right now at 5:00, breaking news, protests and unrest in minneapolis after a police officer shoots and kills a man during a traffic stop. it comes as the derek chauvin murder trial enters its third week. coming up, how the city is now coping with multiple kroo crises. a big week for californians with vaccine eligibility opening to anyone over the age of 16 but more counties getting a head start, having widened access for those younger than 50. all this hour, a helping hand in tracking down your shot. and after legal battles, in-fighting and proest its, san francisco schools are finally welcoming students back into the classroom. a live report on the district's long journey to this point and

the work still remaining as "today in the bay" continues right now. good monday morning to you. hope you had a good weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we start with breaking news this morning, another sleepless night for many people in minnesota, this is as protesters filled the street following a tedly police shooting. this happened ned afternoon in the city of brooklyn center, this is about ten miles north of anyone wrap police, where the derek chauvin trial resumes this morning. national guard troops are now being activated after a chaotic night that included looting. the police officers determined the driver had an outstanding warrant. the driver reentered the vehicle and one officer fired. state agents are currently investigating the shooting. minnesota tim walz tweeted is he monitoring the situation and mourning with the wright family. as we mentioned the unrest comes as the derek chauvin murder trial enters its third week today. so far, 35 witnesses have

testified for the prosecution, including minneapolis police officers. on friday, a county medical examiner joined other experts in their conclusion that george floyd died because of the actions of derek chauvin, saying that fentanyl and heart disease did not directly cause floyd's death. this week, the defense is expected to begin its testimony. counting down to thursday, this is when the state opens up vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older. that's when anyone can schedule an appointment to get a vaccine, regardless of health risk or occupation. but more bay area counties are already getting a head start on widening the vaccine access and as the demand for the vaccine grows, of course there's growing concern over vaccine supply. >> you're right. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live near the alameda county fairgrounds with those details for us. good morning, pete. >> reporter: yes, good morning, guys. look, alameda county is going to be heavily impacted when it comes to that vaccine supply especially ahead of the big day

on thursday. now let's talk a little bit about those numbers when it comes to the vaccine supply here in alameda county. they're expected to get about 3,800 doses this week, down from 15,000 last week. as this is happening, bay area counties are allowing appointments for 16 and older before thursday the 15th. alameda allows for people in sectors with increased exposure to covid. contra costa county that eligibility expanded weeks ago. now for san francisco, for folks living in what the city calls priority zip codes, i want to point out yesterday they ran out of vaccine around 1:00 p.m. at zuckerberg general with 1,900 people receiving the dose. if you go on the alameda county website they don't have enough supply for everyone that is eligible but the goal is to have more supply in the coming months. reporting live, pete suratos for

"today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much, pete. so far, no response from fiz fizer to a new study saying its vaccine may be less effective than the variant discovered in africa. 400 people tested positive after receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. they found up to eight times higher prevalence of that variant compared to unvaccinated people who tested positive. even those researchers noted their sample size is way too small to draw firm conclusions. the study is also not yet received a peer review. it is a big day in san francisco, at long last, more than 30 public schools are opening their doors to students but getting to this day included a lot of controversy, even a bitter lawsuit filed by the city. "today in the bay" cierra johnson is live in san francisco this morning to explain what parents need to know before these first reopenings. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus. today is a big day for teachers,

parents and students, that's because several early elementary, elementary and county schools are reopening. i want you to take a look at your screen, it breaks down exactly how many of each are in fact reopening. 11 early education preschool sites, 22 elementary schools and three county schools will open their doors today for that in-person learning, and according to the district website the in-person instruction will be five days a week and nearly full day five hours of instruction. but reaching that milestone of in-person learning was met with controversy. just last week, school commissioners voted to adopt a resolution to formally pause the renaming process of more than 40 schools. some felt the schools in question had names with ties to racism or oppression. many felt the timing of that decision was ill timed. and the san francisco school board faced hurdles when commissioner alison collins was striped of her vice presidency because of racially charged

tweets she posted a few years ago. collins remained adamant she will not resign from her position. despite a year filled with controversy outside of the classroom, which the end of this month, the school district says that all 107 schools will have in-person capability and there is some good news for some of those older students, high school sports, including competition as well as practice can begin today even though many of them will not re-enter in-person learning until the end of the school year. there's a lot of moving parts. the most important thing you need to know, more than 30 schools, some younger students going back for in-person learning. we have more information on our website if you need to refresh on any of that information. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, cierra. 5:06 right now. more details for you, students at all grade levels returning to classrooms starting this morning in san leandro. the district is reopening under a hybrid model.

families are allowed to opt out if they desire. the district 13 schools just completed spring break. 5:06. new details this morning, one of two women seen in the video harassing a san francisco uber driver last month, you probably remember that, she's due to be arraigned today. authorities in las vegas arrested malaysia king several days after that incident. she and another woman, 24-year-old arna kimiya are facing charges tied to this video from march 7th. king is sitting on the left side in the red jacket and video shows the two berating the driver while they grabbed his phone, ripping off his mask. the woman in the middle seat was never charged. the driver says this started when he told the women just to wear their masks. a show of support for asian-americans, more than 300 people held an anti-hate rally in mountain view. victims in several recent high-profile attacks were remembered during the rally, including 75-year-old pak ho, an

elderly man who died after injuries he suffered in an oakland robbery a month ago. teen organizer amanda keylu got involved after someone recently shouted racial slurs at her on the peninsula. >> i think just seeing the influx of hate crimes and the anti-asian sentiment really pushed me to take action. >> congressman ana eschew there and our "today in the bay" traffic anchor, mike inouye also at yesterday's rally. really nice to see you taking part in this. this was so important as well in light of everything that's been going on, mike. >> it was especially as you mentioned, laura, the key factor here, this was a youth-led rally. these are high school students, i think two or three of the organizers were 15 years old. so that's amazing, it really is amazing. there was an 8-year-old boy who spoke and he came out and he started out by saying i'm scared

to be here. >> oh, wow. >> he got a lot of support from the crowd so it's amazing. marcus, just like you're doing there, continuing the conversation through the generations. that was powerful. thank you guys. i appreciate that. >> absolutely, i stand with you, mike, through all of this. it's an important part for us all standing together and speaking of race in america, the conversation this thursday we're going to talk about that and what's happening within the asian community so definitely i want people to tune in to that, 7:00 on thursday. so we can keep that conversation going, provide better understanding for all of us out here. thanks, mike. 5:09. it's time to get a look at that forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that and those nice temperatures for us on this monday morning. >> yes, we had such a beautiful weekend around the bay area and starting out another cool start. our temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s as you get ready to head out the door and it's going to be another beautiful day for hiking, getting out there, enjoying more time outside. head to the east bay, we'll

start out cool but once again, warming up as we head toward the low 70s at 1:00, and then some mid-70s during the middle of the day, and it will still be breezy especially going into the afternoon. we'll be watching that as well as a slight cooldown for tomorrow, that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> kari, it's looking better over on my maps. let's look out at the map where i circled the area 92, 880 at 92 there was a disabled vehicle affecting the ramp, cleared as well. incidents on either side of the san mateo clear and so is the bridge itself. a couple of disabled vehicles in san jose but cleared from 680, over here 84 and 580 showing a little more slowing than we sometimes see at this time of morning especially since this is one of the rolling spring breaks that we have a number of schools also in the south bay off this week, but we're looking at no major issues, a smooth flow of traffic there as well as getting toward the bay bridge, those incidents on the east shore freeway are clear. laura, back to you. >> all right, thanks so much.

who is looking to plan a hawaiian getaway? ahead the new covid protocols going into place you'll need to know about before you book those travel plans. and the head of the fed says the economy has nowhere to go but up. things are going to get much better if we continue to wear our masks and be safe. plus -- >> what should i do then? >> i don't know. why don't you just watch me and make sure i don't do anything stupid, okay? >> okay, happy golfing to you this morning. the master sensation getting a lot of is a tension for looking eerily similar to the cha, in "happen i had gilmore." even adam sandler weighing in on that one. you're watching "today in the bay."

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good monday morning. it is 5:13. if you're on spring break and you want to head to the park, check out our forecast for san jose. we'll see our temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s this morning, heading out there at noon, i think it's going to be perfect, like mid-60s, sunshine and nice little breeze. we'll talk about what else is ahead in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. great temperatures, you don't have to worry about touching that slide. let's look outside of palo alto, 101, looks very nice, headlights southbound, tail lights northbound heading up in through

san mateo without delay. take the rest of your commute coming up. well, good morning. very happy monday to you as well. the head of the fed was on "60 minutes" last night and that's sure to get wall street's attention. fed chairman jerome powell says the economy will continue to improve if we are careful not to allow a fourth wave of coronavirus. all we have to do to say safe, he says, keep the masks on, and the economy will be fine. of course if you see the video coming out of texas like this texas rangers game you know some states not doing that, big crowds, few masks, texas governor says that state's close to herd immunity and epidemiologist tells the "new york times" "there's no way on god's green earth texas is anywhere close to that." investors in sweet spot, the economy growing, jobs are back, interest rates remain low, and from what powell said on "60 minutes" last night, they're going to stay low for some time to come. s&p 500 gaining 2% just last

week. now we continue to see companies say they're going to shed office space. you heard about salesforce building one of the biggest office buildings in the united states. then saying you know what? we don't really need it. now jpmorgan chase tells shareholders it will cut real estate holdings. it expects as much as 40% of employees to be working from home maybe on a rotating basis. now we're going to hear from nvidia's ceo today as he makes a speech at the company's virtual conference. nvidia makes chips that do all kinds of things and manufacturers and computermakers desperate to get their hands on chips. the white house will host a big meeting of chip executives and others today to try to get to the bottom of the problem. last week ford and gm announced they'd have to idle some plants because they ran out of chips to put in their cars and over the weekend, the ceos of united airlines and target met over zoom to talk about what to do about various states restricting

voting. they objected to georgia's new laws after they were passed. companies are trying to figure out what to do before other states pass similar measures that, could be ending political contributions to candidates who support new voting restrictions, laura and marcus, as you know, baseball's weighed in on this. i would expect the envelope as the nfl season gets under way later this year will be weighing in on this as well. >> a lot of people talking about that and of course we'll be watching. all right, scott, thank you. new this morning, spending by young people now slowly moving off the record lows during the pandemic. according to piper sandler's latest taking stock with teens report, brands like croc's and nike popular with gen z, and when it comes to food chipotle a favorite. gen z is turning to online brands like sheen and princess

po po polly. a widely plan ear indie film as best picture. >> it goes to "nomadland." >> it took home the award for best actress for frances mcdorman and best director making chloe zhou only the second woman and the first woman of color to win in that category. also trending, the young golfer who came in second place at the masters is really getting a lot of attention on social media. will zalatoris is making a name for himself off the course as well as he kind of looks like the guy from "happy gilmore" the caddie there. look at it closely here side by side. eh, could be an older version,

right? adam sandler who started the movie joined in, tweeted out "have fun today, young man. mr. gilmore is watching you and very proud." if you squint, turn your head a little bit, you're like okay, i see it, there it is. >> i want to hear this golfer's reaction, though. >> yes, exactly. he may not like it. hey, it was such a glorious weekend to get outside. i mean, it just, spring is sprung, everything seems so, just filled with new hope. doesn't it have that feeling in the air, kari? >> yes, absolutely. especially when we get the cool temperatures to go along with it. it's been nice to have some very comfortable air. let's get a look at where we're headed for today. here is a look at our highs. we'll see our temperatures a little bit warmer than yesterday, reaching 80 degrees in napa and concord. we'll see some upper 60s for oakland today and upper 70s for

san jose. san francisco will reach into the low 60s, so overall, very nice and breezy. high pressure still well to the west of us, blocking any chances of rain we get for the week, as it moves in closer for the weekend, it will cause those temperatures to come up a few more degrees, but in between, we will have a nice cooldown for tomorrow. so here we go into another dry week, we're taking a look at our drought status and all of these colors here show that pretty much california is just dry. eight not only california, it's the whole west that's deal with some extreme to exceptional drought and here in the bay area, we do have extreme drought in parts of the north bay, and the progress that we made earlier this year with the central coast, we pretty much have seen that erased so we are going to continue with some dry weather throughout the week and this is something we're closely monitoring as our rainfall deficits continue to grow especially in the north bay. we've now surpassed 20 inches for needed rainfall, that's just to catch up to normal.

i've posted on my facebook, and twitter pages how you can attend a webinar that cal fire is putting on that will show you how you can prepare your home for the upcoming wildfire season and they're not saying it's going to be a good one. it could be really bad, because of how dry it's been. we are going to have the best week and some comfortable temperatures. now is the time to get your house ready, get everything in order as we are going to continue to have some very nice and seasonable weather, but of course all of the dry conditions continue. mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> well, kari, it's looking pretty good right now. we'll take a look at the updates here. as we look at the map, there's no big problems at the bay bridge toll plaza but there is a little slowing that started right by the air from time to time, green to yellow, the incline, a little volume increase but not so bad there as we zoom out, we see overall we just have the altamont pass and highway 84 but i circled once again what looks like someone

else calling the same disabled vehicle this time on the shoulder 880 at 92. we're looking at the dumbarton bridge actually, where chp gave overnight just a note saying it was a little more breezy than they're used to across the high-rise. if you are in a larger vehicle there, a note. and a live look in san jose shows you the volume of traffic starting to build up a little bit with headlights but still good spacing as they come close to the camera. >> thanks, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> if you lose your vaccine card, don't worry. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how to get a new one and if you haven't lost it yet, we'll show you how to take care of that vital little piece of paper. but first, our team always on social media, check out what kari posted on this weekend on instagram, her gardening. she has good stuff growing there, too. follow kari an facebook, twitter and instagram and posting forecast updates that are so

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right now at 5:30, breaking news. minneapolis on edge, protests, unrest, and a city-wide curfew after another black man is killed by an officer during a traffic stop. now the national guard is being brought in. what we're learning minute by minute about a new shooting death and the derek chauvin murder trial is set to resume in just hours.

i feel that my brother, dominic, should step down as mayor of windsor. >> calls to step down from his own family members, a live report straight ahead on the actions expected today to remove a sonoma county mayor after of allegations of sexual assault from multiple women. plus as more and more people in the bay area return to work, air quality concerns are growing. new this morning, how you can help keep our air clean as you plan your road map back to work as "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike will keep an eye on the commute but first the monday forecast to get things started. kari? >> good morning. we are seeing a lot of people up and out the door as we get a live look in dublin checking out 580 and going to start out with a clear sky and see more sunshine today. temperatures going from the

mid-40s to the upper 60s at lunch time and continuing to warm up as we head toward the upper 70s for a lot of our inland valleys. we will have a warmup and then a cooldown. il i'll have more on that and air quality in climate in crisis in a few minutes. mike how is the rest of the commute looking? >> looking good. we'll give you a more detailed look at the bay bridge coming up shortly but san mateo bridge west 92 picking up volume. sensors show it's green across the span and pretty much everywhere around the bay showing the green sensors awe zoom out, the traffic flow for highway 84 on the right coming out of the altamont 580 feeding into the live shot that kari showed you with all that activity. back to you. >> thanks, mike. breaking news, the police shooting of a black man in minneapolis suburbs is leading to widespread protest and unrest. >> now the national guard is being brought in. >> this as the murder trial of

derek chauvin continues this week. >> reporter: marcus and laura, good morning. as the prosecution in the derek chauvin murder trial prepares to wrap up its case at the courthouse behind me, overnight another police incident nearby enflamed tensions. it happened about ten miles from here in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center, and police say a man had a warrant out for his arrest and during a traffic stop, he got out of his vehicle, got back in, and that's when an officer shot him. relatives say that he drove a short distance before crashing his car and he was pronounced dead. relatives identify him as 20-year-old daunte wright. >> the police officer come to the window, put the phone down, get out of the car and daunte said why and he said we'll explain to you when you get out of the car and i heard the police officer say daunte, don't run. like a minute later i called and his girlfriend answered, she was a passenger in the car and said that he had been shot. >> reporter: this comes as the

derek chauvin murder trial enters week three of testimony. the prosecution is expected to rest its case early this week and the defense will take center stage. so far, we've heard from 35 witnesses, including police officers and medical experts who insist that derek chauvin did not die because of drugs and underlying medical conditions as the defense has argued, instead as the prosecution said he died because of derek chauvin's knee on his neck. now again, the police incident here in the minneapolis area on sunday has enflame tensions. the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehensions is now looking into that case, that's the same agency that investigated george floyd's death. back to you. >> gabe, thank you. happening today in the north bay, organizers plan to file a recall petition against the embattled mayor of windsor. he's denied sexual assault

claims made against him. sharon katsuda, even the mayor's brother calling for him to step down. >> reporter: that's right, marcus. many allegations surfaced this weekend, including from the mayor himself, the ""san francisco chronicle"" reported several women accusing the 38-year-old windsor mayor dominic foppoli of sexual assault. at the protest at the mayor's family winery, protesters want the mayor out of office immediately and the brother also called for his resignation. >> while i won't comment on ongoing investigations, i believe that our elected officials should be held to higher moral standards and for that reason, i feel that my brother, dominic, should step down as mayor of windsor. >> i'm out here today to demand that dominic foppoli resign effective immediately. the mayorship and any involvement in public service, he does not deserve the right to serve in public service.

>> mayor foppoli released a lengthy statement calling the accusations unfounded and false. it reads in part "if i have done anything wrong, i would accept responsibility but i have not. i am fighting back and will clear my name." the town council plans to hold an emergency meeting this wednesday to discuss all these issues. reporting live in windsor, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, sharon. 5:36 right now. live look in san francisco this morning, where eating out late night may soon be back on the menu. this week, health leaders plan to consider repealing the current 11:00 p.m. curfew, the move would be welcome news for diners who say they've gotten way too used to making it an early night since the pandemic took hold. north beach restaurant owners feel the same way. >> it would be nice to know you have the wiggle room that if you're busy enough, you can actually push your hours further and actually accommodate more

people especially on the weekends. >> the city's health department will make the final announcement on wednesday. if approved, it would lift the curfew on indoor dining starting on thursday. bars that don't serve food are still only allowed to open outdoors. a live look in los angeles, this is where anyone over the age of 16 is now eligible to receive a vaccination. like alameda county, l.a. county over the weekend went ahead and broadened its eligibility. the entire state moves to over 16 this thursday. l.a. county is also battling supply issues with the johnson & johnson vaccine, reducing shipments, this is due to recent production errors. california getting closer to half of all of its residents with at least one vaccination shot. it's now nearing 23 million vaccinations. the state reported nearly 5,000 new cases yesterday, number of deaths since the start of the pandemic is now approaching 60,000. according to the state. but the "l.a. times" reports

over the weekend it surpassed that number. covid testing rates are dropping in the south bay. santa clara county reportedly has seen testing fall by nearly 35% over the past two months. county health experts are reminding people to keep getting tested, especially as those new variants keep popping up. happening today, the alameda county courthouse and hayward hall of justice will reopen more widely on a limited basis. people will be allowed to perform limited activities, conducting research or record searches or requesting documents and restraining orders. now to our climate in crisis, a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, and the bay bridge. if you've been out there lately, you know that the roads there are filled with more people, starting to increase as those covid restrictions start to ease up. this morning, we've got team coverage, kari has been looking into air quality since the lockdown. first let's start out with mike, he has more on that traffic spike that we're seeing. >> yes, and one of the great

meters is the bay bridge toll plaza. although i get from the mtc all seven state-owned bridges halt traffic all day for the last over a year, we checked it out. in 2020, the first tuesday, because tuesday is the heaviest travel usually, we had about 126,000 cars total for the day here at the bay bridge toll plaza, but by the end of that month, it was half of that. remember, that's when the pandemic and the shelter at home kicked in. a year later, as traffic slowly started to restore over the last few months, quickly started to restore, we're getting toward that same neighborhood once again, first tuesday now, 111,000 roughly. by the end of the month we're still holding at over 118,000 now. so the volume is starting to steadily build and consistently build through the morning, although the patterns are different. not as much backup as we used to see at 5:39 in the morning but definitely kari with more cars on the roadway, this has to affect our air quality. >> yes, and so back in may, when

we first started the lockdown, air quality was actually pretty good, traffic was down, but then as more cars started to get out on the road, the smog levels started to climb back up. and much of the bay area and the state has been dealing with unusual and record-breaking heat waves, as well as an unprecedented influence from recent wildfires. now, all of this has caused some of the worst air quality in a decade, and according to the air quality index, there was a stretch of clean air in march and in april of last year, but as we moved into warmer months and more economic activity, the numbers jumped into the unhealthy category. both of these graphics from napa valley, as well as the south bay shows that air quality. cars, heavyduty trucks and diesel powered equipment have a far greater emission. as we start the commute as we return to work and return back to the office, will continue to have a big impact.

lms the transition to cleaner technology for ships and trucks will also play a key role. be sure to check out our entire climate in crisis series, it's on nbcbayarea.com. laura and marcus? >> all right, thanks so much, kari. it's 5:40. a new trend emerging along gender lines when it comes to vaccine side effects. according to the cdc in the first nearly 14 million doses given this year, nearly 80% of reported side effects came from women. some of the most common were headache, dizziness and fatigue. one nbc medical contributor says the big reason for the gap is women's immune systems are simply different than men's. >> from the common cold to the flu, women do have a more robust immune response to certain infections. so if there's a stronger immune response to the vaccine, i think that the origins of that are simply that. >> this story is part of our new platform nbc lx, to see the full

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it is 5:44. we've got more kids on spring break this week and we still have our nice weather continuing from over the weekend, in san jose heading to the park, we'll start out with some mid-40s, but then warm up into the upper 60s as we head toward noon. we'll get a look at all of our microclimates and talk about the week ahead, that's coming up in a few minutes. >> that rolling spring break around the bay causes changes in the patterns here. we show the bay bridge with a lighter flow of traffic, even though the east bay and the city has school again but the incline there's a little bit of slowing. i'll show you what's a little different as well for this week,

coming up. this morning, if your commute includes parts of interstate 680 through concord, you're likely going to see smoke because firefighters are at the scene of a house fire in the area of monument boulevard and oak grove road. firefighters tell us no one is hurt and that the fire is under control. but they'll stay on the scene this morning to monitor those hot spots. 5:46 right now, new video of a home nearly flattened by an explosion in southern california which firefighters say was sparked by a gas leak. it happened last night in l.a.'s valley glen. one person suffered critical burn injuries, a second person was pulled from the rubble. the person was not seriously injured. another five people inside the home at the time managed to make it out safely. 5:46, president biden will meet with the heads of silicon valley companies today to talk about an enormous threat, the worldwide chip shortage. >> scott mcgrew, this affected all kinds of industries, talking about car companies shutting

down assembly lines even. >> yes, that's right. a lot of chips in cars these days. the heads of intel and google will be at the white house today to advise the president on what has turned into a really big cries pice. today's meeting will talk about how we rely on chips, it will be virtual, so it, itself will be on chips. the president has already ordered a review of how and where chips are made to protect national security. the president will also no doubt want more information on the cyber attack on iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend. israeli media pointing the finger at israeli intelligence for the computer attack, which blacked out centrifuges that refine uranium. this comes as much of the rest of the world was pushing for the u.s. and iran to resume talks over restarting the iran nuclear deal. delegates from france, germany, britain, china and russia met in vienna friday hoping to bring the u.s. and iran together, just hours before that cyber attack. the u.s. meantime putting

more pressure on china to come clean about what it knew about coronavirus and warning if there san outbreak of some kind in future, china needs to do a better job of telling people about it. here is the u.s. secretary of state on nbc's "meet the press." >> i think china knows in the early stages of covid, it didn't do what it needed to do, which was to in real time give access to international experts, in real time to share information, in real time to provide real transparency, and one result of that failure is that the vaccine, the virus excuse me, got out of hand faster and which think much more egregious results than it might otherwise. ceos from major americans companies like paypal, pepsi and united what to do about states changing voting laws after georgia passed its new laws. delta, home depot, coca-cola objected but only after the laws were passed. we'll talk more about what

companies are ready to do as we talk business in about half an hour. in the meantime, between those times, i'm on twitter, i love your comments and questions, you can find me there, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> scott, thanks. a live look at the u.s. capitol, where the capitol police officer who died in an attack earlier this month is set to lie in honor this week. william evans' cass connect will arrive in a special ceremony tomorrow. congress and capitol police are invited to pay their respects. the 18-year veteran officer died april 12th -- april 2nd, this is when a driver plowed into the barricade at the capitol. a second officer was injured. the attacker was killed when he got out of the car and threatened officers with a knife. all this week, nbc news is taking an in-depth look at american extremism. 100 days after the violent attack at the u.s. capitol, nbc news speaks with people who witnessed the event firsthand. plus a look at the roots of

extremist groups and how they come widespread and where we go from here as a nation. so many families have lost loved ones due to coronavirus. the pain immeasurable but also the unexpected burial costs but now there is help from the federal government. starting today, families who have suffered a loss due to covid-19 can apply for reimbursement of up to $9,000 for burial costs. the money will come through fema. there's no citizenship requirement for eligibility, but you do need to provide several documents, a death certificate and receipts. you can find more information on fema's website. i'll put out a link on facebook as well because it is important to understand there are scammers out there as well when it comes to this topic. >> absolutely. new details surrounding disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. he's expected to be at a new york state court virtually today. the convicted rapist will appear

before a judge for an extradition hearing. weinstein is being sought by prosecutors in california for charges, additional charges for sexual assault. because weinstein is imprisoned in new york, a judge must sign off on transferring him to custody of los angeles authorities. preparations are under way in england for saturday's funeral of prince philip. >> but this is going to be a very different funeral to what would have been planned prior to the pandemic. nbc's keir simmons is outside windsor castle with more. >> reporter: hey, marcus, hey, laura. what a contrast from the last time the spotlight was on windsor castle, that, of course, was for the wedding of harry and meghan. now of course it is for the funeral of prince harry's grandfather. the front page of "the sun" newspaper saying harry has arrived in the country. members of the royal family describing the queen as saying that a void has been left by the death of her husband.

prince philip and the queen's daughter-in-law sophie wessex, saying the moment of his passing was gentle, it was like somebody took his hand and he was off. princess anne, though, their daughter, saying that you know it's coming, but you're never really ready. so moving comments from members of the royal family, and so much attention now on what that moment will be like, when harry sees face to face his brother, william, and his dad, prince charles, after that bombshell oprah interview, all the attention will be on their body language when the funeral takes place in windsor castle on saturday. back to you. coming up on the "today" show, we will have much more on how prince philip is being remembered this morning, that's ahead at 7:00, right after "today in the bay." trending this morning, could howard county's own dwayne "the rock" johnson become the next president? a recent poll by pip slate found

46% of americans would support him if he runs for the white house. 30,000 people were survey there had. in response, the rock wrote in a tweet "not sure our founding fathers ever envisioned a 6'4", bald, tattooed, half black, half samoan, tequila drinking pickup truck driving, fanny pack wearing guy joining their club, but if it ever happens, it would be my honor to serve the people." how cool is that? add all those things together, it is kind of funny. you never know, right, kari? >> you never know. we'll see. all right, let's get a look at our temperatures today, and it's going to be a nice one, and along the coastline, still breezy and cool, temperatures reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. some upper 60s for the bay, and some upper 70s for the valleys, so today we have a nice spread in temperatures, but the dry weather does continue as high pressure builds and stays across the region, and as it moves in a

little bit closer by the end of the week, our temperatures come up a few more degrees but still, no major changes here, as we've seen the dry weather throughout much of the season, and looking at our rainfall deficits, we're keeping an eye on this because it does continue to grow each day, and in santa rosa, we've measured over 12 inches of rain but we need now over 20 inches of rain, that's just to catch up to the normal amount. we know the vegetation continues to dry out, and we are unfortunately as a result expecting a very bad wildfire season. i posted on my facebook and twitter pages how you can watch a webinar that cal fire is putting on, on how to prepare your home for the upcoming wildfire season. now while the weather is nice and quiet, it's the time to get ready and make your defensible space around your home. our temperatures will reach into the upper 60s, low 70s, even some upper 70s by the end of the week. our morning temperatures will be in the mid-40s, checking out san

francisco looking at a high of 63 degrees today and once again all quiet weather as we go into the next several days. we'll of course continue to watch our wildfire season that's upcoming as well as how dry it's been, more on that coming up a little bit later. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? >> we'll have to instead of spring cleaning some spring clearing for the defensible spaces kari talked about. roadways, spring recess for south bay schools this week so you may see the daytime traffic and early evening be lighter. traditional slowing north 101 approaching oakland road, off of 680. it should be shorter lived but we'll follow that. the rest of the bay looks good. we're seeing a slowdown out of the altamont, 84 rein just near the dublin interchange where it crosses in the middle of the screen. the slowing popped up there. the volume may be building a bit

and we're looking at the approach to the bay bridge and on the span itself, we do have a little slowing on the incline. we see a few more cars. no problems in the hot spots and no delays through the area. back to you. >> thanks, mike. a humanitarian crisis in the caribbean. a volcano on the island of st. vincent continues to erupt. thick layers of ash, coating pretty much every corner of the country with a strong smell of sulfur in the air. roughly 16,000 people have been evacuated. the eruptions have shut off power, even knocking out power to much of the island. cruise ships there on deck to help evacuate people. experts warn that the seismic unrest could last a week. and much more ahead for you this morning, 5:56, new tensions spark a night of unrest in minneapolis. this is as the derek chauvin murder trial gets set to resume. what authorities are saying about a deadly police shooting of a black man over the weekend amidst calls for the national

guard and the return -- and the turn expected this week in the testimony surrounding the death of george floyd. that's coming up, and much more, right here on "today in the bay."

right now at 6:00, breaking news, protests and unrest in minneapolis after a police officer shoots and kills a man during a traffic stop. it comes as the derek chauvin murder trial enters its third week. coming up, how the city is now coping with multiple crises. a big week for californians with vaccine eligibility opening to anyone over the age of 16 but more counties getting a head start, having widened access for those younger than 50. all this hour, a helping hand in tracking down your shot. and after legal battles, in-fighting and protests, san francisco schools are finally welcoming students back into the classroom. a live report on the district's long journey to this point and the work still remaining as "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning. it is monday, thanks so much for starting your week with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. your forecast and a check of the commute is coming up in just eight minutes. first breaking news we're following for you this morning,