the democrats' new $3 trillion plan is up for a vote. we'll have a live report on what is expected. a new treatment may have saved a life, a widely used test. a good friday morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. breaking news this morning, a strong earthquake hitting nevada. some people here in the bay area even felt it. it was followed by at least ten aftershocks, one of them 5.1. we have brand-new video showing a chandelier shaking from a home in fresno.

so far no reports of any damage or injuries. our owe vianey aran in san jose. she is talking about that. twitter. we'll continue to follow the breaking story as it develops. right now a look at the forecast for you because it is friday. i know what you're looking at. you can see the intensity. it was amazing to see how far that earthquake traveled but it was a 6.4 at about 4:03 this morning in western nevada. we've had numerous aftershocks. if you felt it, reach out to us on social media. we'll start to see the clouds clearing out. we're in for a beautiful day

with highs in the mid-70s. enjoy this dry weather while it lasts. we'll have rain moving in. i'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good. thank you, kari. that massive new relief package meant to prop up the economy. while the president tries to update americans on the search for a vaccine. i want to check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live with the latest in washington. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. let's start with the money and the $3 trillion votes. democrats say it's necessary. they're calling it the h.e.r.o.e.s. act and that it will help people who have been out of work for a while. republicans are skeptical not only about the amount but also about what's in the bill. up for a vote, democrats' $3

trillion plan to save the economy from covid-19. republicans say it's too big. >> so big, it's not as big as their tax scam. >> reporter: opponents claim it's packed with things that have nothing to do with the virus. >> the word cannabis appears in the bill 68 times. more times than the word job. >> reporter: president trump is planning an announcement about the vaccine he's promising by the end of the year. >> distribution will take place almost simultaneously because we've geared up the military. >> reporter: a vaccine expert who claims he lost his job for refusing to back the president's preferred treatment tells congress it will take longer than a year, maybe even a year and a half. >> we need a national testing strategy. the virus is here. time is running out because the virus is still spreading everywhere. >> reporter: dr. rick bright says his warnings were ignored. >> he looks like an angry,

disgruntled employee who frankly, according to some people, didn't do a very good job. >> reporter: the cdc finally released guidelines for reopening public places reportedly blocked by the white house. >> they seem to be vague and watered down. >> reporter: experts say they're useless without more specifics. >> reporter: the cdc did have another version with a lot more specifics and lobbied the white house for a month to try to get that out. we're live this morning. i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you always for the latest there, tracie. let's talk about cases right here in the bay area. they actually continue to climb. there are over 10,000 cases and 400 deaths. alameda county added the most with 56. there's new hope this morning when it comes to using blood plasma to treat seriously ill covid-19 patients. "today in the bay's" bob redell

following that part of the story and, bob, the fda is warning about a popular test for the virus. >> reporter: correct, marcus. the federal drug administration issued yesterday that a common covid-19 test might not be as accurate as once thought. the fda says that the i.d. now point of care test by abbott labs used by hospitals all around the country and at the white house might be delivering too many false negative results to be considered effective. the test became popular because the company said it could get results within 13 minutes but following other studies the test has come under scrutiny. a small study from nyu said the abbott test came back with false negatives for almost 50% of certain samples that another test found positive. the nyu study has not been peer reviewed. abbott responded saying the results are not consistent with other studies and the sample size was very small. the fda says patients tested

with the test by abbott should be retested with a more sensitive test. in another development you've heard of convalescent plasma being used to treat covid-19 patients, it's the blood of one recovered patient that is being put into the blood of a sick person. a study that included hospitals in the south bacon clueded that therapy is safe. the schourho "today" show spoke who received that therapy. >> taking that first deep breath felt like i had won the lottery. >> it realllmt a miracle. >> exactly. >> reporter: you can watch that full report on the convalescent plasma therapy on the "today" show in about an hour, 7:00 our time, here on nbc bay area. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay."

>> thanks so much, bob. 6:06. come monday things will look a lot different across the bay area. alameda and contra costa counties are joining others in phase two of reopening with some storm opening for curbside pickup. those are the counties you see on the map in yellow. sonoma, napa and solano are in phase two. santa clara county is still the holdout. i want to check in with "today in the bay's" kris sanchez this morning. there's not much of a plan yet to see how our county is going to open up, kris. >> reporter: right. no, the plan is to just wait and keep doing what the highest number of cases and the highest number of deaths. and that's the reason why our county health director is saying let's stay put. santa clara county's covid-19 dashboard shows that cases are stabilizing. no patients are on ventilators

at this point. the county's public health officer says that, yeah, that looks really good on paper but still a lot of people are getting sick in the county and the level of contagiousness is still higher than they would like to see. we have no vaccine and no herd immunity. >> we have the same conditions that we had in march. so that if we did ease up we would see a brisk return of cases, hospitalizations, and a brisk return of deaths. >> reporter: now in order to enter into phase two-county officials have to document to the state that they meet a long list of requirements which include no deaths in 14 days, minimum daily testing, contract tracers appropriate for the level of the population. hospital capacity for a surge and a 14-day supply of ppe.

now some bay area counties have made the state's criteria. things will look different come monday and a little bit later on in the week. we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> sounds good. we'll look forward to checking back with you. more businesses will reopen with new social distancing rules in place. this includes car washes, pet groomers and cleaning services. child care facilities are also reopening but the owner of one rohnert park daycare center says he's not expecting a rush. >> i don't think there's going to be too much of a rush. not everyone has their job back. we're still in the early phase. >> she says parents are still too concerned about the spread of the virus and may be under more financial stress. so far santa rosa has spent more than $70,000 on hotel rooms to quarantine essential workers

like police officers and firefighters. "the press democrats" say all 19 rooms have yet to be used. in april city leaders agreed to spend $100,000 to reserve those rooms. happening today a car caravan for ccsf organizers are concerned about city college of san francisco's future. local students now receive free tuition but there are fears a new round of budget cuts could hit hard for immigrant students. supporters plan to gather at the mission campus and hold drive-through rallies at several ccsf locations. new details on some of the economic disparity facing some of those trying to just make it in the bay. a new survey led in part by uc berkeley indicates nearly one in five people here have less than $400 in emergency savings before the pandemic even hit. the vast majority are african-american or latino. one-third say they don't have family or friends to turn to for financial help.

happening today two food drives to tell you about for families in need. the alameda county sheriff's office is holding a drive-through food drive. people can pick up free groceries starting at 1:00 p.m. santa rosa's archdiocese will hand out foods of bags at st. helena high school starting at noon. another big hit to san francisco's vibrant summer music scene, this year's stern grove music festival has been canceled. now if you've ever been there for free live music on a glorious sunday afternoon, you know this one will hurt a lot of people. this year's acts include billy ray cyrus, macy gray and, as always, the san francisco symphony. that's going to be a hit for a lot of people. a lot like to get out and enjoy especially when the weather is nice. and we are going to have some nice weather. today at 6:11 we've seen a few

clouds moving by to start. a live lookhe door for work thi morning and our temperature50s. we will see our skies starting to clear out as we go into today and our temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. i'm also tracking some rain in the forecast for the end of the weekend. more on that in a few minutes. mike, we are seeing a lot more cars out there on the road. that's right, kari. i'm going to hold off on the dublin camera and show you the maps. something is going on in contra costa county. northbound 680 there is a disabled vehicle right at the split. that may be an issue. i'm told it's blocking the enl tire middle of the roadway. it should clear soon. we'll track that. not clearing again as kari showed you, traffic coming in off 580. no real problems but what's going on on the altamont. it's been consistent there. right back to you. >> all right. thank you so much, mike. 6:12 and still ahead a warning for families, the new

national health alert for a mysterious illness in children believed to be linked to the coronavirus. that's coming up at 6:25. plus, would you stand in a half-mile-long line at the airport? that may be coming for just one airplane. take you out to the futures. wall street ping-ponging back and forth down this morning. we'll go over the numbers when "today in the bay" continues.

right now at 6:15 happy friday. we're taking a live look outside in the south bay and heading over to campbell for a look at our temperature trend. we'll be in the upper 50s to start. by noontime we're at 65 degrees and a lot of sunshine and highs in the mid-70s today. we'll get a look at some weekend rain in our forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. good morning to you. we just got the latest data on retail sales showing sales slumping, the biggest since they started measuring that numr in the previous month. now we kind of expected that, right? the other issue the crowded airlines. there's a new push to get you more space on flights to keep you safe. the head of the house transportation committee has sent a letter to airli passenge to two-thirds capacity. if they have to charge more, so

be it. now the letter carries no regulatory weight. we're seeing these full flights as airlines park more airplanes. this picture from california congressman jerrod huffman on a packed red-eye out of washington. not okay says the congressman. the other thing to think about if you think about flying is the airport itself. if you think of one of the larger airplanes, the 777, that can carry 400-450 people. if you were to stand in line to get on that airplane and you were to keep a six-foot distance from everyone next to you, that line would be nearly half a mile long, and that would be for one airplane. how airports are going to solve that is not clear. the new york stock exchange will reopen its floor at the end of the month. it's not going to look like this. this is old tape of people without masks. there will be fewer people as well. i'll just go ahead and pick that up. there will be fewer people as

well, but they are going to do it at the end of the month. the markets managed to turn the beat around. on thursday the dow will open at 23,60025. the nasdaq has performed well lately. some investors think the market is ahead of itself. it's not being realistic how long the market will be with us. the house will try to pass an act republicans say will never see the light of day. it's another stimulus bill. that after the fed chairman powell warned new stimulus was badly needed. he didn't endorse the democratic plan but said without some kind of plan the economy may go into its deepest recession in decades. we continue to monitor job losses. the latest coming from cruise automation. the san francisco automated car company owned by gm. reuters says will cut 8% of its staff. we're starting to see layoffs in things you wouldn't expect. the original ones, restaurants,.

now we're seeing companies affe coronavirus, automated car companies. but there's a funding issue and the desire to save money. we don't know how long this will last. >> it seems everyone is affected in some type of way. >> so true, so true. thank you very much. and you see how things are changing as well. take a look at this. new this morning, if you get to the airport if you are traveling and you realize you forgot your mask, las vegas airport now has an answer. they have new ppe vending machines. they offer items like facemasks, gloves, hand sanitizer and wipes. all major airlines require passengers to wear those face coverings. >> it comes with a hefty fee, too. if you're looking for something to do with your kids during the pandemic former president obama and wife michelle have you covered this morning. >> you can watch both of them from the chicago public library

live from the library series. they recorded themselves reading the word collectors. >> some collect bugs, others collect baseball cards, some people collect comic books and jerome? what did he collect? >> the two alternated reading pages. they made some jokes along the way. mrs. obama kind of making fun of the president -- the former president in some of those videos. really cute, though. >> talking about his ears. that was funny. >> they're a cute couple. it's nice to see. 6:20 for you that morning. a lot of people have been talking about that earthquake that was felt in the western part of nevada. some people here feeling it. it was a 6.4. none of us felt it but a big shake-up for people this morning. >> that's interesting because we were all awake but a lot of people in the central valley

did. >> the people in the central valley and the east bay, even san jose. that's something we'll be watching today as we look outside at mt. tam overlooking san francisco. it is a gorgeous start to this friday morning. our temperatures will be wide ranging. upper 50s. as you make your way inland, we'll see some mid-70s today, even to the upper 70s for the east bay with antioch reaching 79 degrees. tomorrow we can see this large storm system off the coast and it's a pretty strong one for this time of year. we're going to see it moving in by late tomorrow evening. we could see waves of rain coming in with some parts of the bay area farther to the north

getting some pretty decent rainfall totals. a quarter inch of rain and a half inch for the east bay and the possibility of about three quarters of an inch of rain or more. we'll see it cooling off on sunday and monday with our inland areas only into the upper 60s and then low 70s next week. you've been watching the commute. what's going on right now? >> we have patterns and they're established now. we established that speeds are at the limit. just over a week we've been seeing the slowing out of the past. as the speed sensor shows below 30. as we look at the bridge i confirmed with the bridge toll authorities for both the bay

area bridges and golden gate. tolls are coming up consistently. we start to reopen some of the businesses. 6:23. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: celebrities chefs are turning up the heat and preparing a multibillion dollar battle in court. their target and what it might mean for you next. the new house is amazing. so much character.

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>> reporter: good morning. the chefs are taking aim at their insurance company. does insurance cover a pandemic or not? many restaurant owners buy business interruption insurance to cover rent and payroll if they're forced to close, but lots of claims caused by the pandemic are being denied. the insurance industry insists their policies can't and don't cover losses due to a pandemic. >> you're looking at every single economy being impacted, and for this reason pandemics are uninsurable. >> reporter: a group of chefs including napa valley's thomas keller say they don't exclude pandemics and are filing lawsuits to make the companies pay up. the chefs have banded together and launched b.i.g. to pressure insurers into paying. the insurance industry says they have billions on hand. tonight at 6:00 we'll dig into why they say customers need them to have so much cash and why the

industry insists offering others' pandemic claims could have implications for you. i hope to see you again tonight at 6:00. thanks, chris. the cdc issued a new health alert on the mysterious illness in children that may be linked to the coronavirus. that illness is called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or mis-c. doctors must now report any patient they believe has the illness. coming up next on "today in the bay," we're going to talk about the series of earthquakes hitting western nevada. some felt right here in the bay area. and working to reopen. a live report on the bay area counties set to start scaling back restrictions next week. and who is holding out. we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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right now at 6:30, ready to reopen. the list of counties ready to move into phase two next week and what you need to know about the restrictions being lifted. working to return to normal muni is helping more people get to work and the new signs air travel may start to rebound. and a good morning on this friday. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to our forecast in just a little bit. what everybody is talking about this morning, did you feel it? a massive earthquake up in western nevada. some people in the bay area, in fact, felt it. it was a 6.5 earthquake struck

just after 4:00 this morning. it was followed by at least 13 aftershocks, one a 5.1, so pretty strong there. we have brand-new video in to our newsroom this is a chandelier you're seeing shaking from a home in fresno. a lot of people feeling this earthquake quite strongly. a shake map showing where people actually felt the quake. no reports of damage or injuries so far. our own vianey says she felt it in san jose, woke her up. we'll bring you any other updates. all of us were up early this morning getting ready for "today in the bay," but none of us felt it, right, kari? >> nope, i didn't feel it. there were parts of the east bay that felt the quake. it was happening over in nevada. it was so strong that it made it

to parts of the bay area. watch throughout the day. as we head out the door for work, clear skies and sunshine and beautiful weather today. i'll talk about an incoming weekend storm coming up in a few minutes. with the bay area seemingly changing its stay-at-home restrictions by the minute, it may be hard to keep track. i want you to see here the counties in red. these are the counties that are actually starting to reopen with retail -- with curbside pickup and delivery and each is finalizing those dine-in plans. these are the counties starting phase two. then we also have alameda and contra costa county planning to announce the restart phase -- to start phase two next week as well. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been following this

story closely. talk about what's expected to happen next wee >> reporter: we know santa clara county is still the hot spot with the highest number of deaths and also the highest number of cases overall. the dashboard looks good. the county's public health officer says that while all of this looks really good on paper there are still people who are getting sick in the county and their level of contagiousness is still above the acceptable level. we have no vaccine and no herd immunity. >> i think curbside will help anyone if they're creative and ambitious about that prospect so it's re-inventing shopping. >> reporter: one of the businesses that is allowed to

reopen under that phase two requirement, stringent requirements, to get permission from the state to reopen. that business owner, also business owners in alameda county, will be able to enter stage two some time next week. marin, san francisco and sonoma counties said they're starting phase two on monday. in addition to retail phase two allows some manufacturing logistics also which are lower risk work environments. offices and schools are also included in phase two but the waters are a little murkier and will be part of a later reopening as will those dine-in restaurants that so many folks are looking forward to visiting. because counties are doing things so differently, i called that link, what is my county doing? you can find that in my twitter feed and on my facebook page. we will track any developments as the governor talks later on today.

sanchez. happening today, a live look at winchester mystery house. this is where they're going to reopen the garden with modifications. so visitors can do the self-guided touchless tours. that tour includes 20 stops around the four acres of the estate's victorian garden. >> phase two of the reopening of restaurants is already happening in san benito county south of san jose. they tell us business dropped 90% during the pandemic. all 30 workers there were furloughed but they're all back following new social distancing rules for workers and patrons. >> even though they're 10 to 12 feet apart, they're talking to each other. it's amazing to seeing the mental part of it and people getting back to normal. >> it's nice.

it's really nice to sit down and you feel like you're out of the cage. >> because santa clara county shut down the restaurant is expecting some in the south bay to come down and visit. now despite some businesses being allowed to reopen south lake tahoe is telling people they need to still stay away. >> that's right, laura. renters face a $1,000 fine if they visit the city. that does not apply to homeowners there to check on their properties. the mayor says he realizes asking people to stay away is tough. >> to be asking our visitors not to come up right now is incredibly difficult. the life blood of our economy. >> the city finds itself in a unique predicament because it sits on the border. nevada's stay-at-home expires today while california's is still in place. el dorado county is still moving to stage two and allowing some dine-in restaurants to reopen.

a nice forecast. in fact, marcus washington tells us, kari, he can't work out unless you give us a good forecast. >> this is true. >> that is not true. don't blame it on the weather. we have perfect weather for an indoor or outdoor workout, temperatures will reach 75 degrees. i don't know if it gets any better than that and it will be nice and sunny. some fog along the coastline that will keep it cool with some upper 50s. i'm also tracking an incoming storm so i'll have details on the time line of the storm coming up in a few minutes, and, mike, what's been going on out there? >> so far things are moving smoothly but as we've been

talking about for the last week now we have seen a build, more slowing out of the tracy and stockton area. this is because we evolved, we have a few businesses opening. virtual wine tasting originally meant you could watch video of someone else drinking wine, not fun. some like passalacqua have a kit that can be shipped to you. you can do the tasting along with someone from the winery and that's more like it used to be. kris sanchez told me about the san jose beer fest digital edition. they'll drop ten full-sized beers at your door and you can participate in a communal chat in a couple of weeks. and for me i'm thrilled to learn about a similar option with a cheese class out of san jose. you have to hurry. you may have to pick up the wine

and cheese so you can pour and cut for the class on sunday but more options, guys. that's good stuff. >> i love it. people are getting creative. and were you talking about beer there. a lot of people are a fan of. this year's limited release, beer lovers flocked from around the world to weight in long lines. "t "the press democrat" says a pop to the economy over two weeks in february. they spend nearly $1 million on bottles alone the brewery offered for the first time this year. more l.a. county businesses are reopening despite a new surge in coronavirus deaths. still ahead the reason the county is still moving forward. plus, just hours after the white house is criticized for not having a plan the white

house releases a small plan. we'll take you out to the big board. the stocks are falling. the lowest they've ever been in history. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:42 we take a live look outside in san jose. we are starting out with a mostly clear sky. expect sunshine and warming temperatures as we head to the

mid-70s today. we'll have some rain in that weekend forecast. i'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. the navy is reporting five new coronavirus cases on the same air carrier once pulled from service by a massive outbreak. 18 more sailors are being taken off "the theodore roosevelt" as a precaution. the original affected more than 1,100. the navy is still investigating the event that led to the firing of a captain. the white house has alluded to allow the cdc to issue guidance to organization that is want to reopen. >> scott mcgrew, it's much less than originally planned. it's actually only six pages. good morning to you. the cdc had a bigger report but the white house shelved that earlier. let's take a look. this is one page out of the six, a page for restaurants, a flow chart to help make a decision

whether to open. they can't reopen if their state or local government says they can't. the guidance was released just hours after dr. richard bright, head of the team looking for a vaccine, says the government had no grand strategy to fight the pandemic. >> we still do not have a standard, centralized, coordinated plan to take our nation through this response. i believe with proper leadership and collaboration with the best science leading the way we can devise a comprehensive strategy. >> president trump says that he will have an announcement from the white house about vaccines today. we have no idea what that could be. earlier in the week dr. fauci had said a candidate for the first vaccine might be available

as soon as late fall or early winter and by a candidate he means something we could test to figure out whether or not it works. the house votes on a stimulus plan written by democrats, almost certainly will pass the house only to be defeated in the senate which has said it doesn't stand a chance. president trump says it will be dead on arrival. we'll be tweeting about all of those things. you can find me on twitter @scottmcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. more l.a. county businesses are set to reopen today, reporting almost 50 new deaths yesterday. now more than 1,700. they say sheltering at home is lowering the transmission rate to less than one for each person affected. southern californians learned the l.a. county fair will not be held this summer for the first time since world war ii.

today on "ellen" you'll see a first grade teacher in oakland getting a very big surprise. >> i am partnering with box tops for education to celebrate teachers like you and want to give your school $25,000. so now you don't have to go out of pocket yourself to do this. this is for the school. >> isn't that cool? ellen says he does a lot. there's even more that he does. ellen has another huge surprise for him. you can watch it at 4:00 today. and speaking of surprises it is a special day. our very own bob redell marking his 20th year working with us. >> exactly. before we bring in bob let's take a look at some of his career highlights.

♪ >> you have to make sure you have a dead cricket because if you get them in your stomach there's no way of getting them out of you. ♪ >> ow, ow, and, again, the reason i volunteered to become a human guinea pig. >> who knew you had those ballet moves? >> so many talents, bob redell, 20 years. >> reporter: and what's remarkable 20 years of waking up at 2:30 in the morning, check

out my face, you can't tell, there are no bags under the eyes, the skin is crystal clear. i look like i'm 29 again. >> i've been here even longer than you so watch out. >> i didn't think i would last more than a year or two. i can't believe i'm here for my 20st. compared to everyone who has more time, you, mike, shana, allen, gabrielle, ben. gary i'm not sure and mcgrew has i think more time than anyone. >> scott mcgrew. that's a testament to the place we work for. we're very fortunate. >> and the people, too. we're really a team on the show and it's hard to pull off surprises, too, especially with this one and bob redell.

i had a few helpers. i have to summon them in. audrey, lily, can you come help us out and celebrate your dad? >> you guys. love you guys. >> can you see the girls there? maybe get over dad's shoulder. audrey and lily, bob's daughters, helping me out bringing in the cake. >> thank you. sherry was up a minute ago. i'm up? see you. thank you very much. i'm so grateful. >> you're worth it all. you deserve it all. >> bob, we're grateful for you. we really are. >> thank you. >> and that cake, all for yourself. you don't have to share it with the newsroom. >> you earned it. 20 years. >> usually i would be taking

three-quarters anyway. see you. love you. >> congratulations to you, bob. all right, a look at the forecast, morgan hill behind you. >> we'll make sure bob has some nice sunshine in the tri-valley. a live look outside, it will be a really nice day. we're waking up to a few clouds that will clear out as we head into the afternoon and high temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. up to 75 in san jose. san francisco will be in the mid-60s. upper 70s in parts of the north bay, so once again this is our calm weather before some more rain comes in, but we are so excited to see it because it is a welcome sight and the very dry weather throughout the past couple of months. as this storm system arrives it will first move in the north bay late tomorrow evening and spread across the bay area on sunday.

we're looking at off and on showers. this one looks stronger in terms of how much rain we'll see. as we go into sunday as well as monday where we see the yellows and the oranges that indicates some heavier rain and so it's going to add up to a little bit more as we go into the next couple of days. so looking at that forecast if you're trying to time it out once again dry today. in the north bay tomorrow evening that rain starts to fall. we could see anywhere from about a quarter inch of rain in the south bay up to half an inch and up to three-quarters in parts of the north bay. higher amounts over the hills. we'll see our temperatures going up and down. we'll cool off once that rain arrives and that will happen sunday. next week is looking good in san francisco. we'll cool off as well as the rain starts to move in. mike, you've been watching the commute. looks good weatherwise. how is it now for the drivers?

>> looks great there as well. a smooth flow of traffic. bob redell is out there with his 20th anniversary in livermore and we talk minutes's ago about the build. we see it there again, just a little slowing remains. it's friday. i'll talk about friday light. it is slowing. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now parts of new york are starting to be the state's first -- see the first phase of reopening. governor cuomo saying that three regions meet the guidelines. some of the activity allowed includes landscaping, tennis and drive-in movie theaters. also next on "today in the bay," the lieutenant governor about openings in california live and a look at our top stories including the latest on a very strong earthquake felt right here in the bay area.

the number of counties set to partially reopen. business is growing. not everyone is on the same page. we'll break down what will be open and where.

6:55. welcome back. a quick look at the top stories we're following. here is one that a lot of people are talking about. did you feel it this morning?

a very strong earthquake hitting western nevada. 6.4 quake struck a little after 4:00 this morning and the thing is it's been followed by at least ten aftershocks, one of them a 5.1. we have new video of the shaking in a kitchen. you see there pots and pans swaying and video earlier this morning of a chandelier shaking inside a home in fresno. and we want to show you a shake map as well. you can see how far and wide that people felt it. san francisco even, no reports of damage or injuries. within the past 24 hours governor newsom painted a somber picture of california's economy, the state is now facing a $54 billion shortfall and means $6 billion worth of cuts may be coming. joining us this morning to talk about it is the lieutenant

governor kounalakis. >> it's great to be back. >> talk to us about the cuts. i know the governor talking about pushing for a bill to pass that would support states. if that should happen what could that mean for california? >> well, as you just noted we're looking at a $54 billion hole in the california budget. this is very significant and will impact medicare, medical, many of the projects that the state was planning on funning this year. it could impact school funding. what the governor talked about it's very important for the federal government to step up and help us fill this gap for those important services that have to do with people's health care, police and fire. that's what we're pushing for.

california and other western states have come together to urge the federal government to step in and help give us the support so that, look, we know there will be an economic hit, that based on our unemployment numbers what we're up against but this help at the beginning of the crisis will make a huge difference in helping us keep our economy going until people can get back to work and we can revive our economy. >> a lot of work being done in sacramento to help those finding it hard to make it, make it. we're out of time this morning but thank you so much for giving us a little insight. >> okay. just remind all of your watchers to take that personal responsibility, the virus is still out there. people should be very, very careful particularly those who have underlying health conditions or who live with people who have those underlying health conditions.

>> good advice. thank you, lieutenant governor. >> thank you. and let's get a look at the forecast for you on this try day. kari? we're starting out with some sunshine. we'll see a nice day and will be tracking rain in the forecast by the end of the weekend. keep checking back for updates on that. how is it looking for the commute, mike? we have no problems. the numbers i've been seeing have been increasing for bridge tolls consistently week to week for the last month. we are seeing more traffic coming back. just be aware. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. thank you for joining us as well. coming up is the "today" show. >> a live look at the winchester house which is reopening for the garden tours. if you head that way make sure you have your mask and a happy 20 years to bob redell here at nbc bay area. thank you for joining us this morning. the "today" show is next. two on.

the changes you )ll be seeing if you go out and shop. plus, the president of the school boards association speaks to us about budget cuts and good morning. business unusual at least five more states take step good morning. business unusual. at least five more states take steps towards reopening this morning as bars and restaurants remain packed, even as the governors deliver this dark warning. >> more people could get sick and overwhelm the hospitals, not if we stay the course and stay home. >> the cdc issues its delayed guidelines on how to get schools and businesses back open safely. rare and deadly. the new cd