we're not waiting around any longer. we're no longer interested in the progress that we were seeing 4:54 this morning. in the past. if you miss your april rent >> hundreds of millions of payment. there's an important deadline masked secured for health care today. that's right. consumer investigator chris workers. chmura is here to help. governor newsom making that announcement live on prime time tv. >> reporter: good morning. you're going to have to write your landlord a letter today. here is why. and there are now more than governor newsom signed an executive order temporarily 400,000 confirmed cases and halting evictions, but that nearly 13,000 deaths across the order included a requirement nation. people tell their landlord we'll get back to those headlines in just a bit for of within one week of missing a payment. so if your rent was due april for you. 1st, your deadline is today. if you haven't explained your situation to your landlord, kari, looks like it's going to please take a minute to do it

be a drier day for us. now. here's how. we are starting out with gather documentation to prove you lost your job or your hours light rain as we look at the were cut back. radar. we will start to dry out as we your pink slip from your go into the rest of the day, as employer should do. if you're self-employed a bank we start to see this storm statement can show that money system moving on. has dried up. a chance of showers in the then in a short letter explain forecast. the hardship due to the virus we can see how close that storm system is, and so we will see and formally tell your landlord some light showers to start out you're unable to pay. this morning. tell them, by the way, you can but overall once again the trend will be for us to dry up going provide that proof upon request. at that one letter should shield into the next couple of days. you from eviction. but as we go hour by hour we've no letter, no protection. also seen some spotty rain that please bear in mind this pause on rent payment is not free will continue along with some housing. you will eventually have to pay patches of light fog. back your missed payments. more clouds moving in and then with your letter today you can as we go into this afternoon a mix of. propose payback arrangements or open the door to negotiations. we'll see our weather improving perhaps your landlord will get going into the weekend. i'll talk more about the light creative with you to bring your account current. rain we're expecting today and you have to ask. what's ahead for the weekend there's more information about coming up. the order and what you can do at mike has an early look at the morning commute. nbcbayarea.com. kari, reflecting what you're just tap responds from the main menu. talking about, the light rain >> thanks so much, chris. throughout the area shows our now to something good. road weather index with a few san francisco firefighters on green patches where it will be the front les pull off somethin

damp and blue maybe some puddles in the tri-valley where there's really special. light traffic. when fire station 15 found out a in fact, no problems all around the bay. we do look at tiny red between 10-year-old's birthday would be oakland and alameda. held virtually they wanted to that's the overnight road work make it more memorable. for the webster tube. they even brought their rescue you can still use the bridges over there. we'll send it back to you. trucks along for the ride. thank you very much, mike. >> always a treat. a big win this morning. california's governor saying he can secure up to 200 million medical masks each and every 4:56 this morning. the overnight decision on a single month. he broke the news on msnbc. proposal to allow those impacted to go three months without paying landlords. nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney plus -- >> so cover up, save a life. it's that simple. with how he reached this massive deal. the last 48 hours we have >> the new rules one california city is implementing conserved through a consortia when it comes to wearing facemasks in public. will it happen here? upwards of 200 million masks on we'll have the very latest. 4:56. a monthly basis. >> reporter: specifically about 150 million n95 masks and 50 million surgical masks, all coming in from overseas.

gone, says the governor, buying a couple million masks here, a couple hundred thousand there all the while competing with other states. newsom says california will have so many masks it will be able to share them with other states. >> the state of california has distributed 41 million masks, 41.4 million n95 masks, received just over 1 million from the federal government. it's not ann ene eindictment. >> reporter: the masks are expected in the next few weeks. they can't arrive soon enough. 269 health care workers in for the virus. these workers say they're pleas have been ignored. >> nurses stepping up saying this is not a safe assignment as we work to get through these times together, are being punished or threatened with retaliation or sent home. you may not be thinking about blood donation, >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay."

but blood is needed to save the lives of people there are almost 4,000 reported coronavirus cases. who are sick with a range of illnesses. the death toll now stands at 110 it's easy and safe to give. people. santa clara county continues to have the most cases by far with if you are in good health, please donate. nearly 1,300. we need heroes now. >> and in new york that state visit red cross blood dot org had its deadliest day yet, 731 to schedule an appointment. lives lost yesterday bringing that statewide total to nearly 5,500. the university of washington shows the projected peak day of we decided enough of the the deaths in new york bringing small ball. let's use our purchasing power. that total number to nearly 900. let's go at scale. your headlines right now at and staggering new numbers 5:00, meeting the moment. show more than 2,000 nypd officers have tested positive governor gavin newsom revealing for covid-19. how california secured 200 million new masks per month, a yesterday alone more than 7,000 officers called out sick. that's about 20% of the supply he says we'll need even as the flattening occurs. workforce. also, a police technician died across the state there's now from complications of the virus. over 17,000 cases and 450 deaths a new drive-through testing site will be made available for tied to coronavirus. first responders in solano in the bay area almost 4,000 county. reported cases. once all medical personnel are tested there it's likely the

and no relief yet for center will be open for the general public. renters in san jose. it's going to be located at the fairgrounds over in vallejo. the city attorney submitted a they don't have a time line when memo. it will be available to the the proposal did not sit well public. with landlords looking to pay their mortgage payments. the council will meet again next happening today in san francisco more ways to promote week to discuss other options. hand washing in some of the city's neighborhoods. 5 of 15 new restrooms and a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. washing stations will be put in i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. service today. this is video from june of last we'll get more of those year when similar restrooms were headlines coming up in a bit. installed at golden gate avenue want to start out with this and hyde street. wednesday morning with the sunny the new restrooms are going into forecast for us. different neighborhoods across meteorologist kari hall has been giving us the rain all week. the city. take a live look at sfo on today a change for us, kari. this wednesday morning where united airlines plans to make even deeper cuts. starting sunday the company says >> there's going to be a mix of it all. we'll see waves of rain coming it will offer just 60 flights in. we've seen that across the south per day due to a lack of demand. bay this morning and some before the pandemic united ran scattered showers in the forecast for us to start out the 290 flights a day from sfo. the carrier will make some deep day mostly in the south bay, the cuts at los angeles international airport. peninsula, as well as the tri-valley. as we start out we are seeing 4:35. the rain coming in and still a

small businesses in need. next here on "today in the bay" chance of showers going into the afternoon as the storm system the struggling businesses trying that remains very close to the bay area brings in more clouds but there will be some peeks of sunshine in between. to apply for lifesaving loans. i'll be tracking this as it what life was like onboard gradually moves away coming up in the forecast. the "usns mercy" and how those mike has a look at the early onboard are working to still morning commute. stay connected to their families back at home. >> there's no problem except for a lot more news ahead. 4:36. one spot on my map westbound. now that scheduled maintenance. other maintenance around the bay, so do watch out for the caltrans crews. at that green highlighting shows light rain, maybe damp. do watch your speeds though you can go speed limit.

good morning. as you get ready to head out at 4:38 we are starting out with temperatures that are cooler in the north we have some low 40s here. low 50s where we have clouds and some rain. we'll look at the radar coming up in a few minutes. good morning. i'm frank who will laholland at headquarters. wall street is pointing to a lower open this morning. they stumbled into the close following a plunge in oil prices. today traders are looking for any signs saudi arabia and russia may back off their price war and cut back on production as the demand for oil plummeted to the outbreak. the biggest gain since 2008. investors watching for signals. the rate of new virus cases may be leveling off. that would give at least some clarity about how long and deep a recession could be. verizon will cancel scheduled

appointments for internet installations and repairs leaving people without internet at a time they need it. verizon says it's minimizing in-homework to medical emergencies and critical situations to keep employees and customers safe. self-install options are available for some orders. if you're missing your morning routine, dunkin is delivering. they have teamed up with grubhub and will expand delivery service to more than 4,000 stores nationwide. a $10 minimum on orders. free delivery available through april 19th. most are open but limited to drive-through, carryout and curbside pickup. kari hall, back over to you. we're going to start out with some cool temperatures in con court. our trend is dryer. we'll take a look at the forecast coming up next.

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qualified for the games will get to keep their spots for the games next year. kiara is pretty good. she popped it up. not so good on that but she's been pretty good. for a dog, a-plus. i give her a gold already. >> not bad for a person either, my gosh. >> true. >> no kidding. have a dog olympics there. hey, guys, how is everybody doing this morning? >> pretty good here on my end? >> how are you. >> we're hoping for a nice day ahead, too, kari. we've seen a lot more breaks in the rain though we are still dealing with light showers out there this morning. that storm system has not yet gotten away from the bay area. we're starting out with some low clouds as we take a live look outside in san francisco. light showers are moving through. as we go into today there will also be times of a lot of sunshine. a look at the radar and what

i've been tracking. light green, light showers moving through from the peninsula to the bay. as well as the tri-valley, so we can see even the spin of the storm system as we see more moisture off the low to the south of us. they're really getting the heavy rain across southern california right now. a look at all of that rain moving through. that's a reason we have to keep rain in the forecast. today, even though we won't see this all day long. still some spotty showers as we go hour by hour. it does show a lot of breaks here. when we do see the breaks expect a partly to mostly sunny sky and the rain chances will be lower for parts of the north bay where we won't see as much of that rain coming through mostly for the east bay and parts of the south bay over towards the peninsula is where we will see our highest chance of rain even into tonight a couple of spotty showers could roll on through. we are going to also take a lot

more of a break from the heavier rain that we saw over the weekend and to start out this week. so our seven-day forecast shows after we get through this we're going to see our temperatures warming up. we have low 70s heading our way. we're going to make it into the upper 60s. still not a bad day today. if you're looking for those times to get fresh air this afternoon will be very nice and then once again we'll have a lot of warm and dry weather going into the weekend. mike, you've been doing something new called the new normal. that's right. that's my new normal for the morning. we're trying to find out how folks are adapting at doing things in a new way. we have a photo shared by diana. if you look at her, she's a hairstylist and is doing something in front of a computer. clearly she has cool lights for face timing and there's a client head right in front of her. the next picture shows the client is not a client, it's a

mannequin head. she was doing a demo over face time and helping out these folks you'll see next. the person getting her hair done, that's jen. the person doing her hair is her husband. he's never done this before. he's being taught how to do coloring over the web. maybe he'll get a certification. now we talked about this yesterday as well. a lot of us are trying to deal with how to keep our hair in good shape. i took video yesterday while i did a trim job t. wasn't that big of a deal but it was getting puffy on the sides. as i'm doing this, marcus, we talked about the clipper needing the guard. i'm realizing things are tougher with the dog barking in the background, too, and it turns out i was using my old clippers and old guard. they broke while i was doing my hair. i averted any big holes in my hire and will have to do a major touchup on friday. i think it turned out okay.

at least passable for us. send us more pictures. i'm @mike inouye. send us your new normal and teach us something. you look great. >> cool, okay. >> a lot of small businesses are certainly frustrated and they're waiting for these loans to come in and their fears are growing as they're trying to navigate the system. stephanie ruhle has more. >> reporter: the clock is ticking for small business owners. >> as each day goes by we worry more and more. >> reporter: days of frustration and confusion. >> every bank is on a different page. >> reporter: after the chaotic rollout of the government's $350 billion paycheck protection program. despite continued reassurances from the treasury department.

>> you get the money, you'll get it the same day. if you don't get the loan this week there will be plenty next week. >> reporter: three banks received loan applications from more than $90 billion. so far have distributed little to no money. wells fargo stopped accepting applications 48 hours after it started. as of today citibank's online process hadn't gone live. $75 billion in guaranteed loans will process, some through community banks. it's unclear how much has gotten into the hands of business owners like wendy. >> 50% of restaurants might not even make it. i might not make it. >> reporter: she closed her three metropolitan bakery locations in philadelphia. >> we need the ppp to enable us to get zoom operations, pay our bills, rehire staff. it's urgent. >> reporter: after a week of gathering documents she was able to submit her application. she's been waiting four days to hear if she's been approved.

alex perry who owns a commercial sign company has been waiting even longer. >> we're down about 80%. >> reporter: perry applied through a community bank and can't get an update on its status. >> all the lenders and vendors are playing nice right now. we're all in this together, but i worry what's going to happen four to six weeks when their bills come due. >> reporter: lester, the president said he wants congress to come up with an additional $250 billion for the program and wants the senate to vote on it as early as thursday. 4:50 this morning. governor newsom wants to help undocumented immigrants living in california. that group does not qualify for money under the coronavirus relief bill. he plans to unveil a plan next month and says that part of that will include a border package. many americans are expected to start seeing those relief checks next week. extend down to the navy ships

now assisting in the battle. unlike the "usns comfort" in new york, things have been quiet for the crew on the "usns mercy" in los angeles. only about 2 dozen patients treated, none of them had coronavirus. many of the crew members are from the san diego area and thanks to modern technology they say family is never far away. >> i'm able to message them and always checking up on them. so far so good. >> the ship has 1,000 crew members and 1,000 beds which will surely help when the expected surge in cases intensifies. up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: if you missed your rent payment this month, we want to help you avoid eviction. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next. happening now, new video is just in from wuhan, china, where people are wearing masks and are now out and about after the city lifted its 11-week lockdown.

there are some restrictions. wuhan residents will be tracked by smartphone apps to prove they are healthy and haven't come in contact with anyone infected. the city is considered the global center of the pandemic. 4:52.