taking a close look at what back to school means this year in our effort to build a better bay area. from preschool through college, we're covering it all. and this morning, we'll tell you about the university that just made the decision to continue with distance learning this fall. good morning, everybody. it is thursday, august 6. good morning, reggie. >> hi kumasi. we'll start with mike nicco and a look at our day ahead. >> hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this morning. let's take a look at the winds. we still have double digits in places like san francisco, oakland, concord, napa and fairfield, but not nearly as brisk as they were yesterday. and the air is not nearly as moist. sure there are a few areas of mist especially along the coast and possibly drizzle in the higher elevations, but most of us the morning is starting off a little drier and it will end up a little bit brighter and for some of us a lot warmer. look at those temperatures, mid-50s to 60, that hasn't changed. but already 60s and 70s with sunshine by noon, 60s, 70s and

80s by 4:00. we have new information about an officer-involved shooting. san leandro police shot and killed the driver behind the wheel of a car they thought swaus sto was stolen. they started chasing the suspect, the driver stopped in oakland. police say the suspect got out of the car holding an assault style gun. an officer fired his weapon hitting the suspect. paramedics were called but the driver died at the scene. police say an assault rifle was recovered. that officer that fired the shot has been put on administrative leave which is standard protocol and since the shooting happened in oakland, the oakland police department will handle the investigation. the d.a.'s office will conduct a separate investigation. happening today, oakland's attorney john burriss is

planning to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of vallejo and one of its officers over the deadly shooting of a young man suspected of looting. sean monterrosa was shot and killed in a walgreen's parking lot. vallejo police initially believed the 22-year-old had a gun in the waste baistband of h pants but it was a hammer. burriss plans to take issue with what he says is an officer's history of shootings. more than 5,000 undergrads now know that they will begin the school year online. santiaa clara university said ty will turn to distance learning. this week abc 7 news is focusing on back to school. today we're sooezeroing in onzen colleges. lauren martinez has a message from the university's president. >> reporter: he called the decision difficult and disappointing. a letter went out to the campus community explaining how in the

beginning of the year, nearly all of its courses will be held online, on campus housing will be closed with some exceptions. by the fall, they anticipate that around 440 instructors will have received additional training in teaching virtually. father o'brien, president of scu, recorded a message to students. >> i want to recognize that for nearly six months, your college experience has been turned unless topside down. for the first years and transfers, i know this heartbreaking. you were looking forward to starting your life as a bronco. and for many of you, you already saw your senior year of high school severely impacted. >> reporter: his message went on to say that they will delay a 3% tuition increase that was scheduled to begin in the fall. reporting live from santia sant

university, lauren martinez. and after days of negotiating and protests, teachedi agreed to distance learning and hybrid in-classroom instruction. teachers will get five days of extensive training. that will move the start of school to august 24. teachers will have the option to work from home or in an empty class room. and then when in-person instruction begins, class sizes will be limited to 15 students. on our website, you can find a map showing each district's reopening plans. you will find it at abc7news.com. santa clara county health officials are raising serious concerns about the start's covid-19 testing data. the health officer says a statewide glitch is causing massive undercounting and is now affecting the ability to track the spread of the virus.

cody has offered resources to the state to fix the issue. >> i would say that right now we're back to feeling blind. we don't know how the epidemic is trending. so it is not just inconvenient, but this lack of data doesn't allow us to know where the epidemic is heading, how fast it is growing, or not. >> dr. cody says what she is sure of is that more people under 35 are becoming infected. and the rate of infection is much higher in the latinx community. we know the pandemic is changing every aspect of our lives and that couldn't be more true for the workplace. experts say the office as we once knew it is basically gone and as we learn more about coronavirus, adjustments for safety have to be made. j.r. stone reports on one of the most dangerous rooms. >> reporter: all might currently be quiet in your company break room, but beware, as more

companies come back to work, doctors say these are some. most dangerous spots. >> a lot of the transmission that is happening in the workplace is happening in break rooms and happening during lunches or meals. >> reporter: a time when people take their mask off and relax, basically letting their guard down. on facebook, we asked you if workplace break rooms rechb are on your radar. more than 150 of you had something to say about it, several saying that mike yes wa microwaves have been removed and one saying they refuse to go in any break room. >> usually i go to my car or we're fortunate that we have a pat patio.>> reporter: whole ree people in a break room at one time. and at o'connor hospital, they limit the number to four. and those cleaning the area tell us they describe everything in sight. >> disinfect the doorknobs, the

water fountains, a water machine. >> reporter: doctors saying we need to break some of our break room habits of eating and relaxing with others. >> it is such a hard habit to break, we need that time together. but we've got to come up with more creative ways that ensure that is both people don't have their masks off at the same time. and that is when the trachb transmission happens. >> reporter: doctors i spoke with jokingly said we have yet to figure out a way of eating with a mask on, recommending distance goiing with a mask on, recommending distance goiin in stations like this. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. we know that different activities have different levels of risks from play dates to riding the bus. you can find out what the experts think about each one by checking out our risk you calculator. and at the live desk, we have new details about that massive explosion in beirut.

officials this morning at the port of beirut are under house arrest until an investigation determines who is it blame. the explosive compound from the blast is being traced back to a russian cargo ship. the "new york times" reports the chemical cal was moved to a warehouse after a dispute over what to do with the car go. at least 150 people died from the explosion, an estimated 250,000 people have been left homeless. this morning french president macron arrived in lebanon to offer support. and we have more on that, this is incredible video, a bride in beirut taking photos and video the moment the blast happened. what should have been a joyous day turned into panic.

wow. you can see the blast immediately blew out glass windows that were right by where they were standing. reuters reports that bride is a doctor living in the united states, she ended up checking on the injured nearby. the antioch school board will try to meet again tonight after there was a disruption from protesters. >> the protesters are banging on the building. >> protesters are upset with the plan calling for no police on campuses. antioch has received a grant to cover half the cost of school resource officers for six campuses and the board has to decide whether to pay for the other half which would cost up to $378,000 annually. let's take a look at what is going on outside. no matter how wild our swings are during the afternoon hours,

look at these, overnight temperatures have been really consistent in the mid-50s to low 60s. we do have drizzle up in the east bay hills, not as much in the valleys as we had yesterday and mist hanging around, but temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s in the east bay valleys. 54 in santa rosa and also novato to even 63 in san jose. here is a look from the roof camera. you can see the clouds not hanging quite as low as they were yesterday. so it will be a little breezy again this afternoon. but it will be a little bit warmer than yesterday. and that will get us back to average. so don't be surprised if you need to grab some water if you are going out to exercise during the afternoon hours. whereas yesterday, you needed a coat. here is a look at the peninsula, where we'll seineasing nshine after 8:00, 71 at noon and then mid-70s in the afternoon hours. along the east bay, it will be sunny but it will take until noon and we'll have mid-70s in

the afternoon hours. and san francisco will even see a little sunshine and hit the upper 60s during the afternoon hours. a little breezy though, 62 by 8:00. above average temperatures for the weekend. i'll have the newest numbers coming up. let's talk about our commute. good morning, everyone. so i'm following a sunol. this is southbound 680 before68 state route 84. a backup is beginning. i'll let you know when we get an estimated time as to when everything is clear. chp also issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. i know we've been listening to talk about the winds in the area. so just take your time. there is also a high wind advisory through the altamont pass. everything else is looking pretty good around the bay area.

coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. and an urgent warning about the hand sanitizer, the cdc reporting four deaths. the health alert about poisonings. and also wear a mask, wash your paws. the simple and

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. here are the 7 things you need to know this morning. number one, is an san leandro police shot and killed a suspect late last night. the driver got out of the car holding an assault style firearm. an officer fired his weapon and killed the suspect. number two, john burriss plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of vallejo and one of its officers over the deadly shooting of a young man suspected of looting. moersa say sean month roth r mth wa lot. and dr. cody says health officials are back to feeling

blind. and santa clara university says it will begin the year with and if yesteayses held touch of autumn, it is over. it was a one and done. look at this strong rebound. and no coincidence that the areas that set record cold high temperatures a will see the bigt jump in temperatures today. and number six, we'll check out a live look showing you the richmond/san rafael bridge. we have a minor crash there blocking a lane. thankfully no injuries. and we're just waiting on a tow truck to clear things up. number seven, facebook deleted a post from president trump for violating its misinformation policy. the post claimed that kids are almost immune from covid-19. twitter also required the post to be removed.

you will want to listen to this, i'm looking at a new cdc report this morning that says people are dying and going blind after drinking hand sanitizer. health officials have been warning people for weeks about illegal hand sanitizers being sold and distributed in the u.s. they contain a toxic alcohol known as methanol. the cdc says in may and june, 15 cases of methanol poison ing wee reported in arizona and new mexico, these are people who drank tainted hand sanitizers. four died and three people are suffering from visual impairment. and this may only be the tip of the iceberg here with many other deaths possibly not reported. partygoers in l.a. are at it again even as mayor garcetti is threatening new sanctions against large gathers. yesterday we told but a deadly shooting at a mansion party. he says that he will have the water and power turned off if

need be to discourage huge gatherings during covid-19. and according to our sister station kabc, there was another large celebration in a posh neighborhood with many not wearing face coverings or practicing social distancing. a bay area woman's message is spreading worldwide. dan ashley has the story. >> i wanted the message to be you wear a mask and i wear a mask and we take care of each other. rather than you have to wear a mask! >> reporter: she has made free downloadable pandemic safety coasters. wear a mask, wash your paws. >> teachers and librarians said you can make a poster. >> reporter: and her artwork is

already in demand. and not just in english. >> someone said i need one in spanish. >> reporter: and from there, it snowballed. 33 languages and counting. >> two more languages that will be added. wr >> reporter: maggie says the poster is being down loaded around the world. >> the whole collaborative process has been fun and exciting. kind of a feel good thing. i think that we're all feeling a little isolated and scattered. so this has been a positive thing to focus on. >> that was dan ashley reporting. the posters are free. and we've set up a link for you to download them on abc7news.com. they were really cute. >> am i going to order more

masks? i think i might. >> really? >> are we surprised? >> you need a different look, you know, for various occasions. not that i'm going to occasions. >> exactly, where are you going? >> whenever i walk down valencia instead of mission, that is a whole different look. >> whole new mask. >> i feel so inadequate and so out of style with my plain duck looking white mask. i went with barbara yesterday, for a ride and i was like a dog going yeah, yeah, i want to get out of the house. 2vetrin weeks.you want to let's look at the xwtat the gol bridge. winds are only 5 miles per hour.

trier ay e drier and brighter conditions. warmest hires will be above average this weekend at least away from the coast and we'll taper back to average early next week. here is a look at the fog forecast and look at all that sunshine compared to yesterday. so grab the sunglasses, you will need them today. the bay not completely cleared out at noon, but it will for several hours this afternoon before the clouds try to roll back during the evening hours. look at the temperatures 4 to 15 degrees warmer, that puts us in the mid-70s to low 80s in the south bay. 70 to 76 on the peninsula. no more record high temperatures. 63 along the peninsula coast. upper 60s in downtown. and sunshine along the north bay coast, but still about 60 where we're about 20 degrees warmer with low to mid-80s in your valleys. 70 to 76 inland and 82 to 88 -- i should say inland. 70s along the east bay shore. so a kooichl degrees warmer

tomorrow, above average 80s and 90s for saturday and sunday. in "first look," some kids returning to the classroom right now. a big issue popping up, how to get them to social distance when on the school bus. here is kenneth moton. social distancing on the school bus. >> every student that rides the bus must wear a mask. >> for many, this new school routine will start when they board. >> and load from the back to the front. >> this video from kentucky shows what that might look like. parents asked to check their kid's temperatures before they board and children asked to use hand sanitizer as they head to their seats. once they leave, a team fully disinfects the bus. the cdc recommending students wear face coverings and sit one child per row, skipping rows per possible. to achieve that, the national association for pupil

transparency says there should be fewer kids on board. and coming up at 7:00, we'll show you what other school districts across the country are doing. plus why a walking school bus could be the safest solution people are looking for change, for answers. one answer is at your fingertips, the 2020 census. census takers will be visiting households to make sure we are counted. because an undercounted community could miss out on billions of funding for schools, healthcare and job assistance each year for the next ten years. too much is at stake. respond online today. shape your future. start here at 2020census.gov.

at 5:24, here is a closer look at those record cold high temperatures yesterday. that beat the old record of 72. but check out redwood city, today we will feel like wednesday, but friday warmer, saturday warmer and sunday warmest with some 1 o100s around clearlake. even 80s in the bay. and major league baseball now tightening safety protocols after outbreaks on the marlins and cardinals led to 21 games being postponed. yesterday the league sent out a memo to teams outlining the

changes. new bloat coaprotocols include face coverings at all times including the dug joutouts and bullpens. the memo says flagrant violators could be banned from participating in the 2020 season. round one of the pga championship tees off today. yesterday golfers practiced to get acclimated to the course. rory mcilroy will play along tiger woods and justin thomas. >> it will test all aspects. it is in the tricked up, it is a fair golf course. it is all right there in front of you. i think maybe a little bit of a coincidence that the top players come here and win most of the times that things are played here. >> first round coverage

available on espn plus app starting at 10:00 a.m. coverage begins on espn at 4:00. a lot of major retailers are implementing return policies that are more generous. at the beginning of the pandemic, several stores wouldn't take returns untilsafe ity protocols could be put in place. and so now there has been a major shift. >> stores like cosmetic stores are giving you a year to return products. but other stores are averaging between 30 and 90 days. probably double the amount of time that you are normaly given. >> stores like walmart are still refusing to take in-store returns. you have to do it online. customers unable to return items online can wait until in-store returns are eventually accepted. you never know what you might catch on surveillance video. look at this, a toy pony got one last ride before heading to a texas landfill.

the garza family got a kick out of the trash pickup this week and this is why. okay then. ponyroketseg date'siz b bu when thewam t dcaed toy and decided to take it one last ride. the family says watching it made their day. >> i like it. you have to entertain yourself. we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including why california has stopped adding and removing counties from the governor's watch list for right now. also the latest on a push to create a coronavirus vaccine, why some of the experts are now talking about a new time line. and we're staying on top of the breaking news we told you with, about, a deadly police involved shooti

a suspect killed in an overnight police shooting following a chase that stretched between two cities. the latest from the scene this morning. and also a new financial resource for people who test positive for covid-19. the county wants to pay people so that they can stay home from work. >> i'm not trying to break a union. all i want to do is keep my kids safe and educate them. >> a bay area man's search for a backyard schoolteacher. the social media post that is getting a lot of attention. and a live look outside this morning. temperatures rebound today after record cold highs in some bay area cities. good morning on this thursday, august 6. it will go up to a whole 68 degrees on sunday in san francisco. >> wait for it. >> get out the swimsuits. >> it has been really chilly to me. >> yeah, it has.

so we're done with that, mike. >> draw, with yeah, let's take a look at what is going on as far as our winds. you can see they are still up a little bit, but not nearly as aggressive as they were yesterday. we're still waking up with temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s, and you can see the cloud cover from our roof camera, and there is some mist and drizzle out there. but look at the afternoon hours from 67 at san francisco, 73 at oakland, look at that, 80s up in the north bay and also the east bay where we were in the 60s yesterday. so yeah, quite a rebound. we'll talk about a warm weekend coming up. we're following breaking news with new information about an officer-involved shooting in the east bay. san leandro police shot and killed a driver they say was behind the wheel of a car they

thought was stolen. they started chasing the suspect in san leandro. the driver stopped in oakland. the suspect got out of the car holding an assault style weapon. the officer fired his gun and the suspect died at the scene. there was a rifle recovered. the oakland police department will handle the investigation and the d.a.'s office will also conduct an investigation. amy hollyfield is on the way to the scene and she will join us live at 6:00 with more details. a top ucsf epidemiologist who says he sees surges as waves predicts that it is inevitable we'll see a third wave of coronavirus. >> i don't think that we'll get back to a true baseline before we see a third wave. we're really at the end of a second wave. we'll see it go right back down

a little bit before it starts to go back up again. >> the biggest question mark now, when will we get a vaccine. dr. anthony fauci says a vaccine could come by the end of this year, but now some of the people designing the vaccine trials say that might not actually happen until 2022. >> i think it will be sooner than that, you know, it is easy to say let's split the difference fauci's optimism and the trial conservative estimate. >> there are half a dozen major trials here in the u.s. california has stopped adding or removing counties on the watch list as it tries to resolve of a technical problem. the state has recorded more than 525,000 positive tests. but california health officials say the true number is even higher. a glitch is preventing local data from making to the

database. counties on the watch list faced more restrictions on businesses and schools. all bay area counties are now on the list. so until this issue is fixed, where everybody is where they will stay. s pele wrek with coronavirus to either stay home and lose pay or you go to work and risk the health of the people around you. one county is now stepping into help in the effort to build a better bay area. amy hollyfield has the details from heyward. >> reporter: if your employer isn't offering sick pay and you can't afford to stay home, the county has found a way to help you. alameda county has passed a plan that would pay people, infected people, who need the money $1250 to stay home and quarantine. alameda county voted unanimously to set aside $10 million for this program which could help 7500 people. they decided this was necessary after talking to people in low

income neighborhoods about stopping the spread of the coronavirus. >> when you have people who are going out and not being able to quarantine when they are sick, this will spread the disease even more. so the goal obviously is to help these families. but the goal is also to prevent a big spiking of covid. >> reporter: these are the neighborhoods hardest hit by covid-19 and where they are hoping to help. akon in west oakland, two areas of east oakland, south hayward and cherry land in unincorporated alameda county. this is for people who would not get sick pay and are not eligible for any federal or state help. the county partnered with clinics in those neighborhoods, they would verify that someone is infected with the virus and would let the county know that the person needs financial help. they haven't said when this is going to be put into place. they still have a few details they need to work out.

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. this morning the world has hit a new and grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. more than 700,000 people have died from covid-19. and the u.s. continues to lead in not only coronavirus cases but in deaths. jobina fortson has more on this. devastating numbers that we're looking at here. here in the u.s., more than 157,000 lives have been lost. and although the death rate has been declining nationwide, deaths from the virus are rising in 32 states. hospitalizations are still going up in 28 states. the u.s. makes up nearly a quarter of all covid-19 cases and debts across the globe. dr. fauci says it is the worst in the world and testing must be improved. >> it is unacceptable, period.

and i don't know why becaus that is not what i do every day. >> this comes as president trump continues pushing for in-person learning at american schools claiming the virus is on its way out. a tweet and facebook post from the president saying children are, quote, almost immune to the virus were remove order both platforms. facebook says the post violated its rules against harmful false claims that any group is immune to the virus. silicon valley millionaire defending himself over his back to school plan. his online ad is getting mixed reaction this morning. and also we got a new numbers about the jobless rates here in the united states. we'll take a look at the unemployment claims and how many people are now filing. but first, we'll check in with mike nicco. hi, everybody. appreciate you being with us on this thursday morning. we'll start with some neighborhood temperatures along the peninsula where we've had some drizzle especially in the higher elevations, mist in the

lower elevations. we do have 60s along the east bay shore to ave 60 in napa ands to near 60 in the east bay valleys where we have a limited amount of cloud cover. here is a look at south beach, you can see the clouds not nearly as low as they were yesterday. and it is because they don't contain quite as much moisture. you will need the jacket this morning, but you won't want this afternoon. look at these temperatures, we have record cold high temperatures in east bay valleys yesterday, some of us in the 60s. today up into the low to mid-80s with a whole lot more sunshine. north bay will break out in the cloud cover after 10:00 and will break into the low 80s for a couple hours this afternoon. and our last stop will be down in the south bay where we break out of the cloud cover, upper 70s for theafternoon hours, down to 67 with sunshine at 8:00.

we'll have above average warmth coming this weekend. now let's find out about the morning commute. good morning, everyone. happy thursday to you. the good news is that this crash we were following earlier has cleared off the board. we have high wind advisories for the bay bridge and also the al take month pass. we'll take a live look showing you san jose and what the conditions are like on 101. pretty smooth ride for everybody. drive times checking in here, pretty good. antioch to hercules, 26 minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 17 this cheeseburger is the best! it's about to get bester baby! ♪ menutaur! make it a double, yeah! nice mane! try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club.

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welcome to thursday morning. let's take a look in the south bay, cloudy and about 63 near the shark tank. temperatures in the mid-50s, near 60. no change there. but notice already 60s and 70s with sunshine in many areas especially inland at noon. and the does will even scoast w this afternoon. fastest breezes from 11:00 to 9:00. and the seabreeze touching a lot of neighborhoods. 90 as warm as it gets across the state. breaking news at the live desk, just a few minutes ago, the u.s. labor department released the latest jobless reports. so here is what we're seeing. 1.18 million claims last week. a bigger decrease than economists expected. it is the 21st straight week that new claims topped 1 million since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country in march.

more than 16.1 million people are continuing to receive unemployment insurance benefits. also a smaller number than economists forecasted. tomorrow the labor department will release last month's jobs report with economists expecting the unemployment rate to drop slightly to 10.5%. we'll see how wall street reacts to all of it. president trump says that he may use his executive powers to boost unemployment benefits if congress fails to act. democrats and republicans are in a stalemate. members of california's congressional delegation are urging both sides to make a deal quickly. >> sad xheb taker fcommentary fe leader in the united states of america to sit on a bill that the house passed and then say, well, whatever this president wants, i want. >> the white house is trying to determine if money left over

from an eli stimulus bill could be used to extend federal unemployment benefits. our focus this week is the topic of back to school. a huge concern as the new skal year starts is the digital divide. school districts have been working throughout the summer to find solutions. in oakland where 70% of the students are on free lunches, the district has raised more than $12 million through the oakland undivided initiative. the district estimates about half of their students, roughly 25,000 kids, needs some sort of connectivity or device. >> right now we have computers on order. we have hot spots on order. thousands of each. we're negotiating for broadband. we're doing everything we can to make sure that all of our families that have these needs that qualify get what they need. >> the 25,000 new laptops are current lly on back order. until the students get them,

they have been supplied with interim devices. an investor is getting mixed reaction over his plans to start his own micro school in his backyard. the job promises potential teachers of a beat whatever they are currently getting paid. micro schools or pandemic pods are one solution parents are turning to with so much uncertainty heading into this ne school year. as amanda del castillo shows us, the bay area father is trying to take any criticism in stride. >> reporter: posted on sunday and still making rounds, jason calacanis tweeted looking for the best 4th to 6th grade teacher in the bay area who wants a one year contract that will beat whatever they are getting paid to teach 2 to 7 students in my backyard. >> we'll pay the best rate, maybe even more. we'll give them benefits and days off. >> reporter: but many say that this is wrong on so many levels.

it reeks of racism, classism, entitlement. >> i understand that this is a privilege i have. i'm a product of the public school system in brooklyn. >> reporter: in a subsequent tweet, calacanis offers full scholarships based on merit. and in an early interview with abc 7, he explains he is looking to employ someone currently out of work to not take away from the local school system. florence mcclure tweeted i am a teacher in the bay area. i am interested. >> i didn't have the number, myself and another middle schoolteacher who was just let go last wednesday. >> reporter: she said her main concern is the tunstoounts stud. >> it is something that you can look forward to, something that you can be in person and yet still have interaction. >> reporter: and this twitter

user saying i loath this tweet but empathize with you. if i was an uber rich person i'd probability want the best for my kid no matter the cost.ost.ost.s calacanis is also offering a $2,000 uber eats gifts card to anyone who refers the person who is hired. and all this week we're talking about experts and families and teachers. today we'll take a closer look at colleges and tomorrow we'll talk to teachers. you can watch this conversation and our other abc 7 listens town halls on abc7news.com or on the abc 7 news app. the pandemic has presented a long list of challenges for all of us this year, but for people who are deaf or struggling with hearing loss, those challenges are also multiplied. kate favor is a clinical audiologist from pacifica and has hearing loss herself. she wears a hearing aid and

offen reof often reads people's lips. >> but to cover a mouth with a mask, that muffles our speech a lot. it is a lot of listening effort and at the end of the day i'm tired. >> favor treats patients at the hearing a spoo ing and speech c northern california. zoom doesn't captioning but several apps that do and they can transcribe what is being said on your screen. there is a new tool in service am mid the covid-19 pandemic. so meet robin, this is the world's first emotionally intelligent hospital row about the. it can interpret facial expressions, it can talk. a peed i can't tediatric surgeo they help because the kids are feeling isolated.

robin dances with kids, can provide empathy and if nothing else, just offer a distract >> i was too busy watching. >> we can do better than this. >> it was harder to hate robin with the little boy in the video looking so happy. >> yeah. love the rob be bin looks real basic. >> we didn't see her face. >> i saw her face. it was an ipad on top of a white plastic base. that's what robin is. >> y'all don't like robin? >> looked like a combination of wall-e and et. >> i love et, so don't do that. >> yeah, why are you dragging in

et? >> that took a turn i didn't expect. all right. let's go to weather and get me out of this. i'll drive across the golden gate bridge and put you in my rearview mirror. the winds are so much lighter and because of that, we'll see more sunshine and highs will recover today after the record cold temperatures yesterday. seasonal temperatures tonight, just some isolated drizzle. and above average summer warmth this weekend. here is a look at the fog forecast. look at how quickly some of us that didn't see sunshine get it. only the bay and coast still noon. sunglasses. 76 to 81 in the south bay today. 70 to 76 is your spread on the peninsula. about 60 to 63 along the peninsula coast with upper 60s

in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. low 60s north bay coast even with the sunshine. and then upper 70s to mid 80s through the valleys. 70 to 76 across the east bay shoreline and 82 to 88 in our east bay valleys. tonight mid-50s to low 60s once again, not quite as cloudy and not as much drizzle as this morning. we'll be above average able from the coast saturday and sunday and then back to average early next week. i'm still laughing about your et thing. >> i love et. >> me too. >> i just love et so much. >> et was real. et and rob be bin should not ro same sentence. >> et is what kids need. or i need et. >> all right.

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today. >> it really is. especially inland. hi, everybody. yeah, a little weather which la whiplash if you will. we'll be back in the 80s today inland and part is you today to the winds. they are still a little fast, but 13, 13 and 17 is really a lot slower than yesterday. hre is a look at our roof camera. clouds are not as low as they were yesterday. so don't expect as much mist and drizzle during the morning execute. but expect the same temperatures. by noon away from the coast and most of the bay, we're seeing sunshine0 an back in th 60s and. weekend forecast coming up. and a police chase ended with an officer-invold