thanks for joining us pum kris . marcus washington is coming back and we want to get to kari hall back with another rainy forecast. >> yes, we are going to see some more rain coming in, after a break over the weekend. we can see the scattered showers that are already starting to roll in, not yet in the bay area, but farther to the north as well as the south but we'll be watching that rain to the north of us, starting to approach and as we go into the next couple of days, we'll see off and on showers for today, as well as tomorrow, but then as it wraps up, we'll have some dry weather going toward the end of the week. so we'll have details on what to expect as the storm comes in, coming up in a few minutes. mike has a look at what's going on now for the morning commute. >> yes, kari, things were fine until a couple minutes ago, a crash reported on the upper east shore freeway. across the bay bridge you're fine but if you're coming across

the carquinez bridge or the zampa bridge from this direction north bay to the east bay, west 80 at willow, a quick traffic break. only the slow lane is blocked now an earlier crash from the middle of the roadway moved to the shoulder. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. we'll check in again. back to you. thank you, mike. now to president joe biden's first 100 days in office and the major hurdles he's facing surrounding the pandemic. this is a live look at the white house this morning where ten leading republicans are headed today to pitch their covid relief plan to president biden. >> they argue it's a lot cheaper and it targets americans most in need. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with a look at what's in, what's out and the time line to get more money in your bank account. that sounds nice, terry -- tracie. >> right, the stimulus checks may not apply to everyone under this republican plan. they want to target the checks and slimouse says the

president is willing to listen and that is what has led to their meeting today. presiden to meet this afternoon with ten senate republicans pitching a new covid relief plan. . >> the president has said repeatedly he is open to ideas wherever they may come. >> reporter: the republican plan is a third the cost of biden's with the same money for vaccinations, but nearly 90% less to reopen schools. >> that issue is teachers unions telling their teachers not to go to work. we can get kids back to school without kind of bailing out the teachers unions. >> reporter: stimulus checks would drop to $1,000, and phase out for higher income families. >> people in the administration's plan a family with three kids making almost $300,000 a year getting a check and many of these people have had no impact from covid, some are doing quite well, others are struggling. let's focus on those who are struggling. >> reporter: democrats argue relief must do more.

>> we cannot have children in america going hungry. people being evicted, schools not open, we need to open our schools in a safe way. >> reporter: the money can't come fast enough. new strains of coronavirus have arrived in the u.s. >> the surge that is likely to occur with this new variant from england is going to happen in the next 6 to 14 weeks. >> reporter: more illness, more deaths. experts say more shots are the best way to fight it. now, there's money in both of these proposals. the president's and republicans, in fact the same amount four more shots, four vaccines and they're hoping to make headway this week because next week lawmakers will be tied up with the beginning of that impeachment trial. back to you. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you so much. one year ago this morning "today in the bay" was reporting the first bay area covid case in

the south bay. since that time, the state has seen more than 3 million cases. this past week we saw a further decline in new cases and hospitalizations but the statee area. uc berkeley is coping with , many of them among undergraduates. despite the increase, starting today, some outdoor campus activities will resume and small trial class also resume indoors starting february 16th. for the first time in nearly 11 months the los gatos school district this morning resumes in-class learning. the district has been in the news a lot lately after some teachers were offered an early chance to receive a covid vaccination. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live this morning, outside blossom hill emelementary school with the latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura.

as you recall good samaritan hospital in san jose gave 65 teachers within the los gatos school district the first round of the covid-19 vaccination. they did this without the approval from the santa clara health department, the hospital did that is. at a meeting last week the school superintendent, paul johnson says his district never requested these shots. he says good sam reached out to him to offer the vaccinations to his teachers. the hospital tells us they have left overdoses and contacted districts so it would not be wasted. . an email to staff, the superintendent wrote "they" referring to good sam "mentioned that our kindness last weir year was not forgotten and how much they appreciated it." referring to the district's $60,000 in fund-raising that they used to feed the hospital staff. johnson apologized at last week's meeting for putting it that way. >> this was done out of the sincerity of our hearts, and not

to give in order to get. >> my conclusion is paul's actions were unethical and illegal. >> legalities ass decision does not appear >> reporter: that was a written amount read allowed by a staff member. the county continues to investigate what happened at good sam and says the county is withholding vaccines from the hospital until the hospital submits a new rollout plan. the county said the teachers who received that first shot will also receive the second dose so the vaccines that were administered aren't wasted. the district says its hybrid reopening plan falls in line with the guide lines issued, the new guidelines issued by the state last month. of course been approved by the los gatos, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. when it comes to deadly violence, oakland is starting february coming off one of its worst ever starts to a year, in

january, oakland had 14 homicides, compared with last year, when there was one homicide for the entire month. at its current rate, it would add up to 168 homicides over 12 months, easily surpassing recent totals. opd tells "the chronicle" because of covid related cuts there's less manpower to patrol the streets. the first team started operating at the end of the year in the tenderloin, and each team includes behavioral specialists, they will handle non-violent 911 calls tied to mental health and addiction and to allow police to focus on public safety instead. the mayor says the tenderloin team responded to about 80 calls in its first month on the job. the clock is ticking if you were the victim and need debris removed from your property. today is the deadline for

state's free debris removal program. if you have fire damaged structure or trees in danger of falling. you can learn more about how to apply by going to the state's website caloes.ca.gov. it is 5:07 now, and we know that we're getting just a little bit of a break in the rain. it was a beautiful weekend for most of us, kari. it was nice to get outside. >> it was nice to get outside and now we're back to microclimate weather alert. it's just to give you a heads up that we do have some more rain coming in, and we're going to start to see that coming in by this afternoon. getting a look at our storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar showing that as you head out the door this morning, you're not seeing any rain now but you may want to make sure that you have the umbrella, as the rain starts to roll in by later today, moving from north to south, we've also seen some moisture central and southern california. but then for san jose, we're

pretty much dry for most of the day, even seeing a lot of sunshine and then the rain comes in later on tonight. so this will first make it into the north bay for later today, and as we go through the time line, before the evening commute, we're seeing some downpongurarther to the south. so i'll continue to monitor that. we'll talk about how much rain you can expect, that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, as we were heading out the door this morning, everything is still looking pretty good in the weather department. >> yes, conditions wise it's great. unfortunately we have this one crash i think there's a little bit of a lag in the is ensource. sensors. the red zone shows up just before you get to the crash, west 80 at willow coming off the carquinez bridge. we had an earlier traffic break that cleared. i believe we're down to one lane over at the scene. minor injuries reported, if any at all. the rest of your commute looks great, green sensors toward the bay bridge across all bridges, in fact and as we look at the

live camera in palo alto you see how light the traffic flow is on highway 101 all the way up and down the peninsula. cierra? for the start of black history month we're honoring someone doing just that, coming ♪ mama mia, mama mia ♪ ♪ mama mia let me go ♪ >> plus, we're not worthy. today's marcus washington joins us next with a look at the project that has mike meyers and day dana carvey singing again.

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right now at 5:13, we're under a microclimate weather alert for some rain moving in later today. as you head out right now across the east bay, we have temperatures in the upper 40s. we will have some sunshine at least for the first part of the day. we'll talk about when that rain arrives in the forecast, coming up. and while i'm still tracking the latest over on the east shore freeway, that crash west 80 at willow, other side of the bay we're looking at the golden gate bridge, it's a smooth drive but away from us going north i saw sensors slow for a second or

a few seconds. we'll check on whether or not there are any crews in the area we need to tell you about. >> good morning to you. very happy monday as well. we'll start with monkey brains. elon musk said he hooked a monkey up to the computer wirelessly and the monkey can play video games with his mind. he says he'll supply us with video of the animal playing video games in the coming months. said musk "he's a happy monkey. we have the nicest monkey facilities in the world. we want them to play mind-pong with each other." musk launched neural link in 2016, it has labs in the mission. the end goal is not video game playing monkeys but helping ent hopes to hook up your brain to an artificial intelligent computer. the markets get their start this morning after some of the

worst volatility in months. that reddit robinhood game stop thing still a thing. many reddit purchasing silver options, driving the cost higher than more than a decade. the options alow a customer to buy silver at a set future p ar really driving this and gamestop, because what you're hearing in the news, these options aren't very expensive to buy. you can buy an option to buy gamestop for instance for less than the actual share price of the stock then sell it for a profit. the stock buying app robinhood continues to limit what its customers can do and buy, which has been reported last week left a lot of people wondering wait, can they do that? right now probabl robinhood onl you buy a share of gamestop. charles schwab pointed out it didn't limit buyers from buying what they wanted though it, too, adjusted its mash inrequirements, the margin is where you buy on credit instead

of using the cash in your account. kris and laura and marcus as well, a lot of people are staying robinhood what they did well was make an app super easy to buy and sell stock like a video game is avenue and if the big guys like schwab would get better at making apps, they could take a lot of business from robinhood. >> interesting. thank you, scott. >> okay. hey, let's bring in marcus washington. my buddy, old pal, he's got a look at what's trending this morning. hey, marcus, "saturday night live" couldn't get enough of the gamestop frenzy we're talking about. >> look, you know it, laura, we talked about it this weekend and if people are talking about it, so is "saturday night live." of course this was the first show of the new season and of course the live weekend update had to tackle all of those issues that we're talking about. let's take a look. >> it's been a big week for the

staten island mall gamestop. reddit figured out how to get rich bankrupting a bunch of hedge funds. if you don't understand how that works it's a lot like and i've been waiting so leon this, 2091 themed heist movie "now you see me." >> so you see it there. co-anchor ran through some of the top picks that people are talking about, including opening days of the biden administration and the capitol insurrection. as you saw there the audience got tickets to literally see the downfall of machine gun kelly, you saw him there tumble off the stage, after the show of course as he tried to pick up pete davidson. you know what? also gaining a lot of attention, people are talking about this, reunion that we're not worthy of. take a look. >> we're back. 2020, man, that was a great year. >> not! >> yeah, really sucked. >> it sucked donkey. >> good one.

we just wanted to say that we'll see you soon for the game. >> uh-oh, you heard it there. so that's comedians mike myers eats ad set to air during the super bowl. not talk about a flashback for all of us. i remember wayne's world brings back that you wanted to be a punk rocker in the '90s. >> he looked pretty good, though after all these years. >> excellent. >> yes. ♪ wayne's world, totally cool, excellent ♪ something like that. ♪ do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ ♪ dunn, dunn, dunn, dunn ♪ brought it back for all of us. >> meteorologist kari hall, we

know the rain is coming back, too. >> yes, we are going to see a lot of changes here as we go into later today as well as tomorrow. some off and on showers moving in. we can already see it on the statewide view of what's happening with the showers just to the north of us. as it rolls on through, we'll start so see that rain in the north bay and you may be wondering after all of that rain that we had last week, how are we doing with our rainfall deficit and hey we're still lacking a lot here. looking at santa rosa, we still need almost 12 1/2 inches of rain to catch up to normal. that is just crazy especially after the dumping of rain that we had, but this goes back all the way to the beginning of october, when our water year began, and since then, we've really had a dry season, so looking at oakland, we still need seven inches of rain, livermore needs 4.5 inches of rain and san jose we need about 4 inches of rain to catch up to normal. so with the percentage of average most of us have only seen only about a quarter to a

half of what we normally get at this point, and the water year. and the good thing is that we do have some more rain on the way, but as it moves in, it's going to first start in the north bay, temperatures there will be cooler, reaching into the mid to upper 50s and low to mid-60s as we won't see the rain until later this evening in the south bay. so as we go through the time line, we are looking at some schoufrz starting in the north bay, by early in the afternoon, continuing to spread through during the evening commute and into later tonight. we see that rain moving down the peninsula as well as into the south bay and parts of the east bay and we'll have off and on rain between now and early wednesday morning and during this time we're looking at an additional 0.1 to 0.25 inch of rain and the grouped is wet after last week and for the sierra, more snow headed that way, another one to two feet over the next couple of days. mike, it's dry for the

morning commute but the evening commute may be tricky for some. >> there you go, so great warning from you, just like wayne and garth, the rain going ♪ do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ do, do, do, do ♪ mostly green sensors. we're following this issue on the upper east shore freeway westbound 80, speed sensors look a little bit better. i think that track took longer than chp said, west 80 at willow is where the crash is over on the shoulder. back to you. their pricey patio umbrella isn't throwing enough shade. they need us to shine a light on the situation. i am and consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next.

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good morning, take a look at these foe tes of a $2,000 patio umbrella that won't fully open. she says there's a problem here with the tension. let's zoom. the two components should be together but they're not. she was getting nowhere with the store patio world. in her complaint she wrote us and said i'm disappointed and feel completely helpless as a consumer. that's why we're here. our team made contact with patio world. the thing is covid-19 hit. we persisted, eight months later the beazley family's umbrella is finally fixed. patioworld sent a technician to correct the tension. we asked patioworld for a statement but we didn't receive a response. contact us with your consumer complaints, go to nbcbayarea.com

click the "responds" option or call us, 888-996-tips. ♪♪ today marks the start of black history month and here nbc bay area we want to honor those in our community making history each and every day. we're calling them our changemakers. >> every monday, this month, we'll recognize changemakers. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in san francisco to introduce to us one changemaker putting her own community in focus in the midst of the pandemic. good morning, cierra. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we all know that one person when they see a problem, they jump into action and do everything they can to work to solve it, well that's exact will i what our first changemaker did when covid-19 first began making headlines and we learned that it was disproportionately impacting some communities dr. kim rhodes with ucsf did everything she could to jump into action and

that is why she is our first changemaker. now by day she's an emdeemiologist and biostatistician with ucsf focusing on cancer research and how the quality of care could be associated with disparities and survival but when covid began presenting it self in the bay area t quickly became evident some communities were hit harder and the rate of infection was higher in the black community. dr. rhodes spearheaded a community initiative that brought some of the first pop-up testing sites to the city of san francisco and later to parks and churches in oakland. her team brought together a group of community partners to get testing sites, covid care resources and other health treatment right to the community. the sites have become a model of community-based testing and today we honor dr. kim rhodes. >> i think what's so fulfilling about this is it's not really about me. it's about the number of community partners, faith partners, advocates, people from

agencies across the county and the city who have come together to actually create something. >> dr. rhoads was determined to take everything she knew to actually get testing and vital health information out to the african-american community. >> reporter: and just speaking to dr. rhoads you can hear her passion dealing with disparities in health care. her work by day is looking at disparity in cancer care so it wasn't hard for her to pivot and help the dispar nit covid. it's about spreading the word about the vaccine and continuing to wear the ppe and continue get-to-get testing. dr. kim rhoads. your entire community is you, doctor. >> really nice todo not stop he.

on the "today" show, chanel reports in the late 1950s, in wichita, kansas. the double standard some say was shown to anti-vaccine protesters in los angeles over the weekend, and how long they were able to shut down shot distribution at dodger stadium. plus you need to act fast if you want to snap a picture of one of yosemite national park's most dazzling spectacles of the year. why reservations are sure to fill up fast.

i think that that's probably reckless. maybe they shouldn't >> it's too soon, way too soon. there's too many cases. >> right now at 5:30, the date is set. the first themed park in the state makes a goal to reopen in may, but will it be possible during the pandemic? the major roller coaster ride the bay area still faces. all of this as new covid-19 strains are being reported across the state and here in the bay area and rules for air passengers starting this week. plus it's clear across the bay area but our storm ranger is tracking an incoming storm set to slam parts of the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is issuing a microclimate weather alert and timing out what we can expect as "today in the bay" continues right now.

a very good monday morning to you. we've been waiting for you. we're here since 4:30 in the morning. it's already 5:31. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington joins us in a bit. first a look at the weather forecast that won't make more work for mike this morning. >> yes, it looks good for this morning. later today is when we'll start to see these downpours rolling in. right now, as we take a look at the radar, we can see how far north it is and arriving first in the north bay later today and spreading across the rest of the bay area for later this evening. it will be wrapping up by tomorrow and w week. we'll talk more about the timeline of the rain and how much you can expect talking about climate change coming up in a few minutes. right now, mike, heading out the door seems like it's pretty good, except for a few spots, right? >> yes we're talking about

traffic change in one area as we look at the upper east shore freeway. a few seconds ago update all lanes confirmed clear by chp westbound 80, your commute direction near willow avenue. there are flares there so a distraction. folks slow down even though the lanes are clear. this will be put out by cars driving over them. no other problems headed to the bay bridge around the rest of the bay. back to you, kris. >> thank you, mike. seeing this is a distant memory these days, amusement parks on a roller coaster road post pandemic which saw its first bay area case exactly one year ago. now one bay area park is talking about turning the corner. >> to the excitement of many. sharon katsuda is live in pleasanton this morning. that is one of the planned reopenings that has a lot of peoplereopenings this week.

we're still in the purple most restricted tier but the dmv will resume in-person driving tests starting today. behind-the-wheel tests were postponed december 14th. those previously postponed test also be automatically rescheduled. it send out texts to let people know the new date and time to come in. new appointments will likely be available around mid-february at the earliest. walnut creek dmv closed so do research and see if the dmv near you is still open. the oakland zoo is getting ready to welcome back visitors. the zoo reopens with limited capacity this wednesday, it's a return to how the zoo operated before the holiday shutdown orders. you must reserve tickets online and anyone over 2 years old must wear a mask. indoor exhibits are still closed. large amusement parks like great america in santa clara can open once the county they're in reaches the yellow tier, the least restrictive level in the

state's coronavirus guidelines. great america's target opening date is may 22nd. the park will have limited capacity to ensure proper social distancing, masks will be required. customer also gohrgh thermal screening at the entrance to checkwi be touchless. they'll open by scanning tickets. some say the reopening plan comes at a tough time. >> we are still in the early stages of vaccine campaigns nationwide. i would love to see us moving at a faster pace with more comprehensive coverage that is more equitable to all kinds of communities and right now we're just not seeing that. >> reporter: amusement parks in florida opened late last year with similar restrictions as announced by great america. now they remained open despite a surge of cases there over the holidays. and the state says the icu availability here in the bay area today is at around 8%. reporting live in pleasanton,

i'm sharon cat katsuda. s aof this mornings at sfo tsa can stop travelers if they're not wearing a mask. this isiment plementing president bide be's mask mandate executive order t holds true for anyone traveling by train, bus or any form of public transit and comes in the wake of more covid strains popping up for the first time in the bay area. last week, stanford researchers identified the first case of the uk variant and the brazil variant in the bay area, both believed to be more contagious. new video to show you of a third covid vaccination site open in san diego county. it opened for the first time over the weekend and will operate every sunday through thursday. the county says its goal is to vaccinate between 250 and 1,000 people per day.

while there are some speed bumps in the vaccine rollout between saturday and sunday, another 200,000 californians got their first dose of the vaccine. more than 3.4 million shots have now been administered in our state. we've got more information on vaccines, you can find it all on our website, that includes a tool that will show you how your approximate or where your approximate placeom click on "vaccination" on the top of the page in our "trending" bar. >> it is 5:37 now. we check in with mike inouye first. doesn't look like rain is a factor for you this morning. >> yes, and we have the experts to tell us when that is a factor but yeah let's look at the, i'm the trafficologist and green sensors are great to start with the morning. we have that start for changes in the tri-valley. westbound 84 cutting through the area, as well as the altamont

pass show a little more orange and red so a little more slowing, probably because a little more volume of traffic. nothing major getting out there, recovery for the westbound 80 east shore freeway around willow, the earlier crash cleared lanes. the should clear soon. we have some changes, kari. what do you have? >> we are going to start to see that rain moving in for the evening commute but we are still all clear for the morning commute. we can see the storm approaching as we look at it on the satellite and radar, well to the north of us. if you will be home schooling today, looking for those opportunities to get outside, we are going to see a morning start with temperatures in the mid-50s in novato, you'll see the rain holding off up until 3:00 this afternoon so rain coming in later today, and also i wanted to talk about our climate in crisis, because this week we are putting a spotlight on climate change.e

need to act fast to slow the melting of our polar ice caps and the loss of arctic sea ice alone is causing sea level rise which may give us a harder time dealing with our already extreme climate, and heather cooley is a climate scientist with the pacific institute and says cities like oakland, this could be a big problem. >> when there are storm surges, there will be other episodic events where we will see the waters go even higher and combine that with periods when we have these heavy rainfall events when we get our atmospheric rivers, where you have a lot of water coming off the land, that wants to go to the bay. >> so you can watch this full interview of "climate in crisis" as well as the impact on oakland and other parts of the bay area, go to

nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. we'll be following this all throughout the week. tomorrow morning i'll take you to san francisco and we'll see how ocean beach is being affected by sea level rise. so that's coming up for tomorrow morning. kris and laura? >> all right, so informative, thank you so much, kari. happening today, you have a chance to book a ticket to see yosemite's famous firefall, watching that natural phenomenon is different this year of course because of the pandemic, in order to get into the park, you have to get a day use permit which goes on sale today at 8:00 a.m. set your timer. this year the window to see the firefall is expected to happen between february 13th and the 25th. every february, thousands of people head to the park to see that amazing sight that happens when the setting sun hits horsetail falls. if the circumstances are just right, the reflection gives off a magnificent light show. >> pretty amazing to see. well, it's 5:40. suddenly a possible curveball in the works for major league

baseball where pitchers and catchers are set to report in two weeks there may be a fly in the ointment. coming up next on "today in the bay" the push to slow things down and maybe even cut back some games. in washington, ten republican senators are headed to the white house to try to make a compromise deal on the stimulus. we'll bring you the latest. ♪♪ and today kicks off our black history month, coverage each day honoring a trailblazing black american with tie tops the bay area. today we recognize award-winning actor danny glover who grew up in san francisco. he attended george washington high and san francisco state. in addition to long acting career in films like "the color purple" and "lethal weapon" glover is also a civil rights activist and a u.n. goodwill ambassador and board member an the center for economic policy research. we salute you, danny glover. we'll be right back.

oroweat bread. gathering, baking and delivering the goodness of nature... from one generation to the next and from seed to slice. ♪ ahhh. ahhh. ahhh. ah. ♪ it is 5:44. for san jose we have some rain coming in but for the south bay it doesn't come in until later this morning. t of wet soil. we'll talk about how much rain you can expect, coming up in a few minutes. >> and you can expect a little

bit more recovery time needed for t uer east shore freeway. the crash in rodeo. traffic is headed away from us, moving smoothly in both directions. the tail lights headed over the hill toward lincoln. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. 5:44 right now. bipartisanship is the word of the day at the white house as the president meets with ten republican senators. >> scott mcgrew, we'll try to hammer out a deal on a new coronavirus relief bill and americans are listening. >> yes, they are it's notable, kris, the ten don't come from the key group of republican leaders. they're people who themselves have shown bipartisanship in the past, senators like murkowski and romney. democrats in congress have pointed out they don't need republicans' help. they can pass things like bigger checks to american families and more money for vaccinations by themselves, but the white house has repeatedly called for a deal that both sides can accept. here is president biden's

economic adviser. >> the president has said repeatedly he's open to ideas wherever they may come that we could improve upon the approach to tackling this crisis. what he's uncompromising about is the need to move with speed, on a comprehensive approach here. >> those ten senators will meet with president biden today and we will certainly be monitoring that. meanwhile, we're hearing a lot from congressman adam kinzinger, the republican from illinois who called then president trump to be removed via the 25th amendment, later called for his impeachment. starting a new political action committee, to, he says bring the republican party back to its roots as a party of conservatives, not trump. >> it's hard to say the insurrection is no big deal and lecture democrats on something. we've lost our moral authority and need to regain it as a party. >> kinzinger or romneys called

by people who don't like them but don't mistake the argument with democrats that donald trump committed, an agreement with democrats donald trump committed another impeachable offense with them somehow being liberal, they're not. kinzinger is a tea party traditional republican. the "new york times" reporting much of the money donald trump raised from his supporters to fight the elections in court was not used to fight the elections in court. the trump team raised $170 million "the times" said but used about $10 million in the court fight. a major shuffling of president trump's legal team. the two trump at his trial quit it was a mutual decision. another lawyer left as well. trump has two new lawyers but just a week from the trial, as the defense they don't have to reveal what their defense is

but many republican senators have already gone on the record saying there shouldn't be a trial in the first place so he may not need an air tight case. we'll be monitoring that and again, this big meeting at the biden white house with ten republican senators, we'll talk about it on twitter. find me @scottmcgrew. 5:47. new details state law enforcement teams are reportedly investigating a series of violent threats made against governor gavin newsom. the "sacramento bee" obtained a voice mail and emails containing abuive language again the governor, his family and businesses even though he's not actively involved in day-to-day operations for those businesses right now. newsom is the focus of a recall effort being coordinated mostly by ultra conservative groups. it is not clear who the threats are linked to. as we first told you last week covid hit close to home for us here at "today in the bay." co-anchor marcus washington was

diagnosed with covid. so he's been getting better though and working from home. >> look at him, he's smiling, looking good. marcus, joining us now so many out and about, and as you know, our philosophy is it's not our story to tell, so now you're telling it. >> yes. the story to tell, you know what, the smile is back. it's funny because a lot of people online have been saying that, so good to see your smile when it. thank you to all of the people ought there. i talked to both of you when i was out sick via text, you all were checking up on me, good to hear other voices from behind the scenes, gabriella our director and tony our producer. it's also great because a lot of viewers have been sending me emails after friday as well as while i was sick really asking about how are you doing? well, you know what? i'm doing great. i'm feeling good but i want to share some of those thing a lot of people were saying. take a look at this, ellen heldebrant says "happiness is when marcus is back at work and

the team will be back together again." you know what, i couldn't agree more. thanks, helen and chris rad says "i'm so sorry to hear this but i am glad you're on the mend and looking forward to your return when you're all better." i'm feeling better, about 98% better now. law camera, the funny thing, people were responding to the posts i posted friday on my facebook page. laura brought up the elephant or the beard in the room, my beard. because you know what? i've not been able to grow a beard, wasn't able to grow one in college and started working managers were like no, you cannot. i decided to grow one during quarantine. it's growing on me but a lot of people have stuff to say, mostly positive on facebook. a lot of people have been saying that. catherine e. power says "love the beard! not everyone looks good with a beard. marcus, you rock it" and of course my recovery i did a facebook live this morning talking about some of the things i did to a

so if you're in quarantine or know someone that may have covid or you may become infected, there are a lot of good tips on there for you right now. make sure you drink plenty of liquids, take many vitamins, i give a list and consult your physician if you're taking any medications, and also get plenty of rest. because yes, there were many days i stayed in the bed just sleep because my body was just so tired but you know what? i'm back. i'm ready to go. like i said, i'm about 98%, i'm just trying to get to 100 then i'm coming book in a that studio. i miss it. >> can't wait to see you. >> i am, too, and i didn't have covid. it's just monday morning. thanks, marcus. >> thanks, guys. >> good to see you, marcus. like a towering flyball, details on major league's baseball season are coming up in the air. right now pitchers and catchers are supposed to report in two weeks. over the weekend the owners reportedly proposed a slightly

shortened season, starting one month later, to allow covid case rates to decline. that deal would also push the world series into november. it's possible players could issue a response today and some reports suggested they're going to reject that idea. it's 5:51 right now. so nice to have our family coming back together again, because we really are a family on this show. we'll check in with mike in a little bit. all right, mother nature is talking to kari. more rain coming our way this week. >> yes, we are going to see the showers coming in later this afternoon but we've already got storm ranger powered up and ready to track this rain, as it moves first into the north bay, and you can see where it is now as i widen out the view and show you what's happening across the state. we are going to see this wet weather returning for the start of our work week and then it's e at 4:30, we're going to see the rain in the north bay getting heavier later this afternoon,

into the evening, making it into san francisco approaching the east bay at about 11:00 tonight, so you can see how late this rain will be, most of us won't have much of an impact for our day and early tomorrow morning, still some off and on showers. we're going to see that rain with us into at least the first part of the day tomorrow, and then it will start to move out by wednesday morning. so some wet weather moving in, we're looking at the possibility of anywhere from a tenth to quarter inch of rain but it may be as high as about a half inch of rain farther to the north and the north bay, as well as parts of the east bay, where we start to see some of those heavier downpours moving through. once we get through the rain for the first part of the week the rest of the week is dry and look at how much these temperatures are going to warm up. we have mid-60s headed our way, we'll have some great weather and a chance to let that moisture kind of soak into the ground, maybe help out our flowers as well. i'll have more updates on that rain coming in, mike, what is the update right now for the

morning commute? >> i'm concerned about the late rain, it's a school night. roadways traffic flows nicely on the school day. north 101 slowing that popped up and starting to clear. i checked the live camera, the little bit of slowing and we expect on that pattern, same for the rest of the bay, the altamont pass a little slowing and recovery highway 84 and recovery rodeo west 80, traffic slowing toward hercules, new incident 580 at 980. back to you. happening now, myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi is detained in a raid as a military coup is under way. she spent nearly 15 years in detention before spearheading democratic reform in 2011 and becoming the country's leader. the governing party says she and other senior party figures were taken in the early morning hours. phone and internet access to the capitol is down. we'll be right back.

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valentine's day is just around the corner. as we think about our climate in cries cries, scott mcgrew says maybe skip the roses? >> scott, does that mean no flowers? >> doe flowers, maybe possibly not roses.

flowers are fine trying to protect the environment but trying to keep the world healthy as we look at this week, buy flowers that weren't imported from somewhere really far away. >> so if you're buying a specialty flower that was grown in new zealand, it was then shipped overnight very speedily on a huge jet engine plane that has just emitted a ton of carbon to then get to maybe san francisco or l.a. or wherever the big kind of city is in your area. >> the flowers you'll find gorgeous and green are gorgeous and very green. they did not come to thisil shi locally. pilar says the flowers she arranges for valentine's day will be different from what she might arange for a summer wedding. >> when it gets cold and we

start seeing their heads daffodils and narsissus and tulips, when it was cold they started to grow and other flowers they're going to take a while and we won't see them until we get maybe more hours of sunshine during the day. >> find gorgeous and green at gorgeousandgreen.com. we'll look at businesses this week doing little things that can teach us how to make the world a greener place. i didn't know that about flowers, for instance. this evening, scott budman will look at a way to buy a house. tomorrow morning i'm going to look at the environmental impact of jewelry. >> thanks, scott. >> okay. just as long as you're not trying to get, you know, not get your girlfriend a nice valentine's day present. first roses, now jewelry. i've got her back. thanks, scott. coming up at 6:00, a crucial day in washington, when it comes

to providing relief for americans. coming up, a live report from the capitol on president biden's meeting with lawmakers who may help cement his stimulus plan. plus a busy weekend for california's vaccine rollout. up next how the sta in-person learning, as it continues to face backlash for some of its teachers getting vaccinated early. a live report next and the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is going to join us again a little bit later this hour. >> that's right. i'm laura garcia. mike has a look at the monday morning commute in a little bit but kari will tell us about change in the works, at least it's dry right now. >> it is dry right now. we do have the south, out aheada

cold front that's going to a