control suv slams into a police car and two people overnight. a live report from the scene in san francisco where more on what police are revealing about the driver. plus -- >> i'm just asking you to talk to your friends and tell them about me. >> the debate stage is set. what is expected at democratic presidential contenders square off for one final time before not only the next primary but super tuesday. and new coronavirus outbreaks here. the action taken in the u.s. as new cases pop up for the first time in more countries. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> and good tuesday morning. thanks for starting it right here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. it is fat tuesday today. coming up, we'll take you to new orleans where one of the biggest mardi gras parties in the world is well underwaym the annual celebration and the clean-up it will take once it all comes to an end.

>> fat tuesday, wait a minute. hey. >> speak for yourself. >> not fat marcus. >> got to cinch this up a little bit. you made some king cake. >> brought in four king cakes. >> then i better let it out. >> and we have some great weather here in the bay area as we celebrate. a live look outside in san rafael. out of the door to a mostly clear sky. concord, temperatures in the upper 40s. at noon it is 71 degrees. we'll talk about how warm it gets coming up. and mike is looking for the tuesday commute. and the last 90 seconds we didn't have it and now the fast track lanes suddenly show slowing. i did see a huge car carrier with a dozen cars on the back go through that toll plaza so everything moving smoothly but more traffic flow. we'll see the build through contra costa but not right now. no slowing on the sensors only at the toll plaza so that is a good start. back to you. >> thanks, mike. new this morning a chaotic scene unfolding in san

francisco. police say it started with a hit-and-run and ended with suspects actually striking a police patrol car. >> pete suratos live for us where the whole thing ended on twin peaks. now what are police telling us about this? >> reporter: well, we know that it involved multiple scenes as you mentioned but we're just arriving in the twin peaks area and the scene is still under investigation. in fact we're talking about the patrol car that was hit, it is right down there down this hill off of crown terrace. that is where this chase ended. but let's go ahead and show you more soed -- more video of how thissin folded because it did involve multiple scenes. police got the raul around 9:30 of a white suv driving recklessly in the haight ashbury air and people were yelling toward homeless folks in the area before driving on a sidewalk and hitting two homeless individuals. the injuries are

nonlife-threatening. while they were trying to get away or the driver was trying to get away they say the driver struck a building in that area as well. and then about ten minutes later police get a call about shots fired in this area where we're standing in the twin peaks area off of crown terrace. here is what unfolded next. >> wild they were driving on the street here on crown terrace, they spotted a car coming towards them at a high rate of speed. the officers attempted to get out of the way, but the car accelerated and made contact and actually struck the front of the patrol car. >> reporter: now as the suspected tried to get away, police were able to catch them and take them into custody and at that point they realized it was the same car from the hit-and-run incident in the haight ashbury area. right now there were no injuries to the officers but as you see behind me this incident is still under investigation. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> glad they were able to get the suspects. thank you for that update. well developing this

morning, an all-out search for the driver who struck and killed a 12-year-old girl. this is in the east bay. and then took off. that incident left many people shaken up in castro valley. bob redell is live there at the scene. how confident are authorities that they'll be able to catch the person who did this? >> reporter: marcus, chp tells our own terry mcsweeney that an arrest could come at any time because they have excellent images from a nearby surveillance camera that clearly identified this vehicle whiches as you could see on your tv screen is a black ford pick kwup truck. i'll have more on that and the description of the suspect if a moment. this collision happened yesterday afternoon behind me at the intersection of crow canyon and manter road in castro valley. a 12-year-old girl and her sister were on the crosswalk within eye sight of their home and when the truck ran over the 12-year-old girl.

surveillance video shows the crash and see the driver stop and look back and flee down crow cannon toward 580. this intersection and crosswalk has been a problem according to people would live nearby. >> you're always late forring so you are driving too fast and you can't -- not paying attention and they don't know there are kids walking around. >> reporter: as you could see in this surveillance image, the suspect vehicle, again, a black ford f-150. the license plate clearly visible. the man white or hispanic 25 to 35 years old and chp is confident they will find the suspect. live here in castro valley, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> i hope they do. must be heartbreak for that family. thank you, bob. it is 5:05 now. moving on to decision 2020. tonight the battle for the democratic presidential nomination is in south carolina when they take the debate stage. saturday's primary considered critical for candidates who

overwhelmed in nevada. nevada's big winner bernie sanders will no doubt have a big target on his back during tonight's showdown. the senator meanwhile said he has his sights set on taking down president trump. >> i don't think he can beat donald trump and keep a democratic senate or get a democratic senate and keep a democratic house. >> a president who is a pathological liar, who is running a corrupt administration. >> after less than stellar results in the first three democratic races many political experts believe south carolina has become a must-win state for joe biden to continue his campaign. >> one week from today, california holds its prime and today's the last day to request a vote by mail ballot. to view a complete voter guide head to nbcbayarea.com/election guide. new word of expanding coronavirus cases.

doctors in croatia and austria have confirmed the first cases and the canary islands is on lockdown after guests tested positive. the iraq leader is demanding that the border with iran be sealed. this is after a number of dead in iran rose to 15. worldwide more than 2,700 people have now died and there are more than 80,000 people infected worldwide. also the white house has announced a $2 billion emergency plan. this is to speed up the push for a vaccine and protective equipment. in california a federal judge has ordered another hearing next week to rule on the plans to relocate people now quarantined at travis air force base to costa mesa. and a deadly bay area crash involving a tesla on auto pilot will be focused on a special hearing in washington today. it is centering around a crash on march 2018 on 101 in mountain view. an apple engineer died had when this car slammed into a concrete barrier. and the weeks before he

complained to tesla about the car's auto pilot malfunctioning, mysteriously veering toward the same barrier in that exact location. later in morning the national transportation safety board will talk about the recall and possible safety recommendations. the east bay times report the b.a.r.t. stabbing trial will go on a two week hiatus. the defendant b john lee cowell has pled not guilty by reason of insanity. on the witness stand he admitted to stabbing and killing nia wilson on the mcarthur b.a.r.t. platform in 2018 and seriously injuring her sister. the trial resumes march 9th when attorneys will present closing arguments and hand the case to the jury. happening today. in san francisco the latest in the series of hearings covering pg&e's propose bankruptcy plan. state p.u.c. members are holding hearings on the plan to exit bankruptcy on july 1st. governor newsom will still have to sign off on that plan before

it is ever getting the final approval from the bankruptcy judge. it is 5:08, new video documenting the survival of a bay area couple as they were rescued after being lost for a week in marin. help was nearly lost for carol kiparsky and ian irwin. this is new video posted by the marin sheriff's office. one of them being lifted by helicopter after they were found on saturday. rescuers say the couple survived by drinking from a muddy puddle and eating fern froms. and a point of view from the rescue team as well. they used a search dog to find the couple and they can't believe it when they heard the couple scream for help. well there are new concerns this morning about the south bay water supply. not that federal regulators have ordered anderson reservoir to start being drained by october.

that is a surprise order that came down yesterday in the wake of a series of concerns that the dam could fail in a major earthquake. engineers believe if a collapse happened at full capacity it would flood the valley down the monterey bay and north of san jose. now some people living below that dam worry about closing down what is the only bay area most popular boating spot but they agree that the feds assessment, they agree with it. >> if it is a safety hish then it must be done. there is no question. safety is paramount. >> the construction project aimed at making anderson reservoir safe is still set to break ground next year. santa clara valley water district is now looking at boosting water storage elsewhere and acquiring more water from the delta. >> right now while we don't have a lot of rain as the time to get some repairs done. here is a look at our state wide

reservoir levels and what we're seeing, a lot of them, some of the biggest only at about 70% to 80% of capacity after all of the rain last year. we're still doing pretty well here. hooking statewide at ranges from about the 51% in pine flat all the way up to 83% at trinity lake. so that is something we'll be watching. as we go into some dry weather and hopefully we'll get some rain next month. we'll talk about chances coming up. and, mike, some folks should finish up work. >> before you get too jealous because some folks are finishing and we've been working while we're resting. 101 northbound a flashing sign, just north of willow toward marsh and the construction at whipple. should be clearing up soon and we don't see any major slowing through the area. but you might see traffic breaks here and there. as well as coming down out of san francisco southbound 101 toward caesar chavez. no major issues. the bay bridge toll plaza holding steady for fast track right now.

back to you. >> tanks, mike. harvey weinstein is waking up in the hospital this morning. and convicted felon. ahead on 5:25, new details on the mogul's condition after he was found guilty of the trial the whole country was watching. you saw what happened to the stock market yesterday. third point loss in history but we'll go over the number this is morning. >> plus a shocking admission from billionaire investor warren buffett. the recent tech upgrade that he made has silicon valley buzzing this morning. >> when you buy a car you shop around for the best price but what if you need an x-ray or surgery. >> i want people to shop for health care and save money. >> it can work. even if you have insurance. >> it is possible that you could get a much better rate than what you're insurer is offering you. >> nbc bay area responds with a health care hack that could save you big money on your next medical bill. >> in my experience, it happens

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we're coming up on 5:15 on tuesday morning and if you are about to head out of the door in oakland, heading to fruitvale b.a.r.t. station expect temperatures in the upper 40s but it warms up fast. 68 degrees by 1:00. we'll talk about the warm temperatures in the forecast coming up. and the slower driver right now at the dublin interchange just on the approach right here is the dublin b.a.r.t. station and there is a crash, i think i see it as you pass by that scene. i'll point it out to you and check on the after-effects as far as what chp has to do. good morning. happy mardi gras to you. pancake day has a religious background. that is a fun fact. you don't see this every day. not on pancake day. the dow fell more tampa bay t-- thousand points on the coronavirus fears.

hitting hard and united and ex pedia laying a number of people off but they don't associate with that with the coronavirus. you asked me on twitter and facebook, the circuit breakers paused to slow the losses. those did not kick in monday because the point losses were not big enough. they kick in at a 7% loss. the dow fell 3.5%. the dow is just so big these days. nearly 28,000. that a thousand point loss isn't what it used to be. president trump tweeted coronavirus was under control in the usa and then added stock market starting to look very good to me. we presume he means there are bargains to be had. reports say the white house is trying to balance a response to the coronavirus with keeping the economy chugging along. we're going to talk more about the white house response as we talk politics in half an hour. other news, you know about amazon stores, you walk in and take what you want and walk out

and charged later. amazon will open a full grocery store in seattle. no clerks. disrupting the grocery store. tech companies famous for attitude move fast and break things mark zuckerberg invented that line. that doesn't work with medicine. you can't take those sorts of risks in medicine. this weekend on our podcast or right now sand ril road we talk about medical start-ups and how they're different from building a new sort of grocery store. grocery stores don't kill people. medicine can. >> this is not the same thing as disrupting u.s. shopping experience. you have to be able to understand what is mission critical in the system that i'm trying to change. >> that is greg yap from menlo ventures. we've seen medical start kwups good and bad around silicon valley. some coming from the ubers and what not don't understand how regulates those are. very different. >> dealing with health. thank you.

>> thank you, scott. 5:17. and trending this morning. one of the richest men in the country is finally getting a smartphone. billionaire warren buffett said that he's upgraded from the samsung haven flip phone to an apple iphone 11. he has the big one. so in an interview with cnbc, the oracle of omaha said he did not pay for the iphone -- what he did not pay for it but he was given, quote, several of them from friends. apparently apple ceo tim cook has been trying to get buffet to switch to an iphone for years. >> when you know people this high places. that is how they work. >> they give them to you. today is mardi gras and people all over the world are gathering in new orleans to celebrate. >> the city comes alive. it is electric and the music gets in your blood and it is about having a good time. >> streets in the french quarter are filled with green, purple, gold, a lot of beans -- beads. the fat tuesday celebration draws more than a million

visitors every year. look at the mess. it is time to indulge before fasting for lent. this year new orleans leaders are actually making a concerted effort to ramp up security in the wake of two deaths over the past week from accidents involving some of the big parade floats. >> the tandem one. people getting between the cars. >> that is so sad. and it is just a mass of people there. i have never been. >> i've been to new orleans but not -- >> not for mardi gras. >> it was crazy enough when i went there and it wasn't mardi gras. >> i would imagine. >> and you know i used to live in louisiana. >> so you brought us a king cake. >> i i made four. different kinds. i brought chocolate, strawberry, and strawberry and cream cheese. >> so they're different varieties? >> yeah. you could fill them whatever you like. >> you could fill them with baby. >> what does the baby mean. >> whoever gets the baby under their piece of king cake buys

the next king cake. so we have beads and masks and we're going to have an all-out party after the show. >> and no baby means you make it next we're. >> we have a little bottle. we can find something. >> pass it on. >> we'll find a tradition and keep it going. but a lot of fun. >> they look good, too. i can't wait. >> all right. so let's get started this morning. let's dig in. here is a live look outside in san jose. where we start out with a clear sky and we're going to see a lot of sunshine as we go into today. some really nice weather. here is a look at our high temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. yes, 75 degrees in east san jose and a breezy wind in the east bay as well as the tri-valley as with we reach up to about 74 in livermore. 76 in walnut creek. oakland today reaching 72 degrees. 65 at harvey weinstein. and 72 in san mateo. and the north bay up to 78 in napa and in santa rosa. very warm

and due to dry conditions our winds starting to blow off shore. a broken line of close -- of clouds. this will bring us slightly cooler temperatures. but still no rain. as we see the warm weather dominating across the region. next week there is still the slight chance of rain but we'll see things changing going into next month. the climate prediction center putting out their outlook for march, april and may. still showing below average rainfall expected and well below average rainfall for far northern california. so that is something that we'll be watching going into next month. as we go through the forecast, once again, still looking pretty dry here. as we see our temperatures warming up into the upper 70s by the end of the week. and mike is tracking a crash in dublin. >> it is at the the critical dublin interchange. just shy of it. i have pointed out that dublin b.a.r.t. station is by

dougherty. no flashing lights but slow lane blocking with four vehicles involved. one individual may be stuck in the car. some flashing lights right here of the and one individual stuck in the car and another set of flashing lights. hope any they could help that person out. i think it is just a wedged door but we'll follow the updates. this is the slowing. and then the dublin interchange itself is clear and that is better news but most folks are jumping on before dougherty and take the cut through 84 and that is an easy drive. easy where every. the back-up forms at the toll plaza but no metering lights just yet. back to you. >> new fallout from the college admission scandal. next here on "today in the bay," the sentence just handed down to one former coach and the new allegations by actors lori loughlin and her husband slamming how prosecutors are conducting business. plus -- >> as i got to know him, i wanted to be the best big

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5:25 right now. continuing coverage of the golden state killer case and joseph deangelo attorneys say they need more help.

"the sacramento bee" reporting his public defenders are overwhelming and outnumbered as well by the prosecution team and they're asking for more lawyers and investigators. sacramento county public defender office is warning they're underfunded for trial. 74-year-old deangelo faces 13 murder counts and other charges tied to a string of attacks in the 1970s and '80s. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is in the hospital one day after his guilty verdict on sex crimes. the former hollywood producer complained the chest pains shortly after being led away from the courtroom in hasks. here is how jurors decided on all charges. co face up to 29 years in risen for two guilty charges. one accuser called the verdict long over due. weinstein attorneys are vowing to appeal. 5:26 this morning. and kobe bryant's widow is suing the company that owned and operating the helicopter that

crashed and killed the nba star, his daughter and seven others. lawsuit claims the pilot was careless and negligently flying in cloudy conditions. yesterday thousands attended a public memorial service for kobe bryant and his daughter at the staples center in los angeles. vanessa bryant spoke for the first time publicly breaking down into tears about immense loss. >> god knew they can't be on this surgeon without each other. he had to bring them home to have them together. babe, you take care of our gigi, and i got nony, bibi and cocoa. >> a piece of me died. please rest in peace little brother. >> basketball legends there michael jordan was just one who really couldn't hold back his emotion. 5:27 right now. and next the top stories we're following including budget cut

prices growing outcry from san francisco students and teachers as schools face a massive deficit. the message they plan so tend today. plus -- >> this is outrageous. we'll not tolerate had this type of violence and disrespect. >> outrage after this happened to a man collecting cans in san francisco. the viral video that now has police asking for your help. >> when you buy a car you shop around for the best price but what if you need an x-ray or surgery. >> i want people to shop for health care and save money. >> it can work. even if you have insurance. >> it is possible that you could get a much better rate than what you're insurer is offering you. >> nbc bay area responds with a health care hack that could save you big money on your next medical bill. >> in my experience, it happens a lot. >> tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. we investigate.

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[ sirens ] right now at 5:30, sirens blaring on bay bridge freeways. how a police had a 30 mile chase spanning several cities and how it take to an end. and rethinking city politics. changes that could soon come to san francisco to the power players in the wake of an ongoing corruption scandal. and good morning to you on this tuesday. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. first it is starting to warm up across the bay area once again. looking at of the temperatures out there. on the left you see what we're facing and on the right a live look outside in san jose and san francisco. let's get right to kari hall tracking how long this little hot streak will last. >> you may look at the numbers thinking 77, that sounds great. but think about this. it is mid-february.

okay. so we've had some really warm temperatures. and here is a live look outside in san jose with our temperature trend in campbell, we should be in the low 60s for a normal high temperature. we know it has been dry. also as we go into the rest of the week, it is been a good 27 days since we've had a pretty even just a little bit rain and so this is the tenth longest dry spell and the driest february we've had since 1864. we'll talk about if there is any rain chances not forecast. mike is tracking two delay points. >> looking over here. green sensors around the bay. one critical point in the tri-valley. west 580 at the dublin interchange just shy of the interchange, a crash and i'm told blocking the right three lanes by a number of vehicles. three tow trucks heading out to the scene and the back up for west 580. and dublin boulevard is a surface feet past the scene but it is a surface street. there are signals there. getting toward the bay bridge,

the signals there are the metering lights and we have the back-up kicked in there as welcome. back to you. >> thanks, mike. new overnight, a chase spanning the bay has a lot of damage and a driver in police custody. >> let's check in with kris sanchez with new video on 880 and how it all started and ended. it was crazy. >> reporter: it was a wild night. but the driver who created this kay kwos is off the streets. this is the scene as the chase started near vallejo where police officers were responding to reports of a shooting and a vehicle possibly related to that. but when vallejo police tried to pull the driver over she refused to stop and instead she hit the gas. the chp picked up the chase as that driver hit i-80 westbound into oakland with where the driver hit surface streets before getting back on to i-80 on to the bay bridge and into san francisco. she exited this street and ultimately crashed her vehicle at third and folsom.

at this point we don't know what the driver was arrested for. but the chp said it was on several felony warrants. we're trying to find out. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you for that. well san francisco police are now looking closely at this hard to watch video recently posted on social media. you see it there showing a man violently slinging a stick toward an elderly asian man who collected recyclables. it has profanity and hateful words directed at the man's race crying as he tried to retrieve his cart. at a safety meeting last night supervisor hillary ronan talked about the response. >> this is outrageous. we'll not tolerate this type of violence and disrespect. >> now police are still trying to work out a lot of details here including identifying the people, deciding if a hate crime did occur and learning how recently this this all happened. san francisco corruption scandal at city hall has leaders rethinking city funding and

policies. federal prosecutors last month charged public works director mohammed nuru in connection with handing out city contracts. he had since resigned. two separate reports in the examine suggest possible changes. one is a new effort to boost supervisor subpoena power to obtain testimony under oath. the other would be adding more funding to the ethic commission. to look into potential city misb conduct. a special "making it in the bay" coverage focuses this morning on contra costa county. supervisors will discuss turning a warehouse into affordable housing for the homeless. the warehouse is located outside of bay point. this is on over road near bay christian school and highway. right now there is more than 2,000 homeless people in contra costa county. alameda county has about 4,000. happening today, san francisco teachers will gather to protest planned budget cuts after the subject sent a warning

letter to staff. the district is looking to cut $26 million next school year. each school would decide what to cut. such as supplies, field trips, even possible staffing. the teachers union is currently negotiating other cost-cutting options. thousand to a follow-up for you in oakland where school is back in session for mcclymonds high school students but the problem is not on home campus. students will be sent to three other campuses. this is after toxic chemicals were found in the school's ground water. tests later found the air is not contaminated but the source of the toxin still has not been found. the district is hoping to reopen the campus next week. happening today, san jose council members will vote on a new plan to expand diridon station. redevelopment plans have been in the works and debated for months. the city recently voted to lay new tracks through the willow glen neighborhood as opposed to

building new -- over interstate 80. it this plan is facing opposition. >> so much change in our valley over the years, right, mike. so much change. and everybody should use the train. now we have to talk about the train system. always changing and evolving. we're hoping this would change but it hasn't yet. west 580 blogging down and clustering up here approaching tasahara. the kraim is right about here. that is the back-up. the crash may make some progress and we have still have a number of vehicles to be cleared. the bay bridge toll plaza has the back-up but the rest of the bay is green. that is good. green is good. >> green feels like spring. little bunnies in the supermarket already and chocolate eggs and the weather is kind of cooperating. but we immediate that rain.

we do need some rain. and we're not going to get it most likely this weekend as with we look at our seven-day forecast. our in land temperatures will cool off quite a bit. so at least it won't be super warm. we'll have more springlike weather and something closer to normal as we reach m-- as we reach into the mid-60s on saturday and the winds pick up on sunday and only reaching about 71 degrees. so plan on cooler in some spots. upper 50s in san francisco. from 69 degrees on friday in muir woods to the upper 50s for saturday and sunday. also a big cooldown and a chance of snow for yosemite this weekend. and that snow will be very light. but look at that drop in temperatures going from 52 degrees on friday to 32 for a high on sunday. plan accordingly. we'll talk about what is going on today as you get ready to head out of the door, that temperature trend coming up in three minutes. >> thanks, kari. it is 5:38 now. next on "today in the bay," could technology be the answer to ending the teenage vaping

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right now at 5:41 as you get ready to head out in dublin, this time around we could see clear visibility. though fog and we'll start out with temperatures in the mid-40s today. leading into some upper 60s. now mike is watching the spot for a different reason. right behind me we have a big problem. a big delay because of the crash there. so we're talking being a longer drive. you see that top number, we're adding about 15 minutes on to what we expected without any problems through the area. that crash still blocking the right lane before the dublin interchange. 5:42. still ahead, a driver goes out of control in san francisco overnight. striking people, even a buildingment coming up at 6:00, we'll have a live report on how it all came to an end and the close call for one police officer. new this morning, city of santa rosa reportedly ready to sue pg&e to cover fire fighting cost during last year's kincade wildfire. the press democrat reports it

amounts to $700,000 in overtime pay for firefighters. pg&e is reportedly fired two employees and a trash hauling contractor for overbilling during the aftermath of the butte county wildfire. pg&e top executives say a union city contracting company overbilled large sums of money and dolled out expensive gifts to two pg&e supervisors. the contracting company is not commenting. a former university of texas tennis coach has learned his fate in the college admission scandal. he was sentenced to six months for taking a $100,000 bribe. new video shows him running from court. actress lori loughlin and her husband are slamming federal prosecutors for not handing over evidence. a boston judge recently scolded one u.s. attorney involved in the case for his handling of fbi records in a separate case. president trump continues his there trip to india while keeping an eye on what is happening at home. >> and a suffering stock market, scott mcgrew, and coronavirus

fears. >> the pre-- the president addressed the thousand point loss, the third biggest point loss in american history. here is the president speaking in india. >> when we win re-election, i think we will, i think the market is going to go up like a rocket ship. like last time but even more so. >> earlier the president and first lady laid at wreath at gandhi's memorial and continues trade talks with prime minister modi. the trump white house striped them of the trade status and they want that back. congress is asking for more money for coronavirus and some white house aides are pushing the president to put more travel restrictions into place while the president worries too much restrictions will hurt trade and the economy. now while the white house asks for money, the budget it released this month calls for cuts in the cdc research in

zoological infectious diseases like coronavirus. we'll see congressional hearings about coronavirus this week. first is tomorrow led by the bay area anna eshoo from the house energy and commerce commit yoi. that is tomorrow. they had talk about coronavirus on tuesday. president trump said ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor should recuse themselves from cases involving the white house. he quoted a misquote saying sotomayor had claimed justices appointed by republicans were bias. it is not precisely what she said. she criticized the white house for claiming emergencies in order to fast track their cases to the supreme court. trump said bader ginsburg called him a faker. that is true. she did that. she said that in 2016. trump ally roger stone will be in court today asking a federal judge to recuse herself. she's refused.

he's also asked for a new trial. hearing about that issue today. we're following that. you could follow me on twitter. i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thank you, scott. quarter to 6:00 now. juul plans to present a new device that said it will curb underage usage of products. the company said a new vaporizer will only unlock for users who are at least 21 years old. the device is tied to an app which requires proof of i.d. juul plans to ask federal regulators to approve the device as part of the application it must file to keep products in the u.s. new this morning, electric car sales are down according to a transportation website. more than 156,000 electric and plug-in hybrids are sold in california in 2019. that is down from 178,000 in 2018. searchers say that the reason for the decline is because california is not doing or spending must have to encourage drivers to buy electric cars.

also trending this morning. the soon to be former duke and duchess of sussex could soon have one more thing in common. with what some call america's royal family. >> variety of reports rumors are swirling over the possibility of harry and meglan looking into buying a malibu house once rented by kylie jenner. it has ten bathrooms and'd bedrooms. they are live in vancouver after splitting from the royal family. >> so the kardashians are american royalty now. >> i don't know. who knows. we don't have that here. but since we're on the royal house hunting track this morning, the royal family sharing videos of nearly half a million dollars renovation underway at buckingham palace. refurbishment aimed at making plumbing and heating and electricity more cost efficient. similar work was done on the palace during the 1950s. and don't see any solar panels for the queen.

too foggy there. >> lucky to go on a tour of the palace over the summer, it is beautiful. but yeah, not state-of-the-art in some of the rooms. >> what a new country we are in. >> you can tell. all right. let's look at this forecast today. it is a warm one. warm and dry. that is what we've all been talking about. so let's talk about the numbers here. wa -- as we check out february, one of the wettest months of the lear, so far we have .08 in santa rosa and in napa we measured zero and also in 1953. look at numbers, it is a long time since we've had weather this dry, going back to october 1995 so this could top all of the numbers because we haven't measured a drop of rain and so this could be the driest february on record. most likely it will be because we're not seeing any rain in the forecast. and then as we look at our high

temperatures for today, very warm. normal in san jose is about 64 degrees. we're up to 74. 77 will be the high in concord today. and 78 in napa and in santa rosa. and as we talk about what we're going to see heading toward the end of the week, also record high temperatures possible. so not only record dry but record warmth as we head toward the warmest day of the week in napa and we may said a new record of 80 degrees. oakland also will be very close but may not set that new record. we'll be watching the numbers. livermore now the forecast on thursday is 77. but the record is about 72 degrees in san jose. may tie the old record that was set in 1992. those are the numbers we'll be watching as our temperatures continue to go up. it will cool off going into the weekend. as the winds pick up. we're expecting a much cooler and windy weekend but still we're going to stay rain-free into next week as our

temperatures reach 70 degrees. san francisco will be in the low 70s by the end of the week. but then dropping, big drop to upper 50s heading into saturday and sunday. mike, you're tracking that crash jamming the tri-valley. i am. so we're looking over here from the dublin camera and you see 580 jammed up. in the other direction it is well past tasahara and el charo for miles and a slow drive approaching the b.a.r.t. station and around the b.a.r.t. station reports that your right lanes are blocked and see a cluster of lights some flashing and that must be the crew that has been there for a while. with the crew trying to help out four or five vehicles just shy of the interchange that has the back-up here, dublin boulevard is one of the alternates. let's take you over to the partners at waze we have they have traffic backed up. see if you take this road past and through the back-up, you take about 50 minutes, that will cut you down by about 10 or 15 minutes if you cut through the city streets there in pleasanton

and livermore. but they are getting more crowded through the area but join nbc wazers and help each other with the information you gather along the way. back out to your maps and you'll see aside from the jam in the tri-valley, everything looking like a lighter than typical tuesday. the south bay starting to build. highway 4 shows slowing through pittsburg and rodeo over toward richmond for west 80 and the bay bridge has your metering lights on at about 5:20 this morning. back to you. thanks. happening now, former egyptian president hos any mubarak has died at the age of 91. he led egypt for 30 years and was one of the leading u.s. allies in the middle east receiving tens of billion dollars in american military aid. he was overthrown. he was arrested in 2011 after being ousted from office and sentenced to life in prison.

but he was acquitted in 2017 on charged that he ordered the killing of anti-government protesters. 5:51. ahead on "today in the bay." investigation into sexual harassment allegations against opera singer placido domingo coming to an endme, did he act inappropriately. that is next. and then at 6:00, the feds order the largest reservoir in the south bay to be drained amid concerns it could fail. up next how the water district hopes to make up the loss. you're watching "today in the bay." awesome internet.

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new at 6:00, new fallout for legendary opera singer placido domingo, accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power over two decades. an if investigation by the union representing opera performers found two dozen people reported sexual harassment or witnessing inappropriate behavior during the time he led the washington international and los angeles opera. up coming per stormances have been canceled. no word if any charges will be filed. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is in the hospital this morning. one day after his guilty verdict on sex crimes. >> the former hollywood producer complained of chest pains after being led away from the the courthouse in handcuffs

yesterday. this is a look at how jurors decided on all charges. co face up to 29 years in prison for two guilty charges. weinstein's former assistant is one of the countless women who have accused imof sexual assault. she's expressing her feelings on yesterday's decision. >> of course i have -- and that some justice had been done. but just also profound sadness for all of the victims that he'd assaulted over that time period. >> weinstein's attorneys are vowing to appeal and he's likely to face additional criminal charges in los angeles. santa clara county workers are giving county leaders until thursday to meet demands for a new contract or they say they'll strike again. during a supervisor meeting yesterday hounds of workers shouted at county leaders for not coming up with a deal. the 12,000 member union wants better pay and to bring more people in the work force. supervisors have made the final offer which the union turned

down. happening today, san jose city leaders are expected to debate opening a new recycling facility which could focus on purifying plastics. supporters say that could help meet climate and environmental sustainability goals. today's hearing may also include a final vote. nbc bay area investigates. more and more whales are dying off the coast of california and as our investigative unit has uncovered large cargo ships aren't slowing down. >> as bigad shaban reports, a mistake by government workers may be to blame. >> here off the california coast ships are unintentionally hitting and killing whales at the highest level in more than a decade. >> five yearsing ago the federal government started a voluntarily slow down of 10 knots from may to november to protect whales but most vessels aren't following it. coast guard monitoring found ships broke the speed limit 54% of the time. and that lack of compliance is

largely stayed the same for three years. of the 74 shipping companies that sent vessels into the the bay in 2018, only 23% followed the requested speed limit. noaa, the federal agency in charge of the slowdown, said one reason for the lack of cooperation is that they may not have contacted all of the right people at the shipping companies to educate them about the speed limit. but remember, this policy has been in place for about five years. so noaa said it is now renewing efforts to reach out to who it needs to. now the federal government has warned it could make that suggested speed limit mandatory with hefty fines but so far there are no plans to make that happen. in the annual slowdown just outside of the bay it is expected to start up again in less than three months. watch our full investigation right now. just log on to nbcbayarea.com investigations. >> that is the very same place to get ahold of anybody from our

unit or give them a call. the number is on your screen at 888-996-tips. take a look at it this. this is a live look. you could make it out. this is in southern california. up at big bear lake. this is a nest of some bald eagles. for nearly two months a pair of bald eagles in the san bernardino national forest have watched vigilantly over two eggs that were laid in early january. what a perspective in the live pictures. but officials now say that it is actually looking like the eggs aren't likely to hatch. they say the chicks should have been born around valentine's day. that bald eagle still not zbert deserting the nest. and wild rampage, a driver threatens and strikes homeless people with his suv in san francisco overnight. but police say that is not all. ahead in a live report why it ended up being a close call for one responding officer. plus in the east bay the search continues for the driver who struck and killed a

12-year-old girl. next in a live report, why investigators are confident they will make an arrest. and all new this morning, never before seen rescue video of the palo alto couple found one week after being lost in the north bay. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. >> you could imagine what he must have been feeling. finally rescued. >> the joy they had. >> 6:00 right now. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. okay, today is fat tuesday. coming up for you, we'll take you to new orleans are with one of the biggest mardi gras parties are underway. the annual celebration and the clean-up will take place when it is all coming to an end. be we'll keep it going right here this morning. mike will have a look at the commute in a bit but first let's talk about our weather. it it is like that southern mardi gras weather. >> it is not humid. we don't have the humidity. but look at that sunrise. it is a beautiful start to the day.