good sunday morning. it is 7:00 and live look outside at san francisco. beautiful day out there. a little bit cloudy but otherwise very nice. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm marianne favro in for kira klapper vianey arana is here with a at your microclimate forecast on the first day of march and yesterday you warned us about the winds. >> that is the big event today. because we have a cold front passing through. so much so that we're going to notice some temperature drops up to the north bay. so far off of ukiah, there are a freeze warning because of the teams. no freeze warning here but look at the morning lows, 42 degrees.

satellite radar showcasing the system passing through. you could see a little bit of activity down through the central coast and a couple of showers up through sacramento as well and up through ukiah. now we have a chance of possibly seeing a couple of isolated showers but not really significant rain. so we're going do call this showers. but look at the snow up through the sierra. they are expecting a couple of inches of snow for the higher elevation and the temperature trend is in the 50s and the wind advisory kicks in about 10:00 a.m. so the areas highlighted of yellow. i'll go over that and who is expecting to see the gustiest winds in 15 minutes. >> we're saying the word showers. >> just bring on the rain. we're ready for it in march. >> thanks, vianey. we begin with a chaotic night in san francisco bay view neighborhood. a raging fire whipped through a warehouse, flames shooting into the sky causing problems for

people on 280. a live look at the aftermath this morning. the fire was contained just 2:00 a.m. the crews stayed on the scene. there are a few crews there right now to make sure there are no flare-ups. the firefighters say the first 911 called in before 9:00. a fire was raging in this largely industrial area at toland and evans when a popular restaurant was being renovated next to a large storage and towing facility. the storage facility collapsed. crews were hampered by power li >> then you have the 20 to 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts coming through here and then you the wires and the wires are not necessari necessarily affected by the wind, it is affected by the weather that this large-scale fire causes. it kind of makes its own weather pattern within the area. >> a lot of challenges for firefighters. a person who was living above that restaurant managed to

escape uninjured. no one was supposed to be inside. investigators are trying to figure out how that fire started. here is another look at the fire just after it started. this is video from one of the tower cameras. at one point the flames were so high you could see them for miles. our other top story this morning, the coronavirus continues to spread. there have been several new developments in the past 24 hours. we've been tracking it all from our coronavirus crisis center. a fourth patient in santa clara county has been diagnosed with the virus. the woman is described as a house hold contact of the third patient who contracted the virus from an exposure not related to travel. all this comes as the u.s. reports its first death from the coronavirus. health officials say a washington state man in his 50s died overnight. they say the man had underlying health conditions.

last night a rush at costco scores in the bay area and across the country. here you could see people scramble to get the last anti-bacterial wipes on display. also a run on water. similar scenes at stores around the country. people say they're just stocking up just in case. but amidst the chaos, president trump said there is no need to panic. in a rare saturday afternoon press briefing the president and the task force spoke to the nation calling for calm and announced tough new travel restrictions. terry mcsweeney reports. >> reporter: calling it an unusual saturday press conference, president trump announced new measures and sought to reassure. >> we're prepared. >> reporter: making a new appeal for calm over coronavirus. >> we will ask the media and politicians and everybody else involved not to do anything to insight a panic. there is no reason to panic at all. >> reporter: a new round of

travel warnings barring those from iran from entering the u.s. similar restrictions on china already in effect. plus new warnings for europe and asia. >> we're rurjinging you not to toff -- to travel to the areas in south korea. >> 43 million masks are available but for patients and health professionals. >> the average american does not need to go out and buy a mask. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. three members of congress from california are demanding a timely briefing from senior health officials on coronavirus. this comes after a whistle-blower said health and human services workered handling evacuees were seriously unprepared. some of those evacuees ended up at travis air force base in the bay area. representatives mark takano and john garamendi and scott peters related a joint statement that

reads in part, as a representative of military bases and communities that house repatriated americans and given the threat that these serious allegations may pose to public health, we need answers. here is a look at the latest numbers across the u.s. at this hour there are at least 73 cases of coronavirus nationwide. the cdc has only confirmed where 65 of those patients are right now. one of the risk factors in the event of an outbreak is whether hospitals will be ready. at kaiser medical center in oakland administrators have cleared out an entire floor just in case patients need to be put in isolation. a floor has ten rooms primed for an outbreak and staff is running drills using the special isolation rooms to treat mock patients. >> we have teams that are working right now to take care of patients to make sure we're getting it right.

>> kaiser said it is been preparing for a coronavirus outbreak for andres pirators because of shipping delays and already active flu season. this is a developing story. head over to our nbcbayarea.com. we're going to have the latest updates and also put together an interactive map that clearly shows the spread of the virus worldwide. turning now to decision 2020. democratic presidential hopeful tom steyer is out. the billionaire hedge fund manager and environmentalist suspended his campaign shortly after polls closed in south carolina. steyer had hoped to do well last night but falls just short of making it to super tuesday. meanwhile former vice president joe biden with a huge win after disappointing results in iowa, new hampshire and las vegas. he swept the state with nearly 49% of the vote.

>> for all of those who have been knocked down,hed second in south carolina. senator bernie sanders will in the bay area. he will host a rally at the convention center south hall which could hold up to 11,000 people. sanders has seen an outpouring of support here in california particularly among young and latino voters. all 110 voting centers in santa clara county are open. you could cast ballots from 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. today through monday and on tuesday they open at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 8:00. the california primary is just two days away. our website is a great resource as you prepare to cast your ballot. we have a complete voter guide highlights issues in every county. just go to nbcbayarea.com/election guide. a busy day for firefighters, some evacuations after this fire

around 2:00 yesterday in the north bay. flames sparked near the campus in vallejo and firefighters say the windy conditions posed a challenge. >> this time of the year in february, we're usually not too worried about it but because of the lack of the rain in the last 20, 30 days or last month, the grass around here below the homes are already turning brown and that contributes to the flames starting to spread faster than normally in the month of february. >> firefighters got everything under control before 3:00 and lifted the evacuation on the campus. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we go live to new york city to talk with chuck todd and get a plooe vi-- a pre this week's "meet the press." last night was the south carolina prime but one candidate was here in the bay area doing something a little different. we'll show you. woman: the deadly corona virus

officially hitting the us. man: the markets are plunging for a second straight day. vo: health experts warn the us is underprepared. managing a crisis is what mike bloomberg does. in the aftermath of 9-11, he steadied and rebuilt america's largest city. oversaw emergency response to natural disasters. upgraded hospital preparedness to manage health crises. and he's funding cutting edge research to contain epidemics. tested. ready. mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

welcome back. we are joined here in the studio with our political analysis

larry gerston. good morning, larry. >> good morning to you. >> and it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd. nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hi, chuck, thanks for joining us this morning. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you as well. well last night we saw joe biden win his first primary contest in south carolina. what were your takeaways from the results and what do you think this means for super tuesday? >> well, look, it is setting up an interesting split in the democratic party this way. last week what the sanders nevada victory told us he's starting to put together a coalition that includes a large chunk of latinos, well what south carolina is telling us, perhaps, is that joe biden is going to consolidate the african-american vote around him. at least he did in south carolina and obviously hoping it foreshadows more of that on super tuesday and that is where we could be headed. the party you're going to have progressives and latinos with

bernie, moderates and african-americans with biden, and that could be a slugfest all the way to the convention. but there is a few wild cards. one is michael bloomberg. the other is -- and really that is probably the biggest one because the combined biden/bloomberg number would beat sanders in a major of the states on super tuesday, including texas but not california but does biden get the momentum he needs to sort of overwhelm some of the financial advantaged that bloomberg has. >> chuck, president trump has now his hands full with the coronavirus, issuing a series of falsehoods in the process. what are the chances this could downstream? >> well, i think even the president himself is concerned that -- how they handle this virus is going to be a big thing in his re-election and in some hink they're sort of fumbled start is because they're

too focused on the impact of the reelect. i do think the first death to the virus with somebody not ove kind of sobered up the white house a little bit. the president's rhetoric on friday was hot and angry and attacking democrats and the media. that was not the case on saturday after the announcement of the first death. and you'll see it with the vice president, the interview with him on this. i think they now see that the best politics on this is making sure you get the public health information correct. now we'll see if they bought enough time to stay ahead of all of this. >> okay, so speaking of the vice president. should the coronavirus escape control longer than the president predicted, is the vice president likely to become his fall guy? we know he likes to point in other directions and possibly replace by somebody like nikki haley or pat toomey downstream? >> wow, larry, you jumped way

ahead. look, i will say this, there are people who are big mike pence fans who are not thrilled that he was handed this job. meaning it could go very way, i is -- you handle this right and it is an opportunity to show some leadership and show an ability to handle a crisis. there is no doubt that the president has set this up so that he doesn't get blamed or at least in his mind take the blame if the first round of this doesn't work. >> thank you for joining us, chuck. we look forward to talking with you at 8:00 this morning. >> see you super tuesday. >> excellent. and be sure to join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he'll have interviewed with mike pence and joe biden and south bend mayor pete buttigieg. tune into "meet the press" at

8:00 a.m. right after this newscast and also larry will be back in just 40 minutes. i want to talk steyer pulling out. we'll have more on our political segment and talk more about president trump and again his handling of the coronavirus crisis. so larry we'll see you in just a few minutes. >> yes. and to other news now, uc santa cruz has ended the teaching assistant strike by firing 54 grad students. about 200 teaching assistants earning a graduate degree went on strike demanding a pay hike because of the cost of living. the assistanted withheld grades and some refused to teach altogether. uc santa cruz said administrators tried to address concerned but the ta's did not accept the efforts and saying they were affecting undergraduate education and the majority of the grad students have returned to work.

presidential hopeful tulsi gabbard taking a small break from politics. there she is at linda mar beach in pacifica. she partnered with city surf project to teach teenagers from san francisco how to surf. she's from hawaii where the water is nice and warm and talked about the cold northern california surf. >> the water is colder than i'm used to and it is a little windy. the conditions aren't great. but as we say in hawaii, the stoke is strong, these kids are excited to get out in the water and i'm grateful to be here to help them experience what i love so much about the ocean. >> and that is why you need a wet suit. she was in the area for a town hall discussion yesterday in san francisco. let's check in with vianey arana with a look at your forecast. it is a little cold out in the surf. >> when she said she was swimming, i was like oh, the water is going to be cold. and up to the northern portion

in ukiah, dipping down into 30s. live look at the golden gate bridge. beautiful start to our morning. with we had a lovely saturday but today's big impact is the winds. as you head out of the door right now, 42 degrees in san jose. 45 in palo alto. 41 in santa rosa. and here it is, let's talk about this system that is impacting us. so we have this cold front that is going to go be dropping down and you could see shower activity and cloud cover but again the majority of the shower activity is to the east, you could see the sierra right here and with a combination of rain and snow and through the central coast giving us a chance for isolated showers. but to be honest, no measurable rain. mainly an area south of san jose we could see a possible chance or two of some very light showers. not significant enough to put a dent on a dry february. the big impact, though, aside from the s winds. 60 in oakland.

62 in san jose. 59 in san francisco. the winds are on shore so they are running breezy but as the cold front continues to pass through we'll get a shift in the winds from the north and that wind advisory is expected to begin at 10:00 a.m. so the area that you see highlighted in yellow will be under the wind advisory through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and this is going to create a concern for unusually high fire danger for early march because of such a dry february. some of the gustier locations will be in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and the diablo range. so let's take you through the timing of the winds. look at about 1:30, napa. wind gusts 30 plus miles per hour and 20 plus miles per hour down through san jose. fast forward overnight and into early monday morning, we continue to see the gusty all night long into early tomorrow through about 6:00 a.m. if you have to get up early for work or you have a morning commute, it will impact the

winds. look into the ben low mand area, great time to secure anything that could fly around. keep in mind it always raises a concern for possible power outages as well as downed trees. if you're traveling to lake tahoe today or this afternoon, check the road conditions first. we're tracking snow showers in through the evening. and windy conditions, that is going to be the big impact, is the wind. and not a lot of snow. no significant snowfall. but we'll certainly wonder about the rain. so high pressure unfortunately will begin to dominate heading into mond, tuesday and wednesday, as the high pressure rebuilds and our temperatures go right back up as much as 10 to 12 degrees and then later in the week cooler with some rain. rain chances, though, are better -- or looking better in terms of the long-term outlook. finally a break suggesting above average rainfall totals around march 10th through the 12th but that is a long range outlook so

we'll keep our fingers crossed. be careful out there. it is a windy sunday. >> fingers crossed. thank you, vianey. and coming up, she cut people's hospital bills by hundreds of thousands of dollars and this morning she'll share some secrets in case you want to do it yourself. nbc bay area responds next. tom steyer will beat donald trump on the economy. his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. and provides a 10% tax cut for

everyone making under $250,000. tom's plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. protects union negotiated plans. and ensures californians can make their own health care choices. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

nbc bay area responds to medical billing complaints ranging from just a few dollars to six figureses. but we're not the only ones battling big bills from hospitals and insurance companies. consumer investigator chris chmura is here to introduce us to a professional bill fighter. >> fighting medical bills is this woman's jobs saving families tens of thousands of dollars. and we'll show you how she it to battle a bruising bill on your own. we brought a couple of rounds alongside lisa black stock this

past year. >> $140,000. >> that is beyond price gouging. >> in 2019 we teamed up to help a peninsula family fight a six-figure ambulance bill and then helped a san francisco woman after her surgery tripled in price. >> the hospital bill for $162,000 -- >> reporter: in both cases lisa defended the patients and won and it is her full time job. >> most people still don't know, including the medical profession, do not know what a private patient advocate is. >> reporter: some hospitals and insurance companies have them on staff to take questions but you could hire your own like lisa to do more. >> whoever pays you, that is ultimately who a person is behold to. >> lisa could help you decode hospital lingo and scrutinizing every line on your bill, even negotiating the price you're being charged.

lisa said she's saved people hundreds of thousands of dollars. her clients pay a flat fee typically less than $2,000. >> if i don't save them more money than they paid to retain my services, i will give them a refund. >> reporter: private patient advocates are a rare breed. the national association of health care advocacy listed just 149 for the entire u.s. 32 of them serve california. can you knock down your bill on your own? lisa said yes. round one. she said demand a detailed item by item list of charges. never accept a summarized invoice. round two, challenge any charge you don't think was necessary and fair. and round three, aim high. lisa doesn't deal with people in the hospital phone bank. she demands the cfo review the account and makes her case by certified mail. lisa said spending $3.35 to mail

a letter certified usually gets the hospital's attention. $3.35 that might save you hundreds or thousands. >> i put together a scenario of what really happened and what a fair and reasonable price is and that is my offer. >> reporter: we reached out to representatives for the hospital and insurance industry for their take on private patient advocates and the american hospital association declined to comment. before you sign up with a advocate, do some research. ask for references and a free estimate. know exactly what you'll pay and what you'll get for your money. and as always, demand a written contract that outlines every expectation. if you have a medical billing problem you can't solve on your own, let us know at "today in the bay" and tap responds in the menu or call us at 888-996-tips.

>> good advice. hotel guests forced to evacuate and the snag on a construction project on the peninsula that caused panic. and plus supporting the homeless. the help an east bay city is getting from the governor's office to make that happen. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy knew settling for half-measures wasn't good enough. so when candidates say we can't guarantee health care for all, make college affordable for all, combat climate change,

or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when it's hard. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message.

good morning. it is sunday and the time is 7:30. take a live look outside at walnut creek. nice shot there. good morning, thank you for joining us i'm marianne favro in for kira klapper and vianey arana is here with a look at your microclimate forecast. as we begin the first day of march. >> first day of march and the one thing to prepare for today is the wind. right now as you head out of the door, 42 degrees in san jose. 45 in oakland. 44 in san francisco. so we are noticeably cooler in terms of the morning lows compared to yesterday. san martin 38. and here is the reason why. we do have a cold front that will begin its trek right through the bay area. but you could see the majority

of the rain is off to the north, into the east and into the central coast. a chance for isolated showers will develop but mainly along the areas south, like really south of the san jose area. san francisco temperature trend will be cloudy today. a lot cloudier compared to yesterday and our temperatures remain in the 50s. but the wind advisory not in effect just yet. still seeing the onshore winds but as the cold front passes through we'll git the winds from the north and that will kick up gusty winds and i'll take you through that and the next chance of possible rain in 15 minutes. >> thank you. we begin with a chaotic night in san francisco bay view neighborhood. a raging fire ripped through a warehouse. flames shooting into the sky causing problems for people on 280. a live look at the aftermath this morning. fire was contained before 2:00 this morning. you can't see them right now but crews are still there on scene just to make sure there were no flare-ups. firefighters say the first 911

calls came in just before 9:00 last night. a fire was raging in this largely industrial area at the intersection of toland and evans where a popular restaurant was being renovated next to a large storage and towing facility. the storage facility collapsed. crews battled the flames with water towers were hampered by the weather and power lines. >> then you have the 20 to 30-mile-per-hour gusts and then the wires and the wires are not necessarily affected by the wind, it is affected by the weather that this large-scale fire actually causes. it kind of makes its own weather pattern within the area. >> firefighters had a lot to contend with. a person living above the restaurant managed to escape uninjured. no one was supposed to be in the storage facility. investigators are now trying to figure out how the fire started. and here is another look at the fire just after it started.

this is video from one of our tower cameras. at one point the flames were so high you could see the fire for miles. our other top story this morning, the coronavirus continues to spread. there have been several new developments in the past 24 hours. we've been tracking it all from our coronavirus crisis center. a fourth patient in santa clara county has been diagnosed with the virus. the woman is described as a house hold contact of the county's third patient who contracted the virus from an exposure not related to travel. all of this comes as the u.s. reports the first death from the coronavirus. health officials say a washington state man in his 50s died overnight. they say the man had underlying health conditions. last night a rush at costco scor -- costco stores, people scrambling to get the last anti-bacterial wipes on display and similar scene around the

country. and a big run on bottled water. people are stocking up just in case. a look at the latest numbers across the u.s. at this hour there are at least 73 cases of coronavirus nationwide. the cdc has only confirmed where 65 of those patients are. one of the risk factors in the event of an outbreak is whether hospitals will be ready. at kaiser medical center in oakland administrators have cleared out an entire floor just in case patients need to be put in isolation. it has ten rooms primed for an outbreak. and staff is running drills using those special isolation rooms to treat mock patients. >> we have teams that are working right now to take care of patients, to make sure we're getting it right. >> kaiser said it is been preparing for months. the only concern now is shortages of masks and respirators because of shipping

delays and already active flu season. this is a developing story so be sure to head over to our website at nbcbayarea.com. we'll have the latest up da-- us and put together an interactive map to show the spread of the virus worldwide and it is changing constantly. democratic presidential hopeful tom steyer is out. the billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist suspended his campaign shortly after polls closed in south carolina. steyer had hoped to do well last night but former vice president joe biden swept the state with nearly 49% of the vote. jay gray has been on the campaign trail and has a closer look at the results in south carolina and what it could mean ahead of super tuesday. >> reporter: it's the first chance to really celebrate for joe biden and his supporters. >> we are very much alive. >> reporter: after disappointing results in iowa, new hampshire

and nevada, the former vice president is projected to be the big winner in south carolina. >> all of those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind. this is your campaign. >> reporter: bernie sanders is expected to finish second when all of the votes are counted here. >> you cannot win them all. >> reporter: he and the others in the race now turning their attention and efforts to super tuesday. >> and i believe very strongly that the people of this this country on supertuesday and after are going to support our campaign. >> our work starts now. >> here i am headed into super tuesday. >> my campaign is built for the long haul and we're looking forward to these big contests. >> i'm proud of the votes we earned and i'm determined to earn every vote on the road ahead. >> reporter: a road that will not include tom steyer. the billionaire suspends his

campaign but promised to continue working for change. >> when the lord closes a door, he opens a window. i will find that window and crawl through it with you. >> reporter: the window of opportunity for those still in the race opening wide now to the 14 states that vote on tuesday. a contest that combined with the results here could go along way toward thinning out what is still a very crowded field of candidates. jay gray, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. senator bernie sanders will be in the bay area today. he's set to host a rally at the convention center south hall which could hold up to 11,000 people. sanders has seen an outpouring of support here in california particularly among young and latino voters. all 110 voting centers in santa clara county are open. voters could cast ballots from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. saturday

through monday and then they open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00. the california primary is just two days away. our website is a good resource. we have a complete voter guide highlights issues in every county. all you need to do is go to nbcbayarea.com/election guide. now to "making it in the bay." our series on the housing crisis. five fema trailers rolled into antioch yesterday to help the homeless population. it is part of the governor's statewide homeless land. each trailer will house five people and antioch wants to do more to help the homeless. >> so we're looking at shipping containers and this model and tiny homes. we'll be looking at various opportunities that may help us house people and so this is an important -- today we launched our pilot program. >> antioch applied to the governor's office to receive the trailers and they'll be managed by a nonprofit homeless service

provider. a waterfall of a problem in menlo park. it happened yesterday morning just before 10:00 a.m. at the stanford housing project which is under construction. workers hit a fire hydrant and partially breaking it off with a forklift. that caused 4500 gallons of water to flow per minute. you see the pictures. it created a waterfall effect, dumping wall into the parking garage. also a nearby hotel temporarily had to be evacuated as a precaution. still ahead on "today in the bay," it is a trying time for president trump as the nation looks to solve the coronavirus. will the crisis have any impact in the 2020 election? political analyst larry gerston joins us live in a few minutes. but first the warriors with one of the biggest wins of the season. but the bigger news, steph curry will not make his return today

at chase center after all. anthony flores is next with sports. vo: don't fall for negative, untrue attacks against mike bloomberg. bloomberg has been praised by obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years.

mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: mike worked with president obama to combat gun violence and improve public education. as president, he'll work to combat inequality by launching a new initiative to spur african american and latino homeownership and small business growth. and he'll beat the divider in chief. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

he put up a little bit of a fight and that is also understood why we wanted to take extra precaution. >> you heard it. steph curry not too pleased he's not playing today. they want more scrimmage time starting on monday with the santa cruz warriors. the dubs say curry will return from his broken hand sometime in march. now the warriors only playing with eight players and no true point guard against the suns. it was bad early. they trailed by 18 and then stormed back. derek pascal to beat the becausen to end the third. he a game high 25 off the bench. what a turnaround. the warriors rally to beat the suns 115-99 and snap the eight-game losing streak. at the tank, a familiar face returning to san jose.

patrick marlow entered the first period and kane scores. the sharks would add two more goals in the second and a pair in the third. san jose skates by pittsburgh 5-0. martin jones with the second shutout of the season. a packed house at earthquake stadium. san jose season opener against toronto fc. 18,000 on hand. the sququakes down 2-1 but a ki and the first plv ls goal and the match ends in a 2-2 draw. they are back on the pitch next saturday against minnesota. in arizona, the giants taking on the angels. not many highlights for san francisco. here is one. bottom of eight with a man on, jaylen miller crushing it to left. it is a two-run shot but l.a. beat san francisco. your final 10-3. in las vegas, the a's taking on cleveland. bottom three.

score knotted at 6-6 with a man on and two outs and bingo it is a two-run homer and they beat cleveland 8-6 and also beat them 8-7 in a split squad played in arizona. i'm anthony flores, have a great sunday. climate change is an emergency. that's why i wrote the nation's most progressive climate law. and that's why i'm endorsing tom steyer. because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. same with the keystone pipeline. when tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

nothing tests leadership like a crisis. that is what president trump finds himself in as he and his administration attempt to respond to the fast-moving and health-threatening coronavirus. political analyst larry gerston is here with us again to discuss this connection between the health crisis and political. >> yeah. well it takes in itself, you think about it, the health epidemic, it is not a political issue at all. to that end, however, the president bears no responsibility whatsoever for the onset of the coronavirus. but the political part, the political part comes with how a

leader in this case president trump responds to the crisis. because of his role as the nation's chief executive, when all is said and done the president will be judged accordingly for that management. but we do know that president trump operates with a different set -- he walks at his own pace of different set of values than other presidents have in the past. >> he definitely has a different style. but let's talk about the president's policy making in relation to coronavirus. people are really concerned about this and they feel like maybe he's not taking it as seriously as he shut. >> trump is different. we know that. he's an isolationist for one ig. the president also sees american ss as unnecessary positions in the u.s. government and almost every area except defense. and third president trump considers himself is the consumate manager of all

problems large and small and surrounded people who defer to his judgment. different way of operating. >> you talked about the president's style but how does this relate to how he's impacting the united states response to the coronavirus? >> let's take these things. one at a time, okay. with respect to isolationism, the president has not reached out to china. which is of course the source of the coronavirus. at least publicly. in stead he waited until the crisis reached u.s. shores before gearing up with his had administration to respond to this whole issue. contrast that with the obama administration response to the ebola epidemic in 2014. sensing a threat to the united states, president obama proactively worked with west africa by sending doctors and health professionals and portable hospitals and laboratories and first responders to trainpele were treated in the united states for

ebola. big difference. >> absolutely a big difference. and what about the second approach, the size of of government. >> so many of president trump's largest budget cuts have centered on the health care sector. a recent foreign affairs article points to trump firing the government's entire pandemic response team in 2018. he also eliminated the national security council health security unit and proposed cuts to the u.s. public health service by 40% in next year's budget. look, collectively these agencies are america's health care crisis management teams. but cut -- cuts have left them severely weakened. president obama on the other hand had all of the agencies and experts available and as such didn't have to start from scratch. in other words he had the capacity to get the jump on the issue. >> so what should we make of the president's approach so far and do you think he will change anything. >> well, at the wedn

that the virus was under control and might miraculously go away soon. the scientists behind him said we're in for a long haul with no vaccine available for 12 to 18 months. the next day government coronavirus scientists were told that they could not speak to the press without first obtaining the vice president's approval. he was now the management czar if you will. critics charge that the president was controlling the message. and contrast that with the obama administration. which encouraged scientists to be as frank and open as possible on the ebola problems so the public would be aware of the challenges ahead. >> so larry, if we can let's switch gears talking about tom steyer. he's out. >> yeah. >> are you surprised he's out this early? >> well, i tell you, what burned him is the most is he spent $21 million south carolina. and emerged with zero delegates. that hurts. that hurts. he put a ton of energy into that

place and came out withing nothing and that's enough to say, wow, if this is what i did with $21 million, how could i possibly do better anyplace else. he put his heart and soul into this. and with that, california tom steyer, remember we have senator harris and now tom steyer. it has put a dent in the state's political clout in that sense. >> do you think it will plaque a differen -- to make a difference. he said he would throw support behind the front-runner. do you think he will make a difference if he gives the support. >> the question is who do he consider the front-runner. until yesterday it was clearly bernie sanders. some people now say that the victory by joe biden turns that corner. i don't know what he's going to do. he could have made a dent last night in terms of his support to somebody. he's waited. now my suspicion is that he'll wait until after tuesday. at that point he'll look around and say this is who i support. and you know the n really

matter? don't know. we'll have to say. >> thank you, larry, for joining us this morning. and we'll be back with a final look at weather after the break. >> mornings are more than just waking up and getting kids out of the door. >> that is why "today in the bay" investigate the stories that could change your morning. >> whether you need anality rat route. >> or you want the bay area's most accurate weather forecast. >> we'll help you prepare for the unknown with the newscast that won't waste your time. >> our promise is to make your mornings a little easier so get up, get informed, get going with nbc bay area's "today in the bay."

good monday morning. it is 7:53 and a live look at downtown san jose. the sun peaking through but certainly have the cloud cover and talking about a cold front that will sweep on through the bay area. i should say sweep down. 42 in napa. san jose in the 40s.

but it is cold in san martin at 39. so our morning lows are running a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning lows and here is the satellite radar showing the rain to the north and to the south of us and also east. so just missing us. we had a slight charily for the area and over the l.a. county area expected scattered showers. and today cooler, a few degrees cooler than yesterday. 62 degrees in san jose. 60 degrees in oakland. 60 degrees in concord. santa rosa at 62. and the big story today is the wind. as the cold front passes, right now we have the on sore winds in addition to the wind we're seeing snow up in the sierra and if you have plans to travel up there check the road conditions before. temperatures remain in the 30s. you could see a couple of snow showers now. we're in need of snow but right now it looks like one to two

ichbl inches of snow for the 3,000 elevation feet. the snow pack is under 50% of state average. wind advisory at 10:00 a.m. andib inland and the sacramento county expecting the gustiest winds. high fire danger considering it is early march because of the dry february. so all of the areas that you see highlighted in yellow, we're talking about gusty winds for the coast upwards of 35 plus miles per hour and for the mountain areas 45 plus mile-per-hours. if you look at the timing. sunday at 2:00 p.m., look at napa, and 23 in orinda, san jose 22, same for san francisco. and i fast forward the timeline and you could see this going back and forth between 20 plus, 30 and then through 6:00 a.m. on monday. if you have plans to be up and early for work tomorrow, expect windy conditions to remain. it stays windy through about

10:00 a.m. when is when the wind advisory is set to expire. and then as we head toward monday evening, winds will continue to push through but it will go from windy to breezy throughout the bay area. so changes for next week. sure we saw isolated showers to the south but we need rain. and here is what we could expect. monday, tuesday and wednesday we have high pressure rebuilding near the coastline that will keep us dry and it is going to warm us up again when it comes to our temperatures. later next week rain chances will return along with some cooler temperatures. by march 7th, here it is, a good chance of seeing something rain finally in the bay area. and so far the weather models are suggesting above average rainfall possibilities for the weekend. so showers and wind for saturday. again, these are still long range. we have the bestoid why and we're able to forecast with more accuracy about two days out. but long range models are lining up and if this holds up we could see some much-needed rain in the

bay area. but notice the warm up. so we go from 67 inland and then 68 in san francisco on wednesday and then we cool down into the 50s by saturday. >> at least we are talking about showers. >> that is good. >> absolutely. finally this morning, people flying not in planes but in whatever else. kind of like a sci-fi movie. yesterday go-fly team showed off personal flying devices at the nasa research center in mountain view. you could see them here. go-fly said the goal is to find solutions to mobility and sustainability with the use of personal flying devices. so they made a competition out of it. and get this, the prize is $2 million. >> whoa! >> that is a lot of bucks. they will announce a winner in the next few weeks. thank you for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day on nbcbayarea.com. have a great sunday. steyer: wall street banks took advantage

of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory- give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community. in businesses owned by women and people of color. in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. vomike bloomberg has a recordgue of doing something. as mayor, he protected women's reproductive rights. expanded health coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. and decreased infant-mortality

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this sunday, biden's big win. >> thank you, thank you, gets t victory he needed in south carolina. >> the democrats want a nominee who's a democrat, a proud democrat, an obama-biden democrat! join us! >> bernie sanders finishes a distant second. >> there are a lot of states in this country. nobody wins them all. >> while oewarren, buttigieg an klobuchar trail badly and steyer pulls out. can biden slow sanders heading into super tuesday? this morning i'll talk