. not quite as cold as this morning though, when our afternoon highs come up, our overnight lows tend to come up as well. 46 to start

your morning in concord, 48 oakland, as well as san francisco and 44 in the north bay of santa rosa. your afternoon highs for tomorrow, 70s for inland cities. we're talking about santa rosa, concord, livermore all in the mid 70s. 76 expected over san jose along the peninsula. low 70s and redwood city. you get closer to the water. it's a bit cooler. 62 pacifica 66 expected for san francisco. a little bit of a localized onshore breeze there. here's a view of your extended forecast. notice temperatures continue to warm as we get into your bay area. wednesday. low 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay and upper 70s expected inland temperatures don't change much on thursday before we begin to see a little bit of a cooldown on friday and then into the weekend. still in the 70s for our inland communities, we're talking about mid 70s, low 70s, upper 60s expected for our bay and low 60s right along the coastline. mostly sunny skies expected back to you. >> okay, rosemary. thank you. got a lot more news coming your way. but first we want to give

you a live look at the traffic conditions. obviously, traffic was greatly affected earlier today by those protests, but as we take a live look now here in the east bay at 880 in oakland, you can see that it's usual typical monday afternoon traffic, with traffic moving fairly well in this area. >> also coming up, the troubled women's prison in dublin is closing down in just a couple of minutes on the ktvu news at 5:00. we'll have the reasons for the abrupt closure, and we'll explain where the inmates will end up and let the recount begin. >> two candidates tied for second place in the race to replace anna eshoo. when congress coming up the counting, it did begin today. so how is it actually done and how long will it take? and who's paying for it while working to get all of

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me and my beat. he can hear my beat. >> yeah. will smith making a surprise guest appearance during latin artist j. balvin's performance on the main stage. now the performance was one of smith's very first public appearances since that infamous oscar slap of chris rock. about two years ago. there were also some reunions at coachella, including the much anticipated return of the band. no doubt lead singer gwen stefani and her band were joined by pop star

olivia rodrigo for a song. it was the first time that no doubt performed together in almost ten years. the set included many of the band's original hits from the 90s and early 2000, including don't speak. coachella continues on friday for its second and final weekend. >> all right, a fun first weekend there, scientists say. a small blue butterfly has some big shoes to fill the xerces butterfly was driven to extinction in the 1940s, and now a close relative is being reintroduced in san francisco, scientists extracted a dna sample from a 93 year old specimen at the field museum of natural history in chicago. they compared the genetic code of the butterfly to other blue butterflies. researchers at california's academy of sciences identified a group of silvery blues that could fill the ecological role left by the xerces blue. >> we found a thriving population that was totally capable of donating a few individuals to establish a new

population, so this is a new beachhead for silvery blues. and they're standing in the big shoes of xerxes. >> the researchers will track the butterfly's movements using high resolution photographs to identify their markings. >> and in this ktvu, a idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine the city swarmed with lots of beautiful butterflies, not quite the blue species we just saw, but here are a few of the scenes that came up with pretty nonetheless. >> yeah, that's a lot of butterflies. it is? >> yeah. we asked him to swarm the ty

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airstrikes on israel had not caused major damage or injuries. >> as tensions rise in the middle east, there's concern that that could affect gas prices here in the u.s. fox's jeff flock tells us what some lawmakers say they want the u.s. and what the u.s. can do about it. >> iran's attack on israel and the war in ukraine are putting pressure on energy prices. global demand for oil is going up, and it means that gas prices are starting to look like this. according to triple a, the average for a gallon of unleaded is at $3.63. on monday. that's $0.20 a gallon. more than a month ago, some lawmakers think there is a way to solve two pressing problems at once.

>> with a policy change, we should flood the world with cheap, clean american oil and gas. drive down the price of oil. now you get a two for one. you're drying up. iran's war machine and russia's russia's war machine. >> president biden's options to bring down prices are running low. after the administration drained the strategic petroleum reserve. instead, a source telling fox business the president is telling advisers to, quote, speed up the transition to electric. but according to the oil and natural gas industry, the way that that transition is being done will cost us all more. that's because as demand for electricity increases, power bills keep rising and that pressure will be passed on to consumers this summer. >> at least make sure that you've got something that's going to actually impact the americans to get our cost of gas down, our cost to heat and cool our houses down, let's start prioritizing america first. >> also adding to the demand for more power artificial intelligence, crypto. currency,

mining and data centers all of which sap a whole lot more electricity. since president biden took office. electricity prices are up almost 30% in philadelphia. i'm jeff flock with the fox business network. >> ktvu fox two news at five starts now. now at five from the east bay to the golden gate bridge, a coordinated day of action brings traffic to a standstill on some of the bay area's busiest roadways. and tonight, more looming protests could soon hit that evening commute. >> i implore people, please protest. we're here to protect your rights, to protest. but you cannot block roadways. >> and that warning from chp may not be enough to deter future protests. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener. >> in all, 38 people were taken into custody today after a pair of protests shut down traffic. the demonstrations began during the morning commute and extended well into the afternoon. >> and we do have live team coverage for you tonight. ktvu tom vacar is in oakland, where traffic was blocked in both

directions on interstate 880. >> but we begin with ktvu christian captain, who's been at the golden gate bridge since before noon today. and christian, is traffic now back to normal? >> yeah, finally, after hours, once again, traffic moving in both directions across the golden gate bridge. as you said, though earlier it had stopped. it was eerily quiet for hours with no cars, no bikes, and no pedestrians making their way across the golden gate, skyfox had the best vantage point to see how the protest on the golden gate bridge unfolded. protesters took over the span shortly before 8 a.m. the california highway patrol saying officers arrested 26 demonstrators here who chained themselves to their vehicles and refused to move. protesters say they chose this site and others around the bay area to draw the most attention and to bring commerce to a halt. all in an effort to halt aid to israel, say a coordinated global effort. >> we are saying that enough of our tax dollars from the united states, one of the largest, the largest ally of israel, we don't want