and it's the day we've all been waiting for. a few cars on the road getting ready for the weekend, and so are we. thank you for start, the morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> we look a little extra forward to friday. i'm looking extra forward to saturday. >> they're going to have sunshine in our forecast. we alsosn'tet any better than this. we head to sunnyvale. a few clouds to start. temperatures still nice and mild. normally we're up to 72. we'll be a little bit above that today.

nice, warm sunshine and it's friday. let's head over to make mike with the bad news. >> we're looking at the south bay. overall, great flow of traffic. in sunnyvale, i am tracking this crash. the slowing does not show up on the sensors. west 237 prefping mathilda, very light commute right now. pretty much no commute. very light traffic. know the activity is in. crews moving through palo alto. >> sounds good. thanks, mike. breaking news. lots of damage and a teenage driver under arrest in the east bay. >>heeenager home. bob redell joins us live in castro valley this morning. ar:no. fortunately, no one was hurt. alameda fire tells us two el in this home at parsons and wilson were not hurt. they were inside the home at the

time the suspect crashed into the garage on the left side of the screen. it ruptured the home's gas line. the suspect is a juvenile. between midnight and 1:00, they carjacked a van. we believe alameda county sheriff's office began chasing the van. they fled on foot and carjacked another vehicle a mile away. as you can see in this video, it was a black car. again, the carjacker did not have much luck get this time the suspect crashed off castro boulevard near 580. they were taken into custody. remarkably, no reports of injuries during these pursuits and crashes overnight. pg&e shut off the power here at s.is home. we know theight

castro valley, bob redell, today any bay. >> what an active night for that teenager. >> thanks, bob. chp hopes other drivers may have noticed what led up to a shooting in last night's commute. it happened at 6:00 on northbound 880 near the 238 interchange. neither of re hit by gunfire. officers shut down all lanes for 30 minutes. they are still trying the approximate get a description of the shooter's vehicle. oakland police will again be adding extra patrols to prevent sideshow activity. oakland is not the only city getting tough on sideshows. earlier this week, san jose passed an ordnance allowing them to punish sideshow spectators.

now might block members of his administration from testifying to congressional committees. >> reporter: hoping to hear from the special counsel, the house judiciary committee is now negotiating directly with representatives for rocket mueller bypassing the justice department after a series of road blocks and signals of more to come. president trump on fox news renewing his threat to block former white house counsel don mcgahn from testifying to congress. >> i don't think i can let him and tell everybody else you can. especially him because he was counsel. so they have testified for many hours, all of them. >> so it's kind of done? >> i would say it's done. >> reporter: the president's threat follows a contentious day in which attorney general bill

barr was a no-show at a hearing. >> he has failed the department of justice by pressing the need of the president over the needs of justice. >> he lied to congress. if anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law >> reporter: while some democrats are calling for barr to bei ismpeached, republicans dismissing it as political theater. >> knock yourself out. if you think people need to go to jail, try to put them in jail. >> reporter: a political battle that could soon spill over into the courts. 4:35. new details governor newsom making a change to a water tunnel product. he is scrapping a plan to build twont tunns. it was used to deliver water from the sacramento river to the bay area, san joaquin valley and

southern california. instead, they want to build a single tunnel with a different design and lower price. this isn't the only major process changed since taking office. he is reversing course on the high-speed rail plan. he is focusing on finishing the line currently under construction. >> newark and dublin bucking the trend when it comes to population rates, inching higher instead of going down. >> we look into why. population rates in dublin grew more than 4% last year. people are moving in even though the median price for a home is about $1 million. a one bedroom apartme the city's draw. >> and i know it's expensive, but it is still relatively affordable. there is a built of a commute to silicon valley. you can have a family here.

great schools, great parks. >> newark, meanwhile, grew 3%. people there also light being close to silicon valley. >> 4:37. facebook looking to create its own money. a look at the digital coin and how it could benefit users stkpwhraofp. good news. the new free option for users.

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good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are candidatoday's top bus headlines. continued reaction to the fed hinting it's not considering a cut in interest rates any time soon. watch list, the job market is in focus as the monthly jobs report is out before the opening bell. forecast calls for another solid month of hiring in april. facebook is considering its own payment system for cryptocurrency. wall street journal says it will use a digital coin but facebook would aim to keep the value stable. the system could undermine credit cards by getting around the processing fees that generate the bulk of their you of original series and specials will be available to watch for free with ads. original shows such as karate kid will be youtube premium

subscribers who paid $11.99 a month. they said they woulhi ad-supported format. parent company alphabet reported a sharp drop in ilses due to lower growth in ads from youtube. so i have three words for you guys, sweep the leg. that's what guys like marcus used to do to me in high school. >> hey, frank, we would have been buddies in high school, i know it. we're buddies now. >> we're buddies now. >> loving the love on this friday. >> a little heart for you. >> thanks, frank. have a great friday. love for kari with this great weather we're having. >> you're loving me now because there's sunshine in the forecast. it will be a great day. we start out with cool temperatures in concord. and a nice little warmup today. a look at all our as well. highway 101, palo alto, flashing

lights. a little bit of slowing. see if they have to sweep out any of this construction. . a phone bill flub to a pair of delivery duds. we helped consumers get their money back. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds, next.

>> a very good friday morning to you from the east bay this morning, we take a live look at the oakland skyline sparkling. should be a nice day ahead.

in fact, ubgs something is returning to oakland. >> thousands comeo telegraph avenue between west grant and 27th street. and you can expect that live music, spoken word performances, art for sale, as well as tons of straight booths. sounds good to me. the first friday event since january. organizers tell us it's the first time anyone can remember that has happened. three times in a row. >> no kidding. people having a good time-out there. >> oh, yeah. it's a fun time. >> all right. the weather will cooperate as well. >> it will be cooling down going into the weekend. still very warm today. pretty much like yesterday. temperatures reach into the mid to upper 70s. here's a live look in palo alto this morning. a nice, clear, cool start with low 50s. a few more clouds in the mix today. kind of peeking out from the clouds will be the sunshine. so we will see the temperatures

in the upper 60s by 11:00. in palo alto. in the south bay, looking at high temperatures reaching 78 in los gatos and cupertino. the windsm the northwest at 15 miles per hour. a nice breeze today making it feel nice and comfortable. but it is still going to be warm with highs reaching 82 in antioch. 82 in danville. a comfortable 70 degrees in oakland today. cool at half moon bay. we see the marine layer, clouds and fog hanging around much of the day. redwood city, up to 76. 65 on the embarcadero. north bay reaching as warm as 81 in ukiah. sonoma reaches 75. nice, warm weather today. we kept it clear. we will be tracking changes in our weekend forecast. it is all because of this swirl of clouds. this area of low pressure we have seen weakening the past

couple of days. as it moves closer to the bay area, it will bring us more clouds, pleasy winds. going into sunday we will see mostly cloudy skies, especially for the aftern like it will be dry throughout the day. but then showers moving in. we will see rain moving in. of course we'll be tracking that for you. it will be light and clearing out throughout the rest of the day on monday. as we make weekend plans, we're all very honored to serve the community on comcast cares day here at nbc bay area. we will be out in san jose cleaning up one of the schools and making it really nice for the kids heading back to school on monday. temperatures nice and cool in the morning with mid-50s. it will be warming up into the mid-70s going throughout the day. warm in spots. but not bad. 75 once again, more

next week. mike, you're going to take us back to palo alto. >> yeah, affic is jamming up. approaching willow, a couple of slow-moving caltrans trucks as they pick up the cones getting to the off-ramp. things are in transition northbound. southbound side, the remnants of the traffic break and a little more slowing as they clear right in the middle of the construction zone. overnight clearing causes this slowdown here. look at this, folks, 280 southbound past farm hill. a car went onto the hillside and did crash. it's off its wheels. no major injuries. we will keepvehicle. no major injuries. again, the sensors still reporting green. 101 toward highway 85. nice eas the bay as well.

toll plaza, still waiting for reports on the cash lanes. >> nbc bay area responds is always working for you. here's consumer investigator chris chmura. >> good morning. we have helped bay area consumers get back or save $2.56 million. and we are adding more every day to cases like these. karen in san jose was hung up on a billing problem after she switched her business fine line to a residential plan. we helped karen get a refund of 9 wil8.55. sarah and linda had trouble with a newspaper home delivery issue. we landed a solution and a $24 refund. naveet with online delivery. he got back lls at 1-888-996-ti

nbcbayarea.com/responds. thanks, chris. 4:50 right now. providing homes for the homeless is a challenge across the bay area. a lot of pushback from residents because many don't want the homeless in their neighborhood. >> and now it is playing out in the east bay. real estate developer terrence mcgrath allowed a homeless couple to live in the in-law suite in his home. he took the couple in during the rainy season. >> i really respect that. i wish i could be like that. >> terry is an amazing man. to see him actually take action like this. we can talk about being helpful. terry stepped up.e, not everyone in piedmont seems to think this is a great idea. police tell us they're getting a lot of 9 11 calls who spot the couple. a spokespso want the story about him.

but he wants to show that everyone can do something to help the homeless here in the bay area. 4:51. drafted less than a week ago, one of the newest 49ers is making news for what he is doing off the field. >> the story goes back to 2015 when he was a freshman at the university of arkansas and attending a fraternity party. a woman he knew told him she wasn't feeling well and she thought someone spiked her drink. he saw a man trying to take her away, so he intervened. he took the woman to the hospital where they pumped her stomach and found out she was g >> i was just doing it just because thaed him on twitter after heot drafted saying he's a fan for life. >> good to see those type of stories. >> you have to watch out for others. so true. coming up here on "today in

the bay", new inductees into the bay area sports hall of fame. happening now, a developing story in new zealand. the death toll in the christchurch mosque shooting seven weeks ago is sadly rising. a turkish man hurt in the shooting passed away. the turkish president showed clips from the live stream footage on the election campaig against islam. a lot more news ahead. it's 4:52. across the world - hek

at headlines. "landfall" in india .. for what may be a devastating bollywood is praying for now to what is making news across the world. landfall in india.

what may be a devastating storm. the times of india reporting bollywood praying for the arrival of what may be the most cyclone to hit that nation's coastline. british voters take their aggression out in aal brexit blast. they say the country's leaders failed them on brexit. it looks like theentuyderby. the currier is asking which horses are the bust budders ahead of the race. >> honored last night, jason kidd. women's basketball coach vanderveer. and linebacker tina turner and brad gilbert. all making up the class of 2019. good group. on hand to see them jerry rice,

joe montana, andre agassi, just to name a few. a few big names. congratulations to them 4:56. coming up on "today in the bay", a treat for you all, the weather. >> if you like yesterday, you'll like today. we will repeat our weather as we start out with clear skies, cool temperatures. walnut cren a door. upper 60s by 11:00. we'll get a look at all our microclimates and the weekend forecast coming up. and the san mateo bridge moving slowly with tail lights heading to the peninsula. on thepeninsula, a party over to palo alto. we'll show you the latest. . plus, banned from facebook andinstagram. radical far right political figures are taking their fight to the steps of san francisco city hall. what they're demanding still ahead. you're watching "today in the bay".

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is a heart ♪ >> the "full house" home is on the market again in san francisco. and this morning we're going to take you inside live for an exclusive open house tour. ic what up, bay area. "today in the bay" continues right now. >>anksndo much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. oh, to go inside the "full house" house. it's always been a dream. >> it is a vacant house, though. >> oh, but it has nice furniture. it's gorgeous. we'll get to that in a bit. but first a look at the forecast. >> it will be a great day starting out with low 50s. a few clouds in brentwood, 52 degrees. quickly warming temperatures with a lot more sunshine today. our south bay, high temperatures reaching 79 degrees in east san jose. 80 in morgan hill. a look at more of our microclimates coming up.

>> a little party going on as they move crews through the area. willow off-ramp open. north toward marsh, two lanesew break once in a while. activity in the center divide. ct