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nobody would have thought that would happen with all these people around. >> now at 4:30, a violent rampage. details coming to light about an attack on first responders and a killing in a small town leaving police looking for a woman and her child. plus, the new vaccine delivery system in place across the state. and the problems governor gavin newsom is admitting to the rollout. plus. >> we heard this big crash boom and this big silver piece roll right in front of our picture window there. >> now grounded. plane parts falling from the sky, a flight forced to make an emergency landing.
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the investigation now being launched and the changes as the feds look for a key piece of debris. "today in the bay" starts now. ♪♪ monday morning starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at that commute coming up in just a bit, but first start with the meteorologist kari hall getting us started with the work week. kari? >> good morning. we're starting out clear and mild across the bay area. take a look live right now in dublin as we check out what's happening on 580 and a lot of people already up and out the door. if you're about to head out within the next few minutes, it is looking good. no issues with fog and mostly clear morning, but of course it is cool with our morning start in the mid 40s, but it's going to warm up today and fast. we're going to see our temperatures much warmer than yesterday, reaching up to 70 degrees in parts of the south bay as well as the east bay. 73 in santa rosa today. so we'll talk about what's ahead
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for the rest of the week. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, any problems for the morning commute? >> no problems, kari. there's one incident. toll camera shows right traffic going westbound. the map shows you i marked eastbound mid span is the only detail i have for 580. disabled vehicle just near the beginning of the span actually towards the sanguine on the side. they can't move the pickup until closer to 6. we'll monitor that. couple earlier incidents look like they should be cleared until 880. back to you, laura. >> the search is on for this missing mother and her 4-year-old son. the pair were last seen in an audi suv. authorities want to talk to them following a brutal crime spree over the weekend. this morning, a man is locked up, suspected of killing someone inside a discovery bay home and attacking first responders in
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antioch. sergio contana is trying to connect the dots. >> reporter: investigators are trying to answer several questions what they say was a violent rampage across two counties. they're trying to figure out what set off darian williams and why he allegedly decided to open fire on police, firefighters and paramedics. this is video of officers arresting williams in richmond where police say his saturday night crime spree came to an end. but this home in discovery bay is where they believe it started. detectives carried out bags of evidence sunday and the body of the homeowner 64-year-old michael illis, a stunning turn of events in a quiet neighborhood. >> he had some roommates that have been some issues but he's very quiet. >> reporter: police say the victim was shot and killed and investigators have not said how the alleged gunman's girlfriend is connected to the house. neighbors say she may have lived there with their 4-year-old son. >> one time the baby came
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wandering over here and i had to take him back to the house. it was raining in the morning. >> the murder victim also owned a silver chevy suv one matching that description was recovered in richmond when the accused gunman was arrested at the end of a chase that led officers across two counties. it all started with a drive-by shooting outside a panda express in antioch where police, fire and paramedics were trying to help a man and williams allegedly opened fire on them. >> nobody would think that would happen with all these people around and you hear gunshots. >> reporter: a paramedic was shot in the leg and a firefighter was hit in his ankle. they've been treated and released and are expected to fully recover. "today in the bay." . >> california starts the process of trying to smooth out the vaccine rollout. blue shield is taking over the distribution system and centralizing it. this week, the program goes online in nine counties. so far nonhere in the bay area. governor newsome admitted the
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process has been confuing and not exactly fair for some of the areas hardest hit. >> we're falling short. we have to own that. the reason i'm here we own that and recognize our responsibility to do more. we're not doing enough. we need to significantly do more programs like this. >> governor newsom visiting mobile vaccination sites in los angeles that's where this week six mass vaccination clinics are starting to reopen tomorrow. this, after the county -- finally received the late shipments of those vaccines. sonoma county is expanding who is eligible to get their shots starting today people living in the county who are ages 65 and older, educators, child care workers, first responders and food and agriculture workers now all eligible. if you qualify, you can get vaccinated at locations that you see on this map. vaccines are also available at any of the 11 safeway pharmacies in the county.
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appointments are required at specific stores. in the meantime, also starting today in san mateo county unveiling similar vaccine eligibility requirements. >> the biden administration struggling to deliver vaccines amid storms that swept through 30 states. here is "today in the bay" tracie potts with an update on dealing with virus, efforts to update schools. >> reporter: half a million people in the u.s. have died from covid-19. >> it's just terrible. it is historic. we haven't seen anything even close to this for well over 100 years since the 1918 pandemic. >> reporter: the middle of delivering vaccine, mother nature through texas into a deep freeze. president biden may visit after declaring 77 counties, nearly a third of the state federal disaster areas. storms put the government behind on distribution. >> we've been able to get about 2 million of those 6 million doses out. we expect to rapidly catch up this week. >> reporter: congress is catching up on the president's
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$1.9 trillion covid relief plan. a house vote could happen this week despite republicans arguing the bill is too big. >> there's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous relief bills that were bipartisan. the money is still sitting in a bank account. >> reporter: the plan faces an uphill battle in the senate. >> we may not get a single republican vote, which means we have to get every democratic vote. >> reporter: it includes billions to reopen schools. >> we have the highway or the road map that allows us to do this. >> reporter: the teachers union president says 85% of teachers would return to class with testing and priority to get vaccines. tracie potts, nbc news. >> 4:37. developing this morning, the faa demanding more than 100 boeing 777 airplanes be inspected. this is after this weekend's scare in the skies above suburban denver. it's really amazing no one was killed saturday.
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this is when that debris from the united airlines jet fell to the ground. the plane had just taken off for hawaii but safely made it back . for some reason that engine failed. the ntsb says two fan blades fractured. other fan blades were damaged scattering debris and setting the engine on fire. one aviation expert explains the chain reaction. >> it blew through the case and coulding and penetrated the fuse lodge damaging the fuse lodge the wing and blowing out a window causing depressurization. >> those passengers were terrified not mentioning the people on the ground. united is the only airline that flies the 777 featuring this type of engine. as texas starts to thaw out, a massive recovery effort is under way. federal disaster aid has been approved for 77 counties. power was restored to majority of the state but millions still without clean water. the governor addressing another
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wide-spread problem. >> texans who suffered through days of freezing cold withoutsko a spike in the energy market. >> he's now restricting energy companies from cutting off customers due to non-payment. essentially placing all bills on hold. and just days after facing fierce backlash from a flight to cancun during the deep freeze, senator ted cruz passed out water to those in need in houston. over the weekend, several people protested outside of his home calling on him to resign. in the meantime, united airlines now also investigating who leaked data revealing when cruz originally planned to return to texas. 4:39 right thousand. ready to play. ahead on "today in the bay" what a judge's ruling means for some school sports that are still sidelined across the state. buyer be ware. the models tesla is no longer
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james brown and bill cowher welcoming you back to the midnight snack run. this is one tricky obstacle course. he's reaching... but he pushes it away! he's approaching a plate of iced cookies... he blows right by 'em oh the fridge looks like he's headed for the soda. wait! he jukes left! grabs the water bottle now he's just gotta get out of there. look what dropped from the sky! don't do it dennis. that's the way you execute a midnight snack run. stand up to cancer and rally want you to reduce your risk for cancer, go to takeahealthystand.org. good monday morning. it's 4:42 and it's not a bad start at all. we're starting out with temperatures mostly in the mid 40s and low 50s. and we could see a huge warmup today as our highs reach near 70 degrees. we'll talk about that and a cooldown in the forecast that's coming up in a few minutes.
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♪♪ and pretty cool out there on the roadways. cool meaning not a lot of drama but a couple of incidents i'm tracking. heading south from us those taillights head over the heel towards lincoln avenue. we have bertha. >> hey, good morning. i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc business update. wall street is set to open lower this morning. the markets come off a mostly negative week. we have the dow eking out a small gain last week, but the s&p 500 and the nasdaq snapped a two-week winning streak. stocks are solidly higher with the dow and s&p up more than 5% and the naz dam up more than 6%. this week we'll get a bunch of reports on housing, consumer, manufacturing and economic growth, which we call gdp and on the earnings front we'll hear from home depot and lowes. airbnb and doordash and fed
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chairman jay powell will testify about the economy on capitol hill. so clubhouse, that social media app that launched last year has been gaining in popularity thanks to high profile appearances by the like of elon musk. the invite-only app lets people gather in audio chat rooms to discuss variety of topics supposed to stay right there. just one week after clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data couldn't be stolen by hackers an unidentified user was able to stream audio feeds to a third party website. cyber security experts says clubhouse can'tny privacy. just one week after launching the crossover vehicle. now it's not clear whether this is a temporary or permanent move. tesla just recently dropped the
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price on the base version of the model y to under $40,000. and in an apparent bid to boost sales. the decision underscores complaints about tesla's sales strategy as the company frequently changes prices on its cars which can make it harder to know when it's a good time to buy. those are the latest headlines from cnbc. marcus and laura, back to you. >> i bet people don't mind when the price goes lower. >> not at all, bertha. especially with a tesla. thank you. we like a good deal. well, new this morning, the next time you bite into a classic candy staple, might be little healthier. reese's cups are now available in an organic version that come in milk and dark chocolate options. becomes the first mass chocolate brand to offer an organic option. the candy will be available nationwide starting this month. better check it out for our health. travel troubles coming up
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next on "today in the bay." the startling drop in passenger traffic at ffo and just how long experts say it will take for the airport to respond. we'll be right back.
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good morning, bay area. taking a live look this morning in san francisco. beautiful way to start the morning here. 4:48 as we get started with the workweek.
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and of course we have a lot of great things planned it's called stories throughout the day and the team all here this morning. good morning, everyone. >> hey. good morning. i'm excited for what we have planned. >> good morning. >> i know. so much planned. but look, we want to start out with the forecast of plan ahead. meteorologist kari hall coming up with an amazing weekend, kari. please say we'll see at least a little bit of that today. >> it's going to be even warmer than it was yesterday. and it's going to feel like spring today and tomorrow. but we are starting out with our usual morning with those cool temperatures and mostly some mid 40s as we check out san jose. and it's going to stay in the mid 40s through at least about 8:00 and then the warmup begins with all of that sunshine today. we're going to have a nice day for heading out to the park. so as we check out our park forecast, we're heading over toward clayton, east bay temperatures mostly in the mid 40s through about 8:00 and then we start to see that warmup happening. check out our 11:00 temperature
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at 60 degrees and it continues to warm up from there. so we'll have more of some short sleeve weather this afternoon, even san francisco reaching 67 degrees. 70 today in livermore and san jose and 71 in clear lake. santa rosa 73. take a look elsewhere across the country, we've been monitoring these temperatures across parts of the midwest and even down to the south where it's getting a little bit better. it's still fairly chilly with temperatures in the 20s and 30s, but at least it's not in a deep freeze. and we're going to have a significant warmup for the next couple days as high pressure remains in control, but there will be some cooler air coming in as we head towards wednesday, thursday, friday, into the rest of the week. but still no rain chances. it may not be until early march when we looking at the outlook rain fall, this is for the next 30 days and it gives us an idea that most likely for the bay
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area it's going to be near average in terms of rainfall but the farther south you go it's going to be drier. and we're looking at some dry conditions, at least throughout the whole week as we'll see at least a warm start but then coming back to some more seasonal weather for the rest of the week. we'll continue to watch out for those rain chances. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> well, kari, things are pretty calm. i do have an incident i think may have cleared in the last couple minutes over on the san mateo bridge. we'll take a live look. the right side is the taillights. that's westbound. that's your commute moving smoothly. the eastbound side, that's what i'm talking about, just past us and behind us if this is the direction we're facing, we'll show you towards the hayward side reports of a disabled vehicle blocking one lane. don't see any slowing and in fact it just got cleared from my traffic map. i double checked with chp to make sure everything is all right across the span. no delays and no major problems.
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we'll seasoned send it back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. don't expect the number of air travelers to start soaring any time soon. certainly most industry insiders do not. sfo leaders believe it may take six years for the aviation industry to fully recover from the pandemic-related fallout. that's what they tell the chronicle. sfo had 57 million passengers come through there 2019, had 71% drop amounting to 16 million. there could be more legal battles over youth sports even as some local counties start to allow playing again. all has to do with what's happening in san diego county. a judge ruling there means sports can play in that area and could change up the game here closer to home. nbc bay area marian has more. >> reporter: attorneys for two high school football players in san diego county argued that if college and professional players could return to competition, then high school athletes should
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be able to play under the same coronavirus protocols. even if the sports are played indoors, which are not currently allowed for youth sports. the argument centered around evidence from university of san francisco infectious disease specialist dr. monica ghandi who said youth sports did not pose a greater risk of how covid would potentially spread. >> children are less at risk for severe covid-19 outcomes. so if anything, children would be more safe with all the appropriate mitigation procedures that are so safe for professional teams. with that data coming out that makes it even more imperative for children to have access to these activities. >> reporter: a superior court judge agreed and granted a temporary restraining order allowing all youth sports in san diego county to covid-19 protocols used in pro and college sports. now the same attorneys who won that case say they plan to file similar legal action on behalf
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of clients in san francisco county, santa clara county and san mateo county as early as this week. patrick walsh, head football coach at serra high school in san mateo, the san diego ruling is promising. >> i'm encouraged about that. there's 3 million kids on the bench since march 12th, 2020, and we feel the evidence that we've collected around the majority of sports if not all of them show the kids should be back on the field, in the gyms, playing volleyball, playing football, playing soccer, little league baseball is back. there's a lot of things to be happy about. but i think the lawsuit could further that. >> reporter: last week governor newsom announced counties that meet certain requirements based on covid rates could return to outdoor sports by this friday but indoor sports were not included. 4:54. reaching out to fans next on
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"today in the bay," the question bay area native tom brady is asking on twitter and how fans are replying this morning. happening now, british prime minister boris johnson is going to roll back the country strict covid-19 lockdown. he's expected to announce a phased return for some schools beginning in march. it's really unclear right now if those rules around gatherings, non-essential stores and travel will be relaxed. we'll be back, 4:55.
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4:57. welcome back. he may not have a 2021 super bowl ring in his name, but kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes has another reason to celebrate this morning. >> that's right. a cute little bundle. he and his fiance britney matthews announcing on social
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media the birth of their first child, a little girl. sterling sky mahomes was born on saturday coming in at 6 pounds 11 ounces. it's the child's first couple. good for them. also trending, did you hear this tom brady asking a serious question this morning. he took to twitter writing, quote, so what am i supposed to do for the next five months? this comes as the super bowl star kicks off the off season. fans started responding with some pretty funny answers. >> yeah. get some rest. pushing to reopen schools next on "today in the bay," a live report on the on going debate over the return to the classroom in san francisco. we'll be right back. today on "california live" whose career is on fire? plus, backyard ballet. a dancer makes sure the show will go on. >> this morning at 11:30 on nbc bay area.
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he teaches arts in oakland. he also leads an after-school program that empowers young black males using song and encouragement, he's fostering a success in school and beyond. this week's change maker is sakima williams. thank you for making a difference.
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♪♪ right now at 5, a heated decision. the vote happening today in san francisco over a plan to bring students safely back to the classroom. plus, the push from teachers across the nation to get vaccinated. >> we have the highway or the road map that allows us to do this. also, a live report from washington, d.c. on relief talks set to g w and what that proposal and what they mea? the all-new timeline dr. anthony fauci is outlining for just how long we'll need to wear them in public. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good monday morning. hope you had a great

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