rollout of the new 5g wireless service will be delayed near u.s. airports today. ahead, the catastrophic disruptions airlines say it could create. and we ask our aviation expert about the impacts. this is "today in the bay." good morning. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. i'm kira klapper. >> and i'm kris sanchez. don't forget if you're on the go, you can take us with you. we are broadcasting on tv but also on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. we want to get a start with a look at the forecast because it could impact what time you leave the house today. >> absolutely. the fog is going to play a big factor this morning in your commute. look at this. this is a live look at what's supposed to be san francisco. but you can't really see it other than this little light down here because of the fog. now, that fog has been pretty dense, not even just

you're heading out the door, mid-30s in novato. look at the fog and visibility, down to a quarter of a mile mil. you can see some of this i'll take you through your south daytime forecast coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. we have a follow-up this morning in the south bay. two people are dead and another person is injured after a car hit them in san jose. it happened around 8:30 last night on almaden expressway near capital expressway. the driver did stay on the scene. we have no word on what caused that crash. people in new york city and here in the bay area are honoring a woman who was killed after she was shoved onto an oncoming subway train track. the random attack was last saturday, and it touched a nerve on both coasts. 40-year-old michelle go grew up here in fremont before she moved to new york. she was an american high school cheerleader and an honor student who went on to get her mba.

in san francisco, former co-workers were among those who gathered last night to remember her and they described her as an instant friend. >> i knew her for six months and she had such an impact on my life, i can't imagine how her family is feeling right now. >> the suspect in the attack is in custody. right now police are not classifying this as a hate crime. we'll give you a live look now at the capitol in washington, d.c. president biden today will hold his second formal news conference as he wraps up his very first year in office. biden is expected to highlight his administration's accomplishments, but also he's bracing for tough questions on white house shortfalls, including what seems like doomed voting rights legislation. brie jackson joins us live from washington. brie, can you give us a look at what we should expect from the president's speech today? >> reporter: good morning, kira.

as you mentioned, the president is likely to face tough questions about covid and the economy, but the president is also going to highlight some of his successes, including the bipartisan infrastructure law. now, this comes amid the covid crisis as well as inflation. president biden is planning to do a reset heading into year two. president biden rounding out his first year in office with poll numbers down. the president is eager to make a shift. >> there's a lot of talk about disappointments and things we haven't gotten done. >> reporter: instead the administration is touting legislation successes so far, pointing to strongesult of actions taken by plan. the vaccination effort helped fund and now the bipartisan infrastructure law. >> reporter: the white house

also bracing for tough questions on key setbacks, like the seemingly doomed voting rights push in the senate. >> once again, no one denies the path ahead isn't an uphill struggle. >> reporter: republicans argue democrats' policies have made matters worse. >> we have inflation, a pandemic, rampant violent crime, a border crisis. >> reporter: senior administration officials say the president plans to focus less on conversations with congress and speaking more directly to the public. >> the environment has to improve and the major thing there is people feeling better about the pandemic. >> reporter: supporters of the president want less talk and more action. >> he's a single person that can't do it by himself, but his job is to surround himself with people that can do it. >> reporter: part of the white house's strategy, showcasing what they see as the president's greatest strengths, his empathy

and ability to connect with everyday people. there have been some foreign policy disappointments. some members of congress and the public were not happy with how president biden had the pullout of u.s. troops in afghanistan. kira. >> brie jackson, thanks for us this morning. new this morning, new findings on the impact distance learning is having on students. researchers analyzed data from 11 countries, including the u.s. in some countries, up to one in four students experienced anxiety and depression at the start of the pandemic. it was amplified by greater screen time and less physical activity along with less adult support. that data can be found in the new "pediatric" journal. today is the day cell phone companies start rolling out a new, faster 5g technology, but it will be on hold near airports with the faa, airlines and pilots warning of potentially catastrophic disruptions. so what does that mean for you if you are flying any time soon? i talked with aviation expert,

mike mccarron. >> for travelers, is this a matter of my phone is not going to work, i'm not going to be able to watch my movie? or is this a matter of the plane that i'm on might not be safe? >> i think the real issue is your plane may not be flying because the airlines have some concerns right now and they haven't been convinced by the telecommunications industry that all their concerns have been addressed. so the airlines are threatening to cancel or delay a lot of flights, and that may be a bigger issue than anything else. >> the faa said they are concerned about altimeters which i understand to mean the equipment we use for takeoff and landing. so if this is a concern that the faa is voicing, why can't the government hit pause? >> there's the radar altimeter which sends a beacon of energy and tells the pilots how high they are above the ground. that's the one used for landing, particularly in bad weather so they know exactly how high they are above the terrain. there's concerns between the fcc and the faa as to whether the

new 5g technology will interrupt that signal from aircraft to the ground. so that's what the big concern is right now. >> airline ceos have asked that 5g sites be turned off within two miles of airports. the faa is prohibiting pilots from using altimeters at 88 airports, particularly in bad weather. cell phone companies saying they launched 5g services in almost 40 countries without any problem. so if we are flying out of san jose, sfo or oakland, should we be thinking about rebooking? >> the telecommunications industry is correct. in 40 other western european countries this is already in existence. but what they do tell you, it's lower power and designed differently than the u.s. the u.s. also has a lot more aircraft in the airspace than the european union does. so there's a lot busier as far as the number of aircraft. the issue is how they can shut off the antennas within a two-mile buffer.

that's a huge ring around three major airports in the bay area. sfo would take you up to the hills above millbrae. in san jose, that would take you as far north as levi's stadium. >> january 19th has been on the calendar for a very long time, so what happens on january 19th? >> the two very powerful, very lucrative lobbying groups, the airline industry and the telecommunications industry. one thing to keep in mind who has more power, not everyone flies, but nearly everyone has a cell phone. >> we don't all fly but we do get goods that are transported commercially from airplanes. >> we do get -- there's a lot of freight flown in and out. many years ago i was in a public meeting and i said how many people receive or ship overnight mail and three-quarters of the room raised their hand. the reason they call it overnight is because it flies overnight. >> thanks for putting it in perspective so we don't have to be fearful but can understand the bigger picture. >> and he said he will continue to fly. so that rollout of 5g technology

signals of gradual elimination of 3g technology and that could impact everything from your phone to the features that you rely on in your car. i did not know that. you can check out the full story at nbcbayarea.com. >> yeah, it sounds scary. but when you break it down like that, it really -- >> he said more than likely your plane is just not going to take off. not because of the altimeter but because the airlines are trying to do what they can. i don't know who's taking off in this weather. look how foggy it is outside. >> we'll check in with meteorologist vianey arana who's in for kari this morning. >> definitely seeing early morning fog and it's been what we've seen the past several days. we are going to get a little clearing into the afternoon and those high clouds will linger. hazy sunshine and daytime highs today. here's how we're looking. 63 in san jose, east san jose 64. morgan hill 63. gilroy in the mid-60s today, so it is going to be a little bit

warmner some spots, even through the east bay as well. take a look at concord, 64, danville 63. around the peninsula in the upper 50s. if you're heading to the city, upper 50s for your daytime highs. 56 in mission and low 60s up through the north bay, including sonoma and napa. now let's get a check of the roads with mike. >> vianey, you're talking about that fog. on my maps over here while i take your weather data and put it on our traffic maps and that's the yellow up here. it's crept in toward richmond. let's take a look outside and see how things are shaping up. there's a smooth flow of traffic approaching the bay bridge with low clouds. we'll look at the map. you see the fog that's coming around there. there may be mist and drizzle on your screen in richmond all the way back toward the -- there may

be a stalled vehicle in the caldecott tunnel. i'm getting a few more details but it may be away from the bridge. the slowing in san jose cleared up. there was a crash that cleared that caused some of that. back to you. >> thank you, mike. so if you've been thinking about going solar, you'll want to hear this next story coming up on "today in the bay" because state leaders are talking about overhauling the state's solar system and we'll tell you what that could mean for you. and this is good news for the dogs at home, i suppose. economists predict that work-at-home is going to turn into stay at home. >> and critics speaking out about a plan to stop wildfires. right now on nbc bay area.com, why conservationists don't agree that thinning forests will solve the issue. we'll be right back.

good morning. it is 6:14. a foggy start, especially for the north bay and in through the interior valley, but those clouds will stick around for the first half of our day. 49 degrees in san jose. our temperature trend is trending a little warmer with hazy sunshine. full forecast coming up in a few minutes. those low clouds blocking our view from the dublin camera so we'll look at the oakland cam where traffic is building a bit. there's no metering lights and no backups at the bay bridge.

we have good news, the caldecott tunnel cleared a disabled vehicle that was in your eastbound lanes. again, caldecott tunnel cleared for the morning. a very happy wednesday to you. economists studying the work-from-home phenomenon say right now about 42% of us are working at home. now, that is the total u.s. population. so that includes all of us, the entire workforce. if you take out the people who obviously cannot work from home, like restaurant cooks or firefighters, that kind of thing, then the remaining percentage of work from home goes way up. and those same economists making that study say it looks permanent. they expect even after the pandemic is long over, 30 to 40% of us will not work regularly in offices ever again. some traders on wall street probably wish they could have stayed home. markets plunged tuesday as

traders were tempted out of stocks by coming interest rate hikes. the nasdaq, which has a lot of speculative tech stocks on it, is down more than 7% so far this year. that's actually a really good reminder that while people can make or lose money, and they do, money itself just moves around. if you want a good return, you might put it in a tech stock because those tend to move higher faster than other, more traditional stocks. but then when it looks like growth is slowing and interest rates are going up, people move that money to something with a better return. so that's why when we talk about interest rate worries, companies like netflix see their shares hit really hard. the ie. a, the international energy agency, predicts demand for oil in 2022 will surpass the demand for oil pre-pandemic. that means higher oil prices, north of $100 a barrel, because of demand. that's certainly because the economy continues to strengthen. we have higher oil prices when

things are going well, lower oil prices when the economy is slow. temporary bumps either way along the way, either an attack on an oil field or problem with a pipeline will cause momentary spikes, but this is a larger trend. and it's the sort of give and take of business, kris and kira, that we want a strong economy. but a strong economy brings interest rate hikes and higher oil prices. if you'd like low interest rates and lower oil prices, all you have to do is mess up the economy. >> well, we don't want to do that. can't we just adjust our microeconomy for the macro economy? i don't know. thanks, scott. >> thanks, scott. well, developing this morning, could it become more expensive to have solar panels in california? state energy leaders are considering rolling back incentives for homeowners who install the panels. the proposal would add a monthly fee to participate in maintaining the power grid, a so-called solar tax. the state public utilities commission says the measure creates a fairer system and

sharing basic power costs. but solar advocates tell the san francisco chronicle, homeowners with solar would pay about $700 more per year than they do right now. a vote is scheduled for next week. trending this morning, this story really got kris and me talking. we're both moms. two girls for you, two boys for me. we've gotten some things wrong as moms, but neither of us have had this problem. >> so this minnesota mother is sharing her story on tiktok of what she got wrong two years in a row. she said it started with a billing issue and her pediatrician's office telling her, her son's birthday was february 25th. >> so, you know, i'm about to call on my insurance company to let them have it. maybe i should scroll back facebook to look at the birth announcement years ago to make sure. i just got done doing that. and his birthday is indeed the 25th.

for two years i've been celebrating his birthday on the 26th. >> keep in mind her son is only 3 years old so we'll forgive you, mama, because his first birthday was during the pandemic and so was his next birthday. she said maybe his due date was part of the confusion and he's also the middle child. but as the mom of three, it could be that she's just tired. it's okay. >> it could be myriad things. the exhaustion, the three kids. also her husband never corrected her. >> smart guy. don't correct your wife when he's having a rough time, that's for sure. i mean i haven't gotten their birthdays wrong, but i have gotten their names wrong. >> oh, every day. >> it's shocking they don't think their name is cole, that's the dog. speaking of dogs, we'll go to our resident dog mom, vianey arana. >> i call him stinky butt.

i call cootie. i call him jugi, everything but his name. it's the pitch of your voice that they recognize you're talking to them which is high pitched, higher than mine already is. can you imagine? all right. so let's talk about your walnut creek shot right now. it is foggy and your temperatures as you head out the door in the 30s, in the 40s right now. and, yes, it is foggy. foggy, visibility down to about a quarter of a mile in santa rosa, novato 25. down through morgan hill about a quarter of a mile visibility and, yes, it's starting to really make an impact on that morning commute because that's a factor. if you're driving and hit that fog, it makes it hard to see. your forecasted highs this afternoon, slight warming, afternoon sunshine. but it will be a little hazy. 63 degrees in san jose, 64 in concord, 61 in napa, 56 in san francisco, and the reason why we're going to continue to see moderate air quality, by the

way, that san francisco camera is behind us. it's moderate from the north bay down to the south bay thanks to this high pressure. we've got this air mass that's just sitting over the region, not really giving a chance for that air to mix out and clear out any of the gunk or pollution, so it could start to move into that unhealthy for sensitive groups category for parts of the south bay and the east bay the next couple of days as this dry pattern continues. we're also going to notice no rain on the forecast, at least not through the end of january. however, we will see the wind start to pick up for the higher elevation areas as early as tomorrow into the weekend as well. so let's take a look at your seven-day outlook just in case you're planning ahead for saturday and sunday because the temperatures are even going to be running warmer in san francisco. 60 degrees on friday, saturday, sunday. 62 on saturday and in through inland temperatures, breezy winds, mountain winds, 20 to 40-mile-per-hour winds possible

but look at the bump in the low temps. we'll be at about 67 degrees, maybe even higher in some spots on saturday. now let's get a check of the roads with mike. >> getting ready for the report and then our live camera is right here. let's show you what our san jose camera just started showing, a backup on north 101 heading up past our camera. that's indeed where the issue is. look at the map. i have circled at the bottom of the screen some slowing that did show up. an earlier crash that was reported there, apparently there's a propane tank on the back of a big rig, a big propane tank, fire crews on lane blocking the slow lane. we're told don't worry about the propane. good, because the fire crew will worry about that. we're worried about the fog and slowing out of san martin. typical start for the slowing but fog may enhance that issue if you're traveling south down toward gilroy so keep that in minding if you're leaving silicon valley heading south. over here in the tri-valley, the fog has blocked out our rooftop camera in dublin so we're showing a little more slowing at the dublin interchange.

heading toward pleasanton there's a slight build in the volume but nothing major. the bay bridge toll plaza shows low clouds and light traffic. no metering lights at the toll plaza, but that fog may be more of a factor in richmond between 580 and the richmond merge, golden gate field all the way back to the carquinas bridge. >> it's soupy out there. extension denied. coming up, the legal loophole some east bay residents say their landlord is using to try to evict them. we'll tell you why those tenants say their fight is not over. we'll be right back. we learn about covid-19,

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an eviction battle now playing out in the east bay may be headed to the courtroom. tenants say they received eviction notices after the state moratorium ended last year. the landlord says he needs the units to be vacant to make renovations, but residents say he's using a loophole to bring in higher-paying tenants. last night the city council requested the tenants' request for a new eviction moratorium. the tenants are considering taking the battle to court. as parents watch their children get older, the joys and challenges of parenting and grandparenting continue to evolve with every generation. nbc's maria shriver met with some experts to know about being a grandparent in the 2020s. >> how do you manage that, two years of parenting experience up against 30? >> the classic line that i think every mom gets from grandparents

is, well, i raised you, and look at you. but it's also, you know, science evolves and new things work that people didn't maybe know about before. >> the new challenges of being a grandparent and how different generations can work together is part of a story happening on the "today" show at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." up next, the top stories we're following today, including new access to free n-95 masks along with a big response to those free at-home covid tests. details on the new plan just formulated in the white house. plus -- >> reporter: that post-holiday omicron surge may be tapering off, but hospitalizations across the bay area continue to rise. we'll have that story coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:30, while you were sleeping, new help coming from the white house to stop the spread of omicron. but bay area hospitalizations are still on the rise. ahead in a live report, the silver lining when it comes to the latest local data. plus, nbc bay area responds. >> the site is live for you to order free at-home covid-19 tests from the federal government. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. this morning we'll walk you through the very easy steps to sign up. also, san francisco's main library facing very tough questions this morning after a shocking dog attack caught on

camera that triggered it all. this is "today in the bay." we are broadcasting to your television, and you can also watch us live on your roku, your amazon fire, apple tv and online on nbcbayarea.com. good wednesday morning to you. i'm kira klapper. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura and marcus both have the day off. vianey arana is in for kari hall. take a look at what she's working with this morning. vianey, i don't know what you can see or where you can see it. >> there's a little light in the corner, you see it right there. find your way home with the light in the corner. i don't know what to say to that. let's talk about the fog because it will play a factor in your morning commute. it's getting really dense, even in parts of san francisco, up through the north bay, down to the south bay. right now temperatures are in the 40s but notice the cloud cover there. hazy sunshine is expected. but look at the visibility, down to about a quarter of a mile, especially in santa rosa,

novato. not really registering as low in san francisco. i have a feeling something is a little off right here with that number, but down through the south bay, san jose down to about 4 miles. look at livermore, a quarter of a mile in through the tri-valley. we'll talk more about your daytime highs and how that's looking coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> vianey, thanks. this morning it appears the bay area's post-holiday omicron surge is starting to taper off. >> however, hospitalizations continue to rise. today in the bay's cierra johnson joins us this morning to break down the data. we're thinking maybe just a tiny light at the end of the tunnel? >> reporter: just a little light at the end of the tunnel, but let's start by looking at the bigger picture. not so great news there. since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 7 million people here in the state of california have been infected with covid. this gives you a snapshot of where we stand here in the golden state. but take a look at your screen. this is the numbers across the bay area.

1,881 hospital patients with covid in bay area hospitals with 309 covid patients in intensive care units. to put that into perspective, the bay area's highest number of hospitalizations was last january when there were a little more than 2,200 patients hospitalized. here in san francisco, there were 256 covid-positive patients on monday. that's just three fewer than its all-time record over a year ago. up in sonoma county really seeing a surge there. the official number of confirmed active covid-19 cases in sonoma county has skyrocketed to over 18,000. take a look at the graph that was plotted. it gives you an idea of what things have looked like this month. a year ago today there were nearly 5,000 active cases. but as we have mentioned before, state leaders and local health leaders have shared with us that they do believe this particular strain of the virus is tapering off. just last week the governor shared his thoughts at san jose

state, explaining the state will get through this and this variant is expected to last just for a few more weeks. that was a thought shared by ucsf and disease specialty dr. monica gandhi. dr. gandhi says in the epidemic phase where the virus reappears and has no end, you treat it like a flu. believe it or not, despite the high number of cases, scientists there at uc berkeley doing unique research using sewage out of the counties of san francisco, marin rna in those ss has sha higher than what they were seeing at the beginning of december. but some good news there. things appear to be positive on that front. but as you can see, a number of hospitalizations still continue to rise, a story we'll continue to follow. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> we'll take that downward trend even if it's slight. the white house announcing

it will provide 400 million free n-95 masks to people across the country. the administration will begin shipping masks this week to pharmacies and health centers to distribute the masks in thousands of locations. they hope to have the program fully operational by next month. also, the federal government's new free at-home covid-19 program is now up and running. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here to walk us through how to get your four free tests. >> signing up is super simple. we'll walk you through it real quick. start at covidtests.gov and click on that blue button. that will take you to the post office website where they only need your name and address. one quick hiccup that some people are running into, if you live in an apartment or condominium with a unit number, if you're not putting it in this box right here to the right of the address box, it might not o. once you fillhe green button or it says free at-home covid-19

tests, an order of four. everybody gets four, that's it. and its zero dollars. you place your order and get a confirmation page just like that. you're expected to get these beginning toward the end of the month. that's it. it's just that simple. if you run into trouble call us at 888-996-tips or go to nbcbayarea.com and click the responds option from the main menu. as more people try to get tests, that website is experiencing some hiccups. social media has been flooded with complaints from people struggling to place orders. this is happening in particular when folks are ordering from homes or apartment buildings where other tenants have already placed their orders. that's because there is only one order per household allowed and the website does not recogniz apartment complexes or multiple family dwellings like a duplex or tri-plex. so if your order is not going through, the white house says you can email the postal service or call the usps help desk. we'll see how that goes.

they made it easy for you to order those at-home covid tests. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the link in the trending bar. the san francisco main library is rethinking its policies for pets in public places after a vicious dog attack that was caught on camera. it happened when security guards tried to wake up the dog's owner who was sleeping at the time the library was closing. a warning, this video is graphic. you can see the dog biting one guard while the other uses a stick and pepper spray to subdue the animal. neither worked. the attack sunday night only stopped when the dog's owner woke up and got the animal under control. the guard was seriously injured. library staff tell us something like that has never happened before. >> we are going to exhaust every option we have to prevent this from ever happening again. >> the dog owner has been cited for failure to control his

animal. the dog is now in the custody of animal care and control. at 6:37, we're going to take a live look in fremont this morning. you can see a little bit of that cloud cover. it's pretty dark out there. we're squinting. >> we're looking down at the monitor below our camera. let's check in with meteorologist vianey arana to see how that's impacting everyone and we'll go to mike in just a minute for traffic. >> we have fog this morning but eventually into the afternoon it's going to be a little bit warmer because we're going to get more sunshine once that fog clears. 63 degrees in san jose, 64 in cupertino, los gatos 62. in through the east bay, 63 for danville, 57 in oakland. around the peninsula, upper 50s for today, also in through the city. it's going to be heading out to the north bay or you live in the north bay, expect for that fog to linger for kind of a long time. it's going to be slow to clear, but eventually we'll get hazy sunshine.

then this is setting us up for a warmer weekend ahead and also that drying trend looks to continue. i'll have a full forecast in a few minutes, but let's check in with mike and the roads. >> well, the fog what you're talking about is playing a factor for some folks. we're seeing it on the maps and we see it on our live camera at the bay bridge toll plaza. now, the metering lights were turned on just before 6:30 this morning. as we take a look outside, we see traffic flowing pretty smoothly on our maps. there's some slowing across the bay bridge. part of the reason might be because of the lower visibility. the low clouds drifting through here. so you do see some slowing there. and the build for your bay bridge toll plaza as well as the richmond toll plaza, west 37 and highway 4, your typical westbound commute spots. that fog really impacting the upper east shore freeway, even worse than we saw at the bay bridge toll plaza and throughout the north bay as vianey has been talking about. she also talked about the tri-valley. we can't see from our dublin camera. the rooftop camera has low clouds there and may be impacting folks heading south on 680 into pleasanton and sunol.

there is a crash at andrade. northbound 101 there's a tanker with propane but fire crews blocking one lane for safety but there's no danger reported. back to you. >> thank you, mike. president trump facing possible more legal troubles. coming up on "today in the bay," the deepening investigation into the trump organization and new claims about the way it got tax breaks. meantime, tomorrow the current president celebrates one year in office. we'll have an honest look back over that year. let's take you to the big board. we've seen several days of losses, but some green arrows this morning on stronger earnings. plus, forget flying coach on a packed plane. what happens when you have the entire plane to yourself? the recent flight one man may be telling his grandkids about one day. you're watching "today in the bay." >> that is a dream.

hello. it is 6:43. i feel like i say good morning 20 times in one morning so hello seemed appropriate. we've got the fog in san francisco, and i do hope you have a good day, though, but it is going to be foggy the first half of the morning. i'll take you through your daytime highs and what to expect coming up in my full forecast. hi, mike. >> hello, vianey. we're looking at san jose where there's slowing. it's appropriate because these folks are heading north on 101

past allen rock where the slow lane is blocked by a fire crew for safety. there's a propane truck involved in a crash. no problems but the fire crew is there for safety is why folks are slowing. we'll show you the build at the bay bridge toll plaza coming up. president biden today will give a speech and hold a press conference at the white house to mark his one-year anniversary of being president. >> so that comes at 1:00 in the afternoon our time. scott mcgrew, the president is expected to highlight some of his accomplishments over the last year. >> yeah, and i suspect, kris, acknowledge where his administration has fallen short as well. he really needs to be realistic. mr. biden's approval rating is down significantly, and two of his signature efforts, voting rights and build back better, are stuck and probably won't go anywhere. here's a brief look at the first

year of the 46th president of the united states. >> i do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: president biden's first actions as president came just moments after he said "so help me god." returning the u.s. to the paris climate accords, halting funding of the wall on the mexican border and repealing the travel ban all within the first days of his presidency. high points of his first year, the american rescue plan and its child tax credit lifted millions of american children out of poverty for the first time. the new president signed a massive infrastructure bill into law. hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for roads and bridges. america saw record job growth. record stock markets. and biden ended the longest war america ever fought. a rocky and disorganized

withdrawal, but an end nonetheless. >> 245 years ago we declared our independence from a distant king. today we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. >> reporter: we hoped the president's fourth of july declaration of independence from covid marked the beginning of the end of the pandemic, but the nonmasked and nonvaccinated frustrated those efforts. >> i know we all wish that we could finally be done with wearing masks. i get it. >> reporter: in fact, in nearly every address this year, president biden reminded us to wear a mask and get a shot. >> when you're indoors in public places, you should wear the mask. >> reporter: a member of the president's own party stood in the way of building back better. republicans blocked his party's voting right bills designed to push back against red states and their efforts to restrict

voting. the president spoke with an unusual anger, comparing those who stood in the way of modern voting rights with racists and supremacists of the past. >> do you want to be on the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull conner? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln, or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide to defend our elections, to defend our democracy. >> reporter: unusual anger and an unusual change of mind from a man who spent decades in the senate. after years of opposition, biden now supports exceptions to the filibuster in order to get the voting rights bills passed. only once again, though, to run into opposition from a member of his own party. in that case kyrsten sinema. now, history teaches us not to judge a president based on his

first year. in roosevelt's first year, for instance, the great depression got worse, not better. but roosevelt would ultimately rescue the nation. president trump's first year was quite the roller coaster, but the world had not yet heard the word "coronavirus" or "kn-95" so we don't know what challenges are ahead for biden in the second year. what he may be remembered for, good or bad, years in the future. but we suspect we know one and that is the midterm elections, which are looking very grim indeed for democrats. well, what do you think of our list? did we miss one? let me know as we discuss it further online, in social media, on twitter. you'll find me @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. it is 6:48 right now and developing this morning new york's attorney general is pushing ahead with requiring donald trump and other family members to comply with her investigation into the trump organization. new court papers filed yesterday suggest the company overhauled multiple assets for economic

benefit, including tax breaks. the filing hints at fraudulent statements made to banks and the irs and singles out donald trump jr. and ivanka trump. the attorney general is not saying whether any of this will lead to legal action. neither the trump organization nor the family attorneys responded to nbc's request for comment. we're going to take a lighter note and talk about the warriors. they finally broke their losing streak last night after losing five of their last seven games. hosting the pistons last night at chase center, still no draymond green who's out the next couple of weeks but it turned out they didn't need him last night. klay thompson hit a three right before the halftime buzzer. it was incredible. the bench went wild. klay had 21 on the night. the warriors blew out the pistons 102-86. >> i couldn't believe your luck that you got tickets for the game that klay came back and you had no way of knowing. >> i got very lucky to go to

that game. it was like tears of joy, yeah. >> super cool. trending this morning, a british student coming to the u.s. got a little taste of first class. i guess you could say he got lucky when he realized he was the only passenger on the flight. >> all right. so he posted videos on tiktok about his recent british airways flight from london to florida, detailing how the flight attendants let him set up a bed in his aisle and they watched movies together, they gave him unlimited snacks. he went on to say it was the comfiest he's ever been on an airplane. you were saying, kira, you cancel flights here if there aren't enough people onboard. i guess in the european union, they keep running these empty flights because they have to keep their status, like their landing status and stuff, as far as i understand, so that's why. >> how fun does that seem? >> that seems super fun. especially if you're traveling with kids. that would be such a relief. >> it would be amazing to have the whole flight to yourself. all right, let's -- mike, we'll get to you in a second.

let's check in with vianey arana for a look at the forecast. it looks very foggy behind you, girl. >> i'm pretty sure i never really have a problem with leg room if we're being honest, but still getting a whole aisle to yourself is nice, let alone a whole airplane. so we've got the fog out there and that's really what's been the story this morning. currently we're in the 40s and the 30s. eventually we will get a little warmer, but i want to show you how we're doing in comparison to the rest of the nation. so this weekend, as you know, saturday the niners play in green bay. if you look up top, green bay is 13 degrees right now and they are expecting some snow showers this saturday. so they definitely have some cold weather to get prepped for. fog and visibility right now still at a quarter of a mile up through parts of santa rosa, novato and napa. also down through morgan hill. look at this, less than two miles now, parts of livermore as well. once that fog clears out, we'll get hazy sunshine and slight warming. 63 in san jose, 61 in martinez, 62 in santa rosa, 56 in san

francisco. and your air quality will remain moderate as that high pressure continues to sit over the bay area, keeping us dry, keeping any chance of rain away from the bay area. we have a system to our north, a system to our south and this is our trend through the next seven days through the end of january. the pattern doesn't change by much. if you notice, friday, saturday and sunday it does get a little bit warmer, even in san francisco in the 60s. then we get upper 60s for inland areas and also windy mountains. all right. lets get a check of the roads with mike. >> what has changed is north 101 in san jose. it changed for the better as we look at the map. north 101 past the crash on the shoulder at allen rock, the activity with the fire department still there. for safety sake they're there watching the propane truck, but no problems and folks have settled to flashing lights being there. the rest of the bay has a smooth drive. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza but we haven't seen a backup much on the approach. you see folks just starting to slow as they approach the left

side of that screen, approaching the incline. back to you. it is 6:52. happening now, walnut creek leaders have unanimously approved buffer zones outside of planned parenthood clinic locations in that city. police last year responded to dozens of calls at the facility on oakland boulevard and made four arrests. there also were numerous harassment complaints from staffers and patients heading into the clinic. the new ordinance will take effect once it receives final approval. coming up next, a quick look at our top stories that include the white house push to beat back the omicron variant. overnight the first details on those free n-95 masks across the nation and early reviews on the free covid testing project sending tests to our homes. plus, put on hold, somewhat. new 5g wireless service is delayed near airports. ahead, the catastrophic disruptions airlines say it could create and what our aviation expert is saying this

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nonsurgical masks at thousands of locations. they'll begin shipments this week and hope to have the program fully operational by next month. today is the official launch for the new white house covid testing website, covidtests.gov. it includes a link for all americans to order rapid antigen tests. there's a limit of four per household and results are expected in just 30 minutes, no lab required. they usually ship 7 to 12 days by the u.s. postal service. after the soft launch yesterday, social media was flooded with complaints from people trying to place those orders, especially the at homes or apartment buildings where other tenants already placed an order because there is just a limit of one order per household. the website doesn't recognize those apartment complexes or multi-family dwellings. the white house says you can still email the postal service or call the usps help desk. and we tried to make it easy for you to order those at-home covid tests. go to nbcbayarea.com an click on

the link in the trending bar. you'll find information about the free tests and the link to order. a follow-up this morning in the south bay. two pedestrians are dead, another is injured after a car hit them. this happened in san jose around 8:30 last night on almaden expressway near capital expressway. police say the driver did stay at the scene. no word yet on what caused that crash. cell phone companies today start rolling out new faster 5g technology. our aviation expert explains why it will be put on hold near airports over fear of potentially catastrophic disruptions. >> there's concerns between the fcc and faa as to whether the new 5g technology will interrupt that signal from the aircraft to the ground. so that's what the big concern is right now. and there's some plans about how to work around that, but the faa and to a greater extent the airline industry is not >> new elimination of 3gtech

technology. you can see the full story on nbcbayarea.com. it might be a frizzy day today not because of the rain but thick and heavy fog. we're looking live at fremont where the birds really don't care. >> they look beautiful. >> we're going to take a last look at your weather and traffic. good morning, vianey and mike. >> good morning. what a zen shot, they're just chilling. all right. so the next three days we're going to not really see a huge change in the temperatures. it will bump up into the weekend has high pressure continues to strengthen the next couple of days, but also there's going to be some wind into the weekend. mike? all right. 101 moves nicely here in palo alto. we see the volume build a bit. traffic is held up a bit north 101 at allen rock. a lane is blocked because of a crash on the shoulder there and another live look outside shows you how traffic is building at the richmond side of the bay

bridge -- or richmond bridge and we're looking at foggy banks in the background. that will play a factor as well. >> all right. that is what's happening today in the bay. we will be back with you at 7:25 with more live, local news. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. the "today" show is next. good morning good morning. breaking news. turbulence. the new 5g cell service rolls out overnight and forces some flights to cancel already, even after that last-minute deal between the airlines and cell carriers to delay launch near some airports. >> i understanwhy the cell phone companies would be upset. they spent billions of dollars, but you know what? that's not my problem. >> this morning, an inside look of the safety concerns, blame game and impact on passengers. hitting reset. president biden holding a rare news conference today to mark one year in office. facing serious questions about his agenda a