once you build trust then we'll start to see a cadence of reopening across the spectrum. >> right now at 4:30, a strong warning as covid cases across california start to plateau. the bay area counties set to reach the red tier, reopening in a matter of hours. the steps business owners are now taking. plus on the menu today in the east bay, possible restaurant relief. the funding plan and how soon business owners can apply as "today in the bay" starts right now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia.

>> and i'm marcus washington. mike's keeping on eye on the commute. we'll get to that in a bit. first the forecast for you on this terrific tuesday. kari? >> yes, i love it, terrific tuesday, and it's going to be another beautiful day for sunshine and dry weather continues throughout the week but throughout the weekend we'll see showers returning to the bay area. let's get a look at our forecast for today with temperatures into the upper 60s and low 70s once again very comfortable and we'll talk about the changes for the weekend in a few minutes. mike, what's going on right now for the commute? >> we're looking at a terrific tuesday, not a terraffic tuesday. not much going on with changes with a crew 101 southbound from the airport that cleared earlier, great news headed south. no problem getting to the bay bridge. in fairfield the north bay a

crash an manual campos, i-80 is clear in both directions through that section. back to you. as americans prepare to get the first single-dose vaccine today we could see action on president biden's relief plan as early as tomorrow. "today in the bay's" tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> a shot in the arm for americans and for congress. >> mr. president, are you going to send vaccines to mexico? sending vaccines to mexico, are you sending? are you considering? >> we're going to talk about that. >> reporter: president biden speaks on the pandemic and he's calling senate democrats for some lunch time lobbying to shore up support for the american rescue plan. >> we reserve time in his schedule tone sure that he can be engaged, roll up his sleeves and be personally involved. >> reporter: the first senate vote could happen as early as tomorrow, but democrats are not all on the same page. some want to tighten up income

requirements for the $1,400 payments. others want to roll back business tax breaks to make up for getting rid of a minimum wage increase. >> i expect a hearty debate and some late nights. >> it didn't have to be this way. >> reporter: congress at odds as the pandemic rages on. the cdc reports cases and deaths are slowly creeping back up, 2% over the last week. >> i am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended. >> reporter: also today, fbi director christopher wray testifies on the january 6th. ka toll riots. >> director wray frankly has a lot of explaining to do. >> reporter: lawmakers want to know what intelligence the agency had before the attack. senators are asking for evidence of the agency's plans leading up to that day. tracie potts, nbc news. more signs of a plateau in california's new covid cases, about 3,500 new infections were reported yesterday statewide.

that's a huge drop from the highs during the holiday surge. new case numbers are also mostly unchanged from the day before. health leaders credit the effectiveness of vaccines for the decline in those cases. governor newsom says in the long run it bodes well for schools to reopen. he talked about this when he laid out his new $2 billion plan to boost covid protections for classrooms. >> we are in that phase, that transition phase where we want to lean in, and we want to step up, get our kids back in school. >> it is possible the governor's education plan may be approved by state lawmakers as soon as this week. newsom is hoping all tk through second grade students are back in classrooms by the start of next month. more bay area counties are expected to move into the red tier today. more businesses can reopen. the state is expected to issue guidance that will give the progress and status for san francisco, santa clara, and napa counties. "today in the bay's" ian cull

has more on a day many businesses have been waiting for. >> the treadmills and elliptical have been used one month inside at 24 fitness in san jose. if santa clara county moves to the red tier, they can have 10% capacity indoors. >> it's definitely going to be a great opportunity for us to just offer even more equipment, more amenities. >> reporter: they have extra sanitation stations and the equipment is paced out. the gym has dealt with constant opening and closings and eventually rented a large tent so people can get workouts in somehow. moving indoors is a major boost. >> so being able to help people both mentally and emotionally and physically reach their goals and keep their immune system up during a global pandemic is really important to us. >> get back to life. that's it, get back to life. >> reporter: restaurants could open indoors at 25% as well in the red. rosie's new york pizza on the alameda could seat six to seven

tables. the owners say it will start to make up for lost sales. >> i hope people come in, as long as they're not scared to come out, they have the vaccination coming in and hopefully people that want to sit down and eat and support us. >> reporter: the red tier means churches, museums and movie theaters could open inside at 25% capacity, up to 100 people. schools that haven't reopened can, after five days in the red. at the 24-hour fitness, about 100 people will be able to workout indoors with masks on. for many, it's a major part of their pandemic routine to stay healthy and happy. >> i'm pretty excited. i'm working full time so having to come and wait in line to go outside is not fun, so being able to workout inside more often will be great. >> reporter: ian cull, "today in the bay." in order to get in the red tier, counties have to meet three requirements. the first is the daily new case rate, counties have to have fewer than seven cases per

100,000 people. the positivity rate or percentage of people testing positive has to be below 8%, and the equity metric below 8%. alameda, sonoma, solano and contra costa counties meet the criteria for positivity rate and equity metric, it's the case rate where they need to make progress and you can see here on the map right now, sonoma has a case rate of 14 per 100,000 people. alameda county is the closest of meeting the criteria but not quite there, a case rate of 9.5 per 100,000. happening today, walnut creek city leaders plan to vote on extending relief for restaurants who have lost business during the pandemic. tonight the city council will discuss additions to a new program. another 15% to 20% of restaurants could qualify under the proposed criteria. 23 restaurants were turned away for aid because they did not lose at least 25% of their business. new fallout in san francisco

public works scandal. five executives and companies have been suspended from ever doing business with the city again, the companied owned a florence kong are among those banished from future business. kong is tied to the bribery scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru. city attorney dennis herrera calls yesterday's move by the city unprecedented. happening today, a powerful reminder of bay area history expected to make its debut at san francisco city hall. john mcdonald's temporary art installation features portions of san francisco morphing and blending into each other. it's entitled "we the people" inspiring others through humidity. the installation runs nightly march 2nd through the 7th, beginning at 6:30 at night so a peek at it. >> really cool.

4:38. a top leader at nike stepping down. next on "today in the bay," the big purchases her son reportedly made on a credit card that led to her departure from the company. plus the new steps twitter is taking to try to crack down on misleading information shared about the pandemic. we'll tell you all about it. 4:39, you're watching "today in the bay."

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a live look outside headed through the tri-valley a look at dublin right now and it's a cold morning, temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s but a nice warming trend on the way, by 10:00, we're at 57, and 62 at 11:00. we'll talk about our microclimates and when we could see some rain, coming up in a few minutes. dublin is looking great, traffic wise as well, kari. construction following in concord and the north bay. here's san rafael, no problem here. the only north bay is fairfield, a car fire, let's check in with our friend seema. >> good morning. i'm seema mody from cnbc. wall street is set to open lower following yesterday's rally. the markets began a march on the strong note with the dow and nasdaq posting their best days since november. traders pointing to a cooldown of last week's rise in yields on u.s. treasury bonds that

unsettled investors and threatened to offset the low-interest rate policy by the fed. other factors including positive manufacturing data and the rollout of johnson & johnson's covid vaccine. apple shares jumping more than 5% after getting support from warren buffett and announcing all u.s. stores opened. square has opened its in-house bank for business. the payments company says the bank calls square financial services will underwrite and originate loans taken out by square sellers throughout its capital program. the company says the main purpose will be to offer business loans and deposits. square got conditional approval from the fdic to operate a bank late last year. twitter will label tweets that share misleading information about covid vaccines. the labels will include links to relevant information from official bodies such as at cdc. twitter plans to enforce a five-strike system for repeat offenders that could lead to blocked accounts for a permanent ban. twitter is applying the labels

to a combination of human and automated review systems. those are the latest headlines. marcus and laura, back to you. >> seema, thank you. the head of nike's north american business stepping down, ann herbert's departure comes days after a report that her son used a credit card in her name to buy sneakers for his resale company. the report says he used bots to buy the most sought-after shoes once they were released online, spending more than $132,000 to stock up on limited edition sneakers so that he could resell them at a higher price. herbert was with the company for 25 years. this morning, new york governor andrew cuomo facing all new accusations, coming up next on "today in the bay," the third woman that's now coming forward with claims of harassment, and what's at stake for cuomo's political future. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. it's dark and early for you on this terrific tuesday. a live look in walnut creek as we get started with the day. 4:47 as we get started and laura, i hear you chuckling there, terrific tuesday. we talked about that yesterday. >> because have you ever noticed marcus will name every day like terrific tuesday and yesterday my son was in class and he asked the teacher can we call it marvelous monday? i'm thinking marcus is having quite the influence. >> marvelous monday, i like that

one. >> there you go. it is going to be a good one. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect in the forecast. nothing to complain about this morning except the cold temperatures. >> i as we're starting out with some spots below freezing this morning, as we head farther to the north, look at how cold it is in ukiah, 29 degrees and we're just a couple of degrees above freezing in morgan hill. 40 right now in livermore, and as you head out in hayward, we're seeing temperatures right at about 44 degrees, but it's going to be a beautiful day once again, if you're planning on enjoying some of that time outside, going for a hike, in parts of the north bay, we once again start out with some cold temperatures, but look at all the sunshine we'll see throughout today, and our trend going way up for later today, reaching back into the upper 60s here, with a light wind and maybe a few high clouds moving by but overall we're going to

have a lot of sunshine today as our temperatures reach up to 70 in martinez. we'll see some low 70s in the south bay as well as some of the parts of the tri-valley, where we reach up to 69 in livermore and 71 in napa. then as we go through the forecast, a lot of changes ahead. a change in our overall weather pattern that will allow for some rain to move closer by this weekend, so we are still dry throughout the week but then as we come into saturday, it will be a storm system approaching that will bring in some saturday off and on showers and it's dry on sunday, with another system right behind that. on monday, early next week, we could start out with rain once again. as we go through the seven-day forecast, mild weather, temperatures reaching into the upper 60s to low 70s for the inland areas. this week, it will be much cooler once that rain arrives. take a look at how we go from 70 on friday to 59 for a high on saturday. so i'm thinking maybe staying inside, reading books, watching movies, something like that. mike, how is it looking right now, heading out the door?

>> it's looking like you got some good ideas. we'll stick with you, kari. looking toward the golden gate bridge, let's take a quick peek, folks, because the sensors are slowing on the northbound side but i don't see a problem, so that leads me to believe as we look at the map that's probably the crews clearing from the north side. you see where i circled over there, it's gone from red to orange and yellow the last couple of minutes so i do believe just north of the north tower, around vista point, clearing that crew. circled in fairfield, where that car fire is reported there and one crew from the fire department is blocking one lane, no problems, no injuries and no slowing shows up on the sensors. there's the rest of the bay an easy start, including the altamont, mild slowing, laura. back to you. >> all right, keep your eye on it for us, thanks, mike. developing this morning in new york, some wonder if governor cuomo's political future is at stake. in political headline explains a third accuser says cuomo made

unwanted advances, in this case, it it follows recent allegations made by two former assistants. cuomo did not make a public appearance yesterday. the state attorney general is now investigating the claims. president trump and former first lady melania trump received the covid vaccine before leaving office. nbc news confirming that information through a former trump adviser. not received whether they received pfizer or moderna's injection. president trump and melania trump tested positive for covid-19 in october. a classic restaurant on los angeles sunset strip is suing the county and city to stay open. the owners of classic cat built a retrktable roof for outdoor dining but health inspected questioned whether there was enough air flow and filed a citation which could close down the restaurant friday. the owners are suing saying "broad vague government outreach might close the restaurant for

good." a spokesperson for the county declined to directly comment on the suit. remember live indoor entertainment? a year into the pandemic, operators of live venues are sounding the alarm. owners say without help, they may not be around to welcome us all back. "today in the bay's" jean elle has more from san francisco. >> reporter: the show must go on. live venues in san francisco have been closed for nearly a year and the oasis is turning to the community for help, putting on its most important show yet. ♪ here comes the rain again ♪ >> reporter: drag performers aren't expected to wow a live crowd at the owe say sis in san francisco for months. >> for a space like this, where it's about bringing people together, about laughing, about being in close proximity to one another, it's going to be a little while still. >> reporter: darcy drollinger tried to make ends meet with rooftop shows, meals on heels

food delivery and virtual entertainment. >> a venue this size is expensive and in limited capacity, it actually costs more money to be open than to be closed and it's really expensive to be closed. >> reporter: federal save our stages dollars and local live venue assistance is approved but applications are not being accepted yet, leaving the oasis and other venues trying to hang on. >> there's a lot of us out there just sitting in this weird limbo, getting deeper and deeper in debt every day and no one helping us. >> reporter: fans of live entertainment say they are willing to help keep them afloat. >> for all of us, everybody's dying to go to a live venue and socialize. >> reporter: on saturday, d rollinger will be asking for help during a 12-hour save the oasis te le on this. >> we'll host the show from the main stage and phone bank of drag performers will be here.

>> reporter: this performer is promising 12 costume changes, hoping to raise enough money to make sure the oasis survives long enough to reopen. >> what do you want to be here when this is over? put your money there. >> reporter: jeannejean elle, " in the bay." 4:54. happening now, you can soon buy a new at-home coronavirus test. the quidel, quickvue at-home test was approved. it need to be prescribed by a doctor. the fda said it can detect covid-19 within the first six days when a patient experiences symptoms. it's the second approval for the home test by quidel.

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>> welcome back. 4:56. the college admissions scandal that made national headline answer sent famous mothers to prison is get thing hollywood treatment. >> netflix "operation varsity blues" let's check it out. >> we help the wealthiest families in the u.s. get their kids into school. so i've done 761 what i would call side doors. >> the film uses real conversations recreated from fbi wiretaps and dives deep into the scheme where rich and enfluential parents purchase their kids' ways into top schools. "operation varsity blues" is going to be released march 17th. also trending this morning, congratulations to alec baldwin and his wife, they now welcomed their sixth child. the couple revealing the surprise addition of another new baby into the family six months after they gave birth to their son eduardo.

she shared a picture of herself and her five children cuddled up on the sofa with the newborn baby. johnson & johnson's vaccine now on the move. next on "today in the bay," the new time line for when those doses are set to arrive right here in the golden state and the debate happening on capitol hill over covid relief funding. plus a live report on the hurdles governor gavin newsom's new school return plan is facing. you're watching "today in the bay."

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i am really worried more state reports are rolling back. >> the johnson & johnson vaccine ready to roll but health directors worried about the expanding openings. the latest from a live report from washington. more bay area counties set to escape their purple reopen tier and reopen wider. in a matter of hours we're tracking the businesses in line to open the doors and the steps being taken ahead of time. schools not screens, schools not screens. >> mounting pressure from parents, governor newsom presents his new return to school. the hurdles to clear before children head back to the classrooms. "today in the bay" continues now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. as the first americans prepare to receive the one-shot