and i'm laura garcia. lots to cover including the surgeon general talking about the coronavirus, catching a lot of people off guard. >> many people at all levels just did not expect something like this to happen of this magnitude. this virus has humbled many of us. >> caught a lot of people by surprise as americans count 368,000 cases, nearly 11,000 deaths. also, there may be a second stimulus package with another round of checks coming soon for americans. and more of those headlines ahead for you. first, kari is tracking our forecast. more rain in the forecast today? we'll see a little bit of rain today. not as much as yesterday. in fact, as we take it hour by hour we're going to see some spotty showers in the north by early today and the rest of the day we'll see our rain chances

going down but a pop-up shower or two may move through. our trend over the next couple of days will be for the bay area to get a chance to dry out. we'll warm up. the temperatures and what's ahead the rest of the week in a few minutes. mike has a look at the morning commute. light traffic volume. the green sensors are all over the bay. san mateo, the crash is on the shoulder. no injuries. they're not saying visibility was an issue but fog in the area. a camera by . higher speeds now. going to have to watch out. be careful. president trump is pushing back on a new report hospitals are facing the critical shortage of supplies. tracie potts is live inside her

home in washington with the very latest. tracie? >> reporter: hi, marcus. the report about the shortage of supplies caused a dustup at the white house briefing yesterday when president trump was asked about it, he seemed to suggest the person inside his administration who put that report together may have been playing politics. >> the states seem to be very happy. most of the critical needs are being more than met. >> reporter: but a new health department inspector general's report of 300 hospitals shows their number one concern is a critical shortage of supplies includingt trump says that's no entirely washington's problem. >> states can do their own testing. states are supposed to be doing testing. hospitals are 130supposed to be doing testing. we're the federal government. we're not supposed to stand on

street corners doing testing. >> we are nowhere near the level of testing we need to get. >> reporter: with nearly 2 million coronavirus tests done so far, the nation's death rate is climbing now topping 10,000. new york is seeing a slowdown but the top infectious disease expert questions whether normal will ever look the same. >> if you want to get to pre-coronavirus, that might not ever happen in the sense of the fact that the threat is there. >> reporter: president trump says he's open to working with democrats on a second stimulus to help the economy. >> we know already that the acceleration of the pace of this virus and this assault not on the lives but the livelihood of american people we must do more. >> reporter: that, the president says, could include a second round of direct payments to americans struggling to make ends meet. now the big question here is when do we start to see a

change? when is this coming to an end? it's not clear we're anywhere near that. asked whether the social distancing guidelines can be lifted at the end of the month, president trump said he couldn't answer. marcus? >> i guess we'll wait for the answer to that question. new concerns about prime minister boris johnson who remains in intensive care right now. officially no change in johnson's condition but the minister says he's receiving oxygen support, at the same time denying reports johnson is on a ventilator. a spokesperson also says johnson does not have pneumonia. he went to a london hospital on sunday ten days after being diagnosed. there are more than 3,700 cases and 97 deaths in the bay area. santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1,200 confirmed cases.

rent relief is a hot topic as people struggle to make the rent. they're asking a lot of elected officials to do something to help. but there's also the homeowners, the landowners as well. this is certainly a hot topic. a lot of people, you know, april 1st came and went and the rent was due. >> reporter: yeah, and a lot of folks are saying maybe we can't pay it next time. the city council in san jose will talk about that and if you could attend in person, i would say this would likely be a packed house because a lot of feelings on both sides of this issue. san jose city councilmembers say that families that can show a hardship because of coronavirus should be able to waive three months rent. that is not pay it later, not defer it, but not pay it at all. property owners would then recoup that money via small

business loans that are becoming available. >> their families are not going to be able to pay that back rent, and so they're having to make choices between feeding their families or paying as little as they can towards rent. >> reporter: now they are urging the san jose city council to reconsider responding in part we are deeply concerned small housing providers will be unable to bear the cost of this new mandate and may force rental housing providers out of business if they have to absorb three months of financial losses. we're going to track that issue in the san jose city council today and will track the santa clara county supervisor's meeting because they're talking about what to do and how best to house the homeless population during the coronavirus pandemic. the state is securing hotel rooms but a supervisor is proposing adding more rvs,

things like mobile homes and movable tiny homes to add to the mix and to increase the inventory. both of these meetings will be streamed. if you want to participate you can do that. you can watch them online. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." san francisco supervisors plan to talk about making more hotel rooms available for the homeless and right now many of the homeless are staying at the moss cone y moscone center. two people tested positive there. it's now closed for a deep cleaning. santa clara county is rolling out a new decontamination center for its first responders. they're using the center on heading street. they had people test positive. the majority of them are deputies. a distillery is doing

something good during the pandemic, getting the attention of mayor sam liccardo on twitter. they shipped 440 gallons of hand sanitizer to people on the front lines making the transition from whiskey production. several bay area distilleries have made several moves. it's really a good thing to see stuff like that happen. >> repurr posing themselves. you're staying in and healthy giving us the forecast, kari. yes, and we've seen a lot of rain. that's something else good we've had for the bay area. let's talk about the rainfall totals we had because this was a pretty significant storm. look at the rain on mt. umunhum. and then for mt. tam we had over 3 inches of rain there. we also had some decent rainfall from san jose to san francisco

as well as the berkeley hills where we had about two and a half inches of rain. it's great to see that good soaking and now we're going to see much less rain in the forecast for today as well as tomorrow. we'll have more on that coming up. mike, you've been tracking the roads. we have a new crash. coming into san francisco south 101 approaching the golden gate bridge just between there and robin williams tunnel word of a crash, maybe two vehicles involved. no injuries reported but it is blocking a lane. it's dark and there might possibly be fog through the area. that is the issue. the golden gate bridge traffic flow clearly light here. a note now as we get to mass transit. i want to talk about b.a.r.t. they have big changes today. this is a huge reduction. now that is a problem if you're planning on frequent trains but it will hopefully save them $3

million to $7 million. it dropped off with so much ridership. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:09 for you this morning. still ahead for you on "today in the bay," at 6:25 we're going to talk about the new push to make sure everyone in their county can get tested for coronavirus. engineers try to solve the ventilator shortage, and wall street on a pretty big tear. the numbers coming up. but first don't forget another great resource for coronavirus related news. our nbc bay area newsletter. you'll get all the top headlines sent in one email straight to your inbox. sign up. it's 6:10 right now. everyone is working a little differently now.

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right now at 6:13 we're starting out with some patchy dense fog over walnut creek. watch out for that. we're seeing visibility cut down to half a mile and that may slow down a lot of drivers heading out the door this morning. we're also seeing a slight chance of rain. rain chances won't be as high today as we've seen the past several days as a storm system moves away. we'll also start to see our temperatures warming up. we'll talk more about this and a look at the micro climate forecast coming up in a few minutes.

and a very good morning, a very happy tuesday to you as well. there were enormous gains on the market. the dow jumped better than 7%. the nasdaq was up about the same percentage wise. futures calling for another jump today. not nearly as big but still good. this good feeling comes as we'll see normalcy returning in china and falling infection rates in some parts of europe but that is there and this is here and it is no time for us to let our guard down. you need to keep sheltering in place. we've talked a lot about ventilators in the past. sometimes covid-19 can get so severe you cannot breathe on your own and the worry is if enough people go to the hospital and need them there won't be enough to go around. that's why we're staying in our home. it's so if we get sick we get

sick one at a time so there are enough ventilators. there is this idea of turning other things into ventilators. brian martell is part of a group from uc berkeley and ucsf venti rapid response team turning people's sleep apnea machines, the bypass for cpaps. i can't see you but i understand you have one of these things with you. >> you can't see me. all right, well, yes, i do. i have a unit here -- >> no, no, no. my point was, brian, they can see you. i can't see you. i'm just going to be honest. you're going to show me something and i'm not going to see it but the folks at home can. >> early in the morning, thank you. here is a typical home unit this is a bipap machine right here and this is effectively the kind of machine that we're asking people to register online on a website ventilator sos.com and

so this is what a machine looks like and they use -- there's about 8 million to 13 million in the united states and the majority of them are not used and we believe they're probably sitting in people's closets. that's the source of the machines that we're looking for. >> how complicated is that to turn into a ventilator in the way that we think of ventilators? an intu bags ventilator? >> these are not meant to replace hospital grade ventilators. this is an option we're trying to provide to in emergency use, when they either don't have ventilators or when they're so short on ventilators they might use these when it's critical for a patient and after they're coming out of it.

reduce the load. or if there's no ventilator, it would provide an option. >> it would be a replacement for that. is the fda okay with that? >> well, these devices, these machines are fda approved positive pressure devices for people's lungs. that's what they are made for so what we're working on is trying to take this device and easily pair it with two options the doctors know that they have either an intubation tube or a facemask. it's not an optimum solution because the doctors are going to be concerned about the pressures that you can deliver with an intubation tube. and a facemask doesn't have as many problems in that regard but you have to worry about breathing out and that's a concern the fda is concerned about and so we're working with

the fda, working with doctors to get these options so a doctor can make those decisions. >> sure. so you said lots of people have these in their closet, fairly well known people can prescribe these, don't like them and don't use them. give that website again if people are interested in donating and helping out. >> it's ventilatorsos.com or.org, both urls. and to date -- >> fair enough. go ahead. >> there's been -- >> bryan martel is part of the uc berkeley and ucsf ventilator rapid response team. thanks for being with us this morning. marcus and laura, another thing, i have a note from all state. it's reducing my car insurance bill, mine and everybody else's by about 15% because we're not driving as much. fewer miles, of course, means

fewer crashes. if you're not with one of those two companies i suggest you call your insurance company. i sound like chris chmura, don't i? they probably would give you a discount if others are doing it. >> another way to save. >> it really is. we said earlier i'm going to write that down on my to do list. i did write it down. >> scott mcgrew saving some marriages by couples getting rid of the cpap machines. >> absolutely. we want to get a look at the forecast today. kari hall has been tracking what we can expect today. how much are we going to deal with today if any? it's going to be very spotty. not as much rain today and will get more sunshine. i know we need that, too, but we've seen signs of love all around the bay area, as we take a live look outside in san francisco. a couple of the buildings lit up

there with hearts and the building in lights so that's nice to see. we've seen some patchy fog for some of us. we're starting out with a clear sky over the south bay. take a look at this as we get closer to sun rise seeing our temperatures in willow glen starting out cool with low 40s. the rest of the day will warm up nicely. we see a lot less rain here in the bay area as we see temperatures in the upper 50s reaching into the 60s for today but still that rain is very close by and the storm system will sti bring in a chance of scattered showers so we're going to keep that rain chance. the main participate of that storm system is pulling away. so we're looking at some slightly drier weather for today. a few spot showers today and early tomorrow. we could see a quick moving shower moving through parts of

the bay area late tomorrow night. other than that we're looking very nice for the rest of the week, into the weekend. highs in the low 70s inland with some sunshine. as we head over to mike, you've been tracking the roads. any new issues popping up? kari, we're still tracking a crash. we'll talk about that more. minor slowing there. more of an issue is muni. making some dramatic changes today. they are running 17 bus lines because of the dramatic reduction in operators. they're down 40%, out on self-quarantine, so this covid virus really impacting their ability to actually get those buses on the roadway. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:21. and next here on "today in the bay," maybe you're concerned about your pets and coronavirus. we have some new details to tell you about to keep you and your pets safe.

good news everybody needs to know. and here is something else, something good. san francisco city hall lit up in purple last night honoring hospitality workers. other landmarks like sfo, moscone center will be joining in on the movement for the next two mondays. a lot more news ahead. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back, everyone. it's 6:24 right now. in l.a. county they're actually opening up coronavirus testing to anyone who needs it because cases there have recently shot

up. in fact, overnight 15 people died yesterday bringing the total to 147 in that area. about 6,300 people have tested positive. mayor eric garcetti said there are no longer any testing restrictions. previously they were giving priority to most at risk including seniors. it will soon have the capacity to test 36,000 people per week. in chicago african-americans are making up nearly 70% of coronavirus related deaths. black residents also have more than double the number of confirmed cases than white residents. mayor lori lightfoot says, quote, we are engaging communities that have traditionally been overlooked and that have suffered in disinvestment and neglect for generations. new worries about the pandemic seem to pop up every day. this morning the "today" show's

vicky nguyen is answering your questions about disposable gloves. >> reporter: don't forget to use the #withyoutoday. a lot of you are asking about gloves specifically is it okay to reuse disposable gloves if you wash them. we checked with the makers as well as health experts who say, no. they are really designed for one-time only use. you might put micro tears or damage them or may not be properly disinfecting them. coming up this morning on the "today" show we'll talk more about grocery stores, what can you do to get grocery delivery when so many services are booked up for weeks, you can't get a delivery slot. plus with people to avoid grocery stores ho wt you need? we're going to show you all ahead on "today." 6:26 right now. pet owners this morning wondering if they can pass on the virus to their animals. the latest concern after a

report of a person doing that to a tiger at the bronx zoo. nadya, a 4-year-old malaysian tiger, contracted the virus from a symptomatic worker. nadya is expected to be okay and veterinarians say there's no evidence of human-to-pet transmission. >> all the experts in the world say they do not believe animals can share covid-19 to people. however, let's say you are sick and you know you are sick with covid-19, you should use some common sense procedures. >> experts recommend that someone else take care of your animal if you have the covid virus. >> on "ellen" today jennifer lopez zooms in from her home. like everyone else she has put the plans for her wedding on hold with alex rodriguez because of the coronavirus. >> i really don't know what's going to happen now.

we're just in a holding pattern like the rest of the world. >> if you got married, if the two of you got married in your house and you posted it on instagram, this would be the first wedding. you would have a big one with people and all that later. you know how happy you would make people to watch your wedding? >> maybe a tiktok wedding. that would be unique. >> would you tiktok your wedding? >> no. >> i knew the answer. >> i'm kind of private. no, but it is changing plans for a lot of people. >> it really is. you can catch "ellen" at 4:00 right here on nbc bay area. 6:28 stories we're following including working to flatten that curve. a live report on how well california is doing and the steps we all can take to make a greater impact. plus, working to help small

business owners. the push to help those currently shut down. 6:28. you're watching "today in the bay." everyone is working a little differently now.

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here in the bay area 10,000 across the country. and happening in san jose today two councilmembers are pushing for three months of rent forgiveness for those impacted. and a heads-up for confused with taco tuesday. this is a really big effort we want to all be a part of to support our local restaurants by ordering takeout today or picking it up if you can. really this is a good time to do a little something if we can. i know last week it was takeout week in my slot. i didn't cook anything last week. >> feeling good. >> also had to deal with the rain. kari, are we going to see a repeat? it woen be as rainy today, marcus. that storm system is moving away. and now as we check out our temperature trend we're going to start out cool with a few clouds. we've also seen dense fog in

parts of the east bay and the tri-valley as well as some of valleys in the north bay and then after that clears out we have sunshine and it's still going to be a cool day but not as much rain. i'll be tracking those showers in the forecast. we'll talk about what's coming our way for the rest of the week coming up. mike, you're tracking the morning commute and also a crash. what's going on? that's right. the crash is really the focus of the morning commute because as you see green sensors all over the bay. we'll zoom over to concord where chp has called a traffic alert but you can easily get around it. highway 4 west to 680, the crash and debris. no injuries. should be able to help out quickly once they get all their crews over there for the rest of the commute. some new signs social distancing may actually be working which is a great thing. the governor also warns people not to let your guard down. check in with "today in the bay's" bob redell social distancing from home this

morning. ways to flatten her curve and any indication if it's working. >> reporter: it appears we might be. the whole idea as you're well aware we don't get sick at once and overwhelm the hospitals. if you're going to get sick the population is we get sick over a period of time. the most recent projections from the institute for health metrics and evaluation on your tv screen. you see that lower blue curve. that represents a projected need statewide in california for ventilators. you can see it's well below that green line that represents the 2,000 ventilators available. the same goes for projected hospital beds which is that upper purple curve. well below that purple line that represents roughly 27,000 beds available statewide. the institute predicts california will peak with 70 deaths per day on april 17th, a week from friday. the total deaths overall will plateau at the start of june

with just under 1,800 fatalities. now all these projections are based on the assumption we continue to practice social distancing through the month of may. we spoke with dr. sara cody, a public health officer who led the effort for the bay area's shelter in place that started march 17th. the first region in the country to take that dramatic step. she said it's too early to give us that date when everything will reopen even though we are not at the peak yet she says dramatic measures and social distancing is helping. and new this morning the u.s. surgeon general on the "today" show talking about new york city compared to california. >> i don't want to say that they've hit their peak yet because sometimes place also come down for a little bit and pop back up again, but i know washington, california, kudos to the public health professionals out there who have flattened their curve. >> we're not in crisis. we're not in chaos. everyone who is going in needing medical care is getting medical

care. and that's a really good thing. what you can see is the growth has slowed, so we're still growing but we're not growing as fast. but this is working. we're seeing signs this is working. >> reporter: we asked dr. cody do you know how many people have recovered? she says right now they're not able to track every person who becomes infected and recovers at home or in the hospital. reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob, thank you. 6:36 this morning. and the pandemic is really having an impact on many things including our legal system. here to talk to me about those changes this morning santa clara county is making amid the outbreak is district attorney jeff rosen. d.a. rosen, thank you for joining us again on "today in the bay." >> happy to spend the morning with you. >> last hour we talked to you about the psa your office is doing. now i want to talk about the new law that is went into effect immediately yesterday dealing

statewide. this is the bail elimination for low level cases, also the hearings being held remotely. do you think this was a smart move? >> yes, i do. we're trying on the one hand to protect public safety which we're doing by continuing to prosecute crimes, but we're now doing it in a way that enhances public health by slowing the spread of this virus. so we've greatly reduced the number of hearings we have in court, and on top of that we're doing most of those hearings remotely. so instead of having thousands of people going in and out of the courtrooms each day in san jose, we're now down to dozens of people because many of those hearings are being done remotely. >> and how has this affected the work load for you all in the d.a.'s office? >> about 80% of our staff is working remotely from home. they come into the office as needed, and if they have to go to court, of course they go to court but, again, we're able to do a number of those hearings

remotely and yesterday as you mentioned the california judicial council reduced for low level offenses like misdemeanors to zero in an effort to try to reduce the jail populations. >> and also i know you all are just making sure you enforce a lot of those businesses, nonessential businesses. some of them are still open. have you all had a big issue with that within santa clara county? >> i would say for the most part we've received voluntary compliance from the vast, vast majority of businesses in santa clara county. we've had a small number that needed a phone call from the d.a.'s office to close or a visit from the police department to close. and then we've had a handful that we've had to issue misdemeanor citations to. but everyone is getting in compliance and, you know, because we're all in this together. >> and i know price gouging is something that a lot of people fear around this time because you go to so many stores right now and they're pretty much out

of all the essentials especially those sanitary items you want to buy. have you seen price gouging and, if so, what are the penalties for that? >> the penalties for price gouging are severe, they include jail time as well as tens of thousands of dollars of fines. we're looking very closely to see if there's any price gouging on goods, and there's an online form people are welcome to fill out if they go to the d.a.'s website, if they suspect there's price gouging. what i've seen is while there are shortages on some essential items, i haven't noticed that the price has been jacked up, just that there's a shortage of those items. >> and also that psa the d.a.'s office just recently put out dealing with racism or any discrimination against anyone because of their skin, ethnicity, and you talked about that.

so talk to us a little bit about that psa you recently put out. >> absolutely. we put out a psa to remind people of our shared values that this virus is not a chinese virus. the virus knows no race or ethnicity. and if you attack or hurt someone because of their ethnicity or skin color or where you think they're from, then that's a hate crime and you have attacked all of us in the bay area, and we will strongly enforce criminal charges against hate crimes. >> you said if anyone experiences that or sees that they should contact local law enforcement. >> absolutely. they should contact law enforcement. we will prosecute those cases. we want to encourage people in our community to come together, to be upstanders if they see ethnicity. >> district attorney jeff rosen, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. >> laura? >> marcus, let's take a live look at sfo where we're seeing

more and more people are not taking to the friendly skies. those numbers are actually plummeting quite rapidly, only 136,000 people were screened at the nation's airports last week. that's all according to the tsa. such a big drop. a year ago there were 2 million passengers in that very same period. we're in holy week right now. a lot of people traveling. that's a 94% decline in passenger traffic nationwide. so a big jump downward there. let's see how we're jumping in the numbers up or down. kari has a look at that and our forecast for tuesday. yeah, right now 6:41. let's take a look at all of the snow that fell in the sierra because we did have a big jump in the amount of snow that we had and the snowpack. in some spots over 3 feet of snow. i got this video from tim at mammoth mountain, over 4 feet of

snow in mammoth mountain. of course right now it is closed and they're saying you cannot go there but also some really treacherous road conditions that we've seen in parts of the sierra. it is nice to see all of the snow that fell and it's beautiful scenery on mammoth mountain. it is closed but a lot of those resorts in the sierra will be able to extend their season especially if you have season passes. we'll see when all of this gets up and going. it's nice to see that snow falling. we're going to see some rain in our forecast. i'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. and, mike, you're talking about the new normal for all of us here in the bay area. we try to have some normalcy despite the new conditions that we're under. for example, birthdays. we want to make sure we can celebrate those and folks are finding a way. like kathy, jocelyn's mom, september us a picture.

this is all of them, aunts and uncles celebrating on a virtual party, her 5th birthday. congratulations to her and her family. another birthday party, someone older than 5, i will guess, our friend dana with her family in her house but an extended group of friends at the bottom doing a pub crawl. i think that means they're just drinking while online. that's good. no driving necessary. dana is a producer/filmmaker friend of ours. she has produced "pick of the litter" which is said to be great watching. ""vanity fair"" says you should feel good about watching that show. something else for home as well. a dermatology practice is showing a number of things we're not doing. people are dressing not as much, as fancy,heir hair, taking less care of themselves perhaps. regarding hair, now that's something that is near and dear to my heart and my head and just

a note that we tried to do our hair but it's tougher because we haven't had haircuts. i might have something for you you'll find interesting. we'll see how that shapes up for tomorrow's new normal. thanks, mike. much more ahead on "today in the bay" including the new decision that may seal the fate for gun stores fighting to stay open during the pandemic. 6:44. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:46. there are more calls for the president to fire the acting secretary of the navy this morning. >> and this is even after modly apologized. scott mcgrew, you have more on that. good morning. modly went aboard the aircraft carrier the theodore roosevelt, shocked the crew by saying their former captain was either naive or stupid. bay area native captain brett crozier was well liked by his crew. they cheered him as he disembarked the carrier for the last time over the weekend. now modly, seen here at an earlier press conference, relieved crozier of command for sending out a widely read email asking to evacuate his sailors who faced the coronavirus epidemic onboard. the navy said it's not what crozier did, it's how he did it that got him in trouble. the secretary of the navy faces

the possibility of losing his job for his own behavior, his name calling on the public address system on the carrier was monday, monday morning. modly release add statement that said, i stand by every word i said. but by yesterday evening had said, i do not think captain brett crozier is naive nor stupid, and he apologized. in washington the top doctors on the coronavirus team says it's going to be a long time until we get back to normal. dr. anthony fauci answering a question said even after we leave our homes things will not be close to what they were. not normal until people are protected from the virus with a vaccine. the inspector general for health and human services released a study saying hospitals are having a hard time getting equipment and testing materials. president trump says he doesn't believe that.

>> did i hear the word inspector general? really? it's wrong. they'll tell you it's wrong. >> it's your own government. >> what's his name? >> it came from the inspector general report -- >> what's his name? >> i don't know his name off the top of my head. >> let me know. if you find me his name, i would appreciate it. >> but sir -- >> the inspector general's office at hhs is a bit up in the air. the previous ig quit his job actually just a couple days ago. now the study the reporter and the president are talking about are arguably old in the days of coronavirus. it was last month that that study was studied and the numbers reflect it. we're tracking everything happening in washington particularly the situation with the acting navy secretary. you can follow me as we follow them right now. a federal judge is refusing to

block los angeles from shutting down its guns stores declaring them nonessential during the shelter at home order. the judge says it fits. the ruling is the second time federal judges in california have declined to intervene in challenges made surrounding rules of the shutdown. something good from one famous actor letting singers know things are going to be all right, all right, all right. >> i-24. i-24. >> i love that. matthew mcconaughey helping host a virtual bingo session. they joined in to entertain residents. how fun is that?

a lot of board games out these days. >> i know. we sho. >> we can do that virtually. >> that's what i mean, of course. >> there's one like pictionary online. >> they have the games you can play on your phone. we can do that. >> that's true. >> words with friends. >> we play all together. >> see. look, mike already has the idea in hand. we'll get to that. >> we've got it. we have some nice weather, too. yeah, we do have nice weather for the bay area. in fact, take a look at this sun rise behind me this morning as we get a live look outside in the south bay. now this is not the view we're seeing everywhere because we're seeing dense fog in parts of the tri-valley and the east bay and the north bay. a live look in dublin right now. visibility is very low, cut down

to about half of a mile thanks to all of the fog drifting through there and our temperatures that will start out in the upper 30s. not only is it foggy but chilly. we will get some sunshine as we. it's looking much nic in fact we're still seeing the storm system very close to our coastline right now and then we'll see our rain chances continuing especially for the north bay this morning. we are seeing some of those showers moving through right now. as we look at areas like clear lake, we're seeing some of that rain moving through south of santa rosa. expect the showers to continue in some spots along with that patchy dense fog and low visibility. the rain chances today and highs reaching into the low 60s. then look at the rest of the forecast. it is going to be beautiful with highs in the low 70s and sunshine. we have to remember that we all can't just go run outside

because there will be those social distancing rules in place. we'll be watching this forecast along with our rain chances for today. as we head over to mike you've been tracking the roads and also how it is for the essential workers heading out this morning. >> especially for the essential workers. we want to make sure they can do that work. that traffic alert cleared the crash and so did all the slowing so quickly. traffic is light on the maps here. i call your attention to the latest incident, the concern for the dumbarton bridge westbound 84 as folks are heading across at the toll plaza, reports of a crash may be affecting folks over there in one of the lanes. probably the left lane. the good news is all lanes are cash only, you don't have to worry about which lane but you have to slow for safety's sake. we'll send it right back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:53 this morning and happening now eerie new images are emerging from the city of love. new drone video showing the streets of paris abandoned

including several famous landmarks packed with tourists. the city is under lockdown. nearly 100,000 confirmed cases and close to 9,000 deaths. coming up next on "today in the bay" a quick look at the top stories we're covering including a possible new life line for renters struggling to pay that rent. details on the plan to forgive rent payment and the major pushback from landlords. you're watching "today in the bay." everyone is working a little differently now.

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6:56 on your tuesday morning. welcome back to "today in the bay." these are some of the top stories we're covering for you this morning. >> in the bay area more than 3,700 confirmed coronavirus cases. 97 people have died. santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1,200 cases. happening today two san jose councilmembers plan to present a plan to help people struggling to pay their rent. the proposal would waive rent for three months if families can show financial hardship due to the pandemic. some property owners and landlords say this is unfair. they would have to apply for small business loans to receive that lost money. and property taxes statewide are still due on friday, but another bay a area county is trying to help saying that it will waive late fees and penalties but after july 10th a payment plan will have to be set up if taxes can't be paid all at

once. a follow-up on how well communities are social distancing. the online social distancing scoreboard rates states and counties with letter grades ranging from a to f based on cell phone data. the nation overall earned a d. areas. bay area counties fared better. hawaii rated an a with those in connecticut and washington, d.c., earning a-minuses. we're doing pretty good at least for our team today. most of us reporting from home. >> most of us reporting from home. i'm still holding it down here in the studio. >> and we appreciate that. >> i thank you all for that. meteorologist kari hall, you've been tracking not only that rain but all of that snow we're going to get up in the sierra. it was great to see the snow. the upper elevations got that

much snow and we also had over 5 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains and then as we look at our forecast today still some scattered showers lingering but we will see our rain chances going down and our temperatures going up. look at our forecast for the rest of the week into the weekend with some low 70s and for san francisco we're still going to have some cool weather today, some fog and a slight chance of rain. highs in the upper 50s. we'll be seeing some low 60s in the forecast as we go into next week. so after this we will start to warm up over the next few days. mike, you've been tracking that fog in parts of the bay area and the commute for drivers. yeah, and that was an issue early on, chp gave warnings. we haven't had any fog related crashes, thank goodness. we are going at higher speeds for most of the bay. the dumbarton bridge, westbound 84 does slow over the high rise and that's the updated location. it's not the toll plaza but the disabled vehicle or this crash may be on the span.

traffic is still getting past the peninsula and clears you out there. it shows you fog. back to you. all right. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> beautiful shot there of san jose. don't forget it is takeout tuesday, so if you want to help a business in our area order takeout today. have a great day. good morning. signs of hope. growing evidence that efforts to flatten the curve are taking hold in new york. hospitalizations dropping for the second-straight day. but officials warn, now is not the time to ease up on social distancing. >> this is an enemy we have underestimated from day one. >> nationwide, the death toll climbs above 10,000. with health workers voicing new frustration over their desperate need for supplies. >> we have an n95 mask every day. it's nothing.

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