still no sign of the ship. the ship is not here yet. but passengers have been told that they will be arriving in oakland some time today. but they're not going to all get off the ship today. the captain has told everyone that the disembarkment could take two to three days after they dock in oakland. it took officials a while to figure out where they were going to go. they decided embarcadero was too close to a major lookingt alme alameda as an option. >> we looked at alameda as a preferable site, the old naval station and some of the drafting issues created some concerns and that site was knocked off>> thes the best option pointing out it's close to the airport, where

many will catch chartered flights. close to travis air force base where many of them will be quarantined for two weeks. the passengers and crew members who take those chartered flights will have no contact with the general public at the airport. reporting live in san francisco, amy h amy hollyfield. it's well known a political rivalry to say the least between governor newsom and president trump. >> the governor had praise for the help they're getting from the white house. >> a private conversation with him around 4:30 west coast time and he said everything that i could have hoped for and we had a very long conversation. and every single thing he said, they followed through on. >> vice president meence is leading the administration's response. the governor was asked again about the white house's handling of the crisis. >> we're in 68 lawsuits with this administration and i have not held back. but i have to tell you, i'm not

interested in trying to pick apart arguments and take cheap shots. the vice president of the united states was taking the vice president of the united states held three calls with me personally in addition to the calls his team has been exceptional. >> supports the effort to get the passengers off the "grand princess." the state department is warning americans, especially people with existing health conditions to avoid a cruise ship. if you travel on a cruise ship you're more likely to get covid-19 and other travel restrictions. three major bay area cities will join governor newsom at the state capital today. they'll address the coronavirus concern with the governor. the bay area cases is now at 76. santa clara has five new cases and contra costa county county

new cases. there are some school closures because of coronavirus. archbishop riordan has canceled all classes and activities today. another school will close for two weeks because a staff member tested positive for coronavirus. in san mateo. serra is closed because a family member tested positive. lowell high school closed and immaculate conception academy is closing through march 19th just to minimize the risk of exposure. stanford is canceling all in-person classes for the last two weeks of the winter quarter. moving classes to online unders self-isolated after possible expoesher to the coronavirus. fears are impacting travel, as well, especially internationally.

abc 7 stopped by sfo. the international terminals looked pretty desolate for a weekend. some areas were completely empty with flights bound for asia. many of the people we did see were wearing masks. the airport has been seeing significantly less travel. from cruise ships to a conservative conference in maryland. more coronavirus cases are popping up coast to coast. the number of cases surged over the weekend spreading to 34 states and at least 22 americans have died. abc news reporter andrew has the latest. >> the numbers on coronavirus continue to climb. in the u.s., the total infected now topping 500 and lead health and government officials issuing widespreadern wai warnings on t. >> right now. don't wait until things get worse. above all, don't get on a cruise ship. >> reporter: meanwhile republican senator ted cruz and

are pla self-quarantine after briefly interacting with a person who has tested positive at cpac in maryland last month. in washington the state with the most deaths from the outbreak. the nursing home that had 16 confirmed dead said they have enough testing kits for all residents. new york state seeing a spike including one school district where a teacher tested positive. the school now closed until march 18th as a result. states are turning to the federal government for help. many critical of the response. >> the cdc, i believe, was slow to begin with. they were not ready for this. >> reporter: the president's task force not ruling out the possibility of shutting down a city as other countries like italy have already done. >> anything is possible. that's the reason why we have to be prepared to take whatever action is appropriate. >> and president trump maintains that the risk to americans still

remains low and the own exposure to coronavirus he is not concerned at all. andrew denver, abc news, washington. >> if you have questions about coronavirus go to abc7news.com we have an entire page related to stories and all the information you need to know about the illness. some concern ri of the man charged in the murder of b.a.r.t. passenger wilson takes a new turn today. what the jury is expected to hear. both joe biden and bernie sanders pick up powerful endorsements. who is backing who a day before the new round of presidential primaries. yes, all of that is ahead. but, first, we want to get to mike with more on our forecast. >> i never heard of being able to evict somebody from being sick. >> yeah, people have done, or maybe attempting to try to do some interesting things. >> that's crazy. i never heard of such a thing. let's talk about what is going on. scattered showers in the

forecast for today and footomor. mainly cloudy with 44 in castro valley to 51 in alameda. most of us 49 along the east bay shore and union city and hayward and richmond and berkeley. 41 in nevada for the cool spot and 52 in san francisco for the warm spot. most of us in the mid to upper 40s. these temperatures, look at this, ignificantly warmer especially across the north bay than we were this time yesterday. what does that mean for our commute? well, right now 51 if you're coming into the city via the bay bridge. spotty showers. we'll put some caution on that. mass transit cool to mild and spotty showers will also affect mass transit and the bay. here's a look at the peninsula. we start off at 47 and mostly cloudy all day and on these hour parts no shower possible, so, this model says. but there are still some scattered showers and hang out in the mid-60s for several hours. a mild southerly wind. start off in the 40s through 9:00 in the east bay valleys an

from 1:00 all the way to 7:00. the sun is still out at 7:00 thanks to daylight saving. 46 in the south bay at 7:00. our best chance of scattered showers are in the south bay. we still don't have any on the hour and that's why we don't have a storm impact scale on it. we'll talk about the chances of rain coming up, here's jobina. >> good morning, everyone. we'll start off with an overall look at our map. slow spot coming out this morning but things are looking good as far as our early monday morning commute. it's monday already. walnut creek 680 a lot of on the road. san jose 87 and clear conditions in the area and no problems to report. we have tracy to dublin a 37-minute

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scattered showers come from a storm system down to our south main lly stay to the south. most of the showers rotating off the coast and off the in monte angeles. here's a look at the precipitation today through wednesday and you can see, look

at that. it could be a really good soaking for southern california. up to two inches almost in santa barbara. more than an inch in l.a. and san diego only for the southern sierra, a good snowfall is possible. forecast is pretty dry other than coming up this weekend. >> thanks, mike. one san francisco supervisor is backing legislation to make it illegal for landlords to evict tenants impacted by coronavirus. dean preston will introduce the legislation tomorrow. it will protect tenants who can't pay the rent because they were either infected with the virus or following government-recommended quarantines. sam lacardo introduced similar legislation for his city. the man accused of murder nia wilson. john lee cowell pled not guilty in the stabbing that killed wilson and sent his sister to the hospital. he thought nia and her sister

were aliens about to harm his grandmother. his lawyer says he was delusional when he attacked the women in 2018. in the east bay the city of berkeley hopes a reward will help find in the murder related to. found between california and mcgo in march of 2011. the detectives said this was not a random shooting. firefighters back at the scene today of a house fire in san francisco. flames tore through the building in the mission district just after 6:00 last night. you can see those flames are coming up on the top floor. according to the chronicle, one person had to be treated for smoke inhalation and the fire was under control within the hour and part of the upper unit was under construction. your voice, your vote. today is the final day of campaigning before voters head to the polls. bernie sanders will attend a get out the vote rally and here's

abc news reporter rachel scott. >> senator bernie sanders storming through michigan betting on the state to hand him a victory, again. >> o o up on primary day. picking up an endorsement from civil rights icon jesse jackson hoping to chip away at joe biden's overwhelming support from black voters. >> i stick with him because he stands with you. >> reporter: but biden is picking up endorsements, too. including michigan's governor, a rising star in the democratic party. >> it was the obama/biden administration that helped out the auto industry in our toughest moments. because of that, everyone in michigan benefited. >> reporter: even a former rival who challenged his record on the debate stage. >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then? to you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in

america. what i opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. >> reporter: having a change of heart. >> so, join me in supporting joe and let's get this done. >> reporter: senator kamala harris marking the ninth endorsement from the democratic field. silis, senator elizabeth warren. >> you're not endorsing anyone yet? >> it's tough. maybe i'll pull a "new york times" and endorse them both. >> reporter: not making an endorsement, but making a cameo on "saturday night live p." >> i want to put on my favorite outfit for all you have done in your lifetime. >> i'm not dead, i'm just in the senate. >> reporting on the hill, rachel scott, abc 7 news. >> at least she is -- >> that's what i'm saying. you have to appreciate the humor and the switch challenge. >> mike, did you see it? >> no, >>ho y i break.

>> if it's that good, let's take a look. all right. it's 4:46. east bay hills camera looking pretty quiet this morning. a chance of scattered showers today and tomorrow. best chance across the south bay and santa cruz mountains. warming trend wednesday through friday and then the weekend trending cooler for the third weekend in a sunday. highs today 61 at half moon bay and the rest of us around 64 to about 68 degrees. for tonight, temperatures running coolest up in the north bay. the least amount of cloud cover. so, upper 30s to mid-40s. the rest of us in the mid-40s to low 50s. our area of low pressure we're keeping an eye on it. it really has eyes for the southern part of the state. let's take a look at future radar. here we are at 7:00 this morning. the gray you see are the clouds and that's coming up from the south. 4:00, the santa cruz mountains and the peninsula coast and the best chance of a shower at least according to this model. overnight partly cloudy and that's why we cool down significantly.

7:00 tomorrow morning you can see the clouds coming up and rounds of showers, especially for the south bay. one of them at noon and another possibly at 7:30 in the evening and around one around 11:30 as we head towards the overnight hours and then that's it. wednesday on let's take a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. show you what happens. the 70s come back inland upper 60s around the bay and low 60s at the coast and then temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s by sunday with a slight chance of showers. i'll show you how much rain or the lack there of in the next couple days coming up next. here's jobina. >> good morning, everyone. happy monday. we're starting off with a live look at the south bay. very clear conditions down there. no problems from the chp right now. albany to the maze is about a four-minute ride. fremont to san jose, 14 minutes. and overall look at our green map here. you can see we aren't experiencing any slow spots except for coming out of tracy this morning and i'm going to

take you right up to an issue we're following on northbound 238 before southbound 880. looks like we do have a new problem there. a crash one lane is blocked and that slow down coming up on your screen. kumasi? the only known nintendo playstation in existence has sold for a lot of money. here's techbytes. >> possible new virus trouble for apple. >> the release of highly anticipated 5g iphone could be delayed by a month this fall. blamed on supply chain issues and weaker demand. apple ceo tim cook told all company employees to work from home, if they can, to reduce the chances of contracting the virus. meanwhile amazon, google and twitter promising to pay the hourly wages of employees impacted by the outbreak. a piece of gaming history

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all right. let's take a look. it finally ended. the consecutive dry days on march 5th. actually happened late on friday. we had 0.01 of rain. so, 37 days. our fourth longest. thankfully we didn't make it to 43 days. let's take a look at what is going on. the latest pollen is out and grass is gone and weeds and grass absent and mold still on the low side. kumasi. at first to protect parishioners have altered traditions in the area.atdr fro

the communal cup was not served during church yesterday. and also embracing and shaking hands. holding their hearts and bowing that way. >> a lot of people who live alone and i'm really concerned what it will be like for them when they're already so isolated, i worry about them being more isolated to the response to the coronavirus itself. >> members of grace cathedral have also been training on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus and some events have even been canceled. a 101-year-old to one final mission. sydney was as part of his journey to visit all 50 states. he was honored at the world war ii pacific war memorial in chinatown. he enlisted nine months before the attack on pearl harbor. after that he was sent east to

asia. >> served? is that right? >> that's right. >> you were in the army infantry. >> that's he's helping him tour the country. they plan to meet the governor of every state they visit and he already met governor newsom. you may have seen him at the super bowl. he was honored at the coin toss. a bit brighter after the sun sets tonight and you can think a bright super moon. not only a full moon. but 90% of its closest approach to earth. that means it will be 14% bigger. 30% brighter than the other full moons. if you can't be out tonight to soak up the super moon, the next two will happen on april 8th and may 7th. i'm ready for this, mike. i want to go somewhere nice and clear so i can just get a nice view. >> right before your bedtime 7:27 is moon rise today. >> oh, i'm going to be asleep. >> you'll be in bed by then?

>> last night was so rough getting to bed. that hour change. here's a look at 7:00. our rainfall estimates. we'll go through day by day.so,. just the best chance. these are scattered so they could pop up anywhere. st chancthg, ben loman may up fe add one more. let's take a look. since our dry february we had nothing. we've had 0.18. so, when you look at the driest februarys ever in san francisco, we have a long way to go to reach the rebounds on some of these other years. so only 0.18. that's it. let's get to jobina and talk about the morning commute. >> good morning, everyone.

two new crashes but we'll start off here with a live look showing the richmond san rafael bridge. we have possible injuries for these crashes. crh erivillemoriville.ngudio. it does sound like injuries involved here. two lanes blocked right now and a couple cars involved and witnesses on the scene. the berkeley fire department is going to be handle this instead of emoryville and northbound 238 before southbound 880. speeds are down to about 16 miles per hour in the area due to a crash involving two cars here. at least one lane is blocked and emergency crews are on the way to this situation, as well. kumasi. coming up next at 5:00, as concern about coronavirus is growing, more people are asking questions. we'll tell you what one give th ondghig.g starting

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news to build a better bay area. this is abc 7 mornings. now at 5:00, a plan is in place for the "grand princess" and its passengers. 21 people onboard have tested positive for coronavirus. the ship is set to dock today in the port of oakland and the big question this morning is when. good m the as

yoreever me tha sevencuatr st. >> thank you, kumasi, reggie. wind flow off shore and that means a mild afternoon and some clouds with it and a little bit of rain out over the coast, also. nothing over our neighborhoods right now. you can see it looks pretty quiet out there. mostly cloudy conditions and just some scattered showers especially the further south and the closer you are to the ocean. so scattered that we didn't put a storm impact scale on it. 58 to 60 at noon. 59 to 64 at 4:00 and then 55 to 61 at 7:00. so, even witjobina with a look e morning commute. >> good morning, everyone. following two crashes where it looks like possible injuries are involved and passenger crews on. i'll