good morning. it is sunday, may 30th, 7:00 on the dot a live look outside from the marin headlands, this is a rare treat. our photographer perched up there on this final sunday of may, happy memorial day weekend to you, what a gorgeous look at the golden gate bridge, and another treat, meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey joining us with a quick look at your microclimate forecast. by the way, you were here last night at 11:00 p.m. so thank you for coming back. >> still have plenty of coffee at the station, found places between last night and this

morning and if you're waking up with us, get sunshine we saw around the same time yesterday. 56 degrees in san jose. the winds technically on score, fog clearing now around san francisco so notice our hour-by hour temperatures by lunch time, 70s and 80s inland and focus on the areas in red. 75 san francisco, 80s around oakland. temperature trend going hotter tomorrow are our forecast is coming up in ten minutes. back to you. >> we look forward to seeing you again. breaking news of another mass shooting in america, this time in miami, where would it people were killed and more than 20 were wounded.

this is a banquet hall west of miami gardens. crowds gathered overnight for a concert. an suv pulled up in front of the banquet all after mid nights, three people fired indiscriminately at the crowd. the miami police department calls it another "targeted and cowardly act of gun violence." we'll continue to following the search for the shooters and updating you on air and onloin. we continue to hear how victims are hero knick final moments and saved their co-workers' lives lp the sikh dmunt xh san jose is mourning the loss of their brother and hero, singh, one of the nine

victims who lost his life saving his friends. friends and family gathered yesterday to heal and call for change. here's "today in the bay's" ginger conehojo saab. >> reporter: he's proud of how his brother lived out the last moments. >> his focus was saving other people. he never called his family between the moments. nobody received a message from him. >> reporter: karman is comforted by his faith community like the one that gathered outside the sikh temple in san jose, the temple opened its doors for a memorial and welcomed victim's families, friends and those united in grief. janlelle aguirre says the reality of their loss has not sunk in. >> never in my wildest dreams this would happen. i would never think this would

happen to anybody here in san jose or anywhere. it shouldn't happen. we're distraught. we're sad, devastated, lost. >> reporter: through sharing memories, uniting in prayer, those who gathered were comforted and committed to making changes for the better. board members and the director of the temple called on local politicians to make substantial changes to prevent such tragedies. >> what should we do in the future to avoid these types of incidents whether it will be, you know, having gun law changes or any other types of changes that we need to make, so these -- because it's happening too much right now. >> reporter: another vigil is scheduled in union city to paytry bud to tapdesh deep who leaves behind a wife and two children. in san jose, "nbc bay area news." >> and as ginger just mentioned

the vigil for the nine vta victims is tonight at 5:00 p.m. hells at charles f. kennedy park in joan city. several people continue to visit and pay their respects at that memorial at san jose city hall. many we met say they never knew the victims but felt compelled to honor them. trained chaplains also are there for support. >> we are there to listen to them. based pop what they share with us, we're able to respond back and back this dome. we want to provide that emotional care and the spiritual care as well if they ask for it. >> a few miles south at the home where the shooter lived is still boarded up, debris in the front yard. it was quiet except for a delivery driver leaving a package there. yesterday was the first d police weren't at the scene. neighbors tell us people are driving by to see the home. the goenman's stiser speaks

out in an email to the ""san jose mercury news" ann cassidy something must have happened tuesday before the shooting. "i imagine he spent all night tuesday night pacing and ruminating and making his plans, that he didn't feel he could call me that night is by far the worst part." she continued "in recent months, he has felt lost to me, but now i have to live with the fact that i didn't try harder." the gunman's father james cassidy said his son was bipolar and apologized to the families of the victims and says his son's mental illness is not an excuse for the shooting rampage and he and his wife were blind-sided by the tragedy. one of the shooting victims is honored the greenfield city hall about 30 miles south of salinas where flags are flying at half staff in honor of tim thigh romo, the greenfield native was 59-year-old, survived by his wife and three children

as well as grandchildren, two brothers and his parents. his father mike romo is former mayor and police chief of that small town. learn more about all of the nine men killed in the shooting going to our website, we posted ways to donate ta their families, go to nbcbayarea.com/vtayardshooting. we're going to shift gears a little bit now and given you a live look across the bay area this morning, many people are celebrating memorial day weekend in a much more upbeat way than we did last year in lockdown thanks to increasing numbers of people being vaccinated. infection rates continue to plummet, we saw traffic out last night, people enjoying the sunshine yesterday, most counties in california are either in the orange or yellow restriction tiers and with more people getting vaccinated has prompted visitors to get out and about this weekend. >> this is our first time in san

francisco, we just literally got here driving, and we came to the bridge first before we looked for our hotel. we don't even know where we're going to stay. we got in the car, we said we're going. >> just pure joy. the theme of safety seems to be the theme across the country, according to aaa, 34 million americans are hitting the roads and airports, expecting to break post-pandemic travel records with more than 2 million flyers passing through checkpoints yesterday. mel ree day marks the unofficial start of summer, which means boating season. the contra costa county sheriff's office wants to take this opportunity to remind voters to follow the rules and stay safe. anyone 40 or under who operates a boat must have a california boater card. there must be life jackets for every person on the boat and children 13 and younger must keep their life jackets on at

all times while on board. san francisco's presidio is breaking a very longstanding tradition this memorial day for the second year in a row. this is video from memorial day 2019 the last time the precede yo held special services in honor of veterans on memorial day. it's been a tradition since 1868. they called it off again because of covid concerns. coming up, we take you live to washington d.c. for our weekly interview with chuck todd who has a review as opposed to preview of this week's "meet the press," how senate republicans blocked the creation of a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. calling on food responders, how one group is partnering with local firefighters ahead of virus season.

welcome back.

it is time for your weekly discussion with chk, moderator of "meet the press." as always, thanks for joining us this morning. we aired "meet the press" right before our newscast today because of the indy 500. >> yes, you did. >> hopefully people got to see it, if not hopefully they dvr'd it and we appreciate your time, to talk to us after your show. so health leaders in the bay area announced two days ago they plan to fully support california's plan to reopen all schools for full-time in-person instruction come this fall. you had a children's vaccination specialist on your show today. is there any indication that more children will be vaccinated by september or what were you able to glean? >> well, actually, we were talking about the origins of covid with him as folks who may be watching this willze that was that segment there. i've talked the good

news is, essentially for sixth grade and higher, there is an anticipation that you're going to have most of those students by the start of the next school year vaccinated. i think the question mark is going to be about the vulnerability of students that are below the age of 12, right, there's no vaccine yet on the market for anybody below the age of 12, so i do think that that's what we're going to learn a little bit this summer and you talked to not just peter otez but some others saying as they learn more about the circulation of the virus among folks under the age of 12, the good news, it appears to be less risk of severe illness or worse, but there's still vulnerabilities there and i think there's still data over the summer that a lot of scientists are going to want before we know for sure how smoothly particularly younger elementary schools are going to

be in the fall. >> yes, and i do dvr "meet the press" each week so it will be interesting to hear about the origins of covid. >> yes. >> i do want to turn our attention to the insurrection. senate republicans a couple days ago blocked the effort to create an independent commission, so is this further sign that republicans are still aligning themselves with donald trump because he said he was against the commission? are they worried about the 2022 midterms or what is it? >> well, they've said that they are. i mean, mitch mcconnell in some ways and many senators are point blank, they think democrats are going to somehow benefit from the commission or exploit the results of this commission, so take that logic to its complete end point. republicans are nervous that any bipartisan commission is going to come to the same conclusion, that donald trump had a role, if

not the role in fomenting this insurrection. the biggest unanswered questions revolve what did the president do before the insurrection, during the insurrection. these are things we don't know the answer to. so i guess that's the most amazing things about this debate is how straightforward republican leaders have been about that their sole reason for not wanting to support this commission is they don't like the potential political outcome. it's kind of brazen, kira. i don't think we fully have appreciated that we're so polarized now that we've decided what is bad politics should trump what may be necessary to bring the country together. i don't mean to polyannish but that's the only thingday, ss as a member of the political party you acknowledge may have members who acted improperly, but there seems to be real fear there and it begins and ends with donald trump. >> and i think unfortunately we

have to let you go, through i wonder, will chuck schumer bring it up again for a vote in the future? >> he said he would. we'll see what happens. >> we'll continue to talk to but that, chuck, we always puerto rico your insight. great to see you. >> kira, thank you. switching gears, still searching for a covid shot, anyone out there? starting today at 10:00 a.m., a pop-up vaccine site will open an the mayfair community center in san jose. anyone aged 12 and older as we just discussed with chuck can come to the clinic to get their shot, no appointment needed, all vaccines are free. and some more signs of normalcy, a costco favorite is making a comeback, talking abou. the stores will k phased return in early june, employee also prepare the samples behind plexiglass, make them in smaller batches and hand them out one at a time to avoid large crowds. the country put the kibosh on

freebies last march. i may have to rejoin costco for the free samples. okay, wear a mask, pay a penalty. a mendocino restaurant is slapping a fee on customers who order while masked. the sign posted at fiddle hens cafe reads "$5 fee added to orders placed while wearing a face mask." the fine print adds that anyone overheard boasting about having a vaccine will get another $5 surcharge. the owner tells us the fee is actually an optional donation and goes to charity but it's causing controversy, several people have spoken out about it and told us about it and sent these photos to us. okay, now to food trucks. they're getting a jumpstart before the fire season. they want to help feed first responders, and fire victims. the company off the grid here in the bay area is partnering with the state and the red cross as food responders, it's something that evolved during last year's

historic fire season. >> it was kind of on the fly, within a few hours, people were getting evacuated, being brought into san francisco and into hotels and they would just call and be like could you do 13 dinners for this place and 20 dinners for this place and deliver them and we did and kind of looked through what we had and hopefully kept some stuff on supply to be able to cook for folks who needed it, and then we would go and deliver them. >> that woman, kim alter, estimates night bird has made more than 120,000 meals for people in need over the past year. and now to people in san diego, hundreds of them placed flags for fallen soldiers at ft. rosecranz national cemetery. tens of thousands of veterans who died serving in the u.s. military were bury there had. last memorial day the public was not allowed because of coronavirus but many brought their children and other family members out yesterday to pay tribute. some of them come from military families. >> it's a very emotional feeling to be honest.

i peel as i mentioned a deep amount of respect for these individuals and so in many cases, i feel like i can feel their spirits and i can feel their appreciation for our time and effort. >> and then tomorrow's memorial service will be virtual. the public can visit grave stones in person, though. and trending this morning, a north bay man is attempting a major feat by kayaking from california to hawaii all by himself, if successful, sir el deremo will be the second person to cross the pacific in a kayak. it starts tomorrow morning, it's expected to take 70 days. we wish him all the best, and we're going to turn to our own superhero, rob mayeda, for a look at your microclimate forecast. somehow you did not gain the covid-19 quarantine 19 i gained,

you're still doing cross-fit in your garage. >> going back to the costco story, i love the costco pizza so much, so i did put on -- >> makes me feel better. >> look outside for the folks that will be heading out around the bay, still got a little bit of patchy low clouds and fog but more sunshine earlier in the morning as the low clouds start to clear for you on this sunday morning. 51 degrees currently in san francisco, hazy skies in walnut creek, still technically a sea breeze but that's going to be going away. the ocean air conditioning is not going to be sticking around for the afternoon, 55 currently in walnut creek. 53 in n livermore, seeing the sunshine there, too, around the tri-valley and a pretty view of san jose, santa clara valley patchy areas of low clouds, 56 for city cameras, low clouds starting to go away, more sunshine on the coast and all signs point to a warmer day, temperature wise, some places 25 degrees of warming compared to yesterday. so you got about upper 80s for

airs around downtown san jose today, numbers in the low 90s south of downtown, the tri-valley, 680 corridor up towards contra costa county well into the 90s today. low to mid-90s today, trending hotter for tomorrow. bay side mostly 70s to low 80s. 80s redwood city and downtown san francisco into the low 70s today, may trend closer to 80 degrees for tomorrow and we do think the hottest places today around the bay area likely to be around sonoma county in the north bay, with numbers in the mid to upper 90s. so keep in mind, memorial day monday if you have plans for the morning, temperatures will be comfortable but from noon to 8:00, heat advisories up across the north bay in the inland east bay as you before to see the reasons why here, temperatures in the upper 90s to probably at least 105 for parts of sonoma county. that is the area under the100 degrees in santa rosa, san francisco and oakland 70s to m n

monday. another thing we will avery to watch, fire danger, dry hills by tomorrow afternoon, could see humidity numbers below 20% as that late day sea breeze tries to make a comeback during the day tomorrow, these wind speeds will be picking up leading to a cooler tuesday forecast. so there you go, temperatures by tuesday back into the upper 80s and low 90s, as a sea breeze starts to cool things off. hot summer-like high pressure gives up some ground for the middle part of the week, to see some showers for areas north maybe mendocino county, has a slight chance of seeing a few showers as we head towards the first weekend in june, high pressure builds back and we'll see a warming trend again. a real taste of summer here, around the bay area, san francisco at least 70s next two to three days, trending cooler for the second half of the week and our valleys upper 90s to some 100s inland, heat advisory for your memorial day monday and trending cooler midweek but moving towards june, kira, those

temperatures looking a lot more like summer and the seven-day forecast. >> i couldn't believe when you said 105. >> yes, after such a chilly day yesterday, big reversal coming our way. >> big well, you warned us. much. it is 7:23 and we want to remind you that nbc bay area is switching things up for your weekday evenings. we are adding another newscast to give you more of the local news you want. "nightly news with lester holt" moves a week from tomorrow, june 7th. let's look at the new line-up. the 5:00 p.m. news monday through friday in the exact same spot and then followed by two half-hour "nbc bay area news"casts at 5:30 and at 6:00. "nightly news with lester holt" at 6:307:00. "nbc bay area news tonight"

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good morning everyone. i'm anthony flores. a statement win. the giants posting the most runs they've scored at dodgers stadium in eight years. game three of this four-game set in los angeles it was a one-run game in the top of the third, the donovan solano smacks a two-run shot then with the orange and black up 7-4 and the bases loaded in the seventh, steven duggart doubles to right and the giants beat the dodgers 11-6. >> i don't know if it's trying to prove anything, we kind of roll with the underdog team and i think kind of the way we've

been playing has kind of proven that. >> at the coliseum, the a's and the angels with friday night's win, bob melvin tied tony la russa for most wins in oakland but the green and gold were dragging saturday often. top five shohei otania two-run score and the angels take a 3-0 lead, more than enough for alex cobb, in complete control, scattered three hits over seven shout shutout innings. california classico the quakes in l.a. to take on the galaxy. scoreless until the 70th minute, tough break for the earthquakes, bisson knocks it by his own keeper into his own goal, it was the only score of the match, and the galaxy go on to beat the earthquakes 1-0. san jose has lost four in a row. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

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good morning, it is sunday, may 30th, 7:29 a live look from the marin ed hadlands. our friend norbert out there, good morning, and good morning to all of you as we look at the golden gate bridge. a little bit of haze out there. can see the sun breaking through. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper. rob mayeda is in here for va vianey, she should be back in studio next weekend and equally excited to have rob mayeda here. >> good toe see you across the studio and bay area this morning, clearing skies as we stay in the north bay, from near tiburon and bell is he deer. 54 degrees, patchy low clouds, the view from sutro tower. low clouds in san francisco 51 degrees and san jose similar

theme. watch lunch time in the 70s and 80s inland and final stop bmp our temperatures south san jose, inland and north bay 90s. low 80s into oakland. hotter temperatures on your way for the north bay and inland east bay a closer look at triple-digit temperatures in a few areas coming up in 15 minutes. >> see you for the triple digits, rob, thank you so much. breaking news of another mass shooting in america, this time in miami, where would it people were killed and more than 20 were wounded. we have a look look at the scene for you this morning, still caution taped off. this is a banquet hall west of miami gardens. crowds gathered overnight for a concert. according to the miami-dade police, an suv pulled up in front of the banquet all after midnight, three people fired

indiscriminately at the crowd. the shooters got back in the suv and sped away. the director of the miami-dade police department is calling this another "targeted and cowardly act of gun violence." we'll continue to following the search for the shooters and update you on the breaking news on air and online. here in the bay area people are beginning to try to heal in the wake of wednesday's shooting rampage at the vta rail yard in san jose. we're hearing story bps the nine men who died and how heroic they were in their final moments. the sikh community in san jose is mourning the loss of their brother and hero, taptejdeep singh, one of the nine victims who lost his life saving his co-workers from the gunman. friends and family gathered yesterday to heal and call for change. "today in the bay's"

>> reporter: taptejdeep singh's brother karman says he is proud of how his brother lived out the last moments. did you hear from your brother in those last moments? >> i wish i did but his focus was saving other people. he never called his family between the moments. nobody received a message from him. >> reporter: karman is comforted by his faith community like the one that gathered outside the sikh gudjara temple in san jose, the temple opened its doors for a memorial and welcomed victim's families, friends and those united in grief. jan janette janelle aguirre, sister of michael rudometkin, says the reality of their loss has not sunk in. >> never in my wildest dreams this would happen. i would never think this would happen to anybody here in san jose it shouldn't happen. we're distraught. we're sad, devastated, lost.

those who gathered were comforted and committed to making changes for the better. politicians to make substantial changes to prevent such tragedies. >> what should we do in the future to avoid these types of incidents whether it will be, you know, having gun law changes or any other types of changes that we need to make, so these -- because it's happening too much right now. >> reporter: another vigil is scheduled in union city to pay tribute to taptejdeep who was 36 and leaves behind a wife and two children. in san jose, "nbc bay area news." >> and as ginger just mentioned the vigil for the nine vta victims is tonight at 5:00 p.m. held at charles f. kennedy park in union city which again is the hometown of taptejdeep singh.

we found people yesterday continuing to pay their respect. many didn't want to go on camera understandably but some never knew the victims but felt compelled to honor them. there are trained chaplains there to help support the community. >> we are there to listen to them. based upon what they share with us, we're able to respond back and back to them. we want to provide that emotional care and the spiritual care as well if they ask for it. >> a few miles south at the home where the shooter lived is still boarded up, debris in the front yard. we did see a delivery driver leaving a package there yesterday. it was the first day police weren't at that crime scene. neighbors say they've seen people driving by to look at the home. the gunman's sister speaks out in an email to the "san jose

mercury news." ann cassidy something must have happened tuesday before the shooting to set off her brother. she told the paper, "i imagine he spent all night tuesday night pacing and ruminating and making his plans, that he didn't feel he could call me that night is by far the worst part." she continued, "in recent months, he has felt lost to me, but now i have to live with the fact that i didn't try harder." the gunman's father, james cassidy, said his son was bipolar, and apologized to the families of the victims and says his son's mental illness is not an excuse for the shooting rampage, and he and his wife were "blind-sided" by the tragedy. one of the shooting victims is honored the greenfield city hall about 30 miles south of salinas where flags are flying at half staff in honor of timothy romo, the greenfield native by his wife and three children, grandchildren, two brothers and his parents.

his father mike romo is former mayor and police chief of that small town. you can learn more about all nine of those men, all those innocent victims on our website. we posted ways to donate ta their families, go to nbcbayarea.com/vtayardshooting. we're going to give you a live look of the sun shining across the bay area, haze in all the cameras. people are headed out to enjoy the beautiful weather before those triple digits kick in as rob was telling us about to enjoy this memorial day weekend and we can compared to last year, the increasing numbers of vaccinated people and infection rates continuing to plummet. we saw people out on scooters last night on the embarcadero, foot traffic on the golden gate bridge, all yesterday afternoon, headed to vista point. most counties in california are either in the orange or yellow restriction tiers and with more people getting vaccinated has

prompted a lot of people to get out and come to the bay area. >> this is our first time in san francisco, we just literally got here driving, and we came to the bridge first before we looked for our hotel. we don't even know where we're going to stay. we got in the car, we said we're going. >> the theme of safety seems to be the theme across the country, according to aaa, 34 million americans are hitting the roads and airports, expecting to break post-pandemic travel records with more than 2 million flyers passing through checkpoints yesterday. memorial day marks the unofficial start of summer, which means boating season. the contra costa county sheriff's office wants to take this opportunity to remind voters to follow the rules and stay safe. anyone 40 or under who operates a boat must have a california boater card. there must be life jackets for every person on the boat and children 13 and younger must keep their life jackets on at

all times while on board. sticking with oir mem our memorial day focus, san francisco's presidio is breaking a very longstanding tradition this memorial day for the second year in a row. this is video from memorial day 2019 the last time the precede yo held special services in honor of veterans on memorial day. it's been a tradition since 1868. they called it off again because of covid concerns. coming up, we take you live a new covid variant discovered in vietnam, coming up at 7:45, the reason the health minister says the new variant is spreading more easily.

good morning once again, as we wake up to a little bit of patchy fog, golden gate bridge

there off in the distance, the view to our sutro tower camera. 51 in san francisco and starting to see the sea breeze weaken, setting the stage for a big warming trend for inland areas. walnut creek 55 degrees, southwest wind at 9 coming to a halt by the afternoon, as those highs approach the low 90s inland. similar trend towards the tri-valley in livermore. 54 degrees and more hazy sunshine and patchy clouds into san jose, currently 56 degrees. notice how the low clouds break up and go away faster than they did at the same time yesterday, and also clearing out on the coast, which will set the staining with strengthening high pressure for some warmer temperatures for your sunday afternoon. highs today around san jose mid to upper 80s around downtown, 90s possible south of downtown, east san jose near 90 degrees. 92 in morgan hill. tri-valley to concord, taste of. bay side temperatures climbing

into the 70s and 80s, if the strong sea breeze today felt a little bit too chilly, you got 70s and 80s now bay side around the peninsula. 68 for half moon bay, low 70s closer to san francisco and north bay temperatures the likely the warmest we see around the bay area with numbers in the mid to upper 90s in reach sonoma and santa rosa. on top of that, temperatures trend hotter, north bay and solano county into the pink color there, temperatures likely throughout solano county above 100 degrees. there is your best bet for finding triple digit temperatures, and look at san francisco and oakland, 70s to upper 80s bayside as we see these hot temperatures, dry conditions on the hills, we have to watch fire danger at times as the wind picks up late tomorrow, part of the sea breeze which leads to some cooling once we get into tuesday. notice how tuesday's highs have

dropped back into the upper 80s and low 90s. still plenty hot, not as hot as the temperatures will see for memorial day. the trigger of the cooling is a stronger sea breeze set up wednesday into thursday as the system brings showers close to us but not quite heading to parts of northern california and temperatures rise as we head into the first weekend of june, so a very summer-like forecast around the bay area, san francisco has a chance of getting closer to 80, to wrap up the weekend for memorial day, numbers quite hot inland. morning temperatures are fine. it's a hot outdoors the next couple of days and breezy and cooler. could see 90s as we head toward next weekend. key camera, back to you. >> you know if it's 80 in san francisco, it is toasty everywhere else. rob, thanks so much. some of that forecast was beautiful. not so sure about the rest. 7:44 right now. and we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay," including nbc bay area political analyst

larry gerston joining us in the wake of the shooting massacre at the vta rail yard to discuss whether gun reform on a national level is the solution to these all too frequent mass shootings. we'll be right back. it's the most comfortable, body-sensing, automatically-responding, energy-building, dually-adjustable, dad-powering, wellness-boosting, foot-warming, temperature-balancing, recovery-assisting, effortlessly life-changing... proven quality night sleep we've ever made. and now, save $1,000 on the new sleep number 360 special edition smart bed plus 0% interest for 36 months and free premium delivery when you add a base. ends monday

vietnam has discovered a new covid variant that reportedly spreads more easily than other versions of the virus, the health minister says it's a hybrid of strains first found in india and the united kingdom. earlier in the pandemic, vietnam was a standout success in batting covid. in the past few weeks the country has seen more than the senselessly gunned down by their co-worker at a vta rail yard in san jose, it's estimated that wednesday's shooting was the 232nd mass shooting in the

united states and the 18th in california since january 31st. the fbi defines a mass shooting as a situation where someone with a firearm kills or wounds at least four people. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us now. hi, larry, good morning to you. unfortunately here we are again, and it seems like we're discussing this regularly, doesn't it? >> yes. yes, we are. it's really amazing. we talked about this a few weeks ago and talking about it today and we'll probably talk about again all too soon, kira, but the data here is shocking i think. if you look at the trends over the last couple of years, they suggest these mass shootings are occurring in a larger and larger number every year, for example, we had 136 in 2018, and look what's happened in just two years, almost doubled to 2020 last year, with 614 mass

shootings, kira, that's almost two a day in this country. the good news is, is that this year, the trends suggest that we're maybe going to have around 550, if that's good news, i guess, but the other interesting piece i think of really good news is that although california has 12.5% of the nation's population, this year it has only 7.7% of mass shootings. of course, any mass shooting number is too much, but clearly, this state is not as bad of a state, if you will, when it comes to mass shootings as most others. >> why is that? why is california relatively low in comparison? >> yes, the interesting thing is, we are be a state with the strictest gun control laws in the nation. california sets the gold standard for gun control, with respect to background checks, types of weapons weigh low in

this state, the opportunities to make sure that the wrong weapons don't come in or are not purchased in state. that's the big thing. the problem is states around us, for example, nevada, arizona, just to mention a couple, they're not strict gun control states so it's all too easy for somebody to bring a gun or assault weapon if you will into the state just crossing state lines. so yes, we are the number one state but it doesn't make it easier because of the easiness in transporting weapons. >> without getting too political, try as i might, what about a national requirement for background checks, would that help? >> 21 states like california have background checks. the fbi estimates because of the 21 states and background checks, 3.5 million people were denied

the opportunity to purchase guns, because these people were fell yonls, or people with mental issues, things you find in a universal background check. multiply that nationally and the likelihood millions of people checked on and because of that perhaps not allowed. the interesting thing is that 84% of the nation supports universal background checks. seems okay, it's easy enough to do, no brainer. the house passed earlier this year, happened before, waiting for the senate. is going to get around to it this year, much like the last number of years, and so the time being this troubled issue for so many of us is likely to continue. >> it is just really depressing to talk about this so many

innocent lives lost for no reason. >> again and again. >> larry, thanks for your input there. we appreciate you and see you next sunday. coming up next, our top stories, another mass shooting overnight, this one in n miami. we have the latest after this. memorial day weekend starting to heat up terms of temperatures. heat advise ris tomorrow, 90s in the forecast today. a closer look when we come right back.

welcome back, at 7:54, the top stories on this sunday, another mass shooting in america, this time in miami, where two people were killed and more than 20 were wounded at a banquet hall west of miami gardens. crowds had gathered for a concert last night, miami-dade police say three people jumped out of an suv and began firing at the crowd. they got back in and sped away and still on the loose. the director of the miami-dade police department is calling it "another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence." here in the bay area, the sikh community in san jose is mourning the loss of taptejdeep singh, one of the nine victims killed in san jose's mass shooting, on wednesday, at the vta railyard. many gathered outside of the sikh temple in san jose for this memorial, and they welcomed other victim's families and friends, and those who wanted to

unite in their grief. singh's brother, karman says he is proud of his brother lived out his last moments. >> reporter: did you hear from your brother in the last moments? >> i wish i did. but his focus was saving other people. he never called his family between those moments. nobody received a message from him. >> reporter: many leaders of that temple are calling on local politicians to make substantial changes to prevent further tragedies. there will be a vigil for all nine vta victims tonight at 5:00 at charles f. kennedy park in union city, that is the hometown of taptejdeep singh. learn more about all nine of those men, all of those innocent victims on our website nbcbayarea.com, we also have information on how to donate to their families. it's again nbcbayarea.com/vtayardshooting. before we go, one last look at the forecast on this memorial

day weekend. we'll lighten the mood with rob mayeda. >> more summer like temperatures today, 70s and 80s around noon for the inland valleys of the east bay, south bay and north bay and eventually high temperatures reaching the 90s inland toward concord and livermore areas south of san jose. closer to the coast mid to upper 60s at times. 75 san francisco, 82 in oakland and memorial day on monday, heat advisories go into effect for the north bay and east bay valleys, temperature trends for monday 90s to above 100 degrees, tri-valley over to concord and to solano county, where you have the excessive heat warnings 80s to low 90s bayside as well, low humidity in the hills, trending cooler as we head towards the middle part of the week. kira? >> all right, rob. i don't know what to say. those hot temperatures are too much for me, but you know what? we're blessed to be alive, it's

good to be here and we'll take what we can get. thanks so much, rob and thanks to all of you for making us a part of your morning. the indy 500 is next so no "meet the press" and rob back tonight with your forecast at 4:30, 8:00 and 11. have a great sunday.

>> announcer: nbc sports, home of the olympic games. the premier league. the pga tour. the indianapolis 500 and primetime's number one show -- "monday night football" only on nbc. well, good morning. it's an unseasonably cool final sunday in may in indianapolis. it's 60 degrees, but we're at the indianapolis motor speedway. it's the indianapolis 500 on memorial day weekend. our head line this year, pretty simple -- the