good morning. it is sunday, march 21st, 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside. clear skies from the bay bridge all the way to sutro tower on another chilly morning. we are so grateful to you for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. if it's anything like yesterday this chilly morning will give way to a beautiful day. by the way, vianey was working very late last night and bright-eyed and bushy tailed with us this morning. great to see you, girl.

>> of course, yeah. rob mayeda and i have each other's backs on the weekends. when he takes days off i fill in for him. i'll be back tonight. but it's going to get really beautiful this afternoon just like you said. these 30s and 40s that we're starting out with will eventually make way for upper 60s and a lot of sunshine. right now in san jose it's about 41 degrees. take a look, by 11:00, 12:00 we'll be in the upper 50s but it was even colder in the north bay. still is. 36 degrees in the north bay. a frost advisory will remain in effect until 9:00 a.m. because of the chilly 30s. but 2:00, mid-60s in the forecast and this will set us up for a warming and drying trend ahead heading into the workweek. we've got 70s on the map, guys. the full forecast in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you in about 15 for that, vianey, thanks. we begin with a chilling revelation. two women attacked and robbed, one after another in broad

daylight in daly city. we've been reporting on an asian elder who was violently robbed on thursday and police are investigating whether this same man attacked another woman that same day. we have been reporting on this surveillance video which shows a man throwing a 69-year-old woman to the ground and stealing her purse before running off. daly city police believe new video shows the same man attacking another woman right before this. >> reporter: the woman attacked and robbed in this new surveillance video cannot be seen, but she can be heard. desperately screaming for help as surveillance video shows two men quickly run away after allegedly stealing her purse. witnesses say this robbery happened on thursday just moments before another that was caught on camera and has led to outrage in the community. witnesses say that video shows what appears to be a man wearing similar clothing as seen in the first robbery, robbing this 69-year-old woman.

>> i was shocked. >> reporter: the man whose security camera captured that violent attack says this is uncharacteristic of his peaceful neighborhood. >> there was another robbery just up the street, and they had pushed her into her house, followed her from safeway. and they had robbed her from her purse at that time. >> reporter: victor says he's now upgrading his home security to protect him and his asian american wife and family. >> stop the hate! stop racism! >> reporter: daly city and neighboring brisbane were among several in the bay area to hold rallies today in support of the asian american community. families taking their weekend to participate in discussions involving justice and racism. >> my wife is korean, by the way, and i too have experienced pretty much the same thing that we're all here standing for today. >> as a community we should support each other, no matter what race you are.

>> reporter: legislation condemning asian american violence is on the agenda for one supervisor who says it's part of a bigger national discussion. >> i believe that this is race based. and to me that's problematic and needs to be addressed. i think it's ignorance. not to say that it isn't race based. >> for many of the victims of these recent attacks, it will be a long path to healing. >> i can see from both eyes, but every time i see things, i think i see it's like dust flying around. >> nbc bay area checked in with danny uchang the asian man brutally attacked on monday. he tells us he continues to have a hard time sleeping and is afraid to get out. he spoke about people who attack

the asian community, reminding them to think of their own parents. >> he's like meeting his own mom. it's like by beating me, beating some other old people, it's like beating the parents that you have. >> danny tells us he is thrilled to see more asian unity with communities taking action to help stop the hate. people all across the bay area joined together to show their support for the asian community yesterday. hundreds of people were in san francisco's chinatown to stand in solidarity. many people painted messages of respect and peace on the sidewalk in portsmouth square and shared personal stories of racism and worry for their elders. organizers say they hope the event will help create a safer community for everyone. the families of victims in recent attacks also attended to support one another, along with mayor london breed. if you'd like to find a rally to

support the aapi community, we posted a list on our website. just go to the trending bar at the top of nbcbayarea.com where we have full coverage of demonstrations in san francisco and san jose, both on air and online. the list of san francisco leaders calling on a school board member, allison collins, to resign continues to grow. collins is being criticized for a series of tweets she posted back in 2016 that many in the aapi community say are insensitive and inflammatory. >> reporter: during the san francisco unified school district board meeting three and a half years ago before collins was a commissioner, she seems to reference the basis for her now controversial tweets as she reads a speech to the board written by her daughter. >> last year at my school i heard some boys joking about the kkk and sending kids back to mexico. >> reporter: in the twitter thread she said the kids making the jokes were asian. she goes on to mention white

supremacy and racism and alleges some in the aapi community often benefit from so-called model minority perceptions to the detriment of other groups. talk to many lowell parents and you'll hear praise of tiger moms and disparagement of black and brown culture. >> that message really negated the asian american experience, especially in light of the wave of violence that we are facing. >> reporter: thin wang's daughter is a student at usfd. since they surfaced, now mayor london breed are calling for collins' resignation. we've reached out to commissioner allison collins multiple times during the last couple of days and she has refused any invitations for any on-camera response. instead she posted an essay on medium.com saying i acknowledge my words taken out of context

can be causing more pain for those already suffering. for the pain my words have caused i apologize unreservedly. the response has not been good. selena sun is the president of the ed lee. >> it seeks to divide us further. >> reporter: she said commissioner collins should resign. >> i don't trust her to lead our school system, and i believe she is making policy with an anti-asian lens. her statement is not sufficient. now to our coronavirus coverage and a follow-up about thousands of vaccination appointments that were cancelled. more than 7,000 of them for second doses through santa clara county were cancelled on thursday. all of them for members of kaiser. kaiser is now filing a complaint with the u.s. department of health and human services for both how and why the appointments were cancelled.

kaiser released a statement that reads in part the county's assertion that kaiser permanente approved cancelling these appointments is false. they failed to send us the names of the patients whose appointments they cancelled. santa clara county meanwhile tells us it has been distributing the vaccine according to the guidelines and health leaders add the county does have a vaccine shortage. it is 7:09 and there's much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up we'll take you to washington, d.c., for our weekly interview with chuck todd for a preview of "meet the press." i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my hiv treatment,... there's not more medicines in my pill.

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alejandro mayorkas on your show. he is pushing back on calling the border a crisis. did he give any insight into how dhs is managing this influx? >> well, he basically is pleading for patience. he says they have a short term, medium term and long-term plan to try to deal with this. one of the bigger ones is rebuilding the central american migrants program which would be a way to have these folks file their asylum claims in their home country of el salvador, guatemala, honduras, for instance. the problem is, as long as there is a policy that says anybody that shows up at the southern border that is under the age of 18 and not with a parent or guardian, a legal adult, they're going to come into the country. so how do you incentivize them to use the asylum system in their home country if they think

they have a better shot at getting through the process at the border. and that's -- that is where at times i think our conversation was a bit circular because he kept saying, look, we are not on humanitarian grounds going to send any of these folks back on this dangerous -- we don't want these folks taking this dangerous journey, but they haven't been able to identify how they'll disincentivize these folks from coming to the southern border to make their asylum plea. so that seems to be this sort of where we're stuck. >> okay. and while i still have you, i want to ask you about something totally different. here in california governor gavin newsom has been facing a looming recall. they say they have the 1.5 million signatures to trigger a recall measure. this may only be the second time this has ever happened in california, the first time being governor gray davis back in 2003. what is the likelihood of this happening? and i should backtrack a bit that people are upset with how he handled the covid response.

so does this reflect a broader message for other governors fighting this pandemic? >> well, i think, you know, timing is everything, right? and i think that as the republicans have been circulating these recall petitions on newsome for some time and now they got one to get traction because of the pandemic. and then you have that whole french laundry. so it was a confluence of events. it's a fairly easy process compared to other states that have recalls to do it in california. and i do think the virus certainly was the impetus there and the frustration. here's the unknown that i think might have an impact in the fall. if we're all vaccinated and schools are open come labor day in california and everybody is going to in-person classes and everybody has the vaccine in their arm, is there going to be the same level of urgency and anger at the governor? and i think that's -- the recall

isn't today, the recall isn't next month, right? it wouldn't be for -- until next fall. and i think that's -- that to me is the wild card here. >> i'm sure i'll be revisiting this topic with you again, chuck. really appreciate your insight as always. thanks for joining us. we hope you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he'll have an interview with the secretary of homeland security plus an exclusive interview with senator raphael warnock and senator roy blunt. tune in at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. we hope you stick right here because coming up in about 30 minutes we'll talk to our nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment and look at covid vaccinations and why people seem to be skeptical on whether to get the shot. now to this dramatic video. that dangerous situation you may

have heard of involving a man and his toddler in an elephant fencing in san diego. you can see him inside the habitat at the san diego zoo. witnesses say they believe he was trying to take a photo. the elephant you saw this starts coming towards them quickly. witnesses say he tripped, dropped his child and then tried to run. thankfully no one was hurt. the two were able to get out safely. zoo officials say the man and toddler somehow made it through the multiple barriers to get into the closure. he is under arrest facing child endangerment and trespassing charges. we're going to lighten the mood a bit and check in with our girl vianey arana with a look ot our forecast for this second day of spring and see what beauty lies ahead. hey, vianey. >> hey there, it's so nice out. it is cold, though, so if you're heading out for the first half of our morning, make sure to take a jacket or a coat. 36 in dublin, woke up to those

low 30s through the north bay. still in the 30s and that frost advisory is in place until 9:00 a.m. but look at how gorgeous this shot of tiburon is. 34 degrees. you can see the golden gate bridge off in the distance. not a cloud in sight. we'll keep those cloudless skies the next couple of days. san francisco right now at 45 degrees. beautiful view of the city there, and san jose at 41 degrees. so what can we expect? if you notice, there are going to be some days where we're going to see sunshine, but we're also going to notice the winds kicking up. i'm going to take you through that. doppler radar and satellite, this is what a quiet radar looks like. notice the lack of cloud cover near the bay area. that system brought the rain through early saturday morning for some parts has made its exit and now we're going to begin to dry out and warm up. so you know what it's a good day for? hiking. take your dog hiking, your friend hiking, your spouse hiking, your grandma, your

grandpa, get some good social distancing and fresh air. sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-60s. it's going to be such a lovely day to spend outdoors. microclimate highs are going to be in the upper 60s so 5 degrees warmer compared to where we were at yesterday. we will be seeing very spring-like temperatures not just today but the next several days. notice on wednesday and tuesday we do get a low-pressure system that passes just to our north. that's going keep any chance of rain to our north and to our east, but it is going to drive a shift in the winds to a little bit more of an offshore wind event, especially for the high elevation areas, 20, 30 miles per hour. aside from that no rain in sight. no excuses to not wash your car. maybe you can get a little spring cleaning in. seven-day forecast for san francisco, tuesday and wednesday are probably our warmest days of this workweek ahead, but right now the trend is looking even

warmer heading into next weekend. let's welcome the 70s on the map. tuesday 71 degrees, wednesday 72, and notice by next weekend we keep the sunshine and, yes, that is a 75 for our high for inland areas. so really it's just going to be such a great week to go out and enjoy. support your local businesses, small businesses, local restaurants. do all of that, they need us. also they are so welcoming and sweet. that's what i try to do on the weekends. tag me at a local business, that way i know. now let's talk about climate hacks. this is a small but impactful single use item that we can definitely switch out for a more planet friendly option. check this out. when you're enjoying a beverage, whether it's water, iced coffee, soda, whatever it may be, do you opt for the straw or no straw

option? oftentimes a lot of us opt for these straws but we all know it's not so good for the planet. here's the problem, national geographic says americans throw away more than 500 million single use straws every day. that's enough to fill 127 school buses. but they're recyclable, right? wrong. most are too lightweight so they end up in the trash or on our beaches. the nonprofit strawless ocean says straws are among the top ten things found during beach cleanups. it's time for your climate hack. plastic straws are definitely something that we can do without, because switching to a more planet friendly option doesn't require a huge change in behavior. a lot of companies offer a cardboard option, but if you're at home or on the go, you can also find aluminum ones like this one. so whether you like using straws or you need to use straws, they also have glass metal ones and even collapsible aluminum ones

that you can easily toss in your bag to go. here's the payoff. if a fraction of americans switch to cardboard, metal or glass straws, we'd keep millions of plastic straws out of the landfill and off our beaches, and in turn more than 4 million pounds of plastic straws would be kept out of the ocean each year. for more climate hacks visit nabz nbcbayarea.com/climatehacks. we can do better, right? i bought a whole bunch of glass straws last month. kira, back to you. >> we use those metal ones at home. my sons really can't go anywhere without them. vianey, thanks so much. it is 7:21 and we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, for many of us it has been a long and tough year. next, we explore how many people took to the streets and the outdoors to destress during the pandemic.

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you know what, we are going to a different story now. we are doing our coming back from covid coverage when the first shelter at home order took effect last march, going outside was the first idea to get out safely and not spread covid. that led to a lot of people rediscovering the bay area's great outdoors. kris sanchez shows us. >> reporter: the bay area has so many parks and open spaces. without commutes and without all of those extracurriculars after school, a lot of families had more time to get out but you might be more surprised to hear just how many people headed outdoors. >> i'd love to see people out and about and enjoying the outside spaces and just taking care of themselves. >> reporter: michael and baby acadia spend a lot of

time outdoors but now they have more company. >> we used to hike once a week and now we're walking twice a week. >> reporter: through the pandemic, the open space district welcomes people with reminders to mask up and keep their social distance, making some trails -- the open space district saw an 88% increase in visitation through the year of the pandemic. visitation was up 30% within the east bay parks district overall, but 100% in some parts. the santa clara county parks system saw a 100% spike in vehicle and trail use in december alone. >> we think a lot of the people that have come out for years are coming out more often but also think a lot of new people are exploring and seeing parks and open space maybe for the first time and we hope they keep coming back. >> reporter: and they may keep coming back for a while, though fewer people are getting sick and more are getting vaccinated,

indoor capacities will be limited for many activities. >> when everybody is trapped indoors and having a little bit of green space to go to, it really makes a difference. >> reporter: a lot of people headed outdoors because they wanted the exercise. with gyms closed that really was the only option. coming up on monday we'll introduce you to a gym owner who was only open for two days during the year of the pandemic and yet she managed to strengthen her business by building relationships with her neighbors. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> we look forward to that. after a public outcry over the lack of amenities at the women's ncaa tournament, they finally made some upgrades. look at this. the twitter account shows a full room stocked with weights now and full amenities at the women's tournament in san antonio. you may recall earlier this week a photo went viral showing a single rack of dumbbells next to a picture of the men's incredible workout facility. good update there.

7:26. we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, could a lack of sleep change the effectiveness of your covid vaccine? plus an opportunity to find out the answer to that question. healing and recovery for victims of asian hate crimes. we follow up with one bay area man who was attacked this week. he has a message for those targeting the asian community.

good morning. it is sunday, march 21st. a live look outside. the glorious sunrise over walnut creek just takes your breath away, doesn't it? we are so blessed to wake up and see that sunshine on this sunday. we thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey has a look at your forecast and it looks like it's going to be a good one. hey, girl. >> hey there. it really is. i mean it's a little nippy outside, it's cold, don't get me wrong, but you'll warm up into

the afternoon. clear skies over san francisco. take a look at this live shot right here. 45 degrees right now. it's actually one of the warmer spots because further into some other areas we've got 30s on the map still. tiburon, my favorite shot of this morning right now. the wind speeds are calm, windchill is not a factor. i do want to show you your afternoon highs if you're out and about today. it's going to be such a nice day. san francisco 62 degrees. san jose 66. concord 67. check out napa, 68 degrees. it's going to feel like spring. yesterday was the first official welcome. today is going to be even better heading into the workweek. >> we look forward to your forecast. we'll see you soon, girl, thanks so much. police in one bay area city are now investigating whether the same man violently attacked and robbed two women. we've been reporting on this surveillance video which shows a man throwing a 69-year-old asian woman to the ground and stealing her purse before running off.

now daly city police believe new video shows that same man attacking another woman right before this. >> reporter: the woman attacked and robbed in this new surveillance video cannot be seen, but she can be heard. desperately screaming for help as surveillance video shows two men quickly run away after allegedly stealing her purse. witnesses say this robbery happened on thursday just moments before another that was caught on camera and has led to outrage in the community. witnesses say that video shows what appears to be a man wearing similar clothing as seen in the first robbery robbing the 69-year-old woman. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: the man whose security camera captured that violent attack says this is uncharacteristic of his peaceful neighborhood. >> there was another robbery just up the street and they had pushed her into her house.

followed her from safeway and robbed her at that time. >> reporter: victor says he's upgrading his home security to protect him and his asian american wife and family. >> stop the hate! stop racism! >> reporter: several in the bay area held rallies in support of the asian american community. families taking their weekends to participate in important discussions on injustice and racism. >> my wife is korean, by the way, and i too have experienced pretty much the same thing that we're all here standing for today. >> reporter: as a community we should support each other. >> reporter: a supervisor says what is happening in the bay area is part of a bigger, national discussion. >> i believe that this is race based. and to me, that's problematic

and needs to be addressed. i think it's ignorance. not to say that it isn't race based. >> nbc bay area wanted to follow up with one victim of a brutal attack this week in san francisco. >> i can see from both eyes, but every time i see things, i think i see a lot of -- it's like a dust flying around. >> danny uchang tells us he continues to have a hard time sleeping but he's afraid to go out. he tells us he's determined to get back to his normal life. he spoke about people who attack the asian community, reminding them to think of their own parents. >> it's like beating his own mom. it's like by beating me, beating some other old people, it's like beating the parents that you have.

>> danny does say if there's one positive outcome of all of this, it's the unity, people from all walks of life taking action to help stop the hate against asians. across the bay area that solidarity for the aapi community was evident. hundreds of people came together in chinatown yesterday to stand together. many painted messages on signs and on the street in portsmouth square and shared their own personal stories of racism and their concern for their elders. organizers tell us they hope that the event will help create a safer community for everyone. families of victims in recent attacks also tended to support one another and mayor london breed was there as well. if you'd like to find a rally to participate in to support the aapi community, we have a link on our website. go to the trending bar at the very top of nbcbayarea.com and we have a full section covering the demonstrations happening

across the bay. mayor london breed is joining the growing chorus of people calling for a san francisco school board member to resign. it all stems from tweets that she had posted back in 2016. allison collins is the commissioner we're talking about. the tweets she posted were dug up by a group working to recall members of the sf board. one tweet states that many asian americans, quote, use white supremacist thinking to get ahead, end quote. mayor breed says she supports calls for collins to step down, adding that students and the aapi community deserve better. more than a dozen aapi elected and community leaders also issued a joint statement asking collins to resign. collins replied by tweeting a link to a post on medium that reads in part, a number of tweets and social media posts i made in 2016 recently have been highlighted. they have been taken out of

context both of that specific moment and the nuance of the conversation that took place. if you'd like to help the efforts in stopping the hate, nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacific fund. we are providing grants to organizations actively working to stop attacks against the asian and asian american community. since last month, more than half a million dollars has been donated to the fund. if you'd like to donate, no amount is too small. we have a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. now to our continuing coronavirus coverage. many students in oakland, the oakland unified school district, will be back in the classroom by the end of this month. late last night the teachers union approved an agreement with the school district. the plan calls for students from pre-k through second grade to return to class on march 30th. that will expand to students

through sixth grade on april 19th. the plan is a hybrid model with certain groups going to campus twice a week and online learning mixed in. new this morning, the cdc, a new study by the cdc says women are more likely to suffer from serious side effects after receiving their covid vaccine. the study looked at about 7,000 people, both men and women of all different ages and backgrounds who received the pfizer and moderna vaccines. it found that 78% of the women reported feeling some type of side effect after getting their first dose of the vaccine. the most common symptoms were headaches, fatigue and dizziness. the study also found that most people reported having non-serious side effects after receiving the first dose of the pfizer vaccine. sticking with the vaccine, how much sleep you get could impact how effective your covid vaccine is. researchers at ucsf have launched a new study looking

into things like how sleep and stress affect the long-term response of the vaccine. they say there's a small amount of research that shows when you don't get enough rest, your vaccine might not work as well. >> in particular it's been shown both in experimental studies and out in the field when people don't get the sleep they need, they don't seem to mount the vaccine response that is clinically protective. you know, we're trying to learn more about that through this study. >> researchers are saying that this could have a big impact on how boosters might work. they're still looking for another 200 volunteers. we want to help you plan for your vaccine. go to planyourvaccine.com for information on where and how to get your shot and to find out when you're eligible. miami beach began enforcing a curfew last night and declared a state of emergency after droves of spring breakers

descended onto the city. health leaders say visitors are not wearing masks nor social distancing and it's touching off fears of a spring break superspreader event. city leaders are taking action, restricting outside traffic and imposing an 8:00 p.m. curfew. health experts have been warning for weeks that reopening too fast will lead to another surge in hospitalizations and deaths in the coming months. it is 7:39. still to come on "today in the bay," steve kerr like we've rarely seen him. what had the warriors head coach so frustrated in memphis? sports is next.

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buries the three on his first shot. warriors led by two at the break. now we fast forward, under 3:00 to go in the fourth. the warriors having issues taking care of the rock down the stretch. the turnover leads to an easy bucket. the grizzlies close the game on a 12-3 run. memphis beats golden state 111-103. frustration for head coach steve kerr because this was a winnable game. >> i was disappointed that we just left them off the hook. we had every opportunity in the second quarter to take control of that game and we just made too many mistakes. at the shark tank, san jose hitting the ice against st. louis. two and a half minutes in, a score gives the sharks a 1-0 lead but the blues scored three times in the third period. st. louis hands san jose its fourth loss in a row, 5-2 the final. hey, let's give it up for stanford sophomore shane griffin. he won the 165-pound national

wrestling championship. the victory comes after the school decided to eliminate the wrestling program after this season. griffin wore his black singlet inside out in protest. he's only the second ncaa national champion in the 104-year history of the program. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

we usually have our segment with nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston but unfortunately we're having some technical difficulties. another work-from-home issue, so we'll hopefully have him back here next sunday. while we're still very much battling this pandemic, experts already are worried about new diseases. despite major advances in technology, a senior investigator shows us what may end up delaying future vaccines.

>> we ship to distributors, we ship to end users. 57 countries, i'd say. all of the states in the country we ship to. >> reporter: these roughly 200 machines and 300 employees are working together to end the pandemic that's already killed about 540,000 americans and counting. >> how many medical supplies do you make here every day? >> we make between 5 and 6 million a day. >> per day? >> per day. >> reporter: jim is the president of lab con, the 90,000 square foot facility manufactures lab equipment. located in petaluma it's the largest u.s.-based plant of its kind. >> so we wouldn't have been able to develop a vaccine if not for these supplies? >> no, this supply is critical for vaccine development. >> reporter: since the start of the pandemic business here is up 300%. >> there's a lot of things that

go into the development of the vaccine that is not just the liquid. you need syringes, you need vials. all those thing we didn't have enough of. >> reporter: is america's supply chain ready for another pandemic? >> we're getting ready, but i think we should have triple what we can presently make. >> reporter: 58% of american labs suffered supply shortages during the pandemic. in studying the issue, the federal government's accountability office cited america's reliance on foreign manufacturing. >> it would have been better for everybody if we had more domestic capacity to make our own stuff. >> reporter: now, forced into a corner, america is trying to lessen its dependence on other countries. our investigative unit reviewed federal government contracts and found since the start of the pandemic the u.s. has invested nearly $1.7 billion in 11 different companies to bolster our medical supply infrastructure during the current crisis, but only $3 million to three companies to expand manufacturing for future

public health emergencies. >> we really need to do better at taking care of our own people, in my opinion. >> you believe more people may have been alive today? >> i do, yes. yeah. >> reporter: while covid-19 certainly exposed weaknesses in america's medical supply chain, the vaccine itself was actually developed in record time, less than a year. that's compared to 10 years for the measles vaccine, 47 years for polio, and 92 years for meningitis. >> this is the only time in history that you've developed a vaccine in the context of a raging pandemic and administered it simultaneously. >> reporter: dr. ghandi is an infectious disease doctor. >> prior to the -- >> there were 50 million deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic. we're at 2.6 million deaths from this horrible coronavirus pandemic.

>> reporter: if there is another pandemic how soon might the u.s. be able to develop a new vaccine. >> two months. >> reporter: two months? >> yes. let me tell you why. how we used to do vaccine production, we had to actually work with the virus itself. everyone was in a hazmat suit and in a fancy lab. now the virus has nothing to do with it. we just take pieces of sequence of the virus, of genetic material, and work with that in a laboratory. >> reporter: that means making vaccines is safer and faster. the wait for a shot has been agonizing for 19-year-old brandon gutierrez. we met him while he was in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. >> how has the pandemic impacted you? >> i lost a lot. i lost a lot this year. >> reporter: covid-19 took his aunt and his job. he recently landed new work as a chef and wants future vaccines developed even quicker to protect him and his customers. >> i hope it doesn't take this long next time.

i hope there is no next time. >> reporter: but even when scientists conjure up the next vaccine, there's a long list of medical supplies needed to get the vaccine distributed. for jim this isn't only business, it's personal. about 20 of his employees have been infected with the virus. >> luckily we have not lost a single employee, but it was close. it gets your attention when you start burying people that you work with. >> reporter: while the u.s. is now trying to strengthen its medical supply chain, experts believe that could take years, but no one knows if the next pandemic will start spreading before then. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, please give us a call, 888-996-tips or go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. we're back with vianey's full forecast after this.

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good sunday morning. how are you? i hope you're doing well. if you're not doing okay, that's okay too and i hope the sunshine helps for today. go out and get some fresh air. temperatures a little chilly. 34 degrees right now. this is officially my favorite shot of the morning. clear skies, you can see the golden gate bridge off in the distance, really a beautiful way to kick off our sunday. 36 degrees right now in dublin

and how about we take a view of san jose. this one looks kind of like a movie shot, right, the glow over the camera. san francisco 45 degrees right now. let's take a look at doppler radar because this is what's going to paint the picture for our drying and warming trend ahead. the rain that came on thursday, friday bringing a little instability yesterday morning with the cloud cover made its exit. now we're seeing high pressure taking over. what that means for us is that we're going to stay dry for the remainder of the week. so your microclimate highs for this afternoon, nice day ahead. 66 degrees in san jose. livermore 65, concord 67, martinez 66, san francisco 62, and how about a quick look at south lake tahoe because they had a couple of snow showers yesterday. but into today, tomorrow and really the next couple of days the weather will be stunning up there. of course it's going to stay cold but just a fantastic sunday

for lake tahoe and i would say the next several days. speaking of the sierra, let's talk about a sierra snowpack. statewide right about 63% of average. we could definitely be doing better when it comes to that. sierra snowpack is important for our water supply. but we saw a couple of snow showers this past week and that's good for us. over the next seven days, though, no rain or snow in sight, at least not for now. we do see a system that passes wednesday and thursday that could bring the chance of seeing more snow for the sierra. you see that big h over there lurking? that's going to remain with us. we'll see a switch in the weather pattern when it comes to the wind turning a little bit more offshore by tuesday and wednesday, and that's going to bring some windy conditions, especially for the higher elevation areas into tuesday and wednesday. 25, 30 plus miles per hour. in addition to the wind you're going to notice a pretty decent warmup. we're getting near the 70s for san francisco by tuesday. you've got to love that. inland temperatures also going to see a nice warmup.

71 degrees by tuesday and wednesday. just looking out ahead to next saturday because why not, 75 degrees. oh, man, this is just going to be such a good week. i have a feeling it is. do some extra activities outside or inside, whatever it may be. i'm going to be doing so many planned things this week, kira. it's about to go down. we're going to have so many adventures. >> i can't wait to see all of your adventures on your instagram, vianey, thanks so much. a pianist is helping soothe zoo animals with the sounds of some of the world's most famous classical compositions. take a listen. ♪♪ wow, this is in colombia. this new sensory experience has a calming effect on the animals. the zoo hopes their debut pianist will pave the way for other musical acts to serenade

their animals. and before we go, we want to take you live to iceland this morning where this volcano, dormant by the way for 6,000 years, is now erupting. you can see the long streams of lava pouring out. it's about 20 miles from the country's capital. the eruption started friday night and follows more than 40,000 small earthquakes in that region over the past four weeks. we do want to mention there is no immediate danger to people living there because it's in an isolated valley. wow. >> that's on my bucket list of places to go once the world reopens. it's stunning out there. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and they're also really planet friendly. they're way ahead of us when it comes to working on eco-friendly and making things sustainable and everybody is in on the game. so with climate hacks hopefully we'll catch up too. >> make you know go there and work it into your climate hacks. go shoot some stories over

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