now at 4:30, rolling into the orange tier. the bay area county reducing covid restrictions starting today and the others will have to wait a little longer to move forward with more reopenings. plus -- >> this whole pandemic, everything is so new, everything is like constantly changing, constantly like evolving. >> for months, experts were unsure if the vaccine would prevent you from spreading the virus to others. what the cdc is now saying that may encourage you to get vaccinated. also, from new york to san francisco, more arrests and violent hate crime attacks. shocking videos surfacing and

the action being taken by leaders on capitol hill as "today in the bay" starts right now. good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike keeping an eye on the commute, but first we're going to start out with the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. kari? >> good morning. we're going to have some much warmer temperatures today. in fact, some of us may be near some record highs. as we go into the afternoon, it won't be as windy with that warmer air but we will have a cooler weekend headed our way. let me show you what i'm talking about, taking a look at these highs today reaching 80 in oakland and 83 in san jose. even san francisco will get in on the 80s today, and we're going to see more of this for tomorrow, so i'll have more on that in the forecast, it's coming up in a few minutes. mike, do you have any problems for the early morning commute? >> i do. i can't remember where i put my shorts, i got to find those. short pants i mean. look out on the roadways, it is

no problem right now. we'll see more of it later, getting all the way up to the bay bridge, a smooth easy drive on the approach. a little slowing past gilman, there may be an overnight crew starting to move around a bit so keep that in mind. i'll check out a crash i heard about over in near san pablo 980. no slowing on the sensors, though, back to you. >> thanks so much. this is encouraging. the cdc says 16% of americans are fully vaccinated, that's more than 53 million people. california, we're vac nating at a quicker pace, 6.3 million californians vaccinated, nearly 20% of the state's population and if you're fully vaccinated, can you get covid and can you spread it? this is very important to note, the cdc says most likely no. >> "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd what this means for you, your family and your social life. >> this whole pandemic,

everything is so new, everything is constantly changing, like constantly evolving. >> reporter: a teacher and hospitality worker in san jose fully vaccinated and not quite sure what to think about the information that comes out of the center for disease control. >> they're always changing, right, so the only thing that i can say is just be informed, stay informed and do the best that you can. >> reporter: their reaction comes after hearing this statement from cdc director dr. rochelle walensky. >> our data from the cdc today suggests you know that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick, and that it's not just in the clinical trials but it's also in real world data. >> reporter: the director is referring to a new cdc study of 4,000 front line workers. some of them were vaccinated and some were not. they tested themselves weekly for covid infections between december and march. among fully vaccinated people in the study, there were only three

covid-19 infections detected. unvaccinated participants logged 161 covid cases. scientific evidence, experts say, proves fully vaccinated people are protected in two ways. >> essentially vaccines block you from getting and giving the virus. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi says this new information is significant. >> you can feel safe as a vaccine in person going indoor dining, going to a gym, to the movies. >> reporter: you can feel safe, she says, without being reckless. >> now out in public since we don't know who is vaccinated, who is not, we're going to still maintain masks and distancing until everyone who wants to get a vaccine can get it. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." a big sigh of relief for hundreds of thousands of people living in contra costa county. as of this morning, if you live there and you're at least 16 years old, you can now get a covid-19 vaccine.

the county as reflected in this map here, you can see, it is the first to open up eligibility to all adults. solano county is vaccinating people 50 and up, but as of right now, everyone else is 65 and older. supply is the problem all over the bay area, and that is holding back other counties from widening the eligibility of who can get the vaccination. health leaders say it's an issue in contra costa county. >> federal government started to provide very specific doses of vaccine to federally qualified health centers, so the moment that that program opened up, we signed up our health centers. >> a drive-through mass vaccination site is opening today in concord, at six flags hurricane harbor. walk-in clinic also open next week in richmond and bay point. so here's a few more answers for you, the cdc says fully vaccinated people can visit indoors with other fully

vaccinated people without wearing a mask or social distancing. you can visit with people from another household who haven't been vaccinated but only if they're at low risk. no mask or distancing required. once you're fully vaccinated, you don't need to quarantine if you've been exposed to covid, presuming you don't show any symptoms. following a two-day manhunt, police captured a suspect in a brutal attack case involving an asian woman in new york city. it happened in broad daylight. we have to warn you the video of at tack is disturbing. a 65-year-old woman was kicked in the stomach and then knocked to the ground in manhattan. the video later shows the building doorman closing that door ignoring the attack you see right there. police say the 38-year-old brandon elliott is charged with felony assault as a hate crime. the doorman has been suspended. >> upsetting just to see him watch and shut the door. closer to home, sfpd arrested a man threatening to kill asian-americans while a

disturbing attack in new york is raising safety concerns. the white house also responding, a warning for you, some of the video is very disturbing but here's "today in the bay's" jean elle. >> reporter: san francisco police arrest 46-year-old darrell hunter. the victim who wants to remain anonymous says he repeatedly threatened her at her business. >> he leaned by the door and he said he got the gun and he shoot the chinese people. >> reporter: jail records show hunter is booked on hate crime enhancement charges, one of a growing number of incidents against the asian-american pacific islander community including this disturbing video yo of a man beating a 65-year-old asian woman in new york. witnesses watch but don't help, a painful scene for the aapi community. >> the most painful part of that video was watching that man close the door on that woman, and i hope that as a country we

don't do the same thing. >> reporter: the biden administration is reacting, allocating nearly $50 million for aapi survivors of violence and assault, and establishing a committee dedicated to ending xenophobia against the community. the fbi will publicly highlight reports of anti-asian hate crimes. at a tenderloin police police station district meeting then captain assured residents they take hate crime reports and investigations seriously. the victim in the district says she is relieved police arrested the suspect. >> i just wish the judge or whoever charge right now him to have to take serious before he release this is guy because it's dangerous. if it did not happen with me t would happen with somebody else. >> reporter: jean elle, "today in the bay." attacks against

asian-american and pacific islanders expected to be the focus of a virtual forum today with house speaker nancy pelosi, members of the san francisco aapi community are slated to participate in that roundtable. the forum is also expected to touch on the impact of covid-19 in the asian-americans and pacific islander community. 4:39. traveling to california? still ahead on "today in the bay," the stop first lady jill biden is making today and what her visit will spotlight. plus, returning to the office. when bay area wells fargo starts to bring their employees back. you're watching "today in the bay."

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[ muted ] all right, you see those numbers kari's going to have more coming up. i have an update that issue over at san pablo and east shore freeway, just sop bubble wrap. you don't want to hit t you don't want any backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. everything is moving very smoothly here. let's see how things are getting started with our friend, bertha. >> hey, good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc. wall street set for a mixed open this morning, after stocks slipped yesterday and worries about rising interest rates. we saw the yield on the ten-year u.s. treasury bond hit a 14-month high.

bond yields have been rising this year, essentially investors no longer looking for that safety of u.s. treasuries as they've seen the vaccine rollout and seen an expectation of a broad economic recovery. the dow falling more than 100 points, reopening airlines and cruise lines were higher on the day after consumer confidence data topped forecasts as well. in focus today we'll get reports on hiring in the private sector, manufacturing and pending home sales. wells fargo meantime plans to start bringing employees back to the office after labor day. the bank had been telling workers month to month whether they should keep working from home. now, it's hoping operations will start to return to normal in september. a memo sent to staffers didn't say whether they'll return full or part-time. about 200,000 of wells fargo's employees are working from home, about 60,000 are branches or other offices. free burritos or bitcoin. chipotle has both up for grabs

tomorrow for national burrito day, giving $100,000 in burritos and $100,000 of bitcoin through an interactive game. it runs in noon to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. stephen thomas is the founder of coyle who made headlines in january, locked out of his wallet that stored $387 million worth of bitcoin. for the game, chipotle will have you try to work through a six-digit passcode for a chance to win either a free burrito are up to $25,000 in bitcoin. those are the latest headloins -- headlines from cnbc. marcus and laura back to you. i'm going with the burrito. i'd probably lose my passcode for bitcoin if i had a bitcoin wallet. >> me, too.

>> [ muted ] thanks so much. well, new for you this morning -- >> go ahead, laura. >> okay. a new report of a gender pay gap finds that women at this rate in the u.s. won't reach equal pay for another 60 years. world economic reform found the pandemic widened the pay gap as more women left the workforce. 4:45 this morning. and governor gavin newsom is still facing a recall push. next on "today in the bay," the all new poll showing what the results could possibly be if that vote was held today. we'll be right back.

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wednesday morning, live look at sfo as it looks nice and clear if you're headed out of town. why go anywhere if you have beautiful weather like we've been having in the bay area. meteorologist kari hall, this week has been really nice out there. you've been delivering. thank you. >> mother nature kari. >> today is when people might be complaining a little bit. temperatures will be coming up a little bit and people are like wait a minute i'm not ready for summer yet. this morning, some of us are already at 60 degrees. it's 59 in santa rosa but a

little bit cooler in san jose at 46 degrees and 41 in morgan hill. so some of us it feels like the typical start, but others we are already starting to feel the warmth, and here is a look at our highs for today. pretty much all of the bay area is going to get in on some 80s today, except for the immediate coastline but even san francisco will reach 82 degrees. 80 in oakland and 83 degrees in san jose, and 79 today in clearlake. so these temperatures are going way up as high pressure moves right overhead and it's going to stay with us today and tomorrow, but quickly move on. it's going to clear the path for a storm system to come in by early next week and along with some cooler temperatures, but it doesn't look like a strong storm. it only brings in some spotty showers for monday into tuesday, and when we look aally in the n where we typically see a lot more rain. we've only measured 12 inches of rain and we need another 19.25

inches of rain to catch up to normal here and we've seen these huge rainfall deficits as well across the rest of the bay area and only some spotty showers toward the end of our forecast, as temperatures warm up significantly for today and tomorrow, coming down on friday but this weekend is going to feel nice and spring-like. it will be a very comfortable weekend. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> also looking pretty comfortable out there, kari. let's get you out to the roadways, plenty of room to relax and focus on the road around you and maybe think about what's coming on today. 880 over by the newark side dakota near the dumbarton bridge transition, a crash did pop up on the radar but we're waiting for chp to get through the area to give us a specific location and direction. you see sfo marked over on the right side. on the left in through pacifica, there was some fog registering there but it did clear up. there's a little bit of slowing just a note. we know that along the coast and one small crash 242 southbound

at oliviera just on the shoulder. no problem here for visibility or for speeds across the golden gate bridge, marcus. back to you. >> thank you, mike. a governor recall election still not confirmed at this point, but new this morning, it looks like governor newsom's opponents face higher odds than they did earlier this month. a new public policy institute poll shows 56% of likely voters oppose removing governor newsom, that's 3% higher than the separate poll released last week. 40% favor a recall in the latest poll, also a higher number but the latest poll had a far lower share undecided. the first lady making a visit today to the central valley to celebrate cesar chavez day. she's there scheduled to take part in a day of action with migrant farm workers. governor newsom is also scheduled to attend. this morning a growing amount of southern california college students being forced to

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4:54, perhaps the biggest problem the bay area faces day in and day out is the cost of housing and availability. a group of moms forced that issue in late 2019 when they moved into a vacant home in oakland without permission. >> they really created a movement that's a powerful force today and they're the subject of a new four-part documentary series we just posted on our digital platforms called "the moms of magnolia street." here is a brief look. >> we have fought hard to get just someplace to live. now here we are still talking about getting a place to live. the only thing we can do is to begin to organize ourselves for housing. >> whose house? >> mom's house. >> whose house? >> mom's house. >> that's why i liked moms for housing. >> the flame is burning so hard inside of my soul. >> if you had a thousand moms for housing, now you got a problem. but we're not ready to put in that fight.

if we had, we done never let that women be pushed out of that house on magnolia street. >> you can binge watch "the moms of magnolia street" today on our website nbcbayarea.com or on roku, apple tv or our youtube channels. there's a new after a big c outbreak. they are telling those students not to travel at all. the usc student health director says nearly 40 students recently tested positive. most of the cases were linked to traveling for spring break to places like mexico and florida. school health leaders say covid cases were declining due to

strict safety protocols. we have a live look at the oakland coliseum. tomorrow is opening night for the a pest. ear hosting the astros. since alameda county is moving into the orange tier, the coliseum can technically be 33% full for games. because of social distancing requirements the a's will allow 26%, playing it safe. if you're considering seeing the san francisco giants at home opener in person, the team has just nailed down its plans. so the giants open on the road in seattle and first play at oracle next friday april 9th, this is against colorado. for now, roughly 8,000 fans will be allowed to attend, that's at 20% capacity. season ticketholders have first priority for all games in april but a limited onsale pre-sale event will begin starting friday. the team promising to announce more details today. working to make a final decision. next on "today in the bay," the looming debate over fall schedules for students in one of the bay area's biggest school

districts. plus now hiring. the big move the state is making ahead of the next big fire season. a lot more news ahead on this wednesday morning. we'll be right back.

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access. a live report on how the latest changes may speed up your vaccination plans. in hours president biden rolls out part one of his new plan promising millions of jobs but it won't come cheap. a live report the taxpayers to foot the bill. districts will be cut out of the big money pot. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we start with breaking news, just in, pfizer says that its covid vaccine is 100% effective for children ages 12 to 15. if the fda approves its use soon, pfizer says that it could get the vaccine to pre-teens and teenagers, this is before the new school year. more than 2,200 children were a part of this trial and none became infected. pfizer just recently started testing on children from 6 months old to the age of