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good morning. it is sunday, june 20th. 7:00 on the dot as we take this gorgeous look outside in san jose. the sun is shining for a perfect day to celebrate the dads in our lives. happy father's day to everyomayo joins us on, all of all days father's day. you could be sleeping in. >> or having my twin boys jump on you. >> we appreciate you being here. >> you have sunshine. other parts of the area waking
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up to foggy skies. 54 degrees currently as you see there and into san jose. sunshine 58. we're not under orange or red on these maps. of course, we had these heat advisory up over the past couple days. that has moved out. we still have numbers 2 degrees in the forecast. cooler. 60s to 70s around san francisco over to oakland. temperatures will trend even cooler as we head through the next few days, we will have a look at that and what could be another warming trend. of course, that full forecast coming in ten minutes. back to you. >> thanks so much. >> this long awaited weekend, the first weekend free of post pandemic restrictions here in the bay area and the heat that rob was mentioning is keeping some people restricted. today it approached triple digits on this father's day
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weekend. >> reporter: the sun sizzling hard on the first weekend free of most pandemic restrictions. with heat rising above 100 on friday and nearing that mark again today, this family which is getting a break in the heat in an air-conditioning restaurant after a full day at six flags, which is just 15 miles south but offered much cooler temps in the 70s. another example of the micro climates in the bay area. after dinner, the family will continue their extended vacation on a places that won't be sweltering. >> so we're going to head to yellow stone and stay there for about a week. then we will head to san diego and go to the zoo for a few days. every 4th of july we take a camping trip in crescent city where it's real cool. >> reporter: the restaurant's owner talked about how the heat affected his business which opens just months before the
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pandemic started. he worries about losing power. tom jensen, today in the day. >> our app is a great resource to have. you can get alerts sent straight to your phone, customize them for your neighborhood. make sure to download them for free on the google and apple play stores. it was a day of celebration across the country as people came together to mark juneteenth. you can see four different celebrations on your screen there. yesterday was the first time juneteenth was celebrated as an official national holiday. juneteenth dates back to june 19th, 1865. it was the day that 250,000 enslaved people learned they were free. it came two and a half years after president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 years. but this yeaoakland, community rolled out the red carpet to
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celebrate the new holiday and help raise money for local groups. today, ginger takes us there. ♪♪ >> reporter: there is much to celebrate at this year's second annual juneteenth jubilee in oakland. after taking a backseat to the festivities last year because of the pandemic, lauren taylor is glad the red carpet is rolled back out for those who uplift his community. >> i'm grateful to be here with others celebrating the excellence we have, celebrating the people who are doing amazing work to continue the struggle for freedom. >> reporter: at the heart of festivities, progress. >> this is so different. dee johnson, who leads lend a hand foundation recognized for her work in the black community which started in the 1970forwar >> i can't even describe it. it is such a joy, a relief. it's -- something is happening. something good is going to
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happen. >> reporter: dee, honored along with sergeant robert smith and ben, their organizations will share more than 75,000 raids from the event. >> it is really great to be honored here today because it just shows that the community is taking it serious. >> reporter: people gathered for the 71st annual festival. the event is always well attended and even included history lessons. >> it is important. it is something that my family has celebrated throughout the years, so it is anything new. but it is definitely important to be able to impart on to the kids. now to a developing story. police are investigating a deadly shooting near that juneteenth celebration at lake merritt. it happened just after 6:00 last night. opd tells nbc bay area six people were shot. five men and one woman. one of the men died at the hospital. moments after the shooting,
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officers saw two men running away with guns. officers arrested those men and they're working to figure out where they're connected to the shooting and whether the shooting was connected to the juneteenth celebrations. the other five victims are in stable condition. and a tragic accident this weekend. a young san jose man drowned. sheriffs deputies from napa tell nbc bay area they got a call of a man drowning on friday night. yesterday morning a do i have team recovered the body of a 22-year-old. the drowning happened at pleasure cove marina. and as we told you yesterday morning on our digital updates, dozens of people are out of their homes after flames ripped through an apartment building in san francisco. the fire was reported just before 6:30 yesterday morning. that's in san francisco's tenderloin district. when firefighters responded, people were trapped on the top
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three stores. some had to run up to the roof, escape out of their windows. you can see some of the rescues here. in the end, firefighters rescue 20 people from that burning building. 15 people were injured. one witness tells us the chaotic scene as he tried to get out. >> somebody came and banged on the door, fire, fire, get out. i put on my clothes and got dressed and came out and then they were helping. we had a lot of disabled people who live here. there are people who came out in wheelchairs down the stairs. >> we are told everyone is expected to recover. about 60 people have been displaced. new this morning experts are warning covid cases and hospitalizations may rise again as more states, including california, begin to reopen. the uptick won't be anywhere near what we have experienced before because so many people are vaccinated. but nbc's dr. john torres
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explains more people with antibodies means fewer cases and chance of spread. >> we have actually flattened the curve. even though you might see the numbers creep up a little bit, you will not see the huge spikes that we have seen before. you will see little waves and ripples in those waves because of the high vaccination rates. that means a couple things will have to happen. we will keep having to impose some restrictions if those numbers do start going up just to make sure we don't get to those spikes. number two, make sure more people get vaccinated so we keep that curve coming down. you can check out more of this story and others like it on our new platform, nbc lx. it is all day online at lx.com or on your tv. it is channel 185 if you have xfinity cable. now to san francisco where the cloud cover is present. but the longest running outdoor festival in the bay area is set
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to kick off today. hopefully the weather will cooperate. it is the 84th season. this year it will feature gospel, punk, classical music. the festival will open with oakland grammy winner. doors open at noon. the festival runs until august 29th. at 7:09 much more ahead. we take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with chuck todd. plus, amazon prime day is tomorrow. do you have something already in your cart? we'll explain how this self-promotional day became bigger than cyber monday.
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>> i appreciate that. by the way, i got an in person panel. we had no more covid restrictions today on this one. >> congratulations! >> so it will be very energized "meet the press" this morning. >> i feel like you are more energized this morning. i can feel it through the screen. i'm happy for you. so let me ask you. president biden just returned from his first overseas trip. there is a lot that needs to be done. infrastructure talks are still going back and forth. i want to mention president harris hosted many senators at her house. it seems like a lot is going on behind the scenes to try to get both sides of the aisle on the same page, but is that happening? you have two senators on your show today. what is does it sound like is going on? >> you ipartisan deal is more possible than you realize. bernie sanders likes the spending that's in there. he had nothing really negative
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to say on what was in there. just wasn't enough. what was in there he said were things that were necessary. he doesn't like how they pay for it. he thinks there needs to be more progressive taxation on that. he also wants a bigger deal and he believes the care economy or social infrastructure is something that needs more investment. so you can hear where this could come together. how to pay for it is a tiny bit of a sticking point. but you hear bob portman indicate that the tax gas, which is something president biden doesn't want to have, they're probably willing to take that out of this deal. it leems like it is more possible than ever, but the old charlie brown, lucy and the football, we have been here before. if president biden wants it, he can get it. >> that's an interesting analogy there.
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bit. and then sticking with biden right now, what does this mean for our relations with russia? >> yeah. look, bill hill is probably as good of a person to explain what's going on here as you can have. it's clear this summit was a darned if you do, darned if you didn't type of event. putin got some relevance on the world stage that he always so desperately seeks. but it seemed as if the calculation by president biden was that was necessary if you are going to sit down and deal with the second -- you know, the country with the second most new clear weapons of the world. the real sort of way to judge whether this summit was a success as you will hear dr. hill say is let's see not what the russians will do next. they will test biden.
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is it forceful? and does he keep his word on what he threatened putin with in those talks? so it is really a thing we have to wait to see whether this was a successful summer or not. >> i thought you were going to say wait to see what russia does not do. all right, chuck. thanks as always. hopefully you have a father's day campaign or something like that. >> i like that. that's a good idea. i'll alert the ideas. >> yeah. we hope you join check. he'll have bernie sanders of vermont and senator rob portman of ohio and fiona hill, top russia adviser for presidents rush, obama and trump. we hope you stick right here and watch the press at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. we continue to monitor the situation at big sur. the willow fire burned 2,000 acres. now to the new retail war
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centered around a shopping event that's quickly become the biggest of the year. of course we're talking about amazon prime day. it is tomorrow and tuesday. nbc's some brock. remember when christmas holidays were the biggest shopping events of the year. that is not the case anymore. amazon prime day, which is two days coming up next week has now outpaced all of those black friday cyber monday expectations right now. the revenues from prime day this week could be ahead of cyber monday. that's owe far we have come. this has changed the game for so many retailers. all those companies, guys, now have their own deals over the exact same dates. prime day started making about a billion dollars a year when it debuted in 2015. last year's was more than $10 billion. the company says its amount of discounts was deepening.
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>> we had more than a million deals last year and over two million this year. we have worked hard to give our members more deals. >> new win kls this year including performances you can stream. amazon has also created curated pages for businesses selling products from military family-owned businesses. all of that is new. >> all right. that was sam brock. this year fathers are worth more than ever. people are expected to spend $20 billion on gifts for father's day. that's record. this beats last year's spending by $3 billion. researchers say people are more confident as the country inclu cards, clothes, special outings like dinner or brunch. also popular gift cards for
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items like after shave. >> rob mayeda is here. >> we have a nice forecast. you don't have that extreme heat we have had over the last few days. you are starting to see more low clouds filling across the bay. this is the view looking back around the bay. you can see san francisco at 55 degrees. taking on the phillies should be in the mid-60s out there. hazy skies and into the tri valley. no low clouds. we'll probably see a few low clouds. 61 currently in livermore. a sunny start spring morning and then thumber arrives at 8:32 later on this evening. you might notice hazy skies out there around the bay area. we do not have a spare the air area today but we do have upper
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air smoke coming up from the willow fire. 65 degrees there. the fire burning above the marine layer. so we will see another tomorrow day up there around the fire lines. if you are looking at the smoke pollution, higher concentrations of smoke closer to where the fire is. the upper level winds may be hazy sky around the south bay at times today. that's will also allow for some cool temperatures. yes, another drizzle storm. cooler temperatures inland today. low 90s once you get into the tri valley and areas south of san jose. 87 degrees. close to 90 degrees around morgan hill. for the tri valley, upper 80s to near 90 degree temperatures again. warmer temperatures as you head up to concord. into the 90s. 70s into hayward.
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temperatures ranging from 76 in san mateo. low 80s. downtown san francisco in the mid to upper 60s for your sunday plans. and north bay temperatures cooling down closer to bay side in the 80s. but still seeing those numbers in the upper 90s. monday you see the temperatures dropping us down. and tuesday will likely be the coolest day of the week with numbers dropping into the 80s. the cooling kicks in for our valleys once we head from monday into ends. a bit of a warming trend as we head into next weekend. numbers in the mid to upper 60s next few days. more wind as that sea breeze wraps up. there is your valley temperatures. better air quality. cooler temperatures that should hang on. next weekend could be looking at more 90s. making a comeback, a look at our ten day outlook.
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yeah, the heat doesn't seem to want to go away. we have a good mid-week but then more 90s. >> i guess it's fitting since you say summer starts tonight at 8:32. makes sense, rob. thanks so much for that. we do have much more ahead on today in the bay. swimmers with ties to the bay area continue to make a splash at the olympic trials. a record setting event. anthony flores brings it to you next in sports.
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olympic trials. >> been super happy with my times but i still feel like i'm in a good spot and i'm just so excited about this team that's coming together and getting to be on the team with somebody like katie. former cal bear nathan adrian and simone manual both earn spots in today's final. and caleb dresel won the 100 meter butterfly. forming him will be tom shields. the giants five game winning streak comes to a halt. bottom three, brandon belt knocks it into the cove. that ties the game at 6-6. all philly after that. sacramento native rhys hoskins jacks a homer. they beat the giants 13-6. >> a curveball.
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chapman hits one high and deep. left center field. gardener to the wall, and that baby is gone. matt chapman with his eighth homer of the season helps the a's build a 4-1 over the yankees. then the bronx bombers would rally. they snap the winning streak 7-5. stanford opening the world college series against north carolina state. that's a two-run homer. they beat stanford 2-4. they are one loss away from elimination. to the links and the third round of the u.s. open in torrey pines in san diego. a long eagle putt on 18. he's in a three-way tie for the lead at five under par heading into today's final round. that's a look at your sports. i'm anthony flores. you may have noticed the
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giants jerseys looked a little different yesterday. it was to commemorate juneteenth. this year is the 75th anniversary of the san francisco sea lions. they played only one season in the west coast negro baseball association. the giants will auction off these jerseys. the proceeds will go to juneteenth celebrations. the giants take on the phillies at oracle tonight. the only way to watch them once again is on peacock. nbc's streaming app. it is free. sign up now. >> our coverage of the u.s. olympics trials continues tonight at 5:00. don't forget, you can watch the summer games right here on nbc bay area. and continuing with some more olympic news. al roker is at it again. read getty.
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rokerthon is back as al tries to set a new world record title. >> rokerthon is back. all about honoring our country's resilience as we reopen just in time for summer. over 50 stations and colleges joining us from beaches to rooftops to show how their neck of the woods is back and better than ever. of course it wouldn't be a rokerthon without a begin necessary world record. we're going on a weather reporting relay. hours of summer fun, hours. and it all kicks off live on today, monday, june 21st. mark your calendars. >> wow. his energy is just electric. vianey arana will be representing the bay area on monday. make sure you tune in. much more ahead. coming up, sounding the alarm on a new covid variant. experts are now warning people to stay alert as states loosen restrictions.
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good sunday morning. it is 7:29 as we take a live look outside. the sunshining in san jose's discovery park on this june 20th. father's day. happy father's day to all the dads and father figures out there. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. our resident father rob joins us. you're also working tonight. i hope you can celebrate. >> in between, a little bit of a power nap. pretty nice weather. quite a bit of fog. there the view is again in san jose. 58 degrees currently. you got sunshine. south wind at 6 miles an hour. we will show you what's good news. what we don't see finallied in heat advisories including solano
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county and lake county. 24 hour temperature change. our temperatures coming down. for fathers day around the bay. you have 87 in san jose. low 70s. we'll talk about continuing cooling in 12 minutes. >> i like the sound of that, rob. we'll see you then. thanks so much. this long awaited weekend the first weekend free of many covid restrictions here in the bay area. the heat rob was mentioning was a little restricted. today in the bay area shows us how people in solano county are staying cool. the sun sizzling hard on the first weekend free of most pandemic restrictions. the heat rising above 100 on friday and nearing that mark again friday. the family is getting a break from the heat in an
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air-conditioning offer another example of the micro climates here in the bay area. after dinner, the families will continue their extended vacation with a focus on places that won't be sweltering. >> so we will head to yellow stone with our four kids and stay there for about a week. then we will head to san diego and go to the zoo for a few days. and then every 4th of july we take a camping trip in crescent city where it's real cool. >> reporter: the restaurant's owner talked to us about how the heat affected his business. a generator not in the budget quite yet. he worries about losing power. >> upper officially begins at 8:32 tonight. our bay era app is a great resource to get the weather right in your neighborhood. you can download it for free on app store or on google play.
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it was a day of celebration across the country yesterday as people gathered together to mark juneteenth. juneteenth dates back to june 19th, 1865, the day that 250,000 enslaved people in the western most confederate state of texas finally learned they were free. two and a half years after president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. since then, people have celebrated juneteenth for more than 150 years. but because it is an official u.s. holiday this year, it was even bigger. in oakland, community leaders rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the holiday and help raise money for local groups. today ginger was there. >> reporter: there was much to celebrate in this year's jubilee in oakland. after taking a backseat to the
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festivities because of the pandemic, lauren taylor is glad the carpet is rolled back out for those that uplift his community. >> i'm grateful to be here with others celebrating the people who are doing amazing work to continue the struggle for freedom. >> reporter: at the heart of festivities, progress. >> this is so different. >> reporter: dee johnson, who leads lend a hand foundation recognized for her work in the black community, which she started in the 1970s. now she feels like things are moving forward. >> i can't even describe it. it is such a joy, a relief. something is happening. >> dee and ben lonzo, their organizations will share more than 75,000. >> it is really great to be honored here today because it shows the community is taking it seriously.
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>> people gathered for its 71st annual festival. the event is always well attended. >> it is important. it is something that my family has celebrated throughout the year, so it's not anything new. but it is definitely important to be able to import on the kids. >> now to a developing story investigating a deadly shooting near those juneteenth celebrations at lake merritt. it happened just after 6:00 last night in oakland. opd tells nbc bay area six people were shot. five men and one woman. one of the men died at the hospital. moments after the shooting, officers spotted two men running away from the scene with guns. officers arrested them. they were trying to figure out if they're connected to the shooting. opd says the other five are in stable season. 60 now have nowhere to live after a fire ripped through
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their apartment building. it happened in the city's tenderloin district. when fight fighters arrived, they found people trapped on the top three stores. some had run up to the roof, climbed out of their windows. firefighters ultimately rescued 20 people from the burning building. we are told 15 people are injured. one witness described to us the chaotic scene as he tried to get out. >> somebody came and banged on the door, fire, fire, get out. so i put on my clothes and got dressed and came out and then they were help -- because we have a lot of disabled people out here. so the people came down in wheelchairs down the stairs. >> we are told everyone is expected to recover and they are finding homes for them. so we are two weeks away now from july 4th. it is looking less likely that 70% of the country will be
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vaccinated as president biden had been hoping for. meanwhile, the cdc is warning that highly transmissible delta variant could become the most dominant in the nation. >> reporter: a lot of headlines on covid today. while it is the summer and we're enjoying the outdoor weather, covid continues to be a very serious threat for those not vaccinated. this new variant is spreading more likely than earlier variants of covid and potentially even more transmissible and potentially more serious. so the cdc is telling the country, if you have not been vaccinated yet, please do get vaccinated because this delta variant could be even more of a. at the same time, the very rare condition called myocarditis in young people, specifically 300 cases out of 20 million vaccinations in which people have had an inflammation of the
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heart. young people, especially men. the cdc next week gathering an independent advisory committee to look into these cases and determine if there is any connection at all with the pfizer or moderna vaccines. another headline. americans should be able to travel to the eu this summer has tourists. it is still up to individuals to milwaukee that determination on their own. several european countries in the south, italy, spain, portugal really like americans and their tourist dollars to return some time in summer. meanwhile, the u.s.-canadian border remains closed. still to come on today in the bay. >> the dinosaur who left here. >> making a mark on history. coming up at 7:45 the new honor for dr. maya and other women
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trail blazers who helped shape america. first it is time for our clear the shelters segment. since we weren't on air yesterday, we want you to meet cash. a two and a half year old lab mix. he's smart, loves to learn mu commands and enjoying tagging along for a run or a hike. his adoption fees are waived for the month of june. you can learn more about him at petsinneed.com or just give him a call. so regal. what a cutie pie.
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good sunday morning once again as we wake up to low clouds and patchy fog around the bay area. this is how your father's day is starting around the peninsula and san francisco. cloudy skies. 55 degrees. 54 sunshine breaking through. hazy skies in the livermore at 61 degrees. we will see another day of upper 80s and low 90s into san jose.
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you get mostly sunny skies. wind out of the south at 6 miles an hour. speaking of the low clouds in san francisco, you will be seeing more of that. good enough for drizzle at times. and then more cooling once again into monday and tuesday. that marine layer moves farther inland as we go through the next couple of mornings. today temperatures in the low 90s as you head south to downtown. tri valley over to concord and antioch. you have temperatures the warmest we will see around the bay area today. upper 80s to lows. 74 in oakland. 86 in freemont. a chilly day. half-moon day at 62 degrees with some low clouds at times. mid-60s to upper s closer to san francisco and south wind picking up into the north bay should keep temperatures in the 80s.
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but still for another day hot temperatures up towards clear lake. as you transition into monday and tuesday, notice how the numbers inland starting to drop off. we're seeing 70s and 80s inland and san francisco staying in the upper 60s. the coolest day of the week will be tuesday. but after that, high pressure will try to make a bit of a comeback. by the end of the week, it is possibly for areas inland mainly off to the north of solano county as a strong high building up, we could see those temperatures starting to build up again late friday into saturday. check out the ten day temperature outlook for san jose. notice how comfortable and cool things are. by the weekend into the beginning of the following week, some 90s possible around san jose. after that mild mid-week, we'll see temperatures climbing back into the mid to upper 90s possibly toward the end of next weekend. and north bay temperature trend
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ten day outlook taking us on the upward climb. we will see numbers in the 90s. good news with this next round of heat, doesn't look like a big bay sidees in the next seven to ten days. warming as we head to next weekend. without those triple digits up to 105 like we saw last week. numbers we think should take us back into the 90s last weekend. >> i guess 95 is lovely in comparison. rob, thanks so much. and we do have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, larry joins us to talk about the massive state budget. he'll address the holes in the plan and where some of that money will go. stick with us.
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the american women quarters program as it's called will be rolling out in 2022. coins will feature the first female chief of the cherokee nation. anna may wong. poet and several rights activist dr. angela. they will all be a part of this series which will continue through the year 2025. here at nbc bay area, we are continuing the conversation about race. last night our marcus washington had a powerful conversation with dr. shawn fletcher, a diversity and inclusion training consultant. they spoke about the lack of diversity if education and how we all need to challenge the institutions that are teaching us. >> we should challenge the very institution and system that has been educating us. i went most of my life thinking christopher columbus was a hero. i went most of my life believing
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that the only heroes that i had within the african-american community were harriet tubman, martin luther king and perhaps it was limited to george washington carver. >> this, by the way, was the 15th race in america talk. we've had these conversations on race. they're powerful. they're education. sometimes they are uncomfortable. but our goal is hoping we can all learn. you can watch our series "race in america." last monday, the california legislature passed the annual state budget by sending the governor a $267 billion document. but the budget contained few specifics. instead it was basically a shell with details to be determined in consultation with the governor at a later time. perfect time now to bring in nbc bay area to help us understand
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this mystery. typically it would be more specific than what happened this week. >> yeah, that's right, kira. this is a massive budget. $267 billion. a 31% increase over last year when we had of course that terrible $54 billion deficit that was anticipated. anyway, out of all this is a great deal of uncertainty. much of it had to do with the fact that it was $75 billion or at least as much as $75 billion surplus. and the legislation is having a hard time figuring out what to do with it. what a problem. there are 400 proposals for different systems. they didn't know what to do about that. not doing that, the legislature went ahead and said, okay, here it is. we have to do it because the constitution requires it. otherwise, we don't get paid and we'll feel in the gaps later. well, that leaves people wondering what gaps are we talking about. >> wait a minute. you said $75 billion surplus?
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this might be, you a naive problem, but why would extra money will be a problem? usually it is the other way around. >> it is not naive. it is puzzling to all of us, kira. some people consider it to be $75 billion. other bean counters consider it to be less than that, perhaps half around 38 billion. so the first thing they have to do is get their arms around how much money do we really have to spend? are we making assumptions here that we can't fulfill downstream. then there is a question of what happens downstream. the governor proposed an interesting proposal. $12 billion to deal with homelessness over four years. that's fine if you have the money in the second, third and fourth year. how ma to find out that they don't have the money. let's remember. what we're talking about this time is not new taxes.
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we're talking about money given by the federal government in covid aid. so in a sense it is artificial. are we really making assumptions downstream that they will have this again? if you are, you are smoking funny stuff. >> oh, boy. okay. i do this to you a lot. i ask you crystal ball questions. but what can be expected going forward? what's going to happen? >> i think we have a couple of answers. the legislature and governor have to get their heads together. they have to decide exactly how they're filling in the blanks. i think they will be able to do that. when they do it, they have got to let people know. it has to be as public as the time they passed the quote, budget, unquote. if it's not, we have to know. what we have is that transparency issue. that has to be solved as soon as possible. here is another thing to think about. if they don't or the longer they go without solving it, the more it adds to the public
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skepticism. you know as well as i there is an awful lot of skepticism about government these days, about leadership. what are you doing? what are you not sharing with us? they have to settle this out. the government and legislature have to show everybody what's there and perhaps that will solve the issue. otherwise, watch out for another problem for the governor. >> yeah. it will be interesting to see what happens to that $75 billion. larry, we know you will keep on task for us. we'll see you in a week for now. thanks so much. coming up, a quick look at our top stories including chaos in the east bay. we have the latest on a deadly investigation after shots were fired near a juneteenth celebration.
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welcome back. police are investigating whether two people in their custody are responsible for a fatale shooting near juneteenth celebrations at oakland's lake merritt. it happened just after 6:00 p.m. six people were shot. one of the men died at the hospital. soon after the shooting, officers say they saw two men with guns hundreding away from the scene. as mentioned, they arrested them and they're working to determine if they're responsible for that shooting. the other five victims are in stable condition. now to san francisco where about 60 people now have nowhere
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to live after a fire ripped through their san francisco apartment building. it nighed early yesterday morning in the city's tenderloin district. they found people trapped on the top three floors of the six story apartment building. some had to run up on the roof, climb out of their windows. firefighters rescued 20 people from the burning people. we're told everyone is expected to recover and there is a search for homes for them. sticking with san francisco, the longest running outdoor festival in the bay area is set to kick off there today. hopefully that fog will lift for it. the 84th season of the stern grove festival. this year it will feature gospel, punk, classical music. you can see video here from the 2019 event. it will open with oakland grammy winner and singer la donna. doors open at noon.
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the festival runs through august 29th. and san francisco's cable cars set to make their long awaited return last summer. it has been 15 months since the cable cars rolled through the city streets. now crews are greasing the wheels, getting cars ready. you will have one month to ride them for free before revenue service returns in september. and, rob, how is one last look at our father's day forecast? >> we're seeing cloudy skies where we will see first pitch temperatures. numbers in the mid to upper tod. around the coast still 90s inla. 87 into san jose. upper 60s in san francisco. low 70s today from oakland into hayward. nice father's day around the bay area for temperatures as they continue to cool down. before we go, we want to show special father's day of the
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