good sunday morning. it is sunday, march 29th. we're taking a live look outside over oakland on a morning where a lot of us are seeing some showers. we really appreciate you starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana is joining thus morning from her at-home weather center and has a look at our micro climate forecast. hey, vianey, good morning to you. >> hi. good morning, kira. i hope everything is going well with your babies back home. >> thank you. >> i have my dog over here. >> we have a little bit of cabin fever, but other than that, i'm grateful for all the time we have together.

>> well, i definitely miss you guys. since we have a little bit of cabin fever let me show you a different view outside the windows. the south bay, peninsula, tri-valley. let's get right to those views outside in case maybe you've been seeing your view too much. enjoy it. soak it all in. the clouds make for a beautiful sight. look at the south bay, 50 degrees. we do have the showers sweeping through the peninsula, 45, very cool, comfortable. the tri-valley, 48. in the east bay check out the cloud cover. 53 degrees. san francisco a little bit of shower activity as well as areas in the north bay. a chance of showers because of all of this instability still. it's not going to be a very powerful storm. it's the remnants of that system you saw pushing through yesterday. that will continue to make its exit out and we should see good clearing by this evening. overall i will take you through a look at your temperatures and the dry trend ahead. for now, kira, back to you. >> all right. we look forward to seeing you in

about 15 minutes. thanks so much. by now you likely have heard top health officials are warning the country about a coming spike in coronavirus cases. there is now even more sobering evidence that the fight to contain the virus is far from over. we have learned that just within the past 30 hours there was a 105% rise in california patients admitted to the icu. governor gavin newsom says our state could need 50,000 additional hospital beds, and that's fueling a push this morning to get even more medical equipment into the state. and all of this is happening parallel to a grim milestone. more than 2,000 people have now lost their battles against covid-19. on thursday there were 1,000 deaths. the governor yesterday took a tour of bloom energy in sunnyvale. myees make fuel cells but the company saw the need and switched gears to turn the facility into a ventilator refurbishing operation to help

patients in this crisis. "today in the bay's" marianne favro shows us. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom says with covid-19 sending more californians into intense tiive care the need has never been more important. >> no more important than the issue of ventilators. the state of california has independent of our hospital system procured and identified some 4,252 ventilators. our goal is to get to 10,000 ventilators. >> reporter: dr. thomas frieden was the head of the cdc during the obama administration. >> in a worst case scenario ventilators would be one of the choke points, if you will, for effective response. it's not clear we would have enough in a worst case scenario. >> reporter: the governor and san jose mayor sam liccardo toured bloom energy in sunnyvale where the fuel cell company has transformed its storage area into a ventilator refurbishing

assembly line. >> a week ago none of us knew anything about ventilators other than we knew what it was being used for. but at the end of the day here is what we knew. manufacturing is in our dna. >> reporter: bloom employees are working on ventilators found across the state that may be expired or not working and have provided 80 for california hospitals and plan to refurbish 100 more tonight. others in the bay area are also turning to innovation to help during the coronavirus crisis. governor newsom says a stanford doctor is working to develop a way to use one ventilator to help two patients at once. in sunnyvale, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> in addition, help is coming from companies across california. governor newsom says 350 companies are offering to change their operations to help combat the virus. san francisco-based gap is now

working on personal protective equipment or ppe for health care workers. the company says it will make gowns and masks for the workers on the front lines. governor newsom also says 7-eleven found 1 million masks at a facility in stockton and donated those to the state. beer maker anheuser-busch will begin making hand sanitizer out of their california factories. and beginning today ucsf will now have a universal surgical mask policy, meaning anyone who walks into a clinic or hospital will be given a mask to wear. people must keep it on the entire time they're in the building. it applies to doctors, nurses, all staff and all visitors. you may wonder how that's possible. well, just yesterday marc benioff said his company, sales force, acquired new ppe to make that rule possible. here in the bay area there are a total of 1,700 cases across the region.

san francisco and santa clara counties reporting new cases this weekend. santa clara nearing 600 cases in all. across the state more than 4,600 confirmed cases. the death toll now stands at 101. nationally the number of cases has surged to more than 119,000 with 2,000 people, as i just mentioned, now dying from the virus. back here locally free testing site in hayward is continuing to see long lines, hundreds of people showed up to be tested even though the site is now limited to people with a fever of more than 100 degrees and other symptoms of covid-19. governor newsom announced that because of increased testing california's cases have jumped 26% in one day alone. another 65,000 are still pending. nearly 90,000 californians have been tested up from 27,000 who had been tested by tuesday.

of course there's a lot less going on but that's a good thing. last weekend so many people flocked to coastal towns, to trails and beaches. it was difficult to practice social distancing. since then parks and beaches have been closing down. the idea is try to get people not to travel for their exercise. encourage them instead t stay at home to spread the slow of the virus. the message seems to have come across. >> each day has gotten progressively better and today by far as you can see people are really doing the right thing. they're staying in their cars, placing an order. they have to come in. periodically someone needs to use the restroom. that's happening. for the most part people have done a great job of adjusting pretty quickly. >> that was from half moon bay and, of course, the rain helped keep people inside as well. now to santa clara county where the fair grounds will house the

homeless during this crisis. the fair grounds will be equipped with emergency trailers. this comes in addition to a drive-through testing facility that is already there. county leaders will offer a look at how the facility will be used to help and perhaps when it will be open. all current shelters are already in operation. a bay area hospital on the front lines of the covid-19 fight says it is on the verge of running out of personal equipment. seton medical center in daly city is accepting coronavirus patients. you may remember it was on the brink of complete closure until it opened to coronavirus patients. supplies of masks are running dangerously low. it just has enough for five days. one nurse we spoke with says estimates seem generous. she has had to wait hours for the go-ahead to use her own protective gear. >> i have no clue whether i have

the equipment that day to take care of the patients i'm about to receive until after i've already gotten a report on the patient. i had to wait over two hours yesterday on a supposed ruleout covid unit. >> seton is one of two hospitals the state of california is spending millions to turn into a patient care center. nurses are calling on state and federal leaders to get supplies quickly. be sure to stay up to date with the very latest on the virus, follow our live blog. you can see the latest headlines all in one place on nbcbayarea.com at the very top of our home page. we go live to washington to talk to chuck todd and get a preview of this week's "meet the press." and is it essential or not? the decision on a certain type of store that's caused a lot of controversy. ♪

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welcome back. it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." thank you for joining us this morning. great to see you. >> hi there. >> chuck, congress, of course, we all know by now passed a $2 trillion relief bill to help give financial relief during this coronavirus spike. how is this going to impact us? what does this mean for americans and small businesses? >> look, it's designed to be a bridge to get us through this period where we're being asked not to circulate in the country, not to basically run the economy. no matter the size because if many ways the entire bill is a bridge loan. some people have to pay the money back and some people don't. but it's designed to get, at least individuals, through the month of april.

here we are right when april is about to start and this looks like it's not going to just be the month of april but some people may be disrupted through may, even june. i think you'll see lawmakers starting pretty soon in the next week to ten days start to talk about, okay, how do you come up with a formula that if people are still out of work in may and still out of work in june, do they also get -- do these payments become monthly while you're out of work, both the small business and americans directly. chuck, we are seeing new states labelled as potential hot spots as the coronavirus continues to spread. people are focusing on the south and michigan. can you tell us how the states have been working with the federal government to combat

their impending impact? >> they're all desperate for supplies. they all feel they don't have enough, particularly ventilators. that was a large chunk of the conversation i had with both governors today. the ventilator issue is something dr. birx, one of the two scientists on the coronavirus task force, she implored mayors and governors, go inventory and go find as many as you can. there's dual use ventilators you might be able to retrofit. it was clear to me both from the governors and dr. birx we have a major problem here with ventilators and there is competition for them and the timing of when these cities see their peak i think is going to determine how dire thist's gett in new york. i heard a governor of louisiana be nervous about his situation down there. and we've heard from the mayor

of los angeles that it looks like l.a. is starting to see hospitalizations increased. that pressure could come. the crunch on ventilators. >> extremely concerning. a preview of how they're going to fight against that. we look forward to seeing your show today. thanks, as always, for joining us, chuck. we home you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press" as mentioned. he will have exclusive interviews with former vice president joe biden and white house coronavirus response dr. deborah birx plus interviews with governor john bel edwards of louisiana and governor whitmer of michigan. very important to hear from them. be sure to tune in to "meet the press" right after this newsc t newscast. coming up 30 minutes from now we will talk to political analyst larry gerston and will look at two governors who have been

already at the forefront of this battle. governor gavin newsom and new york governor cuomo. president trump has stepped in to settle a debate about gun stores during the coronavirus crisis. the trump administration has declared gun shops essential businesses which gives them the green light to remain open at this time. ammunition manufacturers, importers, distributors and shooting ranges also all are allowed to operate during these shelter at home orders. the nra sued california after our state forced gun stores to close. airbnb is announcing a program to give health care workers a safe, clean space to rest in. the company is partnering with businesses, governments and nonprofits to provide 100,000 free and subsidized apartments across the world. medical workers and first responders not only face the

stress of caring for covid-19 patients but the possibility of bringing that virus home to their l ones. a drive-through food pantry in the north bay is up and running. this one is in san rafael. of course no contact. the food bank organized it, their very first drive-through that comes in addition to the pop-up pantries that have opened the last few weeks. this, of course, is to support people struggling to buy food while they're out of work. usually the organization in a normal week serves about 144,000 people. >> we're going to see those numbers go up. we'll see more people make comments, i'm out of work, my family is struggling right now. we're seeing people who will be new in the lines. we see the need for food as going up. >> just yesterday they prepared

enough boxes for about 500 families. each box has fresh produce and frozen meats. all right. you could see in the video there it was rainy. we're going to send it over to vianey arana who is at her home weather center. in a way, vianey, this rain is helping us all stay safe at home. i agree. i think it brings a cozy feeling to having to be home so that's always a positive. stay a little safer out there. get right to a look at our radar. you can seep the rain and we can expect to keep the activity at least for the first half of the morning. the bay area will continue to see a chance of showers in through the afternoon clearing out by the evening but, hey, let me show you what it looks like outside a couple other windows. in the south bay 50 degrees. the peninsula a cool 45, cloudy.

the tri-valley as well, a cloudy 48. now the east bay, we're talking 53 degrees right now. check out the beautiful view of san francisco. don't worry if you can't visit any locations. we have you covered there. let's talk about how the rest of the nation is doing. pretty neat to look at. over in the denver area we're talking 36 degrees. they'll probably need a fireplace. don't really need it here in california considering we'll be warming up heading into the week. new york city, 46 degrees. down in miami 79 which is pretty normal. i want to talk about the timing of the rain and when you can expect to see the showers start to pick up. right about 12:30. we'll see on and off again showers. a tenth of an inch to about a quarter. fast forward through 6:00, 6:30. you see the majority of the rain tracking east and check out the

sierra. we have a couple snow showers coming down as well and fast forwarding that time line things calm down and die down. up to the north bay for monday into tuesday we'll still keep a chance of seeing rain for ukiah, santa rosa and the napa area. the rest of the bay area should dry out quite nicely. it's comfortable in the 50s and 60s right now which means you can prop open a window and will get a cool little breeze. let's talk about the next seven days because that's going to bring the biggest change heading into the week ahead. we're talking about some activity when it comes to the rain. by tuesday and wednesday we're still talking about a decent warm-up, up into the 70s. our warmest day looking like possibly thursday and friday in the upper 70s and for san francisco we'll keep the chance

of showers on and off today me . i would like to see them and enjoy them. don't forget to tune in for instagram. after the show i'll be there. >> thanks so much, vianey. we do have so much more coming up. i've been quarantined since i got back. >> telemedicine is helping vulnerable patients connect with doctors, but the technology isn't available to everyone who is sick. we investigate changes being made today that could bring high-tech medicine into your home.

welcome back. telemedicine isn't anything new. talking to a doctor over video chat. it is finding new support as our health care system struggles to keep patients and medical staff safe. senior investigative reporter looking into why the technology isn't being used more widely

especially at a time when increasing numbers of doctors and patients need to be isolated. i've been quarantined since i got back. >> reporter: 63-year-old jim worries he may have the coronavirus. he just traveled to denmark to help his daughter move back to the u.s. and worries he may have been infected while abroad. for the first time in his life he's videoconferencing his doctor for advice. >> 97.5% of people who are going to get symptoms get them by day 11. >> reporter: dr. dan field is an e.r. doctor of 33 years. how does the power of telemedicine become even more apparent in situations like these? >> because you can be anywhere at any time. you can have banks of doctors sitting there taking these calls every 15 minutes, every 20 minutes. >> reporter: telemedicine still isn't widely available in the u.s.

according to a survey only 18% of doctors have access to videoconferencing. and of those who have had only 19% of physicians book video visits every week. one possible reason, many health care plans won't pay doctors for appointments done via video chat. >> i think that is one of the biggest challenges. >> reporter: this doctor heads seven clinics for gardner health services, a health care network that treats 35,000 patients in the bay area, but none of its 35 physicians is using telemedicine. >> it is an expensive thing to set up and if you set it up and you're not getting reimbursed for it, it's not going to be beneficial. >> reporter: last week california and federal regulators agreed to reimburse doctors who provide telemedicine to patients on medicare and medical. they are requiring all private insurance companies to reimburse ors for telemedicine. and just today the state updated an emergency order to speed up

the approval process for out-of-state doctors hoping to practice telemedicine in california. omcations will be reviewed in four days or less. previously physicians licensed in other states were required to get a separate california medical license which can take months. >> we need to have remote options because we can't be everywhere at once. >> reporter: dr. fields says expanding telemedicine could free up valuable space in emergency rooms and it wouldn't just benefit patients. the technology can protect our aging medical force. more than 30% of doctors and surgeons in this country are 60 or older making them especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. >> i am 64 this may. >> reporter: even in the current situation where we're seeing more and more health care workers have to go under quarantine they arguably could continue to keep healthy patients. >> that's a great point, yes. you can be in quarantine and still be doing something to help the effort.

>> reporter: his patient, jim, isn't exhibiting any symptoms but is a cancer survivor so his compromised immune system makes him vulnerable. he'll remain quarantined over the next two weeks. but he says that video appointment gave him peace of mind. he was able to get it without ever going outside and possibly infecting others. with the investigative unit, i'm bigad sheban. >> a great tool indeed. it is 7:27. we have more coming up. searching for a cure. the fda is now fast tracking a drug already in use but now to use it to fight covid-19. how safe is it? stopping panic shopping. a potential new law that could impact how you shop in this crisis. we'll tell you how it would work. there's no place like home.

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good sunday morning. it is march 29th.

we're going to take a live look over downtown san jose. it doesn't look too sunny now but we should be expecting it. thanks for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our micro climate forecast. hey, vianey. hey, kira. not too shabby forecast. that's my girl right there. >> i learned from you. >> watching a lot of rain right now. you're the best, girl. we have a couple of showers pushing through. i will say this, though, kira, it's not going to get heavy. it will remain sort of light and air yy through the afternoon. not talking a whole lot of rain, a tenth of an inch, a little bit over heading into the mountain area. but overall we have beautiful views outside. i personally love the cloud cover, and here is a look at satellite radar. it showcases the instability.

we saw rain yesterday t. started in the early morning. today that rain should move out by the evening hours. the temperature trend when it comes to fremont. periods of on and off again showers right through about 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00. things dry out for the workweek. >> you always help us out, vianey. we'll see you around 7:45. thanks. warning the country about a coming spike in coronavirus cases. there's now a disconcerting piece of evidence that the fight to contain the virus is far from over. we have learned that just within the past 30 hours there was a 105% rise in california patients admitted to the icu. gavin newsom says we could need an additional 50,000 hospital beds.

all of this is happening parallel to a grim milestone. more than 2,000 people have now lost their battle against covid-19 across the u.s. across the world, pardon me, on thursday there were 1,000 deaths. the governor yesterday took a tour of bloom energy in sunnyvale where employees make fuel cells. the company saw the need and switched gears to turn their facility into a ventilator refurbishing operation to help patients in this crisis. "today in the bay's" marianne favro gives us a look. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom says with covid-19 sending more californians into intensive care the need for ventilators has never been more urgent. >> no more important moment to meet than addressing the issues of ventilators. the state of california currently has independent of our hospital system procured and

identified some 4,252 ventilators. >> reporter: dr. thomas frieden was the head of the cdc during the obama administration. >> in a worst case scenario ventilators would be one of the choke points, if you will, for effective response. it's not clear we would have enough in a worst case scenario. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo toured bloom energy in sunnyvale where the fuel cell company has transformed its storage area into a ventilator refurbishing assembly line. >> a week ago none of us knew anything about ventilators other than we knew what it was being used for. but at the end of the day here is what we knew. manufacturing is in our dna. >> reporter: employees are working on ventilators found across the state that may be expired or not working. they've already provided 80 for california hospitals and plan to refurbish 100 more tonight.

others in the bay area are turning to innovation to help during the coronavirus crisis. governor newsom says a stanford doctor is working to develop a way to use one ventilator to help two patients at once. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> it's not just bloom energy. help is coming from companies across california. 350 companies are now offering to change their operations to help combat the virus. san francisco-based gap is now working on personal protective equipment for health care workers. the company says it will make gowns and masks for the workers on the front lines. governor newsom also says 7-eleven found 1 million masks at a facility in stockton and donated them to the state. beer maker anheuser-busch will begin making hand sanitizer out of their california factories. beginning today ucsf will have a universal surgical mask policy

meaning anyone who walks into a clinic or hospital will be given a mask to wear and they must keep that mask on the entire time they're in the building. the new rule applies to doctors, to nurses, to all staff and all visitors. you may be wondering how they have enough masks. marc benioff said his company, sales force, acquired new personal protective equipment to make that rule possible. here is a look at the total number of cases. testing expands to more people. new cases this weekend. santa clara county still the highest with cases nearing 600 in total. now to a po tension new law could it help curb panicked shopping we're seeing so commonly at grocery stores. some new rules are already in place for certain businesses.

"today in the bay's" sergio quintana shows us. >> reporter: corner stores have been a life line during the shutdown especially for people unable to drive for miles to an area supermarket. when the sun goes down they've attracted a few problems. >> we've had a challenge with some of our local corner stores where people are congregating outside and attracting crowds and we want people to stay at home. >> reporter: mayor london breed announced a new order that requires all stores 5,000 square feet or smaller and sell alcohol to close by 8:00 p.m. condensed neighborhoods like the tenderloin the order affects several businesses. >> this one, thatone. i could point to seven of them from here. >> reporter: they have a sign telling customers closing time is 8:00 p.m. nelson gonzalez usually works until 2:00 a.m.

he says he's actually happy about the new closing rule believing it will be safer with fewer people in the streets. in san mateo county trying to tackle another issue, panic buying. a news conference to ensure people there is more than enough food at stores, but if the panic buying continues he's considering a law that would cap the number of each product a person can buy. >> the lines continue to show like this, we're going to have to call for immediate action. i will propose the legislation i initially proposed and that is to limit shoppers to just the purchase of four items. >> reporter: long lines are the norm at larger supermarkets because stores are limiting the amount of people to prevent crowding. sergio quintanane hundreds of people showed up to be tested yesterday even though the site is now limited to people who must have a fever of

more than 100 degrees and other. governor newsom announced that because of increased testing california's cases have jumped 26% in one day alone. another 65,000 test results are pending. that means the likelihood of the number will go up. as of yesterday nearly 90,000 californians have been tested up from 27,000 last tuesday. a bay area hospital on the front lines is running out of personal protective equipment. supplies of masks and other vital protective equipment are running dangerously low. seton tells us it has enough for foif days. one nurse we spoke with says that estimate seems generous. she doesn't know if or when she'll get ppe. >> i have no clue whether i have

the equipment that day to take care of the patients i'm about to receive until after i've gotten a report on the patient. i had to wait o two hours yesterday on a supposed ru ed r covid unit to receive isolation gowns. >> seton was on the verge of closing completely. it's one of two hospitals the state of california is spending millions of dollars to turn into a covid-19 patient care center. nurses are calling on state and federal leaders to get needed supplies quickly. as the virus continues to spread, scientists are desperately trying to find some kind of cure. one of the treatments that has many public officials hopeful is an anti-malaria drug that could help people recover more quickly. if that drug has been approved our own terry mcsweeney explains. >> reporter: it's the drug that has sparked the most hope.

>> the chloroquine i think could be something really incredible. >> reporter: and now the fda has fastr fast tracked a clinical trial. >> less than a week. >> reporter: that's how long it took the university of minnesota to get its trial approved, a process that usually takes months. an infectious disease doctor spearheading the ambitious product trying to determine whether the common anti-malarial drug might slow covid-19. if you take hydroxychloroquine after an exposure will that prevent from you getting infected? >> reporter: he's looking for 1,500 patients to participate in the trial. in just days hundreds signed up. >> analysis is likely to occur in the next several weeks and will tell us if this drug makes a difference. >> reporter: the malaria drug defends red blood cells against a parasite transmitted by

mosquito bites. not part of the university of minnesota trial, but this man has been taking the drug himself. >> i'm extremely high risk. i am taking hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: he's prescribing it to hundreds of his patients with suspected covid-19 cases. >> what i found was there were zero deaths, there were zero intubations and i only had four hospitalizations. >> reporter: there are possible dangers including serious heart problems. a warning that doctors need to determine which patients are at risk to potentially fatal arrhythmia. >> we wanted to bring attention to the issue of drug induced sudden cardiac deaths. >> reporter: researchers hope to know soon if the drugs work. you're talking months not years? >> if everything goes according to plan. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> stay up to date with the very latest on the coronavirus buy following our live blog.

the very latest headlines all in one place on nbcbayarea.com at the very top of our home page. it is 7:42. still ahead on "today in the bay," many of us are working from home and so, too, is john lynch. how the 49ers gm has transformed his home into a draft war room. sports is next.

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welcome back. the 49ers have re-signed ben garland to a one-year deal. even though sports is oweticianly stopped the draft continues. he joined the niners as a free agent last april. he's one of the niners' most versatile linemen. last season he played in nine games. he started the final three regular season games and all three including the super bowl at center. john lynch, like most of us, is working from home. the 49ers general manager has brought the team's war room to his house.

lynch and the niners are preparing for the upcoming nfl draft which is still on schedule to happen next month. the 49ers have seven picks, two in the first round. >> absolutely huge so there's no excuses, no explanations. we have to get our work done albeit from home. make the best of the situation. we appreciate your support. always faithful. go niners. stay at home, stay safe and i've got your back. >> good message the three-day nfl draft is scheduled to begin on thursday, april 23rd. i want to take you to the nba where james dolan, the owner of the new york knicks, has tested positive for the coronavirus. the knicks say dolan has been self-isolating and is experiencing little to no symptoms. the team says the 64-year-old will continue to oversee business operations. so far at least ten nba players have confirmed covid-19 cases. and at 7:45 we still have much more ahead on "today in the

bay" coming up right now. new york is seen at the center of the outbreak. larry gerston says california could soon be on the same trajectory. he joins us to explain why coming up. ♪

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welcome back. most covid-19 attention has centered on new york in recent days. it's now viewed as the nation's epicenter of the virus. but with 40 million people in the nation's most populated state, california may be the sleeping giant for a crisis yet to come. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us now by phone. hey, larry, thank you for joining us. i'd love for to you explain why attention. >> yes, kira, it starts with a couple of things. a lot has to do with the geography. new york is the big financial center of the country.

it's a cosmopolitan place. there was that opportunity for the virus in the united states to really take root there more than any place else. add to the fact that new york, especially the city, has the most dense population in the country, 28,000 people per square mile, we don't get close to that. san francisco was the closest. that's only in the city which has its own uniqueness. add that to the mix and the virus spreads easily. new york has wills been a role model for california, particularly the way the governor there has had his daily press conferences, pointed out the needs, has really gotten into it with the president over how those needs could be fulfilled or why the president hasn't done it which makes things a lot easier, if you will, for governor newsom who has his challenges but has had a

good deal of the effort originated in new york to make it maybe easier for him to get what he needs. >> we're getting that foresight in their battle and that will benefit us when it comes here. speaking of here looking to our state how does california compare to new york when we're looking ahead to that? >> a lot of people are saying what's the big to do? new york's huge numbers 700 deaths there. much different than new york, 5,500 cases. new york is well into the 50,000 mark. as the experts have said california is about a week behind and we are going to be hit, no doubt about it, hard in the next week. when we talk again next sunday,

we'll be talking about different numbers, a different consequence, a different crisis like nobody's ever seen. the governor, governor newsom to his credit, seeing what's happened on the east coast, has gone about his business trying to get the state beds acquired. we need an extra 30,000 beds, he says, trying to get ventilators. governor newsom says we need 10,000. he's already procured almost half of that thanks in part to some business help. and in the process is hoping to do in california what they didn't do in new york. that is to say flatten the curve. >> yeah, we can -- don't mean this in an insensitive way but we can benefit from their suffering, look at what they've done and have not been able to do and hopefully do that for ourselves. we always appreciate your insight. we do miss you here in studio. of course we are social distancing. we hope you and your family are healthy right now.

>> thanks, kira. the same to you and yours. i look forward to talking to you soon. >> thanks, larry. we'll see him next sunday or will hear him next sunday. we'll be back after this with vianey's forecast.

oh, hey, guys, good morning. it is sunday. welcome. i'm here to bring you the latest on weather. we did have a couple showers yesterday and still seeing it

today. let's get right to it so i can give you a closer look at how the rest of the bay area is doing and what the temperatures are like outside the door. the south bay, 50 degrees, it's cool and cloudy. the peninsula 46 and the tri-valley, 48 degrees. we're going to keep the cloud cover most of the day. a couple showers passing through right now, 53. san francisco, 51. the north bay 49 degrees. it's not going to be a complete washout of a day. some areas may not get any at all. a look at satellite radar. it gives you an idea how the scattered showers are playing out. one area seeing more activity, a combination of rain and snow is the sierras. so take a look at this live look at squaw valley, lake tahoe. 30 degrees right now. it's beautiful. we may not be able to visit now but it looks stunning. your micro climate highs today just a little bit below seasonable.

cool, comfortable 50s, low 60s. 62 in san jose. 60 degrees in santa rosa. let's take you through the timing of the rain. i talked about how it would taper off. at 1:00 we'll still keep these moments where it sort of dives down and you'll see the rain pick up a little bit. the time line to about 7:30, notice how the majority of the rain has made its exit. if you look in the sierra that pink, blue and white color in the corner is that mix of snow and rain. snow likely to continue at least for the sierra through tonight and into tomorrow. i'm going to fast forward this time line all the way through monday because on monmonday. the majority will stay dry. areas north of the golden gate bridge, santa rosa, napa, ukiah, could see a chance or two of a couple of showers. we should dry out nicely heading into the seven-day forecast. by monday and tuesday the clearing will begin. we'll notice that high pressure

rebuilding in the area and the temperatures start to ing to wa up. it gets warm by wednesday and thursday. 70, 75. by friday could be our warmest day of the week topping out into the upper 70s and upper 60s for san francisco. we go from a rainy, cool weekend to a dry and warm week ahead. certainly a change in the forecast but it will make for changing skies we've been enjoying. >> vianey, thank you so much. something good to look forward to. the rain has been good to keep us inside during this shelter at home. for those of us who have little kids who need to get out once a day it will be nice to see that sunshine. you can walk your dog so that will be good. vianey, thank you and thanks to you all for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news tonight at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00

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