layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. right now at 3:00, hate crimes against asian-americans not slowing down. a new report reveals a lingering fear in the asian-american community. and a sab francisco hospital giving out supplemental doses. today the white house is weighing in as more people get an extra dose of the covid-19 vaccine. santa clara county's new plan to get more shots into arms in the midst of this delta variant surge. the news at 3:00 starts right now. thanks for being with us on this afternoon. >> good wednesday. a new push to not only get vaccinated but tested as well.

it is all because the delta variant is surging here in the bay area and around the country. 78% of people 12 and older are fully vaccinated. this comes as the county reports a seven-day average of 227 cases and a positivity rate of 2.9%. a number of south bay leaders and local clinics have a new campaign to reach an 80% vaccination rate as soon as possible. >> for some people in the community, that target seems low especially since the south bay's vaccination rate is near that mark. robert handa joins us to tell us more about this proposed plan and why the county isn't aiming higher. robert? >> reporter: well, we're here at the st. james health center, one of many clinics in santa clara county trying to make it easier for people to get vaccinated and to get over their fears about vaccinations so that the public health department is reach its vaccination goals. the pandemic is getting worse

here in the bay area, around the country and the world. santa clara county announced its seven-day case rate bounced back from the low 20s to 225 today. well known south bay marketing consultant just became a new case yesterday even though he was vaccinated. >> my girlfriend and i the weekend before went to an indoor live music event. we masked upmost of the time, not all of the time. and that's where i think i got it. >> reporter: county supervisor and local health officials launched a new campaign today aimed at increasing the county's overall vaccination rate to 80%. among other moves, clinics will allow walk-in patients to get shots without an appointment. chavez says the 80% target is a deliberate reachable goal to maintain public confidence in the vaccine. >> we're so close. we're at 78.3% or four percent. we want to hit that 80%.

>> vaccine is the only way we can get back to a normal life, and it is the only most effective way where we can also prevent the vaccinated people from having break-through cases. >> dan agrees and says he is happy he had already gotten his vaccination when he got covid. >> being vaccinated assures me that i will not have major symptoms, and i'm not feeling them now. what i have now is basically a slight cold. >> reporter: well, public health officials say they certainly hope testimonials like that as well as more accessibility and eventually shots for those 5 to 11 years old will help them reach their ultimate goal, which is closer to 100%. live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. a bay area hospital is in the spotlight today because of its new vaccination hospital. zuckerberg general hospital is offering a supplemental pfizer or moderna shot.

today the fda released a statement saying americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. it also says using vaccines outside the approved scope is not authorized under the emergency use authorization. the white house agrees. >> that's not based on public health, current public health guidance provided by the cdc. that has not changed. we'll be making decisions, but that's not reflective of current public health guidance. >> the fda says it and other federal agencies are engaged in a science-based rigorous process to consider if and when a booster might be necessary. and the world health organization is weighing in on when it comes to vaccines. it is asking wealthy nations to stop giving out booster shots because of vaccine inequality around the world. the agency says the halt in booster should last two months. that would give the world a chance to meet the director general's goal of vaccinating

10% of the vaccination of every country by the end of september. israel just announced it would give booster shots to its elderly population. the dominican public has also been administering these booster shots. within the last month, there has been an uptick in vaccinations statewide. i want to show you data compiled by the l.a. times. the first bar is july 11th. you can see 31,000 people got vaccinated. that's how many were administered. the next week it goes back up, 37,000. just last week 44,000 first doses were administered. our testing across the state has also jumped slightly. more than 133,000 were reported. that's a 2% increase from yesterday. >> okay. a live look where so-called vaccine tourism is taking off. since february, the airport has held shop clinics. first for employees, then health care workers and seniors. some 30,000 free doses of the

one shot johnson & johnson vaccine have been given to foreign travelers who are arriving. it is the fastest growing category of sfo's medical clinic. 1,000 have been administered from 58 countries around the world. first it is sizer. now it is sutter health requiring its workforce to be vaccinated by september 30th. sutter employs more than 55,000 people and joins keizer in requiring its employees to be fully vaccinated. you can download our nbc bay era app. we have what you need to know to move you forward and keep you in the know. >> governor newsom has been outspoken in branding the recall election has one driven by public extremists. that sentiment will be visible in the state's guide. a sacramento judge has tentatively okayed the language allowing the mov

republican that language calling it false and misleading. but the judge sided with the governor. the voter guide goes out to voters this month. ballots will be mailed mid-august for the september election. final few days of the olympic games are packed with action in baseball and big wins on the track. >> among them, stanford's grant fisher who qualified for the men's 5,000 meet r run. he will race again on friday. joe ryan and the u.s. baseball team defeated the dominican republic. they take on south korea in 12 hours in that semifinal. but, sadly, it is not all victories for team usa. the men's water polo team lost to spain in their quarter final match 12-8. yet, the games continue to provide with moments that leave us in awe of these athletes and their abilities and their perseverance. >> for sure. and there are moments that leave us smiles, laughing and often crying. we were crying watching diving and the people who didn't make

it. garvin thomas has been keeping an eye out on these moments. he joins us now. >> we often call the olympics the world's biggest stage for athletes. some, it turns out, take that more literally than others. team usa's devon allen. after securing a spot in hurdles, he broke out some dance moves to celebrate. this is his second olympics. he admitted he took things way too seriously in 2016. this time it is all about being relaxed and having fun. when you play college football at or kbon, his teammate said he was one of the best dancers in the team. a not so happy moment running in the 200 meters lane four. you see at the top of your screen. she pulls up injured. she became one of the medal favorites, only to suffer an injury. now what happens next, though? this is one of those moments

that shows you how important these are to these@lets. she shoos them away, says she doesn't need it. she didn't want her olympics to end with her sitting on the tracks, so he got up and limped across the line. sadly she is done for the rest of the games. >> now, my absolute favorite part of covering the olympics when i had the chance were the interviews with athletes right after they competed. the emotions are so real and right on the surface. >> she's great. >> the gold medal winner for team usa. >> i'm feeling very happy and i keep trying not to cry, but it keeps happening. i just want to go into a darkroom and cry. but cry from joy. why? because i knew i could do it when i first started wrestling. i felt that i could be an olympic champ, so i kept going. i did it. ♪♪ i am a championship ♪♪ i was born for this

♪♪ i was made to win. >> i love it! >> she went went through the gamut of emotions in 30 seconds. >> such a roller coaster. >> i loved it. >> it goes on for four minutes. i will post the entire interview on my facebook page. it's worth watching the entire four plus minutes on this interview. she takes you on a roller coaster of everything she's feeling from winning to love for family to pride in her country, everything. >> and then the hilarious part is that you see her there and she's so e fusive and up and down. but when you see her when she's wrestling, you are like, oh, my goodness. watch out. >> exactly. thanks for sharing that. and we got more action tonight. this is what's on in prime time. usa versus switzerland in a semifinal at 5:00. and draymond green and team usa

take on australia. finally stanford leads the women's water polo team against the athletes from russia. you can watch that at 11:20 tonight on cnbc. we have a lot of local athletes in tokyo. and jonathan bloom is keeping up with all of them. just go to nbcbayarea.com. lingering fear. we will share with you a new report on asian-american attacks and the reason that some people are still scared. and we are pledging to you, governor, and the people of california we will do a better job. >> a promise from the federal government to california as the state battles a fierce wild fire season. >> i'm jeef meteorologist jeff ranieri. widespread clouds tomorrow morning and that drizzle at the coast. we will take a closer look at that morning forecast and the hayes moving in. that update in about seven minutes. >> and for us, the cdc's new

eviction moratorium welcomed by struggling renters but putting a squeeze on landlords. a summer travel meltdown when we see you back here for "nightly news."

simone biles competing again at the olympics. the biggest name steps up to the balance beam. >> very solid. >> simone biles captures the bronze medal, her seventh. and this one has got to feel sweet. >> the tokyo olympics, brought to you locally on nbc by prudential. millions of people reloi on prudential's rock solid strength for investment planning. loi on prudential's rock solid strength for investment planning. yloi on prudential's rock solid strength for investment planning. on prudential's rock solid strength for investment planning.

it has been in the national spotlight. an upcoming report from stop aapi hate says the attacks are not slowing down. an update on the lingering fear that's being felt in the asian-american community. >> outside the hall of justice, people are gathered to support the family of a thai man killed earlier this year in january. for the asian-american community, there is this feeling of empowerment to speak out on his behalf but also a feeling of fear. despite stepped up police, revamped prosecution and mars in the street, the attacks on the aapi community seemed to keep coming. among them, an incident at a

thai restaurant in oakland this week. an asian elder stabbed in june. and one of the more well known attacks. a thai man pushed to his death in january. his daughter attended a court hearing in san francisco today. >> we're still not feeling safe right now, yes. we saw all the old people still getting attacked. >> reporter: for asian-american women in particular, there is still an overwhelming sense of fear. >> i have to bring a cane to protect me and my mom on a walk. >> sometimes it is really hard to hold back the tears when i see what's going on. it happened to my mother. my mother was beat and mugged three times herself. and i was pushed around and punched. >> i felt like it's been 18 months of crisis mode. >> reporter: cynthia is a founding member of stop aapi hate which tracks incidents of

hate. >> are the attacks slowing down? >> based on the data that we have before us, it doesn't look that way at all. >> reporter: the nonprofit has a new report out in the next two weeks documents many more incidents of harassment, refusing service and attacks since the spring. >> the aapi community has experienced skyrocketing mental health challenges. and, so, we're seeing the effects of racial trauma, anxiety, depression. >> reporter: meanwhile, the reporting center is bracing for a new round of attacks when the wuhan lab investigation comes out later this month. nbc bay area news. well, questions tonight about a killing. it could be a case of self-defense during a home invasion. just before 6:00 last night, several 911 calls about a man vandalizing cars, apparently trying to get inside homes. this was near shadow martin

court. when officers got there, they heard gunshots. they found the suspect shot in the living room of a room. he died later at the hospital. >> this area has always been really, really nice. i'm not sure what's going on, to be honest. we don't really expect that here at all. >> police say everyone involved is cooperating and they're not looking for any suspects. there is no doubt about it. we are in the midst of the worst drought we have seen in modern day california. today experts gathered to lay out where things stand. scott budman joins us now. this is sobering, scott. >> yeah, jessica. it is sobering and not at all an exaggeration to say things here are dire. we will start at this dam. 34% of average, dangerously close to the point where it won't be able to generate any electricity. in marin, the reservoir levels reached historic lows.

statewide firefighters say they're concerned with nine active wild fires as of today. and the heart of the fire season still ahead of us that dry conditions could mean bigger burns. >> give you some comparison and where we were last year to this time to where we are now, we do have an increase in the number of incidents across all jurisdictions, about 12%. we're up to 6,049 incidents statewide as opposed to last year at this time we were at about 5,400 incidents. the real increase we're seeing right now, which is somewhat alarming is the number ofo from? the experts orders are on the way as the state looks to cut water use by at least 15%. they say if nothing changes, it is now a very real possibility that some parts of the state could run out of water completely in a manner of weeks. we'll send it back to you. >> yeah.

thanks so much, scott. we need water. five days after the governor asked the president for more help, a cabinet member arrived here promising the federal government will do better. secretary of agriculture today met at the site of last year's august complex fire in glen county north of sacramento. the secretary admitted in the past the feds have been cheap in addressing forest management because pledged more resources to fight fires and held f restore forests. >> the congress of the united states, the senate right now today is debating the bipartisan infrastructure bill which contains the beginning, the down payment, of resources to make it happen. >> and proof air of progress versus, dar say, the stale air of normally over the last several years. >> the upcoming reconciliation bill will also provide historic

help for western wild fire programs. this is an ongoing issue, and it is not going to get any better. our temperatures pretty mild, though. >> that's the great news, you know. we keep getting the fog at the coastline, so that's important. the humidity and keeping us out of these extended heat waves where the temperatures will be in the triple digits. there is a silver lining to current conditions now while we can't fix everything. the current pattern, we have been tracking this system that's been just offshore. and that's why those temperatures cooled off today. also brought that fog back to the coastline. overall really pleasant. as this moves across northern california tomorrow, talk about multilayer weather as that pushes across the border. counter clockwise circulation will bring down some hayes from the wild fires to the north and kick up the wind in the mountains and bring that foglet that wind for tomorrow.

by the afternoon, you can see over the east bay right there, peninsula and the north bay, some of that orange to red color. those are wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles an hour. any kind of gusty winds will be extremely isolating to some of those highest peaks. at the same time this is happening, we're going to see some haze from those wild fires moving across the bay area. that's indicated by the blue and also the green color tomorrow afternoon. now, by friday morning we could actually see a little bit of unhealthy smoke beginning to approach santa rosa. so we will keep close tabs on this of course. now let's go ahead and move it right into tomorrow morn's forecast. you will be able to see across the bay area, we are starting it off cool here. widespread 50s. the tri-valley and all that cloud cover. 55 in the east bay. san francisco 57 and the north bay at

current pattern. again, that's good news. with the drought in place, any time we can see temperatures like this in august, it is really a good thing for us. 76 in san jose. low to mid-80s from livermore over to concord. 70s from martinez to napa. and we'll continue with those 60s through san francisco, half-moon bay and all of our beaches. our seven-day forecast, we continue with that trend of 60s thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, even into next week's forecast. and right through the inland valleys, warmer here once we hit friday. low 90s saturday and then 80s sunday, monday, tuesday and also wednesday. we have been bringing you out to tokyo. let's do it again. we have the on and off thunderstorm chances and low 100s next two days. for the closing ceremony on sunday, it will feel like 99 and more thunderstorms. >> thunderstorms during the

closing ceremony? >> well, there is going to be the chance on and off. >> yeah. been like that all week, huh? >> exactly. >> thanks so much, jeff. well, are you feeling lucky? one more day to place your bets on that power ball. we'll explain. ime biles wonz hee

medal yesterday on the beam. >> yeah. he described those moments for nbc bay area digital correspondent. >> it was awesome. i had great seats. you know what? it is not as quiet and empty as you would think. obviously there is no fans so there is not a bunch of screaming fans but there is two or three thousand people in there from support staff, other athletes, journalists, all the different crews. there was an energy in that arena. after simone biles performed, before the scores were announced, she had this radiant smile and you just figure she

already won. >> well, we are checking in with raj every day. you can watch more of these conversations. just head to nbcbayarea.com. you can see every episode. >> soon, you will have more chances to win or lose. power ball drawings are expanding to three nights a week. the weekly lineup will now start on mondays in addition to saturdays and wednesday. they say the additional day will generate larger, faster growing jackpots. power ball is played in 48 states and jurisdictions. >> we're back with bay area restaurants receiving a high honor. it's a new day. and it's coming at you fast. it c or the day youryour visitors quadruple. with comcast business you'll be ready... with the flexibility to control multiple wifi networks from anywhere.

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okay. the critics have spoken and several bay era restaurants have

been chosen if the higher honor when it comes to food. here are a few you want to make reservations. north block. horn barbecue in oakland makes the list. top hatters kitchen. its food is called contemporary. and in san francisco 3rd cousin. and in palo alto check out the indian restaurant ettan. and here is another look at what to watch tonight in prime time. usa versus switzerland in the semifinal at 5:00. then draymond green and team usa take on australia. the winner goes to the gold medal match. you can watch that on peacock at 9:15. finally stanford leads the women's water polo team against the athletes from russia. you can watch that match at 11:20 tonight on cnbc. >> a lot of olympics to watch

tonight. >> get a little something to drink ready and sit down. not telling you what to drink. just saying. >> some popcorn maybe. >> and a little wine and a little cheese. >> all these suggestions. >> lester holt is next. >> we'll be back at 4:00. hope to see you then. bye. tonight, the fda fast tracking full approval of pfizer's covid vaccine as the delta variant surges across the u.s. the fda moving up its timeline with full approval potentially in a matter of weeks. will it convince the unvaccinated to get the shot? it comes as a rising number of children are filling hospitals. and breaking news from the white house. the plan to require foreign nationals to be vaccinated to enter the u.s. also tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo defined growing calls to resign. the democrat facing new inquiries after a state attorney general report