-dublin good thursday morning. 4:30 right now. )m mar take a live look out in dublin. it is friday eve and we're getting ready to start our day. thanks for joining us. >> let's check in with kari. >> we'veve ep"d joyed amazing weather around the bay area. no different today, we start with clouds.s. here is a look at the shark tank. as we go to santa clara, temperatures in the low 50s. a few clouds in the mix at 6:00 and low 50s. at noon we'll be at 66 heading into the 70s again for the afternoon.

we'll take a look at all our microclimates coming up. mike, you're looking at a crash in dublin. >> dublin grade, interchange but i was tracking right here a potential for slowing. look at your map. got the update for chp. the crash is not westbound 580, it's eastbound 580. no slowing shows up on our sensors, east 580 should be over to the shoulder in the next few minutes with the dublin interchange. no problems north thereof. contra costa county and coming from the north bay. over to the bay bridge, all very smooth just like the stretch down to the south bay. no major incidents and no highway closures right now. back to you. >> thank you verychool much. it was a marathon meeting. there are going to beculum som fired people. a vote finished at 2:00 in the morning. we put a on that to update

you. >> bob redell talked to people before that meeting. bob, how long did this meeting go? >> reporter: ten hours, marcus and laura, unified board meeting began at headquarters 4:30 yesterday afternoon, didn't end until 2:30 with that vote. a clerk who has been on the board a number of years said she had never seen a meeting here run this long. there were a lot of parents who had a lot to say. in the past couple of hours the board did vote not to offer sex education for fourth, fifth, and sixth-graders because they don't believe what they had proposed was compliant with state law. there's also a lot of people -- a number of people who are against it. the district will offer for students seven through nine. he said he believes the majority of parents want sex ed but the issue over what should be

taught. three rs, right, respect, responsibility, which contained topics too explicit and not age appropriate for students four through six. we heard from one discussion of sexual orientation and sexual identity could erode values. one mom does not agree and is disappointed the board voted no. >> there was a lot of pressure from a vocal but misguided group of parents that thought keeping their kids uninformed will somehow protect their child's innocence. >> we look for compromise. tonight we did not get the best i was hoping for. at the same time they did decide to form a committee. >> reporter: the board did decide, as you heard, to create

a task force for curriculum, not just seventh through ninth but fourth through six as well. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> abre tough oneak there but i glad they came to some kind of a compromise. els hanks, bob.. 4:34, breaking news, a bombshell rocking the white house.air. president trump just tweeting within the lastyeste hour that approved paying $130,000 to stormy daniels but denies the affair. yesterday the president's attorney rudy giuliani to fox news. >> paying stormy daniels which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. sorry, i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. it's not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. >> giuliani goes on to say he has documentation tracking the r reimbursement. thehe president in san

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games apiece thanks to a hot goalie. sharks scored two goals in the t first period. ) to they were up 3-0 after two. thanks to shutout performance by the goalie, sharks said good night to the knights early on. >> we make them come enthusiastic us, 200 feet ack to through all five t guys, a lot tougher team to play against. >> thean teams now head to vega for game five tomorrow night and then pack to the shark tank for game six if there's game seven they roll the dice on the ice in "sin city." maybe this is a lucky charm. look how else was at the sharks game.d out dance mom.danc remember her from the warriors, the moves that went viral. there she's dancing with sharky. here is a side by side of her at

the shark tank and oracle. she's got it going on. both teams in the playoffs dance mom going to be busy.t payday a lot of moves. >> she's got moves like jagger. a lot more to come on "today in the bay." 4:37. a lot of people looking to makek extra cash. what if that paye a vivi day requires you to give up your own car keyo to anyone who needs a ride. we'll tell you who is behind eyn this y idea that could be a vir business. amazon offering to get you to use its online payment service that could keep some money in your pocket. you could save energy

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good morning, i'm contessa brewer live from cnbc's headquarters. here are top business headlines. wall street treading water after stocks fell yesterday. dow futures down by 37 points. yesterday stocks fell, a fourth straight session by the fed kept interest rates unchanged. higher inflation for the u.s. economy. that can be a real motivator for the feds to stick to the course of raising rates gradually. what we're watching economic data on unemployment and productivity. elon musk shedding light on tesla's ambitions to launch self-driving ride sharing network. on the company's earnings call last night musk described a world where people share this cars offering them as uber or lyft or hybrid version you can specify nip can use it when

you're not. musk says that network could be ready by the end of next year but it's unclear when tesla could launch it because of regulatory issues. amazon trying to get more retailers to use online payment service, passing along the discount on credit card fees. banks, visa, mastercard all charge a fee when buyers swipe their card. that generates about $90 billion a year. big stores like amazon negotiate lower fees because of volume of sales they do. so rather than adding a savings to profit on the poem line, amazon is willing to pass that onto retailers in exchange for using amazon pay. marcus, laura. >> it all adds up. thanks, contessa. let's take a look at this tweet. it's from pittsburgh police. they are getting a lot of calls from police officers demanding

money. it's a scam. they are calling from department phone numbers, telling folks there's a warrant out for their arrest and they need to pay up now. just so you know, we're very clear here, no police department will ever do this to you. if you get this, this is a scam. be mindful of that. >> coming up kari has a look at our sunny forecast. >> more sunshine. let's go to palo alto and check out our temperature trend for today. it's going to start out with low 50s at 8:00. we start out cool but we wa up quite a bit again today. we're heading back into the 70s. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates. that's coming up next. beautiful view of the traffic across the beautiful bay. san mateo bridge moves nicely. we're focusing on east bayside, a new report i'm tracking down for oakland. >> plus nbc crews in the thick of it all. take a look, chasing twisters. coming up, new video you don't want to miss. 4:42 right now, you're watching "today in the bay." tornado last

if you don )t know - storm- ranger is a high tech mobile weather lab - we have one too - kari uses it a lot. yesterday - nbc sent several of them into in oklahoma. high-tech mobile lab, we have one, kari uses it a lot. several yesterday have been into the heart of the country tracking some extreme weather out there.

15 seconds of video, several lightning strikes we saw there. another crew came face-to-face with a twister. here is their report. >> a tornado was on the ground. we had it in our picture. we've got one about to drop down now again. >> luckily it didn't form into a monster out there but looks pretty stormy. >> living in oklahoma, i know what those tornadoes it -- that weather can turn into a tornado. that's scary situation. like you said, luckily we don't have to deal with that stuff here. >> do you really have to get in the bathtub to protect your self from that. >> they say that but some people say don't do that anymore. >> get in the interior part of the home away from doors and windows. >> in california we use them for baths. >> in case you're traveling and you encounter severe weather in the middle section of the building. we're go to have nice, calm

weather around the bay area. here are your out-the-door temperatures. as you step out we'll be in the upper 40s livermore, oakland, san francisco, right now 54 our high for the afternoon heading up to 75 degrees in san jose. 71 in palo alto. san francisco today low 60s and santa rosa 71, 37 napa and livermore. that's another view of the shark tank this morning. mike is really excited. i'm wearing my heels this morning. it's a day you need long sleeves to tart. later today it will be nice and comfortable. sunglasses, short sleeves, beautiful weather on the way again for this afternoon. let's just get through this morning commute. we'll still need long sleeves, nice and warm. 50s through the east bay. at 11:00 in the east bay 63, up to 66 at noon.

those temperatures continue to go up, more dry weather. watching the line of clouds that will start to make its way closer to the bay area as we head towards saturday. until then we will have a lot more sunshine in the forecast. those clouds will bring down the temperatures just a couple of degrees but still no rain in this forecast. we go up to 80 degrees by tomorrow. 76 on saturday. still some nice weather though. then heading into the middle of next week, upper 70s. san francisco low 60s, continue in the forecast, cooler on sunday, 59 degrees and some low 60s for early next week. now, mike, you're tracking a hazard reported in oakland. >> we have a live camera by the coliseum. report add metal pole in the roadway, mention of overpass, 66 shy of high street where we have that report. it may be somewhere along the stretch. i did track it with the camera, i don't see disturbance with this flow of traffic, flashing lights or problems with the flow

thereto area. that was up here in oakland as you widen out the view the entire bay, behind me crash 580 before 205, slowing on 205 out of mountain house and dublin and livermore areas without if i real surprises. moving to the south county for problem either, gilroy to morgan hill 101 at speed, 17 as well summit to and from santa cruz. here san francisco nobody 101 nicely passed university, shopping mall at ravenswood, university off-ramp. no problems through the area. in dublin, continue to track eastbound 580, no problem counter-commute, westbound your commute has company. back to you guys. >> thanks a lot. 4:49 for you right now. buses pick up, drop off passengers more than 3,000 times a day in san francisco. the question here, are some of the richest tech companies paying their fare to use public

transportation? >> investigative reporter brings us this story tonight at 11:00 but a preview for us this morni morning. >> close to 10,000 people hitch a ride to work on tech buses. these shuttles help unincluding everyone's commute. the question whether san francisco is giving these buses somewhat of a free ride. tonight at 11:00 we investigate why some neighbors and lawmakers think san francisco has cut too sweet of a deal for some of the wealthiest companies in the world. >> can you understand why some feel like these tech companies are taking advantage of san francisco. >> i certainly understand the concern that people have about the shuttles and perhaps even what they symbolize. i'm also aware they are taking 10,000 cars off the streets every day. >> the city tells us raising fees could potentially lead to a serious problem. what exactly? we'll tell you tonight at 11:00. you can always reach our investigative unit. you can call them 888-996-tips.

if it's easier just logon to our website nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. spring has sprung, which means it's time to check out new additions on top of san jose city hall. >> we're talking about the falcons claire and fernando. they have called city hall home for 12 years now. take a look. this is a live feed so you can't see much right now. we've been watching them raise chicks every spring and they have three more. >> triplets. >> look how cute that is. so you know about the triplets. >> far too well. >> look, here comes the baby. they are being fed by their parents there. later morning bird researchers from uc have a crew to attach a chip. >> always fun to watch. >> coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay responds. >> the owner of a recalled

washing machine runs spoke trouble getting it fixed, so we step in to him. i'm consumer investigators chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. happening now in just a few hour nra convention starts in downtown dallas. police prepare for large protests by gun control advocates. president trump and vice president pence will speak friday. plus call it ping-pong diplomacy north and south korea with teams at tble tennis championship. the samehingfor women's hockey during winter olympics. interesting to see the unification going on there. more news right after the break.

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take a look- inspectors are literally checking every we're talking about the going on this week. inspectors checking every inch of the bridge. walking along there you have to be brave. 4:55. a woman couldn't get help she needed. >> consumer team steps in to help. here is consumer investigator chris chmura. >> in 2016 she bought a sfung samsung washer. it started vibrating and moving around. a few months later she found samsung had issued a recall for the washer or that exact issue. stacy contacted samsung, depended on the technician to fix it. the repair didn't help. stacy said the problem got worse and she even noticed a burning smell.

nervous she asked them for a reif you said but couldn't get an answer. she contacted us. we contacted samsung who issued stra stacy an $800 refound for her washer. in the statement the company said we are listening and learning from every customer's experience in order to constantly improve our process. stacy was sad when her appliance started acting up, she checked for a recall. we should all remember to do this. be sure to register your product as well. as soon as you buy them, fill out that little card in the box by registering your name and address and phone number and e-mail address, whatever they need. a company can personally notify you whenever a recall comes. call us with 1-888--996-tips with your consumer complaints or log opt nbcbayarea.com/responds. thanks, chris. we have a new addition, you can barely make it out with our

names there to remind us all of an important event next week. >> big debate coming up, everyone wanting to be director. nbc political director chuck todd letting us borrow this. >> "meet the press" month. >> that's the great things. he's moderating that debate that's going to happen here. can you watch that. the race for the governor is going to take place right here. can you watch it tuesday may 8th right here on nbc bay area as well as telemundo 48, 6:30 to 8:00. you will hear from candidates as they vie to become governor of california. coming up on "today in the bay," 4:57 right now. questions on the governor's debate as well. find out more on the facebook page. >> we have more on "today in the bay." first we want to check what's going on weather wise here. >> another beautiful day, starts out with 50s early afternoon to mid-60s, heading into the 70s today.

more on the forecast coming up next. >> we're looking at the east shore freeway heading to berkeley with taillights from berkeley in upper east shore. smooth drive past golden gate field. i have a delay i believe that's brewing. >> plus are you feeling the housing crisis? many getting priced out of the bay area. the growing divide between the haves and have nots. you could save energy

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good thursday morning to you. almost hitting the end of the workweek. it's friday eve, we're happy about that. a look outside at redwood city. good morning to you and thank you so much for beginning your day or continuing your morning here. >> or evening for us. good night. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. right now kari has a look at what's going on outside. what's it look like, a good one? >> another beautiful day. we can't complain. weather on repeat. if you like yesterday's weather, get ready for another one like that. let's go to martinez and check out temperature trend, 70 at 12:00, mid-70s. all our high temperatures, san jose 75, 64 oakland, 71 santa rosa, san francisco 61 degrees. we'll talk about the weekend and mike starts out with a delay. >> for folks on the track ace trace number one