brothers and pharrell williams. and now to something good and adorable. take a look at all these beor exact. god bless that mother, the pups are all from the same mom. that's a record there, beating australia's record by two puppies. can you believe that? >> wow. it's 6:00 and the third hour of "today in the bay" starts right now. those images are an example of what not to see, people, what not to do. this virus doesn't take the weekends off. >> cracking down onm expected t follow-up on comments he made on monday calling for all beaches in california to close setting up a potential tug-of-war for some cities and counties. meantime the number of

coronavirus cases in the bay area is now nearing 8,000, and close to 300 people have died got them on how rim new many more people are filing for unemployment in the country. thank you for staying with us and joining us here on "today in the bay". i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we will get to mike and he will have a look at the roads out there in about eight minutes or so but let's check in with kari hall joining us as well, and she has a look at our forecast today. the sun is coming up? >> yes, and it's a really nice start to the day. outside in dublin, we are seeing more clouds moving in for the inland areas, and those will help to keep the temperatures lower. we are starting out with low 80s at 8:00 -- or low 50s, i should say, at 8:00, and then we make it into the 70s with a breezy id

for today and the weekend coming up in a minutes. >> we look forward to that. thank you, kari. a drug made by a bay area company is showing promise isti so much so tracked by the fda as frontline treatment. tracie potts is live in washington with more for us. >> yeah, laura, there's lot of excitement around this drug. decemb deza vere. it's in clinical trials, and in those trials people who were very sick with covid-19, severe patients were able to get better 31% faster, in other words, they got out of the hospital in 11 days instead of 15 by taking this drug. there was also a slight impact on mortality rates. nothing significant, but enough to provide some hope. now president trump and others

are hoping the fda will fast track emergency use of this drug and the manufacturer, they are already ramping up to make more. >> the company is really committed to get it out as much as they can and as quickly as they can. i would hope that actually winds up being the case. i am pretty confident that will be the case because i believe they are committed to try and get it out as quickly as possible. >> that was dr. anthony fauci and he is on the "today" show, and you will see that full interview shortly. by the way, he says he's concerned about states reopening and partially re-opening and not following federal guidelines and wait until there's a 14-day decline of coronavirus cases. he says that's a big mistake. you will hear more on that interview on the "today" show. back to you. >> we will look forward to that. thank you very much.

mark zuckerberg's found tkaeu stanford are teaming up for the study. they are looking at the health-care workers over the next nine months, and they are looking how the virus spreads and if immunities kick in for those that recover. the zuckerberg initiative is providing a $13 million grant. when it comes to summer events and festivals, the outlook not looking so hot. bob redell has a rundown of what we will be missesiing over the spring and summer months. >> reporter: the list i am about to read off is by no means inclusive, but it gives you an idea of how covid-19 will affect your spring and summer events.

again, it's not inclusive, but for the first time the livermore rodeo is canceled, and same for the sonoma county fair, and the july fourth celebrations are off, and san ramon's art festival also a no go. another major financial blow to the city of san francisco, dream force scheduled for november has been called off. salesforce made that announcement, and it it is one of the city's largest business conventions. the san francisco symphony is done for the season. this was supposed to be the big year to celebrate the 20th year of its director to offset the loss of millions of dollars, and

all musicians will take a pay cut. and covid-19 has killed a man that works at the warehouse behind me in tracy, and we will look at the fight. next year that celebration will be bigger and better. thank you, bob. resize and extended shelter-at-home orders are now in place for six bay area counties. sonoma county leaders meanwhile plan to layout their plans tomorrow. the resized orders are loosening restrictions for some nonessential businesses, and that includes child care and construction. one homeowner had to put his home renovations on hold at the last minute. >> permits would have been in

theory easy to pull with approved plans but then the shelter-in-place order occurred at midnight on monday night. >> each county is putting in its own construction measures in place before work can be starting back, such as face masks and hand sanitizing requirements and limits on the number of workers. happening today, western contra costa county leaders are holding a coronavirus virtual town hall. what they want to do here is work with people. two supervisors will join the police chief and fire chief and city manager, and you can facebook page and that starts at 10:00 a.m. and then a bold plan in response in struggling.

they are calling for a mass rent strike. they are suggesting people not pay rent in may. this is to support those who economically can't do so right now. they are demanding rent relief and calling for a bold new action on housing solutions. this is something good for you this morning. a landlord in santa rosa who is giving his tenants a huge break for the month of april. >> yeah, he's really trying to help them out in a very big way. he actually gave his entire stimulus check back to his tenants. then he even doubles down, matching his $3,400 check, and he gave more than $7,000 back to his tenants by cutting their rent by $500. this tenant, when she got the phone call she said she was grateful. >> i was grateful but i was not really surprised he would do something like that, because he's a really good person. >> my wife and i spent hours

talking about it and feeling bad it was not enough and we couldn't do more. i just feel like we're all in this together. >> isn't that kind? that was the land lord. he did agree to talk to us, but he didn't give us his name because he wants to remain anonymous. just the shear thought of giving, very, very nice. >> a true example for all of us out there. >> whatever we can do. 6:09 right now, and it's time to get a look at the forecast for you. kari, it will shape up to be a pleasant day for us out there. >> yes, and we are going to see a lot more changes ahead. here's a look at one of those changes. yesterday, this was foggy and drizzly. now we can see in san francisco, but notice there in the distance there's fog along the coastline. that's what is going to keep it chilly today. if you are going to make plans to go outside keep in mind the pollen count is high. it's tree and grass pollen, with

pine, oak as well as ash. how about grilling outside? if you are in foster city, expect temperatures in the upper 60s at the time you are starting to cook. if you want dinner outside, you have to be willing to hold on to the table cloth. we will get an update on the sierra snowpack coming up in a few minutes. mike, what do you have right now for the roads? >> you know, we still have a crash in san jose. chp originally called it a traffic alert but things calmed down a bit, north bay 101 around blossom and heller. a live look from the webcam given to us by caltrans. they are showing traffic flowing towards us.

one lane southbound is open, but they still have lot of work going on and that will continue. back to you. thanks, mike. >> 6:10 for you this morning. working to get back to normal. next here on "today in the bay," we will talk about the changes costco is making to its store hours and how soon you will have to wear the face coverings while you shop there. you would think elon musk couldn't shock investors anymore but he has managed to do it. we will take you out to the futures board. the dow down on the futures after we got more disappointing news about job losses. ♪ >> we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony. this morning a congratulations to these 12 high school students. they are moving to another chapter in their lives. we want to see candidates of your graduates.

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right now we are headed to concord, and the temperature trend will be in the mid-50s and then to the mid-70s this afternoon. we will have a look at the weekend forecast and the sierra snowpack in a few minutes. good morning. happy thursday to you. thursdays can be tough because that's when we get first-time jobless claims, when we learn how many of our friends and neighbors and fellow americans have lost their jobs in the past week and successfully applied for unemployment claims, and that number is more than 30 million this week -- sorry, 3 million, correction, creating 30 million. i apologize for the error there. we could soon add many bay area workers, because we have lyft laying off, lyme, the scooter company and the ecigarette company, juul, as well. tesla made a small profit last

quarter, and to put it another way the electric car company is making money off of the success of other car companies that sell gasoline powered cars. as far as musk he went on a tirade in the phone call with analysts using a four-letter word as he lashed out against the stay-at-home orders, saying they are unconstitutional and the governmental agencies ordering them are fascist. this is not the first time musk shocked investors and he lashed out on the phone calls before and he made tweets that got him in trouble with the government regulators after they determined those tweets were misleading the markets, and nasa did a federal review of spacex after musk smoked pot legally on a podcast.

and then keep in mind this study was done without a placebo control, and it cut the amount of time people were horribly sick by a few days, and it's not a cure or vaccine but the stock market seems to like it. we will talk about this more as we talk politics, with the idea there's good news and bad news and some people are focusing just on one and some on the other, and we are getting the split america where some people think things are going to be okay and other people definitely do not. >> all right. scott mcgrew this morning. thank you, scott. you know, costco is the latest store to require face coverings, and it's for shoppers and workers and it takes affect on monday. costco stores will return to its

normal hours and some stores will still open one hour early for seniors and people with disabilities. the san antonio zoo is turning part of its park into a drive through. visitors can see tigers and bears and much more all from the security of their car. and the drive through experience was originally scheduled for just this weekend but tickets sold out in two hours, so the zoo extending it through mid may. one illinois mom is hoping to bring animals to your backyard so she recently lost her job as an aide at a local school so to stay busy she started making these tiny picnic tables for squirrels full time. take a look at that there. thanks to her son sharing the photos on twitter she is selling out of the tables and she even create a created a little storefront at

her home. >> how little is that storefront? >> smaller than your hand just showed. a little smaller, mike. pull it in just a little bit. yeah, small. >> that's it, mike, that's it. you know, we have seen a lot of squirrels out there right now, and lot of them going around here and there because the weather has been nice. >> yeah -- >> i want to go and climb a tree. >> yeah, all the creatures are starting to come out. >> let's get a live look outside right now in the sierra, as we have been missing our trips there, and also today is the last day of the sierra snowpack survey. let's get a look at the video, because they are saying that no media will be allowed today. they are going to do this all on facebook live. that's something that we will be watching for as we go into the rest of today. as we check out our current sierra snowpack, right now we

have seen with our automatic sensors we have out there the central sierra is at 47% of normal, right around the lake tahoe area, and statewide the average is about 42% of normal. this is our summertime water store edge we use here in the bay area, so once that snow-melt really gets under way we start to see it filling up our reservoirs. in cupertino we are starting out with a beautiful start to the day, and if you are in san jose, you are seeing these clouds overhead, and it's gorgeous. the low clouds will clear out soon and then expect a high of 74 degrees in san jose. upper 70s in the inland parts of the east bay. for the north bay, napa will reach 77 degrees. san francisco in the mid-60s. notice half moon bay only stays in the 50s today, and that's because most likely the fog will not clear going into today. we have seen a storm system

moving by yesterday that brought us more clouds but today we are kind of in between right now, but notice there's still activity out there in the pacific and that's what will move towards the pacific northwest missing the bay area with the rain, but it looks busy up there with round after round of rain every couple days. here we are looking at the dry weather that will continue. for the neck couple of days for the inland areas we're well above normal, even after the cooldown we had in the first part of the week. as we go into the weekend, slightly cooler. next week we are looking at highs that will be trending back into the 80s. mike, you have been watching the roads. what is going on out there right now? >> kari, over all we have great speed sensors in the green, and that means you are close to the limit or at the limit, maybe a little over. in the south bay we had a crash blocking over half the freeway, and i will use the past t did n

all clear, there wasut ago. now we see speeds back at the limit on our sensors but chp still reports activity for a crash just before you get to heller. south 101, you slow to 35 miles per hour, and the live camera shows you why, because you narrow down to one lane as you travel past the construction on the left, and you see the damp roadways as they are spraying down the roadways to reduce the dust, and there's still more work to do. the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems get into the east bay. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:22 for you right now. coming up next, wisconsin has a big surge in its coronavirus cases. some now wonder if it's tied to the recent primary votes there.

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6:25 right now, stop throwing your money away. >> that's after viewing a bunch of covid-19 ads. let's get to kris sanchez working from home. >> people are desperate for a cure here, but there's concern the products circling the globe with the product covid-19 on them, it's simply hocus pocus. a new study was released that cautions you to use only fda approved comments. they say other gimmicks will only reduce your bank balance and not your virus risk. >> as of today there are no products approved by the fda to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure coronavirus. >> the food & drug administration sent warning letters to several companies that ties covid-19 products.

we asked gjim baker's company t discuss his product but we never heard back. in 1999 the food & drug administration concluded it was not a treatments. if you spot a suspicious product, let us know about it by going to our website. more than 50 people that voted in person or worked the polled in the presidential primary this month in wisconsin have coronavirus. new video showing the cockpit view from the navy's blue angels and air force

thunderbirds. this is when they flew over new york city this week honoring those working on the frontline. and they plan to put on similar shows all the way to texas. >> very cool. coming up next on "today in the bay," as restrictions are easing up, concerns are growing for amazon workers' safety. next this morning, what we are learning about the death of one person that worked at a northern california distribution center. clearing up the confusion, as several bay area counties relax the rules, new questions are being asked. what you need to know before leaving your home for the store or even the park. it's 6:28 right now here on "today in the bay."

right now at 6::30, let's take a live look at the big board where you can see the markets are down after new unemployment numbers show 3.8 million americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits, and 30 million americans are out of work. thank you for staying with us on "today in the bay." i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we will talk about the numbers more in just a bit but first let's get a look at our forecast for thursday morning. sometimes you have to remind people what day of the week it is, kari. >> yeah, we call it friday junior. san jose in the mid-50s and the

rest of the day, a nice day ahead. we will reach in the low 70s, just slightly above normal but get ready for very comfortable weather across the bay area. we will have a warm-up headed our way. i will have more on this and an update on the drought monitor coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good. we will check back with you. all beaches off limits. that's the plan governor newsom is expected to announce today after he was visibly frustrated with crowds flooding beaches last weekend. kris sanchez is live in pacifica. seems like there's a lot of questions for people out there, what beach can i go to and who overseas what? >> reporter: yeah, the order is changing gradually. what has not changed is the governor's disappointment seeing the swarms of people going to california beaches over the weekend when he says undermines

the progress we made with the social distancing. people were gathered in groups and sunbathing, and some of them a lot closer than the recommended six feet in the shelter order. in the memo obtained by nbc news, the governor gives police chiefs up and down california a heads up that beaches and parks will be shutdown much to the frustration of some folks we spoke with in the bay area. >> the curve is flat, and that was the idea to flatten the curve, right? if the curve is still flat why are you making the conditions more extreme instead of less extreme? that makes me concerned about my rights as a citizen. >> reporter: the curve is flatter but it's not flat as the gentleman said. the number of of people infected with covid-19 is still on the rise in california, and so if we

are getting mixed messages about what is allowed and what is not allowed, the general rule of thumb is this. whichever order is stricter is the order you have to abide by. if the state says one thing and your local community says another thing, whichever order is stricter is the one that you have to follow. kind of like living with mom and dad. if one parent gives you permission, you can get in trouble with the other one, if you know what i am saying. we expect the governor will announce his changes to the order and beach requirements and parks during his noon press conference, and of course, you know we cover them on air and on nbcbayarea.com. kris sanchez on "today in the bay." workers are striking today after an employee at amazon's distribution center in tracy dies from complications from the coronavirus. bob redell is live with details

there. >> reporter: marcus, the amazon employee that died of complications of covid-19 last worked at the center behind me here in tracy on april 1st, and that's according to sacramento media. it's not clear how or when he contracted the coronavirus, but according to reports he had no symptoms of the disease when he was here at the warehouse. amazon released a statement releasing sympathy and sadness over his death. you will recall earlier this month that an employee at the safe way center here in tracy died from covid-19 complications. the grocery chain says employees must pass a temperature scan before entering the facility. whole foods and target and walmart, fedex among others are asking customers to boycott their employers tomorrow on may

day, which is international workers day. amazon told the paper it respect the right of workers to express themselves but contends what they say is the spread of false information. the online retailer says it spent millions on masks gloves and other products. >> thanks for the latest there, bob. a development that may boost coronavirus tr coronavirus treatment. it comes from a bay area company whose drug is showing promise to help people recover from the virus faster. the drug deza vere is showing promising results in clinical trials. the national institute information shows it reduces hospital stays by four days.

on the "today" show anthony fauci spoke about the drug's promise. >> that's important. it's the first step in what we project, and there will be better and better drugs coming along either alone or in combination, drugs of this type and drugs addressing other targets of the virus. so it's good news -- >> the fda is expected to grant emergency approval for the drug as a frontline treatment. san francisco supervisors are taking the step in creating sanctioned tent cities to provide safer environments for the homeless during the pandemic. this week they approved an initial plan that is calling for turning open spaces at schools into spots where homeless can pitch their tents at a safe distance, and it comes as the city is grappling with another idea of leasing thousands of hotel rooms. taking a live at sfo where it's mostly quiet these days, things are picking up a little

bit and the reason why is because the new harvey milk terminal is opening. earlier this week jetblue moved in, and today it's southwest and other airlines will likely move in. we have been preaching social distancing and hopefully people are abiding by that. let's take a look outside in san francisco. we have been taking a look at some of our cameras. right now it's clear, this shot at sfo, and kris sanchez said it's misting where she is at along the coast. allot a lot of people making plans to get outside, but if you have allergies, heads up once again, still a lot of tree and grass pollen. we will talk about what is ahead

in the forecast as temperatures go down and then back up, and that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, you are watching the commute. any new issues popping up? >> good news. a change in san jose, officially as we talked about, the speed sensors cleared and they officially cleared the crash on northbound 101. all clear and no major injuries. we are talking about people posting awesome baking pictures. we check out roberts post, his cinnamon buns as big as throw pillows. i have looking at baking bay. listen up, folks. that's an axe that she is trying to break through the bread. she broke through the crust. she eventually broke through the crust, and she shared it with great humility.

kim reached out, and we have been in contact and memessaging other, and she is feeling isolated, and so let's wave to kim and let her know she's not alone, and she's a librarian, and we will be in touch with her and follow-up. >> i was a librarian in college. i talked too much. >> the more you know. issuing refunds still ahead for you on "today in the bay." the options oakland a's and the giants, what they are giving fans when it comes to getting money back for the tickets they purchased. the trump administration continues to look forward to what it considers to be an immediate recovery, but some of the top economists say that's absolutely not going to happen. ♪

>> we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony this year. this morning in our great grad segments, congratulations to the 12 graduates. good for you. now go and get a job. you can post your pictures on our pages. it's 6:41 right now. you are watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:43, let's head outside to walnut creek. here's a look at our beautiful sunrise that is now under way as we look at our temperatures, mid-50s to start and warming up into the mid-70s today. enjoy it. we'll talk about what is ahead for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. sounds good. it's 6:44. new video this morning posted by the chp showing the end of a high speed chase in vallejo that played out early yesterday morning. authorities had to use spike strips and one officer pulled off a pit maneuver to stop the car and nab that suspect. they are not saying what charges that driver is facing or why they tried to stop that car in the first place. and president trump says america will soon be back to normal. >> scott mcgrew, a lot of experts disagree with him. >> that's right. good morning.

we are talking top business leaders and top economists and indeed some of his own scientists. president trump says he is envisioning a time when we have that v-shaped recovery, we are up here and then down here and then we will get back to where we were. with no vaccine and no cure, the virus may still kill and that may keep people out of the economy. the president envisions by this fall there will be full football stadiums. >> i don't want people to get used to this because this virus is going to be gone. when it's gone you want to get back to normal. you are not going to have a stadium that is 30% the size of what it was three months ago. if i watch alabama play lsu, i don't want to see 20,000 people instead of 120,000 people. >> in an interview yesterday the president's son-in-law, jared

kushner, said he expected the american economy to be, quote, rocking, by july. the man that knows the economy best, the fed chairman, jerome powell, said the opposite. powell implied there will be no v-shaped recovery where we dip for a bit and climb back up to where we were, and instead it will be a long and painful recovery. president trump said the federal government will not extended social distancing guidelines, and this does not affect california. california can open or close as it pleases independent of washington, but other states are definitely relaxing their stay-at-home standards. tomorrow is a new month, and the day that orders in many states relax or go away altogether, and this despite the fact that man

americans are dead today that were alive yesterday. and then biden and trump camps are worried that amash will siphon away votes from either candidate. >> we don't know who people will vote for. it's impossible to say whether more people will vote for biden or trump if i am not in the race or in the race. there's a big factual issue there. >> it's not clear either but we are looking at polls and i am tweeting about them. you will find me on twitter @scottmcgrew. and the wait to resume criminal trials just got longer,

another 30 days added to the suspension. that means across the state criminal jury trials won't resume until mid june at the earliest. public defense advocates already threatened a legal challenge arguing that rights to a speedy trial are being ignored. >> more than half of the inmates at a federal prison in southern california are now testing positive for coronavirus. the federal bureau. and then leagues have been treating all missed games as postponements, and going forward

each team will have to determine its own policy. the a's and giants plan to offer different credit or refund options, and the league hopes to be playing by mid june, they say. and warrior star steph curry wants graduates to shine online. >> whatever you have in your hand -- >> show off your graduation walk. you earned that diploma, so showout. >> they are putting on the special live celebration on twitter and on youtube this saturday. mark your calendars. the stars want students to show off their walk and use the #showmeyourwalk. >> that's a nice way to honor them. show me your walk. >> yeah, lebron james is doing

that as well, and so many people rallying together to support the graduates who are being robbed of something we all experienced, that graduation walk that is something special. >> yeah, keep those graduation photos coming on our facebook page, and marcus and i are working with our producers to put them on the air and give them some honor. a celebration, indeed, i guess with the weather. a nice one coming, kari? >> yeah, we enjoyed really nice weather for the bay area, but also wanted to give you an update on the drought conditions. our drought monitor updated every thursday. we are still experiencing an extreme drought further to the north for the bay area. we are in a severe drought and we know that. it has been a while since we have had a good soaking rain. for southern california, that's where the storm track has been for much of the season.

if you go south of the bay area, there are no drought conditions but you can see the way it trends for us, with spots like santa rosa needing 16 inches of rain to catch up to normal. as we go through the month of may we start to trend drier as we look at our overall weather pattern. we are looking at temperatures today and at least feeling much more comfortable. it was warm to start out this week and we set some record highs in the north bay, but we are looking at more seasonable weather. reaching in the upper 70s in the north bay, and san jose will reach 74 degrees. notice the 50s along the coast. here's why. we will see the low clouds and fog and mist, and we are looking at the systems moving across the pacific northwest bringing them lots of rain, and we are missing out on the rain, but we are getting cool air moving in. we are going to have another rush of cooler air going into

the weekend as the storms move to the north. as we look at our overall 7-day forecast for the inland areas, we are going to see some warmer than normal temperatures for tomorrow, for today and tomorrow. going into the weekend, just a touch cooler, still really nice and comfortable. next week we are looking at a warm-up and will be back in the mid-80s. we will watch for the possibility of more records once again. as we head over to you, mike, what has been happening with the morning commute? >> things have been calmer and calmer. we had one over here outside of the tunnel, and i never saw slowing. southbound 101 overnight closure cleared, and they have one lane. they have damp roadways because they are keeping it wet as they do the grinding work trying to reduce the dust. more work to go on there with

the center divide as well, but traffic is reinstated on 101 at 280 just as it has been all week. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, new data showing home buyers coming back after plummeting. mortgage applications are up 12%, and some real estate firms are reporting greater demands over the past two weeks. coming up next, we will have a look at the top stories, including a mystery finally answered in a shocking crash caught on camera. next, how investigators piece it altogether. pg&e under fire again, what a judge is ordering the utility to do when it comes to inspecting high-voltage power lines. details are next. you are watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. it's 6:56. here's the latest news this morning. breaking news to tell you about with the latest jobless numbers. they are out. another 3.8 million americans filed first-time claims and that's more than expected and brings the total number of claims since mid march to more than 30 million. this adds up to more than 1 in 6 american workers. some economists are forecasting a possible 20% unemployment rate for april. the numbers seem to be weighing in on wall street. here's a live look at the big

board for you right now with the dow down 234 points. before this morning's data came out nearly 3.7 million californians recently filed for unemployment benefits, and the surge in claims is another financial toll on state jobless funds. at least six states including california have already warned they may need to borrow billions of federal dollars to help pay benefits. workers at several retail distribution centers are planning to strike after an amazon worker at a distribution center died from complications from coronavirus. we have a live look at the amazon distribution center in tracy. the employee last worked at that facility on april 1st, and it's not clear how the person became infected. but tomorrow workers from companies including amazon, target and fedex plan to hold may day strikes over what they say are unsafe work conditions.

new details this morning in a month's old mystery finally solved. maybe you remember dashcam video that showed a car plunging off a cliff in late december. divers tried for weeks to find signs of the car, and some even thought maybe that video had been doctored. but chp just announcing the driver was a san francisco woman named tracy ivory sinclair. they id'd her from the remains eventually recovered and matched it with the type of car she owned. that car still has not been found. pg&e will have to revamp the way it inspects high-voltage power lines. that's what a judge ordered. the judge said pg&e will have to hire in-house experts to over see, and they are requiring

better record keeping. pg&e has until the end of may to respond. we're approaching 7:00 right now. >> it's time to get a look at the forecast as well as your commute. kari? >> so we're starting out with cool temperatures, but it will be a very nice and pleasant day. what's happening on the roads, mike? >> you know, we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, and no back up where we contrast that with yesterday where we had a traffic backup there. just your usual down to one lane, southbound 101 as you cross over to the 280 bridge replacement work. >> thank you very much. that's going to do it for us on this thursday morning, on friday eve. thank you for joining us. >> yeah, we will see you back here tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. here's a live look at pacifica this morning, and the waves are really churning for us this

morning. the "today" show is coming up next, and you can have a great day here, kari says so a nice day for us, and take a walk around your neighborhood and use social distancing. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. 3.8 million more. unemployment numbers show 30 million americans filed jobless claims in six weeks as head of the federal reserve urges coress to do more for struggling businesses. signs of hope, experimental drug >> what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. >> the fda reportedly set to grant emergency approval as early as today, so how does it work and how soon could it be