mornings on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we'll start with mike nicco. >> nice of kumasi to share that with us. used to be just you up here with that beautiful sunrise. >> all of us basking in the glow. >> now we all get it. gorgeous. that's what to expect later today. look at the breezes. they are backing off. 10 at sfo. 10 at livermore. 13 at fairfield. not quite as aggressive today. look at that, pretty clear conditions as you look from our roof camera. a few clouds out there this morning. sunshine is going to be the rule with milder temperatures that are still below average. from the low 70s up in the north bay, low to mid70s in the south bay. inland east bay, mid70s. mid to upper 60s around most of the bay. upper 50s to low 60s for san francisco. more on next week's heat wave coming up. here's kumasi. >> thank you, mike. with just five more days until california is set to reopen, the state's workplace regulators have reversed new

controversial mask rules. >> this has been confusing. it's the second time the rules have changed in one week. amy hollyfield is live to explain this confusing back and forth. what do we know? >> reporter: cal osha got a full dose of frustration from businesses last night during their meeting with a lot of people telling osha they are tired of the confusion. cal osha did have a four hour long meeting last night a week after putting a controversial rule in place. they decided last night to reverse themselves. so they received so much strong pushback they tossed out that controversial rule. the board had ruled if one person in the office is not vaccinated then everyone would have to wear a mask. and here's a little bit of what they heard last night about that rule. >> i'm really concerned that we have a regulation that will pit workers against each other. >> do not make business owners

hon monitor their employee's vaccination status. >> reporter: so they tossed out that rule and said they still need to come up with the guidelines for masks at work. businesses are now asking governor newsom to issue an executive order for the state to follow at the office. just a uniform rule so everyone can be on the same page next week when the state officially reopens. this cal osha board is set to meet next thursday. the state is set to reopen next tuesday. there is hope the governor will clear this up by tuesday. osha has appointed a subcommittee to study this issue. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. some bay area businesses have already announced policy changes in response to the state's opening. reopening plan on june 15th. walgreens has signs up like these. in california masking for those unvaccinated will be required, not optional, even after june 15th.

many business owners still confused by exactly what reopening will look like. >> it won't be on the 15th. it's going to be an automatic complete change. so we will transition classes. we'll transition behavior. >> as we as a team are vaccinated but we don't know if our guests are. it will not be like what we were before this pandemic. you know, there won't be the full bar. again, our pace is going much slower. safeway announced customers not vaccinate willed not have to wear masks inside stores. the company did not say how they would enforce that. today president joe biden is expected to make a major announcement in the global fight against covid-19. jobina at the live desk. >> reporter: the united states is sitting on a vaccine surplus. pressure is mounting to share with the world. the president will announce a plan to buy 500 million doses and distribute them to 100

lower income countries. the have accident seens will start shipping in august. 200million doses will be delivered by the end of this year. remaining 300 million will be delivered in the first half of next year. white house press secretary talked to gma about the effort. >> this is a real reflection of the fact the united states we're vaccinating more americans than any other country in the world. we're in a position where we can contribute in a big way. more than any other country. >> pfizer will make the vaccines at four of its u.s. facilities. the donations will go through the global vaccine program led by the world health organization. president biden will make the announcement today. he is in england ahead of the upcoming g-7 summit. >> thank you. firefighters battled heavy smoke and flames at a mobile home. this happened around 10:00 last night at a mobile home park near the corner of fair oaks avenue. the fire department says two or three people escaped and are now being helped by the red

cross. neighbors heard an explosion right before the fire and the cause is still under investigation. san francisco police have arrested a suspect who is accused of a violent stabbing. police say they caught the suspect because he committed another crime. this is the store clerk who was stabbed multiple times. the attack will leave him partially blind. it happened in franklin market about a week ago. the suspect tried to rob someone else earlier this week. investigators recognized him from surveillance video of the stabbing. santa rosa police department says two officers were disciplined for their actions during the george floyd protests last year. two officers utahed force that was not within protocol. they were suspended for 20 hours without pay. the police chief admitted to the press democrat that mistakes were made during the protests. he said the department is working to make sure it doesn't

happen again. a popular san francisco cafe is the latest target of antisemitic vandalism. it's believed the vandals were targeting the owner whose afghan father sought refuge in israel. the anti-defamation league has seen a jump in these kinds of attacks recently. locally and nationally. >> we saw a 75% increase in the two week period after violence started between israel and the gaza strip. as compared to the two weeks prior. >> last month vandals attacked. since then a security guard has been hired. the rabbi says the attack won't deter their message of peace and love in the community. part of building a better bay area is fighting for racial and social justice. we do have a lot of vetted local resources. to find out more you can go to abc7news.com/takeaction. tiktok and wechat no longer

on the chopping block. the latest order from president biden. a former nasa astronaut tries his hand at wine making. the wine label he started in california. let's talk about your commute a little bit. fewer clouds this morning means we're going to have a lot of sunshine. but still locally breezy. localized. not widespread like it has been. not only this morning but during the evening. we'll talk about a warming ♪start spreading the news♪ ♪i'm leaving today♪ ♪i want to be a part of it♪ ♪new york, new york♪ ♪it's up to you♪ ♪new york, new york♪

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gracias, san francisco. -thank you. -[ speaks native language ] let's keep making a differene together. california's drought conditions mean wild fire season is going to start sooner this year. that assessment is from a pg&e official who spoke with the sacramento bee. one concern is vegetation drying out more quickly than normal. pg&e says it's preparing for wildfire season weeks before it

usually does, even practicing for power shutoffs. cal fire is talking about the obstacles it faces ahead of what could be an unprecedented wildfire season. >> one challenge is the lack of inmate firefighters. the pandemic cut inmate fire crews by half. previously 152 inmate fire fighting crews were available. now there are just 53. >> we had a significant reduction in a resource that provides a vital roll in our suppression efforts and containment efforts statewide. >> cal fire says conditions seen today typically don't happen until the end of summer. specifically when it comes to the santa cruz mountains there are added obstacles like communication dead zones and tight roadways. it's encouraging residents to prepare by creating defensible space. kind of tie in to this, our next heightened fire danger is going to start wednesday of

next week. you can see the low to mid90s. we won't have gusty winds the way it looks right now. that's something we'll keep an eye on. let's talk about how chilly it is in the north bay. napa 39 also. everybody in the 40s. until you get to val to val to here's a look at san jose. a few clouds out there we'll have a lot of sunshine as we head through the lunch hour. 57 at the coast to 58 at 4:00. mid to upper 60s around the bay. so that's a little bit of a bump up from yesterday. as the temperatures get warmer we'll see moderate air quality move in to parts of the coast and central bay. that is healthy for all of us. this goes through friday. how about that weekend forecast, i'll have that coming

up next. let's talk about to jobina about the commute. >> good morning. i'm following a cig alert causing quite a slow down. this is on southbound 101 at the westbound 80 interchange. we have a cal trans camera so you can see the area. wow. okay. i'm not even kidding maybe right as i got up here the tow truck was there. looks like it's gone. i'm going to say it's clear. you can see the traffic is still slow in the area that just moved out of the way. that is pretty crazy. also the metering lights came on early at 5:50 because of all of this. we have a large backup at the toll plaza as a result. >> thank you. still ahead, a solar eclipse seen across the globe. a stunning look at the ring of fire. a lot of people have been hit by the travel bug. the popular destinations for vaccinated travelers. as we head to break, let's take a live look outside right now and see what we're going to look at at 6:12.

that's beautiful. >> all right. >> nice clouds. just moving along. >> take it in. good morning to this cloud. >> we'll be right back.

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they would take a summer vacation somewhere in the u.s. now just over 20% say they would take a summer trip abroad. the uk, spain, italy, germany and france have seen growth on tripadvisor. in australia because it's heading into winter the recovery has been pretty flat. heads up if you're traveling this summer. the tsa is warning about staffing shortages at more than 130 airports. apparently the problem is so bad tsa office workers are being asked to volunteer for airport duty. the tsa is hoping to hire 6000 new officers. they're offering incentives like a $1000 bonus. in austin, texas some travelers ares waiting two hours. >> we are encouraging folks to plan ahead. give themselves extra time. >> there's also a shortage of

taxi, uber, lyft drivers to get travelers to the airport. that's causing a huge spike in prices. they're up 40% nationwide. >> wow. all right. if you look to the sky and you weren't here in the bay area because we didn't see it here. but in the northeast part of the country you would have seen a partial solar eclipse. it was the first one since 2017. luckily nasa's cameras were rolling and look at what we saw if you were in canada, greenland and northern rurururuu today. a ring of fire. it creates this illusion. pretty. >> uh-huh. he can handle going to space but can he make wine? a former nasa astronaut has created his own label and his first bottle comes out this year. jose hernandez went on a 14 day mission to space in 2009. now he produces wine in central

california. his label is called tiero luna cellars which means earth moon. he'll come full circle to create this wine. >> the american dream. >> it has a note of moon cheese. >> and what else? >> the slight aroma of jet fuel. >> is it as as as as as as as just the possibility of alien whiff. >> goodness. sounds great. >> am i a somalia >> i think you are -- >> let's talk about

going on weather wise. mainly sunny day with the winds backing off a bit. we can warm up temperatures about 3 to 6 degrees. patchy low clouds and high clouds tonight. not quite as mild as it is this morning. typical pattern and highs back to average this weekend. here's the area of low pressure that brought the threat of thunderstorms. also brought us gusty winds. it's moving on. it's going to take those winds away from us temporarily. we're still stuck in this bowl of cooler than average temperatures. expect right in the upper 60s for most of the south bay. till you get to san jose southward, low to mid70s. 72 in redwood city. check out what's going on at the coast. upper 50s with low 60s downtown. sausalito, head up the north

bay coast. upper 50s. 71 to 75 for the rest of the north bay. for the east bay around 65 to about 69 degrees. free air-conditioning everywhere including the east bay valleys. 72 to 78 degrees. around the state the fire threat is over. comfortable in the central valley. upper 70s to 80 degrees. us tonight, 45 in santa rosa to about 51 in oakland. my accuweather seven day forecast. not much warming. they're back to average. back to average saturday, sunday and monday. possible inland heat wave begins tuesday and wednesday. good morning america is coming up next. >> sam champion with a look at what's ahead. good morning. it's been a while. nice to see you both. coming up on gma, president biden's big announcement that massive 500 million vaccine donation to countries in it need around the world as the president gears up for a high stakes g-7 summit and his

meeting with president putin. white house press secretary joins us. the cdc is meeting to discuss that concerning headline about vaccinated teens and reports of heart inflammation. we're also tracking new concerns as the number of hospitalizations rise across the country in states vaccine rates. a potential break through deck tecting cancer. now a new test can detect a reoccurrence two years before it shows up. we have luke wilson and martin

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proposal. it would commit money every year for the next four years to address homelessness. >> our 13 cities amount to 11 million residents. about29% percent of the population but 59% of the unsheltered residents. >> you put it so well. we'll have to answer for what we did in this moment to this crisis. >> governor newsom proposed spending $12 billion to tackle the crisis. this is a divisive issue. the countdown to christmas is on in san jose. the 40-year-old holiday tradition christmas in the park will welcome back visitors for walk through and drive through events this year. last year christmas in the park was drive through only because of the pandemic. construction is already underway on dozens of festive

displays. abc 7 news got a look at some of the holiday magic. >> brand new music. brand new lights. the walk through i'm even more excited about. we're adding a 65-foot tall walk through christmas tree and we're putting in a 40-foot by 60-foot inflatable beer and wine garden. >> fun. christmas in the park returns on thanksgiving at lake cunningham park. a pride tradition is flying high in san jose. the rainbow flag has been raised in front of police headquarters as a show of support for lgbtq plus department members and community members. the mayor attended the flag raising. san jose says in 2019 it became home for the first police department in it a city to raise a rainbow lgbtq flag. you'll have to find another way to keep up with the kardashians. the series finale is tonight. keeping up with the kardashians is ending its 20 season

the reality tv show followed. the show's been on the air for 15 yores. although it's ending the family will develop new shows for hulu in the near future. you've heard of cat stuck up in trees but what about bears on power poles? this scared bear picked a dangerous place to run to safety. he scampered up a utility pole. a lineman spotted the animal and helped to convince it to go back down, which it did. traffic likely scared it. power in the area was shut off so that bear could climb down safely. >> okay. >> that bear's cute though. isn't it? >> uh-huh. uh-huh. >> christmas in the park. >> too soon. let us get through this. >> 0-for-2. next at 6:30, help to beat the learning loss. many had programs are focusing on helping students play catchup. a nonprofit is looking to hire here in the bay area.

marin county giving residents another reason to get vaccinated. the new incentive for anyone who get as shot at certain locations. as we take a break, let's take a live look outside. come on, pride. come on, usa. it's 6:27. sometimes they say, "it might work, it might not work." and so i ask myself the question, like,

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what makes this the tallest, fastest and longest single rail coaster in the world. we had the first single rail coaster at great america. >> did you get on it? >> i haven't been on it. i would like to. >> i wouldn't. okay. good morning, everybody. it is thursday, june 10th. you're watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7, hulu live, wherever you stream. checking in with mike. would you get on it? >> would you take our picture? >> that's fine. >> totally getting on that thing. >> i will be the picture taker. >> that sounds like fun. unfortunately i'm going to start with some really news that put me in newest drought monitor. got worse. 85% of our state under the second highest category extreme. look where it spread. now we have these counties entirely covered in the worst w

drought category. most of lake, half of mendicino. almost all of alameda and san francisco. winds aren't as fast today. temperatures warm up a little bit. right there only about 10 miles per hour in our fastest areas. upper 50s to low 60s coasting to san francisco. mid to upper 60s around the bay. moderna vaccines for kids as young as 12 could be coming. the company is asking for emergency use authorization. moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is 100% effective in adolescents 12 to 17 years old. using the same definition it used in its trial with adults. out of more than 3700 study participants, no cases were detected in those who received both doses. four people who received a placebo did end up getting infected. if authorized it would expand the number of doses to middle and high school students ahead of the next school year. we're counting down to the

moment california reopens june 15th. whether you'll have to wear a mask to work is unclear. the state's workplace regulators reversed the rules for the second time in a week. amy hollyfield is live with what we can expect, maybe, probably, i don't know. hi. >> hi. good morning. maybe laugh with that one. cal osha did toss out the controversial ruling that they put in place last week. so there's a gone. they haven't put in place new guidelines for next week's reopening. so we still aren't sure what they're going to expect here in the office place. that is frustrating for a lot of business owners. cal osha met after getting a lot of push back for a rule it passed last week. that rule said even if just one person in the office was not vaccinated then everyone in the office would have to wear a mask. there were several business owners, business groups and

workers that hated that plan. many of them spoke out last night. >> state of california needs to understand in order for people to want to go to work they need to encourage they can go to work without masks. >> do not make business owners monitor their vaccination status. >> reporter: osha reversed itself last night. that rule is out. they still have not voted on a new rule. the old mask rules are still in place. osha is scheduled to talk about this again next week at a meeting on thursday. some are hoping the governor will step in. he'll issue an executive order that lines up with the state's reopening guidelines. the state is supposed to reopen on tuesday. business groups saying they're frustrated by all of this confusion saying it makes it very difficult to plan. live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. most people that we spoke with in san francisco say

they're going to continue wearing masks. some like the idea of taking them off if you're vaccinated. >> i think june 15th is long overdue. >> i'm going to keep my mask on because i don't know who is vaccinated and who is not. >> i just feel that we should continue to wear masks even if you're vaccinated or not vaccinated. >> at this point it appears the new mask guidance from the state will rely on the honor system. an extra vaccine incentive is coming to marin county. the county will give away $25 gift cards to anyone who gets their shot. that's going to be announced on the county's website. nearly 90% of eligible marin county residents have been vaccinated. happening today, you can meet players from the san jose earthquakes and get your covid- 19 vaccine at the same time. the soccer team is hosting a vaccination event from 4:00 to 7:30 tonight. the clinic is for people

looking to get their first dose of the shot. offering autographs, discounted merchandise, a food truck is going to be there. they'll have activities for kids. here's the best part. you do not need an appointment. two passengers on board a major cruise ship have tested positive for covid-19. now this particular cruise line does not require vaccinations and that's raising some questions as cruise lines in the u.s. prepare to again. reportedly asymptomatic and not american. the passengers and everyone they traveled with were forced to disembark in italy on tuesday. should continue the voyage as planned. the cruise line says passengers are not required to be vaccinated. the company says this policy has helped prevent infections. >> the bottom line is make sure before you can get on a cruise you get vaccinated. whether the cruise line

mandates it or not. >> cruise ship scare comes as some u.s. cruise lines prepares to welcome back customers. celebrity cruises says it will require vaccine cards but in florida that gets tricky. the state passed a law that prohibits businesses from asking anyone to provide proof of a vaccine card. that legislation goes into effect on july is 1st. royal caribbean will not require vaccines until -- while most major cruise lines are preparing to embark as early as this month. others are awaiting cdc approval. >> thank you. president biden on his first foreign trip since taking office. >> to make an announcement about the global fight al fight covid-19. >> reporter: good morning. the president begins with a meeting with british prime minister boris johnson and later on in the day he will make that major announcement about the latest u.s. effort to fight the coronavirus

worldwide. this morning high profile meetings on president biden's agenda ahead of his first g-7 summit. touching down in england wednesday the president previewing his eight day trip in a fiery speech to american troops. >> i'm heading to the g-7 then to the nato ministerial then to meet with mr. putin to let him know what i want him to know. >> reporter: according to the white house, the president will pressure putin on recent cyber attacks on u.s. entities. russia's election interference and human rights violations. >> we're not seeking conflict with russia. but i've been clear the united states will respond in a robust and meaningful way when the russian government engages in harmful activities. >> reporter: biden declaring american diplomacy is back. >> the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together. >> reporter: later today president biden set to make a major announcement.

the u.s. is purchasing and donating another 500 million vaccine shots to developing nations. after his meetings with leaders in the uk and the g-7 summit the president's next stop will be belgium where the nato summit begins on monday. faith abubey. san francisco mayor london breed wants to reduce or eliminate some city fees. breed and the treasurer say some fees have a disproportionate impact on low income residents. breed is proposing elimination of these fees. street artist licensing, medical examiner fees, city id card fees and some animal control and care fees. breed is also directing other city agencies to review their fines over the next year. while many colleges are pretty sure they'll be starting the fall entirely in person, the california state university system is changing its course of action. in december last year it announced all 23 campuses would reopen in the fall for in person learning. but earlier this month it backtracked saying its online

options were here to stay. with this flexibility, csu believes it will begin to see higher graduation rates. >> what we're learning coming out of the pandemic or the previous courses is there is the potential again for some folks to be seeking more flexible options. >> san francisco state university says it's trying to accommodate students on a case by case basis and expects a 50% in person class return. we warned you this was likely to happen and now it has. in the south bay the santa clara water valley district has declared a water shortage emergency. the district is calling for a mandatory 15% reduction in water use compared to 2019 levels. now it'll be up to cities and private water companies to decide how those cuts will happen. the rules could include cutting back on watering and filling your swimming pools or even banning home car washing. >> we are in

situation. way worse than last time. >> the move could also lead higher water rates. it's happening. >> worse tasting water too as they get some of that water at the bottom . >> we could hit the upper 90s. until then we have temperatures that'll warm up a little bit. nothing too extreme. we'll start off with current conditions here in san francisco. 50 in sunnyside in the financial to 53 in cities or many areas i should say,

districts if you will. around the city. so let's start 43 at heelsburg to about 54 in union city and tracy that's our spread this morning. mostly clear conditions as you can see from walnut creek here. temperatures stay the same through 7:00. notice we're pretty much where we were yesterday at noon. we didn't warm up much. that's not the case. we're going to warm into the 70s. mid70s inland. near 70 around the bay. 58 along the coast. good news, we have good for outdoor activities. dropping we'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. >> cool graphic there. hi, everyone. we are starting off with a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on earlier than usual at 5:50. that's because of a crash that

has cleared. traffic is a little slow on 80 right now tracking a little below 40 miles per hour. this is a live picture here showing emoryville. the left side of the screen there, that traffic is traveling westbound and giving you an overall look at the bay area. primarily a slowdown and the pockets are starting to slow down in the east bay. also this morning i want to let you know happening today san francisco city leaders are set to consider keeping a two mile stretch of the great highway closed to cars for two more years? city officials made the great highway car free last year from lincoln way to slope boulevard as part of its pandemic slow streets initiative. some have complained about driving using their neighborhood streets as an alternate route. new details involving a cyber attack on the largest beef supplier in the world. the price the company ended up paying to regain control.

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community members will honor the life of a san jose boy found dead on a hiking trail in las vegas. the candle light vigil is scheduled for 5:00 this evening. his mom is accused of killing him. the fbi arrested her in denver at a hotel on tuesday and now she's awaiting extradition. investigators are still trying to determine a motive. the wife of the notorious mexican drug lord joaquin guzman is expected to admit to her role to her husband's

crimes today. she is set to plead guilty in federal court for helping guzman run his multibillion dollar empire. she's also accused of helping him escape from a maximum security prison in mexico. guzman was convicted in 2019 and is serving a life sentence in prison. now your morning money report. meat supplier jbs says it paid $11 million to set that'll ransomware attack. the attack shut down its brief processing operations last week. it says most facilities had come back online by the time it paid but it decided to do this anyway to ensure that customers face no risk. jbs doesn't think any private data got out during the attack. now we'll take a look at the new york stock exchange as you can see we are considerably up this morning. about 238 points. enscourgeing numbers this morning. new unemployment claims are down for a sixth straight week to new post covid lows. 376,000 new claims were filed last week.

it's the second straight week new filings were below $400,000. just under 3.5 million continuing claims. that is also a post covid low. down 175,000 from revised figures the previous week. it is thursday, so we are going job hunting with jobina. this is part of our commitment here at abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area and get our community back to work. what do you have today? >> we're talking with things together. it's the nonprofit that essentially helps students catch up and accelerate learning. thousands of california students are suffering from learning loss as a result of the pandemic and think together is hiring a large team of people to get things back on track and have fun. think together is california's largest provider of expanded learning programs for students k through 12. thanks to a financial boost from the california comeback plan, the nonprofit is launching a summer learning recovery program. >> heal some of the scars e no

educationally and mentally from the pandemic. and then also reengage with learning in person. >> think together plans to hire 300 new program leaders and site coordinators across the state. about 50 in our region for their summer 2021 programs. the bay area office is in milpidas. >> these workers work in a setting with about 12 to 20 students depending on what the ratio is in the classroom setting. the great thing about think together is we're always looking for internal growth opportunities. a lot of the people that are in our director positions currently did start off as program leaders. >> site coordinators will also work with students. >> those are the ones that are also on the school site that will receive the after school programs occurring and facilitating at their schools. >> the programs include subjects like stem education, sports and recreation and learning loss recovery just to name a few. he needs kid magnets with a desire for purposeful work in

these part-time positions. >> this is one of the most important things that people could do with their lives. even if you're retired or not thinking about this line of work, if you're somebody who might have sometimes been a community volunteer or something that really wants to make a difference in their community, now is the time. we're the vehicle to help organize and meet that need that the kids. here are the details. the company is think together. jobs include program leaders and site coordinators. for many more information you can visit thinktogether.org or find this story on abc7news.com. >> oh,

>> the new coaster ranks as the world east tallest, fastest and longest single rail coaster. it is 13 stories up, speeds up to 58 miles an hour. its name is inspired from local folklore that the jersey devil haunts the theme park's nearby great lake. the jersey devil set to open to season passholders tomorrow. everybody else get showers and storms chance on sunday. i'm in. >> you're saying the disney monorail is more your speed? >> exactly. >> again, we have a very similar, not as tall but the first version of this ride right in great america. >> little warmup. yeah. warmup. >> yeah. >> you went to, where did you go? >> six flags. >> you made phil ride that ride. >> he went on the wonder woman lasso of truth. i wasn't ready for that truth. i'm ready for the devil. a roller coaster, you got me. a ride that spins and also swings? >> oh, see i like those. >> that's fun.

look at you. you're swinging. that's great. >> you're turning white. >> he was. >> yeah. i like speed. i don't like spinning. i'm with >> send someone to disney we need to volunteer you. >> don't do do do do do do do you can see it's a bright start to the day. and it's going to be milder because the breezes back off a little bit. we'll warm back. an inland heat wave is possible. low pressure to our north and the high down to our south and the difference between those pressure gradients is what creates the wind. that low is moving away temporarily. when that next low moves in from the gulf of alaska tomorrow the winds will pick up once again. that's the last time we'll have really overall windy conditions. so for today, upper 60s through

most of the south san jose, los g atos, 71 to 75. upper 50s along the coast. low 60s in downtown. sausalito. upper 50s north bay coast. few more clouds than maybe we did yesterday. still going to be pretty sunny. you've been enjoying a long stretch of bright conditions at the coast. especially for this time of the year. 68 in petaluma. everybody else 71 to 75. east bay, 65 to 69. as we head into the valleys, 72 to about 78 degrees. all right. if you're thinking about heading out, tree pollen is going to be moderate. grass pollen is up a little bit. it will taper through the weekend. as far as the cloud cover tonight, we'll have high clouds and low clouds and temperatures in the mid40s to low 50s. my seven day forecast with the winds picking up, don't expect much warming tomorrow. when they back up about 2 to 8 degrees warmer saturday. those temperatures hold steady through monday. then you can see the warming

trend especially wednesday. >> all right. thank you, mike. supply chain issues have hit starbucks forcing the coffee company to take more than two dozen items off off off menu temporarily. hazel nut syrup, chai tea bags and green iced tea. the supplies will vary store to store. starbucks says the items will be unavailable until they can fix the supply chain issues. this is just the latest retailer to be hit with shortages. there's this new piece of art in england near the g-7 summit. a mount rushmore style sculpture. the heads of the leaders are made from discarded electronics or e-waste. they've named it mount recycle more. the creators say it's meant to highlight the growing threat of e waste. the leaders are set to discuss climate change. check out this hungry

hippo. shared this hippo pot plus eating this in one fell swoop. male hippos are reportedly too aggressive to test. >> did all of it fall on the ground? >> that's true. >> get it. >> they eat a little like cookie monster. it falls all over the place. did you know that hippos are the deadliest land mammal? >> okay. >> did you know that? >> no, i didn't. i didn't need to know. we were just watching it eat a watermelon. >> they kill 500 people a year in africa. they do. but you know what is the most dangerous animal in the world? the human. up next. >> seven things you need to know today. you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area

connected tv app. apple tv, android it have, amazon fire and roku. >> as we head to break, let's see what we're looking at outside right now at 6:55. that's pretty. we'll be right back.

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emergency use authorization for kids anyones 12 to 17. if authorized it would dramatically expand the number of doses available to middle and high school students ahead of the next school year. number two, the u.s. is set to donate 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine to nearly 100 low income countries. president biden is expected to announce details later today. number three, cal osha will keep working on nailing down new rules for the workplace as the state gets set to reopen on tuesday. last night the agency reversed a pending mask regulation and reverted to rules from 2020. it will draft a new proposal that will be considered on june 17th. number four, there could be long security lines at airports nationwide. the tsa is warning about staffing shortages. the problem is so bad some tsa office workers are being asked to volunteer for airport duty. number five, the newest drought data is very scary, concerning, 85% of the state suffering under the second

highest drought level extreme and look at this, at least five counties completely immersed in exceptional, the highest drought category. number six, once again our busiest spot this morning is the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were flipped on earlier because of an earlier crash at 5:50. number seven, i love this story. sky gazers in the northeastern part of the country got treated to this partial solar eclipse this morning. and this was the first one since 2017. nasa's cameras were rolling as the moon passed in front of the sun. blocking a portion of the sun's rays. >> east coast bias. >> well. >> beautiful. >> no, but rob marciano took a plane up to watch it and then -- i can't wait to see that. >> that's a good view. >> yeah. how do i get that gig? >> i loved it in 2017. >> you saw it too? >> we were in louisville, kentucky covering it. it got cold and love the earth.

>> the birds start chirping. >> the animals feel the energy. >> then it's like. >> what good morning, america. president biden with a big announcement as he makes his debut on the world stage. the president revealing the u.s. will donate 500 million doses of pfizer's vaccine to countries in need. >> we have to end covid-19, not just at home, which we're doing, but everywhere. >> this as he aims to repair relationships with key allies and prepares to meet with russian president vladimir putin. the white house press secretary joins us. teens and vaccines. the cdc meets this morning working to confirm a potential link between vaccines and heart inflammation in teenagers as variants spread nationwide and covid-related hospitalizations double in areas with the lowest vaccination rates.