minutes. as more transportation options get under way there's a proposal in the works aimed at helping san francisco rebuild post-pandemic. this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line. >> this is not a federal issue. it ought to be left to the states. >> agenda threatens a nonstarter on voting rights on capitol hill dealing a blow to president biden's legislative goals. why there's more optimism when it comes to other key white house pushes. and we are officially one month away from the summer olympics. the best athletes in the world meet in tokyo in just 30 days. the covid restrictions fans will have to adhere to if they want to see the games in person. "today in the bay" continues right now. good wednesday morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we begin this morning with our roaded to recovery. in a transportation option back

on deck for san francisco. >> cierra johnson is live for us in sausalito and this comes as there's actually a new proposal to help those businesses in the city. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the story is all about that road to recovery and right now we are at the entrance of the sausalito ferry. it will get under way today after being closed for quite some time. the pandemic hit golden gate transit pretty hard. that ferry at one point only carrying about 10% of its normal ridership and then taken out of service to make some repairs to the sausalito float, but it is now back in service, but with a limited schedule that includes weekday service only due to that decrease in demand. remember, face masks are required while riding that ferry. and while some aspects of life like the ferry are coming back on board and returning to a semi sense of normalcy, supervisors in san francisco proposing waiving fees for new businesses as a way to spur that road to

recovery. the proposed program called the first year free program would operate on a pilot basis. if it's approved by the supervisors it would waive fees like business rej strags, permit applications and licensing fees for new establishment. that estimated cost to the city about $20 million. you can get back to normal if you don't have any workers and businesses not only in the bay area but across the nation feeling the pinch in the shortage of employees. the national restaurant association has reported the eating and drinking industry shed 2.5 million jobs in 2020, and federal data shows nearly 1.4 million job openings in the restaurant and hotel sector in april. some businesses now shelling out a lot of money to lure some of those perspective workers. >> at the end of the shift they're sitting down on our booth saying, i can't do this anymore and we have people leaving. imagine, no one applying, people

leaving, they're exhausted and then let's focus on what if we could have a server make more and work less? could we find that solution and would that bring in talent to come work for us? >> reporter: it's an issue businesses around the nation are dealing with. industry experts believe it's a multifaceted program. some of the factors include folks still receiving that extended unemployment child care right now, schools not in session, so child care is an issue for some and a lot of folks have left the state of california. hundreds or thousands of folks have lefts the state of california so that could play into the shortage of workers. while some businesses still grappling with issues, some things coming back online like the sausalito ferry, so it is returning to that sense of normalcy. we're live in sausalito, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." >> thank you. meanwhile, many of those restaurants in san francisco,

they're struggling to get back on their feet and they are getting more money and help from the city. the board of supervisors just approved a resolution that caps commissions charged by food delivery companies. those fees charged by delivery companies will now be capped at 15%. that includes companies like doordash, uber eats and grubhub. the move means more money will go back to the restaurants. a live look at the white house this morning. the biden agenda is in jeopardy trapped due to the divided senate. now there will be no debate on voting rights and while there's hope for a deal on police reform, infrastructure is still up in the air. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joining us with where things stand. good morning, tracie. >> hi. nowhere for democrats. they've got to go back to the drawing board to figure out how to get voting rights at least up for a debate, if not for a vote. the 50/50 split in the senate led to a filibuster that pushed

it off the agenda. the president in a statement responding saying that lawmakers, republicans, suppressed a bill that would end voter suppression. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: a no from the u.s. senate on debating voting rights. democrats' plan now is dead. >> this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line. >> this is not a federal issue. it ought to be left to the states. >> reporter: the white house vowed to push forward reform. >> we support the john lewis voting rights act. fight is not over. >> reporter: there's more hope on police reform, a month past the one-year anniversary of george floyd's death, democrats and republicans are working together. >> i think if we're going to have an agreement in principle it will be this week. >> or it could all blow up as you know. >> reporter: there's no sign of significant compromise yet on infrastructure. president biden sent senior advisors to capitol hill to meet

with both parties. there's a $1 trillion compromise on the table that fixes roads and bridges, but rejects many of the president's other priorities. >> i think where there's a will there's a way. ifs the white house really wants a deal, there's a deal to be had there. >> we'll keep talking. we'll keep working. you can't give up. >> reporter: questions remain on how to pay for it. tracie potts, nbc news. we now know the name of the man shot and killed at this weekend's mass shooting at lake merritt. the alameda coroner's office says 22-year-old da'shawn rhoades lived in oakland and san francisco. city council members held a village at the lake to remember him and seven others injured. it talks about reclaiming the streets from violence and reimagining police. >> we are reclaiming our towns. we are expanding the definition of what it means to be safe. >> what could have prevented that shooting from happening at the lake was not only the response of the police, it was also what should have happened years ago for those people who

were involved. >> both council members you heard from want the police budget to move away from enforcement. tomorrow the oakland city council could pass the city's $3.8 billion budget that will dictate public services which includes public safety for the next two years. telling the city of san francisco pay up. the board of directors looking for a reimbursement after the company paid $82 million to help purchase the cal train corridor in the '80s. samtrans is asking for a response on how it will be reimbursed. many agencies want to change how it's governed by samtrans says until debt is collected it will retain its leadership. trying to become a homeowner you know it can be expensive trying to make it in the bay. according to a new study by the mortgage website lending tree, two bay area cities top the list of the most houses valued at

over $1 million across all 50 of those big u.s. cities. now the number one city, san jose, more than 47% of the homes are valued at $1 million or more. number two spot goes to san francisco with 36%. now when you expand the search the top four cities here in california, number three is los angeles, number four is san diego. and then the fifth spot goes to new york city. san jose city council extended the eviction moratorium that was set to expire at the end of the month. it's extended until august 31st. santa clara extended the e-vick shun moratorium for all unincorporated areas until september 30th but does not include major cities in the county. contra costa and l.a. are extending until the end of september. california offering up vaccination incentives.

santa clara announcing free tickets to a giveaway. teaming up to raffle off chances to see live music and if you had your shot, you've got the chance to go to one of santa clara vaccination sites showing proof you're vaccinated and then you get a ticket to drop into a raffle bin. ten people will win a pair of tickets to see either bad bunny, harry styles or ricky martin. the raffle will happen every wednesday through july 28th. got to decide. how about this. it is international olympic day. that means we're just 30 days away from the world's best athletes going for gold and you're going to see it here on nbc bay area. tokyo games begin exactly in one month and covid safety rules for the upcoming games are still working them out. organizers say the limited fans will be permitted to attend events, won't be allowed to cheer, shout or speak loudly. masks will be mandatory. as we previously mentioned only

locals allowed into the event and those venues capped at 50% capacity or a maximum of 10,000 fans. japanese officials say if the pandemic worsens, spectators could be banned from the stands. the olympics start july 23rd here on nbc. >> right here in the bay area want to get a look at that forecast. can't wait for the olympics but i can't wait to take my walk today. kari, yesterday i actually walked to the gym. of it so nice out there. >> and then did you turn around and go to burger king? >> no. >> that was last year. not this year. >> how is it looking today? >> it looks just as nice, so maybe another walk today. we'll see. we'll start out with our temperatures nice and cool. let's get you outs the door in pleasant hill as our morning starts out with low 60s, few clouds, but it's going to clear out quickly. take a look at our temperature trend for the east bay as we go

from the low 60s to the mid 70s, a great day to have lunch outside or an afternoon workout. we'll head into the mid 70s today and some 60s nears the coast. it's going to be a warm weekend and we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> kari, i got off this report and went back and scanned all my sources and looked at the camera and they had cleared that traffic break. we're looking at the rig or whatever other vehicle was involved on the bay bridge eastbound getting out of san francisco into oakland, all clear now. coming across the area. a nice smooth flow of traffic. look at the map we're talking about getting out of san francisco into oakland, and green sensors and never saw it dip be below green. the incident on highway 4 may be there. coming off the carquinez and venetian bridge. back to you. coming up on "today in the bay," there may be an end to all these high prices that we're dealing with. maybe. probably, laura. >> scott, with would you like to get paid to drink wine?

one sonoma winery offering to do just that. the reason it's expanding its search for the right employee and what you have to do to get that job. >> once you have the wine you want love, right? looking for that summer sizzling love? tinder is trying to help you out. we'll tell you the new feature the app says will help you find the right person. what did they do this time? we'll talk about it.

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look outside in san jose starting out with clouds and it's a cool start to our morning. another really nice day once all of these clouds get out here. we'll go from the low 60s to mid 70s for today. but we are getting ready for a weekend warmup. we'll talk more about that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> a clear view of the golden gate bridge. clear skies and clear roadways. it's open for business, but the construction did clear from the north bay that might be a reason for a little slowing, easing of the traffic. we'll check on that and make sure everything is all right, coming up. good morning. happy wednesday to you. the u.s. department of justice has seized websites published by a variety of iranian agencies closely tied to the government there. now i assume you don't visit the iranian tv sites very often. this one is press tv. but if you did that's what you would see, a warning from the

fbi that the site has been taken over by the u.s. government. three dozen in all. the u.s. government says the sites were disseminating propaganda and false facts. the iranians say the seizure is a violation of free speech. the sites seized used u.s. owned domains. nothing stopping iran from moving them to dot ir websites they control. brand new, billionaire warren buffet giving away $4 billion to charity and also stepping down from the gates foundation. the charity run by formerly married bill and melinda gates, didn't give a reason but been stepping down from several boards and was never really actively involved in the gates foundation. the nasdaq will open at a new record. the s&p 500 very close to an all-time high. i don't normally put bitcoin on the screen but bitcoin was trading near its yearly low at one point, dipping below 30,000. that change column is great because bitcoin moves all the

time. change since when. this rally in stocks came as the head of the fed jay powell reassured congress that the inflation we're seeing is temporary, that the craziness that you see in say airline ticket prices or used cars will not last. >> used cars and trucks in particular, they're sort of a perfect storm of very strong demand and weak supply due to the reopening of the economy in various factors. we see airplane tickets and hotel prices and we see other things. >> powell speaks in very measured tone, no deejay will sample him for a new song, but what he's saying is very important because this danger of inflation, if it's permanent, could really hurts the economy. he's saying it's permanent. he doesn't know. no living person has been through the end of a worldwide pandemic. none of us know. i suppose somebody watching could have lived through the 1918 pandemic, but they would be 103 years old and probably don't

remember a lot of monetary policy from when they were zero. >> i don't know. >> you'll have a lady calling the newsroom. >> i would love to hear from somebody who has lived through the -- >> talk to them, scott mcgrew. >> right. >> i will take that phone call. >> thanks, scott. okay. you know what, just in time for summer travel a multibillion dollar resort opens tomorrow in sin city. resorts world las vegas is a new mega casino on the street. it has 40 restaurants and bars, seven swimming pools, a night club, a shopping mall even. the $4.3 billion venue also hosts three hotels under its roof, for a total of 3500 rooms. celine dion and katy perry will begin residency later this year and miley cyrus performing on july 4th. maybe you want to take a date, tinder is trying to make sure you know more about your next match.

the dating app is adding video and a host of new features similar to tiktok or instagram reels. a new explore section allows users to navigate by interest, activity as well as content type. tinder says the features give members new way to discover the right person. 5:19. trending for you for all you wine enthusiasts out there, if you like to drink wine, this is your chance to make a career out of it. >> the murphy good winery made international headlines offering a job where you can pursue your passion in the wine business industry. the winery receives so many applications from its first posting that now they're creating a second position. they're offering $10,000 a month live rent free for a year and enjoy a year of free wine. the job search ends on june 30th. is. the salary, the free home to os

page this morning. let's look at the results. so far, let me pull it up here. what it is. antioch find it. >> but the combination of all of them, the free room and board -- >> it's interesting. people are saying 50/50, guess which one you think it is. >> free room and board and the salary. >> they're saying the salary and wine. >> i'm thinking of the bay area and know how much rent costs, so maybe those are people who don't live here. >> the wine takes the pain away. >> that's what it is. >> i guess if you were going out to drink wine today would be a good day. meteorologist kari hall has a look at the forecast for us. you've been telling us, and i smile every time i think about the forecast today. >> yeah. but, you know, as you're making plans for the weekend i have a head's up for you. let's get a look at this beautiful shot of the sun kind of coming through the clouds under that marine layer that's been keeping the bay area cool

and keeping san francisco cloudy at times. we can see the sun rising on this wednesday morning. as you get ready to head out the door in the east bay, freemont starting out with temperatures in the low 60s and seeing clouds but only hangs around until about 8:00 and clears out the rest of the day is sunny and we will have a slow warmup in our temperatures as we head towards the mid-70s and the south bay, san jose reaching 77 degrees and in east san jose 79, gilroy 73, high of 73 in vallejo and danville top out at about 78 degrees. highs reaching 65 in daily city and upper 60s in palo alto. in san francisco upper 60s today in the mission district and downtown. and our north bay temperatures anywhere from 68 in mill valley to 87 in clearlake and sonoma, 77 degrees. we've had a strong ocean breeze, but that's going to kick off towards the east as we're getting ready for high pressure to move in. we know that low pressure has

kept us cool so we know what high pressure is going to do as we go into the weekend. it's going to heat us up and change our wind direction and heat up for our inland areas. i wanted to show you livermore. our trend for the next seven days, we have mild weather through friday, saturday heat up and the heat kind of hangs around for a while with highs in the low 90s. we're not talking about record-breaking heat here. we are going to see a spike in our temperatures reaching into the 90s from saturday into tuesday at least and once again we can just enjoy the next few days while it's still nice and cool. san francisco doesn't see too much of a change here. we're going from the upper 60s to the mid 70s. mike, what's going on right now for the morning commute? >> i'm sorry i'm interpreting if you're practicing for that murphy good job, stay hydrated as well over the weekend. there we go, high temperatures.

roadway looks great, no impact near the dublin interchange and for 84. we have slowing here as you come down past ruby hill in the commute direction. they may be starting to clear up the roadwork, it's still on the grid for cal trans. in discovery bay, highway 4, we heard about a signal problem. may be one of the problems for the area and coming down, coming down from marsh creek to 580 moving out of the altamont pass. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," more than 150 workers without jobs due to a critical choice when it comes to the pandemic. the reason one major hospital is cutting ties. plus, a big day for the conservatorship trial involving britney spears. what the singer may do that her followers have been waiting for. you're watching "today in the bay."

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judge dismissed the lawsuit calling it priv lus. happening today, a pivotal day for pop legend britney spears in her battle to control her affairs. today she heads to court and may speak to the judge herself about trying to end the long-time legal arrangement of her court-ordered conservatorship. it's been 13 years since a judge ordered spears' father to take control of her financial and personal life. many believe it was due to some kind of mental health crisis, but it's never been confirmed. last year spears' attorney asked the court for his role to be suspended. coming up next, top stories we're following including what a judge ruled relative to victims of mass shootings that they cannot hold social media companies responsible for. if you want to watch fireworks safely and legally in san francisco this independence day, you better act quickly. the hot spots filling up ahead of the fourth of july.

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when that one fateful morning changed all our of lives and really the lives of everybody in the city of san jose. >> right now, a push for change. new legislation to make sure what happened at san jose's vta rail yard nearly one month ago never happens again. the national effort under way this morning. >> the u.s. not expected to make president biden's goal of having 70% of the population vaccinated

by july 4th. what dr. fauci said about the nation falling short. and 38 days to go, olympic fever in the air as the tokyo olympics are one month away. as athletes look to bring home the gold. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >> today the gun control debate will get greater traction as president biden outlines a strategy to address the surge that hits very close to home. >> at the same time san jose mayor sam he cardo is continuing his push to get guns off the street. kris sanchez joins us with what we expect to hear today. >> reporter: good morning to you. the bay area seeing a number of high-profile, big gun violent gun episodes over the last month, including the killing of nine vta workers by a colleague.

last night they were remembered by the san jose city council. >> as a city we will not be deterred. we stand strong for not only these nine community members that have gone too early but for all those that are remaining and dealing with this trauma day in and day out. >> reporter: now the mayor's proposed gun reform was not up for a vote yet but includes requiring every gun owner to have liability insurance and to pay into a fund to offset gun violence on the community and bans ghost guns and assault weapons and requires video of every gun sale. it includes gun violence restraining orders for people deemed dangerous. the plan president biden will present today will hold licensed weapons dealers accountable if they break the law and would provide funding for law enforcement support and community-based intervention. it would also allow cities

facing rising gun violence to use federal funds from the american rescue plan to hire more officers and social workers and that could be something that would be useful in oakland where -- which has seen a rise over last year. tomorrow the city and community leaders will ask the county to spend $100,000 to try to stem that violence. if the president allows for those american rescue funds to be used, that's something we could see here at the local level eventually. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. 5:33 right now. new this morning a legal defeat for the relatives of victims in two mass terror attacks. federal court judges in san francisco have ruled they cannot sue social media giants for posting terrorist videos. in 2015 the relatives of victims in attacks in san bernardino and paris sued google, twitter and facebook for posting terrorist

videos and facilitating ties to isis. the chronicle reports laws to regulate social media companies. in a separate case the judges did allow the relatives of an isis attack in turkey to proceed with their lawsuit but that was mostly because in that case, the three companies had not invoked the 1996 act. california hitting a vaccination milestone most of the country has failed to i a cheench. "today in the bay's" bob redell live outside of a vaccination site in contra costa county this morning. have you got a look at how we're doing overall as a state, bob? >> yes. california is an outlier compared to the rest of the country. right now, over 70% of californian adults have received at least one dose of the covid vaccine.

this was a goal that the president, president biden, was trying to set for the country, that 70% goal by july 4th but announced yesterday that rest of the country would miss that goal. california being an outlier. here are the latest numbers from the cdc. you can see that right now nationwide, just over 65% of americans 18 and older have been partially vaccinated. california just over 73%. here in the bay area, the rates are much higher. you can see i've listed the nine counties there. alameda, ma republican, sf and santa clara over 80%. health experts however are still extremely worried about those who have not gotten their shot because of the delta variants which is much more agrees severe and transmissible than the current strain. the delta is expected to become the dominant strain in the united states within the next two to three weeks. here's dr. fauci just moments ago on the "today" show. >> they have to start paying attention to it now, because if

they are unvaccinated, they are at risk, whereas those who are vaccinated can have a great fourth of july. i mean you can do all the things you want to do on the fourth of july if, in fact, you're vaccinated. >> reporter: the vaccines have proven effective against the current strains of covid including the delta variant. for example, you look at marin county, the public health officer there tells us among all their current covid cases, an overwhelming majority, 93% of the people who have become infected there, did not receive the vaccine. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. in just a few hours, the san jose city council will continue negotiations to consider a proposal to rezone the berryessa flea market. council members couldn't make a decision to move it and now some of the vendors are going on a hunger strike to force the city to come up with a way to lau

them to stay selling at the site. 30 acres the market sits on and some want to develop it with apartments and retail shops. the flea market would be moved to a smaller site and that market has been around for 61 years. negotiations start back up at 9:00 a.m. to the fire threats stretching across the bay and across the state. local fire departments are cracking down on illegal fireworks as we get closer to the fourth of july. the fines for using them have skyrocketed as we go deeper into the drought. san jose is threatening to fine violators $1,000 setting them off for the first offense and stepping in by upgrading its online tool used to report illegal use because of the high fire danger. >> our fire department was stretched beyond its limits in 2020 by the amount of calls we were receiving and fireworks related fires. >> and in contra costa county fire investigators have made several arrests and seized

illegal fireworks in san pablo, pittsburg and antioch over the past two weeks. hoping to fireworks the 4th better make the plans now. london breed said the show on the embarcadero will go on and a free fireworks show along fisherman's wharf, many restaurants are booked up and hoping to hop aboard the red and white fire cruise, you should make the reservations right now. one boat sold out with staffing shortages, there are fewer vessels to choose from. >> if we could get the staffing, we have four boats, that would be ideal to have all four. we have the two, if we can add a third that would be great. >> the recently returned music festival is proving to be very popular. tickets released for the fourth of july concert with the san francisco symphony sold out within minutes yesterday. right now a waiting list. the key to watching

fireworks on the bay is if it's going to be foggy or not. one thing out there in a boat that's great. if you have the cloud cover, forget it. probably too early to tell at this point. >> it is too early, but you know what, staying inland is usually a pretty good bet, though, although we don't see a lot of those fireworks shows going on. we'll see. let's get yes out the door for work heading out in oakland, we are going to see some clouds, even some mist and drizzle will start out the day. temperatures in the upper 50s and a slow warmup as we are enjoying some nice cool weather. we'll talk about a weekend warmup in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the commute as you drive around the bay? >> looking all right. we're looking at mild slowing now just for the sensors below the speed limit as folks are coming towards san francisco so there's a little build there and that may mean the metering lights turn on over the next 15 minutes or so. yesterday they were turned on a little bit extra early because

going on this morning. in fact, the approach out of contra costa county looking great. the rest of the bay no major issues. a little build for san jose and in palo alto the live look shows a nice drive for 101. the hov project the overnight crews cleared up early this morning. no problems. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:40. we're a month away from the world coming together for the tokyo olympics but today olympians are uniting for a day of sports and fitness on its international olympic day. >> it is here in the bay area where you can be a part of the call of action to stay healthy, strong and active with olympians. how cool is that. today's date june 23rd signifies when the international olympic committee was formed in 1984. last year it was a virtual workout but today here in the bay area you're in luck because you can learn fencing with the current team usa fencing coach at the fencing center in san

francisco. that event starts at 11:00 a.m. if you want to read or watch more about the upcoming olympics go to nbcbayarea.com/olympics. we are currently updating it including local athlete tracker which shows you who is going to tokyo and who didn't make the cut. shutting off the hose. coming up, the new restrictions coming to another city as the bay area's drought deepens. and funding the police. president biden today going to propose new ideas to fight crime. a stampede on the streets of southern california. cows on the run. we're going to tell you how police got a move on to calm fears of neighbors out there. it's 5:41. st dom's brother? that's another level. ♪ ♪ i got a plan. [ screaming ] oh my god! man, we really need to work on your planning.

right now at 5:44, the sun is rising, we can barely see it because we have clouds overhead. maybe a little bit longer in san francisco, but it's keeping us cool as our temperatures sloelt slowly warm up today and make it into the mid 70s. a hot weekend ahead coming up in a few minutes. supposed to be going 65 for most of san jose and slowing here at north 101 according to our typical schedule. that's what we see on the sensors and in the live shot. no problems.

that one person, might want to turn the lights on for a few minutes. a bigger look coming up. let's talk about a bovine problem. this is near los angeles. a herd of about 20 cows escaping a slaughterhouse last night. they were then corralled in a cul-de-sac, both amusing and terrifying for the neighbors there. you can see right here, look at this, three men trying to corral one of those cows. one of the men trampled over in the process here. so another video showing a police car herding three of the cows and see the cows running ahead of the car. sadly at least one of the cows had to be put down. new this morning we're finding out hundreds of secret service employees tested positive for covid during the last year of trump's presidency. secret service says nearly 900 of its workers got covid between the beginning of the pandemic to march of 2021. back in october, after former

president trump contracted covid secret service personnel drove him around in his motorcade protecting him. the secret service says more than half of the agents who got covid were responsible for protecting the president and vice president. democrats tried and failed to get a bill that would protect voting rights on the floor. >> that vote could not have been more pinole. >> 50/50, all the democrats voting yes, all the republicans voting no. this was not a vote to pass a bill, it was a vote to move a bill forward to debate it but that's not going to happen. it sounds like a tie, something that kamala harris, the vice president, could break as president of the senate, but the special senate rules say you need 60 votes to move a vote forward, not 50 or 51 and republicans made sure they blocked the debate. here's harris in a rare appearance in the senate, usually appointing someone else to preside. >> on this vote the yeas are 50,

the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. >> now it's not clear where democrats go from here. the idea was to write a bill to expand federal protection for voting, make it easier to vote and counter the efforts in places like texas making the harder to vote. and there were compromises in it including voter i.d. something republicans have wanted for a long time. the white house reaction. >> why would anyone want to make it more difficult to vote? why wouldn't we want to make it more accessible? what are they afraid of? >> president biden will talk about crime today, particularly inner city crime. the oakland police chief will attend that meeting virtually. crime overall is largely unchanged in america, except for murder and it's particularly a problem in urban areas. we expect the president will talk about gun control as well today. he's also going to talk about funding the police, increasing

the amount of money sent it police departments and sheriff's office using extra funds from the covid relief bills, as much as $350 billion to add new officers. $350 billion is a huge number. you could fund the entire budget of the san francisco police department with one tenth of a percent of that money. speaking of police officers, little confusion on capitol hill after some reporters said speaker pelosi would launch a new commission to look into the attack on officers and the capitol on january 6th. the speakers office clarified she's considering it. last month republicans struck down an attempt to create a bipartisan end party, but democrats can create their own committee complete with subpoena power as we get new videos of the day of the attack as the fbi's investigation continues. we're monitoring all the things happening in washington, talking about them on twitter follow me there @scott mcgrew. >> thanks.

developing right now, the push in san francisco to boost crime fighting as thefts as other crimes surge with fewer officers on hand. the chief telling "the examiner" he's asking for more than $5 million in the next budget to hire an additional 100 officers. the goal at least one of them is to boost efforts in preventing property crimes, especially in the busiest retail and tourist areas. there's about 90 fewer officers on staff than the recent peak in 2019. more than 25% of the rank and file have now occurred enough service time to retire with full benefits. as fire danger is looming the drought deepening across the state, sonoma joining the list of cities limiting water use. people there must cut their water use by 20% july 1st. the rules include a limit on watering lawns to only two times a week. the city says that this time it won't be imposing fines and hopes everyone will just step up and do their part. doing our part we know

because it is so dry out there, but the temperatures we've been having have been really nice out there. >> yes. it's going to stay nice for a few more days, but then this weekend, it's going to be heating up once again. we're starting out with some clouds so you can probably leave the sunglasses behind for the morning commute in antioch. we will see our temperatures in the low 60s, but a lot of sun as we go into the rest of today as our temperatures make it into the mid 70s here. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen as we take a live look outside in san francisco. let me take you around the bay for a few spots and check out our high temperatures. san francisco heading up to 67 degrees. 78 in concord and 78 in napa. a love our inland temperatures in the valleys will reach into the upper 70s today but there are some -- some interesting weather happening across the desert southwest. southern california toward nevada and arizona we've seen

this surge of monsoonal moisture bringing in rain for those areas so even in san diego there's some off and on showers today and we're looking at temperatures starting out this morning in the 90s in some of those spots. las vegas feeling humid, 90 degrees. we're watching this because there could be dry lightening, lightening without the rain, and it could spark fires. this could be a problem across the region. we're going to see our cool ocean air that's keeping the bay area cool, start to move to the east in the next few days and replaced with high pressure. we'll gets the opposite of what we're getting right now. it's going from humid and cool to dry and warm over the next several days and as we take a look at that trend for san jose, it will go from the upper 70s to the low to mid 80s for the weekend. mike, what are you watching right now. >> these little green and yellow things over here. mostly green. that's good. little bit of yellow down here in san jose starting to clear

up. that's good as well. over here 84 we still have traffic control because of a crew there as you pass by ruby hill towards sunol and 680. no surprises but this is hanging on a little bit longer there. more build here about five minutes longer than the early commute out of brentwood, discovery bay toward 580. highway 4, nothing dramatic but starting out toward antioch into concord. the bay bridge toll plaza has a mild build as well. the last couple minutes we've seen this kick in approaching the toll plaza. i think they just turned on the metering lights a little later than yesterday but earlier than we expect typically after 6:00. back to you. >> thanks, mike. good to know. happening now, berkeley school board members are getting ready to meets to pass a new budget for the new school year. the plan to increase spending on disadvantaged students but expenses are expected to be trimmed due to the district operating at a slight deficit. according to berkeley, board

members are wrestling with how to address the academic disparities for low-income students. the decision made for the upcoming school year. the hottest trend may sound crazy the growing number of people now buying up virtual land. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." americans know the names of those who died at the hands of police in recent years, george floyd, breonna taylor, tamir rice, to name a few, but what about police encounters that end not in death but in injury. nbc news investigation reveals nationwide 80,000 people are sent to the hospital every year after an interaction with law enforcement or security guards. nbc news found over the past three years in san jose, 43% of incidents ended in a trip to the emergency room. >> officers are there to protect and serve, that's what they're there to do and when people see the results of that and results in people being hospitalized or brutalized it can erode public trust. >> that's a researcher in the field of police use of force. he also says that it's deescalation that will help

rebuild trust between the community and police. new details, california, oil regulators missed another deadline to release new safety rules for people near oil and gas drill sites after regulators missed a december deadline to release those rules. in response environmental advocates are urging governor newsom to implement a buffer zone between wells, homes and schools. currently there's no statewide rule on how far wells must be from where people live, work or go to school. teachers in california have reached a deal to return to in person learning. l.a. unified's board of education approved the final agreement last night. the deal includes standards for continued mask wearing and other safety protocols. it also includes a requirement for covid-19 testing, a minimum of every two weeks, and maintaining a public dashboard to report all positive cases. new this morning, forget trying to make it in the bay, they say the next frontier of

the internet will be 3d andmeiv >> several people are starting to buy virtual land using blockchain technology. it's quickly becoming the hot new investment with many trying to get it -- get in on it on the ground floor. >> virtual land is a layer on top of the real land. >> people can actually own these properties because we're structured on the blockchain. >> the entities are effectively this technology that can take the form of many different things and so land is one of those things. >> the highest level simplest way to explain it the new internet. new internet will be 3d and immersive. >> you can check out the full story and others like it on our platform, nbc lx. it's 1115 over the air, 185 on

xfinity. >> are you a buyer? >> not yet. it's going to get too expensive. a sticky space situation. nasa working to tackle an issue many of us can relate to and that is dirty laundry. there's no washer or drier in space on the space station and that means the astronauts have to wear clothes until they can't takes the stink anymore. the laundry gets burned with the trash. i never knew that. okay. so for a better solution here, nasa is teaming up with the makers of tide for an, permit and planning to send a new detergent to space that uses little water but not clear how the detergent will react with the weightlessness of space. interesting. >> very. >> never thought about that. there you have it. the more you know. >> you start wearing that suit every day. we may have to burn it. >> got about two more weeks left.

all right. approaching 6:00 and as we start to return to normal, an all new problem is lingering. a live report on the worker woes several bay area restaurants are now facing. also the new perks one city is offering up as it looks to help small businesses rebound. plus -- >> i think if we're going to have an agreement in principle it will be this week. >> it could blow up as you know. >> in jeopardy, the struggles president biden's agenda is up against in a divided senate. what it could all mean for the future of policing and infrastructure in america. >> and the countdown to tokyo is on. this morning, there are now this is now one month until the summer olympics. the covid restrictions the fans will have to adhere to if they want it see the games in person. third hour of "today in the bay" begins now. good wednesday morning