palo alto. we are getting a little bit of light in the sky as we approach sunrise. it will be in the upper who is through 7:00. look at that, 1:00, 72 degrees, we continue to go up from there. i will talk about our highs today all around the bay area. mike has an update what's happening for the commute. better news from that crash i told you that truck fire, nitric acid and the crash itself, they block only the northbound lanes of i-5 in bakersfield south of 166. southbound you're okay traveling here down to l.a. i will continue to track the crash and let you know if there's anything affecting our drivers. right now not out of our area. in our area a smooth drive. it's been pleasant pretty much all morning. come up here gilroy into san martin typical a little bit of slowing, clearing by the time you get to morgan hill. the summit not a problem for either direction. live look for dublin, earlier crash west 580 completely

cleared out of lanes and the distraction not looking like a problem. here is the peninsula, palo alto, 101 is clear between the city and south bay. 6:01. we start with breaking news, a major development overnight regarding adult film actress stormy daniels legal case against president donald trump. could the president have to testify under oath? early this morning daniels' attorney released this court filing and the text of it, it seeks to depose president trump and his lawyer michael cohen. daniels' attorney filed this motion yesterday in california's central district court. the attorney likely wants to ask the president and his attorney cohen about that so called hush money that daniels received right before election day in 2016. it was $130,000. the president denies having an affair with daniels which she says began in 2006. continuing coverage for you this morning, traffic moving again at oakland international airport after this right here, an suv jumped a curb at terminal

one last night. four people were injured. a lot of people missed their flights because that right there, they couldn't get to those terminals. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the airport this morning to explain what happened and, bob, do we know about that driver? >> well, that driver was arrested. good morning, marcus. the alameda county sheriff's office has emphasized that what happened here last night at oakland international airport was not an act of terrorism, rather an accident that ended with that driver in handcuffs and being taken to jail. take a look at this scene, this happened around 6:00 last night. the 15-year-old driver of that maroon suv collided with another vehicle in front of terminal one here at oakland international. four people were hurt including two pedestrians who were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, two other people refused treatment including one who was hit by flying luggage. the sheriff's office has not released the name of that driver yet but did arrest this person for felony reckless driving that

resulted in an injury and for driving without a license. >> his foot at some point got stuck on the accelerator and that he was not very familiar with operating a motor vehicle. >> reporter: no flights were canceled, but we know of some passengers who missed their flights because the main road into the airport was shut down for a couple of hours last night. as you can see on this video from nbc bay area sky ranger, a number of passengers hopped out of their rides and hooved it into the terminals with their will you go ganl. you might also notice the tremendous presence by law enforcement at first deputies did not know what kind of situation they were dealing with, which explains the initial swift and overwhelming response. again, the sheriff's office says this was not a terrorist attack, rather an accident. reports live here at oakland international, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good thing that there were only minor injuries in this situation. thank you so much, bob, for the update. 603 now. mourners today will attend a

wake for the sacramento man shot and killed by police. officers say they thought stephon clark was holding a gun in his hand which was, in fact, only a cellphone. that was the scene outside a city council meeting in sacramento where protests got very heated. not only outside but also inside. council members hoped to hold an open discussion with the public on that shooting, but it was postponed when protesters took over. the brother of stephon clark was there calling for justice. >> stop. stop. stop. stop, y'all. stop. please. my brother just got shot. >> i'm dedicated to making sure that we gather all the facts, conduct a thorough investigation and promise we will continue to be transparent throughout the process. >> now, you just heard that was the police chief promising a thorough investigation. we know state leaders are also taking their own look, but that does not replace the local investigation. happening today, san francisco firefighting strategies will be the focus of

a planned fire commission meeting. this comes following recent controversy over how crews responded to a fire in north beach. supervisor aaron peskin initially criticized how firefighters attacked the flames and did so at the scene of that fire. he has since apologized. happening today we are one step closer to the new transbay terminal in san francisco, these are the renderings here. ac transit leaders want to hear from you, from commuters, before they roll out that new transbay tomorrow project. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in san francisco to explain how that project could impact your commute. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. it could impact the commute if you are an ac transit rider that's what those two meetings will take place later today to talk about how they might make some changes, the board of directors, to some of the frequency times for some routes in the east bay. there will be two meetings later today where riders can weigh in.

as kris just mentioned the transbay transit center set to open at some point this year, ac transit will launch their services soon there. there are now double-decker buses, we will some pictures of the double-decker buses if you remember those were in the pilot phase in 2015 but those will be used to accommodate more passengers with ac transit who serves more than 170,000 folks daily. as far as today's meetings goes, it's going to focus on proposed line changes for ac transit when it comes to folks in the east bay with a number of lines, in fact, we will show you a few of those lines, some of those areas you've got line f in berkeley, look to go increase the frequency of bus lines around the uc berkeley campus, then over in richmond when it comes to line l and line la. they want to improve travel times in that san pablo dam corridor, also line e in san leandro and oakland, they want to eliminate the reverse commute trip times because of low ridership in the area. now, let's get to those meeting

times for folks that want to weigh in. there is one taking place at 12:00 p.m. here in san francisco at golden gate university at 536 mission street. later tonight at 6:00 p.m. if you are in oakland it also at the ac transit general offices at 1600 franklin street in oakland. so at those times the public will get a chance to weigh in and they are expecting to make a final decision in april and those changes could happen as early as august of this year. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." you know what this he say, put up or shut up. got to have your say. it is 6:07. angry teachers plan to attend fremont unified's board meeting tonight to call for a new contract agreement. they have been talking about this for more than a year now and the union says both sides are at a stalemate. union leaders say current wages are inadequate here in silicon valley. also at tonight's meeting board members will discuss a controversial proposed sex ed program. some parents say that the series of classes that are scheduled to

begin next month are not appropriate but the district says those classes are essential. new this morning we are getting the first look at the long awaited plans to revamp the old vallco mall in cupertino. the developer is bypassing city leaders submitting the proposal under a new law that requires cities to approve certain projects that include housing. we looked up the details of that plan overnight. the proposed vallco town center includes more than 2400 housing units which half of those meet the affordable mark. the plan also calls to keep an ice rink there as well as a bowling alley, bring back the movie theater and adding office space. >> kind of like the old one. happening tonight, former first lady michelle obama will be at oracle arena. move over steph clark -- >> curry. >> curry. she's taking part in a conversation that starts at 8:00. mrs. obama is expected to talk about her time in the white house. she will also talk about inspiring young people and girls to seek higher education.

there are still some tickets available for tonight's event and i saw a link to those on marcus washington's twitter feed that's -- >> @marcusnbc. i will meet you there. it is 6:09. if the kids are out of school for spring break you're trying to think what am i going to do today? how about going to the beach. it is going to be beautiful. i wanted to show you the temperature trend for half-moon bay. it will be 62 degrees at 11:00 and reaching into the mid 60s and that's where we will stay throughout the afternoon. all of our high temperatures reaching into the upper 70s inland, livermore 78 degrees and 80 today in concord. we will also see low 80s in napa today, santa rosa one of the warmer spots it may set a record up to 83 degrees and 69 today in san francisco. i will show you today's temperature trend for san jose coming up in four minutes. mike right now has an update on what's happening in oakland.

>> we will start in oakland with a live look. a pleasant drive, a lot of cars, yes, if you are not used to the drive, but this is just fine because we are looking at how quickly the taillights travel past the coliseum and oakland. you see on the speed sensors no slowing in that spot where the camera is a little bit through hayward and union city. pleasant drive with all around the bay. we will zoom in toward the north bay. highway 29 -- highway 37 westbound at 29 that's a critical junction heading out of vallejo for the morning commute and there is an issue with the traffic signal. there may be a local power is e issue. the slowly here for highway 37 is what causes a little general slowing out of the area in toward mare island. right there is where we see that showing up for your morning commute. back to you. coming up next on "today in the bay," pulled from shelves, the reason one of the world's largest retailers will no longer sell a popular cosmo magazine right next to the registers. new this morning why some

say this is a victory for consumers. and facebook makes it easier for you to change your privacy settings on the go. we will take a look when "today in the bay" continues.

good wednesday morning. right now it's 6:13. we start out with clear skies. a live look outside in san jose and it's going to be a very nice day. let's go to the neighborhood of evergreen. we will be at 51 degrees at

8:00, more people up, out and about and it's going to warm up quickly today even though we start out with some 50s look at our afternoon temperatures, some mid 70s, well above normal. we will talk about what's going on for the weekend and also that pollen count is coming up in less than five minutes. kari, we are looking at the car count coming up, speeds coming down a bit. 680 at the top through pleasanton, 880 slows at the bottom hayward into san leandro. and good morning to you. just one day after a big rally disaster. we are looking for more red arrows today after the markets plunged on tuesday. enormous losses on the nasdaq right there as investors run from tech stocks. now, just two local stocks here invidia makes the chips that run automated cars it's down 7%. tesla stock got crushed. there is a lot going on with

tesla, ntsb investigating the fiery crash on 101, moody says it's worried about tesla's debt and ability to build the model 3. these are things i've been telling you about for more than a year. poly come will buy plan tron knicks for $2 million they make telephone equipment. not clur if the company will move up to san jose. also brand-new this morning facebook says it will let you change your privacy settings on your phone. that's something normally you had to go to the web to do. and the company says mark zuckerberg is willing to testify before congress, though nobody has set a date. we've been talking a while about what the cambridge analytica scandal has done to facebook stock. i mean, you take a look at this. from its high this is a couple days ago to today, this is gap her represents tens of billions of dollars in loss of value in market capitalization. there's actually an entire

starbucks worth of value here, the whole company, starbucks. facebook has lost more value in the scandal than starbucks is worth. the data scientist who blew the whistle on all of this testified before a committee in parliament yesterday. remember, cambridge analytica is british from cambridge, so the fella, christopher wylie there with the pink hair says cambridge analytica harvested the personal information of 50 million facebook users and used that material in president trump's campaign. that's the root of the scandal. i want to go back to what facebook changed today and that is you can change privacy settings throughout your phone. i would still encourage you to go to the web just because you have a bigger screen and there are so many settings. >> yes. >> remember also privacy settings don't protect you from facebook. >> this is true. and that information that they have access to. >> exactly. >> you have to protect yourself from yourself. thank you very much. it is 6:16 right now.

walmart shoppers you may notice something missing on your next trip to walmart especially at the cash register. the retail giant is pulling cosmo from the checkout lanes. walmart tells nbc news this is primarily a business decision, it will still sell cosmo magazines elsewhere in the store but not where you have to stand there with the kids. new this morning we are hearing from an advocacy group touting this as a victory against sexual exploitation. >> so many people are bombarded with this hyper sexualized and objectifying material and we think that consumers should have a choice and be able to avoid it if they want to. >> the "today" show has a closer look at that change plus reaction coming up after "today in the bay" at 7:00. happening today the oakland a's will raise the flag above city hall. the a's are celebrating the start of the 50th anniversary season in oakland. tonight the team is hosting a benefit for the a's community fund. many a's legends including ricky

henderson are set to attend tonights game. >> okay. so if you love to dance and you are often late to class you might want to take a class at a certain college in florida. >> this is not the case for one teacher who has the answer to tardiness. ♪ >> that teacher makes his students dance in front of the entire class when they are late. this guy maybe won't be late again. this is new video going viral of the punishment students get for being tardy to their american lit class. this is at a college in florida we . we're told no matter your moves won't affect your grade. do you think this is an appropriate punishment for a college student being late? i posted a poll on twitter to vote and let us know whether you would be dancing at the front of

the class or maybe you would be on time or maybe this is just public humiliation and a bad idea. >> the request he is do you get to pick your own song? if you pick the song that you want you could dance all day. i would be late to class just to have a five minute concert. >> i would not want to be late. >> that guy enjoyed it. >> he enjoyed it. i have some friends who are paralyzed by even the thought of speaking in front of their class, so that might prevent them -- >> then you have that kid like me. >> there you go. >> what do you want me to do? >> we spend the whole class watching marcus dance. >> i say that's a class in itself. so next fall we will talk about it. >> some kids have the last couple of days before school is out for a while and they are like, okay, let me get to class on time and get this over with. we will have sunshine and beautiful weather if you are on spring break lucky you, we have upper 40s walking out the door in oakland, it's 51 degrees in palo alto and san jose now at 50 degrees. let's check out these high temperatures for today because

it's going to be much warmer than yesterday and the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen. our warmest days we will be heading into those by the end of the week. we are up to 77 degrees today in gilroy, east bay up to 78 degrees in antioch, vallejo at 77 and fremont we are looking at 76 degrees there. 75 in san mateo and palo alto at 76 degrees and 66 at the outer sunset. north bay 80 in novato and 83 in santa rosa. it's a good da i to head out for a jog but it will be cool in san francisco through at least 9:00. that may be the best time to go. then it warms up into the mid 60s by early afternoon. now, whatever i'm allergic to hasn't bloomed yet, i'm good for now, but trees and grasses are really high, i've been hearing people sneezing and sniffling if whatever you are allergic to is blooming at this point. take your allergy medication before you go hiking. in the north bay we will have perfect weather at noon and it

warms up with a light wind, make sure you pack an extra bottle of water. if you're following me on facebook i'm @karihallweather. i showed a picture of my kids popping bubbles in the backyard yesterday. as we head into low 70s in the san francisco by tomorrow, it does cool off for the weekend. heading into easter we will be in the low 70s for easter sunday for the inland areas. mike has a warning for the commuters through fremont. >> i do and it's more significant than a bubble. metal debris reported here fremont. here is our live shot showing you the nimitz, it's northbound with the taillights. here are the truck scales and north of there is auto mall parkway where we do have reports of metal debris in the right two lanes. that's a significant area, but countercommute so we hope kmp or whoever is going to clear that with clear it in the next few. the commute coming down into the area look how smooth it is coming down to that funnel in fremont here. south bay a mild build for 101,

nothing significant, not even out of the south county. san ma tin slow for north 101. we will end with travel times over toward the bay bridge a little slowing for the upper east shore. back to you. it's 6:22 right now. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," honoring a legend. the special tribute today for world famous composer andrew lloyd webber as he celebrates his 70th birthday. hundreds of thousands of reward points just vanish. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. nbc a

san francisco man whose credit nbc bay area responds to a san francisco man whose credit card points just disappeared. >> vanished, $3,000 worth. consumer investigating chris chmura explains what we did about it and what you should watch for on your bills. >> john russo had an american express gold card for about is a years. he said he earned reward points for every dollar he spent and racked up a balance of 400,000 of them, but when he went to use those points in february, american express said his balance was suddenly zero. john says american express told him his points vanished because he had downgraded his gold card to a green card instead. he said he had no idea that would happen. so he contacted our team. american express declined to comment specifically on john's case but in general it said if you have an american express card with membership rewards and

you downgrade you keep your points. so we're not sure why john's account was zeroed out. after our call american express reinstated all of john's points, all 400,000 of them, which based on our calculations are worth about 3 grand. you know, points programs might seem simple on the surface, but underneath there are lots of conditions to look out for, limits, expiration policies and transfer restrictions. they can take a big bite out of your hard earned rewards so read the fine print. if you have a consumer complaint call us 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. legendary composer andrew lloyd webber celebrates his 70th birthday tonight in a special event on nbc bay area. >> he has written a host of broadway's most memorable musicals including cats and phantom of the opera. "hamilton" creator lin-manuel

miranda got to sit down with the composer. >> you can draw a clear line between "hamilton" and andrew lloyd webber's works. >> we're two hugely different peas but from the same pod. >> the first hit was jesus christ superstar which will have a live performance here on nbc. john legend stars in the title roll. the special starts tonight at 10:00 right after a special edition of "the voice." don't miss jesus christ superstar on easter sunday at 8:00 in the evening. coming up next on "today in the bay," back in session, students return to a south bay high school today after a threatening phone call led to evacuations. the reason students say they are not only scared, but also frustrated. plus -- >> tensions rising at the state capitol and in the sacramento city council chambers in the

wake of a deadly police shooting. the steps the attorney general are take to go make sure the investigation is handled properly.

right now at 6:30 we are off to a cool and clear start and it will be another warm and beautiful day all across the bay area. taking the kids to all those little practices, that's going to be enjoyed. looking live in downtown san jose right now.

thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez, i'm in for laura garcia with marcus washington and we are wishing her well because she's still trying to get her voice back. it has been a stubborn battle of laryngitis. >> we're wishing her well and speedy recovery as she continues to recover. right now we want to go over to meteorologist kari hall getting a look at what's going on weather wise. hopefully this beautiful weather will encourage her voice to come back. >> i think she should get out in the sunshine, to me that cures everything. we will see a lot of that as we go throughout the day. it starts out milder, 50 degrees in the south bay, in the peninsula 51 degrees and it's 53 degrees now in san francisco. you might be starting to see that light coming through the blinds if you haven't yet made it out the door. here is a look at our seven-day forecast. san francisco low 70s, the warmest day of the week will be tomorrow, it does cool down slightly for the weekend but it still looks really nice, nothing but sunshine in this seven-day forecast. we will talk about the weekend coming up in about seven minutes. mike, now you have a new

problem in fremont. >> a new one because we had one existing already for the nimitz. looking and your map shows you not really any problems for your commute direction, a smoother flow, slower through pleasanton and hayward for 880 down in out of san leandro. we are talking about this stretch of roadway, the new one is a crash north 680 or durham, we are looking at heading countercommute, a crash may be blocking one lane, again, counter commute and even the commute direction southbound looking good. northbound 880 north auto mall metal debris in your right lanes. a little break coming out of the altamonte, lighter drive through the tri-valley and over toward the bay bridge. here is the san mateo bridge, we have a lower drive now on the flat section as you can see but no problems. back to you. 6:32 right now. emotions continue to run very high and very hot in sacramento after police shot and killed an unarmed black man.

the city council was supposed to have a public meeting to talk about the issue last night, but this is what happened instead. >> inside the chambers dozens of people voiced their outrage over the police shooting death of stephon clark. one person was arrested outside the meeting. that meeting was eventually shut down. "today" show's joe fryer is in sacramento. new this morning he spoke with clark's mother ahead of what could be another day of protests. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and kris. another emotional evening here in sacramento. last night the city council held a special meeting that was dedicated to discussing the shooting death of stephon clark. hundreds of people attended filling the city hall, nearly 300 people we're told signed up to speak, but on a couple of occasions things were so tense the mayor actually called for a recess. in fact, the meeting was supposed to last six hours and it ended up lasting only three and a half hours.

outside some protesters then went to the sacramento kings arena and blocked the entrance. that's the second time that's happened in the past week preventing many fans from getting inside the game. clark was shot and killed last week by two officers who said they thought he was carrying a gun, but in fact it was only a cellphone. we spoke yesterday with clark's grandmother. take a listen to what she had to say. >> and why would you empty 20 bullets on an unarmed man? why would you do that? >> do you want to see charges in this case? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: now, the county's district attorney will ultimately decide if the two officers should be charged in this case, but now california's department of justice is joining the investigation. it is not taking over the investigation, but will conduct an independent review. mean while, clark's family is preparing for his funeral which will take place tomorrow. marcus and kris. >> thank you. you can catch his full report

coming up on the "today" show at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." it is 6:34. happening today students at a south bay high school will head back to class after they were evacuated in dramatic fashion because of a threatening robocall. this was the scene at cupertino high school yesterday afternoon. >> "today in the bay's" roz plater is live at the school this morning with what we know about that threatening call and, roz, do we know where that call came from? >> reporter: well, investigators have some leads on it because this is something they say they are familiar with, but of course they are hoping to get back to normal here today as classes resume after that dramatic as you said emergency evacuation during their lunch hour yesterday and parents and students told us that this was both frightening and frustrating. i have to show you some of that video, it shows the chaos of the students fleeing from the school after they got that robocall threat about 1:00 in the afternoon. now, the students were told to get off campus as quickly as they could. some ran to nearby businesses to

shelter until their parents could pick them up. >> it was a little bit scary because you weren't expecting something like this to happen in the middle of the da i. >> i saw a bunch of cops. i was furious, i was like this has got to stop. >> reporter: now, deputies searched the campus but found no credible threat and gave the all clear about an hour and a half later. as it turns out deputies told us the robocall came from a number that has been traced to similar threats at schools across the country. now, this is the second time now in just a few weeks for folks here at cupertino high school, last month there was a bomb threat that made them have an emergency evacuation as well. for now we are live in cupertino, i'm roz plater for "today in the bay." >> with the atmosphere right now this is something you don't play with so i'm sure that those kids were very scared and still will be scared coming back. >> thank you very much, roz. it is 6:36 right now. happening today closing arguments are expected to begin

in the trial for the widow of the pulse nightclub shooter. bay area native noor salman is accused of aiding and abetting her husband omar mateen on your screen. he was behind the terror attack at the orlando pulse nightclub in june of 2016. the defense rested yesterday and prosecutors did not call any rebuttal witnesses. prosecutors argue that salman knew her husband was buying rounds of ammunition and that she also knew about his plan to open fire inside the pulse nightclub. mateen killed 49 people in that attack. happening today, the family of a man shot and killed by police last month will demand body camera video of that incident to be released. february 13th vallejo police shot and killed ronell foster. investigators say that he was riding his bike in an unsafe manner and took off when stopped. he died during an altercation with sners and police called it self defense. civil rights attorney john burris is taking on this case and plans to hold a news conference this afternoon. some oakland teachers say

they will protest at several schools including joaquin miller, montara middle school, is a coyia and also oakland tech. the teachers join is calling for more paid planning time, higher al reese and smaller class sizes. happening today much needed safety improvements began on vasco road in contra costa county. crews will replace those orange posts that divide lanes with rumble strips on the ground. that way when the driver veers off of the road those strips can alert them quickly. and i think notification the quicker the better when you are potentially driving off the road of course. looking over here on the roads you can see more traffic this is at the toll plaza westbound 80 -- 580 heading over towards the san leandrafael side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. most of those are traveled past west 580 at harvard, there is a crash involving a big rig, on the showered. don't see a lot of slowing. don't see a lot of slowing

around that area except for the bay bridge and east shore freeway which is pretty traditional. we have some stop sign like activity because the signal is out in vallejo west highway 37 and highway 29, that's getting over toward the backup at mare island. that will complicate things. 1,200 folks affected by a smaller power outage in the area. the rest of the bay moves slowly. still tracking fremont for the crash on 680. weatherwise today -- >> we have some beautiful weather, not only the next couple days but that continues into your weekend. so as you make plans it is looking gorgeous. 64 degrees along the coast, the bay will be at 70 degrees and up to 75 degrees for the inland valleys. a little cooler than what we will have today and also on sunday. i know it's easter, maybe you have an easter egg hunt planned. it's going to be sunny, low 70s. all you will need will be sunglasses. if you are planning to head to

that easter egg hunt and parade in sausalito this is on saturday. going to be really nice, sunny, reaching into the upper 60s by early afternoon. if you will be hitting the road for spring break maybe going to lake shasta, all sunshine and also some mid 70s all weekend long. going to l.a. it's going to be in the low 70s with a mix of sun and clouds, especially more clouds on saturday. we will bring you back to today and get a look at today's temperature trend coming up in less than three minutes. coming up next on "today in the bay," a potential break through in the fight against cancer. the new treatment option bay area doctors are studying that could help patients avoid chemotherapy. plus, improving firefighting and rescue efforts, the potentially lifesaving technology local firefighters will unveil today. president trump says he is ready to do a deal with the north koreans this morning. marcus? we will take a look at what's going on on wall street.

right now the dow is down 34 points. it rose more than 100 points as wall street tries to rebound from the selloff.

6:43 now and we start out with sunshine, a clear sunrise, taking a live look outside over san jose. let's go to the neighborhood of santa teresa. 51 degrees at 8:00, it's a cool start but look at how fast it warms up today. mid 70s by early afternoon.

now normally we are at 67 degrees so we are going well above and beyond that. some spots may set a new record today. we will talk about that, what to whaer and also that seven-day forecast coming up in less than five minutes. here are your south bay travel times, northbound 101 at the top of your screen boggs down as you approach capital expressw expressway, general slowing for all your routes through silicon valley coming out of the origin which in the most part is san jose. looking at the east bay not so bad, we will stort things out on the bigger map coming up. the fire department drone happening today, menlo park firefighters say that they will officially unveil a new piece of technology. overnight the department released pictures they say they've been training and testing that drone. the department says that it uses a special camera to see through smoke. in testing the department says that the drone easily located more than 100 victims in complete darkness and through the smoky haze.

clues say that this could easily guide rescuers to each of the victims. >> that is interesting to see. 6:44. new this morning fighting cancer without chemotherapy. think about it. the sf gate reports this morning that stanford researchers are looking for human volunteers for a new medical trial that uses a vaccine like injection to fight cancer. that injection carries immune stimulators designed to fight tumors. patients receive a low dose of radiation as well as two injections with you no chemotherapy. it has worked on 97% of mice in a recent study and now researchers are hoping that it could work for people, too. after a couple days of relative quiet president trump is speaking out again. >> scott mcgrew, he is feeling confident about negotiations with north korea. >> he is and he has tweeted about it twice so far this morning. let's take a look at one of them. received message last night from xi jinping of china that his meeting with kim jong-un went very well and that kim looks

forward to his meeting with me. president trump is talking about this meeting, kim making a trip to china where he met with xi prior to the negotiations. i love showing you the north korean news so here is that announcement in north korea. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i love their music. she works for the government. you can see from the expression on her face she officially happy about this. we are waiting on word as to where and when trump and kim will meet. there is one wrench in all of this, soms from researchers at stanford. stanford university center for international security and cooperation published these pictures showing what appears to be the north koreans starting up a new nuclear reactor. that reactor is capable of making plutonium and tritium which you want when you're building bombs.

court papers filed last night say nick gates a man who worked as deputy chairman on president trump's campaign associated with a man who at one time worked for the russian spy agency. cnn reports the papers filed by special counsel robert mueller claim gates knew the men was associated with the sfb. the man worked with gates' boss paul manafort. he denies he was ever an fsb officer. we examine the president's tweets and speeches and executive actions every day on "today in the bay." a lot of you like us are happy that kris sanchez has been with us during the morning, but a lot of you have been posting on line where is laura? she actually posted this message on facebook to remind us that she cannot speak. she's suffering from laryngitis. so here is a message that she had for a lot of people, she wrote on those cars, hello, remember me? i have laryngitis.

and then i can't talk, no talking. it's been hard for her and she's been trying to get better and thanks you all for the messages and advice and prayers. she hopes to be back here soon. she had a little vocal message for us as well. >> thanks for all your we will wishes, everybody. i'm trying to get better every single day. >> no more talking, laura. stop. stop. >> zippy your lippy. >> we wish you well. also if you want to follow this and look at that message again and again, you can follow her laura garcia nbc bay area on facebook. >> it's hard for her not to talk but it's got to be harder for her not to sing because she's always singing. >> there was a brady bunch episode where mrs. brady lost her voice just before she had to sing i think it was at easter. she got it back. >> maybe laura will get it back. >> miraculous healing going on here. we have sunshine, a lot of that in the forecast and also really

warm weather just in time for spring break and also easter. let's talk about our high temperatures today where we're headed and some records that may be set. i think we could set some records in santa rosa and napa where our high temperatures today will reach into the low 80s based on my forecast. 83 degrees the record today, 82 degrees in napa, 81 is that old record is 78 degrees. these other areas interest concord, oakland, san jose to mountain view will be very close, but i think we will have to really watch those north bay numbers. as you head out the door for school maybe these are the last couple days of school before spring break or also having good friday off. it's going to be in the low 50s heading out the door, but by the time you walk home from school, it's going to be in the mid 60s. so just absolutely perfect. let's get dressed this morning as you look out the window you see that sunshine, it is still cool, but i think it's a good day for the shorts and sandals. we will be breaking those out as it feels more like spring. if you've been sneezing, here is

a look at the allergy report and the reason why the trees are blooming, the grass is really high on the allergen count and we are going to have more of that as we go throughout the week. no changes in this weather pattern. no rain to wash that pollen out of the air. the storm track still well to the north and to the south of us as we continue on with some warming temperatures with that stubborn area of high pressure that keeps us dry as we go even into next week, but you can see on easter sunday it will be cooler with highs in the low 60s along the coast and low 70s for the inland areas. mike, you still have a couple of spots to watch on the roads. i do. we are looking at overall a pleasant drive right now as we look at your speed sensors, they're slowing but the predictable build for the south bay and east bay. 880 from san leandro down in toward union city. we are looking at fremont and it's counter commute northbound 880 still the report has not cleared, there was metal debris, sheet metal reported in the

roadway approaching auto mall parkway. i have not seen any slowing, no crashes reported but still watch that northbound 880 through fremont. over here northbound 101 slows through san martin. morgan hill is at speed there. same thing for 17 to and from the that summit in santa cruz. the north bay looking at a nice easy drive. that little power outage around highway 37 and 29 messes up that signal and slowing for the upper east shore freeway. back to you. coming up next a quick look at the top stories here on "today in the bay" including a major twist this morning in the stormy daniels scandal. the motion her attorney filed overnight that could mean president trump has to testify under oath. but first happening now new this morning a hack affecting the dating app. experts say grinder has two security issues that can expose the information of its more than 3 million daily users. that data could include the location of people who have opted out of sharing that information. plus the housing market is

not slowing down, the weekly mortgage applications are up nearly 5% from last week. this even as interest rates increase, experts say home buyers are not as concerned with interest rates.

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here are the top stories o 6:54 now. before you head out the door here are the top stories on "today in the bay." we begin with breaking news, major developments overnight

regarding stormy daniels' legal case against president trump. early this morning daniels' attorney released the text of a court filing which seeks to depose president trump and his lawyer michael cohen. daniels' attorney filed that motion yesterday in california's central district court. the attorney likely wants to ask about so-called hush money that daniels received before the election day in 2016. the president denies having an affair with daniels, which she says happened in 2006. looking live at oakland international airport this morning, much quieter than it was last night after a terrifying moment when an suv jumped the curb at terminal one. that crash hurt four people. the good news here, alameda county sheriff's office says this was not an act of terrorism. they say it was just some bad driving. officials tell us the driver was not familiar with that particular car. authorities did arrest him for driving without a license and also for felony reckless driving. stephon clark.

stephon clark. >> temperatures flaring at sacramento city council meeting. dozens of people including the victim's brother there voiced outrage over a deadly police shooting which has sparked protest and making national headlines. police thought stephon clark had a gun when they shot him 20 times in his grandmother's backyard. he only had a cellphone. his grandmother tells nbc news she wants to see charges filed. coverage of the deadly police shooting in sacramento continues next on the "today" show. why the state attorney general is now getting involved. and a live look at san francisco this morning where the new transbay transit center is set to open sometime this year, but before it opens ac francity wants your feedback on the major lines serving both sides of the bay. ac transit directors will hold two meetings today, one in san francisco, one in oakland and those meetings will cover the proposed route changes for some ac transit busy lines and also the future transbay service. angry teachers plan to

attend fremont unified's board meeting tonight to call for a new contract agreement. those talks began more than one year ago, but the union says both sides are at a standstill. union leaders say current wages are too low for silicon valley, board members will also talk about a controversial proposed sexual education program tonight. some parents don't agree with the series of classes that are scheduled to start next month, but the district says that the classes are essential. and 6:57. happening today, san francisco firefighting strategies will be the focus of a planned fire commission meeting. the meeting comes after recent controversies over how crews responded to a fire in north beach. supervisor aaron peskin did initially criticize how firefighters attacked those flames at the scene of the fire. he has since apologized but the commission mean while will consider a resolution on the heroic efforts of firefighters during that same time. also facebook is giving you new privacy tools to let you better control your data

wherever you are. the company made that announcement just a few hours ago. the new futures including a redesigned setting menu on your mobile device, a privacy shortcuts menu a tool called access your information. the company is trying to gain your trust after lack lash over the cambridge analytica data scandal. classes should be back to normal at cupertino high school after for what a time was a square for those students yesterday. this is a snapchat video you are looking at right now. those terrifying moments for students believed they were running for their lives. it turned out that there was no threat but a robocall informed the school office that a threat was imminent. students were told to leave campus as quickly as possible. the all clear came 90 minutes later. investigators traced that call to a number they believe has been linked to similar robocalls around the nation. now taking live look from our san bruno mountain camera. looks like a gorgeous start to the day in downtown san francisco. we can tell you below this level it is a little chilly.

it is going to be clear, but it is eventually going to be a warm and pleasant day. a day to get out and enjoy the sun. get some vitamin d. >> it's going to be a great one. our temperatures in some spots are really going to be warm. warmer than yesterday. we will have to watch out for the possibility of setting new records, but look at that, in san francisco 69 degrees and even warmer tomorrow. the inland areas up to 83 degrees by tomorrow afternoon and, yes, we just started spring. >> before you head to practice, be careful in the south bay. >> we are looking at the build. the commute has killed in for san jose northbound 101, a steady flow of traffic, slowing at the top of your screen. it starts to slow down around capital expressway and again at tully. that's your typical pattern through the south bay. palo alto the southbound side coming toward us on the bay shore freeway, i saw slowing toward university. looks like it simmered down now. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay."

we will be back with you at 7:25 with more live and local news. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 on another beautiful day. get out and enjoy the weather. good morning, raising the stakes. overnight, stormy daniels' attorney asks a judge to depose president trump. will he be forced to testify about the alleged affair and the money paid to silence his accuser? surprise summit -- new images emerging of kim jong un on a secret trip to china. this morning, his direct message to the u.s. and what it could mean for north korea's nuclear ambitions. city on edge -- a new wave of protests erupts overnight in sacramento in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed black man. his brother storming a city council meeting. >> stephon cla