>> it was. it was halloween a few years ago. yeah. i loved playing cruella. i think i looked more like did it. they win. for the win. >> we enjoy halloween. >> i bet you do. right now at 6:00, the bay area expected to top 400,000 covid cases today and happening now, feeling the brunt of deadly winter storm. the severe weather is impacting vaccinations at home. who will have to wait to receive the first doses today. a live report straight ahead. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues now. good thursdayrng. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll have a check of yourrom the winter storm. let's start out with kris sanchez. appointments are being canceled

this morning. in fact, right here in the bay area. >> reporter: hi there. at least two bay area counties are putting a pause on those vaccine distributions because of that weather. not here. but elsewhere. i want to show you part of a letter that marin county sent out to residents with appointments today and tomorrow canceling those, asking them to reschedule. the letter says because severe weather throughout the country has delayed our vaccine shipments. if your appointment was for a second dose, make sure you get in touch with marin county. the rules are different there. in sonoma county, a shipment of more than 8,000 doses was delayed by winter storms. they were set to arrive earlier the is week and still had not arrived as of yesterday. at a press conference county leaders said they had enough vaccines to keep going f is warning that we could see widespread delays over the next couple days because of that winter storm that's gripping part of the nation. the state of california is advising counties to prioritize

second dose appointments to make sure that people who already have that first one don't waste it by not getting the second. so you could hear some of that coming from your county. we're checking with the rest of our counties as well. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. and now let's get to tracie potts live in washington and tracie, the winter weather also keeping the president in the white house today. >> reporter: yeah. looks like the trip to the michigan vaccine plant has been bumped until tomorrow weather permitting. mean time in washington the white house announced that they want to spend $1.6 billion of existing money onait for congress to act on the larger covid relief package. you mentioned the storms in 30 states that are holding up vaccine supplies from arriving where they need to be. the cdc warning that we're seeing cases drop and death rates go down, not because people are getting more shots,

but because we're now naturally coming down from the holiday surge of cases that we saw. so the cdc believes we have yet to see the impact of millions of people getting these vaccines. they're also concerned that new strains of the virus could push the numbers back up. >> the continued spread of variants that are more transmissible could jeopardize the progress we have made in the last month if our -- if we let our guard down. >> reporter: instead of spring the administration thinks it will be the middle of summer, july, before everyone can get a shot. that's because of delays in vaccine production. we're about a month away from the one-year anniversary of this nation's shutdown toth virus. the white house trying to figure out how the president will mark that anniversary. >> yeah. >> a year ago. we never thought we would still be here a year later. i know coronavirus and the

vaccination all on people's minds right now, but i know we're expecting to hear from the president on immigration reform today. >> reporter: exactly. democrats are going to unveil later this morning their version of what they think immigration reform should look like. we're told it would include an eight-year path to citizenship for undocumented. new technology and an easier asylum process at the border. what you won't hear when they introduce this today is anything about border security, which will raise questions about how much, if any, republican support it could get especially in the senate where that 50/50 margin is so tight. >> another topic a lot of californians will pay attention to. thank you, tracie. a new financial boost is on th gin newsom tweeted 5.7 million californians

will be receiving $600 stimulus checks from the state. families that make less than $30,000 a year will receive that money. the governor is nearly $10 billion plan also quadruples the amount of money to help small businesses going from $500 million to $2 billion. it will be available in grant money. california lawmakers are debating a new plan to ban fracking by the year 2027 to combat climate change. it's a controversial process of converting shale rock into crude. opponents argue it hurts the environment. if passed fracking permits would stop next year. oil and gas companies warn it could put an end to oil production in california. an audit shedding light on misconduct inside california prisons. million a year to improve the 10 treatment of inmates but inspector general says that wardens exonerated nearly all prison employees under a new

system and some misconduct complaints were never passed on for reviews. a follow-up this morning on the south bay gym that has been racking up those fines for violatingea orders. it h accumulated $1 million in fines. pretty much any of that given day it could actually -- you could observe people walking in and out of that. the sign on the window cited constitutional rights. now that gym says the owner has submitted a statement of compliance. the county plans to work with him to resolve the outstanding fines. you might say the debate to keep the sky star ferris wheel in san francisco keeps going in circles. the chronicle reports supervisors tabled the vote to table and push the vote to next month. supporters want to keep it another four years, but it's

scheduled to be remo until san francisco actually leaves that purple covid tier. let's go to mars. remember this video from last summer the nasa sky rocket carrying the newest mars rover taking off last july from florida's cape canaveral. we showed it to you then. now all these months later, it's about to touch down on the red planet. >> the buzz over this is out of this world to say the least. bob redell live at nasa ames research center. amidst the excitement there are a few tense moments as well as everyone is anticipating this. >> reporter: it will be a nail biter for a lot of nasa scientists including researchers at ames in mountain view. it was some of these people who worked on the mars rover perseverance scheduled to land on the martian surface at 12:55

this afternoon in what nasa describes will be seven minutes of terror. that's the time it takes for the $3 its final descent on to the red surface and, quote, terrifying because flight controllers can only watch as the preprogrammed spacecraft uses a parachute to decelerate from 12 miles an hour and have a rocket steered sky crane lower the rover on it the surface during the final moments. ames researchers developed the sensors, harnessing and electronics on the aero shell of the vehicle. chabot space and science astronomer out of oakland said landing nasa's perseverance rover on mars will be challenging because scientists are aiming for the jezero crater. >> a basin surrounded by highlands, so there's more bad places to land so they have to be more precise in where they

sit down this rover. >> reporter: nasa believes if there was or still is life on mars, they have a good shot at finding it in that ancient river basin that ben mentioned. unlike other rovers the car sized plutonium powered perseverance will deploy its own miniature helicopter to fly over the martian surface and will collect core samples to be brought back to earth during another mission about ten years from now. there are a number of virtual landing watch parties including one being hosted by the chabot space and science center. that one starts at noon. about an hour before the landing. reporting live outside nasa ames in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks. >> so cool. for this mission all eyes on the forecast. meteorologist kari hall tracking what's expected. kari? >> yeah. we're not only watching the weather here, but also all the way over to mars.

let's make a comparison of the two because this is a great learning opportunity for us all to learn more about the difference between earth and mars. it takes us, of course, 365 days to make a trip around the sun and our average temperature more temperate, 57 degrees. we have an active magnetic field that kind of holds our atmosphere intact but when you look at mars the average temperature is 81 degrees below zero. and it takes 687 days to make a trip around the sun. they have such a weak magnetic field in mars that the atmosphere tends to be just lost out in space. it's something we will be watching today as hopefully everything is successful and everything looks good with the perseverance landing. we'll be watching that, mike. what are you watching for the commute? >> well, you gave the mars forecast i should do the commute to mars, over to mars there were no unexpected b now, terrestrially speaking highway

clear some of the activity for this crash, but it's still registered south 101, the south bay moves smoothly and so does the traffic past the crash sand barrels, north 680 at the mission cutover there. a smooth drive toward the bay bridge itself. no major problems and a nice flow of traffic on the approaches. a couple incidents in the city we'll check to make sure that doesn't affect folks leaving the skyway. back to you. >> thank you very much. there's much more ahead including the menlo park ceo expected to be in the hot seat today during a congressional testimony. we're going to tell you who that is next. plus -- >> we know that you can predict the future using bets and wagers. we do it every day. let's go out to the futures this morning which is predicting that there are going to be losses on the markets. i'll tell you what else they can predict coming up.

not just people suffering the severe winter weather. much of this country coping with turtles hurting as well. the rescue now under way. you're watching "today in the bay."

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this all stems from a proposed law that would force facebook to pay the new agencies -- news agencies rather, if people shared news content on social media. so facebook just cut off all the posts that did that. google is taking the opposite tack and will pay for their news. facebook has little to lose in all of this. go world's information needs access to articles. facebook wishes people would share more personal things and less news, particularly politics, because that's driving people away from the website. it has little to lose by shutting off australians from sharing articles. texas, the cost of natural gas continues to climb there as the nation experiences that deep freeze. in texas the governor ordered that natural gas companies have to sell to texans first before

allowing that gas to travel to other states in a pipeline. that probably violates the constitution's ban on states interfering with interstate commerce. we got the first-time jobless claims. the labor department said 861,000 americans asked for unemployment help for the first time last week. that was more than expected. perhaps that is an arrow in the quiver for president biden and his argument for a new stimulus plan. w also hear from roaring kitty today. roaring kitty is the online moniker for a man who -- keith gill, who may have been the central influence behind all of those people buying gamestop shares. he'll testify before a congressional hearing today along with the ceos of reddit and the stock trading app robinhood. they'll talk about that rush to buy shares in gamestop and why robinhood actually had to restrict users from buying more.

more of this will be virtual du weather in d.c. is supposed to be really terrible today. many federal employees have been told to stay home. if you're looking for a way to make money, maybe have fun with it, this is maybe your place. a new company called call sheet will let you bet on whether certain things are going to happen. for instance, whether the tokyo olympics will happen or how soon 50% of all americans will be vaccinated. kalshi got new venture capital money. the interesting thing, economists have proven this has worked with experiments about the wisdom of the crowd is smart than the individual. the game where you guess how many jelly beans are in a jar, the average guess is going to be almost precisely right on. for some reason the wisdom of the crowd together figures out what's going to happen so if you bet on things that's a way of determine what the world thinks

is going to happen in the future and it tends to be accurate. >> will they use money? >> they will use actual money. n mone if something is false you lose money. this was proposed as a way of predicting terror attacks, a tacky idea, that the white house quickly dropped the idea. yes, actual money changing hands to make this a serious thing. >> very interesting. all right. keep watching over that. thanks, scott. we've been watching this big storm that has been happening in the south. not only affecting people but wildlife as well. rescue crews saved around 2500 freezing sea turtles from south padre island in texas near the u.s./mexico border. the turtles were brought to warmer facility. some, in fact, are in critical care. rescue crews say they try their best to prepare for what they're

calling an emergency situation. >> we knew a couple days before that this was going to look bad and that we were going to have an event. i don't know that we ever anticipated the largest single cold event ever. >> pretty amazing to see all those turtles. see the full story coming up on the "today" show after "today in the bay." wow. 6:19. as we get you set and moving out the door, let's get a look at the commute. mike inouye has been tracking that. how is it looking out there, mike? turtle. a smoother drive and quick traffic flow. one incident in san francisco we need to talk about. this is getting on to the bay bridge eighth street, there's a crash that involved a dog running around on the streets and sounds like there's injuries to the dog. they have to make sure everybody is safely getting off the freeway and you can get back on. it should be a couple minutes.

no manuel problems once you get on to the bay bridge away from san francisco. into san francisco a little build for the decline and also at the toll plaza there's some more cars on the incline but no metering lights. a smooth drive for your map as you're looking at 580, yesterday we could barely see the cars on the roadway. today look how different that view is. of course if there's one person on our team that could predict that that would be kari hall. over to you. >> looking pretty good there, but it's also very chilly. nothing compared still remains the of the plains due to the deep south. that's a look at the temperatures with snow once again heading across that area. we'll be watching that and the headlines today while we will see more clouds moving in and a fairly mild day heading into the 60s. tomorrow we'll start out early in the morning with some scattered showers and first in the north bay before sunrise, the rest of us seeing it as we

go into the rest of the day. at least for late morning. the afternoon looks like it should be out of here by then. but that will be our last chance of rain. there will be another chance on saturday mainly early in the day and then by saturday afternoon, it's pushing out once again during those two rounds of rain we're only looking at a tenth of an inch of rain and light snow in the sierra. going to squall valley or alpine meadows, light snow showers starting tomorrow and temperatures reaching into the mid 30s. we'll see still light snow on saturday and so chilly temperatures in the early morning hours. we are going to have a pretty big warmup for the end of the weekend into early next week. after we get past those showers look at the high temperatures. on monday and tuesday reaching into the low 70s and we're still feeling some is seasonable weather for the next couple days but then we will see a warmup here in san francisco as well after those morning showers tomorrow and saturday.

and we've been following our climate in crisis and also giving you some tips on how you can help out even at home. vianey joins us with a look at one of her climate hacks. >> good morning, kari. we're going to be talking about paper towels and a more planet friendly swap. it has cute designs on them. you might be thinking paper towels, what can be a harm, can't be too bad. get this, the problem with using single use paper towels it takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper towels. that's a lot of paper towels. what's a good solution. switching to paper towels that can be washed and reused multiple times like the one i just showed you. these are meant to have a life span of four to six months. you can toss this along with the rest of your laundry and not worry about it and switch to a micro fiber towel which is much

more planet friendly. what is the payoff of you just maybe even switching out at least one roll. well, if every household in the u.s. swapped at least one roll of 70 sheets, we could save 544,000 trees a year. keep in mind how important those trees are to us. we definitely want to keep them around longer and stop chopping them down. switching those out, getting a good pack of these will be such an easy and simple solution right from home and it's probably cheaper because if you're just tossing these in the washing machine it could save you money. for more climate hacks, a ton of these and other items including all the good stuff you might not think about, follow me at nbc vianey and check out nbcbayarea.com/climate in crisis. i will see everyone on social. back to you. >> thanks, vianey. up next, new york's governor in hot water. the federal investigation his actions are launching next. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. it's 6:26. new york governor andrew cuomo is facing blowback on multiple fronts this morning. cuomo is now under federal investigation. the fbi is looking into how he handled data on nursing home deaths during the pandemic. that's according it a senior official familiar with the investigation. the cuomo administration says the doj has been looking into

this for months and they've been cooperating and believed up to twice as many deaths may have been tied to covid, 15,000 in total. pfizer says a new study is raising concern about the effectiveness of the covid vaccine against the variant discovered in south africa, tied to antibody protection not to neutralizing the virus. l.a. county officials have found four more cases of the uk variant bringing there to 12 with many more cases likely. >> it is highly likely that there are other variants that have been identified in other places also circulating here. >> the reason more cases have not been identified is because the county analyzes so few positive test results for genetic sequencing. coming up next, leaving the bay area. we've got new data showing just how many families are leaving including the big moves that are happening in san francisco.

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right now at 6:30, the exodus is on. we're getting a clearer picture of how many people are bay areac

searching for more space to work from home and a lower cost of living. that means the bay area no longer part of their future. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you. thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. your weather and traffic coming up in a moment, but first, to our top story, the struggle of making it in the bay, it is real. live, we go to san francisco this morning, "today in the bay" cierra johnson is sifting through studies and we're talking about thousands of people just getting out. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. yes, thousands of folks have only been here six months but i can tell you the number of returning. that is the state of things here in the bay area. many folks received the option to work from home in march but new data is showing by december, folks were still leaving the bay

area. let's break it down. researchers used cell phone data as well as change of address forms to determine between 1.5 and 3% of san francisco's population left the city over the past year. in total, that sum, 46,000 people, have left the bay area altogether. where exactly are people going? the postal service received nearly 140,000 change of address request forms from san francisco alone between march and november and based on the change of address forms many of the people side to stay local, more than 8,000 relocated to alameda county and more than 7,000 to san mateo county. some decided to leave the state entirely. what were some of those top cities? no surprise a lot of folks relocated to another tech hub, austin area was popular. denver was another for

folks in the bay. followed by the portland area. housing in any community is really based on supply and demand, so with so many folks leaving, there isn't as much of a demand for housing. in terms of rent, 23% decline in rent over the year and condo availability extremely surprising, at a 15-year high for the number of vacancies there in condos. the landscape of housing here if the bay area really shifting specifically san francisco. we're in marin county, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." developing this morning the family of an east bay man who died following a police response plans to file a claim today. 30-year-old angelo quinto died after christmas. antioch police responded to a call when family members say he became agitated and delusional.

they say to his neck and he was unconscious by ground. the police jumped on him. literally put a george floyd-type hold on the back of his neck. >> our team was unable to get a response last night from antioch police. investigators told one newspaper the cause of death is not known and there are too many unanswered questions. new details this morning in a second arrest in that recent doordash kidnapping involving two small children. san francisco police have arrested 27-year-old german morazan. police already arrested erlin romero. investigators say the two men stole a minivan in pacific heights in early february with a 4-year-old and toddler inside the van. their father had stepped out to make a food delivery when it happened. hours later, police eventually found the kids safe and unharmed

in the van in the bayview district. during a robbery. it was caught on cameras and a warning this video is disturbing. you can be see the store owner vacuuming tuesday night at the dollar plus store on sonoma boulevard. his sister behind the counter when two hooded masked men walked in and seconds later one of the men opened fire. violent and frightening. the store owner a father of three was shot several times. his family says the children ar guy. i don't know why they do that to him. >> the store owner remains in critical condition. the good news here, he is expected to survive. police are hoping someone comes

forward with any information that can lead to an arrest. >> new this morning, santa rosa schools are pushing back, reopening their classrooms. sonoma county's largestr possib. according to the press democrat the school superintendent will announce a new timeline. the district is negotiating with teachers on a return plan. in a survey last month many were concerned about vaccinations. recent cdc guidance suggests vaccinations should not be required to reopen schools. >> san leandro following in the footsteps in oakland in approving hazard pay. council members approved the emergency $5 an hour pay increase for workers at large chains including grocery and drug stores. the ordinance will remain in effect through the duration of the pandemic. there's more details for you, the california grossers association already taking legal action against similar hazard

pay measures in california. we're watching this to see if anything happens here. what they're arguing is next week is to block the long beach ordinance that triggered closures for two underperforming stores. now it's suing to block the same plan in west hollywood. the trade group calls it too big of a pay hike for retailers to absorb without some kind of consequence. happening today, to mark black history month, travis air force base will honor the legacy of the tuskegee airmen, a brave group of pilots who served during world war ii. as part of today's event an all black flight crew will perform maneuvers the group was known for. i think today is supposed to be a good day weather wise for that to happen. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect in the weather all day throughout the day. kari? >> pretty cool fact too for black history month, the tuskegee airmen, first black trained meteorologist we had

across the country. so interesting black history fact there. let's get a look at what's going on right now as we get ready to head out the door. taking a live look out there at the tri-valley and we can seeto cold a temperatures in the midore clouds moving in as our temperatures head toward the low 60s. we will have some rain in the forecast a little bit. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, any problems around the bay area for the commute? >> we have two issues that will affect you if you're heading across the bay bridge from either side of the bay. take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the one that affects the biggest volume of people that would be the toll plaza metering lights. they are activated as of 6:30. 8 minutes of backup you will see that and feel that across the incline but clearing toward treasure island. the map will show you still a little slow as you hit the decline towards san francisco and actually looks like it just clogged up in the last couple minutes. this may be a distraction

because of this crash eastbound 80 getting on to the skyway out of san francisco. if you're leaving the city the alert for folks getting on to the bay bridge eastbound, use the fourth street on ram past the activity and potential for lane restrictions. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:39. coming up next, we know the pandemic has pushed so many to their limits but there's a new study showing just how much extra pressure there is on working moms. we're going to talk about it coming up. plus, more people than expected lost their jobs last week. president biden saying why would anyone be against giving them some help? let's take you to the big board. the resflekion of the first time jobless claims. this morning our black history month series shines the spotlight on a musical powerhouse performer, h.e.r. in

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welcome back. president biden says america needs to help those out of work by increasing food assistance and lengthening the amount of time people can claim benefits. the president says what's not to like? >> right. the cost is certainly the objection he's hearing from some republicans. the white house counters the cost of doing nothing and not helping in stimulating the economy might be more costly in the long run. president biden spoke about his proposed stimulus from the oval office where he was meeting with labor leaders to talk about jobs and spending on infrastructure. >> what don't they like? what particular program don't they like? don't they want to help people with nutrition? don't they want to help people pay their mortgages? don't they want to help people get their unemployment insurance? don't they want to make sure

people are able to stay in their homes without being thrown out of their homes in the they like? >> democratic leaders wilio to the u.s. citizenship act of 2021. it lays out eight year path for citizenship for people here that have not violated laws or rules other than crossing the border. there would be a background check, five-year wait for a green card and three-year wait after which the person could apply for citizenship. daca kids or refugees or farm workers with a history of work would be first in line. "the new york times" reports the pentagon waited until this week to ask the white house permission to promote two women to four-star general because military leaders worried president trump would have no. trump's former secretary of defense mark esper confirms that

story. generals must be promoted from permission with the white house and senate. congress will hold hearings over the gamestop debacle today. the ceos of reddit and robinhood will testify and a fellow who goes by roaring kitty online who encouraged people to buy gamestop shares. from a political lens watch maxine waters in charge of the house financial services committee. she wants real change on wall street but knows wall street will try to resist using jargon and insisting everything is too complicated for lawmakers to handle and she's not going to let that happen in her committee room. we'll be watching that assuming the weather holds in d.c. though most virtual. we'll be talking about it on twitter, i am at scott mcgrew. we're talking about the covid crisis as well, simply not hitting everyone in the same way. over t men and those still working carrying a

greater share of the workload at home as well. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live to talk about some of these pressures on working moms. there's a study out there on it. >> there is, and it shows that women who are working from home are really bearing a bigger brunt of that burden during the pandemic. i want to show you numbers interest that study. 80% of mothers working from home say that they are also responsible for the bulk of the house work and say 66% of mothers say they are mainly responsible for child care. 75% of mothers say they spend more time helping the children with distance learning while still working their own jobs. the numbers for single mothers are a lot higher than that. and more women than men have lost their jobs during this year living in the pandemic. the january jobs report which is the most recent one available showed of the 227,000 jobs lost, women accounted for 86%. without schools and day cares

open, it come back women won't know what their situation is with their families. >> so many people are juggling it. luckily we have our jobs, but we've got the flexibility with work as well. it's been busy around my house. >> i can only imagine with three little guys needing help at the same time. >> that's right. so i have triplets in fifth grade and, you know, everyone learns differently. i have the luxury that they all have the same homework and a fantastic lesson plan, a fantastic teacher, but you realize that some are visual learners, some are more -- they need to read and touch, and it's really interesting, i think, i love the opportunity to be at home with them, though, and see those but just the julging and that's really trying to keep it all together it's a busy time.

the smiling faces are the ones that keep me going. >> yeah. kari, you have a different set of challenges your children both need academic interventions as well. >> yeah. you know, i'm fortunate, i have my mom here who takes care of the kids while i am working, but we also have the added layer of having two special needs kids and so my kids both have autism, they're on the spectrum and so as we look at the pictures there, i'm helping him gather papers. this is between my weather hits in the morning. he's getting the services he needs for early intervention and therapy, but it's after his virtual learning so he goes to class all throughout the morning and then during the afternoon, he's doing his therapy sessions. then it's all afternoon for homework and last night i mean we were up past 8:00 during homework. at the end of it he was so stressed out and frustrated because, you know, he really ty

yesterday and then i had my 4-year-old who is not getting any early intervention and all the parents with children with autism know these first few years are really critical and so i did have a whole team of people who helped me with therapy and speech and all that stuff, special education teachers and suddenly we don't have anyone around us to help us out. during the past year i've been trying to do what i can from what i've learned from both, but i mean really feel like i'm failing her at this point because she's 4 years old, still nonverbal, can be barely get her to say one word and who knows how long these impacts will be because she's not getting the early intervention she needs. >> and that really sparks the conversation of looking into -- >> right -- looking into the social services needed for so many families out there in situations likeert.

i feel really blessed, i know you guys with younger kids it rough. my kids are older, middle school and high school. they are able to be more sufficient, but it's hard because we are sharing a tiny space, 939 square foot house, dad is working from home. nowadays i'm working more out in the field and car so they can have a little bit more space but that's been really challenging. it's been challenging for them not to have that social element. my high schooler is a freshmans supposed to have these things happen, swim on the swim team, but they've been good and helped to pick up the burden of the house work and things like that, learning life skills. hopefully we can get all the kids helping out moms a little bit. >> there you go. you learn it. they will be moms one day too we hope. ladies. get back to now to dads and one of

america's favorite fathers neal patrick harris opening up, his twins returning to school after months of being at home. take a listen ats they brand new interview with ellen. >> as of last week they were able to be with all the protocols, masks, six feet apart, getting tested but in schools. i'm free! >> a lot of parents are clapping. i see a lot of people being happy about that. >> is harris opens up about his family coming down with covid-19 at the same time and his new golden retriever. watch that entire interview on "ellen" at 4:00 here on nbc bay area. our own dad himself, mike inouye, how you holding up? >> i'm doing all right. i'm doing all right. doing a lot of work here. the moms definitely talking. my kids are the same age as chris's and we have that. you have younger kids and then my parents are also involved in

the help with the care we're giving them. my wife heads to her mom's house and trying to limit her exposure to outside care, so her and her sister, they're both taking up a lot of extra as well. we're all shifting dooutsd duties and do what we can. >> because that's what we are at the end of the day. that's what we have. let's check the forecast now with kari. how are we looking today? recess outside? >> it's going to be a nice day for heading out to the park. take a look at our park forecast. in martinez, as we start out this morning, more clouds moving in, at least it will still be warm as our temperatures head into the low 60s. we won't get as much sunshine as yesterday and as we go through the forecast for tomorrow morning we'll start to see showers moving in. first in the north bay moving through the rest of the bay area by late morning, but outdoor afternoon plans for tomorrow, it's looking like it will clear out just in time. then as we go into saturday, another quick round of early

morning showers and then the afternoon is clear once again. between these two weather systems we're not expecting a lot of rain out of this. maybe .1 to a quarter inch of rain for the north bay but it will be much needed and some light snow for the sierra. going there this weekend heading to squall valley or alpine meadows expect it to be good for travel conditions today but the roads may be slick tomorrow. take the tire chains. saturday we'll see a break from the snow as we are looking at mostly about two to six inches of snow over the next few days. take a look at the warmup that happens once we get past the weekend into early next week. it's going to feel like spring for at least a couple days as we reach into the low 70s in the inland areas. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? >> kari, it's not too complicated. we'll start with the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were activated at 6:30 so

the backup filling the lanes. some of the lanes off to the left as they approach. the map,t's not the oakland side but the san francisco side. the crash is cleared from the dog was hit, they had to clear people and animals out of the area. slow from 281 split there and that's all there is for the bay. back to you. thanks, mike. happening now, controversy brewing in the oakley union elementary school district. according to east county.net the board of trustees believed a virtual meeting was closed to the public but it wasn't. parents logged on and heard board member opinions on school opening with them using profanity. one trustee was heard saying the reason parents want kids back in school because, quote, they want their baby sitters back. end quote. a recall petition against board members is circulating on change.org. the paper reached out to the school district but did not hear back in the time of publication. coming up next for you this

morning, a mar the red planet today. how you can take part never leaving home. we'll be back. 6:54.

welcome back. a look at the top stories we're following. >> that's right. a big complicated day for nasa this morning. the landing of the mars rover. here'sdell. >> reporter: yes. that landingake

place at 12:55 our time. it's a $3 billion rover and you can bet a lot of people here at nasa at ames paying attention, researchers here, scientists who helped develop some of the technology on that rover. when it lands nasa described it as seven minutes of terror, the time it takes for the rover to complete its final descent on to the surface, mars perseverance the new rover. flight controllers can only watch as the preprogrammed spacecrafts a parachute to decelerate from 12,000 miles an hour and have a rocket crane lower on to the red surface. nasa ames researchers developed the sensors, harnessing and electronics on the aero shell of the entry vehicle. a number of virtual landing watch parties including one put on by the chabot space and science center out of oakland. that watch party begins at noon today. again the landing scheduled for 12:55. reporting live here outside nasa ames, bob redell, "today in the

bay." thanks, bob. 6:58. time to get a look at the forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall has a look at those temperatures and how it's going to shape up for us today. >> yeah. still going to be cloudy as we go into the afternoon but warm as our highs reach into the mid 60s. tomorrow a little bit of rain especially during the morning as well as saturday morning and then a warmup for early next week. anything happening out there for the commute, mike? >> happened to be getting a little more backup at the bay bridge. the metering lights have been on for a half hour now, final filling in all lanes to the 880 overcrossing. as you cross the bay on another bridge we're looking at the san mateo bridge where westbound is on the right side also your commute direction, same as we saw the backup for the bay bridge, much lighter traffic here and no problem at the toll plaza and a smooth drive once you get to highway 101. >> thanks. don't forget to watch "race in america" tonight at 6:30. >> that's right.

we leave you showing you this gorgeous sunrise this morning in marin county back in san francisco. what a beautiful place we live. thanks so much for starting your day with us. good morning. mounting misery. >> it's freezing. blackout. no electricity. >> nearly 1 million people across the south facing a fifth day without power in some of the harshest winter conditions in decades. >> my apartment is under 40 degrees. >>omeowners in texas turning to desperate and dangerous and a powerful new storm stretching from the south all the way to new england making matters even worse today. covid confusion. mixed messages from the white